Story: Switched: Version 2
Author: morallyobjected
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans.. if I did, the show would be a lot more.. well.. Raven/Starfire-like..
Pairings: Raven/Starfire(yes, these are two girls.. if you don't like it, there's an X at the top-right of your browser)
Spoilers: If you watch Teen Titans, you haven't seen Switched, and you don't want me ruining it for you, then don't read.
Summary: Well, I watched Switched, and decided it wasn't Raven/Starfire friendly enough, so I'm changing it just a little itty bit.
Notes: I didn't change the episode too much, I think, just added in some subtext, changed some dialogue, added a scene or two, etc.. Also, I had to watch the episode on my computer countless times to get all the stuff right.. it's not very fun... If you're going to use the review function merely for the purpose of flaming me for writing something with a homosexual preference, go ahead, if you want to look like an ass in front of everyone else, I won't stop or hinder you.
Rating: PG
'' = speaking, [] = thoughts, -word = emphasis
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A red cloth covers all that can be seen, but it suddenly parts. Titans Tower is in view, with Jump City sitting in the background. Robin suddenly comes down from the sky, but instead of falling to the ocean as he should, he simply jerks and stays in the air. Something's not quite right about Robin. He looks a bit odd, and there are six strings coming out of his back. It's a puppet, and the scenery is just a backdrop in a puppet theatre.
'Titans, go!' says the puppet master, while controlling Robin, moving the mouth while swinging the Robin-puppet left. He turns the puppet head right and speaks again. 'Hey, aren't you guys coming?' This time to puppets of the other Titans.
'What's the point?' asks puppet-Raven. 'We can't possibly defeat the Puppet King.'
'He is too clever and powerful,' puppet-Starfire adds, 'not to mention good-looking.'
'Yeah, we should probably just surrender now,' the puppet version of Cyborg puts in.
'Dude,' says puppet-Beast Boy as he points up, 'I think we already have.'
The screen pans out, and the Puppet King is visible above the stage as he holds two controls in each of his hands. The only parts visible are the eyes, round like dinner plates, and the lower part of his body down to his knees, as he's sitting on them. The Puppet King is dressed like a nutcracker doll, and the outline of a crown is visible on his head.
'Bravo, bravo, but enough rehearsal. Time to start the show.' the Puppet King says, dropping the controls he was holding, sending the puppets dropping down to the stage as the red curtain closes.
Cue opening theme
The first thing visible is space, and a shooting star passes across. The next thing that comes is Raven's head, eyes closed, deep in meditation. There's a single rock, with a flat surface floating amongst the darkness, over which Raven is floating, 'sitting' Indian style, in a meditative pose.
'Azarath Metrion Zinthos,' Raven chanted. 'Azarath Metrion Zinthos.'
Then there came a voice.
'Raven?' the voice asked, softly at first. 'Raven?' this time louder.
The outer space scene tore apart, revealing the main room in Titans Tower, and the owner of the voice. It was Starfire. An agitated look grew on Raven's face.
'Please forgive my interruption,' the red-haired alien girl started, 'but have you seen Robin?'
Raven opened an eye to answer. 'No,' and the eye closed as fast as it had opened.
'Oh,' Starfire responded, a bit of defeat creeping into her voice, and she began walking away. Then she turned back. 'Perhaps you have seen Cyborg?'
'No,' came the same reply in the same fashion.
Again, Starfire started walking away, but turned back once again. 'Beast Boy?'
'My eyes are -closed, Starfire,' Raven said, exasperated, 'I haven't 'seen' anyone.'
'They must be doing the 'hanging out' someplace,' and Starfire once again began to walk away. However, as she had done all the previous times, Starfire turned around and spoke. 'Perhaps we should do the 'hanging out,'' the Tamaranean girl suggested cheerfully. 'We never have before, and conceivably, it could be fun. We might journey to the mall of shopping, or perform braiding maneuvers on each other's hair, or-' At this point Starfire noticed the black fire burning around Raven. 'You.. wish to be alone?'
'How could you tell?' Raven retorted dryly, and the fire burning around her dissipated, as she returned to a calm state while Starfire backed out of the room.
[It's not that I hate her, though she -does get a little annoying every once and awhile, I just really need to meditate,] Raven thought to herself. 'Azarath Metrion Z-'
'MAIL CALL!' Raven's meditation was interrupted again, but this time by the return of the boys, Cyborg's loud voice in particular, sending her limbs flying everywhere, a scream escaping her lips as she fell to the ground.
[Well, it looks as if I'm not going to get any meditating done..]
Starfire flew towards the entrance where the boys were standing, a grin on her face. 'Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, you are back!' she said with exuberance. 'It was.. quiet while you were gone.'
'Not that quiet,' Raven mumbled, dusting herself off.
