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Lunatic Villas issue 1 BETA
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Transcript of Lunatic Villas issue 1 BETA
When we talk about childhood, we remember only fantasy
With these exceptions, I guess all childhood is fiction.
How much they drank.How many cups of coffee Mothers made.
to be sane.
like what Fathers wore. What they did every day
the same exact way
made up of mundane things:
Marian Passmore was born May 24th, 1933.
What do you mean?Well, I’m reading a book now,
but Ruth has the same one & it looks different.
On the front it says both books
are written by Mrs. Wilder & Ruth says on the inside
all her words are the same.
Yes...
Well they probably are, Sweetie.
What do you mean?Well, I’m reading a book now,
but Ruth has the same one & it looks different.
On the front it says both books
are written by Mrs. Wilder & Ruth says on the inside
all her words are the same.
Yes...
Well they probably are, Sweetie.
Writing books is hard! Mom & Dad don’t understand
my questions...
Never taught me this, either!
If I knew how to swear, I would have.
How does she make her ‘A’s look that way?
They didn’t teach me howin school...
I learned quickly.
Nicknamed Pass, I learned about sarcasm...
Sarnia
HamiltonCambridge (then, Galt)
BrantfordPort Arthur
Camp Kitchy*
Jesus, Weaver! Don’t sneak up on me
like that!
What’s the big deal? Didn’t hurt your
shoulder...
*AKA Camp Kitchikewana (Verduyn 25)
What do you want?
I’m bored. Thought I could keep you company during
Free Swim.
You should have thought again.
You’ve been teaching swimming here a long time
haven’t you, Pass?
This is my last year,
actually.
TERRY! stop splashing,
please.
You’ve been here much longer, haven’t you?
This might be my last year, too.
Oh, a writer I suppose. A student, still.
So what will you be
next summer, after High School’s
finished?
No thanks. My mom smokes.
Want a cigarette?
How does he keep his fingernails so clean
at camp?
A lady.
A lady? Maybe I will, too.
Don’t be stupid.
Don’t be presumptuous. You know what,
I think I’m a good match for you.
Why?
Well, our initials.
Our genitals?
Godammnit, our initials. They say my initials
will make me a good husband. Because of your initials.
Yeah. They say I’ll be a considerate husband & take care of my wife
because my first initial is a double-you. & that’s what “they”
say.
Well, my mother... but I was thinking about us
yesterday & I realized you and I aren’t that different.
You’ve said that already.
Our initials, though. Look:
Well, my mother... but I was thinking about us
yesterday & I realized you and I aren’t that different.
You’ve said that already.
Our initials, though. Look:
Fuck! Look what you
made me—
Shut up, shut up, she’s right down there!
Look at her! She has twins!
A double!
Let’s run!
You watch, you watch!
She’ll eat us first!
Mom, I’m cold!
Mom, I’m cold too!
We’ll eat her, we’ll eat her breasts
off!
William! Charlotte! I asked you not to
speak like that. I don’t like it.
mommom
mommom
Let’s run!
You watch, you watch!
She’ll eat us first!
Mom, I’m cold!
Mom, I’m cold too!
We’ll eat her, we’ll eat her breasts
off!
William! Charlotte! I asked you not to
speak like that. I don’t like it.
mommom
mommom
Bored!
Cold!Cold!
We want to go home and drink chocolate!
Bored!
I’m not cold Mom, I’m bored
Third person!
Charlotte: you’re not cold. You’re saying that because
William said he’s cold & you know he’s mad at you
for teasing about his new boots. William: you’re not cold,
you’re bored!
I’m not bored Mom,
I’m cold
OK, we’re going home. I asked you
both if you wanted
to go out & see the snow & now you’re being cruel to Mommy.
Yeah!
mom,who was
ruth?
well, you knew adoption
was an option.
hot!
chocolate!
hot!
chocolate!
mom,who was
ruth?
well, you knew adoption
was an option.
hot!
chocolate!
hot!
chocolate!
What do you mean, dear? Ruth is Angela’s girl.
You play together after Church.
Yeah, but in Sunday school we learned
about another girl in the Bible & Ruth said it wasn’t true
when I asked her.
It was Ruth too. She lived a long time ago.
Do you remember the story, Marian?
Yeah. Ruth loved
her mom a lot.
That’s right.
Mom, I’m sorry
about Church.
You know what you did
wrong?
I wasn’t nice to my teacher
and God.
You disrespected him by your actions. & your mother.
Mom, I’m sorry
about Church.
You know what you did
wrong?
I wasn’t nice to my teacher
and God.
You disrespected him by your actions. & your mother.
But mom, Ruth was being mean—
It doesn’t matter. “Turn the other cheek.”
Plus, she wasn’t being mean, she was just repeating something her mom said.
Mom, what do I do if she says it again?
Says what again, Pass?
The suffix “tion” would resonate with me the rest of my life...
I would see it in the straightness of my hair, missing from my mother and sister’s hair…
from Engel’s final notebook,9 july 1984
They Made me marian.
They Made me marian.