MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION #5: POOR LITTLE ORPHAN GIRL
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(As usual, after going to bed, the Whimsies still had a lot to say about the latest episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. I only happened to hear a small portion of their discussion. Still, judging from the emotion and enthusiasm in their hushed voices, this was the issue of the greatest importance to them.)
Tessie. Well, the whole ‘people blowing up’ story was good and all that, but that wasn’t what this episode was REALLY about, you know.
Trixie. What do you mean? People who make fire and blow up….that’s not good enough for you?
Tessie. I SAID it was good. I just mean it wasn’t the most important thing that happened.
Tillie. Then what was?
Tessie. Well…all that stuff about Skye, obviously.
Trixie. (suddenly realizing) Oh…yeah!
Tillie. (nodding) Yeah…obviously! We find out so much about her.
Trixie. And it’s important stuff, to be sure. But to tell you the truth, I didn’t like the path we had to take to get to it.
Tessie. You mean because at first we think she’s betraying the others? At first we think she really IS still with the Rising Tide and she wants to do something bad to the other SHIELD agents?
Trixie. Exactly. That was so upsetting!
Tessie. (nodding) Upsetting…
Tillie. I know! It seems like every week they keep swinging us back and forth, back and forth, wondering what’s really going on with her, wondering if we can trust her or not.
Tessie. I know! When we saw her with her boyfriend, the way they were talking, my heart just sank and I thought, ‘Oh no! She really IS a double agent!”
Tillie. I hate to say it, but when I saw that, I started wondering how the heck we’re ever going to get out of this. I started wondering what the show would be like if Skye was still on it, but she wasn’t WITH them anymore, she was against them.
Trixie. You mean, what if she turned out to be one of the super villains?
Tessie. (upset) Don’t even say it!!
Trixie. Well, I don’t have to say it anymore, cos now it seems pretty clear that she really is good.
Tillie. She’s not evil, Tess. Not at all. She’s just a girl who wants to find her parents.
(They all pause a moment, reflect, and sigh…)
Trixie. I feel for her.
Tessie. Me too.
Tillie. (sadly) She’s an orphan.
Trixie. Like we are.
Tessie. Well, not really. We Whimsies don’t have parents, so technically we can’t be orphans. But we’ve all had times when we’ve lost something important in our lives. When we lost our… homes…
Tillie. Yeah. Even though we don’t have parents, we all know what it’s like to lose everything in our lives that’s important…everything that means something to us…
(Again they pause, reflect, and sigh…. At this moment they all seemed so despondent, I was about to walk in and suggest we all sit down to watch some Gumby and Pokey episodes together, but then I heard my name mentioned….)
Trixie. Did you hear Miss Chrissy talking with The Man about it? Did you hear her say she thought it was a little bit…hokey?
Tillie. Yeah, that’s what she said.
Tessie. What do you think she meant by that?
Tillie. I think she meant that maybe it’s….it’s been overdone. It’s OVER-sentimentalized. She said ‘ the sad little orphan story’ was just too easy.
Trixie. Yeah. I heard her talking about Annie.
Tessie. Who’s Annie?
Trixie. It’s that comic strip, that became a movie, about the little red-headed orphan. Miss Chrissy said, ‘What are we supposed to think? That she’s Little Orphan Annie?’
Tessie. I heard that, but I didn’t know what she meant. It’s a movie?
Tillie. It’s a really good movie! It’s a musical. Jennifer used to watch it all the time. I always liked it.
Tessie. I never saw it.
Trixie. We’ll have to find it and watch it some time.
Tessie. And then maybe I’ll understand what Miss Chrissy meant when she said it was ‘hokey’ that Skye is an orphan?
Tille. I don’t know if I agree with her that it’s hokey.
Trixie. Well, you do have to admit, it does make everything really EASY from this point on, doesn’t it? I mean, if she was a double agent, we couldn’t go on liking her, but now that we know she’s just an orphan who wants to find her parents, now we CAN go on liking her. In fact, I can’t imagine any other way that we COULD go on liking her.
