Episode 3: An Update is Required to View this Episode
It is the day after episode 2. Facebook walks out of the elevator. Wattpad, Instagram, and Snapchat all look up.
Snapchat: Finally! Can we go? I'm running on a very tight schedule!
Facebook: So it's just the four of us, then?
Wattpad: I guess. Are you sure you don't want to come, Fanfic?
Fanfic: [holding a few papers] No thanks. I'm fine staying here and catching up on your work.
Wattpad: You're the best. *kisses Fanfic*
Facebook: Break it up, lovebirds.
Wattpad: Well I can't help it if my girlfriend is the most adorable person in the universe!
Fanfic: I was just about to say that!
Facebook: Ugh. Anyway, here's all of my work for you to cover. *drops large stack of papers on Fanfic's desk*
Fanfic: I only agreed to cover for my girlfr-
Instagram and Snapchat drop stacks of paper on Fanfic's desk; some of them fall off onto the floor. Fanfic sighs, smiles at her girlfriend, and starts picking up papers.
*the theme song*
Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Wattpad leave. Fanfic starts going through the papers.
Fanfic: Okay, so now I need to help judge the Wattys and The Ghosties... whatever that is.
Tumblr: I hope they don't come back as preps.
Fanfic: *sighs* Tumblr, I'm serious. Stop quoting that dumb Mary Sue.
Tumblr: ITS ENOBY NOT MARY SUE!!1!
Buzzfeed: *laughs loudly*
Tumblr: I swear you are the most annoying person here.
Edge: *walking by* Are you guys talking about me behind my back?
Fanfic: Don't worry, we aren't.
Tumblr: Yeah, if we wanted to insult you, we'd say it to your face like true Gryffindoors.
Buzzfeed: But you got Hufflepuff on my quiz?
Tumblr: And Pottermore placed me in Slytherin, and Fanfic's Ravenclaw. We're divergent. You can't control us.
Buzzfeed: But you're Candor?
Fanfic: Stop it with these personality quizzes, you're giving me a headache!
Buzzfeed: *whispering* Sounds like something a District 7 tribute would say.
Tumblr: *rolls eyes* Anyways, as long as you're here, you might as well help with this. Buzzfeed won't stop laughing her demonic-hyena-like laugh literally any time I mention a meme.
Buzzfeed: Omg #relatable!
Tumblr: IT'S ABOUT YOU!
Buzzfeed: #Roasted!
Tumblr: I swear if you don't shut up within the next five seconds I will personally delete your source code just enough that I can rewrite it so every time someone clicks on one of your many pointless articles, it takes them to a dramatic reading of the entire fricking Bee Movie script.
Edge: Wait wait wait... What's a meme?
Tumblr: *gasps loudly and almost knocks chair over* Come, child. We have much to discuss.
*
Scene transitions to a Mall called "Version 2.0". Facebook, Instagram, Wattpad, and Snapchat walk in.
Instagram: [bouncing around excitedly] So??? What're we all updating???
Facebook: *existential stare* I want it all. I want people to barely even be able to recognize me when I return. I want to reset this life.
Instagram: Omg same!!! I wanna be like Hipster 2.0!!! Snapchat, what about you?
Snapchat:
Instagram: That's too bad.
Facebook: What about you, Wattpad?
Wattpad: I'm fine too. I like myself, my girlfriend likes me, why spend hundreds of dollars trying to impress random strangers?
Facebook: Come on, Wattpad! *punches arm lightly* live a little!
Wattpad: I guess it would be a waste to come here and not do something...
*
Tumblr is in the break room pacing in front of Vine, YouTube, and Fanfic. Edge sits in a chair facing them.
Tumblr: I've examined your claim, and come up with the best team to teach you the hidden language that is memes.
Edge: I'm still confused. Why are we doing this?
Tumblr: Memes are my entire being! They're the only reason I'm in this dumb story, aside from leading the Pinvengers to victory over Selfie Squad and hating Facebook. *sighs* Anyway, I have assembled a team of experts to guide you along this journey. Here, we have Vine, Green Meme Machine. Next, YouTube Supreme lean meme. Then me, Meme Queen of your Dreams. Lastly, Fanfic. She has My Immortal.
Fanfic: Can I go? I still need to figure out what the heck is an "lense"?
Tumblr: *sight* Fine, you may go. But we're going to need a fourth. Someone whose entire format can be considered a meme.
*at the mall*
Snapchat: I must go. *runs away*
*back to break room*
Tumblr: Anyway, our meme team's scheme is to make you into the screaming memeing teen.
Edge: Okay, that rhyming was a little much, but I think I've got it all. Plus, I'm 18. Technically an adult.
Tumblr: Whatever. We need to go through all 21 years of meme history in one day, preferably before Buzzfeed comes back.
Edge: I don't think memes have been around for that long...
Tumblr: That's your first meme, from circa 2014. It originated on Vine.
Edge: But that's incorrect?
Tumblr: That's why it's funny!
*
At the mall, Facebook and Wattpad are sitting in front of a changing room curtain at a clothing store. Facebook now has short wavy-ish blond hair and a new outfit. Wattpad looks exactly the same.
Facebook: Come out! I wanna see you!
Instagram walks out of the curtain. Her hair is the same except it's purple at the ends and actually I'll just wait to post a picture at the end instead of describing any more outfits. Basically just imagine the new Instagram logo.
Instagram: So? *twirls* What's everyone think?
Facebook: Looks good.
