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tanarillSo, I am a fan of the Disney series Gargoyles! even though, technically, they are grotesques. And, although I have been enjoying immensely the new comic books (which nullify the horrible third season and replace it with much better canon), I did, in the decade-long hiatus, form for myself some personal canon, which is made mostly of awesome, at least from where I stand.
But first, a story.
I was not a particularly odd child, which means that, as a kindergartener, I put odd things in my mouth. It's what we did, back when Polly Pockets were really small enough to fit in your pocket and were a chocking hazard to the young people for whom thy were meant. We had been playing Chinese checkers, and then I stuffed some of the marbles in my mouth. I think you can see where this is going.
This happened, I might add, on the first day of kindergarten.
So instead of a full first day, I had a half-day followed by a day in the hospital waiting room, so that I could be x-rayed. And Gargoyles, was on. I am fairly certain it was the Awakening Part I. And I liked it because, in addition to being a not particularly odd child, I was one of the ones who likes playing with the castle sets that children are no longer allowed, being judged as things that cause children to become violent. (This is true. I once bit a boy for not letting me play with the castle set, which is a different story.) And I was delighted.
To the point that I had to be bodily dragged into the x-ray room so they could see if the piece of glass working its way through my digestive track was a hazard. It wasn't, and we went home, and I didn't see the show again for years.
I was six at the time.
ETA: MW says this is a lie, and that I was four at the time. Since she is MW and probably remembers my fourth year better, I will believe her.
In the absence of the actual show, I was forced to make up gargoyle stories for myself. As you can see, I have been a fanfiction author for a long, long time - since before I even knew how to write, in fact.
Some years later, my parents got digital cable trial for three months. This was a period in history when Toon Disney was running the "Hanging with the Heroes" and "Chillin' with the Villians" blocks, and that's what I did at ungodly hours of the night for three months to get my gargs!fix. After the episode Enter MacBeth, I went out and read the play. Likewise for the appearance of the Puck in 'The Mirror' and the various myths met on the world tour. I was a dedicated fan.
Anyway. The trial ran out before the series did, so I missed out of most of the Goliath Chronicles. And I was again Gargoyle-less for years, until YouTube came along and managed the fixation quite nicely. Being slightly more developed at twelve than I had been at six, my headcanon was better.
Here's what I decided:
1. The Puck will, sooner rather than later, show Alex how to do that trick with turning humans into gargoyles or vice versa. It will involve Goliath, Elisa, and possibly a twelve hour hiatus and you will not ever know what happened during those twelve hours.
2. Fox will eventually figure out how to use some of her power when she isn't totally pissed off at Oberon for trying to steal her kid! She turns out to be good at healing only, which annoys her to no end.
3. David will be forced, by virtue of the fact that the other three members of his family have/know magic, to learn. He uses a grimoire to do this. He's like the Magus with no morals and an Armani three-piece.
4. Owen is sheer and utter awesome.
More lately, I have decided that:
1. Adam is the result of that twelve hour hiatus. He'd an open-minded, perfectly normal human kid. Honest.
2. All major male characters (excepting Goliath) are either bi or gay. Don't question it, it's just me being a yaoi fangirl.
3. Alex and Lexington start doing really weird things with magitech at around the same time Alex is learning to walk. This involves Alex doing that semi-possession thing a lot. Because the idea od Alex not learning to speak until he is six because he does not have to, he has a Lex to do it for him appeals to me.
4. Owen is still sheer and utter awesome, which means that he's not really as geased as everyone seems to think he is.
5. Alex will, eventually, annoy the crap out of Oberon with magitechnological toys until he repeals the Puck-ban. It will be funny. It may involve custard.
6. Lexington becomes a cyborg. I just liked that one episode.
With that in mind, have some future!fic:
Alex and Lexington were theoretically minding Adam, but what they were actually doing involved a robotics competition, while Adam sat in the corner and did his homework. Adam was a quiet kid; when he was finished with his work he'd probably ask for something to eat, and once he'd eaten he'd sit there and-
Well, it creeped Alex out, actually, and that said something. Adam's favorite position involved his knees pulled right up to his chest and his chin resting in the hollow between said knees and his arms holding him into as small a space as he would physically fit. If left to his own devices, he'd probably spend most of his time in a corner somewhere, sitting and watching with those huge dark unblinking eyes.
Stop worrying, Lex didn't say. He didn't say it because the two of them were wearing the steel circlets that had, ever since he'd became big enough that having four hands, two with ten fingers and no claws, became important for working on joint projects, replaced the half-possession of his very young youth. So far, he hadn't been able to make it work with anyone else, but then again, he didn't particularly want to either. Fox and Dad both said it was somewhat creepy to watch them work, seeing as they didn't talk but were nevertheless entirely aware of each other's positioning and actions.
I'm not worrying, he didn't reply. Worrying is what I do when grandmother shows up. He accompanied this with the half-dread, half-excitement and the scent of tin that always accompanied Anastasia, whether or not she actually was at the time. I just feel, and there was the not-entirely-human sense of being watched that generally alerted him to someone trying to kill him.
Well, yeah. It's what he does. Lex looked back at Adam, who was sitting in a corner, contentedly reading an assignment. He looked up after a moment and waved to show he was okay before going back to his book. Anyway, it's not anything to be worried about. He's just trying to be like Goliath.
Goliath is not-
Yeah, but when you were eight, you spent most of your time wearing purple. You have no right to judge.
Okay, point. But-
"Can I have an apple?" asked Adam.
"May I have an apple," corrected Alex, who'd been taught by Owen his entire life.
"May I have an apple?" asked Adam.
"Yes. Go on, get one from the kitchen."
