Father of Lies
Father of Lies is a recurring character in the animated philosophy series Little Dark Why's. He argues with total confidence and treats certainty as though it settled the question.
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The Carpenter
The Carpenter is a recurring character in the animated philosophy series Little Dark Why's. He asks what an idea costs in practice rather than whether it sounds correct.
Y
Y, whose given name is Sally, is a recurring character in the animated philosophy series Little Dark Why's. She asks the plain questions most people have quietly agreed to stop asking.
The Philosopher
The Philosopher is a recurring character in the animated philosophy series Little Dark Why's. He slows a conversation down to check what its words are actually doing.
The Otherly
The Otherly is a recurring character in the animated philosophy series Little Dark Why's. She views human habits from outside them, which makes ordinary ideas look strange.
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Little Dark Why's is a character-driven animated philosophy series about the questions people think they already know the answers to.
The Little Dark Why's Founding Series is the first official collection of numbered digital artwork created for the series. Each Founding Edition has a fixed number of registered copies. When you claim one, your copy receives its own serial number and becomes part of your Little Dark Why's collection.
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Founding Edition
Father of Lies
Funny, charming, and very certain of whatever he is telling you. Whether certainty has anything to do with truth is another question.
Edition of 250 · 100 public copies
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Founding Edition
The Carpenter
A quieter voice in the conversation, asking what love, truth, freedom, and how we treat one another actually require.
Edition of 250 · 100 public copies
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Founding Edition
Y
Her name is Sally. She would rather you call her Y. She asks the questions adults often stop asking.
Edition of 350 · 200 public copies
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Founding Edition
The Philosopher
Definitions matter. Assumptions matter. And an answer has a habit of creating another question.
Edition of 500 · 350 public copies
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Founding Edition
The Otherly
Looking at humanity from the outside can make some of our most normal ideas look unexpectedly strange.
Edition of 500 · 350 public copies
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