YIPPEE!!!! <bounce bounce bounce squee!!!> SHE UPDATED!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!
You know, I am definately in favour of reading about the everyday interactions of the characters we know and love, and here's why... I already like them. I like who they are when they're in trouble, yes, or when they're being ushy gushy, or when they're having nervous muppety breakdowns... but you know what? I ALSO love them because of just who they are in general, all the little jokes and irritations and playfulness that makes up the everyday.
So... I like this. A lot. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! See?
TogetherAgain said:
Kermit smiled. “Come faster,” he teased. He turned to look at his wall of pictures.
Aw... so sweet! And oh! Pictures!!!
“I’m trying,” Robin said. He put a small book back on a small shelf in his room and quietly crept to his door. Kermit’s back was to him. He smiled, took a running hop, and pounced on his uncle’s back.
“Ooft!” Kermit threw his hand out to keep from crashing into the wall. He chuckled. “What happened to warning me when you do that?”
“I forgot,” Robin said. “What were you doing?”
<giggles> Oh, Robin is such a funny little kid!!! I love him tackling Kermit, and then "I forgot"! Oh, and how sweet is it that Kermit doesn't say he can't do it... just to warn him first! You're gonna spoil him, Kermit!
“Oh I was just looking at these pictures,” Kermit said. “I was thinking about getting a separate one for the theater. But we’ll see. Right now, we’ve gotta go.”
Again... OOOOHHHH!!! PICTURES!!!!
“Okay,” Robin said. “Look out below!” He hopped to the floor and hurried to the middle step of the stairs. “Hey Uncle Kermit, look, I’m-“
“Halfway down the stairs?” Kermit finished as he headed down.
Oh, I love that... that thing that they share between them, and that eventually it gets incorporated into the Muppet show. These personal little things are what really make characters come to life. It's such a treat to read this...
“What’s a theater?”
“Robin, I’ve told you what a theater is.”
“I know, but I forgot.”
“Sheesh.”
<laughs> <cuddles Robin>
“I wanna meet everybody!” Robin said excitedly.
I WANT HIM TO MEET EVERYBODY!!!
Robin frowned, then looked up and saw his uncle’s smile. “UNCLE KERMIT!” he whined.
Kermit laughed.
Aww... how sweet. I love Kermit teasing him right back. Such a mutual love between them, an easy, egalitarian relationship...
Kermit gulped. “Uh- sure, even the monsters,” he said, “But stick close to me then, okay?”
<grins at Robin's fearlessness and Kermit's good sense>
“I like Sweetums,” Robin said. “He’s fun! And he’s really good at hide-and-go-seek. And Jim’s gonna be there too, right? And Jerry?”
<sighs for the cuteness and amusement of Sweetums being good at hide and seek>
“That’s Jerry Nelson.”
“Is he gonna be there?”
Well, if Robin's there...
“Is she the chicken?”
“Yup.”
“What’s a chicken?”
“Um… You’ll see.”
“When?”
“Well, when we get there. When you meet Camilla.”
I like the circular nature of these adorable questions... Kermit has the patience of a saint.
“I like walks,” Robin said. But a few blocks later, it was a different story. “Uncle Kermit? How much longer?”
“We’re about halfway there,” Kermit said.
<smiles> Ah, halfway...
They walked another block.
“My flippers hurt,” Robin said.
Kermit scrunched up his face. “All right,” he said, “Hop on.”
Robin didn’t need to be told twice. He hopped on Kermit’s back.
Aww... such a good Uncle! Oh, all this interaction between the two of them is so... cuddleable! Love the walking speed teasing! Oh, and the racing Jim stuff... so precious and priceless and ooh, wonderful!!!
“Sure,” Kermit said. He sat down on the floor. “We’re not doing that on the way home.”
<giggles> I don't know... I think if Robin really wants to, he could convince Kermit.
Robin groaned.
Jim blinked.
<loves the blink>
“Okay!” Robin said enthusiastically. He hesitated. “Uncle Kermit? What’s construction?”
<giggles> Oh, I'd be so close to strangling that cutey!
They sat on the stage in a large shape that was supposed to be a circle, but in truth looked more like a deformed peanut.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Peanut!!!!!
They were on the stage because it was the only place in the theater that wasn’t under construction and could fit all of them. As Kermit reflected, they had grown quite a bit since their trip to Hollywood.
Yeah... they sure have, in numbers and in spirit methinks. Kermit, at least, has grown by leaps and bounds as a leader... as their leader. And I think, by this point, at least a few of them would follow him anywhere.
When they finally quieted down- a process that kept taking more and more time- Kermit put his hand on Robin’s back. “Guys, this is my little nephew Robin. He’ll be around sometimes,” he said. “Like now.”
Aww.... what a sweet, Kermity introduction... I love the hand on the back...
Oh, and Robin meeting Fozzie! <bounces>
people they had worked with before who were crazy enough to come back. For example, that blue eagle over there, staring at them all, and probably wondering why on earth he was here. That was Sam the American Eagle, and he had agreed to be their censor. Thank goodness, he still couldn’t work the drop button.
HAHAHAHA!!! OH! So much to love about this!! The people crazy enough to come back, and of course, Sam being Sam, MCC reference sort of with that wondering why he was here and yes, it's a good thing he can't work that button!!!!
Then there was that man, who wore an apron and a chef’s hat, and spoke some peculiar language that no one could understand. They couldn’t pronounce his name, so they called him The Swedish Chef. He sounded vaguely Swedish, anyway. He would have a cooking segment and, in theory, raise money for the show.
<giggles> Clearly no one yet understand fully the difference between theory and practice... or have actually seen him cook. Actually, the way you wrote it makes it sound like the Chef was hired because of the way he was dressed! Come to think of that... that wouldn't surprise me. <giggles>
In the interests of time I'm not quoting all of the character introductions, but they all made me laugh and sigh and fall for the wacky characters all over again. Bunsen's was especially funny! Poor Beaker!
And whether Kermit liked it or not, most every monster they had ever worked with was also there. This had a great deal to do with why they were installing cages in the basement.
<bounces> HA! Awesome... sort of a hilariously practical for a ridiculous problem. Oh no we have monsters! What will we do? Build cages! And no one asks WHY they have monsters on the payroll...
Kermit shrugged. “It wouldn’t hurt to ask,” he said. “…Unless I’m just talking to Animal…”
“Who’s Animal?” Robin asked.
“I’ll explain later,” Kermit said softly.
<laughs> Oh, lovely! And true! And YAY for the MAYHEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
They heard a steady thudding, distinctly different from the construction sounds. They turned as it grew louder.
There stood a tall monster. A very, very tall monster. He was a hulking, shaggy beast with big bulgy eyes, tattered clothes, and thick, powerful hands. For that matter, every part of his body was thick and powerful. His head alone looked larger than most of the Muppets. His huge jaw creaked open. “Sorry I’m late,” his voice rolled.
Robin hopped into the air. “SWEETUMS!”
...
Best.
Most awesome.
Electrifyingly vivid.
Description of Sweetum.
In the
History.
Oh Muppetness.
That is all.
Thank you.
Oh, and since YOU can nag...
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