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When I first watched that episode that moment immediately caught my attention too. This kid is willing to do just about anything for his dad if it means getting any sort of love or affection from him but it’s still not enough. To Dale Dev isn’t enough and seeing these moments from Dev being so desperate to earn his fathers love and affection and moments of being a sweet kid make it hurt even more. Their really isn’t anything he can do to get his fathers affection and this poor kid deserves better parents stat.
Slightly thinking about how Dev was ready to literally eat a lizard when he thought Dale told him to.
Guy would literally do anything if it means getting his love and attention huh?
#fop anw#fop#fairly odd parents a new wish#fairly oddparents#dev dimmadome#dale dimmadome#I think Dev gets to me more then Timmy#because Timmy had Cosmo and Wanda in his corner#Dev really doesn’t have anyone#and that’s a tragedy
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Peri Learns Timmy is Spider-Man
Characters: Peri, Timmy, and Wanda Word Count: 1.2k Warnings: N/A
[Peri Edition <- YOU ARE HERE] [Cosmo Edition] [Wanda Edition]
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All Peri wanted to do was show his older cousin a meme.
Somehow that was too much to ask of the universe.
Timmy was usually in his room, either playing video games or whatever. He barely heard him all evening which was odd. So when he heard a faint thump from the other side of the wall, he assumed his cousin was finally home.
He seemed to be staying out later these days. Doing what? No one in the family really knew.
At least Peri’s favorite cousin was back. He grabbed his phone and loaded up the video he meant to show Timmy earlier. Sure he could've sent it to him but it was funnier to see Timmy’s reaction.
Peri had this phone in one hand and opened Timmy’s door with the other.
“You’ll never guess what-” Peri’s eyes landed on the hooded figure with a mask. His entire face was covered in black cloth with one two crudely attached lenses.
The two locked eyes. Neither moved. This was not his cousin. This was someone who broke into Timmy’s room, from the second floor? Surely, there were easier houses to rob. But this had to be a thief. Someone who could probably stab him. Badly.
Peri stayed calmed.
“DAD!” Peri ran out into the hall. He didn’t even know if his dad was home but it was worth a shot.
Thwip.
Something hit Peri’s back and yanked him back inside Timmy’s room. His phone flew from his hand. He fell flat on the floor. The stranger looming over him.
Peri went to scream again but the stranger shot something from their wrist. His mouth closed shut. He tried to look down. His hands were going towards the bottom half of his face trying to rip off whatever was stuck to his mouth.
It wasn't coming off.
He screamed but it came out muffled.
“Peri-” The stranger said.
Oh dear. This person knew his name. He was dead. He had to do something.
Peri turned over and started hitting the stranger's legs. He wasn't going down without a fight. No matter how pathetic and one sided the fight was.
“Peri, calm down!” The stranger whispered angrily. He crouched down and ripped off the ski mask.
It was Timmy.
“Mmy?” Peri’s eyes widened. This only raised more questions.
How did Timmy get onto the second floor? The window was open but there was no possible way, no stairs or balcony except for his door.
Why was he even breaking into his own room in the first place?
What the fuck was that thing with his wrist?
“Boys?” Wanda’s footsteps made their way up the stairs.
The two of them gave each other an ‘oh shit’ look. Panic in both their eyes. Moreso in Timmy’s.
At that moment Peri understood. Whatever was happening, mom and dad were not to be told about it. Peri got off the floor and tried to break off whatever was stuck to his face.
Timmy ran to the door and slammed it shut. They both winced knowing that was about to get Timmy into even more trouble.
“Everything’s fine, Aunt Wanda!” Timmy took off his hoodie and threw it into the corner. He did a weird motion that let out…
Webs?
Okay, what the fuck Timmy.
The webs latched onto the mask and he grabbed it and tossed it into the corner. He rushed over to Peri and ripped off the webbing.
Peri yelped. The webbing was stuck onto Timmy’s hands now. Panic overtook the cousins.
Wanda knocked on the door. Peri ran to stop the door from opening all the way.
“Hey Mom!” Peri nervously laughed. The door was only open an inch.
In the corner of his eye, his cousin was quietly panicking. Timmy was flailing around trying to get the webs off his own hands. Serves him right that stuff is strong and sticky.
“Is everything alright Sweetie?” Wanda held her hand against the door. Her soft tired eyes almost let Peri’s guard down. Almost.
He straightened his posture, “Of course. Haha. Um- Why wouldn't it be? It’s not like I thought someone was breaking in- Because no one can break in! Especially not from the second floor because that’s impossible-” He paused. “Timmy and I were just playing a game. It got a little rough. Because we were… Pretending to be wrestlers?”
Wanda looked confused, she shook her head as if to clear her thoughts. “Timmy’s home?”
It was at that moment when Timmy finally took control. He opened the door fully and shoved Peri out. Peri restrained himself from letting out a whimper. Jeez, when did Timmy get so strong? That hurt.
“Yeah, sorry I didn't tell you earlier Aunt Wanda.” Timmy smiled.
“Just… Don't make it a habit, alright Sport?”
Timmy gave a mini salute, “Aye aye, Captain Wanda.”
Wanda sighed, “We’re talking later. Both of you. You two know how I get about slamming doors and roughhousing.” She started walking back downstairs and let her voice carry itself back up, “Dinner will be ready in twenty minutes.”
Peri turned to Timmy. His mouth failing to make an coherent words. They were more akin to baby babbles then sentences.
Timmy grabbed his wrist and pulled him inside. He closed the door with a little too much caution. His room was the way it always been. Aside from the broken cobwebs on the floor. Tiny strains littered across the already messy floor.
“Timmy… What happened?”
“Um.” Timmy took a deep breath and grimaced with a shrug. “I’m not one hundred percent sure but I think a spider did this. Or a spider allergy? Something related to a spider that’s for sure.” Timmy started going on about a field trip a few months back. The discovery of spider related powers. The webs he could shoot out of his wrist.
“Long story short I’m kind of a vigilante now?” Timmy did nervous jazz hands.
Peri was stuck in a daze. This was a lot to process. All he wanted to do was eat but now his stomach couldn’t handle the idea of his cousin going out there and fighting criminals. People with guns and weapons. Scratch that, his cousin had superpowers. Spider themed superpowers.
“What is my life?” Peri thought aloud.
“You weren’t the one who got sick from spider bite.”
Peri shot up. “And you didn’t go to the hospital?!”
“I thought it would be fine.” Timmy grumbled.
“You can produce webs from your wrists. That is not fine.”
“Drama queen.”
“I’m gonna be honest Timmy. I don’t like this.”
“I’m not asking for your approval, I just don’t want you to rat me out to your mom or dad.”
“And I won’t. I…” Peri had no idea what to say. It was always Timmy who looked out for him. Sure, his cousin has done reckless things before but this is a new level of insanity. “I just don’t know.”
“But you won’t rat me out right?” Hesistation from Timmy's part. As if Timmy hadn't helped Peri cover up countless mistakes. As if they hadn't grown up together.
They were ride or die.
Peri shook his head no. He wouldn't tell, he trusted Timmy.
“Good. I owe you one.” Timmy gave him a soft smile.
It was Peri who owed Timmy a lot. He left without a saying another word. His phone was still on the hallway floor. He picked it up.
Peri surpressed a laugh, of course the meme he wanted to show Timmy happened to be about a spider.
#timmy turner#periwinkle fairywinkle cosma#wanda fairywinkle cosma#fop#fairly oddparents#spiderman timmy au#my writing
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Fairly odd dolly (FOP)
It was a school day like any other: abuse on the bus, dealing with Crocker, the popular kids snubbing him etc etc but little did Timmy turner know as he made his way home that he would come to miss days like this, where being able to go to school and have simple freedoms could be taken for granted. Soon all of that would change, and he'd find himself behind bars so to speak, a prisoner in his own body and a object of ridicule.. and it would all happen because of a simple kind hearted wish.
Tootie had been pestering him like always, asking him to come over and hang out, and maybe play house. He had almost humored the offer till she let her intentions semi show when she was selling the idea. "You'll get to escape from my sister, she can just watch TV at your place without you around so she'll love it. And I'll use my easy bake oven and make you lots of treats and stuff!" She gushed, with Timmy thinking it all sounded good. cue the bomb drop as Tootie bite her bottom lip and wiggled, almost like she had to use the potty. "O-Or heh.. you could even come over and be my little baby! I have towels we can use as diapers and I'll cuddle you and rock you an-" at that point Tootie was talking a smoke outline of Timmy, who had dashed inside and ran up to his room, locking the door and panting slightly. "That.. was a close one. " Timmy grumbled as Cosmo and Fairy poofed into sight. "Aww come on Timmy, she just wanted to play!" Wanda said and went over to the window, pointing at the bawling Tootie on the street corner. "Nggghh Yeah but, she wanted me to be a baby. and frankly, I spend enough time as it is pooping my pants." Timmy huffed, crossing his arms and trying to maintain a stiff upper lip. But as he watched Tootie sob and cry he signed. "I'm not gonna be her baby.. but I wish for her to find a Timmy doll to do whatever she wants with." Timmy said, slapping a hand over his eyes. "Awww your a good kid Timmy!" Wanda said. "Wait, does that mean we have to grant the dolls wishes too?" Cosmo asked. "..Just shut up and look proud dear." Wanda sighed. "Can do!"
Tootie was sounding more like a foghorn as she blew her nose, but as she wiped her eyes she suddenly spotted a stuffed version of Timmy, baby sized and -squeal- even wearing a pink bonnet instead of his hat, not to mention a t-shirt that showed off the dollies tummy tummy and a puffy diaper! "Oh wow! my own baby Timmy! I must be getting rewarded for having Vicky as a sister!" She coo'ed as she hugged the dolly tight. "What's THAT suppose to mean!?" Snarl Vicky, her shadow falling over her little sister on her way to babysit Timmy. "Uh..Uh.." Tootie gulped, almost piddling herself in fear as she turned around to face her sister. "That your mean and evil and the fates are balancing out your torture of me with a stuffie?" She said, and instantly regretted it. Vicky frowned, leaned down, then smirked. "Good, thought you were gonna spew some crap about what a nice person I am. I do have a reputation to keep you know!" Vicky said, then flicked a finger at her little sisters forehead, knocking Tootie to the ground and walked off laughing.
"Jeez and I thought I got it rough.." Timmy said, wincing then turning to Wanda. "Also, couldn't help but notice a few things about that stuffed doll.." he added with a icy tone. "I actually was just going for a doll.." Wanda said. "Oh, I did the diapers and everything! I just think little Timmy is soooo cute!" Cosmo said and grinned. "..whatever. better a stuffie then me." Timmy said and then went to work on his homework. recently him and Vicky more or less had a agreement in place that as along as he stayed in his room, she'd ignore him. if he left even to use the bathroom however well, the hunt was on and with her new Nerf gun she had shopped up.. Timmy had been moping up more then a few puddles as of late.
Wishes were a funny thing, 99.99 percent of the time they went off flawless, but whenever some sort of cosmic mess up was bound to happen, affecting at least once wish, chances were it would always be Timmy's. his latest wish proved the rule as a hiccup in the magic fabric of the universe (Or Jorgen Von Strangle just being a dick) warped Timmy's wish in a way that would be very humiliating to him, and would be the start of his downfall.
"oh baby Timmy, I just love you so so so so so so" Tootie was saying, pausing to breath before going on, adding anther 12 so's. "Much!" she gushed, hugging the dolly close in a almost crushing embrace as the corrupted wish started to kick in. "I'm going to hug you and kiss you and keep you close to me at ALL times!" She coo'ed, and planted a HUGE wet smooch to the doll's cheek.
In his bedroom and laying on his bed, trying to do his reading assignment while Wanda and Cosmo were out doing important work (Aka Wanda had dragged Cosmo away so he'd stop distracting Timmy) when suddenly he felt like he was being giving a bear hug from a professional wrestler. the wind was knocked out of him and he could only wiggle in place, trying to figure out what was going on when the hug FINALLY stopped.. only for a gross wet smooch to happen on his cheek even though there wasn't anyone else in the room, or at least he thought so. Wiping his cheek and looking around, Timmy rolled off his bed and under it to snag his S.O.S. anti magic creature kit, something that he'd found useful when Wanda and Cosmo proved to be less then helpful. As he snagged the case and scooted back from under the bed, taking out a flashlight that would detect invisible people, Timmy didn't notice that his pants had poofed away leaving only his cartoon print undies on display. a print that was fading as the undies started to puff out.
Tootie was bouncing with joy as she got to her room and found a mini crib for her new baby, along with outfits to put him in (the shirt and the bonnet could come of, the bonnet held on by velco) and a supply of baby food and can's of formula powder and even clean diapers..implying her widdle Timmy baby doll could wet and mess! Eager to try out all the functions on her little Timmy, she sat him down on her bed gently and then went to work mixing up a ba-ba, using a gag sized baby bottle she had in case she ever talked Timmy into playing baby, so it would hold a good litire or so. the can's warned not to feed the baby too much at once, but promised faster present making' the more powder was used at once. With that logic, Tootie ignored the fact it was suppose to be 1/4 of a can per bottle, and used all of one in one go, mixing it with the warm water and shaking it till she was red in the face to get it to pass though the nipple. "who's thirsty?" she asked, giggling with delight and swooping up the dolly with one arm, then popping the bottle between the lips with the other. "Bottoms up!" She coo'ed as the mixture started to flood into the dolly.
Timmy had just finished checking all of his room when he finally looked down and noticed that A: his pants were gone and B: his undies had gone from Crimson chin to white, and were puffing out. Pushing a finger against the front of his undies, he felt slick plastic and a growing puff that was crinkling, which could only mean one thing. "My undies are turning into a a diaper!" he yelped out. He'd figure out the WAY in this later, but for now he knew WHAT he had to do as he reached down to remove the rapidly transforming undies before they fully turned. Somehow in his little mind he wouldn't be in diapers again if he got them off before the change was done. His efforts were for not as not only did the undies finish their change, now bulky white diapers with animal print tapes, but as he pried and tugged on the diaper, then the tapes, then both, he found he couldn't remove it! It was on;y AFTER he accepted this that he noticed that during his struggle his t-shirt had shrunk, and in fact his outfit looked like like.. "The doll's! I have to get over to Tooties and stop her before she does an-" Timmy started to say to himself, but found himself scooped up and hovering in the air, and then his mouth was forced open. Something rubbery filled his mouth, though having been turned into a baby once or twice (Ok way more then that) Timmy knew what the nipple of a bottle felt like and mentally groaned, it was not use trying to bat the bottle away as it wasn't in the room per say, so he'd just be battle at the air. 'please at least let this stuff taste good.' he mentally groaned. As the formula started to flood into his mouth and down his throat, it wasn't half bad, in fact it was kinda good at least at first, then the taste started to get more and more foul and he groaned. 'of course, why would I get lucky..though this is a lot.. i hope the bottle runs out soon!' whimpering as his belly was stuffed, Timmy could feel his belly getting bigger and didn't like the implications that meant as all that formula had only one place to come out. 'great. anther day..anther poopie diaper..'
Tootie was giggling like crazy as she watched the dollies tummy grow as she fed it, the bottle was only half emptied and already the poor thing looked like it was gonna burst. "Better stop and burp the baby!" She coo'ed and pulled the baba out, then put the doll over her shoulder and started to pat it's back and then it's bottom, alternating till she was rewarded with a loud belch that almost sounded like it was happening in stereo, then a muffled poot from the seat of the diaper. "Oh wow, this Dollie goes all out! make mommy a present!" She coo'ed and kept patting the butt. as if on verbal command, the doll let out three more poots and then the back of the diaper started to expand with warm mush. "Such a good baby! glad it doesn't stink though!" She giggled.
Timmy signed in relief as the bottle was pulled out of his mouth, his tummy and chest were starting to hurt from the combination of being so full and getting a air bubble. his glee was short lived as he found himself still floating in the hair, but moved to a burping position and felt gentle pats on his back and -blush- pampered bottom. "Oh this is NOT going to end we- URRRRRRRRRPPPPP!" Timmy started to say, but was cut off as a massive belch came out of him. "Nice one twerp!" Cackled Vicky from downstairs then a massive poot erupted from his backside, Timmy BARLEY holding back from making boom boom. "T-This would be a VERY good time for Cosmo and Wanda to come back." Timmy mewed, however he wasn't holding out hope as more poots came out and then the gates were opened so to speak. As the sludge poured out of Timmy he cried out in pain, the hot muck just didn't feel nice and it smelled even worse as it didn't take long for his room to fill with his stink. the diaper itself was expanding as fast as possible to hold all of the mess, poofing out to frankly cartoonish sizes though at least that meant Timmy didn't have to worry about a -ick- over flow. by the time he was don, the diaper had ballooned out so it was halfway down his lower legs, helped by gravity as he was still in the air. "If there's a merciful higher power out there.. She'll change the diaper without setting me down." Timmy mewed.
Tootie was holding the doll with both hands under each armpit and was pretending it was taking to her. "Whats that baby Timmy? you love your big poopie diaper? Awww I knew you would!" Tootie coo'ed and planted a kiss on on the doll, then paused, holding it up to her ear. "Oh, you wanna go for a poopie horise ride on mommy's knee instead of getting a diapie change? Oh you silly baby! But ok. if THAT'S what my stinky widdle Timmy Tim wants~" Tootie giggled and took a seat. setting the Timmy doll up nice and high, she brought it down with a hard SQUISH, and was happy that the dollies diaper held up as she went to town bouncing the baby on her knee.
Timmy got his answer has he covered in the arm, feeling his weight supported under his arms and then then felt himself being brought in close. having again been a baby more then once he knew what was coming, and whimpered as his cute little hat turned into a baby bonnet.. before coming down on what he assumed was Tootie's knee, making the mess shift around in his diaper in a MOST unpleasant way and making the smell in the room somehow even worse! What followed was a good five minutes, give or take a eternity from Timmy's POV, leaving the twerp green faced and whimpering but FINALLY the bouncing was stopped and he was just at on his butt, trying to recover and praying Tootie was finally ready to change the dollie..or at the very least leave Timmy the fuck alone as he gagged and mewed in his fume filled room.
The stink was filling more then Timmy's room due to the vents, and downstairs Vicky was finally noticing the funk. of course at first she thought it was just her gym clothes till she recalled she had left her gym bag in her parents room under their bed so they'd have to struggle to find the source of the funk. Raising a arm she sniffed her own pits but nope, nothing worse then usual which left the twerp. "I swear to god Twerp, if your making stink bombs up there I'm gonna make you eat them!" She yelled as she stomped up the stairs. As Vicky slammed the door open, the smell got at least 10 times worse and even her eyes were watering and a hand came up clamping over her nose and she wiped at her eyes. "God damn Twerp what are you.." Vicky trailed off as her blurred vision cleared, her jaw dropping. whatever she had been expecting to see when she came into the room, it wasn't Timmy dressed like a baby and in a massively stinky diaper. "Damn, no wonder your so small!" she snorted and then whined as she realized she shouldn't of. "But if you think I'm changing that, I don't get paid nearly enough." "I..I.." Timmy mewed and tried to speak in his defense, but then Vicky was over there and popping his thumb into his mouth. "If that thumb comes out, I drop you out the window and we'll see if that stinky butt of yours makes a good crash pillow." She said. Timmy wisely sucked on his thumb and Vicky turned away, wondering just WHAT was she gonna do with this, she couldn't leave the twerp like this if for no other reason then her nose was burning out..then a evil Grinch like smile crept over her face as she took out her phone and dialed her dorky little sister. "hey Dork, you've got a sweet spot for twerp right? well I got a job for you.."
Tootie's jaw dropped as Vicky told her what she needed her for.. her darling Timmy WAS a big stinky baby! of course, that's why he had been so rude and taken off on her earlier, she had stuck a nerve! Well that could be forgiven, and it wasn't like she wasn't ready to baby the real Timmy, as much fun as the doll had been. setting the doll to the side, she went and gathered up a diaper bag full of supplies and then rushed out the door, missing the faint glow that left the Timmy doll showing that it's voodoo effect was gone, even though Timmy's hell was far from over.
Timmy sometimes wondered if life wouldn't of been easier if he never had fairy god parents. Don't get him wrong, he loved Cosmo and Wanda with all his heart and they had made life exciting.. but then there were days like this. If it wasn't dealing with anti faeries it was the Pixies, Crocker or any number of other old foes. and then you had the just weird days where he was destined for non ending humiliation like this. As bad as being seen in all his baby glory was, as bad having Tootie coming over to change his stinky diapers was gonna be, it seemed like the higher powers just hadn't had enough of dicking Timmy around. "So I was gonna let her take care of your smelly pamps in the house, but then I got to thinking, if you stink that bad NOW.." Vicky was said, a smirk on her face as she was holding him away from her with her hands under his arms, a clothes pin on her nose. "well no way I want that unleashed in the house. side, if I put you out by the flower garden it'll likely go crazy with all the fertilizer." Laughing at her own joke, she missed Timmy's eye roll and then he was too busy scanning the street, praying, hoping it would be a nice slow day and no one would be around to see him as drool trailed down his chin, he was still sucking his thumb like he'd been told to. he might not of been on the second story anymore but Vicky was nothing if not creative with how she could make you regret your actions. "heh, Looking to see if any of your widdle friends are around twerp?" Vicky asked, and then dropped him butt first on the grass by the garden and damn it if it wasn't looking greener and more flush in seconds. Looking up though he groaned as she had a cell phone out snapping picture after picture..then paled as he realized it was HIS cell phone. Thumb slipping out of his mouth he went to get up but the massive weight of his diaper meant he was barely up, then plopping back down. "Bwhahaha that's it twerp, make these even cuter! I'm sending them to all your contracts..oh and that Trixie girl you like." Vicky laughed. "NOOOOOOO!" Timmy wailed, tears following even as he knew it wouldn't help with the pictures. in for a penny, in for a pound and since it had been sorta soothing.. Timmy popped his thumb back into his mouth and whimpered.
By the time Tootie got over there, Timmy's eyes were semi glazed over and he was sobbing softly, reaching out with one hand as the other sucked on his thumb as she came close. "Whoa mama! somebodies ripe!" Tootie said, but just grinned showing off her braces. if you wanted to be a good mommy to big babies you had to be able to withstand smelly things after all, and besides, this was nothing compared to the time she'd been locked in a closet with 5 pissed off skunks thanks to her big sister. "Awww it's Ok Timmy, Mommy Tootie is here to make it allll better." She coo'ed, coming in close and popping Timmy's thumb out of his mouth and replacing it with a pacifier, which he eagerly took too, then looked over her shoulder to her sister. "why's he outside?" "oh, Practically begged me to show him off, once he knew you were coming over and he was gonna get to baby out as much as he wanted, he wanted to be loud and proud." Vicky lied, "You handle this and whatever big baby stuff he wants, I'm going back inside and opening all the windows and using all the air fresher the turners have." Vicky said, turning and walking away. Tootie rolled her eyes at that, but at least she had her big baby all to herself..at least until everyone showed up. hoping to avoid getting arrested for public indecency, she went to work on the diaper change, noting it wasn't nearly as bad as she thought it would be.
Timmy's brain was on auto mode, and for the most part his big boy mind just retreated inside and thought of all the cool stuff he had done. sure it would be brought out to the surface once in a while but always blissfully retreated back before the weight of what was happening to him for real was to much and just erased itself. -flash- Chester and AJ staring with drop jaws and then all fumbling over words, trying to baby talk to Timmy as Tootie made it clear Timmy would be too busy being her big baby to play with them anymore, at least unless they promised no rough and tough games -flash- Trixie and her friends showing up, Laughing and teasing him and asking if baby made boom boom when Timmy had loudly farted. -flash- His own parents coming home and buying the story from Tootie and Vicky, and promising to give Timmy the full on big baby experience he wanted. Timmy trying to argue but he was in the middle of being fed a bottle and his whines were just seen as him needing to be burped. It wasn't until he was tucked in for the night at 6:30 pm sharp in his old crib, curtains shut and a mobile playing over his head that he was able to get a maintained big boy mode going on, and that was when Wanda and Cosmo had finally come back. Wanda had taken one look at him and went to say something but Timmy got a mittened hand to his lips, in a full body with mitts and feeties light pink sleeper that he'd gotten for his birthday last year, and he pointed at the baby monitor. even as the light dawned on Wanda's face, she reached over and grabbed Cosmo's lips since he was still about to loudly ask what was going on, using the hand with the wand in it to cover up their talk..all anyone listening would hear would be 'goo goo gaga's and other baby babble. "ok sport, whats going on here?" Wanda asked. "duh, he's playing big baby! I used to do that sometimes with momma Cosmo!" Cosmo said and smiled fondly. "..Can't say that's a shock." Timmy said dryly, then proceeded to spill the beans as fast as he could. As he finished up, squirming and huffing in his wet diaper he looked at Wanda and Cosmo. "So..I think it goes without saying I wish to undo everything that happened today?" "the two faeries nodded, raised their wands and there was a loud farting noise. "Uh..Yeah..about that timmy.." Wanda said, gulping and rubbing the back of her head as a copy of Da rulez appeared. "Oh no. Ohhhh no no no no no.." Timmy mewed, grabbing a stuffie and putting it to his face. "Do NOT tell me.." "Oh yeah, trues out enough people love you like this that it can't be undo. normally a massive cock up like this could of been.. but looks like Tootie, Your parents and Trixe and Veronica all love this version of you, you won the girls over when playing patty cake with them." Wanda said and gave a nervous laugh., holding up the book and showing Timmy the reply from when his baby brain had been in control. "Awww so cute!" Cosmo coo'ed. "And since at least five people had to love this for Da rule to kick in.." Wanda trailed off. "I-I'm trapped like this!?!" Timmy whimpered, his bottom lip trembling. "But..but..that's not..it's not.." And as the water works started a purge of sorts followed, big baby Timmy on his hands and knees switching between bawling and pushing as his big boy mind screamed and fussed over what was happening, his baby mind got comfortable. technically Wanda and Cosmo could of stepped up, but with Timmy going back to permanent babyhood they were going to be reassigned anyways and this would just make it easier for him to endure the permanent babyhood that was going to be his new life. With a series of massive and stinky farts, the back of Timmy's sleeper and diaper puffed out, his big boy mind in it and a fully baby brained Timmy coo'ed softly and gurgled, waving at the faeries then nuzzled into a teddy and went sleepies. The faeries waved bye bye back, and turn off the effect around the baby monitor and left.
