#horror story with no care for anyone but himself and alice and tom? that's not much of a stretch tbh

[pathetic-gamer]

I do love that canonically Alan Wake is an asshole with a famously bad temper who parties too hard and gets arrested for assaulting paparazzi but who everyone thinks is very cool and hot because it means the jazzy dance solo on Mr Door's show is 100% true to character, but also because it means when Tom Zane shows him the clips of them partying it up together, the discerning fan may say "Well, Tom, you must be trying to deceive me! that is clearly Mr Scratch doing his silly little freak dance like in Alan Wake's American Nightmare," but I, an even more discerning fan, am here to tell you that Alan is a smart guy ok he wasn't deceived bc of the absurdity, he was deceived bc of the fact that yeah he would absolutely 1000% do that lmao

You think the sad confused terrified fella wandering around in the rain is the real alan wake? that guy ain't shit, he can't remember anything. he's a pale imitation. the TRUE alan wake, as he was before coming into contact with the dark presence, is on the surreal dreamscape talk show circuit talking shit about the movie adaptation of his old books right in front of the star of those movies.

[artnerd1123]

DTRH!AU Masterpost

Moving into a new post since I’ve got stuff actually organized!!! It’ll likely get an update from time to time. Apologies to those whom the read more breaks for ‘^^

Everything to do with this au will be tagged #dtrh!au or #down the rabbit hole au Individual characters are tagged with #dtrh![name] 

Here’s an AU PMV for starters! 

Let’s get this show on the road, shall we?

Putting this up here so it doesn’t get super buried- Here’s the fic(s) set in this AU! All Moving Pictures End 

The AU crash course: The premise behind the au is that everything takes place in a pocket dimension controlled by a black magic script. Joey Drew is the one who’s writing/editing this script, and his rewrites affect the world and the characters within it. His constant reshaping eventually twists the world from a sitcom genre to a horror film- hence the horror esque setting, creatures, and plot. The characters didn’t escape the rewrites’ effects either. They’re warped into corrupted versions of themselves. However, these characters end up becoming sentient after awhile. The first one of these to become entirely sentient is Henry. He’s currently the only one who’s all the way out of alignment. A toon gone rogue, if you will. He still goes along with Joey’s “plot,” but it’s more so he can try to reach the other characters than to keep Joey happy or unaware of his actions. His goal is to basically “wake up” the other characters, so they can all stop living in a hellish nightmare studio and actually try and make something nice out of their home. He’s extremely dedicated to his goal. 

Character time!!! toon trio refs / corrupted refs  butcher gang refs / corrupted refs  toon henry ref  toon sammy ref / corrupted sammy ref  toon susie ref / corrupted susie ref  toon allison and tom refs / corrupted allison and tom refs  joey ref / toon joey ref  toon norman ref / corrupted ref  toon bertrum ref / corrupted ref  toon and corrupted grant refs  toon jack ref / corrupted jack ref  toon wally ref / corrupted wally ref  toon and corrupted lacie refs  toon and corrupted shawn refs 

Character relationships/orientations 

Concept art, anyone? toon trio concept work (w/ bonus corrupted bendy n alice) corrupted boris/alice concept work (ft bonus hen) butcher gang concept work (w/ corrupted forms) henry concept work sammy concept work (and more henry) susie concept work joey concept work corrupted norman concept work toon norman concept work  throwing around lost ones ideas 

Misc stuff Henry, but Goop™  Susie and Studio Tea™  Hey Henry, how do u feel about Joey?  Yo hold up, hen and polk are a thing???  Henry’s glasses saga  Regular studio shenanigans 

FAQ: 

How many of the employees are gonna show up? Hopefully all the named ones in the game! Once they’ve got a design, they’re guaranteed to show up somewhere.

Are they really carbon copies of the employees? Is there nothing different about them and their irl counterparts? They started as carbon copies! Latching onto their old traits and their old selves does help them come to their senses. However, different character development happens in script than IRL, so they end up different. Henry, for example, takes up the last name “Ross” when he wakes up (instead of his IRL counterpart’s “Stien”) to differentiate himself :0

So is everyone corrupted on purpose? Yes and no. Yes, because Joey chose to rewrite the script so much that it mangled characters, but no, because he didn’t intend to mangle them in the first place. It just kinda happened.

What makes them corrupted? Corruption is what happens when you can’t hold onto the core of what your character is, and get dragged into what the new script is telling you. It’s when you lose sight of who you are among all the chaos. People who are drawn farther away from their actual selves end up more monstrous. Susie (aka “alice” angel) is a great example of this. Bendy is too! Far be it from his real nature to be a murderous monster.

So can the toons be uncorrupted? Yup! Henry’s our model citizen this time. He looks more like a toon than a normal person, sure, but there’s nothing monstrous about him. That’s because he’s latched onto what makes him Henry. He’s not letting the instability of the world around him shake him up. Otherwise he’d be a goopy mess of ink.

Why’d Joey write everyone so differently that they corrupted? He’s actually very out of touch with people once he starts rewriting the script. Since his memories are getting foggy, he fixates on details that he can remember, and exaggerates them as needed. In fact, he’s hidden tape recorders around the script studio as built in reminders of these character traits.

How’d Henry wake up? And how does he plan on waking everyone else up? Ok… this is a longer answer. It all comes together, i promise. Jus hang with me. Whenever henry dies, he gets sent back to a sort of “first draft” stage. In order to get back to the world he’s supposed to exist in, he has to get through all the layers of ink Joey put down to get to his current script. As one can imagine… there’s a lot. So much so that Henry has to essentially swim to the surface. As he passes through all this ink, he can hear whispers of previous scripts. The deeper he is, the closer these whispers are to what the world used to be like. Seeing as Henry is the protagonist, he ended up dying… a lot. Like, a lot a lot. Joey had a lot of snags in the script to work out. All these times sent into the draft-y ink soup made made Henry slowly realize what was going on. He wasn’t mindless anymore. He knew what was up. After realizing that the world wasn’t right, it didn’t take him long to push for the rest of his consciousness. He plans on using what whispers and memories he can gather to bring everyone else back. He’s not dying on purpose, mind you, but he gathers as much information as he can to help everyone else realize that they’re not who they’re supposed to be.

