I agree they make for really good stories. I tell you what I would like to see more of in these stories is leaning into the moral dessert of it all.
Fox and Hound: make friends and gain the ability to survive bear attacks!
Mononoke: make not-enemies and not-die to spirit stampedes or cold iron!
Primal: make friends and you can eat anything!
Actually, the Primal example is so on the nose I feel like a better term is needed for coordination-related-morality. Moral dinner seems fitting. Be good, so you can eat.
I do think it’s kinda important that a major moral of the fox and the hound is “make friends because having friends is nice.” (or, to be more clear: “make friends so you have people to play and have fun with, who like you, who give you a feeling of lasting connection”. Notably, Todd doesn’t get saved by a bear. What’s he getting out of it?)
But yes getting literally saved from bears is a big part of the package.
I agree they make for really good stories. I tell you what I would like to see more of in these stories is leaning into the moral dessert of it all.
Fox and Hound: make friends and gain the ability to survive bear attacks!
Mononoke: make not-enemies and not-die to spirit stampedes or cold iron!
Primal: make friends and you can eat anything!
Actually, the Primal example is so on the nose I feel like a better term is needed for coordination-related-morality. Moral dinner seems fitting. Be good, so you can eat.
I do think it’s kinda important that a major moral of the fox and the hound is “make friends because having friends is nice.” (or, to be more clear: “make friends so you have people to play and have fun with, who like you, who give you a feeling of lasting connection”. Notably, Todd doesn’t get saved by a bear. What’s he getting out of it?)
But yes getting literally saved from bears is a big part of the package.