maybe I wasn't meant to write for children

[zenithblue]

My colleagues were with me as far as "child of a changeling trying to establish personal identity and understand her family legacy by trekking out across a dangerous uncharted faerie wilderness," but then I lost them with the phrase: "...accompanied only by Bill, a magical tapeworm."

Poll

Comments

[helpimarock]

I picked the second choice in the poll, but only b/c it fits my brand of snarkiness. I'm actually captivated by the presence of Bill and his potential impact on the changeling child's journey. Will his tapeworm magic affect the child's encounters amongst the faeries? Will he ever make it to the lower intestine? Will he ever see Rome in spring time?

;)

[goselam]

I work in a store which sells music and videos. Every so often, our DVD department receives a copy of a kids' movie whose protagonist is literally a piece of dog crap.

[zenithblue]

My jaw hit my chest when I clicked that link...

The thing that gets me is that it doesn't even look like typical children's potty humor, it looks...whimsical? WTF?

[anonymous]

I was glad to see such a wide range of poll responses.

[sliding_doors]

i'd take my whole family.

[antarcticlust]

In my answer, the emphasis is on the YOU, not the HELL. Meaning, what the hell is wrong with YOU? That's an AWESOME idea, and I'd absolutely take my kid to that play.

But I'm a scientist, and gut parasites make us hot.

[zenithblue]

All right, this had me rolling. Bill the Magical Parasite may have to meet the Good Alchemical Witch of the North in my play. She'll want to examine him but he'll convince her to play Scrabble instead.

[antarcticlust]

It also made me think of a call in to the Stephanie Miller show yesterday where someone said that (since she's having trouble sleeping even with Rx drugs) she has a very sleepy tapeworm who is eating all of her drugs, which was apparently on House recently.