Now for their fairy tales. I feel Slate’s and Clem’s are fairly obvious, but the others not as much, especially Tawny’s which might be the biggest reach of all my origins so far.

Slate is obviously based on George Washington, specifically the cherry tree tale which was completely made up. As such it can be used as a origin even if George was a real person.

also writing this now I just realized that his semblance could be to coat himself in wood because people thought George Washington had wooden teeth and that would make a much better semblance and that’s his semblance now. You don’t know how hard I wanted his ability to be detecting truth because of the whole “I cannot tell a lie” thing but that’s Robin’s semblance in the show so no dice.

Tawny is based on Amelia Earhart. This I think is the flimsiest origin I’ve thought of so far, as Amelia’s life was relatively well documented, the only thing of major speculation being her death. I think her disappearance has garnered enough speculation and theorizing to become a myth of it’s own, justifying the origin.

Clementine is based on the Lorax. Pretty clear I think. Environmentalist and orange checks out.

Kari is based off of Cold-Miser from the miser bros. This is a kind of obscure reference I admit, but I thought it was fitting. I wanted a fairytale origin for two competing brothers and this was perfect for it. And again, I think festive fairy tales are a really interesting drawing spot for inspirations.