Well I *said* I was making a bunch of shit up as I go, right?
First of all, how the hell is Mom going to live without me? Jeebus Fucking Christmas.
Mom: I need you to help me with my homework.
Mom: First I need a nap.
Mom: Also, call ADT - the motion sensor in the kitchen isn't working.
Me: STOP TALKING TO ME WHEN I'M ON THE PHONE WITH ADT.
ADT: Uh, sensor's fine. But the alarm system isn't connected to the phone line, so if the alarm sets off we can't tell. You need to call your phone service.
Me: You're joking.
Mom: Oh, tell ADT that when the alarm went off at the garage no one from ADT called to se if everything's okay-
Me: We're talking about that right now STOP TALKING TO ME I'M ON THE PHONE.
Mom: Time Warner Cable isn't going to come fix it in time.
Me: Let me call them anyway.
TWC: ADT told you that? When did you install the system? Three to four years ago? And we changed all the phone lines afterward? And ADT is telling you all this now? Wow, they're usually faster on this.
Me: Look, please send anyone and soon.
Mom: Thank you for taking care of this hot mess for me!!!!
Me: How are you gonna live without me?
Mom: That's why we'll live together! Or I'll move somewhere really close to you!
Me: D:
Mom: :DDDDDD
What is my life.
So I'm going through the Flynn Lives Wiki to map out everything leading up to the events of the movie and, uh, "canon" and I branch away on a lot of things. In short, I was going with my middle class experiences and totally forgetting we're talking about a rich white boy with a lot of issues. I just had no idea the people behind the canon went all out with the "I'm privileged and yet miserable because Mom's dead and Dad disappeared baaaaaaaaaaw" bit.
I feel no sense of sympathy/empathy towards Sam Flynn right now and it's fucking with my head. Like, cry all you want, Pretty White Boy. I'm a middle class East Asian-American woman who's luckily able-bodied and is currently in debt to the government and has no idea what she's going to do in the near/far future. You know how shitty it is right now being in the lower half of the middle class? You know how shitty it will always be being non-White and with a (pain in the ass) uterus that she accepts as a part of herself?
So whatever privilege "canon" accorded you I'm going to take away because otherwise I can't write you. I don't care if you're now the single largest shareholder of one of the biggest companies in your fictional world. I get the feeling your dad was never big on using his wealth to accord you the kind of privileges you'd otherwise get because he's Kevin Fucking Flynn and you're going to inherit that sense and you're going to a regular ass high school before you fuck off to CalTech (and drop out).
Whatever. It's the best I can do when presented with this kind of information. Rocketship asks for this, not that, and I'm going to listen to the story the best I can. If I can fit "canon" I will. If Rocketship says no, I'm kicking it out.
I said I was making shit up as I go, didn't I?
...holy shit. I did not mean to get as angry with the information presented in the TRON: Legacy Viral Wiki Timeline as I did. Don't worry, I'm still writing Rocketship.
I need to take a break.
Mom: I need you to help me with my homework.
Mom: First I need a nap.
Mom: Also, call ADT - the motion sensor in the kitchen isn't working.
Me: STOP TALKING TO ME WHEN I'M ON THE PHONE WITH ADT.
ADT: Uh, sensor's fine. But the alarm system isn't connected to the phone line, so if the alarm sets off we can't tell. You need to call your phone service.
Me: You're joking.
Mom: Oh, tell ADT that when the alarm went off at the garage no one from ADT called to se if everything's okay-
Me: We're talking about that right now STOP TALKING TO ME I'M ON THE PHONE.
Mom: Time Warner Cable isn't going to come fix it in time.
Me: Let me call them anyway.
TWC: ADT told you that? When did you install the system? Three to four years ago? And we changed all the phone lines afterward? And ADT is telling you all this now? Wow, they're usually faster on this.
Me: Look, please send anyone and soon.
Mom: Thank you for taking care of this hot mess for me!!!!
Me: How are you gonna live without me?
Mom: That's why we'll live together! Or I'll move somewhere really close to you!
Me: D:
Mom: :DDDDDD
What is my life.
So I'm going through the Flynn Lives Wiki to map out everything leading up to the events of the movie and, uh, "canon" and I branch away on a lot of things. In short, I was going with my middle class experiences and totally forgetting we're talking about a rich white boy with a lot of issues. I just had no idea the people behind the canon went all out with the "I'm privileged and yet miserable because Mom's dead and Dad disappeared baaaaaaaaaaw" bit.
I feel no sense of sympathy/empathy towards Sam Flynn right now and it's fucking with my head. Like, cry all you want, Pretty White Boy. I'm a middle class East Asian-American woman who's luckily able-bodied and is currently in debt to the government and has no idea what she's going to do in the near/far future. You know how shitty it is right now being in the lower half of the middle class? You know how shitty it will always be being non-White and with a (pain in the ass) uterus that she accepts as a part of herself?
So whatever privilege "canon" accorded you I'm going to take away because otherwise I can't write you. I don't care if you're now the single largest shareholder of one of the biggest companies in your fictional world. I get the feeling your dad was never big on using his wealth to accord you the kind of privileges you'd otherwise get because he's Kevin Fucking Flynn and you're going to inherit that sense and you're going to a regular ass high school before you fuck off to CalTech (and drop out).
Whatever. It's the best I can do when presented with this kind of information. Rocketship asks for this, not that, and I'm going to listen to the story the best I can. If I can fit "canon" I will. If Rocketship says no, I'm kicking it out.
I said I was making shit up as I go, didn't I?
...holy shit. I did not mean to get as angry with the information presented in the TRON: Legacy Viral Wiki Timeline as I did. Don't worry, I'm still writing Rocketship.
I need to take a break.