Strangetown, HWC: The Magic Show

[strangetomato]

"So how did you enjoy the show?"

"It was... what it was."

"Oh, here we go again. What was wrong with it THIS time?"

"Nothing. It was just a magic show. What else is there to say about it?











"Don't tell me you don't like magic! Everyone loves magic, Fran."

"Yes, like pirates. There's just no accounting for taste."

"Oh, please. What's wrong with magic? That stuff was really impressive."




"It's moronic. There's an obvious trick to it all, but people still ooh and ahh like it's amazing."

"It IS amazing."

"Well, they don't have to play it up as some sort of spiritual thing. The power of attraction - what a crock."




"Oh boohooHOO, Franny. Just because someone actually believes in something instead of crying about how God is dead all day..."

"Are you making fun of me?!"

"What do you think?"

"I think you've had too much sugar. It's past your bedtime."

"Yeah, sure. Get snotty with me."

"And for your information, I don't cry about it. I just don't believe in fairytales... or magic."




"Okay, fine. So you didn't like it. But why not just say that instead of insulting everyone that does like it?"

"You asked me for my opinion, Beau. And my opinion is that magic is for -"

"What's that? I didn't catch it."

"Oh, nothing."

"Rubes. You were going to say rubes, weren't you? I can read your lips."




"Oh, can you? Then bring your lips over here and read this."

"You want to kiss a rube?"

"Are you a rube?"

"I'm a lot of things."

"You said it."

"I'm an magician too, you know. I can make your pants disappear."

"We'll see about that."

"Kiss me."






A/N: I worked a magic (no, sorry, illusionist) show tonight at the arts centre and it inspired me to send Frances and Beau to the same show.

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Replace "metaphors" with "a story" and I agree 100%.

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. But while not Christian myself, I can at least understand the groups that don't interpret it all literally. Creationists... not so much.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm the same way. I grew up in a very Christian home, so I've come to accept that belief in God (and some version of the Bible) as the norm in the same way heterosexism is the norm. But even with that in mind, it amazes me how easily people throw their beliefs out on the table like it's obviously universal and think nothing of it. I guess you have to be something of an outsider to notice it (like the heterosexism thing).

I'm still more or less undecided about religion, and I gave up thinking about it in much detail a long time ago. Lately, I feel like I'm heading down the atheist slope off the peak of agnostic mountain. But enough about religion... it's one hell of a way to kill a good party. ;)

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

It's less common here, a large part of ethnic Norwegians are "casual" Christians, in that they are a member of the state church (we actually have a state church yet are far less religious overall than the US, ironic eh?), do church weddings, christenings, etc, out of tradition, but don't really practice the religion at all otherwise. I'm one of those, except I refused to get married in a church and won't christen any possible children I might have, either. I'm about in the same place as you on that mountain, though there's no 'Christianity' slope in either direction.

Woo, metaphors!

But yes, enough religion, I don't wish to anger anyone. I think I've had my share of angry religious debates on the Internet. :)