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IM SO FUCKING HAPPY

Goose confirmed some more stuff related to irl names if ya haven’t seen yet ^^

Ok, chat LEAVE HER ALONE

The way Sheep Detectives poetrayed grief in a way that was eminently relateable to a small child while not being patronizing, all by introducing the flock's ability to forget and Mopple's refusal to. Mopple taking the thematic role of a parent explaining death and grief to their child, first in terms of distant euphemism and then more directly when it cannot be avoided. Lily realizing that Mopple has seen death already, in the way a child grieving for the first time realizes that grief is something their parents have experienced before. The message of facing grief head-on, because the alternative is forgetting the love that led you to mourn, is told so so simply but not condescendingly so.

The Winter Lamb in The Sheep Detectives latched onto my heart and still has not let go. 🥺

mopple shows love by telling comforting lies for his friends and making himself a shoulder to cry on even when the other sheep don’t even remember what they’re upset about. every so often, a little truth slips through and he has to scramble to cover it up. eventually, his lies fall apart and he has to admit to the isolation that acting this way has caused him. (“you’ve carried this alone all this time?” “yes.”)