Tillie. Yeah, that was pretty clever, I guess.
Tessie. And it sure does explain a lot. How can we find that Annie movie? I want to see it. You said it’s a musical? I love musicals!!
Trixie. So do I!
Tillie. So do I! We’ll start to look for it tomorrow. Maybe it’s on the shelf.
Trixie. I think I could enjoy a nice musical about now. Especially after that movie I watched the other day with Miss Chrissy! Did I tell you guys about Twilight?
Tessie. (alarmed) The one with the werewolves??
Trixie. There were no werewolves in this one. Well, wait. There was ONE scene, but Miss Chrissy warned me it was coming, and I closed my eyes.
Tessie. (still alarmed) Werewolves??
Trixie. Not a lot. Mostly…vampires.
Tillie. Vampires?? GAAHH!! Vampires are scary!!
Trixie. No, not really. At least not these vampires…
(After this there was a long discussion about Twilight and Trixie’s new boyfriend Edward Cullen. I went to bed, wondering if I had been too hard on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD for calling the “Little Orphan Skye” development “hokey.” I also made a mental note to find Annie and leave it out on the shelf for the Whimsies to discover in the morning.)
Categories: Marvel
FALL FASHIONS, PET DINOSAURS, AND VAMPIRES
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In the last Fashion post, Trixie promised that Fall Fashions would be featured next time around. But when the Whimsies went through the latest haul from The Thrift Store Boutique, we found there was not as much Fall fashion as originally thought. Oh, well! Guess I’ll have to make another visit to the Boutique to find the girls some more outfits to wear as the weather begins to cool off.
But before I do that, some of the new clothes did indeed please the Whimsies so much that Adventure was inspired! It all started with this hat, which has a funny little patch on the front, and upon closer inspection we realized the patch says “Dino Club.” Well, this got the Whimsies talking about various dinosaurs they had known in The Hoard, and what wonderful pets dinosaurs can be. The three girls started to get a bit nostalgic for the idea of a pet. I explained that Mr. Squee is our pet, but they said no, no, no—Mr. Squee is the Dogcatcher, and their Protector. They don’t see him at all as a pet.
Tillie put on the Dino Club hat and got the idea that the three of them ought to go out on a Dinosaur Hunting Expedition. She dressed all in browns and dark green, with that Dino Hat perched jauntily atop her head and asked “Who’s with me?”
Well, Tessie decided she was up for some Adventure, as long as Mr. Squee might accompany them, to protect against any possible dogs or wolves they might encounter along the way. Tessie dressed herself in Tillie’s black beatnik dress, rolled it up over some black pants, and added a soft black hat, with orange and gray stripes. She giggled about her outfit, saying she felt more like a Cat Burglar than a Hunter, but happily pranced off with Tillie and Mr. Squee to look for dinosaurs.
Frankly, I was amazed that Tessie was being so bold. I thought her fear of dogs and wolves would keep her from ever leaving Whimsieville, but she surprised me. Perhaps she is not as timid as I had at first imagined, or perhaps she simply possesses an incredible amount of faith in Mr. Squee’s ability to keep them safe. And as you can see here, Mr. Squee was fully on alert while leading the girls on their Expedition.
Trixie, on the other hand, decided against the adventure, for she had found among the Fall Fashions this lovely pink, lilac and white ensemble of soft comfortable clothing, and declared that this outfit was just perfect for hanging around the house. She added the 
purple socks we already had in the Wardrobe, and decided to settle herself down in front of the bedroom television, for a lazy Sunday afternoon of watching movies.
I myself was feeling more inclined to Relaxation than Adventure, and so Trixie and I stayed in and watched a movie while Tillie and Tessie went out into the World, hunting dinosaurs.
And lo and behold! What do you think? They returned after only a couple of hours with a dinosaur in tow! The dinosaur’s name is Fred, and he gladly agreed to accompany them after hearing their many tales of Whimsieville, and how safe and wonderful a place it is. It appears Fred is also afraid of 
dogs and wolves, for he is only a Miniature Dinosaur, and not very adept at protecting himself. After a few words with Mr. Squee, Fred felt confident that Whimsieville could provide him with the stress-free environment he has been seeking for so long.
