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Day out with Rose and Tony!

Jun 28, 2009 19:00

As a peace offering to Jackie (since I didn't really mean to cause a proper row yesterday), Rose and I took Tony out for a bit of an adventure today. We found a theme park that's aimed at families and small children with some nice rides and animals and all sorts of things like that! It was rather fun, if quite tiring, even for me. We've looked ( Read more... )

fun adventures in normal people stuff, rose and i should hug more, tony is rather sweet, rose is brilliant, new project ideas

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jacqueline_t June 28 2009, 18:33:00 UTC

Thank you, both of you. Tony hasn't stopped raving about his day since he walked in!

I'm NOT suggesting anything, mind you, but it has to be said: you two would make excellent parents.

BUT I'M NOT PUSHING. HONESTLY.

Those poor animals. They look depressed, the lot of them. And the penguins look mangy. Can penguins even get mange?

alienish_being June 28 2009, 18:49:38 UTC

Tony is rather brilliant. Although he didn't express any interest in centrifugal force while we were on the swinging pirate ship, but I expect that will come with time.

I think... for my own sanity, I will take that as you wrote it and say thank you. And maybe some day I'll tell you what parenting on Gallifrey was like!

One of the penguins definitely looked rather mangy. The others were better, but the pool smelled rather too much like chlorine.

jacqueline_t June 28 2009, 18:54:11 UTC

Although he didn't express any interest in centrifugal force while we were on the swinging pirate ship, but I expect that will come with time.

Yes, how odd.

And maybe some day I'll tell you what parenting on Gallifrey was like!

I imagine there weren't any amusement parks or fun fairs there, yeah? Or they were all about maths or something.

And really. Not pushing. Just saying you're very good with children, is all. Tony loves when you come visit. Granted, I have to put all the small appliances away for a week, but still, he's tickled, and that's enough.

The others were better, but the pool smelled rather too much like chlorine.

Poor dears.

alienish_being June 28 2009, 19:01:45 UTC

I was doing calculus when I was his age! Is that not normal for human children? He goes to a good nursery after all!

I imagine there weren't any amusement parks or fun fairs there, yeah? Or they were all about maths or something.

Parenting was a lot more... hands off in general. Children went away to study at the Academy when they were eight and even before then it wasn't nearly as involved as humans and their offspring tend to be.

And really. Not pushing. Just saying you're very good with children, is all. Tony loves when you come visit. Granted, I have to put all the small appliances away for a week, but still, he's tickled, and that's enough.

I haven't broken anything from your kitchen in at least a couple of weeks now!

And I don't mind spending time with Tony. I like kids, I'm just not sure that I could... you know.

Poor dears.

We'll do something!

Er... Pete did say he set aside some money for bail, didn't he?

rose_m_t June 28 2009, 19:04:20 UTC

Parenting was a lot more... hands off in general. Children went away to study at the Academy when they were eight and even before then it wasn't nearly as involved as humans and their offspring tend to be.

It sounds like a lonely childhood. :( Did you at least have mates to play with?

alienish_being June 28 2009, 19:11:08 UTC

I had friends, of course, but the emphasis was always on growing up quickly. Humans in your era place a lot of value in childhood and then teenage years and that experience. Children on Gallifrey were expected to grow up quickly, because age and wisdom were the valued qualities.

rose_m_t June 28 2009, 19:17:53 UTC

I guess humans haven't always been like this either, have they? It's hard to believe that not to long ago, kids were expected to work and had to grow up quickly too.

alienish_being June 28 2009, 19:21:50 UTC

There were definitely elements of that. And, like all children, we found our ways around things as best we could. But Time Lords definitely expected a lot from children.

rose_m_t June 28 2009, 19:25:02 UTC

Seems a shame. You all lived such long lives - what's the rush to grow up then?

But speaking of childhood and so on, what were your parents like? I've always been curious.

alienish_being June 28 2009, 19:32:34 UTC

My people... weren't exactly renowned for being thrill-seekers or partiers. Our age and knowledge were what set us apart from the rest of the universe, so that was encouraged while things considered pointless weren't.

I wasn't a very good Time Lord. After the war, I often used to think how ironic it was that I was the last.

Now I don't care quite as much, but every so often I still think about how ridiculous it seems.

And my parents were... distant. I hardly knew them. I was brought up by Gallifreyan carers and robots for my first eight years, then teachers at the Academy after that.

rose_m_t June 28 2009, 19:46:59 UTC

I know this was normal for you, and you can't imagine anything else, but I need to hug you now. And I might not let go for a while.

alienish_being June 28 2009, 19:53:44 UTC

:D Strangely enough, Rose, normal or not, I would never protest at an extended hug!

jacqueline_t June 28 2009, 20:11:55 UTC

I was doing calculus when I was his age! Is that not normal for human children?

Not really, Doctor, no. He can count to 300, and he knows some basic addition. But that's all they really do at this age. Calculus comes...later. In the teens, for humans.

Children went away to study at the Academy when they were eight and even before then it wasn't nearly as involved as humans and their offspring tend to be.

You poor dear! What if you had a nightmare? What if you fell down and hurt yourself? A boy needs his mother, I don't care what
planet he's on.

I haven't broken anything from your kitchen in at least a couple of weeks now!

Not you, you dummy, I meant Tony. He's got this pencil with a blue eraser that he calls his "sonic." After you leave, he runs around the house pointing it at things and wondering why they don't "splode." Then he tries to take them apart to figure out how they work. Can't imagine where he got that idea.

I like kids, I'm just not sure that I could... you know.I understand. But no one ever thinks they're ready ( ... )

alienish_being June 28 2009, 20:39:39 UTC

Not really, Doctor, no. He can count to 300, and he knows some basic addition. But that's all they really do at this age. Calculus comes...later. In the teens, for humans.

Well three hundred is a promising start. Maybe I should start by showing him some nice multiplying.

You poor dear! What if you had a nightmare? What if you fell down and hurt yourself? A boy needs his mother, I don't care what planet he's on.

I just... dealt with it. I mean, I had friends and the equivalent of a sick bay if I injured myself, but nightmares and tripping over were something that weren't really important. You were expected to grow out of them. There were some adults whose job it was to look after us, of course, but most things we dealt with fine.

Not you, you dummy, I meant Tony. He's got this pencil with a blue eraser that he calls his "sonic." After you leave, he runs around the house pointing it at things and wondering why they don't "splode." Then he tries to take them apart to figure out how they work. Can't imagine where he got that idea.Hee ( ... )

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