Origin: One Day Your Toes May Reach The Trees / Discussion

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TL333s 27 Oct 2014 22:29

Okay, so swingset motif and I assume Daniel Lindahl? That explains why everyone in the prologue was Scandinavian.

Also, >tfw Cookie Craze. Also you're goddamn right Lambeosaurus was the best, fuck yeah.

trennerdios 28 Oct 2014 14:19

Yes.

Lambeosaurus is best hadrosaur.

Optimal 30 Oct 2014 02:27

Heh, I have a friend named Rachael. Spelled the same way. We also live near Rochester…

r u a wizard?

+1

trennerdios 30 Oct 2014 16:22

Does she have a son named Zeb?

If so, then clearly I am a space wizard.

Optimal 30 Oct 2014 21:09

Nah. But if she does have a kid and it's a boy, I'll recommend Zeb for the name, just so I can watch the stars align.

Kaiser Crab 04 Nov 2014 14:39

This seems longer than it might need to be… The inattentive bad driving mother is funny but becomes a little distracting after a while, but my main problem is Zeb… 4 year olds don't talk that much or that cohesively. This kid is pretty much perfectly recalling a conversation better than some adults can, which is something my 4 year old definitely can't do, nor my nieces and nephews. Unless he is a very smart almost-5 year old then he would not be speaking like that. I caught that his speech becomes more advanced when they get home but I got the impression his behavior in the car on their drive was supposed to be normal.

I upvoted the other entries in this hub, but I have to downvote this one… To be honest the swing wasn't my favorite playground skip, it was a little one-note to me, and I'd like to see more about the slide or merry go round (and maybe something to explain what the hell is going on with the 0 seat on the teeter totter).

trennerdios 04 Nov 2014 16:11

See, my three year old isn't super advanced, but he isn't too far off from being able to speak similarly to how Zeb does throughout most of the tale, though not at the end. My four year old nephew on the other has better speech, coherency, and memory than Zeb does here. You can't make blanket statements about kids based on anecdotal evidence. To me, "4 year olds don't talk that much" is a bit of a silly thing to say, but I understand your experience may differ.

Beyond that, I accept the criticisms on the bad driving bits. I may have gone overboard, but made the choice to keep it like that, and I can live with it. And I'm sorry if you're not a fan of 2483. I know the concept of that article isn't particularly interesting at its core, but it's a main character of the tale series, so there is going to be more of it. However, I will definitely be featuring the other playground skips later in the series.

Thank you for taking time to read it and for the feedback.