ep 30 (w12 ep2) Table to Set, and Stepdad Talks (Word count 938)
this was a last minute add but i just add little something as to ties up some of the knots left in the next chapter with the step side of the family. (since it was originally created when she was going to be a single mum based from Inside Ralphie) also it gives a little breathing room to the end of 'The joy riding arc' and the landmark easter celebration chapters.
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it is the night before Ralphie's grandparents come to visit for Easter. Ralphie's stepfather is trying to set up the table. (or at least put plates at the table) as Ralphie's mother goes to the church to bless the basket. Ralphie's father is hoping to eat some of tonight's dinner (1) before Ralphie's mother comes back home. The stepdad trying his best to try to help set stuff up but he knows that she is likely going to help with the table settings this time.
Robbie asked looking at some of his meal. 'you do the cooking for most of the celebrations why did you not this time.' referring to the mum making a lot of the stuff that was put in the basket for tomorrow's celebration. The dad says back 'ya I usually do but these are not my dishes (6), and even though I will try to learn them for your stepmother i do not want to do any mistakes with company coming Robbie.' with Robbie saying back 'OK dad', A little down since he is proud of his father's cooking.'
The stepdad said back 'come on do you remember that calzone incident when your stepmother try to make one the first time.' Ralphie, this time remembering his mother's calzones said 'yeah', him remembering eating it and how it went down after eating. ralphie tries to set up as he talks with his The stepdad some of the more traditional things around the house that or simple enough for someone younger to deal with. (3)
The conversation as everyone was helping set up, moved away from the dinner and trying to steer (or lessen) from unease, to other more exciting topics like Sports beginning with The father mentioning saying baseball season is starting (2) and ralphie saying back 'I cannot wait to see some of the games on the TV together.' The two of them remembering all of the past time The two of them shared watching baseball since his mother started going out with him. The dad saying 'ya' as he continue to try to keep the mood light with the looming oncoming dinner and the slight unease with that topic. his stepbrother Nick mentions basketball season which they talked a little about along with how soccer went which finished up earlier, as Ralphie talked about his own sports talents. (4)
ralphie at some point asks his stepdad if he is OK with this whole 'grandparents visiting thing' he says 'ya I am they are a part of my wife's your mom's family and even though I am a recent addition to your family someone who I am happy accepted me to be a dad to you know i have to be accepting of too.' Even though he is kind of discomforted inside also he has to make the expected face to his children.
ralphie adding 'so you are not at all discomforted at their sudden appearance.' The dad responded 'I mean it is always stressful to me New family members but we have to hold them with open arms like your mom told us.' before the conversation can continue some of the stepbrothers talk about how good they are at jumping compared to the other one and lead them to a jumping competition.
eventually the mum comes in basket blessed for tomorrow's easter dinner.
when his mother comes back with the basket she seems a little worried but okay. as they all finish setting up everything for tomorrow's dinner she tells them a last time (that night) 'to do best behaviour and not to get into any trouble' ralphie is still a little ticked off but already got the picture with him getting the conversation what times and his stepbrother. The stepbrother is pretty upset too even though but eventually even the stepbrother lets it be even if he understands slightly less than Ralphie does from the mother slight explanations.
later that night she even tells the stepdad that 'my relatives can be out there but can you do me a favour and not argue with them.' The stepdad said 'I am not going to try to cause conflict with your relatives but why so secretive with them i and with you after all.' she says back 'ya, you with me and you you are a good guy but they are still on me about my first husband.' he says 'yeah, I mean I remember you mentioning him he like passed away tragically at some point and you still somewhat miss him and I mean this in the most polite way but we cannot just leave it there.' she answering 'it is a lot more complicated than that way more complicated than that particularly for them (thinking in her head, and for me too with the murderer, keeping that to herself) but i will tried to keep things cordial though if they mention anything. I would just prefer you not to come into it or try to defend me in anyway, for my sake.'
The husband says 'yeah, I will try to not cause any problems for this 'family gathering' but you will have to tell me at some point what this is all about.' with the wife it ending it with 'yes at some point I will reveal, you know how much I love you.' he says 'I love you too.' with the wife thinking I know the The priest said to try to mend the break and The one above will try take take care of everything but I get the feeling this dinner is going to be a little more difficult than letting go of our grievances.
..footnote numbering is not in order of appearance. I gave up around 4 trying to renumber each one after I make a new one leaving them in order of footnumber creation..
(1) I cannot get a straight answer if you are allowed to eat the night before (I have a source for Friday fasting but none for Saturday) and I think that the evening probably depends on the area and denomination and. (I gave a good 10 minutes thinking if it was ok or not when it briefly entered the back of my mind The possibility.) this is actually mostly to segway into step dad's cooking.
(6) not my dishes mean dishes he has cooked again and again in his restaurant or at home for events outside his restaurant. (but that is not how people speak in life)
(3) referenced on the Wiki. saying in one of the episodes that Ralphies mom's calzone "go down like rocks."
(2) I am referring to 'professional baseball season' not youth teams. (for a father-son spectator moment.)
(4) still trying to figure out where lower grade soccer (also known as football internationally) season supposed to be since I can differ. I think it is the fall though. there was definitely a decent amount of episodes in which the class play soccer with even one incorporating outside the school teams.
(4.2) basketball season is a little later in the school year and can even extend to the spring sometimes. The Wikipedia character page says Nick plays basketball. (basketball is a game that you throw upwards a orange ball into a hoop that is elevated high up.)
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if the father or any of the brothers are ooc sorry I am going through some of the 'ride again' episodes to see some of the mentions of the 'outer family' of Ralphie but A lot of the sources are shaky at points (but still thankful they exist. (in terms of where ride again is gonna be in this. background stuff like how something works or this family members is this will be included but timeline stuff as in Flora is the teacher not so much.) any changes will be made accordingly when I get better information. but basically my logic is anyone who is still friendly after they eat Port of their window display for the restaurant has a softer father son relationship rather than a disciplined one. (which is fine I just did not want to be that's far off for that personality trait.)
maybe I got more influenced by the Archers more than expected, (where almost every holiday event has a whole month of backlog leading up to it.). I cannot believe something that was just going to be 'for convenience' has turned into something that has put a place close to my heart and maybe a few other people's hearts. combining traditions that are familiar to A chunk of the 'western world' as Easter but 'sprinkling' the orthodox side of it. we will be going to the dinner next week but I already have ideas of possible things to corporation for next year at this lasts that long. yes there is a run on sentence, people talk like that when worried so it stays.
I decided to have them be kids and kids (particularly siblings) randomly have competitions about if they are better at something random at random time.
this probably had the most awkward dialogue in the way I tried to segway things near the beginning. you know where I mean the sports segway, I tried to do that 20 times and it always looks screwy but I think I got I meant across.
I just realized I never explained how orthodox Easter works.
basically orthodox Easter takes place a either a few weeks after or a month after (weirdly 2001 was a very close one off thing) 'earlier Easter'. (which kinda has less of a 'title' around the modern world which is why I coined 'earlier Easter'.) The year I chose has two weeks between it. (I basically made a chart of the two Easter dates when choosing which year to have this be. (well, along with the distance from 2007, The smart phone revolution.) since I knew from the beginning I was going to have a 'stable timeline'.
simply I thought 'how do we keep passover and still have another celebration for Ralphie's family a little later' but all the other major holidays are taken (mainly Christmas). Best I came up with logically is orthodox Easter and it worked beautifully.
next week on The Magical Generations.
you look down, easter with Ralphie and his family, frizzle why was your bus flying easily spotable midday
as the search on magic continues.