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[candidly]

[ oh look. gwen's inside a blanket fort she built in the corner of the living room. she's nomming on some marshmallows and she's got her homework next to her. ]

Have you ever done something that you haven't since you were a kid, just for kicks, and found out it's just as awesome as it was when you were five? 'Cause I'm totally having one of those moments right now and I gotta say, if you haven't built a blanket fort in the past five years? You should definitely do it again.

[ there's a pause and she looks around. ]

Extra credit if you can get it to cover your entire living room. I wonder if we've got enough blankets for that...

[ the feed clicks off as gwen gets up, presumably in search of more pillows and blankets. ]

Comments

[voice]

[candidly]

There's gotta be something. Did you ever try and make sculptures out of your mashed potatoes?

[voice]

[whatwouldspideydo]

Have you seen me eat before? Where would I find time in between shoveling everything down my throat?

[voice]

[candidly]

I tended to not pay much attention to you. Like, at all.

... I'd say you should start a food fight some time, but that's kinda hard without a cafeteria and a bunch of other people who won't mind.

[voice]

[whatwouldspideydo]

Or I could go to the nearest fast food place and lob a cheeseburger right into someone's face.

See what I mean? Way less cute as a grown-up.

[candidly]

[ thinking thinking thinking... snap! ]

S'mores! Specifically trying to make them on the stove.

[whatwouldspideydo]

I've never actually tried that one.

[candidly]

Seriously?

[whatwouldspideydo]

You're not going outdoors-y enough for my childhood. Think more playgrounds and baseball games in empty lots.

[candidly]

[ awkward... pause... what can you do outdoors that doesn't require the use of legs ]

Monkey bars?

[whatwouldspideydo]

Okay, those I've done, about a million years ago.

[candidly]

Well, there you go. Something you can revisit.

[whatwouldspideydo]

Yeah, old guy hanging out at the monkey bars. Nothing weird about that.

[candidly]

Yeah, and it's a shame you don't know any teenagers or, you know, anyone who happens to room with like five teenagers who could go with and make it less weird.

[whatwouldspideydo]

"Less weird" or "make it look more like a drug deal"?

I'm not gonna be able to curmudgeon my way out of this one, am I.

[candidly]

Nope.

But I will accept other ideas if you don't want to have some crazy playground adventure with a bunch of teenagers.

[whatwouldspideydo]

Oh no, that's fine. It'll give me a good chance to get back into the groove of gym teaching.

[re: he's going to make you all do chin ups]

[candidly]

... I will never do anything nice for you ever again if you're a mean gym teacher.

[whatwouldspideydo]

I guess you're gonna find out if I am or not.

[candidly]

Oh my god why.

[whatwouldspideydo]

[He is too amused right now]

That's the price you pay, Stacy. The price for making me do things.

[candidly]

I could start ignoring you whenever possible like I did my world's Flash.

[whatwouldspideydo]

Aw, c'mon. Don't be like that.

[candidly]

Then don't be a stick in the mud when I try and figure out ways to do things.