Poem: "Wabbit Season"
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ysabetwordsmithThis is today's freebie. It was inspired by prompts from siliconshaman, lone_cat, dialecticdreamer, and starbit. It also fills the "family traditions" square in my 11-5-18 card for the Family Ties Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Love Is For Children.
"Wabbit Season"
It was Friday evening when
Tony and Bruce finally emerged
from the workshop for supper.
"Well, that's R&D kept happy
for this week," Bruce said.
"Tony Stark, Super Genius!"
the inventor crowed, pointing
a thumb at his arc reactor.
"Why do you keep saying that?"
Steve said, shaking his head.
"It just sounds so silly."
"Oh my gosh, guys, he's never
seen Saturday morning cartoons!"
Clint exclaimed, staring at Steve.
"Or the later Bugs Bunny ones,"
Betty said. "We should fix this."
"Saturday ... what?" Steve said.
"Saturday morning cartoons,
a fine family tradition," Phil said.
"JARVIS, cue up --" Tony began.
Phil held up a hand. "No, let's
do this properly," he said. "I'll call in
a schedule change, and we'll do
Saturday morning instead of
Saturday night this week."
"Awesome," Tony said.
"But I don't want to wait,"
Steve said with a frown.
Tony clapped him on the back.
"Nobody ever wants to wait for
Saturday morning cartoons,
but trust me, it'll be worth it."
"You really haven't seen
any of the later stuff?"
Bruce asked Steve.
"I don't think so," Steve said.
"No one has bothered to catch him up
on critical information like the freaking UN,
so why would they bother to show him
cartoons?" Tony snarked.
"Okay, what's the last cartoon
you remember seeing from before?"
Betty said, taking out her Starkpad.
"Um ... I think it was 'Super-Rabbit'
or something like that," Steve said.
"It came out in the spring, right before
everything went totally haywire for me.
I used to watch the reels with the USO girls."
"Then everything later than spring of 1943
should be new to you," Betty said. She
began making notes. "JARVIS, set up
a playlist from the most important cartoons
from the mid-forties and into the fifties."
"Sounds like fun," Steve agreed.
So on Saturday morning,
all the littles scampered into
the common room trailing
blankets and pillows.
Uncle Phil had made
pancakes and sausages,
but Clint insisted on sitting
in front of the television with
a bowl of Lucky Charms.
He'd gotten Natka into it, too.
Bucky had dumped the rest of
the box into a salad bowl, and he
sat there picking out the marshmallows
and passing the plain oat bits to Steve.
Tony had a Stress Buster Orange Smoothie
because Uncle Phil had discovered it was
easier to get him to eat vegetables by
hiding them in something else.
Bruce and Betty were happy to eat
the pancakes and sausages, though.
"Russian Rhapsody" had Steve and Bucky
howling at the antics of the gremlins,
and even Natka cracked a smile.
"We are gremlins ... from the Kremlin,"
Clint sang, throwing marshmallows
into the back of Bruce's head.
Bruce shook them out of his hair
and glared at Clint. "Quit it."
"Clint, come up here and
sit with me until you can
remember that food goes in
your mouth," Uncle Phil said.
"Fiiiiine," Clint grumbled,
climbing onto the couch.
Natka sprawled over his spot.
"Tony, show me again how
to change the ring tone on
my phone," Steve asked.
"It's easy," Bucky said.
"I do mine all the time."
"Easy for you," Steve said.
At least he had gone from begging
people to do things for him, to asking
them to show him how to do it.
So Tony walked Steve through
the process of setting his phone
to play the gremlin song.
"Herr Meets Hare" had
Steve and Bucky jumping up
to cheer Bugs and boo Nazis.
When Bugs said, "I knew I shoulda
made dat left toin at Albakoikie,"
Steve burst out laughing.
"What?" Clint said.
"I've been hearing that
everywhere," Steve said.
"That line makes so much
more sense to me now."
"Rabbit Fire" inevitably led
to people echoing the exchanges,
first Tony and Bruce, then Clint and Natka.
Finally even Steve and Bucky joined in
with "Wabbit season!" "Duck season!"
right in time with the characters.
"You know that they're going to wind up
shouting that at Doctor Doom the next time
we help the Fantastic Four corral him,"
Betty said, trying not to laugh at the idea.
"I'm sure he'll survive it," Uncle Phil said.
Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner
appeared in "Fast and Furry-ous,"
with chases and inventions and
numerous funny pratfalls.
Next came "Operation: Rabbit,"
with the Coyote and Bugs Bunny
pitting wits against wits.
"Okay, now I get why
you call yourself that,"
Steve said to Tony.
"It started when I played
a sound clip after sir blew up
his workshop," JARVIS said.
"I did not expect him to ... own it."
"I'm rich, I own everything," Tony said,
and stuck out his tongue at the ceiling.
"Clint, you're excused," Uncle Phil said.
"Tony, up here on the couch with me."
"Aww," Tony whined, but climbed up.
"Wabbit season," Clint said as he
poked Natka to make her scoot over.
"Duck season," she said, elbowing him back.
"JARVIS, please bring up 'Rabbit Seasoning'
to show next," Uncle Phil requested.
It was a perfect Saturday morning.
* * *
Notes:
Captain America went into the ice well before the end of World War II.
Bugs Bunny premiered in the 1930s, but many of the most famous cartoons date from much later. "Super-Rabbit" is the last one that Steve saw before the ice. The Wartime Cartoons include "Russian Rhapsody" and "Herr Meets Hare." Later on, "Rabbit Fire" and "Rabbit Seasoning" are the first two in the Hunting Trilogy.
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are a pair of negative-positive Tricksters. That bit with Coyote falling off the cliff and getting flattened actually appears in Native American lore: "... and Coyote was squashed flatter than a grass mat!" The cartoon "Fast and Furry-ous" introduced them, and you can watch it online.
EDIT 11/7/18:
Wile E. Coyote calling himself "genius," and later in the 'toon "super-genius," came from a 1952 Bugs Bunny cartoon, "Operation: Rabbit," which pitted a talking version of Wile E. against everybody's favorite bunny.
Saturday morning cartoons were a thriving family tradition for decades.
Lucky Charms is a brand of cereal with toasted oat pieces and multicolored marshmallow shapes. Some people only like one or the other part.
Enjoy a recipe for the Stress Buster Orange Smoothie, which includes orange, banana, and carrot.
Doctor Doom is a nemesis of the Fantastic Four.
siliconshaman, lone_cat, dialecticdreamer, and starbit. It also fills the "family traditions" square in my 11-5-18 card for the Family Ties Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Love Is For Children."Wabbit Season"
It was Friday evening when
Tony and Bruce finally emerged
from the workshop for supper.
"Well, that's R&D kept happy
for this week," Bruce said.
"Tony Stark, Super Genius!"
the inventor crowed, pointing
a thumb at his arc reactor.
"Why do you keep saying that?"
Steve said, shaking his head.
"It just sounds so silly."
"Oh my gosh, guys, he's never
seen Saturday morning cartoons!"
Clint exclaimed, staring at Steve.
"Or the later Bugs Bunny ones,"
Betty said. "We should fix this."
"Saturday ... what?" Steve said.
"Saturday morning cartoons,
a fine family tradition," Phil said.
"JARVIS, cue up --" Tony began.
Phil held up a hand. "No, let's
do this properly," he said. "I'll call in
a schedule change, and we'll do
Saturday morning instead of
Saturday night this week."
"Awesome," Tony said.
"But I don't want to wait,"
Steve said with a frown.
Tony clapped him on the back.
"Nobody ever wants to wait for
Saturday morning cartoons,
but trust me, it'll be worth it."
"You really haven't seen
any of the later stuff?"
Bruce asked Steve.
"I don't think so," Steve said.
"No one has bothered to catch him up
on critical information like the freaking UN,
so why would they bother to show him
cartoons?" Tony snarked.
"Okay, what's the last cartoon
you remember seeing from before?"
Betty said, taking out her Starkpad.
"Um ... I think it was 'Super-Rabbit'
or something like that," Steve said.
"It came out in the spring, right before
everything went totally haywire for me.
I used to watch the reels with the USO girls."
"Then everything later than spring of 1943
should be new to you," Betty said. She
began making notes. "JARVIS, set up
a playlist from the most important cartoons
from the mid-forties and into the fifties."
"Sounds like fun," Steve agreed.
So on Saturday morning,
all the littles scampered into
the common room trailing
blankets and pillows.
Uncle Phil had made
pancakes and sausages,
but Clint insisted on sitting
in front of the television with
a bowl of Lucky Charms.
