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this story seems familiar to me
did you publish it somewhere else? Anyway, I liked it, and welcome to Big Closet
somewhere else
I have 21 chapters, published on FM.
Well I'm very glad I clicked
Well I'm very glad I clicked on this story. I can't wait to see where it goes! Thank you for sharing!
A tutu wearing leaper.
I'm loving the beginning. Nearly woke up the house after reading 'tutu wearing leaper'.
some good back story built into a relatively short chapter. Poor Penelope is going to have a bit of a rude awakening on her first day after the wish.
Love the name Penelope as well. I don't find many fun, entertaining stories here that are as well written as this. Thank you
Please keep more coming.
A.A.
A welcome start
I really love Sam's trope-bashing attitude,and hope that the two friends can re-unite and rapidly mend the fence they just broke.
"Reach for the sun."
I don;t usually go for fantasy stories but...
This is very well written and I will continue to follow it. Welcome to Bigcloset, you may be new here but you are obviously not a new writer.
Great beginning
I like how a nerd into fantasy and anime would already be familiar with TG tropes. Now the question is how successful Penny will be at rejecting the life being thrust upon her like Sam wanted Cindy to.
Star trek
You would think with their backgrounds they would have wished them shelves in to the Star Trek Universe or Stargate etc.
Maybe as
Jadzia Dax DS9
Samantha Carter SG-1
etc
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I literally did a spit-take at "bobbing for french fries"
...a true Homer Simpson pastime if ever there was one.
(Hisssss, "OW!" "Mmmmm, greeeeasy!")
-but luckily I missed my computer.
This seems every bit as good as your detective story but (so far) in a much lighter, more comical vein. I hope their friendship will survive this wish or even eventually become stronger because of it; because you could tell these two kids seemed made to be best friends, but circumstances caused their paths to diverge, like so often happens in real life.
~hugs, Veronica
The Potato says:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o4jTclx61Tc
Penelope????
Snicker! (Checks https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/) My heavens! That name has shot up in popularity in the 21st Century! I really hope they pronounce it "Pen-EL-o-pee" rather than "PEN-e-lope" with a long o and silent e. "Penelope the Antelope!"
"First-name, Middle-name, Last name, get your ---- here on the double!" Something only a mother would say.
"Tres cliché." I couldn't help laughing at the attempt at French. It should be, "Très cliché."
The advisor is stuck back in 1985, eh? Perhaps make it 1965.
And what did Cindy do her prior years, that made it possible to keep her back in beginning chemistry and rudimentary algebra? At least it wasn't 1955, where she would have been limited to domestic science, and the degree a young college coed was supposed to aspire to was the MRS. degree.
"I’m supposed to focus on cheering and doing things that are more social than academic." What-the-!! That's supposed to help her get into college? Does the advisor have an ulterior motive?
There are always dangers of being granted three wishes, or two wishes, or one. Apart from the literal or jerkass wish-granter, one might just spontaneously wish that he were dead, with still a remaining wish.
-- Daphne Xu
Cindy will never be happy
Even if Cindy gets into a good College, which is doubtful given that she's not allowed to show what she can do in school, all she'll ever be is barefoot and pregnant.
She doesn't have the fortitude it takes to tell others to jump in the lake, and do what SHE wants. Take the classes she wants or join in the activities she wants.
She also needs to tell her parents where to go and stop doing the activities THEY want. If daddy wants to be a cheerleader then he should have been one while in school. If he wanted to do ballet then he needs to find an school that offers adult classes.
And that AH school counselor, he needs to find something that keeps him away from intelligent school kids. He the worst one of all, holding Cindy back just because she's a girl and beautiful. Test Cindy, and if she passes, let her take AP courses.
But, she should not have come to Sam for help out of a life she doesn't gave the guts to control. She shouldn't have involved Sam with her self centered life.
Everything Sam said about her is true, but Cindy refuses to believe a word of it. If Cindy doesn't get control over HER life, she will forever be at the mercy of what anyone wants of her or expects of her.
Others have feelings too.
I Agree
... with everything except for the paragraph beginning with, "But, she should not have..."
It's very reasonable to go to friends for help and support, if one doesn't have the mental strength to do it on her own. Perhaps she tried. Perhaps she tried often. Perhaps she tried often, but her brain-with-a-death-wish sabotaged her every time, freezing her up.
-- Daphne Xu