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Fairly odd dollie (Fairly odd parents)
It was a school day like any other: abuse on the bus, dealing with Crocker, the popular kids snubbing him etc etc but little did Timmy turner know as he made his way home that he would come to miss days like this, where being able to go to school and have simple freedoms could be taken for granted.
Soon all of that would change, and he'd find himself behind bars so to speak, a prisoner in his own body and a object of ridicule.. and it would all happen because of a simple kind hearted wish.
Tootie had been pestering him like always, asking him to come over and hang out, and maybe play house. He had almost humored the offer till she let her intentions semi show when she was selling the idea.
"You'll get to escape from my sister, she can just watch TV at your place without you around so she'll love it. And I'll use my easy bake oven and make you lots of treats and stuff!" She gushed, with Timmy thinking it all sounded good. cue the bomb drop as Tootie bite her bottom lip and wiggled, almost like she had to use the potty.
"O-Or heh.. you could even come over and be my little baby! I have towels we can use as diapers and I'll cuddle you and rock you an-"
at that point Tootie was talking a smoke outline of Timmy, who had dashed inside and ran up to his room, locking the door and panting slightly.
"That.. was a close one. " Timmy grumbled as Cosmo and Fairy poofed into sight.
"Aww come on Timmy, she just wanted to play!" Wanda said and went over to the window, pointing at the bawling Tootie on the street corner.
"Nggghh Yeah but, she wanted me to be a baby. and frankly, I spend enough time as it is pooping my pants." Timmy huffed, crossing his arms and trying to maintain a stiff upper lip.
But as he watched Tootie sob and cry he signed.
"I'm not gonna be her baby.. but I wish for her to find a Timmy doll to do whatever she wants with." Timmy said, slapping a hand over his eyes.
"Awww your a good kid Timmy!" Wanda said.
"Wait, does that mean we have to grant the dolls wishes too?" Cosmo asked.
"..Just shut up and look proud dear." Wanda sighed.
"Can do!"
Tootie was sounding more like a foghorn as she blew her nose, but as she wiped her eyes she suddenly spotted a stuffed version of Timmy, baby sized and -squeal- even wearing a pink bonnet instead of his hat, not to mention a t-shirt that showed off the dollies tummy tummy and a puffy diaper!
"Oh wow! my own baby Timmy! I must be getting rewarded for having Vicky as a sister!" She coo'ed as she hugged the dolly tight.
"What's THAT suppose to mean!?" Snarl Vicky, her shadow falling over her little sister on her way to babysit Timmy.
"Uh..Uh.." Tootie gulped, almost piddling herself in fear as she turned around to face her sister. "That your mean and evil and the fates are balancing out your torture of me with a stuffie?" She said, and instantly regretted it.
Vicky frowned, leaned down, then smirked.
"Good, thought you were gonna spew some crap about what a nice person I am. I do have a reputation to keep you know!" Vicky said, then flicked a finger at her little sisters forehead, knocking Tootie to the ground and walked off laughing.
"Jeez and I thought I got it rough.." Timmy said, wincing then turning to Wanda. "Also, couldn't help but notice a few things about that stuffed doll.." he added with a icy tone.
"I actually was just going for a doll.." Wanda said.
"Oh, I did the diapers and everything! I just think little Timmy is soooo cute!" Cosmo said and grinned.
"..whatever. better a stuffie then me." Timmy said and then went to work on his homework.
recently him and Vicky more or less had a agreement in place that as along as he stayed in his room, she'd ignore him. if he left even to use the bathroom however well, the hunt was on and with her new Nerf gun she had shopped up.. Timmy had been moping up more then a few puddles as of late.
Wishes were a funny thing, 99.99 percent of the time they went off flawless, but whenever some sort of cosmic mess up was bound to happen, affecting at least once wish, chances were it would always be Timmy's.
his latest wish proved the rule as a hiccup in the magic fabric of the universe (Or Jorgen Von Strangle just being a dick) warped Timmy's wish in a way that would be very humiliating to him, and would be the start of his downfall.
"oh baby Timmy, I just love you so so so so so so" Tootie was saying, pausing to breath before going on, adding anther 12 so's. "Much!" she gushed, hugging the dolly close in a almost crushing embrace as the corrupted wish started to kick in.
"I'm going to hug you and kiss you and keep you close to me at ALL times!" She coo'ed, and planted a HUGE wet smooch to the doll's cheek.
In his bedroom and laying on his bed, trying to do his reading assignment while Wanda and Cosmo were out doing important work (Aka Wanda had dragged Cosmo away so he'd stop distracting Timmy) when suddenly he felt like he was being giving a bear hug from a professional wrestler.
the wind was knocked out of him and he could only wiggle in place, trying to figure out what was going on when the hug FINALLY stopped.. only for a gross wet smooch to happen on his cheek even though there wasn't anyone else in the room, or at least he thought so.
Wiping his cheek and looking around, Timmy rolled off his bed and under it to snag his S.O.S. anti magic creature kit, something that he'd found useful when Wanda and Cosmo proved to be less then helpful.
As he snagged the case and scooted back from under the bed, taking out a flashlight that would detect invisible people, Timmy didn't notice that his pants had poofed away leaving only his cartoon print undies on display.
a print that was fading as the undies started to puff out.
Tootie was bouncing with joy as she got to her room and found a mini crib for her new baby, along with outfits to put him in (the shirt and the bonnet could come of, the bonnet held on by velco) and a supply of baby food and can's of formula powder and even clean diapers..implying her widdle Timmy baby doll could wet and mess!
Eager to try out all the functions on her little Timmy, she sat him down on her bed gently and then went to work mixing up a ba-ba, using a gag sized baby bottle she had in case she ever talked Timmy into playing baby, so it would hold a good litire or so.
the can's warned not to feed the baby too much at once, but promised faster present making' the more powder was used at once.
With that logic, Tootie ignored the fact it was suppose to be 1/4 of a can per bottle, and used all of one in one go, mixing it with the warm water and shaking it till she was red in the face to get it to pass though the nipple.
"who's thirsty?" she asked, giggling with delight and swooping up the dolly with one arm, then popping the bottle between the lips with the other.
"Bottoms up!" She coo'ed as the mixture started to flood into the dolly.
Timmy had just finished checking all of his room when he finally looked down and noticed that A: his pants were gone and B: his undies had gone from Crimson chin to white, and were puffing out.
Pushing a finger against the front of his undies, he felt slick plastic and a growing puff that was crinkling, which could only mean one thing.
"My undies are turning into a a diaper!" he yelped out.
He'd figure out the WAY in this later, but for now he knew WHAT he had to do as he reached down to remove the rapidly transforming undies before they fully turned. Somehow in his little mind he wouldn't be in diapers again if he got them off before the change was done.
His efforts were for not as not only did the undies finish their change, now bulky white diapers with animal print tapes, but as he pried and tugged on the diaper, then the tapes, then both, he found he couldn't remove it!
It was on;y AFTER he accepted this that he noticed that during his struggle his t-shirt had shrunk, and in fact his outfit looked like like..
"The doll's! I have to get over to Tooties and stop her before she does an-" Timmy started to say to himself, but found himself scooped up and hovering in the air, and then his mouth was forced open.
Something rubbery filled his mouth, though having been turned into a baby once or twice (Ok way more then that) Timmy knew what the nipple of a bottle felt like and mentally groaned, it was not use trying to bat the bottle away as it wasn't in the room per say, so he'd just be battle at the air.
'please at least let this stuff taste good.' he mentally groaned.
As the formula started to flood into his mouth and down his throat, it wasn't half bad, in fact it was kinda good at least at first, then the taste started to get more and more foul and he groaned.
'of course, why would I get lucky..though this is a lot.. i hope the bottle runs out soon!'
whimpering as his belly was stuffed, Timmy could feel his belly getting bigger and didn't like the implications that meant as all that formula had only one place to come out.
'great. anther day..anther poopie diaper..'
Tootie was giggling like crazy as she watched the dollies tummy grow as she fed it, the bottle was only half emptied and already the poor thing looked like it was gonna burst.
"Better stop and burp the baby!" She coo'ed and pulled the baba out, then put the doll over her shoulder and started to pat it's back and then it's bottom, alternating till she was rewarded with a loud belch that almost sounded like it was happening in stereo, then a muffled poot from the seat of the diaper.
"Oh wow, this Dollie goes all out! make mommy a present!" She coo'ed and kept patting the butt.
as if on verbal command, the doll let out three more poots and then the back of the diaper started to expand with warm mush.
"Such a good baby! glad it doesn't stink though!" She giggled.
Timmy signed in relief as the bottle was pulled out of his mouth, his tummy and chest were starting to hurt from the combination of being so full and getting a air bubble.
his glee was short lived as he found himself still floating in the hair, but moved to a burping position and felt gentle pats on his back and -blush- pampered bottom.
"Oh this is NOT going to end we- URRRRRRRRRPPPPP!" Timmy started to say, but was cut off as a massive belch came out of him.
"Nice one twerp!" Cackled Vicky from downstairs then a massive poot erupted from his backside, Timmy BARLEY holding back from making boom boom.
"T-This would be a VERY good time for Cosmo and Wanda to come back." Timmy mewed, however he wasn't holding out hope as more poots came out and then the gates were opened so to speak.
As the sludge poured out of Timmy he cried out in pain, the hot muck just didn't feel nice and it smelled even worse as it didn't take long for his room to fill with his stink.
the diaper itself was expanding as fast as possible to hold all of the mess, poofing out to frankly cartoonish sizes though at least that meant Timmy didn't have to worry about a -ick- over flow.
by the time he was don, the diaper had ballooned out so it was halfway down his lower legs, helped by gravity as he was still in the air.
"If there's a merciful higher power out there.. She'll change the diaper without setting me down." Timmy mewed.
Tootie was holding the doll with both hands under each armpit and was pretending it was taking to her.
"Whats that baby Timmy? you love your big poopie diaper? Awww I knew you would!" Tootie coo'ed and planted a kiss on on the doll, then paused, holding it up to her ear. "Oh, you wanna go for a poopie horise ride on mommy's knee instead of getting a diapie change? Oh you silly baby! But ok. if THAT'S what my stinky widdle Timmy Tim wants~" Tootie giggled and took a seat.
setting the Timmy doll up nice and high, she brought it down with a hard SQUISH, and was happy that the dollies diaper held up as she went to town bouncing the baby on her knee.
Timmy got his answer has he covered in the arm, feeling his weight supported under his arms and then then felt himself being brought in close. having again been a baby more then once he knew what was coming, and whimpered as his cute little hat turned into a baby bonnet.. before coming down on what he assumed was Tootie's knee, making the mess shift around in his diaper in a MOST unpleasant way and making the smell in the room somehow even worse!
What followed was a good five minutes, give or take a eternity from Timmy's POV, leaving the twerp green faced and whimpering but FINALLY the bouncing was stopped and he was just at on his butt, trying to recover and praying Tootie was finally ready to change the dollie..or at the very least leave Timmy the fuck alone as he gagged and mewed in his fume filled room.
The stink was filling more then Timmy's room due to the vents, and downstairs Vicky was finally noticing the funk.
of course at first she thought it was just her gym clothes till she recalled she had left her gym bag in her parents room under their bed so they'd have to struggle to find the source of the funk.
Raising a arm she sniffed her own pits but nope, nothing worse then usual which left the twerp.
"I swear to god Twerp, if your making stink bombs up there I'm gonna make you eat them!" She yelled as she stomped up the stairs.
As Vicky slammed the door open, the smell got at least 10 times worse and even her eyes were watering and a hand came up clamping over her nose and she wiped at her eyes.
"God damn Twerp what are you.." Vicky trailed off as her blurred vision cleared, her jaw dropping.
whatever she had been expecting to see when she came into the room, it wasn't Timmy dressed like a baby and in a massively stinky diaper.
"Damn, no wonder your so small!" she snorted and then whined as she realized she shouldn't of. "But if you think I'm changing that, I don't get paid nearly enough."
"I..I.." Timmy mewed and tried to speak in his defense, but then Vicky was over there and popping his thumb into his mouth.
"If that thumb comes out, I drop you out the window and we'll see if that stinky butt of yours makes a good crash pillow." She said.
Timmy wisely sucked on his thumb and Vicky turned away, wondering just WHAT was she gonna do with this, she couldn't leave the twerp like this if for no other reason then her nose was burning out..then a evil Grinch like smile crept over her face as she took out her phone and dialed her dorky little sister.
"hey Dork, you've got a sweet spot for twerp right? well I got a job for you.."
Tootie's jaw dropped as Vicky told her what she needed her for.. her darling Timmy WAS a big stinky baby! of course, that's why he had been so rude and taken off on her earlier, she had stuck a nerve!
Well that could be forgiven, and it wasn't like she wasn't ready to baby the real Timmy, as much fun as the doll had been. setting the doll to the side, she went and gathered up a diaper bag full of supplies and then rushed out the door, missing the faint glow that left the Timmy doll showing that it's voodoo effect was gone, even though Timmy's hell was far from over.
Timmy sometimes wondered if life wouldn't of been easier if he never had fairy god parents.
Don't get him wrong, he loved Cosmo and Wanda with all his heart and they had made life exciting.. but then there were days like this.
If it wasn't dealing with anti faeries it was the Pixies, Crocker or any number of other old foes. and then you had the just weird days where he was destined for non ending humiliation like this.
As bad as being seen in all his baby glory was, as bad having Tootie coming over to change his stinky diapers was gonna be, it seemed like the higher powers just hadn't had enough of dicking Timmy around.
"So I was gonna let her take care of your smelly pamps in the house, but then I got to thinking, if you stink that bad NOW.." Vicky was said, a smirk on her face as she was holding him away from her with her hands under his arms, a clothes pin on her nose. "well no way I want that unleashed in the house. side, if I put you out by the flower garden it'll likely go crazy with all the fertilizer."
Laughing at her own joke, she missed Timmy's eye roll and then he was too busy scanning the street, praying, hoping it would be a nice slow day and no one would be around to see him as drool trailed down his chin, he was still sucking his thumb like he'd been told to.
he might not of been on the second story anymore but Vicky was nothing if not creative with how she could make you regret your actions.
"heh, Looking to see if any of your widdle friends are around twerp?" Vicky asked, and then dropped him butt first on the grass by the garden and damn it if it wasn't looking greener and more flush in seconds.
Looking up though he groaned as she had a cell phone out snapping picture after picture..then paled as he realized it was HIS cell phone. Thumb slipping out of his mouth he went to get up but the massive weight of his diaper meant he was barely up, then plopping back down.
"Bwhahaha that's it twerp, make these even cuter! I'm sending them to all your contracts..oh and that Trixie girl you like." Vicky laughed.
"NOOOOOOO!" Timmy wailed, tears following even as he knew it wouldn't help with the pictures.
in for a penny, in for a pound and since it had been sorta soothing.. Timmy popped his thumb back into his mouth and whimpered.
By the time Tootie got over there, Timmy's eyes were semi glazed over and he was sobbing softly, reaching out with one hand as the other sucked on his thumb as she came close.
"Whoa mama! somebodies ripe!" Tootie said, but just grinned showing off her braces.
if you wanted to be a good mommy to big babies you had to be able to withstand smelly things after all, and besides, this was nothing compared to the time she'd been locked in a closet with 5 pissed off skunks thanks to her big sister.
"Awww it's Ok Timmy, Mommy Tootie is here to make it allll better." She coo'ed, coming in close and popping Timmy's thumb out of his mouth and replacing it with a pacifier, which he eagerly took too, then looked over her shoulder to her sister. "why's he outside?"
"oh, Practically begged me to show him off, once he knew you were coming over and he was gonna get to baby out as much as he wanted, he wanted to be loud and proud." Vicky lied, "You handle this and whatever big baby stuff he wants, I'm going back inside and opening all the windows and using all the air fresher the turners have." Vicky said, turning and walking away.
Tootie rolled her eyes at that, but at least she had her big baby all to herself..at least until everyone showed up. hoping to avoid getting arrested for public indecency, she went to work on the diaper change, noting it wasn't nearly as bad as she thought it would be.
Timmy's brain was on auto mode, and for the most part his big boy mind just retreated inside and thought of all the cool stuff he had done. sure it would be brought out to the surface once in a while but always blissfully retreated back before the weight of what was happening to him for real was to much and just erased itself.
-flash- Chester and AJ staring with drop jaws and then all fumbling over words, trying to baby talk to Timmy as Tootie made it clear Timmy would be too busy being her big baby to play with them anymore, at least unless they promised no rough and tough games
-flash- Trixie and her friends showing up, Laughing and teasing him and asking if baby made boom boom when Timmy had loudly farted.
-flash- His own parents coming home and buying the story from Tootie and Vicky, and promising to give Timmy the full on big baby experience he wanted. Timmy trying to argue but he was in the middle of being fed a bottle and his whines were just seen as him needing to be burped.
It wasn't until he was tucked in for the night at 6:30 pm sharp in his old crib, curtains shut and a mobile playing over his head that he was able to get a maintained big boy mode going on, and that was when Wanda and Cosmo had finally come back.
Wanda had taken one look at him and went to say something but Timmy got a mittened hand to his lips, in a full body with mitts and feeties light pink sleeper that he'd gotten for his birthday last year, and he pointed at the baby monitor.
even as the light dawned on Wanda's face, she reached over and grabbed Cosmo's lips since he was still about to loudly ask what was going on, using the hand with the wand in it to cover up their talk..all anyone listening would hear would be 'goo goo gaga's and other baby babble.
"ok sport, whats going on here?" Wanda asked.
"duh, he's playing big baby! I used to do that sometimes with momma Cosmo!" Cosmo said and smiled fondly.
"..Can't say that's a shock." Timmy said dryly, then proceeded to spill the beans as fast as he could. As he finished up, squirming and huffing in his wet diaper he looked at Wanda and Cosmo. "So..I think it goes without saying I wish to undo everything that happened today?"
"the two faeries nodded, raised their wands and there was a loud farting noise.
"Uh..Yeah..about that timmy.." Wanda said, gulping and rubbing the back of her head as a copy of Da rulez appeared.
"Oh no. Ohhhh no no no no no.." Timmy mewed, grabbing a stuffie and putting it to his face. "Do NOT tell me.."
"Oh yeah, trues out enough people love you like this that it can't be undo. normally a massive cock up like this could of been.. but looks like Tootie, Your parents and Trixe and Veronica all love this version of you, you won the girls over when playing patty cake with them." Wanda said and gave a nervous laugh., holding up the book and showing Timmy the reply from when his baby brain had been in control.
"Awww so cute!" Cosmo coo'ed.
"And since at least five people had to love this for Da rule to kick in.." Wanda trailed off.
"I-I'm trapped like this!?!" Timmy whimpered, his bottom lip trembling. "But..but..that's not..it's not.."
And as the water works started a purge of sorts followed, big baby Timmy on his hands and knees switching between bawling and pushing as his big boy mind screamed and fussed over what was happening, his baby mind got comfortable.
technically Wanda and Cosmo could of stepped up, but with Timmy going back to permanent babyhood they were going to be reassigned anyways and this would just make it easier for him to endure the permanent babyhood that was going to be his new life.
With a series of massive and stinky farts, the back of Timmy's sleeper and diaper puffed out, his big boy mind in it and a fully baby brained Timmy coo'ed softly and gurgled, waving at the faeries then nuzzled into a teddy and went sleepies.
The faeries waved bye bye back, and turn off the effect around the baby monitor and left.
the end
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What is the extent of a Fairy Godparent's abilities WITHOUT their magic wand? (Meaning, what can a Fairy Godparent still do if he/she happens to lose his/her wand?)
Note that having a wand = it’s in your possession, on your person. You can still use it as long as it’s in contact with your skin, and some Fairies specifically choose wand sheaths that leave the wand in contact with skin (most Fae fabrics are also thin enough to count) because of this.
It’s not considered “proper” though and will make other Fae nervous. In Fairy and Anti-Fairy culture, it’s polite to keep your wand sheath visible and show that it isn’t in contact with your body. It’s a sign of trust... same reason you’d feel uncomfortable with someone who had a gun pointed at you, no matter how casual their conversation!
That’s a cultural difference between Fairies, Anti-Fairies, and Pixies. Pixies keep their phones in their pockets, not seeing a need to keep them exposed where they’re more likely to be stolen. Fairies and Anti-Fairies generally feel a little uneasy around Pixies because of that.
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Things Fae Can Do Without Wands
1) Sense other magical creatures nearby - Fairies can feel shapes and taste auras, Anti-Fairies can hear auras as different sounds, and Refracts can see auras over long distances and even through objects. Fairies can also smell/taste pheromones.
2) Poof short distances - Poofing is a biological ability, and several times Cosmo and Wanda are shown able to poof without their wands. They cannot poof very far without wands though (about 15 feet at a time; some powerful Fairies may poof as far as 30 feet at a time). A wand allows you to poof from one side of the planet to the other without breaking a sweat.
- You can NOT poof objects into your hand without a wand, even if that object is lying on the bed next to you. Bringing an object towards you from afar is not a biological ability.
3) Flying - Flying is, you guessed it, another biological ability. However, Fae wings are not strong enough to lift the body from the ground without the use of magic. As long as the Fairy can draw magic from the energy field around them, they’re able to float. If the energy field fades, they can’t.
4) Shapeshifting - Shapeshifting is similar to flying. It’s mostly a biological ability, but it doesn’t work very well at low power. Let’s say that Wanda left her wand on the far side of Timmy’s room and then she hears Timmy’s parents coming. She can poof over and grab her wand, then get to the fishbowl. Alternatively, if she’s too startled to think, she might poof directly into the fishbowl and turn into a fish even without her wand.
She would not have the strength to turn into a full dragon without access to her wand, though (in “Wishology,” Cosmo’s Coszilla transformation was broken instantly when he was separated from his wand). Depending on her magical strength, she also might not be able to remain in fish form for longer than an hour or two. The Fae have a lot of biological abilities they can use without wands, but wands give them the power boost required to do large things. Wishes give an even stronger power boost... If Cos-zilla was Cosmo WITHOUT Timmy wishing for it, just imagine how powerful he would have been if Timmy HAD wished him into that state!
5) Magical Immunities - Magic resists magic. With or without their wands, the Fae are naturally immune to magical damage. They will still heal from damage without their wands due to the magic running through their veins, but their wings (which don’t have blood) will not heal unless they rest a few hours while in contact with their wand (see also, my ‘fic Baby, You’re a Rich Man.)
6) Principle of Observation - Fairies and Pixies secrete oils from their skin that make it more difficult for non-magical creatures to recognize them as what they are; they usually look like children until you do a double-take that starts breaking through their magical auras, or you might notice their odd colors but not question it unless you pause and start thinking about it. Anti-Fairies do not have this ability (though they do have the ability to regenerate if “killed” and were invisible on Earth until “Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2”).
7) Make Geasa - A geis is a magical oath that doesn’t require a wand to make. Any fae can make one and put another fae under a binding agreement, with consequences - sometimes incredibly strict ones - imposed if the geis is broken. Both Fairies and Anti-Fairies are famous for granting mortals great powers through geasa with harsh strings attached. Whether you see the Fairies as good guys or bad guys... they don’t like to be messed with. Take their oaths seriously, and don’t go to a second location with them if you haven’t gotten an oath (Read: Anti-Cosmo locking Professor Calamitous in jail instead of upholding his end of a non-magical agreement).
Pixies are equally savage except they tend to be the trickiest of the three Fae classes, because making geasa - (i.e. magical contracts) - is where they excel. They’ll usually offer to assist you as long as you do them a favor in return, instead of granting you great power... they keep the power in their corner. Don’t make deals with the Pixies unless you have to, and ALWAYS read their contracts.