He'd gotten Natka into it, too.
Bucky had dumped the rest of
the box into a salad bowl, and he
sat there picking out the marshmallows
and passing the plain oat bits to Steve.
Tony had a Stress Buster Orange Smoothie
because Uncle Phil had discovered it was
easier to get him to eat vegetables by
hiding them in something else.
Bruce and Betty were happy to eat
the pancakes and sausages, though.
"Russian Rhapsody" had Steve and Bucky
howling at the antics of the gremlins,
and even Natka cracked a smile.
"We are gremlins ... from the Kremlin,"
Clint sang, throwing marshmallows
into the back of Bruce's head.
Bruce shook them out of his hair
and glared at Clint. "Quit it."
"Clint, come up here and
sit with me until you can
remember that food goes in
your mouth," Uncle Phil said.
"Fiiiiine," Clint grumbled,
climbing onto the couch.
Natka sprawled over his spot.
"Tony, show me again how
to change the ring tone on
my phone," Steve asked.
"It's easy," Bucky said.
"I do mine all the time."
"Easy for you," Steve said.
At least he had gone from begging
people to do things for him, to asking
them to show him how to do it.
So Tony walked Steve through
the process of setting his phone
to play the gremlin song.
"Herr Meets Hare" had
Steve and Bucky jumping up
to cheer Bugs and boo Nazis.
When Bugs said, "I knew I shoulda
made dat left toin at Albakoikie,"
Steve burst out laughing.
"What?" Clint said.
"I've been hearing that
everywhere," Steve said.
"That line makes so much
more sense to me now."
"Rabbit Fire" inevitably led
to people echoing the exchanges,
first Tony and Bruce, then Clint and Natka.
Finally even Steve and Bucky joined in
with "Wabbit season!" "Duck season!"
right in time with the characters.
"You know that they're going to wind up
shouting that at Doctor Doom the next time
we help the Fantastic Four corral him,"
Betty said, trying not to laugh at the idea.
"I'm sure he'll survive it," Uncle Phil said.
Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner
appeared in "Fast and Furry-ous,"
with chases and inventions and
numerous funny pratfalls.
Next came "Operation: Rabbit,"
with the Coyote and Bugs Bunny
pitting wits against wits.
"Okay, now I get why
you call yourself that,"
Steve said to Tony.
"It started when I played
a sound clip after sir blew up
his workshop," JARVIS said.
"I did not expect him to ... own it."
"I'm rich, I own everything," Tony said,
and stuck out his tongue at the ceiling.
"Clint, you're excused," Uncle Phil said.
"Tony, up here on the couch with me."
"Aww," Tony whined, but climbed up.
"Wabbit season," Clint said as he
poked Natka to make her scoot over.
"Duck season," she said, elbowing him back.
"JARVIS, please bring up 'Rabbit Seasoning'
to show next," Uncle Phil requested.
It was a perfect Saturday morning.
* * *
Notes:
Captain America went into the ice well before the end of World War II.
Bugs Bunny premiered in the 1930s, but many of the most famous cartoons date from much later. "Super-Rabbit" is the last one that Steve saw before the ice. The Wartime Cartoons include "Russian Rhapsody" and "Herr Meets Hare." Later on, "Rabbit Fire" and "Rabbit Seasoning" are the first two in the Hunting Trilogy.
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are a pair of negative-positive Tricksters. That bit with Coyote falling off the cliff and getting flattened actually appears in Native American lore: "... and Coyote was squashed flatter than a grass mat!" The cartoon "Fast and Furry-ous" introduced them, and you can watch it online.
EDIT 11/7/18:
Wile E. Coyote calling himself "genius," and later in the 'toon "super-genius," came from a 1952 Bugs Bunny cartoon, "Operation: Rabbit," which pitted a talking version of Wile E. against everybody's favorite bunny.
Saturday morning cartoons were a thriving family tradition for decades.
Lucky Charms is a brand of cereal with toasted oat pieces and multicolored marshmallow shapes. Some people only like one or the other part.
Enjoy a recipe for the Stress Buster Orange Smoothie, which includes orange, banana, and carrot.
Doctor Doom is a nemesis of the Fantastic Four.
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Date: 2018-11-06 09:42 pm (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2018-11-06 10:10 pm (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2018-11-06 10:13 pm (UTC)I'll work on the Shiv and Luci bit once my heads in the game.
