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| Bojack Horseman (Deviant Art) |
Princess Carolyn, Bojack Horseman's agent and close friend, started her date with Vincent Adultman, who is clearly not three kids stacked on top of each other in a trench coat, and it was going very well. With cotton candy in one hand, Vincent was enthusiastically telling Princess Carolyn all about his "business transactions" at work while they were in line for the tall person rides at Disney Land. Just as they got to the front of the line, Princess Carolyn's phone rang. Of course, it was Bojack Horseman.
"Look Bojack, now's not a great time. I'm on a date with Vincent right now and it's going very well for your information. We're at the front of the line for Splash Mountain!" she said.
"First off, have you gone anywhere else with Vincent besides Disney Land? You know he's just three kids stacked on top of each other in a trench coat, right?" he replied.
He continued, "Secondly, look, you know I wouldn't call if this wasn't an emergency. I'm at the movie theater with Todd right now because he dragged me to some horror film he wanted to watch, and some guy in a ghost costume tried to jump out and scare me, so naturally I punched him in the face. Anyways, the police are on their way and Todd won't let me leave until the guy wakes up so.."
Princess Carolyn said, "You did what? Look Bojack, I would love to come to your rescue again but-"
"Princess Carolyn, get off of your phone! We're about to get on my favorite tall person ride!" Vincent interrupted.
"Look honey, Bojack needs me. He's in trouble right now and I have to go help him. You understand, right?" she said.
Bojack said, "Hey Princess Carolyn, could you hurry? This guy is losing a lot of blood, and Todd is trying to wake him up by pouring popcorn in his mouth. I'm telling him that popcorn doesn't have any magical healing properties, but-"
"You are always busy with work when I want to play!" Vincent said.
"I'm sick of you always leaving me to help Bojack when he doesn't even act like a grown-up! I'm the real grown-up here!" he continued.
Vincent Adultman began to cry and stomp his feet, much like a child would, and he stormed off, probably towards the candy store.
"Look Bojack, I gotta go. Grab Todd and leave. We'll take care of this later. We can just say it was a freak accident or something," Princess Carolyn said.
She hung up and began to go find Vincent and apologize, but first she had to buy him some more cotton candy.
Author's note: The story I based mine off of, The Quack Toad, stars a toad who turns out to be a learned doctor. In that story, a fox visits him and decides that the toad probably doesn't know what he's doing after looking at his awkward hop and blotchy skin. The theme in that story was that sometimes you have to take care of yourself before you can take care of other people. I took that theme and put it into my story, where Princess Carolyn, a textbook codependent, ruins her date with Vincent by trying to leave to go help Bojack. In the end, she decides to take care of her own relationship instead of going to help Bojack, unlike The Toad from the original story.
Bibliography: Milo Winters The Quack Toad
Milo,
ReplyDeleteI love how you took the message of the story and changed it to fit the theme of Bojack! This was a very entertaining read and I couldn't help but imaging this story as an actual Bojack Horseman episode. The dialogue and blatant sarcasm from the narrator really kept the story flowing nicely.
Darren,
ReplyDeleteAwesome story. I loved the idea of framing it through the lens of Bojack. I saw from your intro that you were a fan, and I always think that "if you know something, work it!" That is, writing through a lens of something that you are familiar with is a great way to hone style and other aspects of writing. I would recommend a closer look during the editing and redrafting phase, as there are some grammar and formatting hiccups that may need some attention.