Wait, memories? Does Henry remember the past scripts now? Not quite? He’s got a good enough memory stockpile to keep himself centered, but he doesn’t always know what’s up ahead as he heads through another studio loop. If Joey happens to rewrite or change around the script, those patches of Henry’s memory blip out of existence. Or at least get hazy. Hen can often tell if Joey’s changed something by how many holes he has in his memories.

Can anyone in the pocket dimension get out? Henry’s the only one who can get out! Joey literally wrote him a back door to the script. It used to be so he could talk to Henry whenever the “story” was over, but nowadays it’s just to judge how fast plot goes via how quickly Hen gets back. All Henry can manage to do is walk around and stare silently. And he can’t even stay out very long. Ink’s unstable in the real world. Gotta go back in n start the horror show over if u wanna live :/

Can Joey go in? Nope! Since he’s not made of ink, he can’t go in. He can watch tho!!! He does so via writing POV shifts into the script, and watches through whatever character it shifted to. Who needs cameras when u got the eyes of black magic toons n inky monsters ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Does Joey know Henry is sentient now? Nnnnot quite? He thinks the magic is being screwy with him. He can’t switch POV to Henry anymore, since the toon’s taken control of himself, and that’s real confusing since the writer doesn’t know what’s up. Plus, like mentioned above, Hen can’t exactly give Joey a sign once he gets out of the studio. Bummer :/

Is Joey gonna majorly rewrite the script any time soon? Nope. He’s to attached to his current plot to change the genre or anythin, so it’s gonna stay as is. With some changes here and there. One musn’t underestimate how many times u can change the order of scenes, or improve dialogue... 

AU Background:

((this is long as shiz, so get some popcorn slfkjs))

Y’all probably wanna know how this whole horror show started. I’ve got two words for ya: Joey Drew. Unsurprising! But he’s our starting point nonetheless. Joey Drew is the retired owner of Joey Drew Studios, a cartoon studio that ran itself into the ground after a decade or two of fantastical cartoons. Money problems aren’t kind to the entertainment industries. However, the studio was still his pride and joy! As are the friends who stuck by him or met him during the time it was open. He kept up with all of them through the years. They were like a little family. Unfortunately, time has a way of changing things. With his friends drifting away, living their own lives, getting up in years, or a combination of the three, Joey wasn’t doing too well. He was lonely. Feeling washed up. Missing the glory days, where he helped work on cartoon scripts instead of submitting horror and mystery shorts to local magazines. Not all that surprising that he turned to something else to cope. This thing being none other than occult magic. Because… of course it is. It’s a habit he’s had for years. Nothing like some demonic rituals to spice up the life of the creative mind behind kids’ cartoons! Especially fun when you’re a man with poor impulse control and a wild imagination. In any case, Joey summons the three main characters of his beloved cartoon series. Bendy, Alice, and Boris! (I refer to these three as the “toon trio.”) He was just as happy that he’d managed to bring them to life as he was to have them around the house. It was like having slightly unruly grandkids with toony superpowers. In other words, they were absolutely delightful!!! He took care of them and admired their antics. It was a great time. … until. Well. It wasn’t. Turns out things that don’t belong in this world get rejected eventually. After a few months, things started go go wayward. The toon trio had difficulties maintaining their forms, moving, engaging in tropes, and a ton of other things. They were miserable. Joey was understandably heartbroken to see this happen to his poor toons. So, like any good person, he tried to do the right thing: put them back on the paper they came from. It didn’t end up working exactly how he’d expected. Everything comes with a price when you mess with demonic ink. The magic not only created a stack of paper instead of a series of drawings, but latched onto an old fountain pen and Joey’s closet. If the closet thing seems odd, it is. But it’s a convenient place to hide ritual pentagrams! So, closet it is. Upon frantic examination of the papers, Joey discovered it was a script. A black magic infused script. Three names up top told him the toon trio were the only characters. A bit of experimentation led him to discover that the magic-infused pen was the only thing that could interact with the script properly. Further experimentation showed him that the script had made his closet into a pocket dimension. The contents? Whatever was in his new script. This is where the real fun begins. The new magic script practically floored Joey with awe. He had a world he could shape however he wished! He could run all those scripts he’d never gotten to put in production! He could watch his toons frolick! He could even use it to play with ideas he’d never gotten to explore. The possibilities were endless! 

((Of course, you might be wondering if Joey… y’know. Knew the toons were still alive. Because they were, they were just living in a pocket dimension now. In short? No. He didn’t. He carefully tested a few things with the script, just to make sure. All the toons did was what he wrote down. They moved like they were alive, but didn’t act that way. Plus, the dimension made them blank slates. They didn’t have any characterization in there to make them truly alive. So! For all intents and purposes? He saw them as you would any other character you write. A visual extension of his imagination. Ok mini rant over, back to the story--))

