Six Fictional Animals That Broke Our Hearts the Most

The Mary Sue has a list that you’ll only want to read if you’re ready for a melancholy trip through your childhood, and maybe a good cathartic cry. Six Fictional Animals That Broke Our Hearts the Most is a reminder of how we get caught up in fictional stories and invest our emotions and loyalties in characters that are totally made up. That’s the sign of a well-told tale, although it can be traumatic. I won’t tell you who’s on the list (aside from the picture you may or may not recognize), because I don’t want the waterworks to start too early.

That said, the list is totally aimed at the internet generation. Personally, I was unfamiliar with most of the entries. If it were aimed at my age group, it would have contained certain characters from the movies Bambi, Dumbo, and Old Yeller, and from the books Watership Down and Charlotte’s Web. None of these made the list of six, although some are mentioned in passing.