Yes. And not only because there is serious literary fantasy, but because I feel even pulp can have serious aspirations. We should reject the idea of 'pulp' (and even 'trash') as a pejorative outright, IMO, and embrace the terms, but that again is probably another discussion. Genre fiction should have a dialogue with literary fiction, and take its best parts while keeping what makes genre unique. Not try to water down its more fantastic elements so it can be considered 'serious' by the people who determine what 'serious' is.See, for me, worrying about how they are speaking is actually part of the fun. Maybe my tastes are more "pulp" than I'm willing to admit, since the mechanics of a fictional world are rarely a subject of academic discussion (there's no fan wiki for "The Winter of Our Discontent," but there's one for the "Guardians of Ga'hoole").
No, I was more worried about it tonally than I was about the mechanics, finding a creative way to explain the mechanics actually gives me joy, not stress. I was more concerned readers would feel like their intelligence was being insulted that I wanted to make a serious drama with talking animals, but if this thread is any indication that shouldn't actually be an issue. The dichotomy between "serious literary fiction" and "fantasy" seems far less stark than I initially perceived, which is great for me because frankly I like weird Meerkat monsters arguing about politics.