Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for September 18, 2013

Ah yes . . . the all-important reference guide: “The Shield of Boringness for Dummies”. I carry a copy with me everywhere. Don’t you? ::grins::

Also, I love Marigold’s reading glasses!

my solutions1. give Phoebe a shield2. it wares off as she begins to like it.3. Dakota upstages her4. she turns invisible and hides in a bush with LSH.5. Marigold passes the curse on to some one else, an old shoe maybe or perhaps a squirrel. 6. Some kind of crazy made up other thing thats just in Dana’s head and some how she just makes it work even if it sounds kind of made up.7. Marigold is teaching Phoebe a lesson and the spells not actually messed up. 8. Some other magical creature shows up and diverts all attention.9. Phoebe discovers a way to undo all this by accident by acting un-unicorn-like. 10. she leaves and goes in to hiding, living under an assumed name and with a fake mustache she joins a band of like-minded unicorn gypsies and likewise cursed humans who are immune to her new found yet unwanted popularity and lives out her days playing the accordion in exchange for apples that she trades for room and board and she survives on a steady stream of free meals from Todd until putting on enough pounds that kids forget about why they thought she was so great. Then it when shes 16 and trying to out shine Dakota to win boys and a prom crown, she almost thinks of using magic to cheat but then remembers this day and how badly fame backfires.

or she can do what any one does to loose there fame, get her self involved in a public scandal then star in a movie thats a box office bomb due to miscasting, bad writing, bad effects and poorly chosen subject matter possibly along side M . Night, Eddy Murffy, a current popular music star, a hyper active annoying child side kick , Jar-Jar Binks and Shia la buff in the live action adaptation of the Shirt tails done in mostly rushed CGI. Then if all that doesn’t kill her fame she can insult an entire group of people over a viral video and get a DWI for ridding a unicorn while hopped up on office That’ll make sure no one likes her. and if she STILL wants to loose her popularity reeboot the strip as a chibi high school drama room mates sitcom with Marigold as a human teenage girl with no magical powers voiced by Fran drecheir, have :LSH show his entirer boddy and be voicsed by Gilber Godfri and give Phoebe a younger sister plaid by Terra Strong, but it won’t be her cool roll like Twilight or Raven it’ll be a Timmy Turner clone and Dakota will have the same personality as spungebob but be voiced by Willyam Shatner doing a spungebob impersonation. and the art will be by Rob Linfield. There thats how you make Phoebe completely unpopular

but fear not after the reboot and the complete destroying of her career there will be a 3rd or 4th reboot of the strip and THAT will be the one that gets it right. It’ll be on an other network and there’ll be a different tone to it, but it’ll actually remain faithful to the original source material By then the original Phoebe will be a grand mother but she’[ll give a performance so great it’ll be her come back and she’ll get to be in TV adds and in a brand new series and she’ll finally WANT the fame and attention. She’ll get 3 Emmies, an Oscar and a life time achievement award then have some thing named after her. She’ll have an anniversary reunion with Marigold and Dana who by then will be running yet another successful series , perhaps about a boy and his griffin or a spin off about Sue, it’ll be very heartwarming. Then just before she passes away and 102 Marigold cam magic her in to an immortal unicorn, then she can go back in time and stop her self from doing show and tell and prevent the less popular HN spin-off Kid who throws her shoes at things.

Friendship is Magic and Sometimes a Little Too Clingy.

I liked Phoebe before it was cool!

“How can you be so wonderful?!”

“Ƥħœᵬᶒ!!!”

Usually, the way to nullify popularity is to stand by someone even more popular, so I’m assuming that Dakota will save the day. Or she can wait for her 15 minutes to be up.

: D And they ALL ignore the unicorn wearing reading glasses who’s levitating a copy of The Shield of Boringness for Dummies. What a hoot this is!

Nothing is ever simple with unicorns.

Shield of Boringness = Windows Registry. Never tamper.They could use Twilight’s help right about now, I would guess.

Note to whoever wins the Powerball Jackpot tonight, ( If anyone does, and someone probably will. ) Take a good, hard look at this cartoon. This is how it’s going to be for the rest of YOUR life.

I wonder if this arc is a commentary on Dana Simpson’s sycophant fans. Oh, that reminds me. I hope I see Dana this month at Rain Furrest!

This could be one of those memory blank things too I just hope it spares the main side cast.

They meet and talk with Cher and Madonna’s unicorns.

Or take your clothes away from you!

one way to lose ones popularity is to do something really dumb in front of everyone. Phoebe, stand up in front of the class the next day and pick your nose or throw up. You’ll either lose your popularity or start a new trend.

I propose a Solomon Solution.

If Lord Splendid Humility shows up to correct the situation, his calling card might read: “Magic wielded with consideration.” :-)