Food’s going to get cold.
on June 10, 2020 at 12:01 amChapter: A Mild Dorothy Appears!
Characters: David Walkerton, Dorothy Keener
Location: mall food court
“the bookstore’s not doing so well, thinkin’ of opening up a blockbuster video”
“the bookstore’s not doing so well, thinkin’ of opening up a blockbuster video”
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Did Walky just say “In your face!”?
….
And now for the obligatory: “FFFFFAAAACCCCEEEEE!!!!” joke.
…. FACE.
(yes, I know the correct spelling is “FAAAAAAAAAACE” )
Obligatory “for a nickel” reply.
Walky it’s impolite to talk while eating!
Dorothy running a bookstore seems kinda fitting, especially with that sweater-vest type outfit she’s wearing.
“You’re smart?
Well i saved the world
WADDUP?”
That’s Walky Walkerton for ya.
I’m only going to say this once… I’m honestly deeply uncomfortable with Walkyverse Dorothy, to the point where I may not keep following along with this reread.
I mean, I get the idea of the “gifted child” who grew up believing her potential was limitless and just hit a wall as an adult. To some degree, that’s now Walky’s story in Dumbing of Age. And there’s an interesting tension between DoA Dorothy’s successes and failures, an uncertainty whether she’ll get the Leslie Knope ending, and a brief glimpse of a world where the answer is “nope” adds to that.
But she’s just such a loser here, and it’s only going to get worse. That was kind of interesting when she was just Walky’s “one who got away,” but now that I have a stake in her, it’s too much. It’s like watching Lois Lane spend seven issues brainwashed and in lingerie and then carted off to the hospital where they’re not sure if they can restore her, and that’s the end.
I don’t want to be THAT reader. I only bring this up because I know the power of nostalgia for work that we’ve already written, so if any temptation exists to echo this Dorothy with the current version… resist. Resist with all your might.
Zoom in on Dorothy’s face.
“H E L P M E”
How’s that ol’ truism go?
“The A students work for the B students;
the B students work for the C students,
… and the C students run the world.”
Seriously, how many US presidents would you name who seem like they were A students? (Some you suspect dropped out before high school).
Every time in DoA we saw Dorthey busting her ass to get good grades so she can be president on day, that saying comes back to me.
No amount of studying is going to get people to vote for you, Dorthey, because…
“The world is full of morons, and morons like their own.”