#other interesting sheep-related idioms : dyed-in-the wool (what VILE certainly hoped she'd be for them : the strongest possible follower)

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I'm not over the symbolism with Black sheep's name. They took the daughter of "the Wolf" and tried to defang her by calling her a sheep, a docile individual who follows without asking questions.

And yet they called her a black sheep. A misfit, an outcast, one who stands out.

And she was : only child on the island, a promising thief before even starting her training, and eventually being "in a league of her own".

It's almost a self-fulfilling prophecy. Why were they surprised when the one they'd marked as different from the flock ended up rebelling against it completely?