#in contrast to how General Woundwort rules as a dictatorship

[applesandpavenders]

Someone needs to write a feminist retelling of Watership Down, but it’s Hyzenthlay and her gang trying to get out of Efrefa.

In the book it mentions that she tried to get permission to leave the warren and start a new one somewhere else, but is denied. You could totally write that and all the backstory leading up to when the Watership Down crew turn up, and then everything that happens then but from the perspective of the does.

I think this is an untapped resource! You don’t need to turn Strawberry into a girl, or Clover into this wonderdoe *side eyes the bbc mini series* you just have to work with the original cannon. Because Hyzenthlay is AWESOME. And there’s so much room for a commentary on female rights and society when it comes to how Efrefa is run vs Watership Down.

#watership down #hyzenthlay #efrafa #and the fact that she gets to be the chief rabbit’s mate #like she’s Hazel’s second for sure #and they can lead as a pair #which I’m sure Hazel would love #in contrast to how General Woundwort rules as a dictatorship #thethuthinnang #nettle #literally in the wikia page it says ‘after hazel’s death she presumably keeps leading the warren by herself’