There has been a great deal of chatter around an episode, a season, a special, or even a whole SERIES dedicated to Arthur growing up among fans who grew up watching the beloved PBS show.
As such, I thought it would be neat ("neat", who the heck uses that word anymore??) to start a blog/screenplay about Arthur as a senior in high school, almost 10 years later.
First of all, I want to make a few things VERY clear:
The characters in this blog belong to Marc Brown and the producers of Arthur, and PBS kids. This blog is created as an homage to the original characters, as such I will try to stay true to the integrity of the Arthur characters and not debase the original content in any way.
Also, I will not be making any money from this (I bet my family WISHES I would make money from it, but alas, no...), that includes "donations". I do not wish to profit from the blog in any way other than feeling extremely satisfied (though I can easily give that up too).
(If anything, I might be able to re-excite some young adults who watched the show as kids, so they may more likely buy into the actual bona-fide Arthur market if they have children... or for their own collection, can't judge...)
The blog is meant to be fair use, creative commons, or whatever you call it when you add to someone's work without claiming it to be your own. Again, credit will go to Marc Brown and the Arthur team on PBS for the characters and their personas. So please don't sue me, I'm a student, and don't have any money.
So now that I got the legal stuff out of the way, what to expect:
A script detailing the adventures (and misadventures) of the Arthur gang. I will probably leave out Ladonna and family, as well as some chracters that appeared in seasons 7-16, especially if they were only featured in a single episode.
If you have a story suggestion, you can post it on the (*unofficial*) Molly Macdonald fanpage (which I moderate) or you can send it to stella_spotty@yahoo.com. I will read them, but I may not respond to all of them, and I'll probably only use the ones I like. (Also let me know if there are any MAJOR continuity problems, though maybe we can allow a few small ones here and there... Arthur is infamous for continuity errors :))
And there WILL be some romance. Just because I know some of you reading this (if anyone even bothers to read it) will be on the edge of your seat dying to know. The answer is yes, but I'm not telling who.*
If any of this bothers you, then feel free to write your own blog.
*Note that I want to stay true to the series, and maintain its integrity, so while I may touch on slightly more mature subjects (e.g. death, LGBTQ issues, politics, etc) there will be no sex or anything of an overtly sexual nature. I need to bring this up because I can already forsee requests for all kinds of shenanigans on this nature (some of them trolls, of course). I won't do this because I feel this would be a rotten smear on this sweet G-rated show (and I would feel really uncomfortable, dirty and just plain wrong, myself!). I don't want to sully the "pure" nature of Arthur. Therefore, I want to make it quite clear, this is not some kinky fan fiction (and some of them are still minors for pity's sake, good grief!), note I didn't title it "50 shades of Arthur" (actually that sounds quite good as a title...) THIS IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE. Have some decency people!
Also I'm refraining from using any words banned by the FCC for television broadcasts. Sorry, you don't get to experience D.W. saying *bleep* for reals. :p
Same goes for violence and explicit drug use. (So no "Breaking Brain", sorry guys. Even though recasting Breaking Bad with Arthur characters could be funny, not for this blog)
Now, I might *hint* a little (the way they do in Disney movies sometimes, and it always goes right over the kids' heads while you're all: O_O "...what?"), but in general I want to keep it PG and stay true to the show. One reason we like Arthur so much is because it's innocent, and I feel it would be wrong to ruin that.
Whew! That's quite a lot, isn't it?
I'll have the first post up soon. It'll be the FIRST part of episode 1. Hey, I don't have a writing team, it's just me, and this is not even my JOB, so cut a lady some slack here!
As such, I thought it would be neat ("neat", who the heck uses that word anymore??) to start a blog/screenplay about Arthur as a senior in high school, almost 10 years later.
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| Looks like Ratburn went through a rather *interesting* phase during his teens |
The characters in this blog belong to Marc Brown and the producers of Arthur, and PBS kids. This blog is created as an homage to the original characters, as such I will try to stay true to the integrity of the Arthur characters and not debase the original content in any way.
Also, I will not be making any money from this (I bet my family WISHES I would make money from it, but alas, no...), that includes "donations". I do not wish to profit from the blog in any way other than feeling extremely satisfied (though I can easily give that up too).
(If anything, I might be able to re-excite some young adults who watched the show as kids, so they may more likely buy into the actual bona-fide Arthur market if they have children... or for their own collection, can't judge...)
The blog is meant to be fair use, creative commons, or whatever you call it when you add to someone's work without claiming it to be your own. Again, credit will go to Marc Brown and the Arthur team on PBS for the characters and their personas. So please don't sue me, I'm a student, and don't have any money.
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| Kate sure looks different. Mostly bigger. And more hair. |
So now that I got the legal stuff out of the way, what to expect:
A script detailing the adventures (and misadventures) of the Arthur gang. I will probably leave out Ladonna and family, as well as some chracters that appeared in seasons 7-16, especially if they were only featured in a single episode.
If you have a story suggestion, you can post it on the (*unofficial*) Molly Macdonald fanpage (which I moderate) or you can send it to stella_spotty@yahoo.com. I will read them, but I may not respond to all of them, and I'll probably only use the ones I like. (Also let me know if there are any MAJOR continuity problems, though maybe we can allow a few small ones here and there... Arthur is infamous for continuity errors :))
And there WILL be some romance. Just because I know some of you reading this (if anyone even bothers to read it) will be on the edge of your seat dying to know. The answer is yes, but I'm not telling who.*
If any of this bothers you, then feel free to write your own blog.
*Note that I want to stay true to the series, and maintain its integrity, so while I may touch on slightly more mature subjects (e.g. death, LGBTQ issues, politics, etc) there will be no sex or anything of an overtly sexual nature. I need to bring this up because I can already forsee requests for all kinds of shenanigans on this nature (some of them trolls, of course). I won't do this because I feel this would be a rotten smear on this sweet G-rated show (and I would feel really uncomfortable, dirty and just plain wrong, myself!). I don't want to sully the "pure" nature of Arthur. Therefore, I want to make it quite clear, this is not some kinky fan fiction (and some of them are still minors for pity's sake, good grief!), note I didn't title it "50 shades of Arthur" (actually that sounds quite good as a title...) THIS IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE. Have some decency people!
Also I'm refraining from using any words banned by the FCC for television broadcasts. Sorry, you don't get to experience D.W. saying *bleep* for reals. :p
Same goes for violence and explicit drug use. (So no "Breaking Brain", sorry guys. Even though recasting Breaking Bad with Arthur characters could be funny, not for this blog)
Now, I might *hint* a little (the way they do in Disney movies sometimes, and it always goes right over the kids' heads while you're all: O_O "...what?"), but in general I want to keep it PG and stay true to the show. One reason we like Arthur so much is because it's innocent, and I feel it would be wrong to ruin that.
Whew! That's quite a lot, isn't it?
I'll have the first post up soon. It'll be the FIRST part of episode 1. Hey, I don't have a writing team, it's just me, and this is not even my JOB, so cut a lady some slack here!
