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Random Dream and Musings - Bojack Horseman and Lemur Girl
7 years ago
It's not often I dream about media properties, but I dreamed up an episode of the animated comedy/drama series Bojack Horseman early this morning, which ended up inspiring me. It started with funny bits, then got darker, and afterwards inspired me to muse about the head-cannon.
In the episode, Bojack made a movie set in Germany and missed an obvious anti-semitic plot point and had to apologize. “Look, I’m an idiot, not a racist.”
The episode concerned Bojack learning he had German roots and wanted to make a film celebrating that. I remember a choice line of dialog was about wanting to play in a film where he learned German and it would seem natural and funny, “like those films where Jackie Chan learns kung-fu.”
He starred in a wacky movie where he went to Germany and won ownership of a pub, but some villain was trying to steal it from him. Originally that was a local German character, which Bojack didn’t like, but when they rewrote the script with an obvious Jewish stereotype he was oblivious.
I woke up early before my alarm with the dream fresh in my mind. It was just after Bojack fires those responsible for the movie and the whole thing left me with lots of sad feelings. I was feeling bad for him so I ruminated in bed half-asleep and ended up letting him have a one night stand with a lemur manic pixie dream girl where there was lots of cuddling and soulful talk afterwards.
I daydreamed more head cannon of Bojack and the younger lemur while mowing the lawn this afternoon.
I definitely feel like there would be some self-referential humor about her being a manic pixie dream girl, and how they always end up helping and healing the male protagonists. She feels like she’d have a bit of a sarcastic wit, though not as caustic as Bojack’s, so she’d probably say something like “it’s not like I have things all figured out yet, I mean I work at a coffee shop, so the only thing I’ll be fixing is your morning latte.”
The scene I had for them for the morning after their initial fling had them half-dressed and sitting around the kitchen island, while he attempts to make breakfast. I forget if he ever cooked on the show or not, so maybe he can make some eggs or pancakes, or maybe he makes a bit of a mess of it, which she kids him a bit about, but also finds endearing.
Afterwards she winks and suggests they hop in the shower before she has to leave, which was actually something from my half-asleep, half-waking dream musings this morning. Of course since it’s me, Bojack would get some sweet and playful sex the next morning.
Like most people in Hollywoo, she has a day job. He's surprised to see her working at a local coffee shop a day or two later. She flirts with him as she makes his order and he gives her a shy smile.
They end up dating for awhile. She ends up guiding him to be a better person, mostly with reminding him to "look outside yourself, dummy." She gives him a playful swat on the back or flicking his ears while she lovingly chides him.
Awhile later, he confesses "I know you're half my age, but this feels like the most grown-up relationship I've had in awhile." She kisses him on the nose "don't sell yourself short, silly."
She's a graphic artist and was doodling ideas based on a TV show someone he knows is working on. He wants to show her ideas off, but she doesn't think they're any good. He could easily drop it, and he also doesn't want her to leave him, but he also remembers how he sabotaged Todd's rock opera. He shows her work off to his colleague and gets her a job on the show.
She gets more art work and does eventually meet someone her age on the crew. They part as good friends and he feels good at the end, like he's done something right for a change.
She gives him a parting gift, a drawing she did of the two of them on an unused disposable coffee cup she swiped from her old job. That cup shows up in the background in later episodes, shown in a place of importance where Bojack keeps it to remember her.
And as silly as this is, this is the most creative work I’ve done in awhile. It felt good to do some structured day-dreaming. I need to do more of that.
In the episode, Bojack made a movie set in Germany and missed an obvious anti-semitic plot point and had to apologize. “Look, I’m an idiot, not a racist.”
The episode concerned Bojack learning he had German roots and wanted to make a film celebrating that. I remember a choice line of dialog was about wanting to play in a film where he learned German and it would seem natural and funny, “like those films where Jackie Chan learns kung-fu.”
He starred in a wacky movie where he went to Germany and won ownership of a pub, but some villain was trying to steal it from him. Originally that was a local German character, which Bojack didn’t like, but when they rewrote the script with an obvious Jewish stereotype he was oblivious.
I woke up early before my alarm with the dream fresh in my mind. It was just after Bojack fires those responsible for the movie and the whole thing left me with lots of sad feelings. I was feeling bad for him so I ruminated in bed half-asleep and ended up letting him have a one night stand with a lemur manic pixie dream girl where there was lots of cuddling and soulful talk afterwards.
I daydreamed more head cannon of Bojack and the younger lemur while mowing the lawn this afternoon.
I definitely feel like there would be some self-referential humor about her being a manic pixie dream girl, and how they always end up helping and healing the male protagonists. She feels like she’d have a bit of a sarcastic wit, though not as caustic as Bojack’s, so she’d probably say something like “it’s not like I have things all figured out yet, I mean I work at a coffee shop, so the only thing I’ll be fixing is your morning latte.”
The scene I had for them for the morning after their initial fling had them half-dressed and sitting around the kitchen island, while he attempts to make breakfast. I forget if he ever cooked on the show or not, so maybe he can make some eggs or pancakes, or maybe he makes a bit of a mess of it, which she kids him a bit about, but also finds endearing.
Afterwards she winks and suggests they hop in the shower before she has to leave, which was actually something from my half-asleep, half-waking dream musings this morning. Of course since it’s me, Bojack would get some sweet and playful sex the next morning.
Like most people in Hollywoo, she has a day job. He's surprised to see her working at a local coffee shop a day or two later. She flirts with him as she makes his order and he gives her a shy smile.
They end up dating for awhile. She ends up guiding him to be a better person, mostly with reminding him to "look outside yourself, dummy." She gives him a playful swat on the back or flicking his ears while she lovingly chides him.
Awhile later, he confesses "I know you're half my age, but this feels like the most grown-up relationship I've had in awhile." She kisses him on the nose "don't sell yourself short, silly."
She's a graphic artist and was doodling ideas based on a TV show someone he knows is working on. He wants to show her ideas off, but she doesn't think they're any good. He could easily drop it, and he also doesn't want her to leave him, but he also remembers how he sabotaged Todd's rock opera. He shows her work off to his colleague and gets her a job on the show.
She gets more art work and does eventually meet someone her age on the crew. They part as good friends and he feels good at the end, like he's done something right for a change.
She gives him a parting gift, a drawing she did of the two of them on an unused disposable coffee cup she swiped from her old job. That cup shows up in the background in later episodes, shown in a place of importance where Bojack keeps it to remember her.
And as silly as this is, this is the most creative work I’ve done in awhile. It felt good to do some structured day-dreaming. I need to do more of that.
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