Sometimes it pays to have a common name. It's all the same in databases and in computer files!
About a week ago, whe3n welcoming Bryan to the Haven, I went and merged a captioner's name with another Havenite in a comment, and I thought it was kind of amusing, so I made her a caption quickie as an apology! It's not MY fault that both of them (Karen Sue & Katie Mills) have 2 syllable names that start with K followed by a short secondary name, and they both like wearing pantyhose among other feminine things!
It's a mistake almost anyone could make! To me, just about anything is TG caption fodder, and it seemed like just the sort of bureaucracy or governmental snafu that would work within the world of magic. I mean, what if there were regulations and guidelines that needed to be filled out in triplicate, approved by middle mangers, and then delivered by less than qualified agents? "I'm sorry, but Satan will not be bringing you toys on Christmas morning, Stan!" "But I wrote a letter to SANTA! Not Satan." "Well perhaps you might wish to sell a piece of your soul to Satan to get you better handwriting, don't you think?"
Other than that, it's just a fun little piece of fluff .. and probably a welcome change from the thoughtful caption I put up here on Sunday, which lead to some decent discussion in the comments .. I hope Kaaren read my reply to her!) It's so nice to have a balance between all the different styles I do, so it never drifts too far into one direction. Hope everyone enjoys that variety I try to provide, like one of those Kellogg's 10 box packs of various cereals!
Speaking of products for purchase, I want to mention something I've seen in the recent GEICO commercials, which are pretty much "when you buy a house, you end up turning into your parents." I just looked it up, and apparently, it's Progressive Insurance. Shows you how much I pay attention to whatever company is part of the commercials!
Pretty standard sitcom stuff. Of course, I thought, why can't they do TG / swapped gendered versions of their ads? A young guy cooking in pearls and heels etc .. pretty much the Stepford type caption I made a week or two ago! Well, since I don't watch much television, I went to Youtube to see if they did, and while they weren't bad, it seemed like they went much further with the wife acting like her dad, than the hubby acting like his mother.
So the cross-dressing involves the husband wearing a cardigan sweater! BOO! I can see that they did NOT want to make fun of the TG community, but they could have done a little bit more!
Hopefully I've given you plenty of things to talk about in the comment section. Feel free to let me know how offended you'd be if my version of the commercials aired on television or how you'd love to have the caption happen to you UNLESS the preferences weren't even close to being the same.
Haha that’s amazing. Mixing up their names resulted in those lovely caption so I’m sure they’ll get over it.
ReplyDeleteThat would be amazing if they did a Stepford style commercial. I see those commercials all the time on Hulu. Probably a little to risqué for middle America sadly. I guess it’s up to you to make it happen ;)
Yeah, I have a feeling that people are going to be offended no matter what.
DeleteFirst off, I love the caption - I think we'd all be OK with that mistake. Sometimes these things happen for a reason!
ReplyDeleteAs for the commercials, I liked the becoming-her-dad one because it felt like they were having fun with the situation. With the becoming-his-mom version, though, it felt more like they were having fun at this expense.
If done well, where both people look convincing in their new gender, I would love your version of the commercial. Done cheaply though, as a joke, with both looking like bad Halloween drag costumes, that would probably bother me.
Very true! I just tend to absorb things all around me and then try to filter it through a TG lens, and those commercials gave me the "they are tiptoeing around what they'd LIKE to do," vibe.
DeleteStanding in front of the mirror and looking things over....
ReplyDelete"Oh well....accidents happen....no need to fuss....I'll just be on my way now!!!!"
Then you find out how hard it is to run to your car in those shoes!!!!
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The interesting thing for me, and maybe it's because I don't get out much anymore LOL, is that you tend not to see any heels more than 5 inches out in public. I wonder if they are truly walkable shoes for ANY sort of distance. I've only seen them on models and porn stars, who aren't exactly running marathons!
DeleteLove this. A perfect example how mistakes can have a desired ending.
ReplyDeleteI know what it's like to have a common name IRL. I know three people personally who share the same first and last name and a few with a similar name. Only one of them is family. When I google my real name I find a list of several dozen men who also share it.
One of them is even born on the same day, which was not so good for me, as it came up in the credibility check banks over here are obliged to do when handing out any form of larger credit. Fortunately I could prove we weren't the same person, and I got my mortgage. That was just a coincidence, but ever since I've been a bit wary of identity theft.
But a case of mistaken identity like this? Sign me up.
Yeah! Definitely real life can be a hassle, but in TG captions, very welcome!
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