Creative Doings

 So, the latest thing that the girls are into doing is creating fake Instagram accounts for fictional characters.  Not only have they made accounts for the characters in Shannon Messenger's "Keeper of the Lost Cities" series, they have made American Girl doll accounts, and OF COURSE accounts for the characters in Madeleine's own "Timeline Barrier" series.

Curious to know what the "Timeline Barrier" folks post about?  Take a look at Silareah's Instagram page and one of her recent posts:

Madeleine and Julia spend hours doing this sort of thing.  For instance, this afternoon:

JULIA: Hey Madeleine, wanna go outside and make more Instagram posts for the "Keeper of the Lost Cities" characters?
MADELEINE: (delighted) Yeah! I'll be right there!

Instagram pages aren't the only things the girls are creating on the subject of "Keeper of the Lost Cities."  They have both been busy writing fan fiction about the characters, and Julia's piece de resistance is her merging of the movie "O Brother Where Art Thou" and the "Keeper" series, writing a fan fiction piece with a parody of the song "Man of Constant Sorrow" from "O Brother," sung by "Keeper" characters. Curious?  Take a look for yourself: (and somehow Madeleine appears as a character in the "Keeper" world, so there's that too...)

Keefe took a deep breath, then started to sing to the tune of “Man of Constant Sorrow” by the Soggy Bottom Boys. Madeleine played the flute and Ro stomped in the background, because they were feeling a little extra.

“I am a teen deep in love! 

I’ve crushed on you all my days!

I bid farewell to Alluveterre, the place where I first crushed on you!”

“The place where heeeee first crushed on you!” Madeleine and Ro chimed in.

Sophie’s eyes were wide. Keefe’s palms started to sweat, but he knew this was the only way he could convince Sophie that they were right for each other.

“I felt your heart emotions! 

You’ve loved meeee for years and years!

You only like Fitz for his looks!

But he treats you like a piece of poop!”

“He treats you like a piece of poop!” sang the accompanying girls.

“And I will treat you well!

I’ll always be here to comfort you!

We are so right for each other!
I hope you’ll love me like I love you!”

“He hopes you’ll love him like he loves you!” Ro and Madeleine sang

At least I know that the pandemic hasn't dulled my girls' creativity in the least!