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John Bull

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So if you've ever read/watched Watership Down and wondered why it's so brutally traumatising in parts: welcome to WW2.

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Kehaar 's avatar Kehaar @kehaar.bsky.social
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it’s why it’s do effective as a horror story it’s actualising actual horrors through the rabbit allegory

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First Wordle Problems 's avatar First Wordle Problems @fwordleproblems.bsky.social
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He also said the seagull whom the rabbits recruit for recon/airpower is just directly based on some Swedish guy he met in the war, wacky accent and all.

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Unfitforpurpose's avatar Unfitforpurpose @unfitforpurpose.net
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Never even occured to me but makes sense. God that film was great. Killed disney for me for a good while though.

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John Bull's avatar John Bull @garius.bsky.social
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Frankly one of the key differences is that more of the rabbits survive, in comparison to the members of his platoon IRL.

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The Creatively Maladjusted's avatar The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social
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I have not, nor do I think I should, but I'm hoping you can answer a question about it for me: What's the character Fiver like, and what do they represent? I know someone who goes by that name as a reference to that book. (Not a positive relationship, so I can't just ask them.)

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