Mollyig... I actually have the two songs in my head right now (especially the ' I like you, Me’ song. In order to write that last episode I had to write the actual tunes...Now I have possession of The Big Rainbow House: The Musical....beware such things.
BD...I try to throw wrenches in the works as often as I can. If there had been more shows like this one o television when I was a kid...I would have been glued to the set.
BV... Thank you! I just close my eyes and try to imagine what life would be like if I ran the Television world. Strange, I'll bet...strange and a bit scary.
Polgara...Yes. Sneaky and in love is the plan. I'd really love a little tribute to Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet...(You know what scene I mean...right? Right.)
Mrs. Vertigo…You are most welcome for the Children's Station...believe me when I say that the pleasure is most definitely ALL MINE in these cases. I Really don't know what is going to happen while I'm writing...so when it comes out on paper (or on screen) it's a real surprise....it keeps it fun for me. So I should be thanking YOU for allowing me to remain entertained!
TareBearRS...Hopefully all of the stories do not lead to a giant canyon where we all are propelled to fly off the edge while wearing teeny-tiny little bungee cords...I like to imagine the ends of these fics as 'sitting in a cozy chair...with my geek glasses and my mini Palm top, plotting the end of the (fic) world as we know it… like some genius hacker. (can we say too much caffeine for Niki?)
unionjill30...Yes...I guess subconsciously I am still a child of the 80's. I'm going to have to go with Sesame Street sized...That would make them bigger than King Friday...but smaller than Big Bird...and it would make Rupert the Mouse smaller than a bread box, but big enough to ride around in Barbie's shiny pink Corvette…oh yeah…I think he’d like that.
Grimlock72... Answers to life's big questions: I'd say that Rosey would be embarrassed of her name because her father isn't well liked around those parts...as most resort owners on the lovely Hawaiian Islands are not. Next off...I changed Tara's name to Kali for Hawaiian familiarity purposes and nothing more. It is her Hawaiian name. Though it is not common for adopted children to have their names changed, I WAS adopted...and my name WAS changed...so I'm just taking a little slice of my own life here...just like I did with the Late Shift. (which was Totally true story, you know)...Third off...I'm glad you enjoyed the Children's show. Don't you think we should all be happy and sing along for the good of all humanity?
JewWitch18...I was hoping to have a kid's show (or any show) where two gay characters could share a room...a bed for that matter...and it's not even an after-thought. It should be a given...like Lucy and Desi after pushing their beds together in the later years...and not so much like the mysterious toilet in the Brady House. Not seen and not spoke of for fear of offending the audience. The day this happens (without one of the characters having to die as penance) I too will burst into wonky tears of happiness.
LeatherQueen...You always seem to get my sense of humour. How do you do it? Are you me...but in another state? (State of land...not state of mind) Are you a geek that wears glasses? Do you peruse the science and technology section of a library when you enter? Do you sometimes get computer magazines in the mail and then act all surprised like you have no idea what they are? Cuz if you do...then you ARE me...and I'm glad the world domination of Niki clones has finally begun. Horray! (catches coffee beans)
Mix.... I don't know why...but I really like your screen name...it sounds so tekkie...so...belongs in the Futopia channel episode... (not that I'm hinting that I want your name for my story because that would just be ficstitution...and I never pimp my stories with other people’s names...never ever....
(can I use it?)
tkheaven...I'm glad you liked this channel...I have to say, this new avatar is something of an eye-catcher (not like the previous one...but in the running for colourful) Please keep shocking me with them...it's the only adventure in my days...
Grimaldi... Oh master of the ephemeral sentence...teach me your ways so that I too may become one with the universe. (damn...have I already failed in that sentence alone?)
Channel 3: The SO-REAL Network
Oak Avenue, CA Episode 1: Part TwoWillow shifts from foot to foot in the darkened hallway. She is wearing a pair of puffy cloud pajama bottoms and a light blue T-shirt.
" Hi." Willow says from the hall. Tara stands in the doorway for several seconds, looking at her visitor. " I brought you candles. I didn't know if you had any...and my electricity has been going bazonkers all night...I just thought if you had the same problem...well then...you would need candles...and here I brought a few extra just in case. Candles." Willow says…and finally takes a breath...smiles...and waits for a reaction...ANY reaction from the blond staring at her.
Tara seems to find herself...and her manners to boot. She pulls open the door wider and steps out of the way.
" Come in." She says
Willow walks into the room and sees the score of candles already lit in the room.
" Looks like you have all the candles you need." She says...more to herself than to Tara.
" A girl could never have enough...candles..." Tara says, making room on her bed for them to sit...glad to have someone here to make the shadows in the room seem to be...only...shadows.
Willow sits down and looks around the room.
" You made your room up so nice...mine looks like a nun's quarters."
" I'm sure it doesn't." Tara says with a little laugh...not sure why it came out sounding like a nervous titter.
" Oh...I've got a cousin in a nunnery...she's got much better decorations than I do. It's cozy and cool, really... In a nunny way." Willow says.
"Right." Tara says with mock seriousness at Willow’s banter. " Thank you for the candles."
" Yeah...they even smell nice...but only when they're...flamey...you know..."
Tara notes that the red head seems to be as nervous as she is. But while Tara tends to pull herself in...like the petals of a flower at dusk...Willow appears to chatter incessantly.
