Yuletide fics: Calvin & Hobbes

[tielan]

I wrote two Calvin and Hobbes fics for Yuletide, one assignment, one pinch hit. I had several options for the assignment, but the story that wanted to be told was the one about passing Hobbes on, so I wrote it.

Title: Eye Of The Tiger (2318 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Calvin & Hobbes
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Calvin/Susie Derkins, Calvin & Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)
Characters: Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes), Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes), Susie Derkins, Mr. Bun, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Family, Childhood, Adulthood, Passing The Baton
Summary: Calvin isn't sure about this business of passing Hobbes on. However, it may not be up to him.

I wanted to preserve the ambiguity of Hobbes' nature, while adding in a little something more in Susie's relationship with Mr. Bun, and giving a snapshot of what adult life might look like to those two.

The story was pretty well taken - I think that's the most comments I've ever received on a fic in a YT fandom!

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The second request was about holding onto the magic of childhood and not giving in to the 'adult' world. But Calvin needs to eat and drink and have money, so he needs a job. I did manage to avoid giving him an office job, though. And travelling seemed like a good way for him to continue to stretch his imagination - and to contemplate the philosophy of a world with less in it.

I nearly summarised this with the words of Jack Sparrow to Barbossa from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End:"the world's still the same; there's just...less in it..."

Title: wider than the whole world (1350 words) by tielan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Calvin & Hobbes
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Calvin & Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)
Characters: Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes), Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes), Susie Derkins
Additional Tags: Growing Up
Summary: He joins a hiking group because he’s looking for some adventure, and he can let his imagination wander along with his body. Hobbes goes with him.

Comments

[nrgburst]

These were wonderful! I really loved "Eye of the Tiger"- that ambiguity is perfect, as is the transfer of both Hobbes and Mister Bun and the way Susie still pushes Calvin in directions he might not be totally comfortable with. The callbacks throughout both the fics were just A+! Spaceman Spiff and Tuna fish sandwiches! <3

[tielan]

I admit, I have a great fondness for "Calvin and Hobbes into adulthood" stories, especially ones where Calvin's imagination remains and so Hobbes stays with him, still a tiger rather than a toy. So both requests were doable.

I really wanted to work out how to get Lilo and Stitch into the fic, but the problem was with the fact that Stitch definitely exists, while Hobbes' status is indeterminate, and I wanted to keep that. However, I think I've worked something out since then. I better scribe some notes...

[nrgburst]

I had no impulse to search out Calvin and Hobbes fic before, but I certainly do now! I recently re-read a bunch of them too, because I was scanning some of my books to make icons, so it's an extra dose of nostalgic awesome!

[grav_ity]

This is the first time it's taken me until after the reveal to get to Yuletide, and I looooved your C&H stories. Well done. ;)