I just finished reading the graphic novel on Laika.

And oh my God, it was heartbreaking.

My face is tearstained, my throats is tight, it's hard to swallow, and my chest is heaving.

I've never cried over a book before.

But this book made me want to murder people and then sob for five hours.

How it made me cry:

-The dog died
-It was a graphic novel, so you get to see step by step everything
-The background was bright red when she died
-The woman who took care of the dogs imagined them talking, and Laika kept saying "why am I in this little space? Where am I going? Can you take me home with you? Can I leave this place?"
-While the frames of her dying were going on, in the margins it just repeated "good dog" over and over again
-Her tongue was lolling out and that was horrible

Ugh it was a good book but I despise it now because of this.

And everyone was being species-ist.

"It's just a dog! It's better than sending a human up there!"

UGGGGH!!!!!!!

I can't even talk about this anymore, or ok start crying again.