Fae don’t make as many deals with mortals in modern times as they did during medieval times, but the magic involved in making geasa is still there! It’s not something to take lightly. Don’t mess with the Fae.
That’s your list of magic Fae can do without a wand!
#Anon#asks#FAIRIES!#Dragonfly parents#Jimmy Timmy Power Hour#Wishology#Long post#We're Pixies!#Bat cube and associates
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Convergence: Nicktoons Drabbles #1 and TATD Random Headcanons # 4
So apparently, my crossover fic is threading dark territories soon and I felt the urge to write something light for once. So here it is! A collection of drabbles featuring the Nicktoons when they are not fighting maniacal supervillains or otherworldly vengeful spirits in their spare time. This will be a fused post of both series for now, and the next two posts will the separate the two.
Spoiler warning though, some of these drabbles can go either pre-C:TATD or post-C:TATD. So there might be moments of OOC among the heroes due to what they had been through in the crossover or unexpected characters that hadn’t debuted yet in the main fic.
Regardless, I’ll just continue anyway. Let’s start with the headcanons first, pre-C:TATD and Spongebob’s variant!
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Out of all the worlds the Nicktoons came from, everybody in the group agrees that Bikini Bottom is the safest out of all of them.
Retroville and Dimmsdale are constantly filled by accidents of either magical or scientific origins, Muckledunk and Petropolis are often terrorized by persistent racists and mad scientists and last but not least, Amity Park is infested by violent ghosts.
So everyone preferred hanging out together at Spongebob’s world, mostly at the Krusty Krab because of the delicious krabby patties. Even if it means having to use Jimmy’s Neutronic Air Gum to visit Bikini Bottom the rare few moments they managed to get in their free time.
While Dudley, Tucker, Cosmo and Bunsen loved the undersea burgers the most, Sam refused to eat them due to her being a vegetarian. Spongebob, who wants to make up for it, quickly cooked up a vegan variant of krabby patties called the Vegan Patty
To Sam’s surprise, she actually likes the Vegan Patty and she was very grateful to Spongebob for respecting and even catering to her tastes.
On the other side of the spectrum, Timmy, Chloe and Wanda were overworked to clean up the magical farts left behind by Cosmo’s overeating of Krabby Patties.
Poor Kitty also ended up being dragged into cleaning up Cosmo’s mess as well.
Meanwhile, Jimmy was at the corner pondering how on earth are steaming hot burgers that are edible to eat without being soggy are possible at all underwater.
Had Sandy been there (unfortunately, she was busy with her own stuff to hang out at the time), she would have sympathized with him because she has the same confusion about the peculiarity of the non-existent underwater physics.
Danny simply enjoyed watching the chaos unfold from afar, only stepping in when things get a little too far.
The Nicktoons meet Mr Eugene Krabs properly this time (This was Dudley, Kitty, Bunsen and Mikey’s first time. The rest met him during the Syndicate invasion)
While they were somewhat caught off-caught at how obsessive Mr Krabs tend to be with money, they managed to at least kept a friendly interaction with him but with Sam being the most grudging.
They decided to go out into Bikini Bottom.
Spongebob introduced everyone to his best friend Patrick. While Dudley, Cosmo and Bunsen were completely taken with him as fellow best buds, everyone else were not amused. Kitty was the most wary of him.
Timmy wondered out loud why they can’t just swim up in the open water and every sea folk in the near vicinity stared at him like he was crazy.
If there’s one thing that Jimmy and Timmy can agree on despite their bickering nature, is that the underwater physics of Spongebob’s world are way too confusing even by their standards.
Spongebob had offered them a suggestion of visiting Goo Lagoon, everyone was flabbergasted that underwater water lakes are even possible.
However, none of them were expecting Jimmy’s reaction at all. The boy genius simply heave a sigh of relief at the Goo Lagoon’s existence.
“Finally! Something that makes sense in this world! Brine pools are actually real in the other oceans of our worlds too. They form because of the high salinity content-”
“We get it, fudgehead.”
Another infamous argument between Jimmy and Timmy occurs, and everybody worked their asses off calming down the two boys. This is Spongebob’s day, not theirs.
They met Squidward along the way as well. While the Nicktoons were a bit put off and annoyed by his petty behaviour, they can’t deny feeling bad for him when they realize Squidward has been a victim of Spongebob and Patrick’s astonishing ignorance of personal boundaries.
Danny and Kitty made sure to keep Spongebob and Patrick in check if they went too far in bothering Squidward.
Squidward, although not expressing it, was inwardly glad that he’s surrounded by people with common sense.
They passed by the Chum Bucket, and a wary Plankton was observing them with binoculars. Danny, Jimmy and Kitty were the only ones to notice but decided not to call him out since Spongebob assured all of them that Plankton was not causing trouble for now.
By the time they left Bikini Bottom and back into their home worlds, the Nicktoons are left shocked at how drenched they are despite the fact they felt dry back in Spongebob’s world.
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Here’s the actual drabble at last! The Nicktoons are both equally disturbed and fascinated by the bizarre underwater physics and structure of Bikini Bottom.
“You know? I don’t think I could ever get used to this. It just doesn’t make a lick of sense,” Tucker gestured his hands at the open waters of Bikini Bottom.
“You said it, Tucker. How the heck are we standing on the floor and not floating in the air-water-thing, whatever!” Timmy ranted, throwing his hand up in the water.
“Be careful with you say, Timmy!” Wanda, in her goldfish form, turned to him with an admonishing tone, “We don’t need more fish people staring at us.”
“Yeah, Timmy!” Cosmo chimed in, “One of them kept giving us a stink-eye.”
“What, that old man-fish?” Timmy scoffed, “Like I care what he thinks. At least in my world, magic is the explanation for everything weird that happened there. Bikini Bottom has no magic!”
“You and me both, Timmy. You and me both,” Jimmy muttered loudly, walking alongside Timmy with his arms crossed as he glared at the sea-sky.
“Really?” Bunsen tilted his head curiously before smiling affirmatively as he skipped a step, “It’s not that bad though. At least we can walk here just like on land!”
Kitty shuddered, “Hate to break it to you, Bunsen but the fact that the seawater around us is not weighing down on our fur is a disturbing sensation,” the cat agent glanced to the side with half-lidded lime eyes, “... And to clear my case, look at Dudley.”
Said dog agent was standing on a sandy dune not far from them, jumping around in frenzy as soft grains of sand were sent flying slowly into the open waters. His paws were reaching out wildly, hoping as if he could swim out in the water above.
“Come on, come on!” Dudley hollered in pure frustration as he pulled his long ears, “Why can’t I swim!?”
“See, guys? Even he gets it,” Timmy fumed bitterly, huffing out an air bubble.
“Eh... I think I agree with Bunsen, Timmy. Bikini Bottom is kinda a nice place to hang out at,“ Danny smirked cockily as he floated above the buck-teethed boy and looking down at him, “Besides, do you know how great the water currents feel? They’re just like wind on land, except it’s more watery and it’s cool!”
“Says the superhero who can fly,” Timmy retorted back at the older boy with a twitching right eye.
Spongebob, who was piggybacking on Danny since the halfa offered the ride (it helps that the sea sponge was quite light), peered over his best friend’s shoulder and put on a wide cheerful smile.
“I never fly, or swam, this high up in Bikini Bottom before! And Danny’s right, being up here is so cool!!!” The sea sponge exclaimed happily and the unlikely duo laughed together as they flew around above the group, even going as far as to perform loops in the sea-sky.
Timmy groaned loudly, covering his face with both of his hands. Chloe, who had been quietly admiring the sight of the sea so far, decided to take pity on Timmy and patted his back comfortably.
“It’s okay, Timmy,” The perky blonde told him gently, “Maybe the science of this world doesn’t make sense but at least, we can enjoy the sight here! Ooh, look at the clouds, they’re shaped like flowers!”
“I’m more curious about the aquatic botany around here,” Sam commented bemusedly, observing the floating green kelp and polka-dotted coral near the walking path the Nicktoons were moving on, “It’s hard to believe that some of the plants here are just mimicking corals and not actual corals themselves.
“You’re not going ask if they’re edible or not, are you?” Tucker asked with wide eyes, a nauseous expression on his face.
“Uh, eww. No,” Sam raised an eyebrow in disbelief with an equally disgusted look, “Tucker, only specific types of seaweed and algae are safe for eating. If you don’t know that, I can’t imagine you camping in the wild.”
“Then you don’t see me going near the ocean back home because I’m fine staying home eating sea-I mean, meat,” jested Tucker, nearly stumbling on a taboo subject that the Nicktoons have no desire in discussing.
Dudley, who looked rather disappointed after failing to swim in the open waters of Spongebob’s world, mingled back in the group just in time to overhear the last few words of Tucker’s retort.
He and Kitty shot each other a panicked glance followed by a brief wary stare at the sea folk walking among them, before looking away in the opposite direction and whistled innocently.
“I wll lose my mind if we can actually lit a fire underwater,” Jimmy muttered.
“Sure, we can,” Came Patrick’s unexpected reply.
Everyone halted right in their tracks, all of them giving the blinking sea star varying stares of shock and disbelief. Even Danny was curious enough to float back near the group with Spongebob in tow to see what was going.
“You’re kidding,” came Tucker’s flabbergasted reply.
“You mean, we can?” Bunsen perked up, notably excited at the prospect.
“Yeah,” Patrick tilted his head in confusion, “Me, Spongebob and Squidward went camping that one time and we managed to make a fire.”
“Ugh,” Squidward, who was the least social of the group, grimaced, “Don’t remind me.”
“Oh, yeah!” Spongebob exclaimed as he clicked a finger, peering from above Danny’s head, “I remember that time. Boy, those were fun times!”
“Seriously? You can make fire underwater? For real?” Danny blinked his neon green eyes owlishly, “Wow, you don’t hear that in a spoken sentence everyday.”
Rubbing the back of his head, Spongebob sheepishly smiled, “Really? I don’t know what’s normal in making fire for land critters, but I’m sure we can ask Jimmy for an opinion. Right, Jimmy?” A brief silence, “... Uh, Jimmy?”
Every Nicktoon looked at said boy genius, whose entire body was shaking like a leaf and manic blue eyes twitching. Timmy and Chloe immediately backed several steps away from him as everyone went on guard.
“J-Jimmy?” Chloe asked nervously.
“Are you... feeling well?” Kitty furrowed her brow in concern.
“Oh, I’m just peachy,” Jimmy seethed through gritted teeth, his wide blue eyes kept twitching, “The mere idea that fire can be kindled underwater is absolutely a thing in the realm of possibility. How wonderful.”
“G-Guys....” Dudley stammered, “He’s doesn’t l-look okay...!”
The manic grin on Jimmy’s face grew wider, “Absolutely possible. Possible...!”
“That’s it, fudgehead has lost his head,” Timmy stared at his rival in wide-eyed horror, quickly grabbing his fairies in one arm while holding Chloe in the other, “Sorry, guys! But we’re heading straight to the Krusty Krab first, see yah!”
In a puff of air bubbles, Timmy was seen running for the hills with his fairies and Chloe in tow.
“What about you guys, huh?” Jimmy’s head twitched as he turned to the rest, “Care to kindle a fire with me underwater?”
Danny gulped before yelling, “Hey, don’t forget about us!” as he made the same decisions as Timmy by grabbing a rather shocked Sam and Tucker with both of his hands before flying towards said buck-teethed boy with a yelping Spongebob on his back.
“Don’t leave us behind!” Dudley squealed as he dumped both Kitty and Bunsen over his shoulders, “Dudley!” “Yay, free rides!”
The only ones left behind with Jimmy were Patrick and Squidward, in which the latter was slowly tip-toeing his way out of the scene.
“So, Patrick...?” Jimmy asked with a gritted smile.
“Yep!” Said sea star replied eagerly.
Clapping his hands hands together, Jimmy giggled, “Ready to prove your point?”
Patrick’s black eyes gleamed in excitement, “Sure! Let’s go find some wood and make a fire!”
The manic smile on Jimmy’s face grew wider, “Agreed.”
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“Spongebob?”
“Yeah, Timmy?”
“Fudgehead is going to kill your best friend.”
A massive gasp, “OH NO! We must sent a rescue team right away!”
“Too late about that, they’re already made a fire,” Squidward deadpanned, “Look outside.”
Danny’s dumbfounded voice echoed, “... Is that smoke? Is that even possible underwater?”
Timmy groaned, “I give up. Spongebob’s world does not make sense.”
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So yeah... Let’s just say, Jimmy and Patrick caused a lot of underwater fires, as oxymoronic as that sounds. Hope you enjoy reading this post!
#nicktoons#nicktoons unite#danny phantom#headcanon#convergence#fanfic#hope you like it#spongebob squarepants#drabble#jimmy neutron#fairly odd parents
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Wands and Wings
Summary: Zayn keeps coming home to find new stuff in their house and vague, lackluster answers as to where they came from (or the one where Liam is Timmy from the Fairly Oddparents)...
“They’re not—you can’t see them. Only I can see them, and I know that sounds completely mental or, like, made-up or whatever but it’s true. I promise. That’s how I keep getting all this stuff that I can’t ever tell you where it came from and that’s…that’s who I was arguing with when you came in...”
Zayn just blinks, can’t seem to bring himself to do any more than that because what the actual fuck.
“Please say something,” Liam says, eyes pleading.
[A/N: So idk…I was running low on sleep and just kind of daydreaming while staring into space and this happened and…yeah. Like I said, idk. Enjoy? (If for nothing else than at least a good laugh)...took some artistic liberties with the fairy background and Wanda and Cosmo’s personalities, don’t hate me please, I’m not trying to ruin anybody’s childhood, just made some changes that I felt like might fit the story better for a slightly more grown-up audience. also this was literally supposed to be like 500 words, 1k max, smdh apparently I can’t ever do anything without it expanding to like five times the length it was meant to be]
(Read it on AO3 here)
“You got us a new bed?” Zayn says standing in the doorway of their bedroom, brows crinkled in confusion at what looks like a California king-sized bed where their queen-sized one used to be—a sort of half-serious, half-gag gift from Harry and Louis.
Liam shrugs, looking a bit bashful. “You kept saying how the other one was too hard and we should get a new one.”
“Well, yeah, but…I guess I just figured we’d go mattress shopping together. Since we didn’t get to the first time, it being a gift and all.”
Liam ducks his head. “I…wanted to surprise you.”
“Oh.” Zayn blinks a bit in surprise, crosses over to the bed and smiles as he plops himself down on the edge and finds it is much softer, bouncier even, than their old one. “It is nice. Although Haz and Lou will probably be upset when they find out we chucked theirs, but they’ll get over it I guess. Where’d it come from?”
“Um…Internet.”
Zayn waits for Liam to explain further but when it doesn’t seem like he’s going to Zayn says, “Well, yeah, but, like, what company?”
“Uhh…I don’t really remember, some foreign company…Swedish or something, I think…very far away.”
“Oh, well the Swedish sure do make a damn good mattress.”
“Yup.” Liam nods, and Zayn feels like Liam looks a bit skittish for some reason but he ignores it, figures he’s probably just overanalyzing like he tends to do sometimes.
~
“Since when do we have an in-home studio?”
“Oh, right, yeah, sorry, I forgot to tell you about that.”
“Okay but…how?”
“How what?”
“How do we all of a sudden have a whole in-home studio?”
“Um…Internet.”
And Zayn knows he’d been gone quite a while this time but still. That’s kind of a major thing to forget to tell someone, considering there must’ve been people coming round to work on it for weeks on end. But he shrugs it off. It’s not like Liam doesn’t have his own busy schedule to tend to and sometimes even the big things can get lost in the crazy shuffle that is their lives so he lets it go.
~
“A telescope? You’re not even into astrology.”
“Well, yeah, but I figure I could learn…plus there’s gonna be a comet sighting in a couple weeks and since we’ll both be free I thought maybe we could watch it together and it’s supposed to be even better with a telescope so.”
And Zayn can’t help but smile at that.
The telescope’s a huge hulking thing, high-grade and he runs his fingers over it, marveling a bit. “How’d you even figure out how to put it together? It must’ve been complicated.”
“It, um, it came already…together?”
“Oh. Really? That’s odd. Seems like it’d make it harder for them to ship already assembled like this.”
Liam shrugs, looks away briefly and Zayn wonders for a second if he might be lying but then thinks better of it. What reason would Liam have to lie about how a telescope was packed when it was sent?
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“How did you manage to get Drake tickets? It’s been sold out for weeks.”
“Internet. They had a…a deal.”
“A deal? For front row tickets? What, did you have to sell your soul in exchange or something? No way someone would give these up.”
Liam shrugs, doesn’t explain any further and Zayn’s too excited to bother to probe him anymore about it. It’s not like it’s the first time they’re seeing him in concert. Liam even met him once at an event a while back. But something about going to see people he’d grown up idolizing performing just brings out this childhood excitement in him, even now when he knows what it’s like and knows they’re just normal people like him, people he’s met even. It’s still a rush and the fact that he gets to share it with Liam just makes it that much better, so in the end he doesn’t really care how Liam got them, he’s just happy he did.
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“We have a pool now?” he says, flabbergasted. He’s standing just outside their patio doors where their patio used to be and where there’s now a sparkling, bright blue in-ground pool complete with floaties and a diving board and a jacuzzi on one side and poolside chairs and everything.
“I figure we’ve got one at the LA house, why not here, too? Plus you were always mentioning how we didn’t have much use for a patio. Now we’ll actually have an excuse to come out here more, maybe keep our tans for longer than just the few weeks we usually spend in LA.”
“How did you even…?” he stares, too shocked to even get the rest of his question out.
“Internet,” Liam says quickly.
“But…I was only gone three days.”
“They, um…work fast.”
“By fast do you mean superspeed? Because this is mental…three days, Liam. Three days. Seventy-two hours ago we had a patio, some concrete slabs with a tiny flower garden in one corner and a few chairs on top. Now we have a whole in-ground pool with pool chairs and a diving board and a jacuzzi?”
“They’re a very…specialized company. Like those movers that promise to have all of your stuffed moved out in twenty-four hours no matter how much stuff you have? They’re like that but…with pool construction and stuff.”
Zayn can’t do anything but blink.
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“A new television? What was wrong with the old one?”
“Nothing…just this one’s way bigger…and it can play in 3D.”
Zayn didn’t even think they sold televisions this large. It’s nearly the size of a cinema screen except it’s clearly still an actual television and not just a screen. But he can’t imagine something like this fitting inside a regular electronics store.
“Where did you even find it?”
“Um…Internet.”
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“Where’d all these new guitars come from?”
“Internet.”
“And the skateboards?”
“Internet.”
“And you got all this for me?”
Liam nods.
“Babe, that’s really sweet but…where are we gonna fit all this?”
“I may have also…expanded the shed a bit.”
Zayn walks past to him to one of the living room windows, the one facing the backyard, and finds the shed is now twice the size it was before and his eyes go wide.
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“Where’d all this new gym equipment come from?” he says when he comes home one day to find Liam in the middle of a workout surrounded by completely new, way more complicated looking exercise contraptions.
“Um…Internet.”
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“The fridge cleans itself? And sends a grocery list to your phone every week of what you need to restock? Where do they even sell something like that?”
“Uh…Internet.”
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“We have a self-locking door now? Where did you—”
“Internet.”
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“I don’t understand. You’re saying this new washer and dryer detects what kind of clothes you’ve put in and automatically sets itself to the right settings? How—”
“Internet.”
(Read chapter two here if for whatever reason you want more of this sleep-deprived trash of a fic lol)
#idk y'all#this is trash#I was running low on sleep when this came to me#and yeah#i'm sorry#ziam#ziam fic#my fics#fairly odd parents#fairly odd parents fic#wands and wings fic#guess i better get ready to start dodging tomatoes lol#this post is just chapter one btw chapter two is up on ao3
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Epilogue
( thanks to @laser-lance for reading part of this)
It was a cold Monday morning in Dims Dale as Timmy Turner held his mom's make up his hand. The 13 year old was using the make up to cover up the bruises that hadn't quite disappeared yet. He didn't like the feeling of Cosmo and Wanda asking about them or anyone at the middle school knowing about them. He wasn't even suppose to be going to school today, He'd been given the rest of the school year off. Timmy however didn't want to go to summer school or have his final grades drop because he wasn't there.
He didn't care what the therapist said or what those people told his parents, he wasn't going to let the Bs and Cs he worked so hard for drop. He carefully padded the foundation under his eyes smoothing it out and double checking to make sure it match the color of his skin. When he was sure he covered everything timmy carefully put the make up back where his mom had.
Timmy walked back to his room quietly and grabbed his back pack. The 13 year old let out a small gasp of pain as one of strap pulled against his heavily wrapped up right forearm before correcting the problem and fixed his long sleeve shirt to hide the injured area. Once Timmy left his room and the house he figured he was in the clear as he walked towards the bus stop. Timmy slowly made his way to the street corner to see the group of kids his age huddled together in a cattle like formation clearly waiting for the bus. He tried to see through crowd to find his friends, Timmy didnt feel like talking but he at least wanted to be with people he knew well. It was rather surprising to slowly hear what the group of 13 year olds were talking about specially since he could barely make out the use of his name a few times as he got closer.
"Timmy what are you doing here!" a voice said from inside the group as the rest of them turned towards him. Timmy was bit overwhelmed by the voice that called him out as a girl with beautiful black hair and ice blues eyes started to make her way through the group. It was indeed Trixie Tang coming out of the crowd as he stood there dumbfounded. The girl walked over to him as if in slow motion and as she got closer things started to blur around him. He could see the concern on her face as she stood right in front of him, did she know what happened? Did they all know what happened to him?
It was the thing Timmy could think of on why the most popular girl in middle school walk over to him directly. Until now she never even talk him unless it was for a school project even then it was rare he barely ever got the chance to work with her. She had been his school crush for years but right now he couldn't even act star struck at her standing in front of him. Looking him in the eyes with the look of an angel's concern.
"I'm going to school" Is all Timmy could get out of his mouth. His voice sounding like a broken record as Trixie shook her head at him.
"What will it take to have you go home Timmy" Trixie said crossing her arms as she looked back to the crowd who watched with out much interaction. Some one pulled out their phone and signaled to it. Timmy stumbled backwards a little bit she looked back to him,"give me your phone Timmy"
Timmy did as he was told just handing her his phone and watched her play with it for a moment. He heard her pocket ring as she handed him his phone back. He was a bit confused by the action checking his phone, Trixie had add her number to his contact list before she head back towards the crowd. She'd even made a message on his phone. He didn't read it as he looked up to see the bus leaving the stop it must of pulled up at some point before he realized it.
Timmy stood there watching the bus drive away as he thought about chasing it or heading home. His head was pounding with the thoughts of what to do next. If he went to school now he'd have to deal with questions and if he went home he would have to deal mom and dad or worst Vicky when they went to work. Maybe he could stop by the pet shop to look at the animals, least until the pain killers wore off.
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Surprise! (A Sophie Fic)
Sophie has been having a tough time lately with nightmares, secrets, and gloom in her life. The only thing that’s been giving her a ray of sunshine has been The Vanguard and her boyfriend Xavier. So when it comes close to her birthday Xavier asks this of The Vanguard. To give her the best birthday she could ever ask for. ((This fic took me a week and a half to write so I hope you all like it. Shout for my friend @mayhemforhire for writing the notes for The Vanguard (which also belongs to him in his own right) Epilogue coming soon!))
Xavier sighed as The Vanguard gathered around the table of Jimmy’s lab. Sophie hadn’t been well the last few weeks and it was weighing heavily on him as her boyfriend to not take away her pain. “So why did you call us all here and made it a point to not tell Sophie?” Jimmy asked.
Xavier took a deep breath and said “I’ve been worried about Sophie. She hasn’t been good this past couple of weeks.” The Vanguard’s faces twisted with worry. “What do you mean she hasn’t been good? She’s seemed fine to us.” Sam questioned. “She’s been having more nightmares lately and I’m worried she’s going back to that place she was before she met you all,” Xavier explained. Hau muttered and shook his head “This isn’t good.” “Have you tried to talk to her about it?” Danny asked. Xavier nodded and said “She’s denying it but every morning when I go get her for breakfast down in the lunch hall she’s sleeping with those dolls of you guys she got for her last birthday. I think you all are like a security blanket for her.”
“So what do you need us to do for her?” Tak asked. “Have you guys thought about what you’re doing for Sophie’s birthday?” Xavier replied with a question. Everyone just sorta looked at each other before Jimmy said “Not particularly. Why do you ask?” “I was reading some psychology books and some of the letters Hau and Sophie used to send to each. It seems that during the letter process Sophie seemed the most stable.” Xavier explained. “What’s your point dude?” Manny asked tired of the explanation.
“I was hoping along with your presents to her maybe you could each write her a small little note just to let her know you all are still there for her or something along the lines of that,” Xavier said. “Anything to make Sophie feel better again!” SpongeBob proclaimed. “Yeah, we’ll give her the biggest most epic birthday party there ever was!” Timmy cheered in excitement. Xavier chuckled and said, “Just don't let her know what you're planning otherwise Sophie will insist she doesn't deserve it.”