Wattpad: Ditto.
Instagram: Thank you so much! I was afraid with all this color I'd look too much like Edge.
Wattpad: You're fine.
Facebook: Yeah, you look nothing like Little Miss my-logo-is-blue-but-i-draw-on-everything.
Instagram: Yeah I wonder what that poster child of Crayola is doing now?
*
Tumblr excitedly sits in the middle of a row of chairs facing Edge on their makeshift "stage". YouTube, Vine, Snapchat, and Fanfic again sit around her. Fanfic is looking at some papers, confused.
Tumblr: Okay, now do it exactly as we rehearsed.
Edge: *deep breath* Hello! My name is Ebony Way. My hair and clothes have a black-red-purple color scheme, which is because I'm gothic. I'm also a witch at Hogwarts and-
Tumblr: No! No! No! That's not how it's done!
Edge: But I thought spelling and grammar was like Fanfic's thing?
Tumblr: *sighs and laughs at the same time, somehow* Okay, now what color is the dress in this picture:
Edge: It varies based on the way light hits it.
Fanfic: Technically she's not wrong.
Tumblr: *hits head against wall* No! One or the other! Then you're supposed to argue about it for the entire month of February 2015! If you can't appreciate the classics you'll never make it with the new ones, sweaty!
Edge: *sweetie!
Tumblr: *screams*
Vine: I'll take it from here. *yelling* HARAMBE!
Edge: What the heck?
Vine: Gone but not forgotten.
Edge: He's just a gorilla?
Vine: DON'T TALK TO ME I'M GRIEVING!
Edge: *sighs* I'm not cut out for this generation.
*
Back at the Mall.
Wattpad: Well, I guess it's time to go.
Instagram: Hold up. You didn't do anything.
Wattpad: Not true! My sweater is a slightly darker shade of orange! I look like a rebellious wild child!
Instagram: *face palm* You're completely missing the point of this! The whole entire reason we even brought you here today is because-
During this whole exchange, Facebook has been creeping up behind Wattpad with a pair of scissors. With one swift move, she cuts off Wattpad's ponytail just below the hair tie. Wattpad looks completely shocked. She brings her hands up to the new ends of her hair and chokes out a quiet cry.
Facebook: It had to be done.
Wattpad is still speechless.
Instagram: Well, you can either stay here like this, or do something about it. Do you want to keep it this style?
Wattpad: *shakes head no*
Instagram: *dragging Wattpad back to the hairstylist* That's what I thought.
*
Edge: So meme is pronounced "meem" but Pepe isn't pronounced "peep". Everyone hates Comic Sans, unless we're discussing Undertale. Everyone thinks Shrek is hilarious, but not because of its jokes, rather because of a disturbing YouTube video. And Dashcon was the worst idea Tumblr ever had.
*Tumblr, YouTube, Vine, and Snapchat cheer*
YouTube: You have learned well, young one.
Edge: Does nobody care that I'm 18?
Vine: We won't care until you're 21.
Edge: Sooo... Next year? Cuz 9+10=21?
Tumblr: I actually made a difference in another human being's life. Maybe I am a good person!
Edge: Wow that sounded very [history of Japan voice] Spiritual!
Office door opens.
Edge: Wait what-
Wattpad, Facebook, and Instagram walk in doing the cliche "cool girls" walk. Here is where I can finally post the picture with their appearance.
Wikipedia: Woah.
Buzzfeed: I wasn't planning on doing "Fab or Drab" today, but these ladies are seriously Fab!
Fanfic: Wow. You guys really went all out with these updates!
Facebook: *rolls eyes and walks away*
Fanfic: [to Wattpad] What was that about?
Wattpad: [nervously] Um, Er, Uh... Excuse me for a second. *runs off*
Edge: What's going on here? I'm so confused!
Tumblr: No! If you were a true memeber of meme-squad you would've said "What to heck? I am confusion!"
Edge: There's no time for memes! I have a feeling I should be a part of this. *runs off*
Tumblr: All that work for nothing! [yelling after Edge] DON'T TALK TO ME OR MY SON EVER AGAIN!
DevA: I knew we couldn't trust her! Regardless, I wonder what's going on? Wattpad's never awkward around Fanfic! Well, except when they first started dating.
Tumblr: I hope nothing bad happens to them.
A/N Well that ending was certainly confusing.
Hypothetical Reader: Wait... that was it? XD I thought you were going to have something sad happen! All this build up and all that happened was Tumblr tried and failed to teach Edge memes, and Facebook got a makeover? At least kill someone off!
Me: First of all, Hypothetical Reader, I thought you left after I made the most awesome ship in the world canon. Secondly, that apology/warning was meant for episodes 3 and 4, because while this episode was lighthearted and funny, the ending leaves you in a state of "WTF?". Also, if you still want me to kill someone off, it might as well be you, HR-who-hates-Watfic.
Anyways, how did you real readers like this episode? Are you worried? Are you annoyed? The only reason I really added the "Tumblr teaches Edge memes" subplot is that this season won't have any real memecentric episodes.
Also, I might reference some stuff that happens on the blog soon, so you should follow that. This week we had a conspiracy theory, an in-depth analysis of Facebook's character, and a meme that got out of control called "Eugs Googs".
Lastly (This author's note is way too long lol), How do you guys like the new designs? They all took me about a thousand tries to actually get right lol.
Stay golden, web fans!
(P.S. I am extremely sorry about what I'm about to do next week.)
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