Something that always bothered me about every adaptation of Watership Down is the partial exclusion of the character “Silver” another Owsla member who leaves with Bigwig. In the film they seem to call another rabbit Silver but it’s not quite the same.
I miss Silver too 😭 I have him in my 1999 rewrite fic!
Yeah they technically put him in the film but his personality is changed to be more like Hawkbit.
At least he's in the graphic novel!
There's also Buckthorn! Give my man an merit.
I love Bigwig but I felt kinda shitty that the adaptations like to give him the only job of being the Fighter Owsla when Silver and Buckthorn were there too.
Kinda adds to the message about working together and how every rabbit had an unique way of acting even in the same role. Such as like Hazel also rely on Silver and Buckthorn because they were a bit more loyal and more calmer than Bigwig.