Playing with the toons was amazing. Joey hadn’t had fun like that in years! It was his little secret world, populated by his cherished toons. He could make believe whatever he wished. Eventually, though, loneliness started to catch back up to the old man. His friends… his family… life… it all went on. He just felt left behind. And what does Joey do when he doesn’t feel good? Not cope healthily, that’s for sure. Onwards to more occult magic! Only this time, he tries something… different. The toons were lonely. They deserved company. They deserved someone to take care of them. A familiar face. Maybe someone who helped Joey create them in the first place. Someone who’d just sent Mr. Drew an old letter and a card, since he hadn’t seen him in awhile… … someone like Henry. Using the magic pen, Joey traced over Henry’s note. Far from ruining the precious letter, it transferred “Henry” into the script. It’s not the real one! Basically a carbon copy, fresh from the time period that Hen first wrote the note in. Seeing as Henry’s letter came from around the time the cartoon studio was going strong, it’s an old version of him. But it was still Joey’s old friend. Just… toony. Toon Henry reacted just as his living friend would. If he wrote dialogue? He spoke it like Henry would. If he wrote some action? The toon put a classic Henry twist on it. Delighted, Joey returned to his script with renewed vigor. Toon Henry got to spend plenty of quality with the toon trio as the days went on. Thus began a trend of toonification. Missing one of his old friends? All Joey had to do was grab something with their old handwriting on it, and trace them into the script! There’s a carbon copy that acts just like the real deal! A fine compromise, right? … Right? Not exactly. It was fine at first. Joey made what could probably qualify as a sitcom-style story for the toony world to run on. His friends, at this point, all populated the studio. The premise was that the toons (now including the butcher gang!) had been summoned while he was still running the studio, and got up to hijinks with the rest of the employees. A hefty dose of actual studio drama- turned comedic, of course- kept the whole thing almost real. Joey even featured himself once or twice, but only in allusions, or a disembodied voice. He wasn’t about to let a carbon copy of himself have all the fun. It made him feel less lonely. More included. A fantasy world of never ending fun and heartwarming moments. How unfortunate it is that life doesn’t follow this pattern. Morality is a hard thing to come to terms with. So is sickness. Especially that of a friend. … it was just one rewrite at first. One alteration on a bad day. After all, using writing to cope is perfectly acceptable. One bad episode in the midst of sunshine doesn’t discount it all. One uncanny occurrence, though, doesn’t usually stay singular. It didn’t take long for the solitary rewrite to become two rewrites. Then three. Four. Six. Ten. Twenty. Fifty. More and more and more. Until the happy honey colored studio slipped into sinister sepia. This wasn’t the old script anymore. Not by a long shot.

The setting? A studio of shattered dreams.   Your protagonist? Henry. His goal? Survive long enough to escape.

~It’s quite th͝e̵͞͏ ͠M̕a͘sţe̛̕r͘p̕i̵͝e̡ḉe̡̨͜~̡̛

[realm-sweet-realm]

Breaking the Time Loop chapter 3: Down, down, down.

Boris caught sight of the approaching duo and promptly panicked. He began to back up, but quickly hit a wall and was left with nothing to do but accept his fate.

"Boris, it's alright. He's helping us now," came Henry's cool, comforting voice. Still shaking, Boris removed one paw from his eyes. The ink demon was right there in front of him, as frightening and repulsive as ever. But, Henry stood before the creature, seemingly unharmed and unafraid. Boris could barely believe his eyes. "Everything's fine. Now, we're going to head to the bottom of the studio. You willing to come with us?"

Well, his other option was to let Henry contend with the horrors of the studio without him, and that wouldn't do. Boris nodded.

The trio set off. They took the angel's path and then the elevator to as far down as it would take them, which was to floor 14. That's where the trouble would begin. "Bendy," Henry asked, "How confident are you that you could win a fight against ol' lighthead down there?

Bendy put ink on the wall: I'd say I have a 65% chance.

Well, that wouldn't have been too comforting even before factoring in Joey's natural arrogance. Henry looked around for anything that might help them defeat the Projectionist. At last, he figured it out: the elevator.

"Alright guys, here's the plan. Boris, ride up in the elevator. Bendy, you stick with me. We'll put up a poster where the elevator lands. Then, the two of us will flush out the Projectionist and lead him right here. Bendy, do you think you can handle tackling him to the ground at that point?"

Definitely.

"Alright. You do that, and I'll get out of the way. Then, Boris, I'll scream your name, and that's when you bring the elevator down, alright? Bendy, just hold him down until the last second, but leave yourself enough time to teleport away through the poster, alright?"

Bendy nodded.

"Alright. Let's get going."

Henry and Bendy descended to the ground floor and entered the cramped halls in which the Projectionist lurked. Henry could just see himself crashing into those walls as he made a mad dash out of there. The duo made it past three projectors playing Bendy cartoons before they saw the creature's yellow, moving light. Henry stuck out his hand so that the mechanical beast could see it. Its tell-tale roar sounded, and Henry took it as cue to then run away as fast as his legs could carry him. Bendy, perhaps by virtue of having slightly less adrenaline in his system, was not keeping up with Henry's pace. In a moment of profound foolishness, Henry attempted to squeeze past the demon, which only left him stumbling into the ink. Bendy turned around and push-kicked the Projectionist in the stomach, sending him against the nearest wall and buying the duo more time. The two made it back out into the inky abyss of level 14. Henry dashed up the stairs and made it to the elevator platform, only to turn around and see Bendy gone and the Projectionist a foot from his face. Just as the Projectionist swung at Henry, Bendy appeared out of a nearby poster and tackled the Projectionist to the ground. Henry stumbled back in shock. The two ink monsters locked arms and wrestled. The ink demon was struggling-but most definitely winning. The words ripped across the wall in tight, frantic scribble: The plan! I can't do this forever!

Taken out of his stupor, Henry screamed, "Boris, now!" and scrambled off of the elevator platform. Bendy got up and ran for the wall, and the Projectionist followed, but Bendy had phased through it before he could catch him. The monstrosity barely had time to look up before being unceremoniously crushed. "We did it!" Henry cried, and offered the ink demon a high-five. Bendy was distracted, however. He pressed the button to open up the elevator and dashed in. Henry took out his seeing tool. Through it, he could see that a blue wisp was about to phase through the ceiling of the elevator. Bendy had to jump to reach it. When he had it, he held it up to his mouth and let it flow in through his teeth.

"We'll have to be more careful about that," Henry mused, putting down the seeing tool and picking up his journal to add the information. This had almost become a failed loop. Come to think of it, he hadn't yet recorded this new way to kill the Projectionist, either. Or his most important discovery: how to tame the ink demon. That wouldn't do. He stepped into the elevator. "Congratulations, guys. You did great." He gave Boris' shoulder an affectionate squeeze. "Now, I'd like some time to record everything you guys have taught me. Do you think you could find a soft spot on these floorboards while I do that? I'd like to hack my way through them with my ax to get down further."