" I brought a lot of candles...a LOT...I'm sort of... afraid of the dark."
Willow adds...
" How did you get all the way across the house from your room?" Tara asks.
" Oh it was easy enough… I ran…
Fast...with my eyes closed. I had to relight the candle when I got to your door...and I think that was the worst part...digging for matches and trying to light it with...my eyes still closed....am I babbling?"
Tara laughs.
" Yes. Kind of." She says, looking at Willow thoughtfully.
The White Room
Tara rakes her fingers down through her blond hair.
Tara... " It WAS really nice of her to come all the way over to my room when she’s got a fear of the dark. She's very nice. She talks a lot (smiles) But I like that. It’s like she has a whole lot of really great thoughts coming out of her mouth all at once...and all of them are wonderful... (then, as an afterthought) It was funny...the whole time she was there...and we were talking and laughing...I didn't even put a second thought to the house...it was like everything else had gone out of FOCUS...except us…does that sound odd?"
Tara's Room
Tara and Willow are laughing on the edge of her bed...their laughter fades to intermittent chuckles...then to serious looks on both of the girls' faces. They look at each other for a very long span of time.
Tara and Willow both mutually lean heavier on the hands that are on the bed between them as they start to move in for....something...
K.C.'s Room...via Satellite
We are on a hand held camera. The picture is shaky, but easy to make out. Tara's high school boyfriend is fiddling with his hair in the mirror...his friend Kyle is sitting in a chair near the television. His mouth drops open.
" Dude...you HAVE to see this." Kyle says.
"What?" K.C. says into the mirror.
" I think your... is about to...you better come and see for yourself...." Kyle says with an awe-filled grin. K.C. Puts the brush down and walks towards the television...
Tara's Room
Tara and Willow ease towards each other...senses tingling...breathing rapid...heads swimming with the impending contact...Tara reaches up and puts a hand on Willow's cheek...Willow puts a hand on Tara's throat...They close their eyes....
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Three loud raps…the bedroom door slams open… and the girls break apart and spin away from each other so quickly that Willow falls off the side of the bed.
" Are you hearing this house??? Is this the scariest s**t you ever heard??? I totally knew you would be terrified right now...so I'm here to keep you company...or warm...or whatever..." Tustin says with a lascivious grin. He nods at Willow picking herself up off the floor. " Hiya Red. I can extend that offer if you want...there's enough of the Tustin to go around..."
He closes the door behind him and walks over to the bed...where he makes himself at home by plunking down and picking up the picture on her nightstand of her and K.C. Smiling up at the camera.
“Pleh.” Tustin says and sets it back down.
" I should go." Willow says, flustered and blushing profusely. Tara doesn't know what to think...so she goes on gut reaction.
She moves in front of the door to block Willow.
"No!...You're not going...TUSTIN is going...." She says pointedly. They look at each other.
(I don’t know what just happened…but by god it’s going to happen again if it kills…well…if it kills Tustin…)
“Out.” Tara said again to the lounging goon on her bed.
" I'm not going anywhere...besides...I'm scared. You would put me out there in the house...alone?…vulnerable?" Tustin pouts.
" Yes. Get out." Tara says firmly...still keeping Willow from her escape.
Tustin sighs.
"Fine...but wen the house starts that creaking, groaning crap all over...don't come running to me." He gets up and Tara moves aside to let him out.
He swings open the door.
" Hi guys! I heard a party down here." Alec says from the hall. He is pasty-pale and moving forward too fast to stop. He lets himself in quickly.
" Plus I'm kind of scared out of my gourd right now...so that too..." He says as he shuts the door. Now Tustin and Alec are in the room with them.
Tara bites back a scream of frustration.
" I’m pretty sure I just saw the ghost." Alec says matter-of-factly before taking a much-earned unconscious nosedive into the area rug in the middle of the room.
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All right my dears…let’s do this next round by majority rules…First three highest voted channels.
Pick up your clickers and cast your vote.
Your Channels:
Channel Two: The Living Woman Network
Channel Three: The SO-REAL Network
Channel Four: Must Flee T.V.
Channel Five: Pacific Tides Television
Channel Six: Flashbackland
Channel Seven: Futopia Channel
Channel Eight: Children’s Broadcast Station
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holy crap! where did all the super-techno smilies and options come from? nice.
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at: 12/11/02 8:45:26 am
A dark and inspired mind can work some scary mojo through that little petri dish of a station. It’s just a natural habitat for all things insane and brainwashy. As a kid I deeply despised all children shows, cause I thought they were telling me what to think. Which, y’know, they were. Now I find that stuff hilarious. 
. Since I have a short attention span like the children you were talking about I'm going to go and watch some flashy commercials and and think about how I absolutely must have that Barbie Dream House or I'll just die. 
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arrrgh! why are dumb boys so dumb?? tustin reminds me of a guy who hounded me and my girlfriend all night at this club a while back... he kept saying, "I know you're a lesbian, but I'm a man." as in, step aside so I can input my override code. moron.
) and I'm gonna go out on a limb and cast a vote for "nine west," hoping it will lead to tara galloping into town in chaps and a stetson (mama yama!) and not a shoe-buying variety hour...