And so we welcome into Whimsieville the Whimsies’ new pet dinosaur, Fred. He is quiet and polite, not at all what you might expect of a dinosaur. He does not eat Kibble or Fancy Feast, so Mr. Squee doesn’t feel threatened by his presence. Fred the Dinosaur only eats blades of grass and leaves from trees, so it is no problem at all to keep him fed and happy. So far, the Whimsies are enjoying going outside each day to gather food for their new pet, and making 
sure he has plenty of fresh grape juice to drink. Now, I don’t know if most dinosaurs generally enjoy grape juice, but Fred is a big fan, and since I can see how happy he makes the Whimsies, I am perfectly willing to share my grape juice with him. Besides, since he is only a Miniature Dinosaur, he does not really drink a lot.
In other news, while Tillie and Tessie were out Dinosaur Hunting, the movie Trixie and I watched together was Twilight. At first Trixie had some trepidation about Twilight, for she had heard enough about it to know that werewolves enter into the storyline, but when I assured her no werewolves are seen until the second movie in the Twilight series, she was anxious to see the first movie. It seems little Miss Trixie has a fascination with Vampires, and she absolutely fell in love with Edward Cullen. But I’m sure she’ll tell you all about that very soon, in her next Favorite Boyfriend post.
That might be a little while, however, for she is spending a good deal of time now, along with Tillie and Tessie, cooing over their new pet Dinosaur. Fred will definitely end up being a pampered pet—even more pampered, I would guess, than our Mr. Squee!
Categories: Dinosaurs, Dog Catcher, Fashion
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION #4: NOT HAPPY…
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(When we finally sat down to watch the fourth episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, I almost wished the Whimsies had not stayed up to watch it with us. This episode disturbed them more than any other. I heard them talking about it late into the night…)
Tessie. Pssst! Hey! You guys asleep?
Trixie. (quietly) No. I can’t sleep.
Tillie. Neither can I.
Tessie. Why not? I mean…what’s…? What are you thinking about?
Trixie. Too much, really.
Tessie. About the show?
Trixie. Yeah….I don’t know that I really liked that episode.
Tessie. Me neither.
Tillie. Why not?
Tessie. It was a little…scary.
Trixie. The guys with red faces. I didn’t like that.
Tillie. I agree. That was creepy.
Trixie. And the thing with the eyeball—
Tessie. GAAAAH! I couldn’t watch.
Tillie. Neither could I.
Trixie. So I don’t think any of us watched that part.
Tillie. And then what about the coming attractions?
Trixie. You mean about Skye? After they really went out of their way a couple of weeks ago to tell us that she’s okay, she’s on board with the rest of them, and now we’re seeing Coulson saying she’s a liar and she’s always been a liar. What’s up with that?
Tillie. I like a show that keeps you guessing. But I don’t want to keep guessing this much.
Tessie. And I don’t want Skye to be one of the bad guys!
Trixie. Me neither! 
Tillie. Well, don’t get too excited, guys. Let’s think this through. Skye is one of the mail characters. And she’s the prettiest girl.
Trixie. Unless you think Simmons is prettier.
Tessie. I can’t decide which one is prettier!
Tillie. The point is that she’s a good character, and she’s pretty, and there will be a lot of people wanting to watch the show just for her. You can’t just make her one of the bad guys! Not this early in the season! I mean, think about it. You set everything up, and then before everyone even had a chance to get used to it, you’re going to knock it all down? I don’t think that’s what’s going on here.
Trixie. You don’t? Then what do you think, Till?
Tillie. I think maybe it’s a trick. They’re tricking someone else on the show—the real bad guys—and they’re also tricking us, the audience.
Tessie. You think it’s all a fake? 
Tillie. Uh-hu. Like on those magazine covers we used to see in The Hoard. Remember those?