“Got it. We're keeping this top secret. Anything else?” Danny asked. “Nope, that’s it from me. Hau, Lillie, Gladion? Anything from you guys?” Xavier asked. Hau shook his head as Lillie said “Just don't go overboard with the planning. Sophie may start to feel uncomfortable with all the festivities.” “Trust us there's a reason Sophie doesn't celebrate with Skylar and Silas anymore,” Gladion added. “Just get a hold of one of us four if you run into any snags with your plans,” Hau suggested.
There was a flash from the portal indicating Sophie had arrived in the lab and saw everyone by the table. “What’s going on? Did I miss something?” Sophie asked. “Nope, we are all just hanging out,” Xavier said strolling over to her and giving her a kiss. She heard gagging noises from Manny, Timmy, and Snap but kissed back anyway. “Are you sure nothing is wrong?” Sophie asked holding Xavier’s hand. “Positive.” He smiled.
Jimmy spent hours working on this desk for Sophie. After her drawing on the lab floor for so long Sophie deserved her own corner of the lab to work in. She didn’t feel comfortable working at the table like most of the others did with their homework and such because she didn’t want to take up too much room.
Jimmy sighed. Sure it looked like an ordinary desk but it had multiple drawers for supplies, a place to put paper and rolls of paper, built in scissors, and Jimmy was now installing a pop-up stand to place her canvases. That was until ZIM interrupted him.
“JIMMY!” the scream came as Jimmy hit his head that was currently under the desk. “Ow! ZIM what is it now?” Jimmy said rubbing his head. “I don’t have an offering for the bubble girl to give on her day of birth and she will explode if I do not have one for her!” ZIM yelled/proclaimed. Jimmy blinked and tried to process what ZIM had just said to him. “So what you're saying is that because you don’t have a present for Sophie she’ll...explode?” Jimmy asked slightly confused is how ZIM got to that conclusion.
“YES! Did you miss my BRILLIANT explanation of my problem?!” ZIM yelled. “No… ZIM who told you Sophie was going to explode if you didn’t have a present for her?” Jimmy asked. “The beaver boy,” he answered. Jimmy facepalmed and groaned. Turner. Of course. Why was he not surprised? “ZIM Turner lied to about Sophie going to explode.” “LIES!” Jimmy sighed and shook his head going back under to work on the desk.”Why don’t you get her a pencil sharpener? Her desk needs that.” Jimmy stated. It took ZIM a minute to process that until he exclaimed “YES! THIS IS MY OBJECTIVE: PENCIL SHARPENER!” He then ran back to the portal and went back to his world.
Jimmy let out a sigh of relief and went back to work on the desk. Maybe if he wasn’t interrupted again he could finish and work on the note for Sophie.
After he got back to his world ZIM pulled on his regular disguise and went to the mall to buy Sophie’s present. It is was relatively uneventful. ZIM screamed at the store clerk about him trying to steal his secrets and threw money at him taking the pencil sharpener with him. Dib was also there and tried to follow ZIM home curious why he had bought a pencil sharpener although that quickly ended with Dib ending up in someone’s yard and almost being attacked by a Doberman.
ZIM was now down in his lab wrapping the present in a metal box of his own design… after his computer told him to take out the death weapons out of it. After complying, claiming he came up with the idea, ZIM was almost done wrapping when GIR came up to him and started banging a rubber piggy against his side. “GIR! What is it?! Don’t you see your master is very busy?!” ZIM questioned. “Put this in da box! It’s ma offering!” GIR beamed. ZIM narrowed his eyes and said “GIR she won’t accept both of our offerings. It's the only one she will accept because it’s SUPERIOR!”
GIR’s antenna drooped and his eyes started to water. ZIM rolled his eyes and said, “Ohhh okay.” GIR jumped and cheered for joy as ZIM put the rubber piggy in the box and put the lid on the box.
“Now leave me! Your master has important work to be doing!” ZIM commanded. GIR flew out of the room as ZIM commanded “Computer! Take a notation for me!”
Timmy had worked all night on this. It was the ultimate present for a video game lover such as Sophie. A video game starring them! How perfect could that be?! He’d spent all night working on the game design. What abilities they would all have, what enemies they would face, what the levels looked like, what they would collect throughout the game, and even what the bosses would be.
Timmy yawned as he saw Poof coloring something in the corner of his room for Sophie’s gift. “Okay, guys I think I finally have down what want to make Sophie’s gift into,” Timmy said as Cosmo and Wanda poofed by his side. “Alright, sport wands up and ready!” Wanda said as she and her husband prepared for the wish. “I wish…” Timmy said as he rambled the list he made. By the time they were done the had the video game ready.
It looked like a GameBuddy only it was pink in color, green buttons, and a dark gray screen. It looked absolutely perfect. Timmy smiled as Poof came over excitedly with his small “gamer guide” he “wrote” for the game. “Thank you, Poof.” “Poof Poof!” Timmy put the book at the bottom of the pink box before gently setting the video game on top. He wrapped it up with bright green ribbon and put a purple tag on it the said: “From Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof.”
Timmy yawned once again. It was a hard night's work to design the game and he was beat. He slowly made his way to his bed and laid down. “I’ll write Sophie’s note after I take a nap…” Timmy said as he drifted to sleep.
Danny, Sam, and Jenny were visiting Northgate Mall, which was the mall in Sophie’s world, to buy their presents for Sophie’s birthday. “So remind me again why are we in the mall in Sophie’s world instead of just going to Amity Park Mall or Tremorton Mall?” Danny asked looking at the unfamiliar stores. “Well, Sam and I have been here dozens of times with Sophie,” Jenny said. “So we know which stores Sophie usually stops us at so she can look at something. Meaning we know what she wants from those stores she stops at.” Sam explained. “Meaning the three of us can get her the perfect birthday presents!” Jenny said excitedly. Danny shrugged and said, “Makes sense to me.”
The three ended up in a clothing store Sophie usually stopped at for her siblings and herself. Sam made her way to the boy's section of the clothes to find an extra small gray Pokemon hoodie for Sophie. She had wanted one a few weeks ago but they didn't have her petite size.
Jenny, however, was looking for a certain dress that reminded Sophie of Violet Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events. It was a short sleeved pink dress with blue whales on it. However, she didn't know what dress size Sophie was. “Hey, Danny can I borrow your recaller? I need to check some clothing sizes for Sophie.” Jenny said looking back at Danny.
“Huh oh yeah. Sure here you go Jen.” Danny said handing over his recaller. Jenny smiled and said “Thank you.” as she contacted Lillie. “Hey, Lillie it’s Jenny. Do you know what dress size and shoe size Sophie is? … 7 and 3.5? Okay, thanks, Lillie!” Jenny said hanging up the recaller and giving it back to Danny. Jenny picked up the pink dress, a light blue sweater, a white belt, a pair of white socks, a pair of white sneakers, and a pack of hair ribbons.
Both Sam and Jenny went up to the cashier to ring up their purchases for Sophie and soon left the store with Danny close behind. “Well great. You two have presents for her and I still don't have anything for her.” Danny said. Sam and Jenny both thought for a moment. “What about a new video camera? For all the video stuff she does.” Sam said suddenly. “That's a great idea, Sam!” Danny said smiling before frowning. “Except I don't have that kind of money for a video camera…” “But I do,” Sam said putting a hand on his shoulder. “It's for Sophie. It's the thought that counts.” Danny just nodded at his girlfriend.
The three soon went their separate ways with Jenny going back to Tremorton to wrap her presents for Sophie while Danny and Sam went back to Amity Park to get the camera for Sophie and to wrap the presents.
Jenny had picked out two pretty boxes for Sophie’s presents since they couldn’t all fit in one box. Jenny started with the sweater folding it before putting it in the box with the pink dress over it. She rolled up the white belt putting it on top of the dress along with the package of hair ribbons.
She placed the box lid on the box and wrapped it. “Now for the shoes,” Jenny said as she took out a smaller box. She put the white converse in the box while tucking in the socks to the shoes. She smiled as she put the lid on the box and wrapped the second box. She then put the smaller box on top of the larger box and wrapped it with a large white ribbon. Jenny beamed and cheered “It looks so good!”
She put the presents to the side before sitting on her bed with a pad of paper and a special pen. “Alright now to write the note for Sophie,” she said as she got to work.
After going back to Amity Park Danny and Sam went back to Danny’s house to order the camera and wrap the presents. Not even five minutes after she ordered the camcorder, her technology assistant, Tracey, came to the Fenton’s door. “Hi, Sam! Here’s the camcorder you ordered.” Tracey said handing it over to Sam and taking out a clipboard for her to sign. “Thanks, Tracey,” Sam said signing the clipboard. After signing the clipboard they said their goodbyes and Sam closed the door going back to Danny on the couch.
Danny smiled and said, “Thanks again Sam.” “Of course it’s for Sophie so it’s fine.” Sam shrugged. The two started to wrap their presents for Sophie. Sam folded up the hoodie and placed it in a box wrapping it in dark purple wrapping paper. Danny kept the camcorder in its box and started to wrap it in bright green wrapping paper.
After wrapping the gifts Sam set them aside as Danny went to his room to get paper and pens for their notes to Sophie. Danny sat back down next to his girlfriend and handed her a pad of paper with a purple pen. “Alright let’s get started on these notes,” Danny said as they got to work.
SpongeBob and Patrick were both hanging out in SpongeBob’s home ready to wrap their presents for Sophie. While Patrick was sitting on the floor and Gary was sleeping on the couch SpongeBob came back with boxes, wrapping paper, ribbons, paper, and pencils. “Okay! Now we have everything we need to wrap the presents and write the notes for Sophie!” “Yay! What did you get her SpongeBob?” Patrick asked. SpongeBob showed a set of bubbles each of a different color. “Sandy helped me make these. They're bubbles that are made out of paint! Sandy says when they pop it will make a type of art called splatter art!”
“Wow… That sounds amazing!” Patrick awed. “Yup! What did you get her Patrick?” SpongeBob asked in wonder. “Oh! Yeah!” Patrick said digging around in his pockets for a minute before pulling out a Goofy Goober Pass. “A Goofy Goober Pass?” SpongeBob asked slightly confused. “Yup! I remember yesterday Sophie said doesn’t get ice cream often cause she has no money! So I got her this!” “Wow, Patrick! That’s so sweet!” SpongeBob cooed.
The both of them started to wrap their presents. Patrick got stuck in the ribbons and wrapping paper several times so SpongeBob had to cut him out. Soon enough they had SpongeBob’s neatly wrapped present and Patrick’s slightly scrambled present. “Okay! Now we have to write Sophie notes!” SpongeBob said cheerfully handing Patrick paper and a pencil as they got to work. “SpongeBob?” “Yes, Patrick?” “What are we supposed to write her?” SpongeBob thought for a moment on what to tell him. “How you really feel about her!” SpongeBob said sweetly. “Okay!” Patrick said as he got to work.
Tak was taking a walk around his village. He just couldn’t do it. How could he not think of a present for Sophie?! He’s arguably the closest member of The Vanguard to Sophie so why couldn’t he think of a present for her? Tak sighed. It had been a few months since Sophie started dating Xavier. Tak had a moment with Sophie of him promising to support her always and that he would never leave her. He needed to find her a present to cement his words to her.
Suddenly Tak felt his feather slipping out of his hair and adjusted it as so it would stay in when he suddenly he had his idea. A Feather! Of course! What better way to show her he’s dedicated as a brother to her then offer her something that’s an important tradition to him?
Tak started looking around for a feather in the village. It couldn’t be just any feather, though. It had to absolutely perfectly represent Sophie. After about half an hour he still hadn’t found the right feather but he couldn’t give up. He needed to find this feather. He finally spotted a feather that looked pretty fluffy and was light pink in color. That would be perfect for her! He quickly climbed the tree and plucked the feather from it.
“Got it!” Tak cheered as he got a large leaf from the tree as well for wrapping paper. He got down from the tree and went back to his and Jibolba’s hut. Tak sat on his hammock in his room as he tried to carefully wrap the leaf around the feather and tied it with a vine. After doing that he set it aside and picked up some parchment and a quill. He had to pour his heart and soul into this note. If Sophie had written full pages about how great he was as her “older brother” figure to Hau in her letters, the least he could do is write a sweet note about his “baby” sister.
Manny was currently spending the weekend at his mother’s mansion. He and his mom had just gotten back from the store with his mom picking up stuff for dinner and Sophie’s birthday present. He had gotten her a soccer ball. It wasn’t just any soccer ball, though. It was black with a dark blue starry night sky wrapped down the middle. He figured out from her bedroom she liked the night sky and he already knew she played soccer so it seemed perfect enough.
Manny began wrapping the ball in bright orange wrapping paper after finally getting the ball to stay still for two seconds. It didn’t look the prettiest but it was wrapped. He decided to put a bow on top of the ball to make it look nicer. His mother soon came in with the plates for dinner to set the table and noticed her son's handiwork. “Manny?” Maria asked. “Yes, mom?” Manny replied. “What’s that on the table?” “It’s Sophie’s birthday present. I wrapped it myself!” Manny said proudly. “Manny you know she’ll know it’s a soccer ball with just one look at it.” Maria giggled going back to the kitchen. Manny groaned knowing she was right.
Maria soon came back in with a bag decorated with little tigers and tissue paper. “Put it in here. It will make it harder for her to guess what it is. It’s a fact.” Maria smiled. Manny grinned and put the soccer ball in the bag. “Thanks, mom!” “You’re welcome, son. Now you better work on that note for her before dinners ready.” Maria said going back into the kitchen once again. Manny nodded and sat down writing his note to Sophie.
Mr. Blik groaned. He can’t believe he was forced to do this BY HIMSELF no less. Hovis said that it wasn’t his job to do things that were meant for Blik’s friends. That Blik had to do it himself otherwise, the value would be lost. He was going to have a word with Hovis later… at least his chowderhead brothers were nowhere in sight. He sighed as he took the box holding the drawing tablet out of the shopping bag and placed it on the table.
Sophie had complained for the last month or so that she needed a new drawing tablet because her old one kept freezing up on her. He didn’t understand why she didn’t just ask her dad, who recently came into a lot of money, for a new one. She said something about asking for too much of him or something like that. He didn’t know. He stopped paying attention halfway through.
He did know that she probably needed it for the art thing she was going for. So he bought her a new one and was now forced to wrap it alone. Blik groaned and started to wrap it in royal blue wrapping paper making even cuts with his claws. He put a fancy looking bow on top of it too. Blik inspected his handiwork and he called “Hovis! Bring me paper and a pen!” Hovis was in there a minute later with the paper and pen. “Here you are sir.” Blik took them and started to write. He didn’t WANT to write the note or anything but he had to admit the kid made him worry sometimes. Just like the rest of them worrying over her. It’s the least he could do as a winner.
Snap paced back and forth in his current day house. What was he going to get her? What was he going to get her?! He couldn’t just get her anything in ChalkZone. It had to be special for her. “Maybe I could get Rudy to draw her somethin… No! That won’t work!” Snap groaned. “Maybe, though… I can get him to take me somewhere…” Snap smiled running to go to the portal coming from Rudy’s chalkboard and waited for him.
Rudy soon came through the portal smiling at his best friend/sidekick and said “Hey Snap! What’s up?” Snap grabbed Rudy’s shirt “Bucko! I need ya to take me somewhere!” Rudy seemed a taken back by Snap’s behavior. “What do you mean to take you somewhere? Where do you wanna go?” Rudy asked. “I need ya to take me to one of those artsy fartsy stores! I need to get Sophie a birthday present!” Snap yelled. “...My cousin Sophie?” Rudy asked confused. Snap shook his head “Nonono! My si-friend Sophie! It’s her birthday next week and I need a present for her!”
Rudy thought about it for a moment before sighing. “Fine but stay close to me.” Snap grinned and said “Thank ya so much, Bucko! Ya won’t regret this!” Rudy sighed as they went to search for a chalk surface close to the Art Supply Store. Rudy soon drew a portal as they both came out of the wall of the alley next to the store. “Now we aren’t going to be here for long. You’re gonna get her present and then we’ll leave got it Snap?” Rudy asked. Snap grinned and said “Loud and clear Bucko!” He then ran in excited while Rudy sighed and followed him in.
Snap bounded up and down the aisles looking for her gift. He had to prove himself worthy to be her brother. Sure after the whole Kevin incident, he may have already proven himself but he still wanted to get her an amazing present. It wasn’t until something caught his eye he found out what that present was. It was a light blue sketchbook with a pink butterfly pattern and a golden key in the middle of it. “It’s Poifect!” Snap grinned picking up the sketchbook.
“Now for somethin to go with it…” Snap searched the colored pencils aisle for the specific brand she usually used. “Aha! Prismacolor! There it is!” Snap cheered picking it up. He ran up to Rudy excitedly with his presents. Rudy paid for them and brought Snap back to the portal. “Okay so I’m drawing some wrapping paper, paper, and a pencil for you to use with the presents,” Rudy said drawing and quickly erasing them into Chalkzone. “Thanks, Bucko! I owe ya one!” Snap said as Rudy waved goodbye and erased the portal. Snap smiled and went home with the supplies.
So Snap wrapped her present and started doodling on the wrapping paper. He wasn’t any kind of artist like Rudy or Sophie but he figured she’d appreciate it at least. He smiled at it and put it aside. He stared down at the paper and pencil. She was his little sister now. He had to prove it to her. He picked up the pencil and began to write.
Hau, Lillie, and Gladion were all hanging out on Melemele Island working on Sophie’s gifts. Hau had actually found something that they all thought Sophie had lost a long time ago when they were small. A stuffed black rabbit Sophie had named Bambino. When they were all around five years old Sophie had dropped him in Poni Meadow and never found him. A few weeks ago Hau had found him trapped under a tree root relatively unharmed. He was a little sun bleached but only to a lighter shade of black. Hau had cleaned him up a bit and wrapped a ribbon around his neck.
Lillie was actually making something for the four of them. Small leather chokers with the charm the represented their respective Tapu. A yellow rooster for Hau, a red bull for Gladion, a purple dolphin for herself, and a pink butterfly for Sophie. She soon finished all four and put Sophie’s in a small wooden box and wrapped it with light pink wrapping paper. “And done!” Lillie said as she handed her brother and Hau their chokers. “Woah, these look so cool Lillie!” Hau cheered as he put it on. “Yeah, not half bad sis,” Gladion smirked. “Aww thanks, guys.” Lillie blushed modestly.
Gladion went back to work on his present for Sophie. He had “borrowed” (He basically stole) her music player to customize it for her more. He had downloaded her favorite music on it mainly being Disney songs, Undertale The Musical music, and Hamilton music. He loaded photos of her with them, The Vanguard, and her other friends and family with videos as well so she can always have them with her. He also got her a pair of Lilo and Stitch earbuds to along with her tricked out music player. He put the gifts in a white box before wrapping it in dark red wrapping paper.
Lillie had picked some paper and three pens for their notes to Sophie. “Alright, boys let’s get these notes done,” Lillie said as they got to work. Hau grinned the whole time writing the note while Gladion took a more thoughtful approach. Lillie, however, knew exactly what she was going to say to someone who’s been like her sister their whole lives, though.
One by one each member of The Vanguard piled into Jimmy’s lab for Sophie’s party where everyone pretty much had a job to do. Jimmy had everyone set their presents for Sophie on her desk that he had covered with a tarp, Timmy was wishing up some serious snacks for everyone, SpongeBob had just finished baking the cake along with Patrick’s help, Tak was placing everyone's notes into a wooden box he brought for Sophie, Danny, Sam, and Jenny were placed on decorating on the inside while Snap, Blik, and Manny decorated outside, and Hau, Lillie, and Gladion preparing a section of the lab for a sleepover. ZIM was just in the corner doing ZIM things honestly. Everything was going rather smoothly actually.
It was a rather uneventful birthday for Sophie. Her family that wasn’t Alolan culture had given her a few simple gifts while those in Alolan culture wished her well with songs and cards with gift cards in them. She didn’t attend the birthday party Skylar had thrown that was supposed to be for the three of them but Sophie didn’t like large crowds and Silas just wanted to read. However she did get presents from Silas and Skylar. A silver heart locket from Skylar and a new dark blue journal from Silas. She did have a small “party” with some her closest friends though concerning Xavier, Marshall, Cerise, Talia, Gabe, Audrey, Caden, Allyssa, Elyssa, Fionna, and McKenzie They ate some ice cream and gave Sophie her presents.
From Xavier, she got a silver necklace with a rose quartz made shield as the charm with the phrase “Believe” engraved in silver on the back. From Marshall, she was given a Stitch onesie which in his own words said “Look Sophie! Your life has come full circle!” Sophie was not amused. Cerise had given her the complete series of A Series of Unfortunate Events in book form while Gabe had given her a DVD of the first season of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Audrey had given her some oil pastels to use in her next art project while Caden gave her a copy of her soccer jersey signed by her teammates. Allyssa had given her a t-shirt that said ‘I am an Artist and I am screaming.’ while Elyssa had gotten her a new red “artist” scarf. All in all, she was pretty happy with her gifts. Fionna had given her a lion hoodie while McKenzie gave her a conjoined picture frame one with Sophie and all her friends while the other had Sophie with The Vanguard. She also got a professional art kit from her art brothers Aaron, Alex, Laurens, Lafayette, and Hercules that was dropped off at her house.
After saying their goodbyes everyone except Xavier left to their own things. Cerise, Audrey, and Allyssa had to go to work, Elyssa had to go to color guard practice while Caden went to football and Fionna went to gymnastics, Gabe, Talia, and McKenzie had to go take care of their younger siblings, and Marshall… went to do Marshall things. It was just Sophie and Xavier for a while just watching Criminal Minds when Sophie got a message on her recaller from Timmy. The message said “Hey we’re having a sleepover tonight. You in?” Sophie smiled. She always liked having sleepovers in the lab. It felt like this was where she was supposed to be. She messaged back “Yeah of course.” She then looked to her boyfriend and said “Hey I’m gonna sleepover at the lab tonight. Do you wanna hang for a bit?”
Xavier smiled and said “Sure!” “Okay, I’m gonna shower real quick before I pack,” Sophie said getting up and getting some clothes. She quickly took a shower and brushed her hair dressed in a somewhat frilly white tank top, blue capris, and black converse. She tied back her hair and packed a pair of her new stitch onesie, socks (she wasn’t making that mistake again), her glasses and eye drops for the morning, The Bad Beginning, the DVD with season one of A Series of Unfortunate Events, a few other movies she’d been meaning to show them, and some things to draw with. She put the messenger bag on her shoulder and set the right coordinates in recaller as the portal opened up. “C’mon Lion time to go!” Sophie said as she and Xavier walked into the portal while her pet Lion followed her.
Sophie was expecting a number of things but the lab decorated and The Vanguard yelling surprise was not one of them. Sophie was speechless until she said, “W-What is all this?” “Your birthday party! What else would it be buckette?” Snap said placing a paper crown on her head. “My birthday party… guys, I really don’t deserve this…” Sophie said modestly going to take off her crown until Tak’s hands stopped her. “Yes, you do. You do a lot for this team Sophie. The least we could do is this.” Tak smiled. Sophie smiled back a bit and blushed a little. “Okay then. So um what are we doing first?” “Oh, nothing special just a little… video game tournament?” Manny grinned holding up a controller. Sophie seemed to get excited and cheered “Sweet!”
After a long video game tournament racking up at least a few wins for everyone Sophie stretched and said: “Well that was fun…” “Alright, kids. Time for presents!” Wanda called. “Wait time for what?” Sophie said looking at Wanda wide-eyed. “Well duh, do you think we would throw a birthday party just to not give you gifts?” Timmy said rolling his eyes. “Okay, first of all, I wasn’t even expecting a birthday party. Second, of all, you guys didn’t have to get me anything. I’m fine just being here.” “But we wanted too!” SpongeBob said hugging Sophie. “You’re our friend!” Sophie blushed a little modesty. She didn’t think she was worth the trouble.
Xavier led Sophie over to the tarp holding her hand. It was then Jimmy pulled the tarp off as Goddard barked revealing her new desk that was holding all her presents. “I made this desk for you so you could have your own space for your art instead of just sitting with us or sitting on the floor trying to work,” Jimmy said scratching the back of his head. “Oh, my Arceus I love it!” Sophie said somewhat laying on top of it. “It’s so cool! Thank you, Jimmy!” Jimmy chuckled and said, “Well there’s other presents for you to open too.” “Oh um right…” Sophie said blushing a bit not used to so many gifts at once.
Sophie looked at all her options trying to choose which one she should open first when she spotted a gift wrapped in a large leaf. Sophie smiled knowing it was Tak’s. I mean who else could it be? She picked it up carefully noting how light it was and turned back to the others. “This one I’ll open first.” Sophie smiled. Tak seemed nervous as he raised his hand. “Heh yeah… That’s mine.” He was worried his present would be seen inferior to everyone else's. Sophie grinned and started to open it. She stopped when she saw it was a feather and started to tear up smiling before hugging Tak tight. “I love it… Thank you, big brother.” Tak grinned and hugged her back silently thanking the Jujus that she loved it. He carefully stuck it her hair before she went to pick out another gift.
