Time Period: Present; Meta-verse Notes: I had to go meta-verse (that is, Victor knows he's a muse and he's talking to me) for this one. For some reason, he really does love silly commercials and infomercials. But to be fair -- he probably gets that from me. I actually used to watch the damn things (especially the ones about vacuum-sealing your food) for entertainment purposes when I was younger. ^^; Ah, the embarrassing secrets our muses get us to reveal. . . . Also, Whelpton Pills? Real. Along with a bunch of other ridiculous Victorian ads. (http://www.sensationpress.com/victorianadvertising.htm)
“I still don’t get why you like these so much.” Butterfly Boy grinned at his mun. “Because they’re so ridiculously over the top. People in these ‘infomercials’ apparently can’t do the smallest thing by themselves. It really is like that site you like so much says – they’re too incompetent to operate a blanket!” He chuckled. “And some of the products they advertise! That pen necklace, for example – you think people had forgotten pockets exist.” “Yeah, I know they’re silly. But really, if you want over the top advertisements, your own era has plenty of that. And I’m not even talking about the silliness that comes out of Secundus. I’ve seen actual Victorian ads. Whelpton Pills are pretty ridiculous.” “That may be so – but the ones from your era have moving pictures and sound.” “. . .This is true. Want to watch the one about sealing up your food vacuum-style next?”
commercial: Hooked On Infomercials
Notes: I had to go meta-verse (that is, Victor knows he's a muse and he's talking to me) for this one. For some reason, he really does love silly commercials and infomercials. But to be fair -- he probably gets that from me. I actually used to watch the damn things (especially the ones about vacuum-sealing your food) for entertainment purposes when I was younger. ^^; Ah, the embarrassing secrets our muses get us to reveal. . . . Also, Whelpton Pills? Real. Along with a bunch of other ridiculous Victorian ads. (http://www.sensationpress.com/victorianadvertising.htm)
“I still don’t get why you like these so much.”
Butterfly Boy grinned at his mun. “Because they’re so ridiculously over the top. People in these ‘infomercials’ apparently can’t do the smallest thing by themselves. It really is like that site you like so much says – they’re too incompetent to operate a blanket!” He chuckled. “And some of the products they advertise! That pen necklace, for example – you think people had forgotten pockets exist.”
“Yeah, I know they’re silly. But really, if you want over the top advertisements, your own era has plenty of that. And I’m not even talking about the silliness that comes out of Secundus. I’ve seen actual Victorian ads. Whelpton Pills are pretty ridiculous.”
“That may be so – but the ones from your era have moving pictures and sound.”
“. . .This is true. Want to watch the one about sealing up your food vacuum-style next?”