I Blame The Internet

[bloodyrosemccoy]

DVD ON SHELVING RACK: The Grinch Grinches The Cat In The Hat

IDLE THOUGHTS: You know, for some reason that always sounded really, really creepy to me.

SANITY PRESERVATION UNIT: *shudder* I sense a disturbance in the Force!

IT: Of course, Dr. Seuss always kind of weirded me out. Something under his innocent books held a sort of vaguely Giger-esque dark madness for me.*

SPU: My god, she’s going to—

IT: And the idea of putting those two characters in the same feature seems somehow to hint at a monstrous clash of the titans.

SPU: RED ALERT, RED ALERT! STOP THIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT! ALL STOP!

IT: And what do we mean by the verb “to grinch,” anyway? Way too sinister-sounding.** I can’t really come up with any definition that doesn’t sound—

SPU: *dramatic slow-motion dive* NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!

IT: —like … Grimdark Seuss.

UNBIDDEN MENTAL IMAGES: *abound*

THE REST OF AMELIA’S BRAIN: GAAAAAH MUST CLEANSE WITH FIRE.

SPU: I have failed. *commits seppuku*


Obviously my Idle Thoughts are trying to grinch me. I kind of wish my Sanity Preservation Unit didn't have The Bishop’s timing.


*Also true, to a much greater extent even, of Gumby. Seuss I still like; Gumby is goddamn Lovecraftian horror. I am absolutely terrified of him.

**Trust me, the theft of Christmas would be the least of your worries.

Comments

[sofish-sasha.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm pretty glad I grew up with Astrid Lindgren and Tove Jansson stories instead of Dr Seuss.

*hasn't even heard of Gumby*

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Gumby was a pre-Claymation stop motion animated cartoon. I think he was made of plasticene clay. His best friend was a horse named Pokey, and they usually had to deal with the evil Blockheads (who had cube-shaped heads).

I'm kind of mad at myself for not picking up the collected Gumby comic at WonderCon. It was done by Bob Burden (of Flaming Carrot and Mystery Men fame) and seemed to feature his usual form of lunacy (tamed to be more kid-friendly, but still...off). He wasn't at the both when I saw it, and I decided to come back and buy it later so I could get it signed, but forgot. It featured a storyline in which somebody mind-controls Gumby by drawing a Hebrew word on him, turning him into a golem (made of clay, you know).

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Here's his Wikipedia page--you may recognize the image.

I got the full gamut--I loved Lindgren, and while I wasn't as exposed to the Jansson stories, I liked them well enough. I also liked Dr. Seuss precisely FOR the slightly creepy feel.

Plus, I had Mercer Mayer, Amelia's Notebook, Elsa Beskow, and Barbara Helen Berger to make up for any Seussian trauma.

[igntethestars.livejournal.com]

I love you brain xD

My SPU gave up on me years ago, when it learned that no matter what it did, the tangents and the IT would just keep over running it.

[stormteller.livejournal.com]

I think it's just you.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

... Yeah, you could be right.

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

...I'd read it.

[neintales.livejournal.com]

I can see Giger-esque madness lurking in the Seuss.

It might be why I to this day enjoy poking at Seuss books when in a waiting room where they are stocked.

Except now my brain is twisting to look at the only "For ittle kids!" book I have...handy on my desk. Which is that Catholic primer. And my brain is saying "What if it were a Cthulhuian Primer? Entitled This is Our Madness instead of This is Our Parish..."

DANGIT. Look what you have DONE!

[tay421.livejournal.com]

I grew up with some Gumby films... But man, even back then, they were creepy. I don't know if I could watch them without nightmares now. I also learned to read with some Dr. Seuss books... I hadn't been able to think that much into it, though. XD

[killabee886.livejournal.com]

let's not forget the many ways we could take this classic seuss book wrong: "There's a Wocket in my Pocket".

[cofmanynames.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who once got a... well, basically a hooker to read that to him. (He trolls, can you tell?) All I could think of while he retold this was "Could you have picked something easier to ...creatively interpret? Could you really?"

(Also, was rather hypnotized by your icon. *goes back to staring*)

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Incredibly belated metaquote!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Good lord, NOBODY deserves to have that suggested ... ;)