Fandom: Calvin and Hobbes, Queen (band), Bohemian Rhapsody (song)
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Calvin, Calvin’s Dad, Calvin’s classmates, Principal Spittle
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 15 panels
Creator Links:
mitaffenartigergeschwendigkeit
Theme: Crossovers/Fusions, Family, Unconventional Format & Style, Songfics, Non-Fic Recs: Fanart, Non-Fic Recs: Fancomics/Doujinshi, Humour
Summary: Calvin dramatizes his sense of being on trial in the classroom, in the form of a “Bohemian Rhapsody” sing-along…and his dad’s there to help!

Reccer's Notes: This scenario is not only cleverly executed but conceivable in-story: children in Calvin’s generational cohort would’ve been exposed to this song as a favorite of their parents’. And, should Calvin’s dad actually happen to agree with his son’s grievance of the moment about school, it wouldn’t be past him to pull something like this. For today’s Show and Tell: the tree the nut fell from.
Further Note: The working title and summary are both mine, none having been supplied by the creator. Even the attribution is tentative: this has been making the rounds of Facebook, Imgur, and Tumblr since autumn 2023.
mitaffenartigergeschwendigkeit, who devotes their Tumblr chiefly to Calvin and Hobbes shitposts without comment, is as far back as I’ve been able to trace its origin and seems a plausible suspect; if anyone knows otherwise, please let me know and I’ll correct it.
Fanwork Links: Calvin and Dad’s Rhapsody, by
mitaffenartigergeschwendigkeit.
Pairings/Characters: Gen; Calvin, Calvin’s Dad, Calvin’s classmates, Principal Spittle
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 15 panels
Creator Links:
Theme: Crossovers/Fusions, Family, Unconventional Format & Style, Songfics, Non-Fic Recs: Fanart, Non-Fic Recs: Fancomics/Doujinshi, Humour
Summary: Calvin dramatizes his sense of being on trial in the classroom, in the form of a “Bohemian Rhapsody” sing-along…and his dad’s there to help!

Reccer's Notes: This scenario is not only cleverly executed but conceivable in-story: children in Calvin’s generational cohort would’ve been exposed to this song as a favorite of their parents’. And, should Calvin’s dad actually happen to agree with his son’s grievance of the moment about school, it wouldn’t be past him to pull something like this. For today’s Show and Tell: the tree the nut fell from.
Further Note: The working title and summary are both mine, none having been supplied by the creator. Even the attribution is tentative: this has been making the rounds of Facebook, Imgur, and Tumblr since autumn 2023.
Fanwork Links: Calvin and Dad’s Rhapsody, by
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Date: 2024-12-15 10:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-12-16 07:01 pm (UTC)Consider the possibility that the school administration decreed something genuinely bloody stupid: let’s say banning the teaching of evolution. This is what brings Calvin’s Dad on board.
This means no more dinosaur mentions in class until Headquarters decides how to implement them within the parameters wock wock wock. Little kids love dinosaurs, and so Calvin will find an unaccustomed degree of sympathy among his classmates—and, as noted, a lot of millennial kids would have heard the song from their boomer parents, making the crowd sing-along within the realm of possibility.
(This is also why Miss Wormwood—who’s something of a stodge but genuinely dedicated to teaching—implicitly condones the disruption for five minutes or so.)
Such a scenario would have to occur near the end of the strip’s run; it would mark a pivotal turning point in Calvin’s relationship with his dad, as with Rosalyn realizing that the context of Calvinball could enable her to compel Calvin’s willing obedience.
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Date: 2024-12-17 02:50 am (UTC)theme: missing scenes
theme: non-fic recs: meta
I am LOVING this deconstruction of the text. :D
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Date: 2024-12-17 03:52 am (UTC)