Sophie looked again and picked out the small light pink gift. “This one.” Lillie smiled and said, “Here I’ll get Nebby to help you.” She whistled and the small bat flew over beginning to help tear the pink paper until it revealed a small wooden box. Sophie slowly opened it to reveal the pink butterfly choker. “Oh wow, Lillie, it’s so pretty…” Sophie said in awe putting it on. “I made one for each of us. A butterfly for you, a dolphin for me, a bull for Gladion, and a rooster for Hau.” “That’s so cool! Thank you!” Sophie said putting it down and getting another gift.
“Ummm this one!” Sophie said holding up the bright green present grinning as Danny raised his hand. She started ripping it open to reveal the box the held the camcorder. “A new camcorder! Cool!” Sophie cheered as she opened the box and started to mess with it. “This is so cool! Thank you, Danny!” Danny chuckled at her happiness. “You’re welcome Soph.” Xavier carefully took it away from her so she wouldn’t get distracted to choose a new present.
Sophie looked for her next to open seeing the present with drawings all over it and picking it up. “This one!” “Um yeah, that’s mine…” Snap chuckled nervously. “Did you do the drawings?” Sophie asked inspecting the present. “Um yeah? Are they okay?” Snap asked with uncertainty. “Oh yeah! They are so cute! I’m gonna hang them in my room later!” Sophie grinned carefully taking the wrapping paper trying not to rip it. Snap let out a sigh of relief. She saw the colored pencils and put them aside as she saw the sketchbook. “Oh, Snap… It’s beautiful…” Sophie said hugging it to her chest before getting up and hugging Snap. Snap blushed in blue a little and laughed a little. “Well I saw it and thought of you so…~” “It’s perfect!” Sophie smiled going to choose another present.
Sophie picked out the dark purple box and showed it to figure out whose it was. Sam raised her hand and smiled as Sophie began to open it. She lifted the lid from the box and nearly screamed as she hugged it. “Oh, my Arceus! I’ve wanted this hoodie for weeks! Where did you find one my size?!” Sophie asked excitedly. “Oh, I called ahead and made sure they had your size.” Sam smiled winking. “Thank you so much!” Sophie said excitedly as she put it on happy to be in its warmth as she went to choose her next present.
Sophie went over and picked out the messiest gift and held it up. Patrick laughed and said “That’s mine! That’s mine!” Sophie giggled and opened it to reveal a Goofy Goober Pass. She tilted her head and looked up at Patrick. “A Goofy Goober pass? Sorry if I sound stupid but what’s a Goofy Goober?” Sophie asked kind of confused and unsure. “Well, a Goofy Goober is a magical place where you can get ice cream for free with that card!” Patrick explained. “It’s a place in Bikini Bottom,” SpongeBob added. “Ohhhhhh okay. Thank you, Patrick!” Sophie smiled. Patrick laughed a little blushing and said: “You’re welcome Sophie.”
Sophie went to the next present and picked up the bag with tigers all over. “I’m guessing this is Manny’s present.” Manny chuckled and nodded as Sophie started to open it. She pulled out the ball still wrapped in wrapping paper and gave Manny a look saying “Ha ha very funny.” as Manny shrugged comedically. She ripped the wrapping paper off to reveal the soccer ball. Sophie tossed it up in the air a few times as she said “This soccer ball is so cool! Thanks, Manny!” “No problem Soph.” Manny grinned.
Sophie picked up the metal box and said: “I wanna say this is ZIM’s gift.” “YES, It is my offering! I’m sure you’ll find it SUPERIOR to everyone else's!” Sophie giggled at the strange alien as she opened the lid to find a pencil sharpener and a rubber piggy. “I told GIR his offering would seem inferior to my own but I hope you enjoy it all the same.” ZIM saluted. Sophie giggled at him once again. “It’s fine ZIM the pencil sharpener was very thoughtful and Thank you GIR for the rubber piggy.” Sophie kneeling on the ground to speak to GIR. GIR cheered and hugged Sophie tight. “Do you wanna help me pick the next gift I should open?” Sophie asked setting GIR on her hip. “Yay!” GIR said reaching out of for a gift. “That one! That one!” GIR said reaching out for the dark pink gift.
Sophie smiled and put GIR down on the table and picked up the pink gift. “Judging by the colors I’m guessing this is Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof’s gift?” Sophie said looking up at Timmy. “You would be right on that dude.” Timmy smiled. Sophie grinned started to rip it open revealing the pink and green GameBuddy. “A… GameBuddy?” Sophie asked confused. “Not just any GameBuddy. A GameBuddy game starring us!” Timmy said excitedly turning it on. Sophie was silent for a moment her jaw dropping. “This is by far one the best video games I’ve ever seen and I haven’t even played it yet! Thanks, Timmy! Thank you, Cosmo and Wanda!” “Poof also has a present for you too. Don’t you sweetie?” Wanda asked as Poof picked up his little gamer guide and gave it to Sophie. “Poof poof!” Sophie flipped through it smiling. She couldn’t read any of it but it was adorable. “Aww, this is going to help so much! Thank you, Poof.” Sophie hugged him lightly. Poof giggled and flew back to his father who chuckled.
“Um okay. I guess I’ll open these two next.” Sophie said holding up the two bright blue packages. “Open the bigger one first otherwise the small box won’t make much sense.” Jenny smiled. Sophie nodded and started to open the bigger box revealing the pink dress. Sophie’s jaw dropped and said “Oh. My. Arceus. You got me a Violet dress?!” Sophie cheered picking up the dress. “And the sweater, belt, hair ribbons, socks, and shoes.” Jenny listed cooly as Sophie ripped open the other package revealing the shoes and socks. “Oh, my Arceus! You got me the full outfit?! Thank you, Jenny!” “Awww you’re welcome Soph.” Jenny cooed patting her head. Some of the others looked on the confusion. Particularly because none of the clothing items were purple. “Uh, are you buckettes color blind or somethin? None of these are purple.” Snap scratched his head confused. “What?” Sophie asked in confusion until it dawned on her. “No. No, not the color. She means Violet as in Violet Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events. See she’s from the old series of books I used to read that just got turned into a TV show. This is one of the outfits she wore on the show.” Sophie explained. “She was kinda like my role model growing up. Like a definitive of a picture of who I wanted to be when I became a teenager.” Sophie admitted blushing a bit. A chorus of “oohs” and “aahs” came from The Vanguard as Sophie went to pick another present.
Sophie picked up the neatly wrapped yellow present and held it up. “This one next!” Sophie said as SpongeBob laughed. “That one's mine!” Sophie and began to tear it open revealing the pack of multicolored bubbles. “Bubbles?” Sophie asked a little confused. “Not just any bubbles! Paint bubbles when you pop them they splatter everywhere!” SpongeBob said happily. “Sandy helped me make them.” “Ohhh cool! Thanks, SB! I’m definitely playing with these later…” Sophie said as she put them aside and went for another gift.
“Wait! Hold on a second! Before you pick, I want to show you this trick I taught Ari!” Hau shouted. “It’s relevant!” “Umm okay?” Sophie said confused as she sat down. Hau whistled and said, “Retrieve!” This woke the bird up as he flew over to a strangely wrapped present, picked it up by the ribbons, and dropped it in her lap flying back to his owner’s arm chirping. “Good dog!” Hau cheered as he petted Ari’s head with his finger. “So I’m guessing this is your present?” Sophie asked. “Yuppers!” Hau smiled. Sophie smiled and started to open it. She shrieked loudly startling everyone and hugged the small black stuffed rabbit. “BAMBINO! Hau! Where did you find him?!” “Same place you lost him. Poni Meadows. The little guy has been stuck under a tree root this entire time. His fur is a little lighter only cause he got sunbleached a bit.” Hau explained shrugging a little. “Uh, Sophie? I’m pretty sure only Lillie, Gladion, Hau, and I know what you're talking about so…” Xavier said. “Oh right… Sorry guys.” Sophie giggled. “You see when I was really little my mom gave me this rabbit that I named Bambino. I took him everywhere with me. He was kinda like my imaginary friend. Then one day when I was in Alola we decided to explore Poni Meadows. I must have dropped him somewhere because I never saw him again. But now he’s back!” Sophie cheered as she held him up. The Vanguard smiled at her happiness. She really did seem like she’s doing better now.
Gladion whistled as Null picked up a dark red present and the wolf waltzed right over to Sophie dropping it in her lap. “Okay, I guess I’m opening yours next Mr. Edge Lord.” Sophie teased sticking out her tongue at him. She opened and smiled at the new headphones but it quickly turned into a frown. “Gladion… What the heck? This is my music player! I’ve been looking for this for a week!” Sophie exclaimed. Gladion smirked, “I know I’m the one who took it.” “What sense does that make?!” Sophie asked. “Turn it on,” Gladion said still with that confident smirk on his face. Sophie looked confused and turned it on and scrolled through some things. “You put all my favorite bands and albums on here… and my favorite photos and videos too…” Sophie said. “Yup,” Gladion said his smirk growing. Sophie punched his shoulder and said, “You jerk.”
Sophie picked up the final present and said “So by process of elimination. I wanna say this is Mr. Blik’s present?” “You would be correct on that my dear. I think you’ll find that this your most expensive present.” He chuckled. Sophie looked confused and opened it. She nearly screamed and said “Oh my Arceus. Oh. My. Arceus! Thank you so much!” She hugged the box close to her chest. “I mean you needed it for your work so it’s not that big of a deal.” Mr. Blik shrugged casually taking a sip of his root beer.
Sophie smiled and said “Thank you all so much… This has probably been the best birthday I’ve ever had…” Xavier smiled and kissed her cheek. “Well, it’s not over yet. Time for cake! Cake! Cake!” Xavier said starting the chant of everyone saying cake as they got ready for it.
After eating the delicious cake SB made they all decided it was the perfect time to go play outside with water toys since it was one of the first days of summer. Sophie said she’ll join them all in a minute since she had to put away her gifts first. So they all went leaving Sophie alone for a few minutes.
She placed her overnight bag on the chair of her new desk as she got to work. She took the feather from Tak out of her hair and placed it in a pocket in her bag, took off her choker from Lillie putting it back in its box and on the desk, and carefully put away her new camcorder from Danny in its original box placing it on the desk as well. Next, she took off her new hoodie from Sam and folded it up placing it in her bag for later. After that, she placed her sketchbook and colored pencils from Snap and her drawing tablet from Mr. Blik in the same drawer to use later. She also placed the drawings from Snap in the same drawer as well. She placed her Goofy Goober pass from Patrick in the same pocket as the feather as to not lose it. She placed the soccer ball she got from Manny under the desk while plugging in the pencil sharpener she got from ZIM into the desk while putting the rubber piggy from GIR next to it. She placed Poof’s gamer guide on the desk while putting her GameBuddy on top of it. She placed the Violet outfit from Jenny back in its right boxes putting it under the desk as well. Finally, he placed SpongeBob’s paint bubbles in another desk in her drawer while she laid Bambino on top of her overnight bag while placing her music player and headphones inside the bag as well before going outside to be with everyone.
Everything seemed right with the world for Sophie right now. She felt safe and warm just being here. She sat on against the wall of Jimmy’s clubhouse with Xavier having to take a break from the excitement of the day. Jimmy, Timmy, Danny, Tak, Manny, Snap, Hau, and surprisingly Gladion were all engaged in a water gun war which was everyman for himself. Sam, Jenny, and Lillie were chatting at a table drinking their drinks. Poof, GIR, SpongeBob, and Patrick were all playing in kiddie pools with Cosmo and Wanda watching close by. ZIM was hiding under the girl's table from the water while Blik and Goddard were laying out in the sun. Yep. Everything seemed perfect as she laid her head on Xavier’s shoulder.
Xavier smiled and said “Oh by the way! Here’s your last present of the day.” as he handed Sophie a wooden box. Sophie looked confused and said, “Xavier you didn’t have to get me anything extra for my birthday.” “I know I didn’t. They did.” He said gesturing to The Vanguard. Sophie looked even more confused as she opened the box revealing the many slips of paper inside. “They’re notes. For you.” Xavier explained as Sophie picked up the first note and read it. It was from Jimmy.
Sophie... Sophie. Yes, what could be said about the latest addition to the Vanguard. Since you've arrived I've seen an increase in team morale and artistic endeavors... Pukin' Pluto, I can't do this. Sophie has been a great addition, she brings the whole group together and even makes the lab a bit brighter. It wouldn't be the same without her.
Sophie started to smile. She will admit that she and Jimmy aren’t that close per say but she appreciates his presence as the leader and looks to him for tough decisions in her life. She picked up the next note being from ZIM.
Oh, the Sophie human is one so much less UGLY and PUTRID STINK than the rest of the blithering Earth butts to inhabit this planet! A planet that WILL ONE DAY BE ZIM'S! THE DIB HEAD WILL BE CRUSHED UNDER THE MIGHTY FIST THAT IS ZIM! SOPHIE WILL DRAW ART OF EARTH'S NEW RULER! She will be a gift to the TALLEST for her picture making with her... artools or whatever she calls them. I will make sure she is spared when this planet's DOOM comes sooner than expected... sweet delicious DOOM.
This one surprised her the most so far out the two she’d seen. Not because it mentions earth’s doom, or how he said he’ll spare her, or how she’s a gift to the TALLEST now. No. What surprised her is… ZIM actually knows her name? She’d just assumed he thought her name was Bubble Girl but hearing him actually acknowledge her name twice no less made the note all the sweeter. She picked up Timmy’s note next.
I coulda sworn Sophie was from Dimmsdale, I mean, why not? She seemed a bit weird at first... but she's like super awesome! She's pretty good at games and me and Manny love picking on her ;D she's like the sister I didn't know I could wish for! She... She makes Dimmsdale a little less lonely I mean I guess…
Sophie smiled and sniffled at the note. Sure she took Timmy and Manny’s picking on her with a grain of salt as friends do but hearing she’s like a sister to him and that she makes him feel that Dimmsdale is slightly less lonely for him makes it all worth it. She picked up Danny’s note next.
Sophie is really brave for staying with us so long, especially when things got tough. She's been through a lot, and it worries me. If anything happened to her, I'd... Sophie gets stronger every day I'm glad she's growing.
Part of Sophie felt bad after reading Danny’s note. She didn’t mean to make him worry about her though she knows what her life is like and knows why he worries. She also knows that staying with them isn’t her being brave it’s her being scared to be without them. The other half of Sophie felt proud, though. Danny really thinks she’s growing and getting stronger every day. Not only that he's glad she growing. If Danny thinks she’s getting stronger then it must be true. She picked up Sam’s note.
I'm so glad we got another girl on the team, saving worlds isn't just for the boys. She's not bats and spiders, but she's not rainbows and unicorns either. She's a tough cookie... and I'm totally not the mom right now. That's Danny. But we'll look after her all the same.
Sophie felt a wave of relief wash over her as she read Sam’s note. To know that they’ll look after her means the world to her. She always prayed to have a family look after her and have her back at all times and with Sam’s reinforcement it made all the difference in her world. She picked up Jenny’s note next.
She is like, the cutest thing! Totes like a little sister, or another one. One that we don't have to keep in the basement! She's got such a great sense of fashion too, all those cute clothes...and she's tough too. I'm glad she comes to me for advice, ME! Advice! She's so sweet~
Okay, so she’s questioning the whole one that we don’t have to keep in the basement thing. However, she smiled that she’s like a little sister to Jenny. Although, she looked down at her clothes, where does she get the idea she has a great sense of fashion? Most of her clothes are covered in paint but she shrugged. Jenny is the fashion expert to her so maybe she had a point? Sophie picked up SpongeBob’s note next.
Sophie's such the sweetest ray of sunshine, and she laughs really nice too! I was worried uh... what would happen if things got dangerous but we're heroes and we'd look out for her! Now she's as much a hero as the rest of us all,... heroic and things! Gary loves her, Pat loves her, Squidward tolerates her, and little old me...? I love her bunches! <3
Sophie smiled and blushed a little. She didn’t think highly of her laugh. It was too similar to her mother’s and she knows that it makes others who knew her mother just miss her even more but she finally felt comfortable to laugh around The Vanguard realizing that none of them ever knew her mother. Part of that realization came from SpongeBob and she was forever grateful for that. She picked up Patrick’s note next.
Milk. Eggs. Cheese. Underwear. Ice cream. Bread. More ice cream. Pencils. Paper.
Sophie blinked. She was so confused. This couldn’t be right. This seemed to be a shopping list, not a note addressed to her. She flipped it over to find the note to her. Ah. That makes more sense.
Sophie likes ice cream! And playing board games! And she uh she I forget but she's like really nice. And likes ice cream. One time, I saw her looking kinda down... so I gave her a big hug and she was all better! She gives nice hugs. I should write more, but I gotta find my grocery list…
Sophie giggled a bit. Later she would probably have to make a copy of Patrick’s grocery list and give it to him. She remembered that was one of the time's school had been hard on her that day and Patrick gave her a hug. He was forgetful but sweet. Sophie picked up Manny’s note next.
Aye, mi corazon~ Nah, but really Sophie is like... super fun to mess around with! Me and Timmy had this whole thing planned with a box of feathers and a paintball gun... oh I mean, nothing, nothing at all! If I didn't know better, she'd be like a Rivera, I mean... having a sis could be kinda cool!
Sophie blushed at the start of the note. Of course, Manny had to flirt with her what else would he do? Also, that whole box of feathers and paintball gun thing was concerning but she’d figure that out later. She found really sweet the despite the flirting and the teasing Manny still thought of her like a sister. She picked up Mr.Blik’s note next.
Ehh, she's alright... look I ain't writing this to be sappy or nothing! She's a good kid, kinda like Human Kimberly. But less... I dunno, naive? I mean she's cool and all, but this girl knows what saps are suckers and which suckers are chumps. I could leave this girl a few grand and I'd probably trust her with it... probably. Not saying I like her or anything... just I like her a lot, she's got spunk.
Sophie blinked after she read it. This note surprised her as well. Her and Mr. Blik weren’t that close by any means. She knows money is important to him and that she just didn’t really understand the wanting of money. However knowing that he could probably leave her a few grand (which she didn’t really know how much that was) and trust her with it somehow kind of touched her in a way. She picked up Gladion’s note next.
At first, I thought Sophie was really annoying. Like really annoying. However as the years went by and I saw how she helped my sister and how she treated everyone I realized something. Sophie has always treated others with all her kindness she has including those who wanted her to hurt and I find that the most admirable thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
Sophie started to giggle. He was right. She WAS annoying when she was little. However, she found the note sweet because Gladion never really got emotions as well as other people. So hearing something this sincere from him was amazing. Sophie picked up Lillie’s note next.
Sophie is one of the bravest, adventurous, kindest people I have ever met in my life. After what happened with my mother I didn’t think I could be any of those things after what she told me… But Sophie helped me believe. She just has this way with people to make them feel better about themselves.
Sophie sniffled and began to tear up smiling. She remembered when Lusamine was abusive to Gladion and Lillie. Lillie had been so scared and timid before Sophie showed any kindness to her. Over the years Lillie had grown up to be a confident, refined young lady and Sophie was so proud of her. She picked up Hau’s note next.
Sophie has been my favorite cousin since we were toddlers. Even for years when we were separated by a whole country and a whole ocean I’ve always felt she’s influenced me into the person of who I am. She’s adventurous, creative, and treats everyone she meets with kindness. Honestly, you’d have to do something stupid to her to not deserve her kindness. I feel so grateful to have her in my life.
More tears came from Sophie. To hear Hau say these words to her despite how long they’ve spent apart with only seeing each for conventions and holidays meant a lot to her. She always considered Hau someone she was close to despite most of their conversations taking place in letters. She knows this to be true now. Sophie picked up Snap’s note next.
What can I say about the buckette? She's adventurous, witty, and quite the little creator~ Man I wish I coulda introduciated her with Rudy. They'd really hit it off! The way she colors and draws and shapes, not just with chalk but paint and all this other stuff! Besides... is this what having a sister is like? I mean the Von Snaps are alright, and Blocky's my best friend. But she's like a part of my family now!
Sophie smiled and blushed a little at Snap’s comment of her being a great creator. Getting that comment from a LIVING drawing was a huge deal. She also started to tear up at him calling her his sister. Even though Snap had only been on the team a few short months they had grown very close to one another. She finally picked up the last note. Tak’s note.
I don't know where to begin. In the village all I ever had known family wise was Jibolba. I never knew my mom or dad. I think I'm an only child. They say my mom was a Juju and dad was Pupanunu. That's why I was born with the power of Juju. Never thought I'd feel like another could be family really. Sophie is special. She and me... we click well I guess. She's really cute, and I guess I show off sometimes... but she looks up to me too and I can't let her down. Last thing I would do is let her down or hurt her. It’s funny... of all the guys in the village, I think I'm the only one to have such a diverse family and probably the best sister the Jujus could grant. Her laugh is even super cute, why else do I tickle her so much~ I always keep that cat toy in case she needs cheering up. I think I'm rambling now but as far as Sophie goes... I love her a lot.
Sophie started to tear up even more and even sniffle a bit as she read Tak’s note. She felt so touched that Tak considers her special to him and that she could fill the role of his little sister. It gave her some comfort that no matter what he would never let her down or hurt like others in the past have. She had to admit she did blush a little when he mentioned how cute she was. She soaked in Tak’s last words like SpongeBob did with water. ‘I love her a lot.’ She felt a certain comfort when it came to those words and that was what arguably broke her. Maybe this is what the notes were meant for… to show her how cared for she is.
Sophie began to quietly cry. Not out of sadness or pain oh no. But out of happiness. She never imagined finding a place where she felt cared for or accepted and yet here she was in the presence of those who cared for her wellbeing. Who cared if she injured or sick. Who made sure she was taking care of herself by reminding her to eat or to rest. Who cheered her up when her regular life was abusing her very fragile feelings and physical body. Who supported her interests and wanted to see her succeed.Who wanted to give her a stable, safe place to be. Who just wanted to be there for her and to love her unconditionally. That’s all she could ever ask for.
She put the notes back into the box carefully and closed it holding it to her chest still silently crying. Xavier flinched seeing her cry. Had he made an error in suggesting this be good for mental health? “Sophie? Are you alright?” Xavier asked touching her shoulder gently. She looked up at him, her face still wet with tears and yet there was a big smile on her face. “I am now.” Xavier smiled and gave his girlfriend a kiss. “Happy Birthday Babe.” “Thank you, my love.”
His phone suddenly beeped signaling it was time to go home. “Ugh, I have to go. Mom wants me home for dinner. Have fun tonight okay?” He said kissing her cheek. “I will. Put this on my new desk please?” Sophie said handing him her most precious box. “I will. Bye guys! See you later!” Xavier called to The Vanguard and he was responded by a bunch of goodbyes. He went with the box as Sophie gave him a small wave as she watched him leave until he was gone from her sight. She spaced out a little until she was suddenly blasted with cold water. She shrieked loudly and looked to see Manny holding a water gun grinning at her. “Manny Rivera! You are so dead!” Sophie yelled as she grabbed a water gun and went after him joining the water gun war.
The water gun war lasted quite awhile. Of course, Sophie was targeted the most being the birthday girl but she didn’t mind. She had a blast. It would have probably lasted all night if Wanda hadn’t called The Vanguard in for dinner. All of them went in drying off and changing into their night clothes. Sophie changed into her new stitch onesie with a night shirt under it, blue socks, her glasses, and she put her hood up on her onesie putting the crown on top of her head.
They had pizza for dinner, one of Sophie’s favorites, and as she went to get a slice of cheese pizza and put it in her mouth she was met with stares from her family. “What?” She asked her face stuffed with pizza. Timmy was already snickering at her as he said: “What are you wearing?” “It’s a onesie I got from Marshall for my birthday. It’s Stitch from Lilo and Stitch.” Sophie explained. Manny was also snickering “Why is it so baggy, though?” He started to play with her sleeve. “Because it’s comfortable! Say what you want but I could literally lay down anywhere and sleep!” Sophie defended. Tak chuckled “Alright guys leave her alone. Besides she looks adorable!” He cooed laughing a bit playing with the onesies ears. Sophie narrowed her eyes and facepalmed as some of the other guys laughed.
Soon after they ate they all settled down to watch some movies with the leftover snacks they still had. Jimmy sat in his chair with Goddard in his lap, Timmy and ZIM both laid with pillows on the floor, GIR settled down on top of ZIM, and Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof turned into a pillow, blanket, and a teddy bear for Timmy. Danny and Sam sat on the couch with Manny in between them, SpongeBob and Patrick curled up on the floor as well, Jenny laid on her stomach with her legs kicked back and with a pillow, and Blik took the fluffiest pillow he could find and laid on top of it. Gladion and Lillie laid against Null with Nebby cuddling in her lap, and Hau set Ari in his portable cage for the night and laid close to Sophie’s feet as she set her feet on his back almost like a footrest. Finally, Sophie laid against Lion with her holding Bambino tight and close with Tak on her right side and Snap on her left.
