• hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Uh, yes it is. Throwing old hag into oven, wolf eating grandmas and little pigs, stepmothers trying to murder their stepdaughters and a lot more. Children’s stories are full of fucked up stuff.

    Even recent ones (movie in this case); In Frozen 2 the king murdered the leader of Northuldra which is shown in the movie.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly. Children’s books can cover gristly subjects just fine, the thing that makes the difference is the tone and presentation.

      Witches boiled him into a stew and ate him up with some buttered toast = fine for a children’s book

      Talking about how the witches spent weeks slowly cutting pieces off him while still alive = NOT okay!