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I think the only one of them who would actually leave is Bernadette. Not because Howard likes to get his "nerd on" but because he is a man-child. A Peter Pan, who refuses to take on responsibility. She gives him an allowance for crying out loud! And he would rather play his video games than help out around the house. It's quite pathetic actually.

And he thinks he's ready for kids. Poor Bernie would be saddled with little kids and an overgrown kid.
 
She earns ten times what he does, and they have a shared bank account, which seems prudent after he abused her trust early on, especially since comics are more addictive and more expensive than crack cocaine.

Bernadette wants a wife from the 1950s (with a penis) since she was raised to be man from the 50s by her daddy who is a real mans man straight out of an aftershave commercial.

Howard totally qualifies for that niche remit.

Howard on the other hand is attracted to the physical opposite of his mother, but have you heard her yelling? Dude wants to #### his mom. Classic Oedipus Complex y'know?
 
True but I think it's weird to give him an allowance. If he wants to buy "fun things" then it should come out of his earnings.

Oh Howard definitely has "mommy issues."

If I were Bernadette, I'd run far far away.

*my comfy bed beckons me*
 
This is a snippet from Farscape where the male hero has his consciousness transplanted into a woman's body, and nature takes it's not exactly curious course.

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fD7Uah_QUY[/yt]

The underlying Joke is if you were given control of Bernadette, you'd divorce her husband because you have higher standards than she does, but if I was Bernadette I would attempt some simple calisthenics, because I believe it would create pleasant memories for my later years when I'm a flat pudgy old man again.

Although it's more likely I'd knock myself out with one or both of her boobs if I'm jumping up and down too fast.

Meanwhile if you were in Howard's body, what would you do differently that you wouldn't do in Bernadette's body? Or are you still fully committed to getting those divorce papers signed?
 
If men had breasts, they would never get any work done. Ever.

"Oh look. Boobies! Must touch. Yay!"

That is why most women wear a sports bra when working out. To prevent possible injury.

If I were in Howard's body... Let's see.

I would decide to make a change, for the better, in order to make sure he wasn't slapped with divorce papers. Because divorce is sad.

I would arrange for Penny and Amy to take her out for a girl's day, maybe to a spa. My treat, of course. Then I would buy some new grown up clothes. Only wearing the other clothes on the weekends.

Next I would clean the house from top to bottom and prepare Bernadette's favourite meal and dessert, so that when she came home later that evening, she wouldn't have to do anything. Over dinner I would tell her that I plan to be more helpful from now on. Taking turns cooking and sharing the household chores, and being more responsible with the finances.

Oh yeah. I'd be the best husband ever!
 
That would ruin everything.

Howard wouldn't be able to keep up your level of effort, Bernadette would notice, chaff, and ring a lawyer.

The Prime Directive (Yes from Star Trek) has real world day to day applications.
 
He might have some difficulty but the head start I'd give him might help light a fire under his butt to maintain my level of effort.

Howard and I are the same species, well kind of. From my understanding the Prime Directive is against interfering with alien civilizations.

I don't think my level of standards is unattainable in any way.
 
10 years back, periodically, I kept going over to my sisters house (she has four kids plus a husband.) and fold a months worth of laundry (It was just a pile of clean laundry the size of a car in the corner of their lounge.) for them, and consider it my good deed for the year... Until I figured out that they didn't care, and would never do it for themselves if I they were just waiting around for me to show up and fold their washing.

Seriously the 4 year old looking for clean underwear was like Scrooge McDuck swimming through his Money Bin.

The Prime Directive is about not wanting to be responsible and culpable for a shift in the balance of power, or the chaos that follows as a new equilibrium is found... And there are several episodes of the TV show where the PD is stated in reference to the Federations dealings with other post warp cultures, which can start some good fights with other nerds who think it's just about not picking on dimwits. There was a novel once where Riker says something like "We don't interfere with less advanced cultures because we hope more advanced cultures than us, will follow cue and not interfere with the Federation."
 
You went over and folded their laundry just because? Wow. That was incredibly nice of you. I think the problem is after a while, when you keep doing something for someone, they begin to expect it rather than be thankful for it.

