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Considering all the dark news about wildlife and the environment nowadays, I was honestly happy to see that the concerns raised in the book are being addressed.
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: During the lecture at the end of the story, Tomte notes the practical extinction of wolves and beavers in Europe. As of 2022, Eurasian Beavers are classified as a Least Concern species due to successful reintroduction and conservationism across mainland Europe, with some also being brought to the British Isles (this is ongoing but seems to be going well). Wolves, meanwhile, are recovering steadily from centuries of being hunted and killed. Bears, another group Tomte mentioned as being reduced severely, are also recovering, and the European Bison, an animal that was once hunted to extinction in the wild, has recovered via captive populations. While not completely returned to their territory, the European Bison has been classified as Not Threatened by the IUCN.
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* AwesomeArt: Needless to say, this is the primary reason the original book became famous. While Huygen may have written all the fiction and the various field-guide settings for the gnomes, the main attractions are the illustrations that Poortvliet created for nearly every single page, including the ''dozens'' of full-page or two-page splash illustrations, all of which are absurdly detailed (and would've been a full canvas work for another artist) and prove the adage of pictures being worth a thousand words.
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* AwesomeArt: SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Needless to say, this is the primary reason the original book became famous. While Huygen may have written all the fiction and the various field-guide settings for the gnomes, the main attractions are the illustrations that Poortvliet created for nearly every single page, including the ''dozens'' of full-page or two-page splash illustrations, all of which are absurdly detailed (and would've been a full canvas work for another artist) and prove the adage of pictures being worth a thousand words.
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* AwesomeArt: Needless to say, this is the primary reason the original book became famous. While Huygen may have written all the fiction and the various field-guide settings for the gnomes, the main attractions are the illustrations that Poortvliet created for nearly every single page, including the ''dozens'' of full-page or two-page splash illustrations, all of which are absurdly detailed (and would've been a full canvas work for another artist) and prove the adage of pictures being worth a thousand words. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gnomes02.jpg As]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gnomes03.jpg just a]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gnomes04.jpg few]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poortvliet_gnomes_winter.jpg examples]].
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* AwesomeArt: Needless to say, this is the primary reason the original book became famous. While Huygen may have written all the fiction and the various field-guide settings for the gnomes, the main attractions are the illustrations that Poortvliet created for nearly every single page, including the ''dozens'' of full-page or two-page splash illustrations, all of which are absurdly detailed (and would've been a full canvas work for another artist) and prove the adage of pictures being worth a thousand words. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gnomes02.jpg As]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gnomes03.jpg just a]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gnomes04.jpg few]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poortvliet_gnomes_winter.jpg examples]].
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* AwesomeArt: Needless to say, this is the primary reason the original book became famous. While Huygen may have written all the fiction and the various field-guide settings for the gnomes, the main attractions are the illustrations that Poortvliet created for nearly every single page, including the ''dozens'' of full-page or two-page splash illustrations, all of which are absurdly detailed (and would've been a full canvas work for another artist) and prove the adage of pictures being worth a thousand words. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gnomes02.jpg As]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gnomes03.jpg just a]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gnomes04.jpg few]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poortvliet_gnomes_winter.jpg examples]].
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* CluelessAesop: While Huygen genuinely seems to be going for a GreenAesop by contrasting gnome society with human, the fact that gnomes are a SuperiorSpecies stacks the deck. Sure, you can be InHarmonyWithNature ... if you're born with immunity to most diseases, a magical ability to control your fertility and predict natural disasters, and fluency in animal languages, not to mention being so tiny that you can live in a house the size of a rabbit hole.
* NightmareFuel: The BuriedAlive incident mentioned on the main page qualifies, as do the descriptions of trolls and snotgurgles torturing gnomes for fun. We're even treated to a full-page picture of a snotgurgle about to put a gnome's legs into a string-bean-cutting machine.
* NightmareFuel: The BuriedAlive incident mentioned on the main page qualifies, as do the descriptions of trolls and snotgurgles torturing gnomes for fun. We're even treated to a full-page picture of a snotgurgle about to put a gnome's legs into a string-bean-cutting machine.
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unfortunate implications need citations.
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* UnfortunateImplications: From an adult perspective, it's hard to avoid the nasty racial overtones of the changeling episode in Legend No. 6. "Next day, the poor parents couldn't understand why their daughter's skin had suddenly become so dark or why her eyes looked like black currants. But deep in the forest the trolls exulted over the blue eyes, blond hair, and soft skin of the stolen child -- and they performed a joyful, thumping dance in a circle."
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*CluelessAesop: While Huygen genuinely seems to be going for a GreenAesop by contrasting gnome society with human, the fact that gnomes are a SuperiorSpecies stacks the deck. Sure, you can be InHarmonyWithNature ... if you're born with immunity to most diseases, a magical ability to control your fertility and predict natural disasters, and fluency in animal languages, not to mention being so tiny that you can live in a house the size of a rabbit hole.
*NightmareFuel: The BuriedAlive incident mentioned on the main page qualifies, as do the descriptions of trolls and snotgurgles torturing gnomes for fun. We're even treated to a full-page picture of a snotgurgle about to put a gnome's legs into a string-bean-cutting machine.
*UnfortunateImplications: From an adult perspective, it's hard to avoid the nasty racial overtones of the changeling episode in Legend No. 6. "Next day, the poor parents couldn't understand why their daughter's skin had suddenly become so dark or why her eyes looked like black currants. But deep in the forest the trolls exulted over the blue eyes, blond hair, and soft skin of the stolen child -- and they performed a joyful, thumping dance in a circle."
*NightmareFuel: The BuriedAlive incident mentioned on the main page qualifies, as do the descriptions of trolls and snotgurgles torturing gnomes for fun. We're even treated to a full-page picture of a snotgurgle about to put a gnome's legs into a string-bean-cutting machine.
*UnfortunateImplications: From an adult perspective, it's hard to avoid the nasty racial overtones of the changeling episode in Legend No. 6. "Next day, the poor parents couldn't understand why their daughter's skin had suddenly become so dark or why her eyes looked like black currants. But deep in the forest the trolls exulted over the blue eyes, blond hair, and soft skin of the stolen child -- and they performed a joyful, thumping dance in a circle."
