And today's tip of the hat - or rather, bonnet - goes to Twitter funnyperson Oonagh Keating, aka @Okeating.
From Tom Kitten to Jemima Puddleduck, Keating's series of tweets 'Beatrix Potter: The Brutal Truth' have seen her rework some of the most famous pages of Potter's classic children's books to, well, rather brutal effect.
Check them out - with Keating's explanations - below. And be warned: you may never see Potter in the same light again.