| “ | My job is to neuter you; to take away all in you that is potent and fearsome. | „ |
| ~ Mister Revise threatening Jack Horner in Jack of Fables #2 — "Jack in the Box" |
Revise, better known as Mister Revise, is a human Literal who runs the Golden Boughs Retirement Village, a prison for Fables. He debuts in Jack of Fables #2 — "Jack in the Box." As a Literal, he has the power to change Fables into safer or nicer versions of themselves.
History
Mister Revise is in overall charge of the Golden Boughs Retirement Village. His exact status is unclear, but he is one of the Literals, a group of magical beings who, unlike the Fables, who are characters from story, appear to personify literary concepts. He is the son of Kevin Thorn and the grandson of Gary the Pathetic Fallacy, though he appears older than both of them. As such, Revise holds a considerable amount of supernatural power.
Revise considers his role to be "neutering" Fables partly by stripping them of their darker elements, with his ultimate goal being to rid the world of magic. He had been close to accomplishing that before the Fabletown refugees made their way to the mundane world.[1]
At the end of The Great Fables Crossover, he's revealed in a more sympathetic light, as it is mentioned that keeping the laws of physics constant over time had been his idea, making science possible. It's also pointed out that he's been a stabilizing force against the whims of Kevin Thorn, who could justify any event by claiming poetic license. Eventually, he decides to follow his father in the new universe created by Deus ex Machina.
Trivia
Mister Revise's prison is named after The Golden Bough,[9] a comparative religion study conducted by Sir James Frazer in 1890. This research examines the spiritual beliefs, practices, and institutions across various cultures globally, suggesting a natural evolution from magic to religion and ultimately to science.[10] This serves as a distinct parallel to Revise's mission to eliminate the magic from the Fables, with his ultimate objective being to eradicate magic from the mundane world.[1]
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