Bendy nodded. In contrast, Henry could feel Boris wince. He stepped out of the elevator with Bendy, his head lowered. "Something wrong, bud?" Henry asked.

Text appeared on the floor: He's scared to be with me when you aren't with us to protect him. Henry sighed. The past several hundred loops, Boris had consistently been two things: pleasant and useless. "Okay. You can stay with me."

Henry didn't think he'd ever let anyone watch him write in his journal before. It felt almost like divulging a filthy secret. Boris didn't seem to mind, though. "You see this, Boris? This is how I'm going to get us out of here. It's how I can be sure I'm making progress, no matter how long this takes or how many mistakes I make. It's all leading to something, and this is the closest I've ever been." Of course, Boris couldn't respond. No hand gesture could have done as a response to that. Still, it felt amazing to have someone that understood his quest.

After finishing up, Henry went to find Bendy, and Boris followed. They found him in the corner of the room. He'd moved a few boxes, and was pointing to a part of the thoroughly ink-covered floor. "There? Alright," Henry said, before hacking at the floor with his ax. The several inches of thick, tar-like ink on the floor did not make it an easy task. It felt as though he was barely making a dent in the floor. But once he did finally did knock a small hole into the ground, it slowly got easier. Heartened, he gave a few more swings before coming to a terrible realization. "Oh no. Bendy, Alice is down there. And Tom. They're very sensitive to ink. I need you to go down there and see if they're anywhere near below here. Preferably without scaring them. Alright?"

Bendy nodded, then phased through the wall. He came back a moment later and gave a thumbs up. My, was it useful to have an ink demon around. Henry returned the gesture, then kept hacking. Eventually, he tired out and gave Boris a turn. Boris caught a lucky break and broke a larger hole through the floorboards fairly quickly, draining enough ink to make it a far easier task. Soon, there was enough room for the two to fit through. Henry looked through the hole. Thankfully, the next floor down was only a hallway with a relatively low ceiling. Henry and Boris lowered each other down. The trio then repeated the process with the next floor, finally arriving at the level where Allison and Tom had their base.

"What should we do now?" Henry asked, expecting no response from his mute companions. He opened up his journal to the floor map of their current level, but found it to be incomplete. "Let's just keep walking, I guess," Henry suggested. The trio eventually came upon a cave-like area from which a barge could be launched. "I think they'll be the other way. Bendy, uh, please make yourself scarce until I tell you to, alright? They'll probably feel threatened if you show up without an explanation. Bendy nodded and faded into a wall through a poster.

As Henry progressed through the cluttered and often ink-flooded hallway, whacking aside a few searchers along the way, he began to pick up on Alice's beautiful singing voice. She often sang like that while drawing on the walls, plotting her next idea to try and escape from this hellhole of a studio. He knocked on the door, and the singing stopped. Alice opened it. "Hello? Um, who are you?"

Henry held up the seeing tool and his journal. "It's a long story. But I want to help get everyone out of here, and I need your help."

Alice looked down at the tools. "What are these?" she asked. "How did you...?"

"It's a long story. And yes, that's the same seeing tool you have. Can I come in? We have a lot to talk about."

[beyondalicerp]

Name: Wallace White Age: 53 Date of Birth: February 9th Gender: Cis Male Sexuality: Bisexual Residence: Harmony Grove Occupation: Farmer Species: Wererabbit Affiliation: None Face Claim: Tom Hiddleston         Suggested: Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Dancy, Jude Law Played by: Bryony (She/Her)

Wallace is not the Rabbit Alice would remember. Once always in a rush and busy to no end, Wallace has dedicated to a simpler life since their wife passed. Whitney’s death changed everything for them. They couldn’t rush away for work or let time escape them when three small children depended on them. It took months for Wallace to break out of the hell they were in, but it had to be done. Wallace moved the family out of the busy crowds to a farm in Harmony Grove where they would have everything they needed, away from the dangers of the busy town, the woods, the crown... They’ve been called a coward, but Wallace knows it could be worse. They know because they have seen all the very terrible things that Wonderland has done to the people they care about. It will not happen again. 

The Savior’s Son and Daughter: The twins’ arrival in Wonderland happened in such a rush that their head was still spinning when they hit the ground running. They didn’t know what else to do. Law dictated they bring the twins’ immediately to the Palace, but what danger would they be in with what happened to their mother? But if they stayed... Wallace knew right away those children would become a tool for the rebellion. While Wallace admired what they stood for, they couldn’t put their family at risk like that. Not again. 

The Crimson King: Wallace knows better than most what happens to anyone who sits on that throne. They could have guessed the Crimson King would go as mad as the others. What they didn’t know is that the King would go after Alice. One would think they would be safe far away in some other world... But Wallace knows what happened. They know because when it came down to a choice, they had to choose their family. They had to. They simply... had to. 

The Rabbit’s Triplets: Wallace’s children are everything to them. Alyse is their Darling, the one who always lifts their spirits and helps them see a different perspective. Alistair is their Pride, surpassing Wallace in bravery and determination. Cilla is their Rebel, a reflection of Wallace’s past wife and a reminder of the energetic and adventurous youth Wallace once was as well. No matter the conflicts that rise in Wonderland now, Wallace will do anything to protect them.

The White Rabbit is currently TAKEN.

A baby rabbit being born was hardly anything that unusual. The White’s had been expecting, and no one battered so much as an eye. Really it should have been as simple as that. No one had known that what he would end up doing, maybe if they had then they’d have put an end to it there and then. The one thing that became evident very, very quickly was that Wallace was absolutely terrible at being on time. It wasn’t like he was bad on purpose, really, he tried. But he wasn’t capable of doing anything other than being late. Over time his family got used to it, they might still try and scold him for it, but they never really got very far.

