Review – Where O Where
Where O Where does HD want to be?
Background
For a prompt about the parental point of view, I decided to go with a short story about perhaps my second-favorite (with the favorite being Lili) rebellious teenaged character, HD Avery. So just how does a pair of staid farmers deal with their rock and roller musical genius son?
Plot
Clockworks
On October 12, 3104, a teenaged HD Avery makes it clear that he will never become a farmer like his parents.
I had had Hank Avery III and Bev in my head but there weren’t a lot of opportunities to write them. In fact, they weren’t originally farmers. At first, when the HG Wells stories were more original than Star Trek fanfiction, the Averys were suburban New Jerseyites, and Beverly was a bit of an alcoholic cougar.
However, in the newer version, they are a much starker contrast to HD, who seems almost like he was found under a cabbage leaf rather than be their biological son. For people who aren’t so sure they even like music or art as worthwhile pursuits, they get a child who can sight-read music and play perfectly by ear, with ideal pitch and tone.
Music
The music is, of course, Pearl Jam’s Last Kiss.
And I’m not even so sure why this was the song. It was just in my head at the time but, truthfully, it could have been nearly any song with a fairly spare melody line. In addition, the video is not official; I can’t seem to find an official music video for this song.
Story Postings
- Where O Where on Ad Astra
- Where O Where on Fanfiction.net
- and Where O Where on Fictionpad
- Where O Where on Wattpad
- Where O Where in Times of the HG Wells context
Rating
The story is Rated K.
Upshot
So I would like to, at some point, return to HD’s teen years. I describe him quite a bit as being an obnoxious, immature kid, but I don’t think I quite captured that here.
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