We went to Toys R Us to pick out the Pumpkin Princess's birthday present. Unfortunately, we made the beginners' mistake of bringing her along. The Pumpkin Daddy asked her what she wanted, and she picked this battery powered plastic monstrosity of commercialism.
It's a magic wand-esque object that figures in a weekend morning cartoon called Yes! PreCure 5 Go-Go. The storyline follows the traditions of Sailor Moon and Rayearth, in which multiple female characters team up to fight evil. When you press the top and spin the wheel, you get an electronic tinkly sound and a voice that says "I have the Power". OK, I'm paraphrasing, but not much.
Now, you would think that something the Pumpkin Princess picks out so enthusiastically would be something carried by the main character, but this wand is owned by a somewhat haughty purple haired girl who uses it to create a blizzard of metallic rose petals. The Purple Haired Girl is actually a rabbit-like creature that has somehow acquired the power to not only assume a human form, but also transform into a superhero. I think I have a headache...
The Pumpkin Princess doesn't actually watch this show, and I don't think she understands about the rabbit. She probably picked it because it was pretty and sparkly. She spent the good part of an hour using it for fighting evil this evening. Evil was in the form of the Pumpkin Daddy, who was under explicit instructions by the Pumpkin Princess to "kidnap" her favorite stuffed baby lion, and to fall down with a grunt and release the lion when the wand was waved.
Oh, the things we do for love...
2 comments:
I love this entry. Love it. I can totally understand why the Pumpkin Princess would want something sparkly and with powers.
And extra kudos to the Pumpkin Daddy for playing along with the imaginative game.
But it belongs to a tertiary character. Who's actually a rabbit, except it's not really a rabbit but a small cuddly talking creature from another dimension.
I told my co-worker about the sparkly power magic want thingamajig and how it was being used to fight evil, and he said that his four year old would also wave his sword/ rifle from the latest incarnation of Power Rangers, give him detailed instructions about which teddy bear to take hostage, what to say and how, and where to fall down in defeat. I guess it's in the job description of "parent who is not doing housework that particular moment"...
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