Then there were his senses. He wasn’t sure why, but whenever a portal was nearby, he always seemed to know about it. He was subtle about it, making sure no one accidently fell through one. But he never really knew what it was that made him aware of them. He kept quiet about that ability, instead getting work for the then Queen, the Queen of Hearts. He was only a herald, but he was good at what he did, just somehow always late. Somedays he wondered how it was that he actually kept his head.

But things were not all bad, and he met Whitney. He had never really thought much about meeting someone, or falling in love, but with her it just felt like fate. As if everything he had done had been  leading up to that moment. No one was too surprised when they got married. He was still young back then, still full of life. He always stood up for what he believed in, always tried to do the right thing, however hard it might be. He was a good man really, but there is only so much the mind can take before it breaks, and he had the misfortune to get hit by all of it.

And then it happened. He hadn’t meant to fall into the other realm that day, it had just sort of happened. He had his trusty pocketwatch with him at least, even if all that had done was tell him that he wasn’t just late, he was more late then he had ever been in his life. And so he did what he always did, and he ran to get back in time. That was all that mattered. But he had caught the attention of Alice. He hadn’t even realised she had seen him, let alone followed him. He had just been so intent on getting home.

It wasn’t until the trial that he even realised what had happened. But by then it was all too late. He was one of the few that managed to get out of the courtroom in time, but the sounds of the screams from those that weren’t so lucky stayed with him. He watched in horror as it all fell down around him. He’d had friends still inside, and he knew that they hadn’t made it out alive. But there had been nothing anyone could do… except not have accidently led Alice to Wonderland in the first place. Suddenly, the Queen was dead. Alice went home, unaware of what she had started, and Wallace was left staring at the broken remains.

He soon realised the dangers they were in, when the two sisters started a war for the throne. Whatever he had thought of the Queen of Hearts, he almost missed her at this point. But in the midst of all that, something good finally happened, as Whitney gave birth to three beautiful children. For an all to brief moment, he honestly believed that things would be ok, and he swore that no matter what happened between the two Queens, he would protect his children. At the time, he meant it, and he never really meant to fail.

Then Alice came back. At the time he was happy for it. He thought she would put an end to this war, and like most of Wonderland, he thought she would put Pearl on the throne. He had fallen under her spell as well, and he was no sorry for it. He had done things for her he had never really dreamed of doing before, but he had believed it was for the good of Wonderland. Suddenly there was a war, and to everyone’s amazement, both Queens were dead. Then the monsters came. Thank goodness they didn’t live in Tulgry, as he heard all of the stories about what was happening there. But as history states, there was a new King. The hero as everyone had called him. However Wallace had seen this happen before. He had seen three Queens fall, and before that had happened, all three had turned quite made. He knew it was going to happen again, he just didn’t know how. He just knew that it seemed to come with the throne. Wonderland was hardly the most logical place to live to begin with, trying to rule it… it was no wonder that whoever attempted it lost their mind.

He thought with his job, that they would at least be safe. He had never hurt anyone, and they were just a normal family. There was one thing he had never predicted happening. He had stayed at home that night. Cilla was sick and someone had to. He hadn’t thought anything of the decision at the time. Not until the other two children limped into the house hours later, and it soon became horribly apparent that Whitney wasn’t returning. He tried to keep it together, tried to keep everything as it needed to be. But his mind was already damaged from having seen three Queens fall. So much death, and now his nightmares were showing not it happening to them, but to it happening to Whitney. Over and over every night, until he was folding in on himself. The worst of it he managed to hide, but he knew that the children still saw more then they should. He was lost, and had no idea how to break out.

He had broken some of the bad habits, he stopped being late all of the time, and quit the job he had. But he knew he was still falling into the darkness, and he knew it was evident to all around him that he really was not ok. It happened by chance one day that he suddenly seemed to feel like he was coming out of the darkness, and he knew something needed to change and urgently. And so he moved them, the children were still young, and a farm was hardly the most obvious of places to go, but it made sense in his mind. They were away from a house filled with ghosts and he truly believed it could be a fresh start. But he had been too involved with royals for too long, and his talent at finding the portals had not been forgotten about.

The first time he was asked to lead someone to Alice, he said no. For weeks he said no to that question. And then the torture began. Mental, physical. He didn’t know if it was a direct order from the King, or if the guards had simply got tired of waiting around and were trying to force it out of him. He thought he could handle it, he was doing well at handling it. But then he was offered a choice. Alice, or his children. He wanted to do the right thing, but he couldn’t see a way out of this, and whilst he knew what he was about to do would have grave consequences, his children would be safe. He didn’t know the girl who he led to Alice. He had hoped he had been wrong about what she was doing, but he knew as soon as it happened. Alice was dead, and he had led her murderer there.

For the most part, the next few years were quiet. He saw the madness that was taking over the King and he tried to keep his head down. He knew the Hatter had vanished, and still he just tried to keep his head down. As much as he loved his friends, all that mattered now were his children. But even that was getting harder the older they got. Alyse’s stories were getting far more enchanting and wonderful, but he could take a guess at why she told them, and it was concerning. Alistair he couldn’t be prouder of, far more of a man then he had ever been and far more likely to do good in the world. And Cilla… she reminded him so much of Whitney, and he also knew she believed that was why he found her more of a challenge. Keeping them safe was all that mattered, and he had simply managed to just become part of a story about Alice. A few people now called him a coward and weak for what he had done, but if that was all he had to face, then he could handle it. Others had gone through worse after all, and he still saw it everytime he closed his eyes.

