Hey, everyone! I'm back with another update and this time I'm going to do things a little differently. I don't usually do this, but I'm going to personally respond to every review. So let's start shall we?
Jess B- Thank you very much! I'm glad you like them.
SmoothCriminal16- Nadine was tricky because it seemed like her whole character centered on Rhonda, so I wanted her to have a topic away from that as well. I think you'll really like Arnold and Helga's :)
The Rhombus- Eugene was definitely someone I shook my head at as a kid. To be honest, at age 10 I would have been right there with Harold, Stinky, and Sid in making fun of him. But adulthood does bring a change in perspective. And it really helped here in writing Eugene.
thatamosgirl- Thank you! I honestly think Lila's is one of the best I've written.
Ajay435- That's exactly what I was aiming for with Lila. As I stated before, I don't believe she's conniving or manipulative, but she has her own demons to work out. And I am a believer in the theory that part of the reason why she won't go out with Arnold is that she not only knows Helga likes him, but believes they are a better match.
Call Me Nettie- Thank you very much! I'm actually not planning to do Arnie because A) he's not part of the P.S. 118 crew B) he stumps me that kid. Originally, he was an animation joke that became kind of a warped version of Arnold. I honestly wouldn't know how to write him haha.
Anyway, thank you all for your support of this story. I can safely say the best has yet to come.
So today we have Sid! And full props to whoever can guess the next character!
On with the story! Please review, and enjoy!
The Frightened- Sid Antonucci
Scaredy cat, wimp, paranoid- I know I've been called all of these. I guess it's not without good reason. I mean I've believed some pretty crazy stuff in the past- that Arnold stole the money we found in a bag, that I killed Principal Wartz with a soap doll, that Stinky was a vampire intent on sucking my blood…the list goes on and on.
But here's the thing, at the time those things were happening, it seemed perfectly rational. I was only doing what any sane person would do in that situation, only to find out later I wasn't acting all that sane. Boy howdy, it makes me wish I could be like my other friends- Arnold, Gerald, Stinky, Harold. Nothing like that ever freaks them out.
See, what makes this situation worse is that sometimes I feel this way for no reason at all. It happens in class, at recess, when I'm watching TV or even if I'm just lying in bed doing nothing. There's this feeling that something's wrong. Even if the sun is shining, my boots are polished, and I just threw the game winning touchdown at school, I'm still frightened. Like I'm just constantly expecting something bad to happen. And then it takes someone else to tell me that everything's fine.
I can't always place my finger on it, but this feeling of something being wrong makes me think something is….wrong. I always assumed most people were like this, but I'm ten years old and I'm second guessing that assumption. What if there's a reason I'm like this? What if I'm just a time bomb ready to explode at any moment? Because that's how I feel most of the time.
There has to be an explanation for this! There has to be! I can't live the rest of my life afraid of my own shadow! Agh! I can't take this crap any longer! Sooner or later, an answer will come along right? As to why I'm like this? Would my parents even understand or just throw me into the drooling academy?
Or then again, maybe Stinky was right. Maybe I just am a dang scaredy cat.
Sid was the only kid in the series that got a major story line but never had a last name. I figured he could use one, and he and his dad did look a bit Italian to me.
The tricky part with all this, is nailing down some of the causes for behavior. I think it's safe to say that Sid may have an anxiety disorder of some kind because I have the same kind of disorder and the patterns are pretty similar.
Anyway, I'm no psychiatrist. I just hope I did the character justice. Next update is coming soon!
~The Wasp