While this was happening, Cyborg set a wooden box down on a table, and everyone gathered around it, curious. It said simply:
To: Teen Titans
Titans Tower
'Check it out,' Beast Boy said. 'This was sitting by the front door. Fan mail! Probably a gift from one of my -many admirers,' he continued as Robin inspected the box.
'Actually,' Robin pointed out, 'it doesn't say -who it's from.'
'Well, one way to find out,' Cyborg stated as he ripped the top open. 'Woah!'
'Cool!' Robin added, and Starfire giggled, as they saw what was inside.
'Honestly,' Beast Boy admitted, 'I was kinda hoping for chocolate'
Cyborg reached down and pulled out one of it's contents: puppet-Cyborg. 'Aww, idn't that cute? Puppet-Cy has a light up eye.'
'Yeah,' Robin let out, excited, while playing with the mini-utility belt. 'They got all the details just right.'
'Speak for yourself, I'm -way better-looking than -this!' Beast Boy half-yelled angrily, thrusting his puppet forward. 'And taller,' he added a moment later.
'Someone certainly has a lot of time on their hands...' Raven trailed off, examining hers.
'I have never seen such a whimsical device!' Starfire giggled as she played with her puppet.
'Hello, Starfire,' Starfire spoke to herself, using the puppet.
'Hello, tiny, wooden replica of Starfire!' Starfire replied back to the puppet, shaking its hand.
Robin was playing with his puppet, when Beast Boy came over with his and made it kick Robin's in the butt.
'Dude,' Beast Boy exclaimed, 'my puppet is totally kicking your puppet's butt!'
'Not for long,' Robin countered, as he made some weird sounds that Japanese actors always make in kung-fu movies, and his puppet slammed into Beast Boy's, knocking it into puppet-Cyborg making a 'BOING!' sound.
'You wanna piece uh me, little man?' puppet-Cyborg challenged.
The boys quickly became caught up in puppet-fighting. They made several fight noises, and challenges, and were having a good time.
'Boys..' Raven sighed, standing well away from the chaos.
'Shall my tiny replica do battle with your tiny replica?' Starfire asked, enjoying herself.
'Knock yourself out,' Raven answered, tossing her puppet to Starfire and walking off.
[It's -far too noisy here..] Raven thought to herself.
[Oh Raven,] Starfire pondered. [Why can't you ever have any -fun?]
fade to black
Author: morallyobjected
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans.. if I did, the show would be a lot more.. well.. Raven/Starfire-like..
Pairings: Raven/Starfire(yes, these are two girls.. if you don't like it, there's an X at the top-right of your browser)
Spoilers: If you watch Teen Titans, you haven't seen Switched, and you don't want me ruining it for you, then don't read.
Summary: Well, I watched Switched, and decided it wasn't Raven/Starfire friendly enough, so I'm changing it just a little itty bit.
Notes: I didn't change the episode too much, I think, just added in some subtext, changed some dialogue, added a scene or two, etc.. Also, I had to watch the episode on my computer countless times to get all the stuff right.. it's not very fun... If you're going to use the review function merely for the purpose of flaming me for writing something with a homosexual preference, go ahead, if you want to look like an ass in front of everyone else, I won't stop or hinder you.
Rating: PG
'' = speaking, [] = thoughts, -word = emphasis
---
A red cloth covers all that can be seen, but it suddenly parts. Titans Tower is in view, with Jump City sitting in the background. Robin suddenly comes down from the sky, but instead of falling to the ocean as he should, he simply jerks and stays in the air. Something's not quite right about Robin. He looks a bit odd, and there are six strings coming out of his back. It's a puppet, and the scenery is just a backdrop in a puppet theatre.
'Titans, go!' says the puppet master, while controlling Robin, moving the mouth while swinging the Robin-puppet left. He turns the puppet head right and speaks again. 'Hey, aren't you guys coming?' This time to puppets of the other Titans.
'What's the point?' asks puppet-Raven. 'We can't possibly defeat the Puppet King.'
'He is too clever and powerful,' puppet-Starfire adds, 'not to mention good-looking.'
'Yeah, we should probably just surrender now,' the puppet version of Cyborg puts in.
'Dude,' says puppet-Beast Boy as he points up, 'I think we already have.'
The screen pans out, and the Puppet King is visible above the stage as he holds two controls in each of his hands. The only parts visible are the eyes, round like dinner plates, and the lower part of his body down to his knees, as he's sitting on them. The Puppet King is dressed like a nutcracker doll, and the outline of a crown is visible on his head.
'Bravo, bravo, but enough rehearsal. Time to start the show.' the Puppet King says, dropping the controls he was holding, sending the puppets dropping down to the stage as the red curtain closes.