Adam smiled brilliantly for a moment before running off.
You just had bring that up, didn't you?
I changed your diapers. I get to embarrass you whenever I like. It's one of the rules.
But first, a story.
I was not a particularly odd child, which means that, as a kindergartener, I put odd things in my mouth. It's what we did, back when Polly Pockets were really small enough to fit in your pocket and were a chocking hazard to the young people for whom thy were meant. We had been playing Chinese checkers, and then I stuffed some of the marbles in my mouth. I think you can see where this is going.
This happened, I might add, on the first day of kindergarten.
So instead of a full first day, I had a half-day followed by a day in the hospital waiting room, so that I could be x-rayed. And Gargoyles, was on. I am fairly certain it was the Awakening Part I. And I liked it because, in addition to being a not particularly odd child, I was one of the ones who likes playing with the castle sets that children are no longer allowed, being judged as things that cause children to become violent. (This is true. I once bit a boy for not letting me play with the castle set, which is a different story.) And I was delighted.
To the point that I had to be bodily dragged into the x-ray room so they could see if the piece of glass working its way through my digestive track was a hazard. It wasn't, and we went home, and I didn't see the show again for years.
I was six at the time.
ETA: MW says this is a lie, and that I was four at the time. Since she is MW and probably remembers my fourth year better, I will believe her.
In the absence of the actual show, I was forced to make up gargoyle stories for myself. As you can see, I have been a fanfiction author for a long, long time - since before I even knew how to write, in fact.
Some years later, my parents got digital cable trial for three months. This was a period in history when Toon Disney was running the "Hanging with the Heroes" and "Chillin' with the Villians" blocks, and that's what I did at ungodly hours of the night for three months to get my gargs!fix. After the episode Enter MacBeth, I went out and read the play. Likewise for the appearance of the Puck in 'The Mirror' and the various myths met on the world tour. I was a dedicated fan.
Anyway. The trial ran out before the series did, so I missed out of most of the Goliath Chronicles. And I was again Gargoyle-less for years, until YouTube came along and managed the fixation quite nicely. Being slightly more developed at twelve than I had been at six, my headcanon was better.
Here's what I decided:
1. The Puck will, sooner rather than later, show Alex how to do that trick with turning humans into gargoyles or vice versa. It will involve Goliath, Elisa, and possibly a twelve hour hiatus and you will not ever know what happened during those twelve hours.
2. Fox will eventually figure out how to use some of her power when she isn't totally pissed off at Oberon for trying to steal her kid! She turns out to be good at healing only, which annoys her to no end.
3. David will be forced, by virtue of the fact that the other three members of his family have/know magic, to learn. He uses a grimoire to do this. He's like the Magus with no morals and an Armani three-piece.
4. Owen is sheer and utter awesome.
More lately, I have decided that:
1. Adam is the result of that twelve hour hiatus. He'd an open-minded, perfectly normal human kid. Honest.
2. All major male characters (excepting Goliath) are either bi or gay. Don't question it, it's just me being a yaoi fangirl.
3. Alex and Lexington start doing really weird things with magitech at around the same time Alex is learning to walk. This involves Alex doing that semi-possession thing a lot. Because the idea od Alex not learning to speak until he is six because he does not have to, he has a Lex to do it for him appeals to me.
4. Owen is still sheer and utter awesome, which means that he's not really as geased as everyone seems to think he is.
5. Alex will, eventually, annoy the crap out of Oberon with magitechnological toys until he repeals the Puck-ban. It will be funny. It may involve custard.
6. Lexington becomes a cyborg. I just liked that one episode.
With that in mind, have some future!fic:
Alex and Lexington were theoretically minding Adam, but what they were actually doing involved a robotics competition, while Adam sat in the corner and did his homework. Adam was a quiet kid; when he was finished with his work he'd probably ask for something to eat, and once he'd eaten he'd sit there and-
Well, it creeped Alex out, actually, and that said something. Adam's favorite position involved his knees pulled right up to his chest and his chin resting in the hollow between said knees and his arms holding him into as small a space as he would physically fit. If left to his own devices, he'd probably spend most of his time in a corner somewhere, sitting and watching with those huge dark unblinking eyes.
Stop worrying, Lex didn't say. He didn't say it because the two of them were wearing the steel circlets that had, ever since he'd became big enough that having four hands, two with ten fingers and no claws, became important for working on joint projects, replaced the half-possession of his very young youth. So far, he hadn't been able to make it work with anyone else, but then again, he didn't particularly want to either. Fox and Dad both said it was somewhat creepy to watch them work, seeing as they didn't talk but were nevertheless entirely aware of each other's positioning and actions.
I'm not worrying, he didn't reply. Worrying is what I do when grandmother shows up. He accompanied this with the half-dread, half-excitement and the scent of tin that always accompanied Anastasia, whether or not she actually was at the time. I just feel, and there was the not-entirely-human sense of being watched that generally alerted him to someone trying to kill him.
Well, yeah. It's what he does. Lex looked back at Adam, who was sitting in a corner, contentedly reading an assignment. He looked up after a moment and waved to show he was okay before going back to his book. Anyway, it's not anything to be worried about. He's just trying to be like Goliath.
Goliath is not-
Yeah, but when you were eight, you spent most of your time wearing purple. You have no right to judge.
Okay, point. But-
"Can I have an apple?" asked Adam.
"May I have an apple," corrected Alex, who'd been taught by Owen his entire life.
"May I have an apple?" asked Adam.
"Yes. Go on, get one from the kitchen."
Adam smiled brilliantly for a moment before running off.
You just had bring that up, didn't you?
I changed your diapers. I get to embarrass you whenever I like. It's one of the rules.
