The funny thing is that the explanation for Cruella's motives in the original was perfectly clear - she's an "eccentric" spoiled rich lady from inherited wealth who never had to work a day in her life and as she gets old and bored her little weird impulses become obsessionshttps://twitter.com/MelanieMoore/status/1362127334610935809 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I'm slightly sympathetic to her because I have never met a dalmatian who wasn't an obnoxious, high-strung, mean little fucker, but the fictional dogs from every iteration I've seen (and probably the original novel?) are nothing like that and don't deserve to be a coat.
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I mean they can't help it, they were bred to be "carriage dogs" and to spend all day running alongside carriages barking at everyone else's horses to keep traffic safely distanced With all that pent-up energy and no horses to bark at they get restless
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The reason Dalmatians are associated with firefighters as a mascot is in the olden days fire engines used Dalmatians to keep horses from blocking their way on city streets
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Weirdly the explanation I was given as a wee child was that Dalmatians genetically tended to be deaf so they were unbothered by the constant sirens. I hadn't thought about it, or how weird that explanation was, until this moment.
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Is this what it's like thinking Santa is real well into your 30s?
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I mean Dalmatians ARE prone to deafness but this was never considered a positive quality I'm pretty sure that story is just someone making a logical (but historically incorrect) connection
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ChicagoMSTie
Well it's nice to know whatever adult was trying to get my grade school self to shut up at least made an effort to base their statement in reality, lol
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