Cue opening theme
The first thing visible is space, and a shooting star passes across. The next thing that comes is Raven's head, eyes closed, deep in meditation. There's a single rock, with a flat surface floating amongst the darkness, over which Raven is floating, 'sitting' Indian style, in a meditative pose.
'Azarath Metrion Zinthos,' Raven chanted. 'Azarath Metrion Zinthos.'
Then there came a voice.
'Raven?' the voice asked, softly at first. 'Raven?' this time louder.
The outer space scene tore apart, revealing the main room in Titans Tower, and the owner of the voice. It was Starfire. An agitated look grew on Raven's face.
'Please forgive my interruption,' the red-haired alien girl started, 'but have you seen Robin?'
Raven opened an eye to answer. 'No,' and the eye closed as fast as it had opened.
'Oh,' Starfire responded, a bit of defeat creeping into her voice, and she began walking away. Then she turned back. 'Perhaps you have seen Cyborg?'
'No,' came the same reply in the same fashion.
Again, Starfire started walking away, but turned back once again. 'Beast Boy?'
'My eyes are -closed, Starfire,' Raven said, exasperated, 'I haven't 'seen' anyone.'
'They must be doing the 'hanging out' someplace,' and Starfire once again began to walk away. However, as she had done all the previous times, Starfire turned around and spoke. 'Perhaps we should do the 'hanging out,'' the Tamaranean girl suggested cheerfully. 'We never have before, and conceivably, it could be fun. We might journey to the mall of shopping, or perform braiding maneuvers on each other's hair, or-' At this point Starfire noticed the black fire burning around Raven. 'You.. wish to be alone?'
'How could you tell?' Raven retorted dryly, and the fire burning around her dissipated, as she returned to a calm state while Starfire backed out of the room.
[It's not that I hate her, though she -does get a little annoying every once and awhile, I just really need to meditate,] Raven thought to herself. 'Azarath Metrion Z-'
'MAIL CALL!' Raven's meditation was interrupted again, but this time by the return of the boys, Cyborg's loud voice in particular, sending her limbs flying everywhere, a scream escaping her lips as she fell to the ground.
[Well, it looks as if I'm not going to get any meditating done..]
Starfire flew towards the entrance where the boys were standing, a grin on her face. 'Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, you are back!' she said with exuberance. 'It was.. quiet while you were gone.'
'Not that quiet,' Raven mumbled, dusting herself off.
While this was happening, Cyborg set a wooden box down on a table, and everyone gathered around it, curious. It said simply:
To: Teen Titans
Titans Tower
'Check it out,' Beast Boy said. 'This was sitting by the front door. Fan mail! Probably a gift from one of my -many admirers,' he continued as Robin inspected the box.
'Actually,' Robin pointed out, 'it doesn't say -who it's from.'
'Well, one way to find out,' Cyborg stated as he ripped the top open. 'Woah!'
'Cool!' Robin added, and Starfire giggled, as they saw what was inside.
'Honestly,' Beast Boy admitted, 'I was kinda hoping for chocolate'
Cyborg reached down and pulled out one of it's contents: puppet-Cyborg. 'Aww, idn't that cute? Puppet-Cy has a light up eye.'
'Yeah,' Robin let out, excited, while playing with the mini-utility belt. 'They got all the details just right.'
'Speak for yourself, I'm -way better-looking than -this!' Beast Boy half-yelled angrily, thrusting his puppet forward. 'And taller,' he added a moment later.
'Someone certainly has a lot of time on their hands...' Raven trailed off, examining hers.
'I have never seen such a whimsical device!' Starfire giggled as she played with her puppet.
'Hello, Starfire,' Starfire spoke to herself, using the puppet.
'Hello, tiny, wooden replica of Starfire!' Starfire replied back to the puppet, shaking its hand.
Robin was playing with his puppet, when Beast Boy came over with his and made it kick Robin's in the butt.
'Dude,' Beast Boy exclaimed, 'my puppet is totally kicking your puppet's butt!'
'Not for long,' Robin countered, as he made some weird sounds that Japanese actors always make in kung-fu movies, and his puppet slammed into Beast Boy's, knocking it into puppet-Cyborg making a 'BOING!' sound.
'You wanna piece uh me, little man?' puppet-Cyborg challenged.
The boys quickly became caught up in puppet-fighting. They made several fight noises, and challenges, and were having a good time.
'Boys..' Raven sighed, standing well away from the chaos.
'Shall my tiny replica do battle with your tiny replica?' Starfire asked, enjoying herself.
'Knock yourself out,' Raven answered, tossing her puppet to Starfire and walking off.
[It's -far too noisy here..] Raven thought to herself.
[Oh Raven,] Starfire pondered. [Why can't you ever have any -fun?]
fade to black