- IMPORTANT NOTICE -
This story is currently a work-in-progress, so expect some new parts to be added and a LOT of changes to be made in the coming months. As of 04-21-19, edits have been made up to Chapter 3, but if you find these or the later ones confusing and too fragmented to piece together into a complete storyline, let me know, and I'll update them shortly.
Once you've explored most of what I've written till date, you can PM me pinpointing the errors I've made in any of the chapters and how to fix them, rather than blatantly exposing everything at once to the reading community, so I'm always open for a chat to discuss new ways to push it forward to at least a semi-professional status. You can also suggest me some interesting ideas I could insert to the plot if possible, with full credit given to you of course, without involving the following topics: violence or gore, abusive language, alcoholism or smoking, gambling, death or destruction of the characters themselves or any sexual activity with or among them, to make it safe for all ages.
One last thing: please be respectful in the comments – this is my first and probably the only FanFiction posted on this website. As you must have known while glancing through this description, my grammar, especially tenses, and framing of words here are pretty rusty since I'm an aspiring writer from India contributing to the site and the community for the first time, so please, cut me some slack!
Right, now that my small rant's out of the way, let's move on to the preamble where I explain more stuff about my story in detail. Thank you so much for your patience, and have an awesome day.
Peace and chicken grease! v(ᵔᴥᵔ)b
- An Unnecessarily Long Author's Note -
Almost a decade and a half ago, back when I was a nerdy yet impish kid watching nothing but cartoon shows for most of my school years, I randomly came across an episode of the Teletubbies for the first time on cable TV. My initial reaction discovering them was that I was baffled noticing their actions scattered across different scenes...
[many of which you'll see in this self-insert-ish story spoken in the perspective of the Narrator (not of the children's series). And yes, I know that self-inserts have a universally lousy reputation, but I'll try my best not to make it sound as cookie-cutter as possible]
...but as days, months, even a few years went by, continuously binge-watching whatever episodes I could find every morning and late afternoon, because I was so curious to find out what activities they do for fun – their innate playfulness, cheery and carefree conversations and sheer display of affection and mischief with companions imparted wafts of "WAFF" (warm and fuzzy feelings) to my soul. It was because of the wholesome behavior that I inevitably found them adorable and a lot of fun to interact with, up to a certain degree without realizing later from the dark depths and distant corners of the Internet that visually, they look like something straight out of a B-rated horror movie.
Fast-forward to today, at 22 years old (which I'd presume growing up, is the same age as that of the characters right now if it was purely based on their inception), I still love the Teletubbies, regardless of the show being rebooted or not.
Heck, I like them to the point that I was expecting a crowd of others to join the original quartet. Recently, the remake introduced me to these babies known as the Tiddlytubbies, which made me a bit puzzled when I first saw them through pictures and social media; nevertheless, I was more than happy to welcome them...
...because when grouped altogether, they look like a proper, healthy and happy family, as endearing as ever.
I don't know why I considered this and how,
but let's stick with that and move on for now,
which reminded me to bring this one in tow,
this weird phrase: "How now, brown cow?"
Wow. Just, wow.
(Okay – I need to stop with these impromptu monorhymes here.
I'm not much of a Teletubbies "addict" here to begin with, but I don't remember recalling that episode out of the ones I've watched. It's a scene from the original series in which all of them ROFL after hearing that specific idiom from above being played from a single Voice Trumpet out in the open, multiple times.
You'd think an old phrase like that would quickly go over people's heads, but not for them, unsurprisingly. Furthermore, I still couldn't find out a particular reason why they laughed in the first place.
Oh well, there comes a time where some questions are best unanswered.)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You can also visualize yourself as the protagonist while reading, because why not join in on the experience? I'm a sucker for fourth wall breaking and exploring multiverses – be it in or from video games, TV programs or other forms of media.
Here's an example: imagine yourself spending time working on your projects or hobbies at home. After a few days or weeks, you're then suddenly teleported to a familiar fictional world out of nowhere by an unknown force, whether you can detect or discern it or not. Unfortunately, it's executed in such a way that you're stuck there permanently and cannot go back, unless you somehow manage to find a loophole that bypasses the entire situation, but you knew that it wouldn't be easy at this point. While still trapped, what will you do when you encounter the main characters of that world at any moment, in any circumstance?
That'll be entirely up to you and the choices you make, like venturing through the chapters of a now-defunct Telltale Games release, or Quantic Dream's breakout adventure game 'Detroit Become Human'.
Side note: Since around half of all the Teletubbies FanFictions I've read contain content regarding violence and gore, death, sexual activity, abusive language, and other inappropriate stuff, I decided to deviate from these topics and write a normal one that roughly follows the pace of a regular, run-of-the-mill episode – with a small exception that it doesn't end. It would be nice to start from scratch, of course...
...yet I approach it in such a clumsy manner that it's just comical at this point because of my experience with fictional stories as a beginner. So, once I'm thoroughly done with this story, which usually takes an absurdly long time because of "obstacles" like writer's block, many grammatical edits and stabilizing the progression of both the timeline and storyline and a lot more – yeah, I might need a beta reader to test it out.
Anyways, R&Rs (ratings & reviews) and feedbacks are always welcome in the comments so that I can focus on improving my writing in general, and I'll try my best to make your reading experience loads of fun. As you can see from the notice at the top: this is my first work of fiction online or offline, and here it's slowly but gradually expanding to become pretty much the longest Teletubbies FanFiction ever as I'm editing it chapter by chapter, so it'll make my day if you can explore as many of them as possible.
Oh, and one more thing... NO FLAMES of any kind!
DISCLAIMER: The main Teletubbies (#1 - #4) are owned by DHX Worldwide Ltd. However, I own the story as well as the rest of my OCs (#5 onwards).
This FanFiction is dedicated to Simon Shelton Barnes (1966 - 2018). You will always and forever be remembered in our childhood hearts as the Tinky Winky we all know and love. May your soul rest in peace.
Now, let's kick off before I start rambling about something completely unrelated and go way off course-
-great, it's happening again.
Author's a-whey- no, a-weigh- darn it, AWAY!
Alright, I'm officially done here. Enjoy, and Happy Reading!