I would do anything for my husband...

[drawnthatway]

Anything at all. But if he's not at this place you want to send me, and he's not in any danger, I don't see why I should.

I know I'm just a toon to you, but I'm more than that. I'm a woman and a wife and I have my darling Roger to care for. He could get hurt without me.

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[cursedtosleep]

Writers always seem so intent on separating us from our beloveds.

[drawnthatway]

Honey, if it was just another movie script I could deal with it. You get paid for those and people remember you. Your colors don't fade.

I don't see how they can't understand. Surely they have loved ones, too? Even if they aren't as amazing as my hunny bunny.

[cursedtosleep]

[Aurora rather not talk about that horrible straight to DVD "sequel" Disney did involving "her." Nor will her mun ever EVER use that in her muse's canon]

They do... but the love we have for our husbands is... I think odd to them.

[drawnthatway]

[with luck that will be long forgotten and buried in a few years]

Do you really? I don't know how they'd find it so terribly odd. Some of them have husbands, don't they?

[cursedtosleep]

[Here's to hoping.]

But they don't go through the same things we do. You were nearly dipped while helping your husband. [And her's fought a dragon] Some of them simply don't understand how much it hurts to be separated from our husbands for so long.

[drawnthatway]

And I had to put up with being blackmailed into taking those pictures!

[Her tiny hands press against her chest while her shoulders flex forward, a look of utter embarrassment and horror on her face. But not shame. She would never be ashamed of doing something to help her husband, even if it was deplorable.]

I only just got to take him home and bake him that cake, too. I know I'm an attractive toon, but can't a girl get a girl get a break every now and then?

[She sighs and tosses her hair only to have it settle back in the exact same place.]

You must put up with this as much as I do, honey. Have you ever been able to get a fair deal out of your writer?

[cursedtosleep]

Oh yes, I'm very fortunate. My husband joined me in the game I'm in and my writer has been kind enough to not stir up any drama or problems. Which, I must explain, is very impressive for her since she enjoys stirring things up, or so she puts it.

Phillip and I are very happy, even Rapunzel is living with us! Have you met Rapunzel, Jessica? She's a new sort of toon!

[drawnthatway]

Not in person, no. But I've heard a lot about her. Disney's latest Princess and all that. I doubt she'll be forgotten any time soon.

[That brought a whole new mess of troubles to Jessica's mind. Since Disney had been doing a pretty good job of erasing her and Roger from their theme parks and the comics they published.]

She has lovely hair.

[cursedtosleep]

[You're still popular at Disneyland, Jessica! And your merchandise is extremely popular when it comes out.]

She's very kind. [But, of all the princesses, Aurora DOES understand a bit of Jessica's plight having only 18 minutes of actual screen time.]

Oh yes, though my mun insists that it would have been better in 2D animation.

[drawnthatway]

My writer tends to agree with yours. Something about the skill it takes to do such work by hand. It's all I've ever known, though. So I'm not really sure what the difference in medium is. Other than it's unlikely I'll ever be brought through to it as I have the 'real' world.

[cursedtosleep]

That is something I simply don't have. I've never interacted with non-toons.

[tryacorset]

They find it amusing to send us where we are bound to struggle, these writers. At least that is what it seems like to me.

[drawnthatway]

I'm not afraid of a struggle, if that's the case. I just want some time with my darling Roger. He only just saved me from that terrible Judge Doom.

[tryacorset]

That I can understand. I only get to see my husband once every ten years.

[ Though most of the time that part of canon goes ignored by mun because she only really likes the first film ]

[drawnthatway]

[but Elizabeth is so badass in the second and third films!]

Oh my! That's terrible! And you humans only live sixty or seventy years on average, don't you? That means you'll only get to see him maybe four or five times at best. You poor thing!

[tryacorset]

[ But the films as a whole suck ass, make no sense, are an insult to history and what they do to Will and Liz is utter bullshit. The occasional moment of humor or badassery just cant make up for that. ]

Not to mention that our son will never really know his father.

[drawnthatway]

[I disagree. I think her badassery makes up for most all of it. It's really the only reason to watch the movies. And while they do screw her over with what they do with Will, they also don't make her out to be so weak as to not show up every ten years.]

You have a child, too? Roger and I haven't had that blessing in our life. Baby Herman is enough of one we really don't need it.

[While she was sincerely happy for Elizabeth that the woman had a healthy baby, Jessica's voice was obviously not envious. A toon baby, unless written properly, was a chore.]

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[tryacorset]

[ Then we shall be agreed to disagree or I will be ranting all evening xD ]

Yes, we do. He is healthy and strong.

Baby Herman? You say that as if he... isn't actually one.

[ She smiles fondly when speaking of her child, and the smile stays as she questions Jessica further, only taking on a more inquisitive air. ]

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[drawnthatway]

[Jessica gave a small laugh and tossed her hair, only to have it fall back in the same place it had been, bouncing as toon hair was wont to do.]

As he would say, he's got a '50-year-old's lust and 3-year-old's winkie'. But he's only 36. A toon child, not one of those made for movies ones, but the kind drawn for comic relief in film after film... they rarely get to grow up the way a human does. I was never a child, you know. I've always looked they way I look.

[tryacorset]

[ Elizabeth watches the hair, fascinated. And she's trying not to stare at the toon's rather impossible physique. ]

But... how is that possible? And... what exactly is a toon?

[drawnthatway]

I'm a toon, honey. We're drawn, inked and colored. Brought to life by the imagination of the one who created us. We live on only if we're remembered. Otherwise we fade away. Never quite gone, though. At the edge of a memory...

No death is permanent for a toon, unless it's by the dip. But getting forgotten can be worse. Toons are supposed to make people laugh, after all. And if we're forgotten, then we loose our purpose.

[dedicatedbitch]

If it makes you feel any better, time freezes when you're sent to most places around here, so nothing'll happen while you're gone.

[drawnthatway]

But that's not possible. Not really. Time still moves, we're just stuck in a place that we don't realize it. It's like being immortalized in a movie. It only lasts as long as others remember it's there. And then you're gone. Faded out.

Not even ink.

[dedicatedbitch]

...wow. You're not a very optimistic person, are you?

[drawnthatway]

I'm a realist. And I've seen it happen to too many good toons.