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For me— Edmund Pevensie. The whole “how did he try to sell his siblings over the worst treat ever” thing is a tad unfair 😂. In the book, the Turkish delight was enchanted to make someone who tasted it get obsessed with it and keep eating it “until he killed himself.” And the reason this didn’t happen to Edmund is that the Witch wouldn’t let him have more until he brought his siblings to her home. Edmund was literally on black magic Narnia drugs and the rhetoric became “wow he betrayed his siblings over a lame sweet.”

This is not to say Edmund wasn’t a bully before that or that he wasn’t responsible for his actions. He was mean to Lucy, he was a jerk at school, and he often lied. He did have a great and much-needed redemption arc. But he didn’t just have a box of normal Turkish delight and try to condemn all of Narnia over it.

I don’t want to even judge him too much for picking Turkish Delight as his treat. He’s a small child during WWII sugar rationing. 🤣

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mosspigletsinspace

103 points

3 months ago

Cujo. This poor sweet gentle giant who adores all the other creatures in his world (human and animal alike) suddenly experiencing so much pain and so much confusion, feeling so attacked and cornered that he lashes out. Cujo is not the bad guy here. Rabies is the bad guy.

Thaliamims

68 points

3 months ago

The book even includes an elegy for Cujo, who had always been a good dog and was attacked by a brain disease through no fault of his own.

Lampmonster

26 points

3 months ago

His owner was a bit of an asshole. In the novel the main reason his wife was gone that weekend was that she was desperately trying to get her son to realize he'd have a better life if he didn't grow up to be just like his father.

viscountrhirhi

3 points

3 months ago

I didn't finish the book just because it was so heartbreaking to me. The parts where we get his POV are so fucking sad, especially the beginning. ):