They watched several of Sophie’s favorite movies like Lilo and Stitch, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Ponyo, and A Series of Unfortunate Events. They also watched a few videos from when Sophie was little exploring the world around her. Half of them were really sweet while the other half just made The Vanguard laugh and coo at Sophie making her regret ever bringing them. Although she was glad she showed them these. It made them see more of what she used to be and how she became who she is.
Eventually, though everyone got kind of sleepy and started to drift off including Sophie herself. Before she did though she took off her glasses and put them in Lion’s mane careful not to wake Snap as she drifted off herself.
It was the middle of the night when Sophie woke. It had been happening for the past couple of weeks now. She had wakened from the same nightmare of being alone again without her friends… No… they were her family now.
She breathed slowly as she looked around from laying down on Lion. Her vision was blurry without her glasses or eye drops but everyone was close enough for her to see. Jimmy laid his head on the desk, probably working on a new invention, Goddard placed firmly in his lap. At his feet, three boys laid there in a sorta dogpile.
Timmy was holding Teddy Bear Poof close to him with Cosmo covering his sons as a blanket while Wanda as a pillow was under Timmy’s head. Manny laid next to him snoring and ZIM was spread out by them with GIR sleeping on his back using his PAK as a pillow.
Little ways away from them laid SpongeBob and Patrick sharing a blanket sleeping comfortably snoring in sync. Upon the couch is where Danny and Sam slept. Sam cuddled into Danny’s chest cozily while Danny had an arm wrapped around her for safety.
Next, to the couch Danny and Sam slept on, Jenny slept/recharged with her laying on her stomach and laying her head on a soft pillow. About a foot away from Jenny Mr. Blik was sprawled out on a very expensive pillow probably dreaming about root beer. Or money. Or both.
Gladion laid against Null snoozing sweetly with Lillie lying against her brother’s shoulder Nebby laying her lap. She looked to Ari’s cage noticing it had a tarp placed over it. Hau must of put it there a little before he fell asleep. Speaking of Hau he was sprawled out at her feet, a little bit of drool coming from his mouth.
She looked to her left as the smell of chalk dust mixed with soda and sub sandwiches filled her nose. Snap was snuggled up to her side looking peaceful as he slept to contrast his normally playful look on his face. As she looked to her right her nose was filled with a much different scent. The smell of the jungle mixed with dirt to be exact. Tak laid with his arm wrapped around her protectively like a big brother. Sophie let a smile as she settled back with her head on Lion’s torso. Despite them all being asleep she still felt the warmth from her new family. She slowly fell back asleep feeling safe and warm. This is where she was meant to be and nobody was going to take that away from her.
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FOP: Fairy Fallout Pt.3
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Act III
The third scene began with Timmy leaving the school bus, and walking up to the front door of his house without even waiting for Chloe to walk with him. It was clear by the dull, melancholy expression on his face that he wasn’t in any mood to be accompanied by his neighbor; certainly not after what happened at recess. Timmy was exhausted, mumbling to himself about how he was ready to just go to his room and sleep. But once he swung the front door open to enter the living room of his home, Timmy was immediately greeted by Vicky, who had been waiting for him. Rather than greeting Timmy with her typically venomous jeering, she approached him with a look of concern, and asked him why he looked so tired and upset. Timmy didn’t respond and simply glanced away from the babysitter, prompting Vicky to kneel down and examine him closely.
“My goodness! I haven’t seen you this miserable since the first day I became your babysitter.” She cooed with sadistic cheer, quickly instructing Timmy to “hold his pose” while she reached into the back pocket of her jeans to take out a polaroid camera, and snapped a picture.
After letting the photo dry, Vicky analyzed the picture with an endearing grin on her face before the shot focused on a more detailed version of Timmy’s saddened expression. The focus lingered on the picture while Vicky’s voice can be heard cooing before it showed Vicky pressing the picture to her chest as she claimed that it will always be cherished by her. All the while, Timmy began to grow more and more agitated from being belittled. A close-up revealed his clenched fists shaking at his sides, and his teeth gritting as Vicky wickedly cackled at him to the point of having to wipe away a stray tear from the corner of her eye once she calmed down. Much to Timmy’s dismay, Vicky had grown bored of his presence, and wasted no time in viciously commanding him to do chores around the house so she could watch TV.
However, during Vicky’s seemingly endless list of demands, Timmy went from agitated to enraged. His face slowly turned red, his chest was huffing and puffing while his eyes grew misty from every horrible thing he was feeling as his patience completely ran out. Upon flinching slightly when Vicky dropped a massive list on his head that unrolled along the floor, Timmy lost it once again. He ripped the list off of his head, stomping on it before leaping up to scream right in Vicky’s face about how he was sick and tired of making his life horrible. More tears came flooding out of his eyes just like the recollection of all the years Vicky had abused, terrorized and threatened him; he remembered all of those times he thought things would change for the better between them, only to find out the truth that there was no changing Vicky to treat him better.
“No wonder nobody loves you, and nobody ever will! How would you like it if someone treated you like how you’ve treated me for the whole time my parents left me stuck with you?!” Timmy bellowed threateningly, his chest heaving until he finally caught his breath and the bright red color drained from his face.
At first, Vicky was absolutely stunned by Timmy’s behavior. The shot focused on her utterly baffled expression while she stood completely silent, and blinked while Timmy had time to cool down until Vicky registered what just happened. In retaliation to Timmy’s outburst, she grabbed him by the back of his shirt, and effortlessly lifted him up before storming to his room. Vicky was absolutely livid as she kicked the door to Timmy’s bedroom open, and mercilessly threw Timmy inside so that he hit a wall with a booming thud. Without any remorse or concern for Timmy’s wellbeing, Vicky’s shrill voice could be heard off-screen as she screeched at him to stay in his room for the rest of the night; the command was followed by an incredibly promising threat to hurt him even worse before the sound of the door slamming shut ended Vicky’s angry yelling.
After a couple seconds of showing him cradling his aching head, Timmy snapped out of his daze just enough to sit up from where he was slumped on the floor. From where he was sitting against the wall, Timmy slowly managed to get back on his feet as he mumbled to himself about how Vicky seemed much crueler than usual. Not just because of what he said to her, but he couldn’t help but wonder why she was acting like she had planned for his arrival after school. During his musing, the shot followed him as he paced about his bedroom, all while the empty fish bowl that Cosmo and Wanda once lived in was visible on the end table near his bed. The scene continued as Timmy finally deduced that his parents must have warned Vicky that he was down in the dumps, and was more depressed than usual since the night before.
“Of course, they told Vicky…” He sighed heavily, pinching the space between his eyebrows before he fell silent with a huff while crossing his arms over his chest, and scowling down at the ground. “She must’ve been really excited for me to get back home just to see how much she could make me feel even more miserable.”
It was only then that he realized just how alone he truly was, and his lament wasn’t heard by anyone, but himself. His first instinct from not getting a response was to call out to the two fairies that used to be in the now vacant fish bowl, but he had stopped himself from doing so once he remembered. He wasn’t their godchild anymore, and that painful reminder wilted Timmy’s irritated expression into an incredibly forlorn one as his heart sank. He had his TV; he had video games; he had toys, and even a computer. There were plenty of things to keep him preoccupied from the rest of the world, including his troubles, but every time the camera panned over to wherever he looked, he felt no such desire to do the things he loved.
Without warning, Timmy began to tear up at how his whole world felt so dull and empty without the company of the fairy couple. After getting off of the floor to sit upon his bed, he wiped away the tears running down his face, and sat quietly in his solitude. He had no one to confide in, not anymore. He couldn’t find comfort in his oblivious, neglectful parents, nor any of his friends. It would always be times like these where he would realize that he had been taking Cosmo and Wanda for granted, but this time was all too real. He didn’t even care if they could grant him wishes if they came back, all he wanted was to have them back and know what it meant to be loved by family that were actually present in his life and showed that they cared about him every day.
He saw no point in doing activities that would normally cheer him up, and didn’t have the energy to do anything. Instead, Timmy glanced over to the empty fish bowl, and scooted closer to gaze at the still water within the glass. For a moment, he wondered out loud if he should at least try to give the bowl back to Cosmo and Wanda, recalling the time he got to explore the tiny castle settled in the pebbles. It used to be their home, after all. Once Timmy moved away from the fish bowl, he rubbed his tired and red-tinted eyes as the exhaustion returned. He forgot how much he wanted to just curl up and sleep before he got the nerve to lash out at Vicky. But after considering making an effort to smuggle the fish bowl over to Chloe, Timmy shook his head to rid himself of the thought.
Even if he did manage to sneak out of the house without Vicky knowing, Timmy recalled the way he acted back at recess when Chloe tried to cheer him up. He wondered if Cosmo and Wanda would even want to see him again after witnessing his outburst. A growing feeling of doubt made Timmy clutch his chest as if he were physically hit by something, and his sorrow turned into agonizing guilt at the thought of Cosmo and Wanda looking down at him with anger and disappointment for what he had done. It truly hurt him to think that he had suddenly lost the love and trust of Cosmo and Wanda in one fell swoop, and doomed himself to a lonely fate. His parents were never there when he needed them; he scared off his friends by throwing a tantrum at his neighbor; and, there was no chance of him getting another fairy to replace the pieces of his heart that had been torn away with Cosmo and Wanda.
Every second of this reflection only dug himself deeper into a pit of grief, and there seemed to be no hope for him to stop anytime soon.
“Maybe they really are better off without me,” He murmured solemnly, curling up under the blankets as small tears began to well up in the corners of his eyes.
As the shot zoomed out on Timmy crying himself to sleep, the scene faded out to the inside of Chloe’s room where she was pacing back and forth, brainstorming ways that would prove to Jorgen Von Strangle that Timmy was worthy of being a godchild once again.
“Think, Chloe, think! There must be something I can wish for to change Jorgen’s mind,” Chloe chanted to herself, tapping the side of her head as if trying to invoke her brain to produce a plan.
During this scene, Cosmo and Wanda were floating on the other side of Chloe’s room, trying to comfort each other after having to witness their former godchild fall apart right in front of them. While the constant wailing from both fairies was clearly making it more difficult for Chloe to focus on the task at hand, she couldn’t help but eventually stop her pacing, and her own deeply concentrated expression faltered. Chloe fell completely silent, unable to even hear her own thoughts over the sound of the fairy couple’s lamenting, and turned around to look at them with a rather disheartened look on her face. As much as she didn’t want to admit it, it hurt her deep down to see her own fairy godparents so upset from having to lose Timmy as their godchild, and all of her attempts to console them were in vain. In a way, it felt like their grief had completely driven a wedge between them, unintentionally causing the fairy couple to nearly neglect Chloe.
However, she was quick to shake off that feeling, and pushed herself to rationalize the situation. After taking a moment to close her eyes, and take a deep breath, Chloe began to murmur to herself to imagine a scenario where her parents were in Cosmo and Wanda’s position. She asked herself how much would hurt them if she had an actual sibling, and they were forced to give him up without being able to do anything about it before she calmly opened her eyes. From Chloe’s perspective, the shot of Cosmo and Wanda holding each other as they continued to weep morphed into the scenario she envisioned within her mind. Cosmo and Wanda were no longer in sight, and their forms were replaced with Chloe’s mother and father instead while the background faded to black with only a single light beaming down upon the couple.
Chloe’s father was struggling to hide his tears as he held onto his wife, clinging to the woman until he finally burst into tears. But unlike Cosmo and Wanda, the married couple didn’t let the heavy burden of grief get to them nearly as much. Instead, both parents finally looked up to see Chloe watching them from a distance, and welcomed her into a hug.
“At least we still have you,” Connie grinned with a renewed sense of hope, earning a smile in return from Chloe.
“We still have each other,” Clark added as he embraced his family.
The shot lingered on a close up of Chloe’s face as she was slowly lulled into a sense of much needed comfort, and the tears she was holding back were flowing down her face. Finally, the shot backed away when the pitch black background disappeared, and she opened her eyes to see that she was back in her room, hugging her fairy godparents as they embraced her in return. The three stayed like this until Wanda sniffled, and dried her tearful eyes with a conjured up handkerchief before giving Chloe a sincere apology for not realizing how everything that was going on had been affecting her too.
“We love you both, but it’s always hard for us to say goodbye to our godchildren. Even after all these years,” Wanda sighed glumly, raising her wand to poof up another handkerchief for Cosmo, who loudly blew his nose into once he managed to get a hold of himself. “Normally, things would get better when something like this happens. No matter what Timmy did, he’d always find a way to convince Jorgen to let us stay his fairy godparents…”
“Then, what did he do that was so different this time?” Chloe asked, perking up at the slight glimmer of hope that there could be a loophole to fix all of the mess. “Was it something worse than anything he’s done before?”
For a moment, Cosmo and Wanda were at a loss for words, and could only glance at each other as they floated above Chloe. The shot remained focused on the fairy couple as they are shown trying to remember the details of what Timmy’s last wish was that caused the major catastrophe that incurred the wrath of Jorgen Von Strangle. Alas, even after the fairy couple described a rather dangerous and chaotic crisis that spiraled out of control due to Timmy’s impulsive behavior towards wishing, Cosmo and Wanda could only scratch their heads in puzzlement as the shot was aimed back to Chloe while she took a moment to register all of the information.
“So… There’s nothing I can really do to prove Jorgen wrong, is there?” Chloe murmured, sounding far more resigned than before once the fairy couple finished telling the story, and her once hopeful expression wilted away as her shoulders slumped.
“I’m afraid not this time,” Wanda frowned apologetically, lowering herself so she was at her godchild’s level before conjuring up a large photo album that appeared in Chloe’s hands.
Without waiting, Chloe opened the book to analyze several old photos from the misadventures Timmy and his godparents had endured even before Chloe moved into town. While the shot focused on all of the pictures displayed inside the album, Wanda could be heard off-screen describing what had been going on in every bizarre, and nostalgic picture that was shown. With every story behind the framed polaroids Chloe was told, the more she dreaded the idea of possibly trying to convince Jorgen that she wasn’t any better of a godchild than Timmy. Without warning, Chloe slammed the album shut, and her face was revealed to be one of genuine horror as a brief imagination sequence was presented where the worst possible things that could happen to the people of the world came true upon making a purposefully terrible wish just to make Timmy’s numerous disasters pale in comparison. She could potentially wipe out the entire population of humans, animals, and any living thing on earth with a single wish that slipped past “Da Rules”.
As her daydream faded away, she realized that even if she genuinely tried to put her plan into action, and Jorgen’s stubborn nature overpowered her attempts, then that would be the end of everything. All of the horrible things plaguing her conscience would be the consequences of her plan, and all of the lives destroyed in the midst of the disaster would be on her head. Just like the moment her kind and loving nature ended up in creating an even bigger disaster that caused her to move to Dimmsdale in the first place; her heart would rule over her mind, and she may end up making that very same mistake. It was one life, or the lives of others; the same choice Jorgen Von Strangle asked her to think about on the night she became the sole godchild of Cosmo and Wanda.
“I...I can’t…” Chloe stammered as her eyes trailed off in a one-thousand-yard stare out her bedroom window, and her trembling hands slowly dropped the photo album. “There’s no way I could make a wish so disastrous.”
From behind Chloe, Cosmo pointed his finger and opened his mouth to object, but was immediately silenced by Wanda when she used her magic to literally zip Cosmo’s mouth shut before he could encourage her to go along with her initial idea. Unlike Cosmo’s generally comedic character, he remained completely silent after getting over the initial shock of suddenly having his voice smothered. He didn’t try to unzip his mouth, or use his wand to make it disappear; he didn’t even try to make a bunch of muffled noises in the background. Instead, he just stayed where he was, quiet as a mouse while Wanda took it upon herself to approach their godchild and speak.
“Then it’s best not to make a wish, sweetie,” Wanda recommended in her more motherly tone. “I know you want to help Timmy, and we’d want nothing more than to fix this mess, but these things happen. In the past, we’ve had so many godchildren, just like all the other fairies in Fairy World. But, it’s never easy having to say goodbye.”
As the shot lingered on Wanda’s somber expression, Cosmo finally placed a hand on his wife’s shoulder from outside of view before floating into the scene. Once he was among Chloe and Wanda, he finally raised his wand in order to make the zipper that sealed his mouth disappear.
“Normally, fairies are supposed to stick with their godchildren until they grow up, and that’s usually the hardest to deal with,” He added, sounding much more serious than normal. “Wanda and I have been Timmy’s godparents for just two years, which may not seem very long, but so much happened during that time that it feels like we’ve been a fairy family for the longest time.”
Wanda couldn’t help but tear up again, clearly touched by Cosmo’s sentiment. Wanda was quick to wipe away the stray tear, however, reminding both herself and Cosmo that they needed to be strong. As the mood began to pick up, Cosmo and Wanda embraced each other for a brief moment while Chloe watched them with a relieved smile now that the two finally came to terms with their grief. However, Chloe knew that there was still work to do. And once Cosmo and Wanda turned their attention back to their godchild, Chloe was then shown staring out her window at the Turner house in the distance, claiming that she planned on going over to talk to Timmy once the weekend finally arrived. She knew that it was still too soon for her to try and approach him, and if what happened that day proved anything, Cosmo and Wanda agreed on her plan to wait for Timmy to calm down without question.
Now that her determination was rekindled, Chloe decided to scrap the initial plan of trying to make a risky wish. It was obvious to both Chloe, and Wanda that it just wasn’t worth all the havoc; not to mention, the plan seemed to fall flat after Chloe took a moment to reflect back on her initial thought process. Taking a note from what she learned from her parents, she needed to focus on the big picture, not just the small details. If Chloe was going to make things better, she had to find a way to get through to Timmy; she only hoped that he would be able to keep it together until the weekend arrived.
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Pain Chapter 3....
Cosmo and Wanda fly over to Unwish Island unknowable. Timmy was watching Poof for the week and was cleaning up the house. When he asked where they were going they said they were going 'to see a friend'.
Unwish Island had changed over the years. Mainly the wishes on it. Dark Laser left about a month after they made Timmy clone for them and the rest either left or just vanished. No one really knew how or why but it didn't concern them. The only wishes on the island were the old President's, Super Bike, and of course. Gary.
"We need to hurry Cosmo! We don't want Super Bike to know we are here!" Wanda whispers harshly. Super Bike had gotten worse and worse to the point that Jorgen had to send him to the different part of the island where he couldn't hurt the others. Some of the clones were either killed by him or worse.
Wanda and Cosmo flew high and low but couldn't find Gary. When hope was lost they stopped when they saw a little boy with black hair walking around. "Could it be?" Wanda said.
They went down and to their surprise it was Gary. Now wishes can grow up if the master grows. So when they saw Gary still a kid, they were shocked. "What?!" Cosmo and Wanda exclaimed as they approached him.
"Gary?...Is that you?" Cosmo asked in shock
"No, it's the tooth fairy...YES! I have been waiting for you guys for...EVER! I wanted new clones on this island since...HE killed them off! Now the other President's and I have been hunting down food and hiding from him!...Where is Tim Tim anyway?!"
Wanda's eyes widen. "Gary...How long have you been...This?"
"Been what?" He looked at himself in the water and smiled back. "A kid? I've been this way since the last time I saw you, two idiots."
"And that's the problem..." Gary looked at Wanda with narrow eyes. "What do you mean?"
"Well...Most wishes grow up...But you still look like a ten-year-old kid" Gary cross his arms. "Yeah, that's because Timmy is still a kid!"
Cosmo walks closer to Gary. "...How old do you think Timmy is?"
Gary shrugged. "I don't know...Ten?"
" His sixteen." Gary's eyes widen. Both Cosmo and Wanda looked at him with serious faces. Which scared him. He knew he was here for a while but...SIX YEARS?! If that's true why was he still young? And if so why didn't he vanish like the rest? What was going on?
" Now we need to get you out of here"
Gary's eyes narrowed again. "Why...?"
"Um..." Wanda was thinking of a plan but was cut off by Cosmo.
" Cuz' Super Bike is scary and we can't leave a kid here!"
"RIGHT!" Wanda looked at Cosmo and smiled. Gary looked at them both. There was something going on and he knew these two were lying, but why? What do they need? But then again, why not go?
"Sure...Okay, I'll leave." Gary said.
"GREAT!" The two waved their wand's and vanished but deep in the woods, eyes were watching them the whole time.
The two popped back into town outside of the mall. Gary looked around, and the two were right! The whole town changed, new building, new people, and some of the kids he saw in Timmy's school were teenagers! He growled as he looked at his child like body. He knew who to blame. "Now we need you to come with us and-"
"NO!"
The two looked at Gary with wide eyes. "WHAT?!"
"I am not going anywhere with you two!"
"But...We need your help with Timmy!"
Gary rolled his eyes. "Shocker...Tim Tim needs my help...Well, guess what! I don't want him or anything to do with him! And you know why? Cuz he made my life hell! So you two can tell him to suck it-"
"Jack, I didn't know you were here." Gary stopped, he knew that voice. He turned towards the corner and saw him. Timmy Turner and beside him was an older looking man. A rich man.
Timmy changed, not much but still. He was taller than before, only a few feet. Gary would only be by the hip on him. His hair was much longer than he remembers. His hair was french braid and it stops to his back. His face thought it looked the same. No facial hair or anything. He even still had that big tooth. He looked like himself.
"I normally don't shop here at this part of town but my son wanted me to buy this" The man held out a small bottle of soap. Timmy growled under his breath, he knew he was going to use that next weekend.
"Why are you here?" The man asked. Timmy smiled.
"Oh! My baby brother is at a friends house and he wanted me to buy him some toys for his friends birthday next week." He said.
Jack smiled. "I didn't know your parents had other children."
"Oh...They don't! It's my parent's friends kid!...I treat him like he was my brother.." Timmy smiled as he said those last two words. Jack saw the smile and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You are a sweet heart~"
Gary saw the way the man was touching him. He had a look that the Super Bike had on Timmy. He growled and rush over there and hugged Timmy. "TIMMY!"
"Huh?" Timmy looked down at his legs and saw Gary hugging him."GARY?!"
"Who?" Jack looked down and saw the boy. Gary jumped into Timmy's arms and hugged him tightly. "His brother." Gary said.
"Oh?" The man saw the way Gary was holding him. He knew that Timmy wasn't talking about him; the child was staring at him like he committed a crime. He drew a sicky smiled. "Aren't you a little big for hugs?"
"Aren't you a little old to be flirting with teenagers?" The man drew back, angry. He stared at Gary for a while and back at Timmy." Well, I must go...It's nice seeing you...and your parent's friends child..."
The man bowed at Timmy like he was a prince and walked away. Timmy put Gary down and smiled. "Why are you here? oh, never mind! I am happy you're here and we-" Gary pushed him off and brush off his jacket. "Yeah yeah! Don't touch me again!"
"...Okay...But why are you here?" Timmy asked again.
Gary shrugged. "I wanted to leave the island like Laser did...Is that a crime?"
Timmy shook his head. "NO! I just...I haven't talked to you in...Six years and I'm just happy to see you."
Gary gave a small blush but hide it with his sunglasses. " Yeah yeah...So you need help buying a toy?"
"YEAH! Poof's friend likes cars so I was thinking of getting him that!" He grabbed Gary's hand and lead him inside the store. "Poof?"
Later that day Gary went home with Timmy and stayed in his room. Timmy told his family about Gary and they were happy that he could stay. They made Timmy sleep on the couch, which at first he was happy about it but when he saw how Timmy was sleep he felt sad for him. He tossed and turned and couldn't sleep right. Gary gave him his blanket and went back to his room.
The room was also the same. The bed was now a queen though and had dark purple sheets. His closet had more clothes than before, and he had a bookshelf with not just comic books but also novels. Most of the books were pretty dark but had a happy ending. 'Just the way he liked it' Gary smiled at the thought. But besides that, the room was the same. Gary changed into Timmy's old PJ's and hopped into bed. He slowly started to sleep till he saw something glowing. He went over to Timmy's dirty clothes and saw something odd.
On the shirt, was a chip. Not a normal chip but a camera chip, on the side, was a big B and a dollar sign. Gary grabbed the small chip and threw it out the window.
Jack growled at his computer screen as it went pitch black. He knew the brat had to throw it. He slipped back into his bed and sighed."Father?"
Jack sat up and looked towards the door. "Come in."
The door opened and Remy walked inside. "What are you doing?"
"Office work, now what do you want?" Jack snarled.
Remy stopped at the end of his bed. "Father..." He clears his throat. "I wish to use my money to buy a new C.E building on the other side of town."
"...Why? I don't use that type of polls and why would you need it?"
"...I wish to start my own business..."
His father stares at him for a bit then back at his laptop. "I am not sure son...You are still in school and you really don't know much about sales and marketing..."
"I KNOW MORE THEN YOU!" Jack looked at his son. Remy's face was red and hot but he drew back when he saw the look on his father's angry face. "...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to yell..."
"Indeed..." He closes his laptop and pulls his covers close. "Now be a dear and close the door...I need to think of...Things..."
"Yes, sir..." Remy closed the door behind him and slid down against it. He didn't hate his father or anything, it's just hard for the two of them to talk. Since his mother left, all his father does is work, work, work! When he was ten, his father would at least talk to him, even when he went away to work. Now his father just goes to work, comes back and sleeps. He never talks to him or even looks at him. Just sleeps.