Ten years had passed without incident. He thought the worst was over. And then… a portal. The sensible thing to do would have been to avoid it, and he knew that. But after what had happened to Alice, he wanted to go back, to apologise. He mistimed, he thought it would be night time, but he was wrong. Still, he didn’t think there was many in this world who would pay much attention to a rabbit… even one in a waistcoat. He hadn’t been there very long when suddenly he was pinned to the floor by… Alice. It had taken him a few moments to realise that this was her daughter, mostly because her brother had shown up. He begged them to stay here, to never go to Wonderland. He knew what would happen if they did. The King would kill them. That or the rebels would find them, and he still remembered the horrors of the war between the Queens. But nothing he could say changed their minds, and he reluctantly led them to the portal. He lost sight of them after that. He knew they were in Wonderland, and all he can do is hope that they stay out of sight and out of trouble. But he doesn’t know what to do. If he tells the King they’re there, then they are targets. But if he doesn’t… he doesn’t know how long it will be before something comes after his family. He will pick them everytime, but how can he take away the one chance the rebellion now has?

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*****Beyonce and Amal are both pregnant with twins.

*****The Trump international hotel and tower opened in Vancouver B.C. with Tiffany and the sons amidst hundreds of protesters and a boycott from the mayor.

*****So, did anybody see Seth Mcfarlane in Real time with Bill Maher? He seemed to just sit and pout. He sat there sying nothing and suddenly blurted out “I’ve got water.” It seems that perhaps an earlier guest got his Jack D. and he got water. It just seemed to me that he wasn’t going to add much to the conversation if he did not have his drink. Such a diva!

*****Kevin Smith and comic book men are back and looking good!!

*****TLC is back with the fabulous ‘Who do you think you are?’ The season begins with Courtney Cox and her relatives who killed the King of England.

*****Leann Rimes seems to have added a few pounds and looking healthy and well too!!

*****Have John Stewart and Ricky Gervais lost it?

*****The number 1 item requested in homeless shelters is socks. Bombas (latin word for bees) socks is giving away 60 thousand pairs in one day.

*****American rehab: Detroit on DIY told a great story of a couple bringing an old house which had been part of the family back to life for a new era.

*****Nick Cannon is out at America’s got talent.

*****Louie Anderson is just knocking it out of the park on Baskets.

*****David Cassidy went public with dementia diagnosis.

*****Who knew that Hillary Farr, the’ love it or list it ‘chick was Betty Monroe on The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

*****Roger Waters is heading out on the Us and Them tour and will the poke the snake called Trump.

*****Dale Earnhardt Jr. was on Watch what happens live and seems to like Vanderpump rules. Too bad about the crash at Daytona Jr.  Hooray for Michael Waltrip and his 8th place. We do not want to see U go.

*****Stay away from the Remington 700. It shoots without pulling the trigger. Of course the company does not want to admit that.

*****Tried to watch the new sitcom Powerless. I want DC to succeed in their endeavor but hmmm..??

*****CBS Doubt looked like it had a great cast so gave it a try. The stories were of the same old kind but love the supporting cast and a nice twist. It had a little Spader/Shatner thing going on.

*****The Pats won that super bowl but it didn’t start out that way. Super bowl 51 was so up and so down. Their wide receiver, Malcolm Mitchell was asked by a woman at Barnes and Noble one day to join her book club. He joined, in part, because he couldn’t read very well. He is still with the club and it has inspired him to write a children’s book and begin a literary campaign.  For the halftime entertainment at 51, Lady Gaga gave us a statement of equality that said it all.

*****Days alert: Ok.. Is Days going to be cancelled for Megyn Kelly? Say it ain’t so.. Word is coming that there will be no Days in 2018!! Oh NBC, it is about the only thing you have left that I want to watch. Get the picket signs ready. We can’t lose Days. I am still hurting from losing One Life to Live.  Jen and Eric have seen each other again and he is saving a picture of her. Let’s fix his hair and get these two together. The last days of February and finally some progress on that front. We need that Tom and Alice couple that we can rely on and stick together no matter what. She already has the house and they have the good foundation and they have come back from the brink. **And.. is Drake feeling better yet? Bring back John Black!

*****Twitter donated a mil to the ACLU.

*****I want to be in the middle of those great scenes with Tim Omundson and Deidrich Bader on American Housewife.

*****The house votes to roll back the background checks for gun owners .This includes those mentally incapable of managing their own affairs.

*****Are we all really supposed to pray for Schwarzenegger? Weren’t the ratings of that awful show low anyway?

*****A friend told me that 80% of immigrants are on welfare. Depending on where you look, it is really 40-51%. Do your research people!

*****SNL is back with new shows starting with Octavia Spencer and Scarlett Johansson.

*****The continuing madness of King Trump includes him waiting a week into the Presidency before handing the reigns of biz to his son’s. It wasn’t until he was called out by reporters that he finally did it. His supporters do not even seem to care. The sons have secret service all over the world looking after them with our tax dollars as they go about the Trump business. *** Steve Bannon openly admitted that they put people in place to deconstruct the administration.

*****Some republicans are now asking for an independent prosecutor to investigate the Russian contact and interference. Jeff Sessions should recuse himself.

*****Our state reps are chickening out with tele town halls. They feel they don’t have to face the people who elected them and can therefor go full speed ahead with their own agendas. They use the excuse that too many people are turning up so they have to take questions by phone. Funny how the softball questions from people who mostly agree with them get through. Quit being cowards and do your jobs or get out of the way.

*****Tom Perez is now DNC chair, the moderates win. I don’t agree with scary clown 45 that it was rigged but a little shake up may have been in order. Personally I love Donna Brazile. Is it time for a new party ,the resistance party? Some will never trust the Dems. Some will never trust Republicans. A new hard left party may be in order. It will struggle but eventually take hold. We need to start with brains and artisans.

*****The President will not come to the White House correspondence dinner on April 29. He says he was elected to get work done and to focus on the country, like getting busy on that wall.  Pendejo! Oh please!

*****Pandering to Wall Street, the house is working on ridding us of Dodd Frank that was put in place to help the financial crisis. Do we really want to relax those rules? They are going for a 75% reduction in regulations for companies to add more pollution, to not look out for the customers best interest etc. Shouldn’t we be worrying more about production? Will they do the right thing as they see how the rest of us live or will they continue to ignore the problems?

