{"id":885,"date":"2021-11-15T18:27:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T00:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreamers-sanctuary.com\/00carter\/?p=885"},"modified":"2021-11-15T18:27:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T00:27:57","slug":"revisiting-episode-6-its-a-small-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreamers-sanctuary.com\/00carter\/revisiting-episode-6-its-a-small-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Episode 6: It’s a Small World"},"content":{"rendered":"

“It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears…”<\/em><\/p>\n

This week we’re laughing over our latest reposted episode, “It’s a Small World.”<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 I wrote the retrospective blog about it!<\/p>\n

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This episode has always been one of my favorites!\u00a0 By this point in <\/span>00Carter<\/span><\/i>, we had gotten into our groove and developed a common understanding of our characters, their relationships with each other, and the general tone of the story.\u00a0 I think that really shows in \u201cIt\u2019s a Small World.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s a well-rounded episode with a great mix of action, comedy, and drama.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was a really fun episode to write because of its setting in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.\u00a0 We loved incorporating different Disney characters, songs, rides, and lands into the storyline.<\/span><\/p>\n

We get to see a lot of our characters paired together in combinations we haven\u2019t seen before, including K out in the field for the first time in the story!\u00a0 This episode delves into his back story and his relationship with Nick.\u00a0 It was fun to incorporate some real life history with his stint as Aladdin at Disney World and his marriage to Kristin, the only BSB wife to get a mention so far.\u00a0 We also enjoyed showing K\u2019s more sensitive side and the fatherly love he feels for Nick, who reminds him of his son.<\/span><\/p>\n

We also discover one of Dr. Rough\u2019s weaknesses:\u00a0 crippling insecurity about his height!\u00a0 Turns out he has a major Napoleon complex — and a temper even shorter than his stature.\u00a0 More minions die in this episode, but (spoiler alert) we also lose our first HimTak agent.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the first episode where we really get to see HimTak duke it out with FANS, and it\u2019s better than ever after our edits. We hope you\u2019ll enjoy reading it, whether it\u2019s for the first time or you\u2019re revisiting it along with us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This episode is one of my favorites because it\u2019s full of funny scenes. What part makes you laugh the most?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rose:<\/strong><\/span> Easy, the scene where Nick and K are fighting off the minions. Nick bursts into song as he does, and the minions join in! To this day I laugh if I’m watching <\/span>Aladdin<\/span> and ‘<\/span>One Jump’<\/span><\/i> plays. A close second is Dr. Rough\u2019s meltdown at the It’s A Small World ride. Classic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dee:<\/strong><\/span> Me too. How they all know the words!<\/span><\/p>\n

Julie:<\/strong><\/span> Same! I crack up every time I come to the part where the minions chime in with \u201cVandal!\u00a0 Street rat!\u00a0 Scoundrel!\u00a0 Take that!\u201d And of course I love Dr. Rough rocking back and forth, screaming \u201cIt\u2019s not a small world!\u00a0 I\u2019m\u2026 not\u2026 small!\u201d\u00a0 Rereading this episode, one part I\u2019d forgotten about that I thought was hilarious was Pearl as Cinderella looking like she\u2019s giving \u201cPrince Charming\u201d a blow job during the parade.\u00a0 She and JC were really funny together.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rose:<\/strong><\/span> I’d<\/span> forgotten that scene! Lol their banter was pretty good. Pearl has too much in common with Nick to ever get along with JC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dee:<\/strong><\/span> Shazam and Pearl on the float has so many hilarious moments. Their dynamic was great, it\u2019s too bad they couldn\u2019t get along. I think it\u2019s the little moments that get me the most. Nick flicking an animatronic parrot, changing \u201cswords\u201d to \u201cguns\u201d for a Disney quote, Nick hoping a train car crushes Dr. Rough\u2026 And every single time an idiom about betrayal uses the word \u201ceye\u201d instead. I laugh every time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As I mentioned above, this episode has multiple subplots featuring different pairs of characters:\u00a0 Nick and K, Pearl and JC, and Emerald and Brian.\u00a0 Which characters did you most enjoy writing and\/or reading in scenes together and why?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rose:<\/strong><\/span> Nick and K. I only wrote one Pearl scene in this one <\/span>(which did lead to more character adjusting than normal on this revisit, this episode was as OOC as she gets)<\/span><\/i> and I think it’s easy to guess what one. But Nick and K I loved writing. Their bond really shines in this episode and I’m a total sap for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Julie: <\/span><\/strong>Yes, Nick and K are great together!\u00a0 I also love Brian and Emerald.\u00a0 They\u2019re a great example of opposites attracting.\u00a0 They couldn\u2019t be more different, but they had great chemistry when we put them together on a mission.\u00a0 I hope they get to work together again someday!<\/span><\/p>\n

Rose: <\/span><\/strong>Putting them together on an episode with Nick is now on my to-do list, lol.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dee:<\/span><\/strong> The only scene I remember writing was the Nick and Diamond scene (and that was only after rereading the episode TWICE), but I loved all the main mission character pairs in this episode. The hilarious Pearl and Shazam banter, the contrast of Brian and Emerald that somehow works, Nick and K\u2019s familial bond. The episodes where lots of different characters get to shine are my favorites.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This episode features our first \u201cmajor\u201d character death. Why did we decide to have Drums kill JC, and how do you feel about that decision now?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rose:<\/strong><\/span> You know what’s funny? Up until recent years (like say 2016 when <\/span>Dead 7<\/span> came out), real life JC was the only NSYNC member I liked. Cause I heard his solo song in like 2003 and liked it enough to get his album. But I think it was my idea to kill him in this lol. I wanted the angst. And I stand by it. This shows there’s no redeeming Drums in Nick\u2019s eyes. He can’t save him. He can only end things. Plus if I’m being honest this gave us the excuse to bring in Leo and I love playing the similarities between him and Nick in this story.<\/span><\/p>\n

Julie:<\/strong><\/span> I also think it was a good decision.\u00a0 Killing characters really raises the stakes in a story like this and shows readers that, even though it\u2019s often lighthearted and silly, it can also get dark and downright serious.\u00a0 For me, it was easy to let JC go because I\u2019ve never been a fan of him, yet he\u2019s not as easy to mock as other members of NSYNC.\u00a0 (Mainly Justin and Lance, both of whom I love as characters in this story!)\u00a0 Although he had some funny scenes with Pearl in this episode, I don\u2019t think JC\u2019s short-lived character really added much to the story, so he wasn\u2019t a huge loss.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll talk more about Leo in a future blog, but I enjoy him much more than JC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dee:<\/strong><\/span> I\u2019m no stranger to killing off main characters, so\u2026 I can\u2019t remember why we decided, but I\u2019m pretty sure it was something we\u2019d planned from near the beginning of writing 00Carter. I think someone brought up that more NSYNC members should be in HimTak so we seemed less biased. I\u2019m pretty sure Rose suggested adding JC to HimTak before she suggested killing him, lol. Didn\u2019t we originally plan to kill him off in the beginning to make room for Brian? I think my only regret about killing JC off so early was that we didn\u2019t get to see him on a full mission before he died, but overall, it\u2019s not a huge loss. I think it\u2019s good to remember that in life or death stakes, the heroes can also die.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears…” This week we’re laughing over our latest reposted episode, “It’s a Small World.”\u00a0 I wrote the retrospective blog about it!<\/p>\n

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