Trixie. Where there was one big headline on the front that sounded absolutely sensational, so you would want to buy the magazine, and then when you get it and read it, it’s not REALLY that at all?
Tillie. Exactly.
Tessie. So you think maybe Skye is NOT one of the bad guys?
Tillie. I think that’s extremely possible.
Trixie. Oh! I hope you’re right!
Tillie. What I’m saying is…there’s no use losing sleep over it.
Tessie. You know, Till, I think you’re right.
Trixie. (sighing deeply) Tillie, I’m so glad you’re here.
Tillie. (giggling) So am I.
Trixie. No, I mean, sometimes me and Tess tend to get too wrapped up in things, too emotional. Sometimes we need a “voice of reason.”
Tessie. (nodding) And you’re that voice, Till.
Tillie. Glad to provide that service, you big sillies!
Trixie. So now…I feel a little better about that. But still…that thing with the eyeball—
Tessie. Don’t think about it! Don’t talk about it!
Trixie. And the red masks—
Tessie. GAAAAH!! Really don’t talk about it!
Tillie. Hey, I know. Why don’t you guys think about how cute Fitz looked when he was eating those pretzels.
Tessie. (giggling) Yeah…you’re right. He did look really cute.
Trixie. I even think Agent Ward looked cute when he was wearing those glasses.
Tillie. Kind of like Clark Kent?
Tessie. Superman??
Trixie. Wrong comics, Tess. Superman is DC. We’re in the Marvel Universe.
Tillie. But still, he did look like Clark Kent.
Tessie. And I like Clark Kent.
Tillie. Yes! But do you like him better than Superman?
(After this the Whimsies’ conversation drifted steadily away from the disturbing aspects of the SHIELD show, and eventually they settled down and went to sleep, dreaming about Superman and Lois Lane and Clark Kent.)
(It was a strange evening…)
Categories: Marvel
ONE GORGEOUS BOY: BRIAN MOLKO OF PLACEBO
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Hey, it’s me, Trixie again! Miss Chrissy and The Man went out last night, so we didn’t get to watch Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD yet. They said we could watch it on our own, but we wanted to wait for them, so we could all watch it together. We’ll be doing that later tonight, but before we get there, I have something else to say.
Well, as you all know, I am a big fan of Thor, but I don’t want you all to think he’s the only boy I like. Oh no! I like all kinds of boys, too many to mention. I wouldn’t know where to start, but then today, Tessie showed me this video that Miss Chrissy showed her by one her favorite singing groups called Placebo, and when I saw this for the first time I absolutely fell in love with the lead singer!
http://youtu.be/x7L7Xl5H3ao
He’s the guy in this video, the one who’s going to jump off the building. His name is Brian Molko, and I think he is soOOOooo gorgeous! I mean, just look at him! He really is…gorgeous. He’s just…beautiful. There’s no other word for it. Can a guy be gorgeous and beautiful? Yes, he can.
I love his hair. And…those lips! Look at his lips!! I love his eyes, they are so expressive. And I even love his nailpolish.
Sometimes I wish us Whismies could wear nailpolish, but our hands are just too small. That’s okay, though. I like it when I see other people wearing nailpolish, and I don’t even mind if it’s a guy wearing nailpolish, as long as it’s black. I mean, if a guy was wearing pink nailpolish, that would just be weird.
But Brian Molko is not weird (okay, maybe he’s a little weird…) but mostly he’s just beautiful. Oh, and did I mention I also love his voice? And I love all the music Placebo does. Miss Chrissy listens to Placebo music sometimes in the morning, and it has intrigued me, so that’s why I asked Tessie what she knew about them, and that’s how we found this video. There are other videos by Placebo, but this is the one where Brian Molko looks the best.
I must admit I don’t really understand this video. He’s going to jump…or at least we THINK so. But then when he jumps, he falls for a bit…and then he walks down the side of the building. What is this saying? Is this his superpower? I mean above and beyond being absolutely gorgeous and making terrific music? Do you really need more superpowers than that?
Categories: My Favorite Boyfriend
