Nope. It's still not okay to call Chopper a monster.
I don't know, I have mixed feelings on this. It's sad here, because Chopper is obviously hurt by it. But in the long run, I think it's better for Chopper to get over this trauma not by realizing "I'm not a monster," but by realizing, "It's OK to be a monster because my friends love me the way I am." The latter is a more powerful message, I think. It's OK to be whatever you are, because eventually you will find people who will embrace those qualities, rather than make fun of you for them.
(This comes up with a later character, too, and is spelled out much more clearly, I think.)
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Date: 2012-07-23 01:35 pm (UTC)I don't know, I have mixed feelings on this. It's sad here, because Chopper is obviously hurt by it. But in the long run, I think it's better for Chopper to get over this trauma not by realizing "I'm not a monster," but by realizing, "It's OK to be a monster because my friends love me the way I am." The latter is a more powerful message, I think. It's OK to be whatever you are, because eventually you will find people who will embrace those qualities, rather than make fun of you for them.
(This comes up with a later character, too, and is spelled out much more clearly, I think.)