*****Scary clown 45 claims he did not know what he was signing when he put Bannon on the National Security council. Huh?

*****Elizabeth Warren was stopped from reading pertinent information from Coretta Scott King on the senate floor.

*****Charlie Rose underwent heart surgery and will be back in March. He has been spotted and is doing fine.

*****Looks like a new show Trial and Error is coming. The ads look ok but they are advertising the hell out of it. Wasn’t there a movie with the same name?

*****Carol Merna, executive director for the center for prevention of abuse, wrote an open letter to Illinois governor Rauner. She asked him to put partisan politics aside and get a budget for the state. Some neglect cases have had to be dropped due to lack of funds.

*****CNN is doing the history of comedy.

*****Bill Nye saves the World is coming April 21 to Netflix.

*****Chris Kennedy, 8th child of Bobby and Ethel that was born July 4th 1963, is running for Governor of Illinois.

*****Blondie brings us the ne “FUN”. They are touring with Garbage this summer.

*****Zach Braff and Carol Burnett are both returning to tv.

*****Burger King is buying Popeye’s, lord help us.

*****Iran has cancelled visas for wrestlers that were to compete in a world competition. The Muslim ban has upset so many apple carts. Church missionaries and Doctors have to rethink leaving the country to help others because they may not get back in. We are not all as stupid as they think and should respect us enough to at least quit saying this is about our safety. Why are Christians prioritized? This new administration does not agree with Obama on much so why keep talking about the 7 countries he specified? He did no bans for these countries. Hundreds of companies have coordinated to file a lawsuit against this.

*****If we don’t live globally, things will be a lot more expensive.

*****Isis is on a drone buying frenzy. They are buying drones off the shelf and doing much damage. Our commander in chief needs to get in front of this.

*****New Power Rangers coming out this month.

*****Mar-a Lago, the former home of Emily Post and E.F. Hutton was donated to the government but Nixon did not really want it. After scary clown 45 bought the Palm Beach estate there was much ado about his flag pole. He also wanted the flight patterns changed so as not to disturb his guests. With the racist white house raging on, it is hard to believe that he was once more welcoming. The old guard of Palm Beach was not too crazy at who he was bringing to Mar-a-Lago. The resort would welcome anyone who could pay the fee. Initially it was 100 thou but as soon as he became President it was doubled, being President pays. Oh yea, and the flight pattern has now been changed. ** Scary clown 45 seems to think he is under some sort of cloak of invisibility when he is there. Hillary’s e mails were a problem but he can discuss anything classified on his own cell?? Are you fucking kidding me?**And speaking of Palm Beach, the President is spending a lot of time there. Before the election he claimed he would have no time for golf and relaxing. He has spent about as much of our money on secret service and his travels in a month as Obama spent in a year. This does not even include Melania and the NY digs and the sons who travel the world for the Trump business all the time. Of course, the business is benefitting from this.

*****Kevin Brady and Orrin Hatch can make The IRS show us the Presidents taxes.

*****Nordstrum’s dropped Ivanka’s line. Marshall’s, TJ Maxx, Sears and Kmart are in agreement.

*****If you give up freedom to get security, you get neither. –Ben Franklin

*****Why are the Sunday morning political shows just repeating the same mainstream stuff all the time? Let’s follow Bill Maher and John Oliver who at least talk more about our rights that keep getting stripped away. John Oliver is putting ads on the shows that scary clown 45 watches so he can at least get some real information. Marijuana laws, transgender rights, voting rights are all under attack. The pot industry is booming, why does this administration want to start taking away U.S. jobs? The department of agriculture has removed regs about the treatment of animals. The will no longer make lab inspection results and violations publicly available. Now, you must file a request to the freedom of information act if you want to know.** John Kasich is still making sense, why couldn’t the republicans have went with a sane person? He met with the President on health care. He feels the ACA needs reform but that you can’t just pull the rug out from 20 million people. Kasich tries to do things in a calm and reasonable manner much like the left. Is it worth trying? The administration says that the opposition is acting like 5th graders.  How many times do we reach out and try to do things reasonable only to be shut down?

*****Thank you J Lo for reminding us of Toni Morrison’s words about how important artists are in times like these.

*****Thank you A tribe called Quest for yelling “Resist” and telling us to break through the wall.

*****Seattle severed ties with Wells Fargo in protest of the DAPL. ** A federal judge denied the Sioux tribes request for a halt to the pipeline. And while the CPAC was in full bloom, the protesters were dragged away.  Some moved across the river and some moved on.

*****Good news for Kim Cade: Camping can help you to sleep better by shifting internal clocks to align with daylight hours.

*****Jimmy Carter put in enough solar panels to power half of Plains. Go Jimmy Go!!!!

*****North Korea launched a ballistic missile.

***** It was something to see when Paul Ryan was asked over and over again about Flynn and the Russian situation. He was annoyed right away. Really? How does it feel? And Hillary held up for 11 hours. Who can take it and wo can’t? Pussies!

*****FLEXIT: After many denials, Mike Flynn , the man who started the ‘lock her up’ chant, was finally ousted. When will they find proof that they all knew about this? They are not even good spin kings but how do they live with themselves? And Pence calls himself a good Christian? Did he know?** Did they make a good choice with H R Mcmaster? Of course, he is active duty so he could hardly say no. He is getting a lot of support because he wrote against Johnson and the handling of Vietnam and Bush with Iraq.

*****White house flunkie Steven Miller was getting invited everywhere after he told George Stephanopoulos he would go on any show, anywhere. Colbert and the View were waiting but he never showed. LIES,LIES,LIES: GET OUT!!!!

***** Streisand men ,past and present, seem to be showing up at CBS. James Brolin has been there for a couple of seasons and Elliot Gould is on the new Doubt.