"Thank god tomorrow is the weekend...!" Remy walked down the hall to his room. In Jack's room, he was looking at the picture of Timmy, shirtless. And below he was rubbing against the sheets and his pants.
"Thank god indeed.." He let out a low moan as he came in his hand.
The next morning Jack got up and dressed, not for work but for Timmy. He dressed in a black tight t-shirt with dark blue jeans. Normally he never does this, but he wanted to look younger, he wanted him to look at him. He looked at himself in the mirror. His muscles were showing enough and his back side made sure his butt was out. He fixed his hair to look more messy and spiky. He shaved his face and smiled.
The door bell rang and he rushed down to the door. The maid's gasped as he walked through. He stopped at the end of the stairs and walk towards the door. "Sir may I-"
Jack hushed the maid lovely. "Please...Let me~" He smirked as the maid blushed and ran away. He slowly opened the door and-
"You look old for someone wearing tights!" Gary was standing next to Timmy, holding his hand and looking at his shirt with disgust. Timmy gave Gary a small mad look and back at Jack with a small smiled and eyes saying 'sorry but I had too..'
Jack nodded and let the two in. He followed behind them and notice the way Gary looked. He looked so much like Timmy but with a bratty personality. He made him sick.
"Timmy your here!...Who's the brat?" Remy asked, pointing at Gary.
Gary gave Remy a sad smile. "Wow, a rich kid who's an entitled dick... shocker~!" He said. Remy growled at Gary, but Timmy pushed Gary towards a chair. "Sit here till I am done!"
"Whatever...And what's with the outfit? You look like a gay pirate!" Timmy hissed in an angry breath and turned to Remy. Who was laughing at Gary's comment. "Good to see someone get it!" Gary said, arms folded in a smug manner.
But Jack didn't get it. He thought Timmy looked amazing in his white shirt, 'thought he would look better with nothing on...'
"Let's go!" Remy and Timmy left the room. Jack followed leaving Gary alone. For now...
(Thank you for my friend ms.macintosh!)
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I am working on my AU to not only give Dev a better parent but GODParent too! I will NOT SEE MY BABY BOY EAT ANY REPTILES!! Though if he wants one for a pet I will happily get him one.
Jokes aside when I finally heard him say this and how hungry he was...are the O-Pairs programed to make sure Dev gets a full meal each and every day? I would HOPE so and hope Dale is very much insistent that both he and Dev eat(can't go back to the times in that Lemonade Dungeon where food was tossed down to the kids like flakes of fish food). Or will Dale hold food over Dev's head as another way to gaslight and guilt his kid because HE never got three square meals a day...my GOSH I REALLY want to punch out Dale's last real tooth more and more!!
Slightly thinking about how Dev was ready to literally eat a lizard when he thought Dale told him to.
Guy would literally do anything if it means getting his love and attention huh?
#fop anw#fop#fairly odd parents a new wish#fairly oddparents#dev dimmadome#dale dimmadome#I think Dev gets to me more then Timmy#because Timmy had Cosmo and Wanda in his corner#Dev really doesn’t have anyone#and that’s a tragedy#Dale can go eat snails and slugs for all I care#Also because Dev thought Lactose free pizza was a myth#how many other dairy free foods has his dad not researched#what are the o-pairs programmed with regarding Dev's health and safety#greenlightfopanws2#we need these answers#also how bad was Doug for Dale to turn out this way
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I like "The Fairly OddParents" and "Danny Phantom" for their potential for angst. In the former, you have Timmy's miserable life, Vicky's potentially traumatic childhood and Timmy's despair at the fact that Cosmo and Wanda must leave him eventually. In the latter, you have Danny risking his life, being horribly injured and fearing what his parents might do to him if they knew what he really was. Just out of interest, where's the potential for angst in "Bunsen is a Beast"?
Oh my gosh, you’ve got my heart racing. Where do I even start?
I guess we start with our title character. We all know how Butch loves the fantastic racism trope (which is one thing I love about his work so much- his use of these things as serious worldbuilding details, and not merely as “one and done” plot points), and it’s a huge part of Fairy and Anti-Fairy culture.
Fantastic racism is a thing in BIaB too. Here you’ve got this little Beast boy who speaks and reads only limited English. Although he doesn’t have huge talons, he does have horns, a spiny tail, and a lot of scary-looking teeth. As soon as he steps out of his car and starts towards the school, he is hounded by news crews:
He manages to shake them off and head inside, but as she’s introducing him to the class, the teacher says, “I hope this whole co-mingling thing works out, because if not, man and beast will be in a struggle for dominance until one side drives the other into extinction.”
Aw, snap! So you have this show about this twelve-year-old kid with the weight of two species resting on his shoulders. And he knows. That’s what I love here- he knows. Instantly when Miss Flap reminds him of this, Bunsen deflates from his happy mood (Bonus: As you continue through the series, it becomes more obvious that his natural personality is to be reserved rather than social, and that he’s way outside his comfort zone here in trying to make a good first impression and win over new friends).
There’s just so much here that’s interesting! Bunsen is clearly very aware that if he proves Beasts can successfully integrate into human society, it means a better life for his people. But if he screws up badly enough, he might have to watch his family and friends be slaughtered, on top of fearing for his own life. And if he screws up the other way, he might see humans killed as his people revolt and take over.
Now, obviously, with the fate of these races resting on him, so many politics can be dragged into this. It’s my headcanon that after petitioning for years, Beasts were finally given the okay to allow a single Beast to attend a school in a very small human town, as a test. Now, who are they going to pick? Bunsen is very fluffy and cute, so he’s a good candidate to promote the idea that Beasts aren’t dangerous and should be granted rights. Although his English is still stilted and he can read only a very small amount of it at this point, he knows enough to be verbally fluent.
So the question is, how long ago did they decide to send HIM? Has he been groomed for this position his entire life? Just think of all that pressure, those years of studying, that fear of failure drilled into his entire being since he was a kid… And that’s not even bringing up the question of whether this fight to get Beasts a human education has been going on for decades, and if he was specifically bred for his cuteness and gentle disposition. And, what if he didn’t want to be “the chosen one” in the first place? Delicious inner turmoil.
Really, it’s a show about a minority constantly struggling with thoughts of, “Should I leave all my culture behind and embrace a new one?” and “But my culture is a huge part of my identity and I don’t want to lose it.” And he shouldn’t have to lose it. So, he’s working to find a balance that makes him feel good about himself, while dealing with his fears that humans are going to look down on or even hate him for it.
If anyone was wondering, I personally feel that if Bunsen were human, his ethnicity would be one of mixed Asian origins. If I’m remembering correctly, it’s a stereotype that Chinese people are good at ping-pong, and he has a relative (possibly his mom’s brother b/c octopus tentacles) who is a ping-pong master.
That, and it looks like he has a large extended family staying in Muckledunk with him, suggesting closer ties than I, your average white American girl, see in my own family, even though everyone on my dad’s side of the family lives in this area, and almost everyone on my mom’s side does too. Thus, the fact that he’s eating spaghetti with forks in the theme song is just kind of amusing to me. I wonder what kind of eating utensils exist in Beast society.
So, those are a few culture-related angst topics about Bunsen. Others are certainly the fact that he’s moved to a new place and has regular jitters about that, and that one of his classmates is constantly attempting to gather evidence that he’s a danger to society and should be cast out of the school and the town. Said classmate also has a rich and influential father, and it’s been made clear that some people will be unfair to Bunsen purely not to get on her father’s bad side.
And I forgot to mention all the hints that Bunsen is a pacifist (or at least that he dislikes confrontation), so his default reaction to having mean words thrown at him is to withdraw into himself and believe them.
Whether it’s because of his inborn personality or because of all the pressure resting on him, he never fights back physically, and rarely argues verbally. The closest he gets is the occasional sassy comment. Although he’s more relaxed when alone with Mikey, Bunsen seems to have somewhat low self-esteem.
Perhaps because he’s an introvert, Bunsen is very perceptive. I might argue that he picks up on subtleties better than Mikey does- so if your words or body language suggest that you don’t like him, he will know. Mikey was willing to ignore Jerry’s emotional instability in “Mikey Is a Beast” because he saw Jerry as his hero, but Bunsen picked up on it and was very nervous at the thought of hanging around him. Throughout that episode, Bunsen continues making nervous faces even when the main focus of the scene isn’t on him- such as when Jerry shouted for Mikey to stop crying over Bunsen’s head:
I greatly appreciate whoever includes these things in the storyboards! These characters are just constantly in character even in the background.
Ooh, then there’s the piece of his character that solidifies Bunsen as a lawful neutral- his utter devotion to following rules, even when he doesn’t like them (For example, wanting to touch things in the museum, but restraining himself when he sees ‘Do not touch’ signs). He’s extremely committed to a set of values known as the Beast Code. This code outlines good etiquette such as “Beasts are always polite”, but sometimes it pins Bunsen into corners.
For example, in “Handsome Beast”, Amanda asked Bunsen out to the girls’ choice dance. Even though he dislikes her, it’s apparently “against the Beast Code to decline an invitation”, so Bunsen was thoroughly convinced that he has to not only go to the dance, but “follow the rigid steps of the Beast wooing procedure” too. He feels more stressed out by the thought of disobeying the Code than by the action of taking someone he doesn’t like on a date.
Beasts appear to have super unstable genetics, because when they have allergic reactions, they take on characteristics of the thing that upset their body systems. Here, Bunsen evidently had a reaction to the body spray Mikey was using in the hopes of attracting girls. He’s also confirmed to be allergic to bee stings and Swiss fondue.
Let’s see, what else… Bunsen obviously has a very close and understanding relationship with his parents, considering that even after everything their whole family sacrificed to move to Muckledunk - stability, friendships, money, possibly years of special educational programs depending on how long ago he was selected as the Beasts’ representative - they were completely willing to move back to the underground Beast World after Bunsen confessed to them that he was terrified of thunder, and couldn’t handle the sound of it anymore.
(These nerds even have matching pictures of each other)
There’s a lot of angst potential there, because up and leaving Muckledunk like that could not have been an easy thing for his entire extended family to agree to do. Or an easy decision for Bunsen to even make and consider talking to them about. He’s Beast World’s champion. Their saving grace. As much as he hates thunder, I’m sure he felt absolutely awful to know he was disappointing his entire race. This is the only time thus far, I think, that he truly puts himself before thoughts of duty and honor. These showing and not telling details really drive home how terrified of thunder the poor guy is.
So, Bunsen! I could name a couple of shows about a kid with an animal (or Beast) friend, but of these friends, Bunsen is my favorite. Cartoons like this generally involve one character who doesn’t caremuch about consequences dragging the other into zany schemes. But this is a show about a kid who is honestly curious about the world, and has strong morals that keep him out of trouble. I’m huge on following rules myself, so having a show with characters who are aware that their actions have consequences (Bunsen moreso than Mikey) and who don’t intentionally bend the law means a lot to me.
From a writer’s perspective, Bunsen is a very well-balanced character: he’s very reactive, so he acts as a nice foil to active Mikey. However, he can be plenty active too, such as when he’s introducing Mikey to his home or talking about his culture and biology. And it’s not out of character for him to be this way. It’s all dependent on his comfort level in a particular situation; by default Bunsen is reserved, but he starts opening up and being more active as he gets to know you. He’s very, very balanced and well-written, I think.
Oh. Also, his best friend has a morbid sense of humor, and even cracks jokes about taxidermy when Bunsen sees his uncle on display at a museum.
And BOY HOWDY, we haven’t even gotten to Mikey yet!
I. Love. Mikey. In fact, he’s probably the character I relate to more than anyone in any show I’ve ever watched. I’ve heard that some people don’t like BIaB because Mikey is just “a boring, regular kid”, but I don’t know what show they’re watching, because I could go on and on about how cool this boy is. In fact, calling it now, the Mikey section of this post will likely be unfairly longer than Bunsen’s.
Where to start, where to start… Well, you wanted angst, so let’s start with this. Remember how in “Abra-Catastrophe”, we found out that until he was eight, Timmy’s parents used to obsess over and record every second of his day on video cameras? Mikey’s childhood resembles that a little bit… except it never stopped.
Mikey has helicopter parents in both senses of the word. They obviously love him, but thus far in the show, they have only interacted with him through this drone. I wouldn’t be surprised if never seeing them in person is a running gag in the series, the same way not revealing the names of Timmy’s parents is a gag in FOP. The implication here is that they’re out of town a lot- meaning that he’s been left at home to raise himself-
-surrounded by security cameras and microphones, of course. Major props to whoever designed Mikey’s yard and drew this storyboard, because I love how none of the characters ever call any attention to the cameras or anything. They’re just. There. Watching. Details like this make me happy.
Y’know, when you’ve got a SMALL TOWN CHILD whose parents install SECURITY SYSTEMS, you can’t help but wonder if said child has any problems disabling the security systems on any building in said small town. Problems physically, or morally. I wonder…
I’m really curious to know when his parents got this drone. Mikey hasn’t revealed anything about a babysitter. Did his parents start leaving him at home alone once they got it and could watch out for him? Or did they leave him home alone to fend for himself even before that?
Mikey’s parents are very nice people - probably better than Timmy’s parents - but they’re not there in the way he needs emotionally. They try to compensate for this by stalking him with the drone whenever they can spare the time. The ability of the drone to find him is interesting too… Perhaps they track him using the location of his phone. Surely they wouldn’t actually GPS chip their child.
Children need safety (physical and emotional) for healthy development. Given the security cameras and the presumed reputation of his parents, we can assume he has the former. But violating his privacy “without probable cause” the way they do can be psychologically damaging and lead to trust issues. Especially because he’s asked his parents to stop, and they haven’t.
Previously, I’ve mentioned my theory that Mikey has an older sister, which would explain why he had the dress, sandals, ribbon, and make-up on hand (and might answer our question about who watched over Mikey pre-drone):
I think she might have disappointed their parents in some way (such as having a baby while an unmarried teen, or stealing money and the family car), and so she took off for the hills. I like this idea because it helps “justify” why Mikey’s parents are so obsessed with monitoring him. They don’t stalk him constantly, but when he gets older, I feel like he’ll have at least one parent on his case at almost all times while the other is installing security systems. One Munroe kid going sour is bad enough for their reputation. Small town. People talk!
Additionally, his voice actor (Ben Giroux) revealed that he used to “terrorize his sister” with the Mikey voice when they were kids. Imagine Mikey doing the same thing to his sister once upon a time, pfft.
This sister theory is just a headcanon, but it’ll be interesting to see what hints about his home life and family are dropped in future episodes. And did I mention that Mikey occasionally visits his uncle in prison, possibly because this is the only family member he has who can’t run away? I love him.
That was Mikey in the past. Now, what about Mikey in the present?
Let me say it again: I. Love. This. Kid.
I’m majoring in psychology, and when I started watching this show, I quickly ended up leaning back in my seat with a knuckle in my mouth, grinning at the ceiling. Mikey is a textbook case for narcissistic personality disorder, with the bonus joke thrown in of, I have no idea if Butch and the writers meant to do this or not (at least, they may not have realized they’ve been checking off all the diagnostic criteria as we go along). Either way, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a narcissistic cartoon character pulled off so subtly and so well- and without the cliché stereotype of being obsessed with his looks to boot!
People with this personality disorder are typically characterized as being “arrogant” (Check), “self-centered” (Check), “manipulative” (Check), “concentrating on grandiose fantasies [such as their own success or brilliance]” (Check), and as having “a need for admiration” (Check), “a lack of empathy for other people” (Check), and they “may be convinced that they deserve special treatment” (CHECK- Did you see “Beast of Friends” and “Astro-Nots”?). Such narcissists might “have difficulty tolerating criticism or defeat and may be left feeling humiliated or empty” when their pride is injured. That sure sounds like Mikey to me!
(Technically, since he’s young, we can’t officially diagnose him until he’s acted this way for a year, but if he continues in this pattern then he should fit the bill!)
What a personality disorder means is, this is his personality. You could maybe tone him down by reinforcing certain behaviors, but there’s nothing you can do to “fix” him permanently. There’s no medicine that will change him. It’s just the way he is, and it’s not really his fault. Mikey just loves being the center of attention. And I’m sure it doesn’t help his ego that he’s lived a life with cameras focused on him, and he’s possibly the second child and baby of his family.
He just constantly refocuses the spotlight on himself, like in this scene here where he expresses no sympathy for Darcy being alone all day (or even acknowledges her statement whatsoever), and changes the subject to him:
“Outside, when you were very close to my face, you said something about… helping me?”
Translation: “I’m only here for my benefit. Are we actually doing this, or are you just wasting my time?”
His narcissism is especially prominent throughout “Beast of Friends”. Not only does he interrupt Bunsen once he hears Bunsen has a friend who’s a wish-granting fairy, but when he meets Timmy Turner, all Mikey wants to do is make wishes. Timmy even asks him nicely to stop, and Mikey agrees by making comments like, “I totally hear you. Just let me make one more wish”.
Spoiler: He doesn’t stop at one more. And when Timmy is tripping over himself, struggling to cover up hints of magic and fairies from his dad, he begs Mikey to back him up. Mikey cheerfully says, “Timmy’s totally right”, and immediately turns his attention back to Wanda and - you guessed it - makes more wishes. He’s completely blind to the fact that he’s causing Timmy distress. He hardly seems to register Timmy’s presence, because he’s so focused on the fact that Timmy has fairy godparents. Mikey even assumes they’ll grant his wishes, and never asks Timmy for permission first. This also happens to be the only episode thus far where Mikey realizes he got a little carried away, and apologizes for it. It took the threat of Bunsen’s death to get him to this point.
He also just honestly forgets to think about others a lot of the time. I think the best example I could pull up is that scene where Bunsen congratulates Amanda on winning “hide and go freak”, to which Mikey responds-
He forgot Amanda. As soon as he saw Bunsen’s game room, all bets were off. He just naturally assumed that if he wasn’t playing, the game was over. It didn’t even cross his mind to tell Amanda he wanted to play ping-pong instead. And he’s like this throughout the show. All. The. Time.
Of course, apart from his narcissism, Mikey has another fair reason to be distractible: there are heavy hints that he has ADHD, not the least of which is that he seems to be canonically dyslexic:
(“Go”)
(“Doomed”)
(Here he’s struggling to spell “cat”)
Dyslexia isn’t an actual diagnosis in the DSM-5, but he would have a specific learning disorder for writing - aka spelling, grammar, punctuation, and clarity (refer to the script he wrote above) - but he has no impairment in the reading department (fluency, comprehension), which is why he can read perfectly fine.
ADHD and dyslexia typically go hand in hand. On top of that - and this is SUPER fascinating to me - he’s actually animated as having an inability to sit still. He’s constantly out of his seat, or in his seat and changing position.
I actually had a different example in mind but it was too long and wouldn’t loop
When I first heard of this show, I naturally assumed Bunsen was going to be the wild one, and Mikey would be your average, plain kid along for the ride. It just seemed the cliché default. But then comes this huge plot twist in my mind: Bunsen is playful, but a bit reserved, and Mikey is the extremely peppy and hyperactive child. So, I think that’s really cool and lots of fun. Mikey is the first time I’ve ever watched a show and selected a lead to be my favorite character, so obviously something’s going right here!
ADHD also has some angst potential along with it. Aside from the obvious examples of struggling in class, he’s confirmed to be the head of the school welcoming committee. So, when it comes to designing posters, that can’t be the easiest job to do!
Oh, did you think that was all? NOPE! It’s been hinted numerous times that Mikey has an interest in psychology (and I wouldn’t be surprised if he spent hours poring over childcare books when he was younger as he tried to figure out if the way his parents were raising him was right or wrong).
And, whether he started doing this intentionally or not, he’s turned into a massive guilt-tripper. He cries, people give him what he wants, he stops.
To be fair, Mikey doesn’t seem to realize that what he’s doing is wrong in any way. He’s sensitive in general- that part certainly isn’t faked, nor is he trying to be mean. Simply, this guilt-tripping behavior has been reinforced.
Repeatedly.
As of “Astro-Nots”, he has yet to come up against anyone in the show who says no to big sad eyes (and he seems to have, perhaps unconsciously, taught this guilt-tripping behavior to Bunsen by this point). Since Mikey hasn’t tried to guilt-trip Amanda onscreen, it’s possible he’s tried in the past, but wasn’t reinforced and so unhappily gave up. He’s just savage to her with his words.
Now, I have that GIF above of Mikey guilt-tripping even Bunsen, his best friend, to do something he really didn’t want to do. I wouldn’t call their relationship abusive at all, especially with Mikey not seeming to realize what he’s doing is wrong. They’re good, close friends and get along awesomely. A time or two of guilt-tripping shouldn’t be reason to end their friendship. Really, what Bunsen did when agreeing to be Jerry’s mascot was a favor. Although being a mascot wasn’t something Bunsen wanted to do, he did want to make Mikey happy, and he did willingly agree to this- as a favor to a friend.
But for angst purposes, he didn’t want to do it. Like I said, I don’t consider their friendship abusive or anything like that, but it might be a tad strained at times. Think of it like, your college roommate might have really irritating quirks, but they’re probably not abusive. Only if Mikey’s manipulating got out of hand to the point where Bunsen was in distress and wanted this to stop - and Mikey refused - would this become a big problem. But, everyone has character flaws and their own struggles in relationships, and for now, this is just one of Mikey’s.
Don’t get me wrong. Mikey’s a really nice person, and he’s proved it multiple times (One of my favorite lines of his is, “Help me help you”). This is the thing: he always wants to get his way. If his way happens to be, “I want to make you happy”, then you’re in luck! But if you’re opposed to his views… he’s not going to make life easy on you. Mikey’s the sort of person who only says sorry out of sympathy- not when you insist he’s made a mistake. Not easily, anyway. He’s a narcissist who reads about psychology- he hates admitting that he’s wrong.
Heh heh. He’ll totally be there if you directlytell him what you need. But he can be a little blind to the feelings of others. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
On top of ALL of this, Mikey has to put up with his rival being attracted to him:
She invades his personal space constantly and forces physical contact like this on him, and it obviously makes him super uncomfortable. I can relate. In my ninth grade math class, I had to sit next to a couple of jerks who - not an exaggeration, because they told me this - had grade point averages of 1.9 (out of 4.0). I didn’t show any interest in them, except once when one of them was bugging me about what my name was, I finally reinforced him by revealing it. This did not go well for me. And for whatever reason, the girl who sat in front of me thought I had a crush on this annoying kid. No clue why, because he was awful. So, she told him to come up behind me and rub my back.
Okay. So, no. I was out of my seat so fast, grabbing my thick, heavy school binder and whirling around, ready to smack him upside the head, but the bell rang just then so he got off scot-free. Keep in mind that I’m not even five feet tall as a college student, so I was even smaller back then. But BOY, did that kid have the face of someone who thought he was going to die.
Gosh, why is Mikey so relatable…
Then there’s more angst to be found within Amanda, Beverly- and of COURSE, Commander Cone… I could talk about them for a while still, but this post has gotten pretty long, so I’ll settle for just discussing our leading boys.
Mostly, the angst in BIaB is that sort of subtle emotional angst that’s obvious if you’re an adult paying attention to the show, but that’s easy to miss if you’re younger. It’s similar to “Fairly OddParents” in that respect (which is a show I personally favor to “Danny Phantom”, even though there are several things I could name about DP that appeal to me too).
Huh. Come to think of it, I wonder if that’s why DP has always been so popular- the younger generation caught onto its angst potential because it was more physical and obvious than the emotional angst present in cartoons like FOP. Plus he’s like a superhero and kids like superheroes. I tend to favor subtleties myself… I suppose because it feels more like I’m in on the joke than like I’m being force-fed.
Anyhow, “Bunsen Is a Beast” is not a cartoon that requires angst to move it along. And yet it’s sprinkled in there anyway; it never feels forced to me. Along with its super-expressive characters, that’s one thing that attracts me to the show- Holding my breath in anticipation to see if I can catch the subtleties.
For example, all throughout “Body and the Beast”, Mikey refuses to say “school picture day” because he’s convinced something bad will happen to him if he does. That’s a hint that he may be superstitious, and adds a fascinating layer to his character since he’s our man of psychology and science.
Isn’t that neat? Depending on how deep this runs, he might even struggle with thought-action fusion: the belief that thinking something is the same (aka, as “sinful”) as actually doing it- and there is so much angst tied up with that.
And OH MAN, we didn’t even get to the part about Mikey “mysteriously” going bald two years prior the show’s beginning. Pardon me, but what is a ten-year-old narcissist who isn’t getting the emotional affection he desires from his parents going to do to himself for attention? Thaaaaaaaat’s right.
(Or if you want bonus angst potential… ever heard of trichotillomania?)
The clip where Mikey refuses to mention picture day and goes straight into talking about how he went bald two years ago was only a few seconds long, but it reveals so much! See? There’s so much fun here for someone like me! But like… It’s left up to me to choose if I want to see these characters as the sum of their parts, or if I want to enjoy this show while merely scraping the surface: Bunsen being cheerful and Mikey being his happy friend.
