> The book features the honey-loving bear created by AA Milne and illustrator EH Shepard instructing kids about how to react to a mass shooting. It is not an official production, Winnie-the-Pooh has been in the public domain since 1 January 2022.
Not what I expected from "well-known childrens franchise goes public domain"
Precisely what I expected from "well-known children's franchise goes public domain".
The main thing I've learned from the Internet is that, while most people aren't terrible, the most terrible people have the most time on their hands. In a room with 100 people, one of them is the most depraved asshole. And that is the one whose actions will be most important.
"Turn cute characters into a splatter thing" wasn't that surprising IMHO (see thousands of low-profile early-2000s flash animations), although how big of a thing it became was a bit unexpected.
Not what I expected from "well-known childrens franchise goes public domain"