Re: Yay!
Date: 2018-11-06 10:18 pm (UTC)Good plan. :D
>> I'll work on the Shiv and Luci bit once my heads in the game. <<
Okay, great. I think the initial arrival could be fun, until it starts to get overwhelming, and then the sister making pass at Shiv is the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Re: Yay!
Date: 2018-11-06 10:23 pm (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2018-11-06 11:06 pm (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2018-11-06 11:11 pm (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2018-11-06 11:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-11-06 09:47 pm (UTC)Of course he doesn't eat his vegetables except through trickery that is such a perfect character detail
Well ...
Date: 2018-11-06 10:13 pm (UTC)Meanwhile the other Avengers will kill that whole box of cereal in a few minutes and go looking for something more.
Re: Well ...
Date: 2018-11-07 10:16 am (UTC)Re: Well ...
Date: 2018-11-07 10:32 am (UTC)Woaw, ya scwooey wabbit! :)
Date: 2018-11-07 12:43 am (UTC)-- Hawwison Fudd, "Bwade Wunnuw"
I remember being happy the Saturdays I rolled out before 6am, because they would show a Casper short at 5:50... and even though I'd probably dismiss it as milquetoast now, four-year-old me LIKED it.
By the 80's cartoons took the same header that pop music would take 5-10 years later...
OTOH, when they brought out Animaniacs, grownup me appreciated it for the same reason I liked Bugs and Roadrunner before... There were GROWN-UP JOKES in. "If it woin't for the censors, I'd give'em the boid!"
The other fun bit about cartoons... when I was in college they would show second-run movies for a buck on Friday and Saturday nights... and before the feature, they would always show a cartoon short. The projectionist would come down, make the obligatory announcement about where the exits were, get heckled, and retreat to the booth... and the chat would go up, Bugs. Bugs! BUGS! BUGS! And if the wascally wabbit appeared on the screen, or Daffy or Birdicus Superspeedicus, there would be cheering, but sometimes they would show something like Droopy the Dog, which would earn the projectionist a round of boooooooo... we liked our humour with TEETH. :)
The other thing that kinda scares the bejeezus out of me these days... in '86, the height of the Ronnie Ray-Gun era, they showed two films in fairly close proximity. Star Wars The Original And Best Han Shot First Dammit... and Red Dawn. Now, us fuzzy bees tended to catcall the screen a fair bit... (you shoulda heard the snark go down during Alien... "You're eatin' for two, ya know!")... but during Star Wars every time Vader appeared on the screen, BOOOOOOOO... it was kinda chilling, the amount of blood they were out for... and Red Dawn. The Russians were treated to the same... feral... reaction. *shivers*
I can totally see Tony with a veggie-fied energy drink... JARVIS will know how to blend the stuff in order to sneak it by Tony's palate... the rest of that lot are gonna need the cereal in Costco-sized box-twins... they're not soups in the Polychrome sense but they're still gonna go through the CALORIES...
Re: Woaw, ya scwooey wabbit! :)
Date: 2018-11-07 01:30 am (UTC)I liked Casper in comics.
>> By the 80's cartoons took the same header that pop music would take 5-10 years later... <<
Some of the early 80s stuff was good. By the late 80s, the after-school stuff was better, though.
>>OTOH, when they brought out Animaniacs, grownup me appreciated it for the same reason I liked Bugs and Roadrunner before... There were GROWN-UP JOKES in. "If it woin't for the censors, I'd give'em the boid!" <<
I did like the Animaniacs.
I was sad to discover that the censors played a major role in destroying Saturday morning cartoons. >_< You can put crud in front of kids, but you can't make 'em eat it.
>> but during Star Wars every time Vader appeared on the screen, BOOOOOOOO... it was kinda chilling, the amount of blood they were out for... and Red Dawn. The Russians were treated to the same... feral... reaction. *shivers* <<
0_o
I always liked the fact that when Vader was challenged, he promptly supplied empirical proof of his mystical abilities.
>> I can totally see Tony with a veggie-fied energy drink... JARVIS will know how to blend the stuff in order to sneak it by Tony's palate... <<
Yeah, it's not that Tony has a thing against vegetables per se, but he doesn't do well eating heavy things and he needs a lot of fuel. He can't get it all from alcohol, coffee, sunlight, and the arc reactor. Vegetables aren't a high-nutrient food, despite having some useful components. So, throw in the carrots with oranges (sugar!) and bananas (carbs!) and they're more acceptable.
