pluckyredhead:

Content creators: It’s really hard to write a woman who is “unlikeable” (I.e., not sweet) without making her a villain.

Me: The Secret Garden was published in 1910. The book and its multiple adaptations are widely considered to be a common childhood staple. “The Secret Garden”‘a working title was “Mistress Mary,” a reference to the nursery rhyme “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” because the protagonist is an aggressive, selfish girl who saves her family by screaming that they’re full of shit when everyone else was too polite to do so.