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Originally Posted by Cassini90125
One idea I like is bringing in a temp not because Frankie needs a vacation (although she certainly deserves one) but because there's extra work that month. Who knows why; maybe there's storm damage to the house (or Bloo damage) that needs to be cleaned up, an extra hundred IF's to look after when Goo has a brain spasm, whatever the reason, the next month will be a rough one. Frankie demands that Mr. Herriman hire her an assistant "Or else", waives the broom in a threatening manor, and he gives in. They end up with someone doing community service but it's not an arrogant rich brat, no; it's Terrence, who was busted for selling bootleg Coco cards. Lots of comic possibilities there as the IF's know him and conspire to make his stay at Foster's a difficult one. Frankie supervises his work and makes sure that Terrence learns about how the IF's are happy but lonely, all wanting to be adopted, some still hurting over being abandoned by their creators, and eventually he breaks down and speaks to Frankie of his own lonliness and how he feels abandon by his father. Frankie's sympathetic side comes out and we learn about her own issues in that area. They don't exactly become friends but they do understand each other a little better, and Terrence, having found a little understanding, works harder and gets the job done. Frankie arranges for Terrence to see Red and the family who adopted him and they work out their differences. The episode ends with Terrence thanking Frankie for listening and putting up with him; she smiles, pats him on the shoulder, and says, "It's what I do." Lots of comedy early in the episode, moving to something a little more poignant later on, with much of the focus on Frankie. That's Foster's at it's best.  |
That was a fan-fic. You've wandered into fan-fic territory there, just short of dotting the i's and crossing the t's.
Nice fan-fic Cass!
However if Terrence is de-jerkified if only a bit, the doors of chaos are flung open. Would he then become a better friend to Mac? How would that affect the Mac-Bloo partnership?
As for the Frankie background story, well there is a gap there that dosn't affect anything else in the Fosters continuum if filled. Yes there is potential for more work in the Frankie's parents area maybe comparing their ideas, behaviour or views on IFs with Frankie's and Madame Foster's. I know from experience that all sorts of inherited tendencies jump a generation. Hmmmm yes.