Cupid, Aphrodite and Hallmark

[waterproofed]

I don't know how many of you remember this, but we actually had the real Cupid in the castle for a while. When I say "Cupid", you're probably thinking of that little baby wearing diapers and having angel wings. The wings are right, but he was a full-grown man.

Most of them don't look like how you'd expect.

Anyway, I always wondered how much influence he and the other love gods had over this holiday getting so popular. Maybe they stop by at Hallmark, or they even own it or something. Whatever it is, it wouldn't surprise me.

[a pause as he considers his chocolates] Anybody brave enough to eat the chocolates we got?

Comments

[untilmydarknessgoes]

I think you mean stupid.

[waterproofed]

So I'm guessing that's a "no" for you.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Hallmark has a lot to answer for, in general.

[waterproofed]

I hate the cards that have so many words on them.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

And the way they mass market holidays. Like they have some kind of monopoly on our images. I didn't sign any bloody contracts, I know that much.

[waterproofed]

"Our" images?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Holiday...let's call us representatives.

[waterproofed]

You mean like how Cupid came to be associated with Valentine's Day?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Like that, yeah. Little different, where I come from.

[waterproofed]

What? Like Cupid shooting people with paintball guns instead of arrows?

Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

Not yet. I figured I'd go whole-hog and have them with Simon. Just to really put the risk in this dumb holiday.

[Because what the hell, right?]

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

I do't rightly know what Cupid does, I'm usually too busy this time of year to rightly care.

Dictated

[waterproofed]

Let me know how it goes.

[waterproofed]

Why's that?

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

Will do, Perc.

[She scribbled in a stick figure saluting him.]

[waterproofed]

[he chuckles, and doddles in a stick figure next to hers offering a high five]

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

I'm the Easter Bunny, I have Easter to deal with.

[waterproofed]

[there is a pause] The Easter Bunny. ... Sure, why not?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

...What. No arguments? No asking me to prove it?

[waterproofed]

Dude, my dad is an ancient god. I can believe pretty much anything is real.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

...

Well, that's ripper, then. You're easier than most of the residents here. [It's nice not to be called crazy]

[waterproofed]

And you don't seem fazed to hear that I'm half-god. That's a nice change.

[untilmydarknessgoes]

Resounding, in fact.

[waterproofed]

Yeah, I figured you more for the "mock from a distance" type.

[untilmydarknessgoes]

I'm touched that you even cared to notice.