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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago
[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

I'm really enjoying this version of the Moomins. Cocktaildrinking hattifatteners and sniff spewing insults.

[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Ive never read moomin, is this not what its usually like?

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It varies.

Tove Jansson wrote a variety of stories using the moomins, in a wide range of tones, each reflecting on what was happening in her life when she wrote them.

These comics have a much more adult and angry style compared to the child-friendly grander works.

As someone whose "baseline" was established by the 1990 TV series, the idea of Sniff being acid with his words is hilarious.

The comics also tend towards the more mundane. In the TV series the hattifatteners are a non-speaking fantasy creature that move in swarms, attracted to lightning storms as they feed on energy of lightning strikes. In the comics they just show up and ask for cocktails :D

[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Oh interesting!! Thank you for the explanation! I had no idea it was so varied in tone.

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This is a community for all things Moomin.

The Moomins is a franchise created by finnish author/illustrator Tove Jansson. It features a vast amount of comics, TV series, movies, books and games, telling various stories mostly set in moominvalley.

If you are new to the Moomins, this video essay is a fantastic starting point to learn about this family-owned franchise.

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