Third Floor Common Room, Thursday Evening

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Frank was trying to watch TV.

Trying being the operative word here. For one thing, he kept getting distracted by how bright everything was, bright and colorful, closer to real life than he could imagine television being. The picture even seemed clearer, sharper somehow than even a movie theater back home, but Frank thought that might be the awe talking.

But the main issue here, the reason why TV was giving him such a hard time, was because he couldn't for the life of him find any of his favorite shows.

Which was probably silly, since of course they weren't on anymore, it was 2012 and any shows from the 1959 lineup had long since run their course, but he couldn't even find any shows like the ones he knew from back home. There were no comedies starring charismatic male leads running flimflams and hijinks, no westerns about cowboy family life on Nevada ranches, no adventure shows about infiltrating opposing war bases, and...

"Oh, come on!" Frank complained. "Not even meta for Lassie?"

He took a breath. Sighed.

Then he called up the local pizza place he'd been fortunate enough to come across a delivery menu for, placed an order for a couple pizzas, and got to work familiarizing himself with what 2012 television did have to offer.

He was going to be here a while.

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[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Oh. Well, I suppose that makes sense." Rapunzel smiled a bit. "Fandom is pretty weird."

[alreadyisbeyond.livejournal.com]

"Don't get me wrong, my home isn't exactly normal compared to some places. But we don't have gremlins," Terry said.

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Or radio squirrels?" Rapunzel suggested with a grin.

[alreadyisbeyond.livejournal.com]

"Not as far as I know, at least," Terry said.

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Well, they are kin do of sneaky, so you might have just missed them." It was possible!

[alreadyisbeyond.livejournal.com]

"And I don't really pay much attention to wildlife in the parks back home," Terry said. "I think I'll try to keep it that way so I don't become paranoid."

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

Rapunzel giggled, amused by the idea. "You don't really look like the paranoid sort to me!"

[alreadyisbeyond.livejournal.com]

"And I'll keep that up as long as I'm not watching suspiciously for squirrels," Terry joked.

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

Another giggle. "That sounds like a very reasonable plan."

[alreadyisbeyond.livejournal.com]

"Reasonable planning is always something I aspire to," Terry said. He didn't always make it there, though.

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

Rapunzel hummed thoughtfully. "Maybe I should follow your example, then."

Sometimes Rapunzel's plans were... not reasonable at all.

[alreadyisbeyond.livejournal.com]

"Somebody following my example," Terry repeated. "I guess weirder things have happened."

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Is it really that weird?" Rapunzel asked, sounding worried. She didn't want to be weird!

[alreadyisbeyond.livejournal.com]

"Not weird. Just... uncommon," Terry admitted.

[leavingthenest.livejournal.com]

"Well!" Rapunzel put on a triumphant grin. "I'll totally take that as a compliment!"