When a toy is not the favourite, it is still alive. If it is broken, it is still alive. Same if it is given to other kid or when the person grows out of them. But if the kid gets hooked and stops having “unstructured play”, he loses fantasy and then it is the scenario when the toy dies.
I would make the story the first tragedy in the series. The abandonned-for-ipad toys lose magic and color, become truly dead even when nobody watches.
I want to speculate too.
When a toy is not the favourite, it is still alive. If it is broken, it is still alive. Same if it is given to other kid or when the person grows out of them. But if the kid gets hooked and stops having “unstructured play”, he loses fantasy and then it is the scenario when the toy dies.
I would make the story the first tragedy in the series. The abandonned-for-ipad toys lose magic and color, become truly dead even when nobody watches.