the problem with having a buncha disparate niche media interests is that sometimes they seem to overlap in ways that your pattern-seeking brain is like
anyways this is why i can't stop thinking about the idea that Aabria ( @quiddie ) got the name "Karna" for her D20: Ravening War character from the witch character in Häxan (that 1922 Scandinavian silent film about the history of witchcraft) who (sorta) sells her soul to the devil for her magic and dreams of wealth and comfort and power and grandeur, all that she will never actually be given in her now (alcoholic) old age
i've connected the two dots!! Karna and her ambition is doomed by two narratives, and we are all rot!
just walked in on my dad watching some old silent films (WITHOUT ME >:/) and caught the latter half of Häxan (1922) and it was surprisingly progressive for its time! la fée carabosse/the old witch was also fun - there was a LOT going on in it, but honestly I was rooting for the witch lol