Hi Mary!
Knight & Princess
The princess gown looks a lot like the dress I wore to prom, and it comes with that cone…hat…thing with the strip of fabric hanging from the top.
I’m pretty sure that any and all similarities to Lady Loisette are purely coincidental.
“Verily, it shall be an honor to escort such a beautiful maiden to the Planet of Daily!”
I’m also reminded of Buffy’s “I’m not much with the damseling”. The funny detail is that in the German version, damsel and maiden are the same word and it is literally the word used for ‘virgin’.
“Oh, knock it off,” I scold, but it’s hard to sound stern when laughing so hard.
And this just fits perfectly with said former connotation. Happily for them, if Clark and his maiden go visit the dragon, the dragon will still get his virgin blood. Or, rather, not get it because of an urgent need to visit his dentist.
Jimmy’s costume is a little harder for me to figure out: coveralls, a fake mustache, and a bright red hat. He reaches us before Perry does and grins up at us. “Mama mia! It’s-a Princess Lois and Sir CK!”
Oh, you do different Jimmy’s? At least the Italian hint makes it clear. So, is Jack there as Luigi?
“Jimmy, why don’t you plumb me up some more punch and
Umm… I’m not sure this is the best way to phrase this request…
and then see if you can rescue the secretary pool from Ralph?”
Will Mario jump onto the annoying little toad’s head?
It always feels good when Perry calls me the top reporter, but I try not to let it show too much. The fact that I now technically share the title with Clark doesn't bother me as much as I once thought it would.
Lois is cute! And I like the qualification at the end. It still bothers her, just not as much.
and we join several other coup—*pairs of people*— in swaying to the music.
Let’s see; there was the one where a frog turns back into a prince by being thrown against the wall…”
Or the one where the princess turns into a frog when you marry her.
“In the original version, the princess has enough of his shenanigans and throws him clear across the room. Slap! Poof! And suddenly he’s a prince again.”
Let’s refrain from doing that with Call-Me-Daniel, shall we? We don’t need a new prince in town.
and poison cured by kissing.”
Sucking poison out of a wound is an age-old remedy.
Female Secretary #1: The snake bit you *where*?
Female Secretary #2: I have heard of snakes in toilets, but never one actually biting…
Male Secretary: Come on, Ralph, I’ll help you.
Ralph:
“Being locked in a tower.” I look up into his eyes. “I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, ever since…Lex.”
She could have let her hair grow out…
little things, like how every date was in his territory, surrounded by his kind of people; never anything involving my own usual places or my own peers.
Why would Lex want to eat in the company of uncultured bums?
Clark, he planted the idea that I thought she was beneath me and that I wouldn’t ever want to see her again!”
Nice one about Lucy’s absence!
“Years ago, when I did some articles on domestic violence, I learned that the first thing abusers often do to their victims is to disconnect them from everything and everyone, so that they’ll have no one to run to once the beating starts.”
Poignant you chose this for the princess theme!
His shoulders sag beneath my hands, and his voice is soft. “Superman.”
No, silly, the frog.
“Oh, Clark!” I stare at my knight in plastic armor,
Dull, flimsy armor, not polished steel plate.
Awwwww, like a brother!
The breastplate over his chest is uncomfortably hard as he pulls me close, but his lips are soft and warm against mine, which makes it an even trade.
Awwwwww
shake my head. “Just…we’re *really* behind on having that first date now, aren’t we?”
Hey, at least he’s still unicorn bait and she’s not pregnant.
All that worry about dating and relationship-labeling suddenly seems so pointless. Whatever happens next, I know that right now, I’m with the man I love; a man who loves me back. All is right in the world.
Happily Ever After
Awww… and they can even have their fairytale wedding. Complete with frogs and all.
This is a fun tale collection
Michael
