{"id":16418,"date":"2020-10-29T17:27:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T22:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fakiespaceman.com\/toyblog\/?p=16418"},"modified":"2020-10-29T16:51:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T21:51:03","slug":"reacting-to-things-i-wrote-as-a-teenager-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fakiespaceman.com\/toyblog\/2020\/10\/29\/reacting-to-things-i-wrote-as-a-teenager-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reacting to Things I Wrote as a Teenager Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

These excerpts are from Atlantean Alliance<\/a>, the story of Tabby and Thomas’ honeymoon, in which the new bride mostly ignores her husband and plays with Furbys instead. (Original text in italics<\/em>; today\u2019s commentary in bold<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

Tabby, unaware of how fatigued she really was, slowly closed her eyelids in the circle of Thomas’ forelegs and fell into a deep slumber… Tabby didn’t know how much time passed while she was unconscious to the world; but when she finally awoke, she found herself laid out on a stone bench.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Great, she fell asleep on our wedding night,” Thomas thought. “Why am I not surprised… I’m just going to toss her on the nearest stone slab.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I wonder if there were any Furby-abusers back then,” Thomas pondered. “Do you suppose there were laws for that sort of thing?”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He looked askance at the Furbys taking up the whole honeymoon. “Asking for a friend,” he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tabby supposed that she would be expected to prepare meals now, since she was… married and all.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, know your place, Tabby. In the kitchen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But her inability really hadn’t been talked about much up until the wedding.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In fact, she had spent the time leading up to the wedding assiduously avoiding as much conversation as possible with her intended.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tabby wondered what Thomas thought on the matter.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cuz it’s not like she could talk to him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Thomas was admiring the fine architecture of the Atlantean palace.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s about all there is to look forward to on this honeymoon.<\/b><\/p>\n

He knew that in the end they would be forced to eat out every night.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cuz he’s sure not setting hoof in the kitchen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And surely Tabby would pick up some culinary abilities eventually.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being female, it would just kind of happen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She had been absent quite a long while, and it seemed like she should be getting bored with her surroundings by this point.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In fact, she might even be so bored as to be willing to talk to him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Oh, there you are!” she exclaimed. “I thought I’d never find you again.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I’d hoped–I mean thought<\/em>,” she hastily amended.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Just tell me you’re not planning on treating any more unsightly creatures while we’re here.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, Tabby, he’s only going to treat animals that meet your personal standards of beauty. Thomas, why did you marry her?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tabby went on in a rush. “Well, since we’re married now and everything I thought maybe it would be fitting if I quit the Pokemon Center and came back to the vet clinic.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Because I am so over Pokemon and they’re about to get written out of the universe. Furbys are way better.”<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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