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OH MY GOSH - What WAS THAT PERSON THINKING PUTTING EGGS IN FIRE...


LIKE THIS...? THE BOY HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG, YET HE'S EXTREMELY CUTE AND SO SWEET AND I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULD PUT HIM IN FIRE WITH A ROPE OVER HIS NECK AND IN A TROLL COSTUME IN SUCH AN UPSETTING KIND OF WAY.

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IT'S A PUPPET!!!!


He's in that situation for the same reason all the toys end up in a furnace at the end of Toy Story 3. It's drama!! Main character(s) in peril! It's designed to heighten the emotional levels of the viewer. "Ohh, the protagonist(s) is/are in mortal danger!! Will they be saved in time?? Oh the tension..I can't bear it!!"


Get the idea?

Eggs is not a real boy..he's plasticene over a wire armature. He was never going to be burned..he's the star of the bloody film, you dweeb!


if you can get this emotionally involved over some stop frame animation I suggest you really get some help...

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