Would the whole world seem less doomed if I was less depressed? Maybe, but the whole world seems doomed right now, so the depression isn’t going to go away by itself so I can find out.
I watched this episode of the 1990 Moomin series last night where Moomin is transformed into an ugly imp and no-one recognises him but his mother. It was traumatic!
People with little to no Moomin knowledge (not suggesting that's you of course!) seem to think they're all fluffy but some of them are *bleak*. For some reason this has immediately brought to mind the episode of Buffy where Ethan Raine turns Giles into a demon and the only one who recognises him is Buffy. I wonder if Whedon got the idea from the Moomins?
I remember watching this series when I was 10 (was it on CITV or CBBC?). I remember finding the tonal shifts quite odd and never quite understanding what was going on with all the many different characters. Later I read a couple of the books and it clicked.
- Yes they’re all different animals. - There’s magic. - They get on but they’re all a bit weird and spiky in their own ways. - Those ones are trolls, not hippos. No, I know. - Some of them are related, some of them aren’t, don’t assume.
That's what makes them so enduring though, isn't it? And stops them being consigned to "children's" fiction. Ultimately they're very realistic stories, not happy-clappy Disney-fied "and they all lived happily ever after" bollocks. Some of them are based on things that actually happened, like when Moominpappa finds the whiskey. Have you read The Summer Book?
I didn't read it as desolate. It reminded me of the end of Pooh - a lesson in "letting go", because everyone reaches Moomin Valley and the Moomins aren't there any more. This episode of Backlisted discusses it, if you're interested.
In this episode of Backlisted , John and Andy are joined by Natania Jansz, co-publisher of Sort Of Books , one of the UK’s best independent imprints, most famous for publishing Chris Stewart (author of the bestselling travel series that began w…
That's a good way of putting it - an absence. It seems to build through the book too. As a counterpoint, there's a really lovely audiobook of Finn Family Moomintroll read by Hugh Dennis, who is absoluely PERFECT for it.
It's one of my favourite ever books, and this is probably my favourite chapter of it, because of how hysterical and nonsensical she gets about writing.
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him but his mother. It was traumatic!
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For some reason this has immediately brought to mind the episode of Buffy where Ethan Raine turns Giles into a demon and the only one who recognises him is Buffy. I wonder if Whedon got the idea from the Moomins?
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- Yes they’re all different animals.
- There’s magic.
- They get on but they’re all a bit weird and spiky in their own ways.
- Those ones are trolls, not hippos. No, I know.
- Some of them are related, some of them aren’t, don’t assume.
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Some of them are based on things that actually happened, like when Moominpappa finds the whiskey. Have you read The Summer Book?
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https://www.backlisted.fm/episodes/79-tove-jansson-moominvalley-in-november
79. Tove Jansson - Moominvalley in November
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As a counterpoint, there's a really lovely audiobook of Finn Family Moomintroll read by Hugh Dennis, who is absoluely PERFECT for it.
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