The best things in life are blue 1/3oddeggJuly 15 2011, 22:15:56 UTC
(hope this is somewhere close to what you wanted, anon)
Raven is six and she lives with Hank, who is her very best friend in the whole world (and any others she can imagine). Hank is big and blue and he has soft, fluffy fur. He wears glasses and he’s real smart and he’s wonderful to curl up with and nap when you get tired.
They live in a house with a great big garden that is sometimes an alien landscape instead. Raven has a treehouse in the big Chestnut that’s totally awesome and that only she and Hank are allowed in. NOBODY ELSE! She has a sign to that effect on the bottom of the ladder up to it
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The best things in life are blue 2/3oddeggJuly 15 2011, 22:17:38 UTC
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Raven’s parents weren’t her parents when she was born. Hank didn’t know her then either. ‘You were kind of small and scrawny then’ he says ‘But you could shriek really loud. Sometimes you’d do it for so long you went blue’
‘Blue is a great colour to be’ Raven tells him and Hank beams. ‘Yes’ he says ‘It is’
Raven is adopted, which her Dad tells her meant that they wanted her very much and that they had chosen her especially out of loads of kids to be their little girl. (Her Papa mutters, was it too late for an exchange or refund and Dad stomps on his foot)
Raven says ‘When I grow up I’m going to adopt too’ and her Dad says, oh, that’s lovely… and Raven adds ‘I’m going to adopt a monkey that can swing about on things.’ and her Dad says, oh…
‘It’s going to be blue’ says Raven.
Her Papa says, that’s a very good idea. Then he says to Dad, what? Would you trust her with an actual baby
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The best things in life are blue 3/3oddeggJuly 15 2011, 22:18:38 UTC
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Sometimes (she’s noticed it happens a lot after she’s done something artistic or inventive actually. Hank drew a chart to plot it) her parents go out in the evening for Adult Alone Time.
That means Raven and Hank get left with their arch-enemy, Emma the babysitter.
‘But Emma’s EVIL!!’ Raven wails as her parents get ready to go out. ‘She’s cold and evil and I think she can read minds! She’s probably plotting to destroy the world!’
Her Dad looks uncertain for a moment and Raven thinks he might be weakening. But then her Papa gives Dad a look and says, she decided she was a mountaineer today. She hammered nails into your bookcase as crampons.
So Raven gets shouted at and her parents go out anyway. Her and Hank have an emergency plotting session and come up with a brilliant plan to subdue Emma and tie her up and call for the police to help them but as soon as Emma walks in the door she narrows her eyes at them and says, don’t even think about it.
Re: The best things in life are blue 3/3a_qJuly 16 2011, 04:25:29 UTC
So cute :) And the poker, the best! Everyone knows iron is the only thing that works for under-the-bed-monsters, I mean, everyone whose read Discworld-books. Pokers are the best :D And Hank the Tiger is the greatest. Amazing little story!
Awwwww <3 So much love for this fill. I like how innocently you worked in all their powers by telling it from Raven's POV. Absolutely seamless. Absolutely genius.
Basically, Raven as Calvin, Hank or Azazel (or really, anyone else) as Hobbs. Erik and Charles as her bemused and sometimes exasperated parents.
Seeking big imaginations and childlike wonder :)
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Raven is six and she lives with Hank, who is her very best friend in the whole world (and any others she can imagine). Hank is big and blue and he has soft, fluffy fur. He wears glasses and he’s real smart and he’s wonderful to curl up with and nap when you get tired.
They live in a house with a great big garden that is sometimes an alien landscape instead. Raven has a treehouse in the big Chestnut that’s totally awesome and that only she and Hank are allowed in. NOBODY ELSE! She has a sign to that effect on the bottom of the ladder up to it ( ... )
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Raven’s parents weren’t her parents when she was born. Hank didn’t know her then either. ‘You were kind of small and scrawny then’ he says ‘But you could shriek really loud. Sometimes you’d do it for so long you went blue’
‘Blue is a great colour to be’ Raven tells him and Hank beams. ‘Yes’ he says ‘It is’
Raven is adopted, which her Dad tells her meant that they wanted her very much and that they had chosen her especially out of loads of kids to be their little girl. (Her Papa mutters, was it too late for an exchange or refund and Dad stomps on his foot)
Raven says ‘When I grow up I’m going to adopt too’ and her Dad says, oh, that’s lovely… and Raven adds ‘I’m going to adopt a monkey that can swing about on things.’ and her Dad says, oh…
‘It’s going to be blue’ says Raven.
Her Papa says, that’s a very good idea. Then he says to Dad, what? Would you trust her with an actual baby ( ... )
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Sometimes (she’s noticed it happens a lot after she’s done something artistic or inventive actually. Hank drew a chart to plot it) her parents go out in the evening for Adult Alone Time.
That means Raven and Hank get left with their arch-enemy, Emma the babysitter.
‘But Emma’s EVIL!!’ Raven wails as her parents get ready to go out. ‘She’s cold and evil and I think she can read minds! She’s probably plotting to destroy the world!’
Her Dad looks uncertain for a moment and Raven thinks he might be weakening. But then her Papa gives Dad a look and says, she decided she was a mountaineer today. She hammered nails into your bookcase as crampons.
So Raven gets shouted at and her parents go out anyway. Her and Hank have an emergency plotting session and come up with a brilliant plan to subdue Emma and tie her up and call for the police to help them but as soon as Emma walks in the door she narrows her eyes at them and says, don’t even think about it.
Raven knew she could read minds ( ... )
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And Hank the Tiger is the greatest.
Amazing little story!
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So pleased you liked it, love!
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But I have to ask.
Did you make hank a cat?
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