The Challenge: Do something that is typically seen as inappropriate for someone of your age.
My mother tells this story (I actually remember this) about taking me to see Star Wars when it first came out. I sat in the backseat of our Buick and played with my action figures and bubblegum cards while we watched, matching the scenes on the cards with what was happening on the screen.
A couple of years ago, someone brought me a pile of toys he’d rescued from being thrown out. Most of them were Pokemon figurines, but a couple of them were action figures. He didn’t recognize either of them, but I did! One was Will from W.I.T.C.H., which I enjoyed while it was on a station I could see. That other was the Dark Magician from Yu-Gi-Oh, which I happen to be watching right now.
Watching cartoons (outside of anime and shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy) is generally enough to make any kid look at you like you’ve lost your mind to begin with, but I decided to really have fun today. I pulled out Dark Magician (who usually lives right beside my Yu-Gi-Oh manga). He’s sitting on my bed watching this morning’s episodes (which happen to have been my first exposure to Yu-Gi-Oh several years ago because I didn’t turn the television off quickly enough after Jackie Chan Adventures one afternoon, and also happen to be among my favorite episodes). I was watching with him up until I decided I should probably upload pictures and write this post.
Sadly, I can’t seem to get a good picture of Dark Magician and the episode for documentation, but hopefully this will work for now!
For those curious, I ended up watching because Kaiba fascinated me. He’s still my favorite thing about this show and the manga.
It looks like you're having fun with these Escape Plan challenges. Good for you! Along the same lines, my daughter loves to carry around her Curious George stuffed friend when we put on the show. The connection between 2-D and 3-D is pretty neat when you're younger… why not when you grow up too, right?!
The point is to play and have fun with these, right?
Thanks to you and Jason for inspiring this project.