#i also partially wonder if the characters being cute animals “softened the blow” of stories with more complex themes & allegory
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I feel like we as a society need to bring back children's books with cute fuzzy animals murdering and maiming each other.
#some of those books did not pull punches#guardians of ga'hoole's major story conflict was fighting owl nazis#constance the badger from redwall was a nun with a body count#mistmantle chronicles started with the murder of an infant prince and bad guys who did culling & forced labor#warrior cats had some of the most gruesomely graphic deaths i had ever read as a child#including a cat dying in childbirth in the third book#i'm just saying it left one with a very unique reading experience as a child#i also partially wonder if the characters being cute animals “softened the blow” of stories with more complex themes & allegory#oh and also watership down
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