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    The Gypsy Whistles – Tina Kennard L Word

    Story written on April 20, 2014 by Blackbird.
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    The Gypsy Whistles – Tina I’m not a shy person by nature, I’m more introverted than Bette but I was adventurous as a kid. My exploring and my best childhood experiences were outside in Nature, not scholastic, or on the field in soccer or sports. I was an avid tree climber. I captured all kinds

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    The Gypsy Whistles – Tina

    I’m not a shy person by nature, I’m more introverted than Bette but I was adventurous as a kid. My exploring and my best childhood experiences were outside in Nature, not scholastic, or on the field in soccer or sports. I was an avid tree climber. I captured all kinds of bugs. I kept lizards as pets, and people were there in the background a lot of the time. I was a very pretty tomboy my father used to say.

    Lucy, on the other hand, was a wild child they called her back then in the 80s. She was pretty and I really wanted to be just like my older, gorgeous cousin. And then she died and that scared the living shit out of me. Slowly, I came back from the shock. I hit reset as a college freshman, and hoped it would all disappear.

    But the afternoon at the state fair is what Bette wants to know about and even though I’ve almost told her before tonight she’s looking at me very carefully, and tenderly, and handing me her glass of wine to share. I know this evening – after a horrible day filled with all kinds of lows surrounding Dana –  must be the hour and the time. So, I begin.

    “Bette, I want you to know, I wasn’t raped by this creep, Allsweld, but he killed my cousin, and I was there.” I sip the wine and watch to make sure this sinks in. “Really, after awhile I was okay.”

    “So you say, and I’m relieved, and I believe you.” She lets go of my hand. “How did you meet this man?”

    “Lucy was just the kind of girl that was born for taunting packs of boys at a fair midway, Bette.” I laugh at the memory of her as a Carnival Barker’s best friend. “Lots of tobacco crop money was spent trying to shoot the disks or the bulls eye and win her a prize. I was younger by four years, maybe three, but compared to her – my father used to call me his pretty tomboy.

    “And on the midway there was a handsome young man, probably four years older than me, nineteen years old to my fifteen, and instead of getting caught up in Lucy’s flirtatiousness and carnival games he was paying attention to me.” I put my head in my hands and I regret how a few different decisions by me that day would have made all the difference in Lucy still being alive.

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    3. Great! I love the turn this story is taking… and I love the fact that you, unlike Ilene (who we all know was on crack during Season 3), didn’t make them look as though the almost eight years together never happened. They still ‘know each other’, they love each other and they will win this battle as well.
      Loved the end… maybe that’s one of the answers Tina needs; the Gipsy kind of reminds her of Bette (curly hair, then the scar – even though this one was just a fantasy of Bette). She [the Gypsy] saved her and that’s what Bette will do as well. Tina just needs to figure out she belongs with her.

    4. hey forgot to place my comment last night…

      If this is you when you’re not so sure on what to write?…Be my guess to be unsure for while. :p…

    5. You never fail to amaze me. You are turning S3 to something worthy to read about. I like the idea of the gypsy aka Bette’s look-a-like saving Tina. I hope Tina is able to remember how safe, secure and loved she felt with Bette and none of “the safety of a white heterosexual relationship” and that “it was the bravest thing she had ever done” that Tina spouts so much on S3. Barf!

      I wonder why Tina kept this secret from Bette.

    6. painful story about tina.. it brokes my heart. bette always stood strong for tina moreover, bette always the bravest soul.. i love this story. i wish you written a book about all this. it unique and wonderfully flow thru the heart. wonderfully done!!!

    7. I’m sorry that took a long time to write here as well.
      I liked it very much. especially the comparisons between the gypsy woman and Bette.
      This was absolutely true: Bette always strong and she supported Tina.
      the scene in the church was just too funny (though at one point, a certain kissing scene frightened me at first) :P but I admit it was a good distraction.
      the story that Tina was shared sad and tragic. wonder, Tina why did not tell Bette?
      I like that Henry will disappear :)
      (it would be: “Bette Porter, mentally devastating in style?”)
      oh, wait! You said Dean Porter come.
      this means that Jodi is coming too? (I would be teasing, I would ask if she left out?) :D
      I look forward to the next chapter.

    10. Here is an interesting story I did a polish on yesterday while dreaming up a new story for Touch Tones, my Season 7 L Word inspired storyline. When I wrote this back in April I remember how I felt Tina needed to tell us all so much more about her background. This story occurs in the Showtime series’ 3 rd season timeline. Rewriting it I recalled what a difficult season that was to write my L Word behind the scenes stories just beneath. Dodging always were Tina and Bette’s unending aggravations with each other that made watching Season 3 so painful.

      That said, I’m also filling in a part of Tina in this story that I felt needed amplifying. The deepening character history I gave her in Season 2 concerns her behavior after the birth of Angelica. To me, as a storyteller I needed more of an explanation as to why Tina acted so bizarre toward Bette at that time. I understood that she was angry, but she acted on the show at times – well, bizarre. A few stories back in this series I gave Bette the idea to look more into women suffering from postpartum depression and weirdness. She did and started a blog. That was amusing.

      In “The Gypsy Whistles” we are past the direct actions of Tina’s crazy behavior – Helena, Henry, etc., and are dealing with their after effects. In this touching story she tells Bette about a secret she’s kept for many years. Introducing her curiosity about Gypsies in this story led me to write a few wonderful tales that revolve around Tina finally going to a Fortune Teller for answers when her feelings of being ill at ease won’t release her.

      Please enjoy,
      Blackbird
      Feb 2015

      • I think pages 6 to 10 are a repeat of pages 1 to 5.
        I so enjoyed reading this and as there is no previous comment from me think I may have missed it first time round. I am so glad I’ve read it now.

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