*****Catch Trevor Noah on Afraid of the Dark.

*****Glad that Nightcap is back for season 2.

*****Scary Clown 45 gave his presidential address on the last day of February. He started the day by letting us all know that the protests and problems were Obamas fault. He started to adlib about 8 pages in. A lot of attention was paid to Karen Owens, the widow of navy seal Ryan who was killed in Yemen. The VP insists that the reports of nothing being gained from the raid are false. Trump pulled back on the immigration agenda that he earlier seemed to soften on. He did mention black history month which never happens. He is still talking about repeal and replace with the ACA. He did not shut it down first day like he said on the campaign trail. He said the same stuff in this address that he has been saying, just with a slightly different tone. He sure changed his tune about the Jewish hate crimes. Former Kentucky governor Steve Beshear gave the democratic response. What?? Why the fuck did they pick a FORMER Gov.? It was a pretty middle of the road response. He gave Trump polite hell for his lashing out at military, media and the intelligent agencies. He scolded that just because they disagree does not make them their enemies. Agreed but Yawn!! The best part of the night was afterward on MSNBC. Kathy Griffin, Michael Moore and Rob Reiner put a wonderful cap on the evening. Thank you for some sanity.

*****Better Call Saul is starting to run ads for their April 10th premiere. So fucking excited!!

*****Comedy Central is bringing ‘Colossal Clusterfest” to San Francisco on June 2nd. The fest will include stand up and sketch comedy, podcasts and music. The lineup includes Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Sarah Silverman, Hannibal Buress, Bob Odenkirk, Fred Armisen, Tig Nataro, Ice Cube, Tegan and Sara, Reggie Watts and Princess and interactive offerings with South Park, Seinfeld and It’s always Sunny in Philadelphia.

*****Finn Whitrock, Sally Field and Joe Mantello appear in Broadway’s The Glass Menagerie.

*****The Grammy awards which I have never really understood came and went again. Some of the audience looked a bit perplexed when James Corden purposely flubbed the opening. They rarely honor anyone I really respect. But Adele’s George Michael tribute , once on track was amazing. Chance the Rapper won best new artist and claimed his victory in the name of the lord. Lady Gaga sounded great with Metallica. Again there were sound issues that you would think the Grammys of all places would have worked out but… Best dressed were Lady Gaga and Audra Day. The worst was Taraji P. Henson.

*****HBO is making a documentary about Andre the Giant.

*****The Independent spirit awards were on Feb. 25th and made some great choices. Molly Shannon won best supporting female for Other People. Moonlight won best picture, best director for Barry Jenkins and the Robert Altman award. Casey Affleck (best actor) and Jenkins took their best shots at Trump.

*****Bison have been reintroduced to Canada’s first national park after 140 years.

*****The Oscars were the next day, Feb. 26th and oh what a finale they had. Most everybody knows by now that the wrong film was announced, but that was not the entire show. It was only the second time an envelope mishap happened. Sammy Davis Jr. opened the wrong envelope last time. I always wished that they would show the honorary awards as well, they look like fun. Jimmy Kimmel seemed casual about his hosting gig and never stuck the knife in too deep. The Matt Damon stuff never really gets old. Tourists were brought in and Gary from Chicago is already getting offers from just being there. He had just gotten out of prison 3 days before after a 20 year sentence. Wal Mart is giving he and his fiancé wedding gifts. ** During rehearsal a big part of the set fell down.**The Salesman from Iran won and a statement was read about the Muslim ban. A lot of people were wearing ACLU ribbons to show solidarity. The best dressed were Emma Roberts, Haylee Steinfeld, Ava Duvernay, Laura Dern, Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, the dancer with Timberlake wearing the red and black dress, Luciana Barroso, Nicole Kidman, Ryan Gosling and Meryl Streep. Honorable mention goes to Halle Barry, Viola Davis, Michelle Williams, Karlie Klass and Emma Stone. Worst dressed were Leslie Mann, Dakota Johnson, Octavia spencer, Trudie Styler and Felicity Jones and some chick in the audience with a bold blue and white striped lace fiasco. There was a story about Karl Lagerfeld saying that Meryl Streep wanting to be paid to wear a dress but nobody believes it. In the fallout after the best picture controversy, Les Moonves said he’d fire his accountant if this happened. Matt Damon said he was not at all surprised and that is what you get when you let Jimmy host.

*****You can now get Dateline’s Keith Morrison on your GPS.

*****Michael Moore has put out a 10 point plan to get rid of Trump. Most of it is common sense but good o remember:

1.       Call your senators and reps: 202-225-3121 or 202-224-3121. A call a day keeps the Trump away

2.       Visit your members of congress and both senators once a month.

3.       Create your own personal rapid response team, form a group to be ready to leap into action.

4.       Join national groups like Planned Parenthood or the ACLU.

5.       Remember the women’s march. Join in.

6.       Join the democratic party.

7.       Form ‘regions of resistance’. Pass state laws.

8.       Run for office. Everyone can run for precinct delegate.

9.       Become the media. Report the truth.

10.   Join the army of comedy. Spread the words of great comedy about scary clown 45.

*****Elvis Costello and the Imposters are touring in June.

*****George W. Bush is making the rounds with his new book, Portraits of courage. He pays tribute to the wounded warriors and at the same time raises money for vets. He also probably feels that it is safe since he is small potatoes compared to the new Prez. We can’t forget the havoc that he and Cheney brought upon us today is today.

*****Lisa Marie Presley is in the middle of a nasty custody battel. Priscilla has her twin grandchildren living with her.

*****The Prez has already cut domestic spending so he can pour millions into the military budget. We spend as much on the military as the next 7 largest military spending countries combined.

*****Spain is going to appoint a sex czar.

*****Another Sandusky, the son Jeff was arrested for sex offenses against minors.

*****Scary Clown 45 made his

*****RIP William H. Busch, Richard Hatch, Al Jarreau, Erwin Corey, George the Animal Steele, Ward Chamberlin, Clyde Stubblefield, Bill Paxton, Judge Wopner and Neil Fingleton.

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