So yesterday I got into a major writing mood. And what did I do? I spent all evening (well, Tommy's nap, a little while he played in the exersaucer, and when he went down for the night) writing a.... Bob/Wendy angst/romance Bob the Builder fanfiction! -_- Cause I'm just that lame! But, wow, it felt great just to do a short one-shot. I need to do those more often. This is actually something I've been wanting to write for a while. If you really pay attention to Bob and Wendy's interactions you come to the same conclusion I did. Wendy loves Bob and he basically ignores her. There was even one episode that closely resembles what I wrote where she's out with Bob when he's talking to the crew and then she's basically ignored and starts to head back into the office and he says her name and she turns to him all hopeful and he tells her some job or other he wants her to do and she's all "Oh.... sure, Bob..." It was so sad! Also, even if Bob does love her back they're stuck on being friends. They've got the whole "what if they don't like me back and everything gets too weird I'd lose them forever" thing going on.
Anyway, what surprises me the most about it is that I wrote it in first person. I don't do first persons, normally. I much prefer 3rd person, and even as I wrote it I found myself drifting back into 3rd person and I had to keep fixing it. But I really feel it was the sort of story that had to be 1st person.
It's pretty short, 2,263 words. But I had no real goal or purpose in mind. I had a vague idea and then yesterday an opening line came to me and I went with it. Later that line changed and became the ending line.
As you read this is all angsty goodness until you stop to really think about it. This is a serious, angsty fic about... a children's cartoon!? That aspect makes this whole story pretty funny.
btw, great show. I never knew how awesome it was until some months ago when I put it on for Tommy and I've been hooked ever since.
Anyway, here's the link to the story:: Wendy's Bad Day Also, I know some of you will probably look at my profile to see my other stories. Please note I wrote a lot of that when I was 13 and 14, so they're pretty childish sometimes. I have some kid-Boba ones I put up when I was about 17, I think, and I think those are good. If you go to my site my Dark Jedi thing is pretty good, and also in first person, oddly enough.
...I give myself 6.5 out of 10 stars.