>> the rest of that lot are gonna need the cereal in Costco-sized box-twins... they're not soups in the Polychrome sense but they're still gonna go through the CALORIES... <<
Natka, Steve, and Bucky all have enhanced metabolisms. Steve is not going to get anywhere eating plain oat cereal, but he just seems to favor more wholesome stuff than most of the others do. Clint is an archer, and even for an un-enhanced person that does burn a ton of calories.
Bruce is enhanced too, but he's stuffing his face with pancakes and sausage. Betty may be a handler, but she's sparring with the Avengers. Gotta fuel up somehow.
thank you!!
Date: 2018-11-07 05:05 am (UTC)Re: thank you!!
Date: 2018-11-07 05:09 am (UTC)Re: thank you!!
Date: 2018-11-07 05:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-11-07 07:34 am (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2018-11-07 07:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-11-07 03:05 pm (UTC)Thoughts
Date: 2018-11-07 08:04 pm (UTC)Yay!
>> I needed a good chuckle after last night. (I live in Texas and my neighbors just voted to reelect a senator who is pretty much the embodiment of everything wrong in our politics right now...) <<
My sympathies. Here in Illinois, the neo-Nazi governor was ousted, although the local district still elected an odious house representative.
Source for "Super-Genius" line
Date: 2018-11-07 04:05 pm (UTC)Wile E. Coyote calling himself "genius", and later in the 'toon "super-genius", didn't originate in "Fast and Furry-ous", or even in any of the Road Runner cartoons. That bit is from a 1952 Bugs Bunny cartoon, "Operation: Rabbit", which pitted a talking version of Wile E. against everybody's favorite bunny.
Here's a link for anybody interested: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3dsl7i
Re: Source for "Super-Genius" line
Date: 2018-11-08 01:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-11-08 02:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-11-10 04:32 pm (UTC)just what i needed
Date: 2018-11-12 05:33 pm (UTC)Warning for Some Tribes
Date: 2018-12-27 11:54 am (UTC)That being said, It has made things occasionally interesting for my Non-Navajo friends as they try not to invoke him in conversation, role-playing games, and tv watching. It drives them crazy but it's better than me bolting from the room. And my sweetheart prefers avoiding it if it helps him avoid being sprinkled with corn pollen. :)
Re: Warning for Some Tribes
Date: 2018-12-27 06:47 pm (UTC)Thank you for the reminder! I have modified the warnings accordingly.
I have heard of these things -- a lot of tribes have 'seasons' of storytelling and some topics are not safe at certain times of day or year, but the details vary a lot. I work with Tricksters, and the version of C. that I tend to get is more mischievous and (somewhat) less dangerous. But the parameters can be very different in different places.
>>When I got home and explained my injuries I was then grabbed for immediate prayers to throw off any other bad juju that might have been lobbed towards me. <<
That's prudent.
>> That being said, It has made things occasionally interesting for my Non-Navajo friends as they try not to invoke him in conversation, role-playing games, and tv watching. It drives them crazy but it's better than me bolting from the room. <<
At least they're trying. You might try explaining it like a food allergy. Some people have a bad reaction to soy and others don't. For the ones who don't, acquiring the habit of looking for it on labels can be very difficult, because they're dealing with a barrier that exists for someone else but not themselves.
I think C. falls into the variable category. As opposed to some spirits and holy places who will smack down anyone who annoys them, regardless of affiliation or lack thereof. Some of those are consistent, others erratic. But Pele's park in Hawaii has signs plastered everywhere warning the haole DO NOT TAKE THE ROCKS. With a case in the visitor's center full of rocks that people have mailed back.
>> And my sweetheart prefers avoiding it if it helps him avoid being sprinkled with corn pollen. :) <<
I tend to go with salt for banishing or sage for purification / blessing but I am familiar with corn pollen. It's just hard to get around here except when the corn is actually tasseling. I know some folks use cornmeal -- especially blue cornmeal, though others prefer yellow for the pollen resemblance -- as a substitute.
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Date: 2018-12-30 04:40 am (UTC)You're welcome!
Date: 2018-12-31 11:44 pm (UTC)