Yes. Very well put. As one raised in evangelical Christianity, I always see in The Velveteen Rabbit the theme of Love as a means of sanctification through devo

Yes. Very well put. As one raised in evangelical Christianity, I always see in The Velveteen Rabbit the theme of Love as a means of sanctification through devotion to the ideal, come hell or high water - becoming "Real". It works particularly well through that lense, as the deus ex machina at the end is exactly right for a Christian worldview, not a cheap trick to escape the hard reality.