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 A blog about music from my unique perspective (also a spot for some poetry I’ve written) |
| For the June 2025 48 Hour Media Prompt Challenge, StoryMaster chose a song from 2014 which I'm sure we've all heard before but never quite knew who or what: Rude, by Magic. I've been aware of “why ya gotta be so rude, doncha know I'm human too, I'm gonna marry her anyway - marry that girl” for years, considering it a cute, pleasant little teenybopper piece, a one-hit wonder as far as I know. Seeing it here sent the whole thing echoing through my head, without any need to watch the video. It brought on some nostalgia as I remembered the early days of my musical exploration. At first I wasn't sure whether to write a blog, a poem, or a story. I began a story, but ran out of steam after the first two paragraphs. I have enough of those to work on already. Instead, I'll give you a story synopsis. It begins with a young man, Nick, who wants to marry his lady, Megan. He dresses up and heads to her home all eager beaver to speak to her dad. Of course, he gets rudely rebuffed for no good reason, being really a perfectly suitable suitor. Nick talks it over with Megan and they decide to elope and get married anyway because they love each other so much. Off they go to build a life together on the other side of the country. Ten happy years and two kids later, Megan hears word that her father is very sick with no one to care for him. She and Nick uproot themselves, moving selflessly back to their hometown to help him out. The father marvels that they returned after he treated them so unfairly and reconciles, getting a chance to meet his grandkids. And the rest is corny sappy happily ever after as they receive the blessing he had denied them previously. I think this would make a nice sort of “cozy story;” I've been reading about the subgenre lately, and would like to try writing one myself soon. As it is, I have a kernel of an idea here which might be developed someday. On a side note, isn't it funny how easy it is to open a story with the protagonist either waking up in the morning or lying in bed unable to sleep? It's a natural, relatable, simple and engaging opening. I've used it many times. Words: 399. Written for "Note: 48-HOUR CHALLENGE : Media Prompt Deadl..." |
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