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Originally Posted by Panuru

I don't see it as a limit though, in fact they are supposed to be like this because they are toys, and humanization of toys cannot make these toys act 100% like humans or actual living beings, as that would make them appear even less realistic and coherent. Milne reflects on this, making their obsessive attitudes become a strong point. Pooh knows he has no brain and that he can only care about honey. The others know they're only toys and can think the way toys would think. They do not pretend to be anything else than stuffed animals, apart from Owl who indeed is regarded as ridiculously pretentious from the author's point of view.

Oh, I didn't think of it that way...but I'm glad you pointed it out though.

Originally Posted by Panuru

BTW, I think the "all cute and adorable" side is simply amplified by Disney taking away most of the irony, to make it be more accessible to nowadays easily distracted public, while it was on another level in the original works.

Yeah, when I was growing up, my knowledge of Pooh was really based on Disney's interpretation (or manipulation). I only saw very few Pooh cartoons and I thought they were okay, although I'm not sure if they're accurate to the books since I've never read them. But as I said earlier, the Pooh series, despite some of the things I didn't like as much, had a sadness around it that I couldn't explain or why. But nowadays when you hear about Pooh, it's always about how cute or funny he is...I should check out the books.