"Our soap operas are weird. Yours are incomprehensible." -- Anon Guest
[AN: All soap operas are wont to escalate into incomprehensibility when given enough time]
"Beshenia, I love you, but I can't be with you," said the figure in the holo display. "I tried to keep it hidden, but... I'm your descendant from the future, and it would be incest."
"WHAT?" said half the watchers in the room. The other half made gestures of victory and cheered, "CALLED IT!" Which sparked so much debate that the host had to pause playing the entertainment in question so that all present could properly hash out their feelings.
Tempers are wont to run high when emotional labor has been expended on anything. Evidence was trotted out from both sides and a Talking Stick had to be employed, then taken away again once once of the more enthusiastic debaters attempted to employ it as a weapon.
Once the Talking Squeaky Toy was employed, things only got sillier from there. On the plus side, nobody can stay angry when the weapon of choice makes an amusing beep when employed.
"Fun times," announced the spouse who had just arrived home in the middle of the fracas. "Need an adjudicator?"
"Nah, we're--" {biip!} "--sorting things--" {biip!} "--out in our own--" {biip!} "--unique way." {biip! biip! biip!}
The group couldn't hold onto the anger any longer and collapsed into hysterical laughter.
The homecoming spouse looked at the holo display and the subtitle associated with the image. "I don't understand that thing, your love for it, or anything associated with it... but I support your fanaticism."
"Thank you. And I know you're scared to ask at this point."
"Thank you. I'll be watching my own bizarre BS in the bedroom."
"I already ordered you a pizza."
They shared a kiss and an embrace before the homecoming spouse adjourned to watch All My Daughters... which was just as strange, but in a different direction.
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