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[[WMG:The whole comic is a metaphor for childlike imagination and those that try to snuff it out]]
Hoo boy, this will be LONG.
Those sparkly fur powers, the vivid, colorful design of Furth and [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife all of its inhabitants]]--it's all a metaphor for the carefree imagination and childlike joy of the many, ''many'' young artists around the world and the metaphorical magic that comes from it. After all, the whole comic is designed with heavy kidcore vibes, plus over half the cast is literally composed of characters adopted from those young artists.
Meanwhile, the poison feathers represent growing up, and maturing [[GrowingUpSucks in the dreariest sense of the word]]. Those poisoned by the feathers, on top of the existing lethargy, also lose their magic powers and their vivid colors--a metaphor for tossing out that imagination in favor of ''cold, hard realism'', fantastic world elements be darned.
[Evidence for this includes the previously "hip" [=NoxXxy=] losing their LeetLingo and odd eyes and suddenly sounding considerably more down to earth after being poisoned, and Dots--who is stated to have originally been hyperactive, annoying, and obsessed with Chirpalings--being ''considerably'' calmer and also denouncing those very same Chirpalings as being "for little kids" after being poisoned.
And on a more "fourth wall"-level note, most of the comic has the aforementioned kidcore aesthetic, propped up by a cute handwritten font and [[StylisticSuck a few deliberate amateur and/or cutesy quirks]] like a complete lack of antialiasing and random doodles in the panel margins. The dark world that's presumably connected to the feathers, on the other hand, [[ArtShift ditches the aesthetic entirely]] in favor of pitch black margins, antialiased outlines and a generic sans-serif font.]
The feathers primarily targeting children represents the fact that if there's ''any'' group that's the most vulnerable to being taught that imagination is useless and life is ''supposed'' to be boring, it's, well, the children--no point in trying to run big "reality first" campaigns on TV or whatnot if you can just shoehorn it into the school curriculum.
[More humorously, a few readers of this comic joked in the Creator/FoxgloveComics Discord server that the feathers are actively attracted to the Chirpalings for one reason or another. I personally believe that the feathers are attracted to them not because they're deliberate Trojan horses or anything, but because they're ''toys'' for ''children''--ergo, a sign of immaturity.]
And then there's Preeny herself. Preeny is special in that not only is she [[TheImmune immune to the feathers]], but she's also capable of [[MagicEnhancement vastly amplifying other people's fur powers]] and curing those that are poisoned. However, her ability to cure the poison is limited, as she can cure anyone that is only partially poisoned, but anyone that's ''fully'' poisoned is pretty much screwed.
All of these factors represent 3 things:
* Preeny's immunity to the feathers presumably represents that her belief in the virtues of imagination and whatnot is ''much'' more firmly set in stone and harder to erode than the others'.
* Those that are preened represent those with the actual motivation and encouragement to '''''truly''''' be themselves, instead of relenting in fear of the aforementioned no-fun-allowed authorities. "Cringe is free" and whatnot.
* The ability to cure the partially poisoned and inability to cure the completely poisoned presumably represents how breaking someone out of that "they're right, imagination is useless" rut is ''far'' easier when they're not completely consumed by it.
I don't know ''what'' else represents ''what'' other thing, but this is my best guess. You be the judge, I guess??
Hoo boy, this will be LONG.
Those sparkly fur powers, the vivid, colorful design of Furth and [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife all of its inhabitants]]--it's all a metaphor for the carefree imagination and childlike joy of the many, ''many'' young artists around the world and the metaphorical magic that comes from it. After all, the whole comic is designed with heavy kidcore vibes, plus over half the cast is literally composed of characters adopted from those young artists.
Meanwhile, the poison feathers represent growing up, and maturing [[GrowingUpSucks in the dreariest sense of the word]]. Those poisoned by the feathers, on top of the existing lethargy, also lose their magic powers and their vivid colors--a metaphor for tossing out that imagination in favor of ''cold, hard realism'', fantastic world elements be darned.
[Evidence for this includes the previously "hip" [=NoxXxy=] losing their LeetLingo and odd eyes and suddenly sounding considerably more down to earth after being poisoned, and Dots--who is stated to have originally been hyperactive, annoying, and obsessed with Chirpalings--being ''considerably'' calmer and also denouncing those very same Chirpalings as being "for little kids" after being poisoned.
And on a more "fourth wall"-level note, most of the comic has the aforementioned kidcore aesthetic, propped up by a cute handwritten font and [[StylisticSuck a few deliberate amateur and/or cutesy quirks]] like a complete lack of antialiasing and random doodles in the panel margins. The dark world that's presumably connected to the feathers, on the other hand, [[ArtShift ditches the aesthetic entirely]] in favor of pitch black margins, antialiased outlines and a generic sans-serif font.]
The feathers primarily targeting children represents the fact that if there's ''any'' group that's the most vulnerable to being taught that imagination is useless and life is ''supposed'' to be boring, it's, well, the children--no point in trying to run big "reality first" campaigns on TV or whatnot if you can just shoehorn it into the school curriculum.
[More humorously, a few readers of this comic joked in the Creator/FoxgloveComics Discord server that the feathers are actively attracted to the Chirpalings for one reason or another. I personally believe that the feathers are attracted to them not because they're deliberate Trojan horses or anything, but because they're ''toys'' for ''children''--ergo, a sign of immaturity.]
And then there's Preeny herself. Preeny is special in that not only is she [[TheImmune immune to the feathers]], but she's also capable of [[MagicEnhancement vastly amplifying other people's fur powers]] and curing those that are poisoned. However, her ability to cure the poison is limited, as she can cure anyone that is only partially poisoned, but anyone that's ''fully'' poisoned is pretty much screwed.
All of these factors represent 3 things:
* Preeny's immunity to the feathers presumably represents that her belief in the virtues of imagination and whatnot is ''much'' more firmly set in stone and harder to erode than the others'.
* Those that are preened represent those with the actual motivation and encouragement to '''''truly''''' be themselves, instead of relenting in fear of the aforementioned no-fun-allowed authorities. "Cringe is free" and whatnot.
* The ability to cure the partially poisoned and inability to cure the completely poisoned presumably represents how breaking someone out of that "they're right, imagination is useless" rut is ''far'' easier when they're not completely consumed by it.
I don't know ''what'' else represents ''what'' other thing, but this is my best guess. You be the judge, I guess??
