maxkirin:I’m doing research for a book, so I’m reading t...

maxkirin:

I’m doing research for a book, so I’m reading the original Pinocchio novel—and maaaan this is something else.

Five minutes in: Pinocchio kills Jiminy Cricket.

Also later on (and for completely unrelated reasons) Pinocchio gets sentenced to four months in PRISON.

PS: I was so relieved when Playland actually showed up near the end of the book because for 90% of my time reading I kept thinking “holy crap did Disney just make up the Playland stuff because if so that’s so effed up”

But no. It’s...