in which it is ethically and morally correct to bully a child
#diana wynne jones#the chronicles of chrestomanci#carol oneir's one hundredth dream#chrestomanci#character design#bigtime one of my favorite short stories#also decided to make carol a brown kid because one time friends and I were discussing childhood ocs#and everyone was like ‘hang on all your self-inserts were white girls too?!?!?’ and mind you we’re all filipino#very yikes of us in retrospect#but here methinks it’s fun social commentary lol#speaking of - certain lines in this short make me think dwj wasn't the type to shy away from criticisms people had to her stories#which is pretty neat to see laid out#also yes i believe melville should look as if vincent price and loki had a baby