If after I left Howard's body and he decided to go back to his lazy ways, well, I'd still feel good about trying to help. In the end, you can only help those who are willing to help themselves.
 
It's funny that you refer to a rape-like violation of identity and free-will, a million miles past slavery, as "help".

If you even gave Howard a hair cut, he would be in the realms of good taste to burn your house down.

Here's another problem.

Better husbandry is often rewarded with sex.

So, you're riling Bernadette up into a fit of emotional easement from the nerd hell that is her hole of a life (yes I spelt hole right.), that even Physics says that you're going to get some from that tiny powerhouse of blond ambition, and you, the puppeteer controlling Howard now makes this accomplished scientist feel how pretty by saying "No thank-you" to rigorous intercourse?

How rude!
 
The last thing you said gave me a mental image of Stephanie Tanner.

How is making Howard into a better husband rape-like violation? Besides, he should be doing the things I mentioned without being told. Relationships are about teamwork and give and take, are they not?

I wouldn't give Howard a hair cut. That's going too far.

What makes you think I'd say no to sex with Bernadette? Just because I'd be a woman in a man's body? It would be pretty indecent of me not to follow through with the entire evening. It would certainly be an interesting experience, seeing what sex is like for men.
 
Would you be hesitant to see what Howard would do with three unrestricted hours driving your body around like it's a rental from Hertz?

Permission.

Sorry, I've never assumed that we asked Howard if he wouldn't mind having his body co-opted by a Canadaian.

In your mind during all this soul switching, did you think that Howard had agreed to handing over his joystick to you?

If he let you in, signed a contract, whatever, it's all above board, sure.

Although, if you don't tell Bernadtte who you are, it's rape by fraud, which is hard to prove, but a real thing in civilized countries.

But if you explain to Bernadette early on that you're not Howard, that defeats the expectation that this is Howard playing a deeper game harder to make his marriage work.

So honestly, if you're going to put your cards on the table with the wife about how you're not really her husband, then you don't have to Freaky Friday yourself at all, by which point you're just some ordinary horrid fornicator having an affair, and ruining a perfectly survivable marriage.

Bad Canuck, bad!
 
Okay... So.

Obviously I didn't think this through very well.

I don't want to have sex with someone else's spouse. That would be wrong.

I had assumed (also wrong) that sex would be involved but maybe we switch back bodies before it goes that far?

But you did say that it would be rude of me to not go through with sex, and I didn't want to be rude.

I'm sorry.

Truly I am.

Sorry.

So very sorry.
 
An affair with Bernadette will strengthen her marriage.

She's a lot more likely to forgive Howard for being a lazy insensitive dick, for much, much longer, if she's racked with guilt about being an unscrupulous philanderer.

Actually?

If that works, why don't more men do that?

Trick their wives into having affairs.

You know the black and white movie Strangers on a Train?

A group of men with no connection to each other, who are forced into a close quarters for a few hours (on a train), agree to kill each others annoying wives, while correspondingly they all switch out as each murder takes place, engineering unimpeachable alibis to expertly avoid jail time.

The first rule about Fuck Club, is that we don't talk about Fuck Club.
 
You know, that's actually true. Bernadette is an odd one.

Why? You ask. Because it's all fine and dandy for a while but sooner or later it would back-fire on them (the men) and likely cause even more marital issues than before.

Also, just because something works on tv, doesn't mean it can work in the real word.

That movie sounds kind of awful but I'm intrigued.
 
In the 80s, Billy Crystal and Danny DiVito came to a similar agreement in Throw Momma from the Train, after watching the movie Strangers on a Train, except that Billy didn't actually agree to anything more so than Danny leaping to unwarranted conclusions, was a little creepy and unhinged.

It's a comedy.

"You killed my wife!? I didn't want you to kill my wife, are you insane, I thought you were joking, and there is no way in hell that I am going to kill your mother!!!"

AH!

Melissa Raunch, who is not Bernadette, was on True Blood.

So there's like a %35 change that her bare boobs are online all over online.

:)
 
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