Strangetown, HWC extras: The Summerdreams

[strangetomato]

I've had these images for a while now, with the intention of writing this little piece, so here it is. I'm also testing out semagic as I post this. I may as well be productive while testing it, right?








"So, what? You've no time for glamour anymore?"

"I feel more comfortable this way. I'm tired of everything being so flamboyant and ridiculous."

"Am I ridiculous to you now? Am I embarrassing?" He reached up and stroked the feather in his hat. "Is it the hat? Is the hat too much? It's my favourite one. Hermia made it for me, you know."

"No, the hat's lovely, Puck. Hermia is a skillful milliner."

"Is it this professor fellow that's coming to visit? Vidcund Curious, you said? Are you trying to appear a certain way to him? You seem like you're trying to hide your heritage from this man."

"Well, I've invited him here, haven't I? He'll see all of you. I told him that we're a unique sort of people. To expect the unexpected."




"So, what have you told him, little sister? That we're merely nonconformists?"

"Something like that."

Puck let out a derisive laugh. "Lies will get you nowhere."

"Well, it's true, isn't it?"

"You know what's true."




"It's not like we practise it. It doesn't even work here. We do things with herbalism and such, but that doesn't make us any different from anyone else."

"You can't even say it, can you?" He leaned over to her. "Mag-ic. M. A. G. I. C. Magic. It's not a difficult word."

"Do you really believe in that?"

"Of course."

"I've always took those stories like any other fairytale: with a grain of salt."

"Well, maybe they're all true. All I know is that our mother was the Queen of Faerie and our father was her King."

"All I know is that they live in Veronaville, in the here and now, and they're just the same as anyone else."

"Well, have it as you like it, sister," he said, standing up. "I suppose both versions are probably true."




Bottom lifted herself from the chair, and turned to kiss her brother. "It's good to see you again, Puck. How are the wedding plans coming, by the way?"

"Brilliantly. It's going to be a wonderful party."

"Have Titania and Oberon tried to talk you out of marrying so young yet?"

"Only every other day."

"Well they did eventually get married... or sort of. It's not like they changed their ways, and why should they? They've never had any problems before, and I'm sure they'd be bored if it were any less than perfectly open."

"Well, they have rings now."

"Yes. Maybe that's the only difference."

"You don't marry so thing will be different, Bottom. You marry so things will stay the same." He tipped his hat at her.






Verdict: Semagic is pretty easy to use, and convenient too. I'll probably stick with it, I think. Thanks for the suggestion, aledstrange!

Oh, and a tip o' the hat to Neil Gaiman. I'm borrowing pretty heavily from him here. Bottom and Puck have a bit of a Nuala and Cluracan thing going on.

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Even if you don't ship Ripp and Ophelia, he's still there as her friend, and a romance sim. It's not so neat and tidy. Also, there's Tank too, who has nobody. There's a big imbalance between males and females (and maybe that's why so many people go down the m/m road in S'town). Definitely not as neat and tidy (or boring, I think) as Pleasantview.

Puck's bio makes it seem like Hermia is the only thing that will make him happy, and he wants to go steady with her, so that won me over. I honestly don't think Puck is any more good looking than Mercutio. They're both sort of good looking, but sort of not.

Tybalt is a sad character. I really like him. I gave him that new messy, nerdy hair by fanseelamb, and I like it.

[smjosh1218.livejournal.com]

That's true. Poor Tank.

I guess it just depends. Puck has the straight up Elf Face, so if that's your thing, you tend to go for it more than Mercutio, who's edited. I like them both.

It depends on how you look at it. I see Tybalt as a sort of rich, spoiled jerk who goes around being an ass to everyone because he can. On the other hand, I feel bad because he has no friends. (He's kind of like Tank in that way, isn't he?)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Tybalt and Tank do share some qualities. He's like Tank and Frances merged into one guy. (Ooooh, kinky. :P)

[smjosh1218.livejournal.com]

Hehe. That's fresh.

But, the real question is: Would you hit it?

I would... probably.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Tybalt? Or the Frances/Tank combination man? Or both? :P

I'd probably hit it too.

[smjosh1218.livejournal.com]

Tybalt. LOL at the Frances/Tank combo man. It depends on how much of each he is-- if he has that scary aggressiveness then no. Well, some of Tank's personality, and his hotness, with a little bit of Franny sprinkled in. *swoon*