I like having this depth. I like having subtleties. With DP, “Star”, and “Gravity Falls”, every episode tasted very, “Meh, that went the way I expected it to” in my mouth. I guess you could say that that the subtle details I like in BIaB are very “inside joke” in nature. With those other three, everyone who watches the show is going to catch angsty things. It doesn’t take the coolness out of them, but it takes that excitement of discovery away from me a bit, I suppose?
Could be. I don’t like being spoon-fed emotions. That’s why you don’t normally find me shipping characters (and when I do, I often tend towards background couples). I’m just not a very emotional person. I don’t tear up at anything less sad than Radio’s death in “Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue”, so you can guess how often that happens, because hoooooly wow, that death scene.
See, there are very few things that bug me about “Star vs. The Forces of Evil”, but the fact that I’m expected to feel bad for Star when Marco starts dating the girl of his dreams is one of them. The ending of “Just Friends” bothered me, with the way that Star lashed out and destroyed the stadium billboard like she was five. Ick. I guess the show put a little too much faith in the idea that people watch shows for ships. Yes, lots of people do- but I’m not one of them. I don’t ship two people just because they’re there, so I have a very hard time sympathizing with Star’s refusal to let Marco be happy with Jackie.
In my mind, she’s an exchange student. They live together. They’re foster siblings. So when you don’t pity her, Star just looks like a selfish brat throughout the end of Season 2. Good glory, I so do not want Starco to be the endgame couple… I know it’s extremely unlikely to happen, but I’d love for her to end up with Oskar. Just. The potential of freaking Oskar being Mewni’s king. I need this so badly. Plus, they just feel so natural.
Awesome show. But I don’t really go for the idea of, “She had to leave him, and it was so sad because she was in love!!!” What is this, a nuzlocke? I’m much happier fawning over Ludo and his story, like the way he once said, “Are you proud of me?” and then when he was complimented, he hesitated and asked, “Can you say proud?” That tells you everything.
I did really enjoy the twist in “Danny Phantom” that Danny doesn’t need to keep his identity secret from his enemies, but from his family- not to protect his family, but because his family are ghost hunters, and they’re liable to hurt him. But, like… I would have enjoyed some filler episodes, actually. Episodes where Danny didn’t even fight ghosts. Episodes that gave him more character traits. Because who is Danny without his ghost powers? He’s a shy kid who enjoys learning about outer space and wants to get with the cool crowd, but has only two close friends. Mostly, he only does poorly in school because he never has the chance to sleep or study, or when he does have free time, he’s distracted by video games.
I wanted to see that Danny a little more, and not just when Danny gave up his ghost powers in “Phantom Planet”. I wanted THAT Danny to have angst. The problem with Season 3 was, in Season 1, Danny was learning to control his powers for the first time. In Season 3, he’d mastered them. He didn’t struggle anymore. He lacked good weaknesses. His weakness became exhausting himself to the point where he slipped back into human form. Aka, the removal of powers: kryptonite. His angst was about fighting ghosts. It was very plot-based. And that worked really well until suddenly it didn’t. Fans of the show have rounded his character out some more, but canon!Danny was left flailing for weaknesses in Season 3, or so I think.
I didn’t mean to go off about shows that you didn’t even ask about in your question. Sorry! This is the first time I’ve tried putting into words my thoughts about why those shows are neat to watch, yet I don’t consider myself part of their respective fandoms.
What I enjoy about BIaB is, the fantastic racism element is definitely there, but it’s not the main focus of every single episode (Geez, that would get annoying fast). It’s a show about, well… fitting in. Making new friends. Struggling with a bully who hurts people emotionally instead of physically. Culture shock. It’s about two kids caring for one another, accepting who they are and who the other is, making mistakes, and learning to be better people in the process. Y’know. With plenty of angst sprinkled on top. The type of angst that fleshes characters out and builds up solid worlds. The kind of angst that I enjoy a lot.
So, DP, GF, and “Star” are generally well-done and awesome, but for whatever reason, I just appreciate them in a different way than I do FOP and BIaB. Anyone who’s been around my blog for awhile knows which of the shows I watch I actually produce fanwork for.
I think it’s interesting that people enjoy different things, don’t you?
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So I’ve been reading through some of your old posts, and one of the things I noticed you touched on there and in Origin, is why fairies have godkids in the first place. I’d be interested to hear a bit more about that. Now my main question, What do you think goes into deciding who is in need of godparents? It’s clearly more complicated than just who is most miserable. If you think about it, if that was the case, most if not all fairies would end up in impoverished or war-torn countries.
Friends In Need
Ooh boy, this is gonna be a long and fanfic-based haul-
Is Everybody Miserable? (Now You’re Talking!)
I’ve actively avoided bringing it up, but it’s kinda been my headcanon this whole time that by the time Timmy comes around, SOME godkid out there has helped a lot of people in need, and we’re dealing with an alternate universe here- thus, there are very few impoverished or war-torn countries in this timeline.
Butch said one time that his fairies don’t need a Kryptonite weakness because the fairies’ powers are being used by an idiot (aka, Timmy making selfish ten-year-old wishes). My assumption is that he was referring specifically to storytelling; for the purposes of entertainment, certain writing rules are in play.
However, we know how powerful Fairy magic can be. With that in mind, I guarantee that some kid in the history of magic has wished to help those in need (In my writings, however, I HAVE made it a thing where magically-created food tastes bland and doesn’t really give you nutrients, which is again useful storywise as starvation is still a real concern).
So, maybe it turns out there’s some rule against wishing poverty away directly, but you could certainly wish to add wells and clean water to the world town by town or even country by country (I don’t care if it was a “Lassie” joke- the fact remains, Timmy fell down a wished-up well one time).
I mean, we never really see any third-world countries (except Tibecuador), AND in “Fairy Idol” Jorgen declares he’ll assign Norm to “the most miserable child on Earth”, which turns out to be Chester (who, in his defense, had just lost everything), so I’m willing to argue that this headcanon is plausible.
So in the timeline I’m working with, third-world countries are doing better for themselves than they are in our day. Fairies were indeed assigned to kids in the countries you’ve described, and those kids helped themselves through magic, and other godkids helped out too. Third-world kids began to have opportunities to go to school, and from there people’s lives began to improve. There are still lots of problems in such countries, as there are anywhere, but it’s a different timeline from our day and age.
Pick a Godkid, Any Godkid (No, Not That Godkid)
I’m not totally sure what goes into choosing a godkid. I personally feel like for such a huge commitment, the godparents need time to think things over. This conflicts some with canon, when Jorgen threatens to reassign Cosmo and Wanda to horrid kids who are likely to torture them, but then again the main episode I’m referring to is “The Big Problem”: Season 1 Episode 1. I could probably get away with retconning that one and “Channel Chasers”.
Anyway, I’ve considered writing a Prompt about this subject, but it didn’t seem interesting enough so I gently discarded the idea, but it would have been about Cosmo and Wanda watching over Timmy while he’s sleeping a night or two before they reveal themselves to him as his godparents. I thought that maybe Wanda would kiss him in his sleep, on the back of his neck or something, in some way that marked him as a godkid. I’m not good at cute things which is probably why I did what I did with the kiss, as you’ll see in a minute or two, but something like that. Cosmo and Wanda watching their soon-to-be godkid sleep, blissfully unaware…
I might reboot this Prompt, but I’ll have to give it some more thought.Perhaps they followed him throughout the day too, observing the signs of neglect and abuse from both Vicky and his parents. That might work.
Anyway, realistically, being godparents to a kid for years on end is such a huge commitment that by all logic, godparents should get some say in it. I don’t think they should be able to cherry-pick who they want, though.
Amity Angel Safety and Protective Recall Agency (that place in my headcanon where fairies receive their licenses to be godkids to humans) would determine who is in need. Likewise, other programs such as Amity Yugopotamian Safety and Protective Recall Agency exist, and fairies can receive their licenses to work with Yugopotamian children.
You have to have a license to work with a certain race of beings. That’s what I’m going with, “Abra-Catastrophe!” and monkey children aside.
As previously touched on, this brings up questions of the annual bake-off that, if the Anti-Fairies ever won, would give them access to all the human godchildren; as a result, my guess is that Fairies have done their utmost to ensure that as few Anti-Fairies as possible pass their certification tests, since in theory an Anti-Fairy should be able to receive their godparent licenses. They just can’t use them until the bake-off is won.
Ergo, if there are not enough Anti-Fairies to fulfill their duties… Pixies are actually next in line to fill in the gaps there, and what pixie godparents don’t cover, Fairies do- even if the Anti-Fairies won the bake-off.
I. I realize now I have written myself into a corner by making Wilcox the only pixie to ever attend public school. Although as I’m typing this sentence, I’m also remembering he specifically said public school. The Academy, arguably, is not a public school. Thus, I should be able to slip a few godparent pixies into the roster here. Huh. H’okay then.
Godparents STILL get assigned to potential godkids who are deemed as being in need, as determined by Amity. I wouldn’t say they are always the MOST miserable, however. Such things are always up to debate.
But, those who seem they would benefit from having godparents are noted, and godparents can decide if they want to commit to them. If not, they go to the next godparents in line.
Who Would Even Want That?
Once upon a time, there lived a race of beings called the Aos Sí. They held great power- so much power, in fact, that they could light fire without the use of a wand! Geez, the only other beings known to have that ability are humans.
But following the evolutionary split into Fairies, Anti-Fairies, and Refracts, the Fairykind lost the luxury of cosmic power, which brings us to this exchange between H.P. and Sanderson in “Baby, You’re a Rich Man”:
“That's…” H.P. removed his glasses and massaged his nose. “That’s entirely different. He’s a human, and you’re a pixie. Can you define the divergence?”
“His words call upon the power of the universe whereas I am a drone, unskilled and replaceable.”
“Precisely. Humans are imaginative. Have been since the days we actively referred to them as the Angels. For reasons no one has ever been able to explain, they forge deep bonds with those who simply are around them, to the point where they form actual emotional connections. This - you know I disapprove of the word, but we’ll call it that - ‘love’ is how the humans express their magic. When a human acknowledges and expresses a true desire, what can we, and all the Seelie Court, do with it?”
“Springboard off their magic with our own to call upon and then channel the higher powers that our ancestors the Aos Sí once held in the days of the Great Dawn, sir. We briefly achieve the second level of ability and thus the opportunity to dramatically alter the lower reality.”
He inclined his head. “Humans, and in particular their wishes, are a valuable commodity. Don’t forget that.”
TL;DR, Fairies have limited ability to do cool magic if they aren’t synced up to the lifeforce of a godchild (which, you see, is what the prompt where Wanda kissed Timmy would have been about. Syncing up).
Whether godkids know about this soul-sapping thing is something that I’ve been trying to bring up in the Prompts, and thus far I have this for the “Teaming Up” prompt (It’s H.P. speaking to Timmy here; this prompt is a rewrite of the “Where Is the Fun?” scene from the Musical with the assumption that singing didn’t actually happen, and psychological manipulation did):
“Why do you think there’s a bridge between Earth and Fairy World? Safety regulations. Haven’t Cosmo, Wanda, or Jorgen ever told you these risks? Or have they not bothered to familiarize themselves with the nature of their own magic and the dangerous side effects it leaves upon humans? There’s a reason, understand, that the Fairy Council don’t allow fairies to stick with their godchildren all through adulthood. Too much build-up is dangerous.”
This is a really old draft right here and I might scrap this Prompt altogether.
I believe I also mentioned once that different races have different feelings for humans and that this impacts their godparenting styles and goals, but thanks to the headcanon masterpost dying on me, idk where that is now.
I do remember mentioning somewhere that the Fairykind are terrified of what humans become after death. This again goes back to the whole “Riddle’s gonna make a dumb religious joke” that went like this:
Again, as pointed out in the author’s note of “The Fallen Angel”, I literally just based Angel culture/death/etc. after LDS beliefs, but since it’s viewed through the eyes of magical beings, I messed it over so not even my parents would have been able to recognize much of it without me pointing it out to them.
For example, when it comes to all humans being God’s children, we saw in “The Wanderings of the First and Alone” that H.P. takes this to the extreme and thinks that the human parents are taking care of their younger siblings, and refuses to acknowledge that those kids could be biological children of their human parents. I assume he’ll change his mind well before we get to Timmy time, once he can actually communicate with humans.
So there’s this really, really dumb joke here that’s probably only funny to me. It’s maybe a thing in other religions too that you get all your memories back after death, right? I mean, eventually. Sort of. Mostly. Anyway, so you have allllll these Fairies who have all this magic at their fingertips, and…
… they’re terrified of offending measly little humans. Because humans don’t forget. You can wipe their minds, and they might forget in this life. But after they die? Oooohhhh boy, if you upset them, you’re in for it!
And I thought it would be hilarious if H.P. heard “humans are the literal children of a father and mother angel” out of context and it blew his mind. Don’t worry, the joke only comes up once or twice.
Lemme back up here:
The real joke is, “science changes over time”. However, apart from a Freud joke, I couldn’t show this much in Origin with Wish Fixers being a therapy business. The LAST thing I wanted to do was write outdated psychology information into a ‘fic and have readers take it seriously. Therefore, I decided to go this route (biology) instead to make it obvious that Fairies when H.P. was growing up believed different things
When he was growing up, Fairies did not understand the concept of human death. They thought when a human dies, they shed their exoskeleton (This is related to magic being stored in a nymph’s flight casings, but blah blah blah that wasn’t the point of this post and I won’t go into that here).
In short: in that time, Fairies thought what we would refer to as the “human afterlife” was just the adult stage of the life cycle for a human. Hey, these are insect people, remember? They believe in metamorphosis.
And somehow along the way there was a lot of confusion and people thought living humans were kids and teens who weren’t sexually mature. They thought living humans were raising their brothers and sisters who came from the Mother and Father Angel. I mean, the Eros bloodline knew stuff, but that was about it.
By Timmy time, all the Fairies understand that this makes no sense. Seriously. It’s a very, very dumb joke based on religion and a chunk of me regrets ever making it in the first place, but eyyy, no takebacks!
Like I said, the main point was to wave at the readers and say, “Yes, I understand that science should not be this advanced. I’m acknowledging this by messing with their beliefs in biology. However, we’re going to lampshade the fact that psychology is advanced and do the whole ‘Wish Fixers owns a share of the timestream and Father Time tells them psychological secrets’ jazz”.
Sooo basically what I’m saying here is, the war over godchildren is on its way (in Act 3 of Origin). Fairies are paranoid about humans and want to be godparents to them so that humans, who supposedly have these amazing memories, will be in good standing with Fairies by the time said humans come into their “adult” stages and brim with magic power.
Anti-Fairies believe differently. Anti-Fairies have always believed that the humans are an advanced race, and that instead of being godparents in secret, the Fairykind should simply embrace humans and let them in on the secrets of the universe.
This is where the war over godchildren from “Balance of Flour” breaks out. These two races have different views (Fairies: Let’s not risk anything that will offend these humans until we establish ourselves as the dominant species; Anti-Fairies: Let’s be friends and share the Earth and farms) and neither one will compromise. That brings us to this rough draft scene for Origin:
Anti-Bryndin laughed a bitter, high laugh. “So, what you choose? To hide your Earthside Fairies? Hide your farming? Marking of my words: Befriend Angels, or lose farms and food as they make multiply. People go hungry for your selfishness!”
- which is gonna bite the Fairykind hard when it turns out “Oh snap, the Anti-Fairies were right! Now we have no food!” and that’ll bring us to Act 4 and a HUGE plot point in Frayed Knots-
“The majority of Earthside farmers have been forced to withdraw to the cloudlands. As such, as of now, Anti-Fairies will no longer be permitted to trade for, purchase, or otherwise obtain physical, unmagicked food.”
Anti-Cosmo sprang to his wings, pounding two fists on the table. “Hold on- You can’t do that!”
Anti-Sanderson looked between him and me, then jumped to his feet quickly enough to shove back his chair. “Yeah, I’m with Blue on this. That ain’t fair to us.”
“You can’t die. Food ought to be saved for those who actually need it to live.”
Dun dun dun! … Does that answer your questions?
I could have just said “Amity picks and also Fairies steal lifeforces but”-
#ineedajob9#FAIRIES!#asks#ridwriting#Origin of the Pixies#Frayed Knots#Rich baby story#130 Prompts#I'm wasp dad trash#The bat with the hat#Fashion tornado mob boss#Bat cube and associates#Amity Safety and Protective Recall Agency
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Have you ever found poems that speak to you and seen perfect for your favourite shows? Do you ever read a poem and think it really fits a character, either yours or Butch Hartman's? I have, plenty of times - "The Stolen Child" makes me think of Cosmo and Wanda adopting Timmy, "The Erl-King" makes me think of Vlad trying to take Danny away from Jack, and "The Phantom-Wooer" makes me think of Danny seducing Paulina. But I wonder if others do this or if I'm just weird.
I… hate poetry.
I just.
Uggggghghghghghghghg poetry makes me cry.
Like, it’s FINE, and I’ve written plenty of poems myself, and songs are okay, but just…… dfgjdligjidlkgjdjsldf I don’t wanna think about poems nope nope.
Tfw you take creative writing classes but they only give you writing prompts and deadlines and don’t tell you anything about grammar or structure or finding an agent or self-publishing or ANYTHING, you just write poems all the time, and the class is peer-graded and your peers give you an F at the end of the quarter because they “couldn’t understand the characters’ accents”, so you have to go in and talk to your teacher about why she accepted this as your actual grade without bothering to check when she KNOWS you can do better than that. Fortunately she DID change my grade. Jerks.
Shel Silverstein is my only poet, and if a certain Follower of mine makes a wisecrack about his death then I’m done with everything.
Really, it just boils down to people’s tastes. Some people pick songs to match different characters. Some might pick written poems. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that. It’s just not a thing I myself do. “Ozymandias” is a good poem, which I’m probably biased towards because of “Children of the Lamp”. But I like Silverstein, and Jack Prelutsky, and don’t really care for anyone else.
For anyone curious, I’ve included the prose piece (from 2014) they graded me an F on here, because I’m still MAJORLY salty about this. Fun Fact: some elements of Jake were eventually recycled into Anti-Sanderson.
Be They Mouse or Squirrel or Chipmunk:
Baylor hissed whenhe saw the wall. He gave a yank on Prince’s reins, and the iguana lumbered to ahalt and sat down.
“Curse thesecloudy skies: We’ve been going in circles.”
A second mouserode to join Baylor on the sand dune, his mouth set in a hard thin line. Hebobbed his head several times as he counted each hut in the human villagebelow.
“’S definitely thesame one we left this morning,” he reported to Baylor, and then for goodmeasure added, “We’s gotten lost.”
Again, Baylor gavea hiss through his teeth. He removed his hat and used it to fan his face whilehe scoured the sky. The sunset painted the sand in a bloody red circle and casta soft glow on the surrounding clouds. Through the wisps of petal pink, Baylorcould only make out a single star in the sky.
The mouse replaced his hat and turned in hissaddle to look at the half dozen in his shabby party. He didn’t see Jake andfor a split second wondered if the chipmunk had made a dash for it across thedesert without the rest of them noticing. But then a big black and white mousemoved her iguana forward, revealing Jake stumbling along behind. His wrists werestill bound, but the ropes were notched and fraying, and wet with saliva.
“The owls will beout soon,” Baylor called, flicking his tail to the left. “We’ll make campbehind that north hill. Simon, I want you and Weston to gather tumbleweed forfire. No,” he corrected himself, frowning at the brown scales on Prince’s back.Baylor shook his head. “We’re much too close to the humans for that. We’ll gowithout tonight.”
The othersgrumbled, but Harold, who was still perched on his steed on Baylor’s right, soonput an end to that. He rode his iguana forward and set about scolding theoffenders.
Baylor turned tolook again at the sunset. It was fading fast, and already the cold night windshad begun to stir. Grit blew into his fur and stung his eyes. From somewhere inthe distance came the howl of a coyote.
“Oh Rita,” hemurmured, “What are we going to do?”
Smoke rose fromthe huts below. A mother called out to her dark-skinned children who had beenplaying in the dusty road. Even from up on hill, Baylor could smell the stew,still hot.
Over the next dunehe dismounted and tied Prince to a cactus beside the other steeds. Jake sat afew paces away working at his wrists, stopping only when Simon yanked hard onhis ear. Baylor had him moved across the camp, as far as possible from theiguanas. Bound wrists or not, the last thing they needed was for the chipmunkto set them all free during the night. Or worse, make a getaway on themhimself.
They had no fire,but when the moon rose in the sky it was round and bright, and they had a nicemeal of tortillas and beans. The food was cold, but Baylor refused and pleas byWeston to warm them with fire.
“We’re too closeto the human settlement. We lost a lot of time today going in circles. Tomorrowthe sky will be clearer, and we’ll be able to follow the sun.”
The black and whitemouse - Baylor realized he still didn’t know her name - grumbled something, andElliot joined in, but Henry shushed them both with a hiss. Baylor couldn’tblame them for their complaints. They were three days behind schedule as itwas.
Henry offered totake first watch, but Baylor refused. As the others began to settle down, hejoined Jake in the far corner of the camp. Obviously the prisoner had nointention of sleeping either. He had given up on untying his wrists, or so itseemed, but he leaned against a dark red boulder with one leg crossed over theother and his bound forepaws tucked behind his head.
“Can’t sleep?”Baylor asked him. He’d taken care to step quietly and the wind was blowingtowards him, but Jake didn’t twitch when the mouse’s voice suddenly broke thequiet.
“No sir, not awink, sir.”
Baylor noddedslowly. He took a sip from his canteen without looking away. Jake’s casual grinstarted to slip. His nose twitched and one eye darted over and then away.
“Thirsty?”
“Yes sir, butseein’ as I plan to be long gone in the morning I’d advise ya not to waste anya’ tha’ precious water on li’l ol’ me.”
Baylor wrinkledhis nose. “I see two long days of walking hasn’t cured you of your sharptongue.”
The chipmunk ducked his head, but Baylor couldsee him grinning. “Beggin’ your pardon, sir, but it takes a bi’ more’n sorefeet an’ a few cloudy days to cure ol’ Jake of his only skill worth ‘aving.”
“So I see.” Baylor folded his arms and put onefoot up against the rock. Together he and Jake gazed into the sky. The cloudshad shifted over the past two hours, and more and more stars were blinking intoexistence with every heartbeat. Jake raised his bound forepaws.
“Right there,” he said, “tha’s Terrin thefarmer. He’s got his hoe wit’ him, see? Legends say tha’ when he was defendin’his family he used it a’ take out thirty-five trained soldiers ‘fore one of ‘emfinally got close enough ta send him to the stars. Backstabbin’ rat got ‘imright in th’ back, he did.”
Baylor squinted his eyes. He could make out theconstellation only vaguely, but Jake plowed onward before he had the chance tosay anything.
“An’ over that way, just above that big sanddune, tha’s the river brot’er, Shrio. He’s the one tha’ near flooded my villagewit’ one of his temper tantrums. Oh, he ain’t all bad, though: He brings th’rains down from the moun’ains too.”
“Oh, does he?”
Jake nodded enthusiastically. He gnawed on hisropes for a second or two, then gestured to a third constellation with hisnose.
“She’s my favorite,tha’ one.” His tone turned reverent. “Mother of all the stars, Rita.”
“You chipmunksbelieve in Mother Rita?” Baylor’s ears pricked forward. His foot slid acrossthe red rock and thumped awkwardly in the sand. Jake turned to stare at him,brow wrinkled and whiskers twitching.
“An’ wha’ssamatter wit’ it? You believe in her too, sir. The whole lot a’ you do. I’veheard ya talkin’.”
“Of course we do,”fumbled Baylor, furious that he felt the need to explain himself to a prisoner,“but that’s different. She’s a kangaroo rat. Key word, rat. She’s one of ours.”
Jake cocked his head. “E’ery one of us rodentsbelieves in Mother Rita, be ‘em mouse or squirrel or chipmunk. You peoplewho’re always goin’ an’ raidin’ peaceful farmin’ towns like mine ought a’ know that more’n anyone.”
Baylor refused to rise to the bait. Instead hetook a great gulp of water from his canteen and scrubbed a defiant paw acrosshis face when he was done.
“I don’t believe you. If Mother Rita were yourgoddess too then she wouldn’t pick favorites between you and me and all therest. She’d send her blessings to her own kind, and that’s what she’s done.That’s us.”
Jake flicked his eyes up and down. His whiskerswere trembling more than ever now, and his beady black eyes had squinted intoslits. With some effort he licked a paw, drew it back over his ear, and thenflopped against the rock with his back to Baylor.
“Beggin’ your pardon, sir, but a mouse ain’t arat either.”
The chipmunk was gone by morning light, alongwith a roll of tortillas, a packet of matches, and Baylor’s favorite hat.
(One of the critiques I got on this piece is that my peers couldn’t tell Jake was a prisoner until they read “the prisoner”. Actually, they thought Baylor sat by Jake AND a prisoner. What is wrong with these people?)
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