fandomhigh | Fandom vs. The Real World- 2nd Period- Class #5

"Well," Aeryn said when everyone was in their seats, "I wish I had the foresight to be able to have prepared you adequately for what happened last week. I'm sure if you weren't a female who turned into a male, you knew someone who did, or at least heard about it, so I want to take a moment to check in and see what it was like for everyone." And she might have been hoping Karla made it through okay, shhh.

Once the discussion was over, she continued, "This weekend is Parents Weekend. You may or may not have someone coming, but I'll have you know that I never had anyone show up for me, and yet I still ended up dealing with other people's friends and family. And there will always be someone who doesn't want certain things to make it back to those from home. Unfortunately there are no classes to ease them into it. Some of you might be fine telling your family everything that's going on here, and that is a good thing. Others might not have that luxury, and it takes some talking around things sometimes. I don't suggest outright lying. If you get caught, it's going to be bad. But there are ways to stretch the truth. Each of you is going to choose a topic, and pair up in order to try and explain it to the other person in a way that would not make anyone panic. Consider it practice."

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Like you can't wait for the weekend!

Tell us how your genderswap experience was! Feel free to ping off each other and talk like a big ol' share circle! Except there's no circle and if she heard you call it that Aeryn would look at you like you have three heads.

Pair up and try to explain around a topic. Or two. Or however many you want.

Your roommate has turned into a bird.
Your significant other is actually an alien.
There are people fighting to death in the park.
Elves have started stealing personal items.
You have a friend from home here, except they're from a different timeline.
Your parents met your friend... except they were gremlin-bitten at the time.
Your roommate has fallen into Locker 327.
The washing machines have rebelled and are leaving people without clothing.
You have a doppleganger.

Who okay, might secretly be a little excited in getting to maybe meet parents. It's different on this side of things, it really is!

It's like 65 degrees here. Why can I still hear my neighbor's AC?

Chuck Bartowski

Chuck... wasn't sure he wanted to have to explain any of these things to his dad. He was paranoid enough without knowing anything.

So, this weekend was going to be a picnic, wasn't it. Maybe he could avoid it all? He could hope!

Raven

"It was disconcerting to awaken in a body that was not my own," Raven said. "But having seen it happen to the boys and knowing such a thing was very possible in Fandom, and that it would only last for a day, I did not panic." Much. "In the beginning I did feel awkward and clumsy trying to make the body do what I wished."

ICON!!!!!!!!!!!

"You are anxious about this weekend," Raven said to Chuck. Empaths. Masters of the obvious. She was not nervous herself because she was not expecting any visitors.

Chuck, sort of lost in his own world, turned his head towards her a little more sharply than he'd intended. Raven being a very pretty girl was not going to help his nervy and awkward feeling any.

"I'm just... not sure how my dad's going to take it." Which was vague, but really, even normal parents would find this place tough to swallow.

Raven, however, was in a fairly good mood because a crappy week had ended with kisses on the roof. "I understand," she said. "This place is difficult to become accustomed to for most students, and trying to explain it to family who have no experience with such strangeness would be even harder. Do you wish to work on the assignment together? Perhaps that will help ease your mind."

"I-- I'm not sure it will," he admitted, obviously thinking about that just a moment longer.

"But sure, I'd like to work with you!" Just so that was clear. "Hi. I'm Chuck."

"I am Raven, though I am also called Rachel," Raven said. "It is nice to meet you, Chuck. Are you from the world just outside Fandom?"

"Um, just outside and about ten years back," Chuck answered. "I think."

"So... sort of?" Yeah. "Alternate universes are a bit... blurry, like that."

"It's nice to meet you too!" That possibly should've been the first thing he said, but, at least it got in there eventually.

Illyria

ljfl/kgjdfl;gjdfl;kgjdfl;gjkl;kj ICON!

Raven nodded. "So your world has no magic, at least none that is common," she said. "And you think your father will not take it well if he sees some of the more unusual things Fandom has to offer?"

Karla

Having expected to have nothing to say to this topic, since in fact nothing new had happened to her body (she was still going to stare at anyone who asked with a challenging smirk, though) Illyria found herself slightly disconcerted to hear Raven's take on the situation.

"Such was my experience awakening in this body," she said, perhaps a bit stiffly. "Though without the knowledge that it would end."

Karla stared, stony-faced, at the top of her desk. She highly doubted there was anyone in the school who hadn't heard about how 'well' she'd handled it. Was it her fault that it went counter to everything she'd ever believed?

Stupid Fandom.

"I imagine without that knowledge my own transformation would have caused me much more distress," Raven said, not without sympathy.

*joins the conga line of l;ajsdlfjasdoklj ICON!!!!!*

Raven reached over to lay one hand over Karla's, projecting comfort at her.

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