(Not) In Her Element

[readerjane]

Title: (Not) In Her Element
Prompt: Lead
Timeline: Sunnydale, any time before Chosen
Disclaimer: still not mine, alas

In Sunnydale, the jump-rope songs teach self-defense. One for sunlight, two for threshold. Three and four and shut-the-door. Never invite a stranger. See if they can enter without invitation

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[beer_good_foamy]

In Sunnydale, the jump-rope songs teach self-defense. One for sunlight, two for threshold. Three and four and shut-the-door. Never invite a stranger. See if they can enter without invitation.

Oh, I love this little detail. Of course children's games will incorporate all those things that the grownups ignore. Beautiful.

And chilling ending.

[readerjane]

Thank you!

[garnigal]

This is wonderful. I love the idea of kids learning about Sunnydale safety in a skipping game - inspired.

[readerjane]

Thank you!

[a2zmom]

Love this. So much detail in so few words.

[readerjane]

Thanks!

[rebcake]

This is really great. I adore the bit about child rhymes as warnings. Aren't they all?

Naturally the kids are so much more clued in than the grownups of Sunnydale!

I have a fic with this as an element. It might someday see the light of day, but this is so much more concisce.

[readerjane]

Thank you.

I think kids tend to regard whatever they've grown up with as normal. So they'd be less invested in pretending the things that go bump in the night aren't there.

[mierke]

Love this. Very chilling read of what life in Sunnydale is like! Amazing how you can paint such a clear atmosphere in so few words.

[readerjane]

Thank you so much.