Third blog exclusive in a row! When my mind races, you get all the benefits, my dear readers!
Honestly, I have no idea where the title came from. I have no idea what else to call it and I wanted to get this thing posted tonight as it's the oldest caption I have that hadn't been posted here yet. Created it just over a month ago, and I just didn't think it would fit anyone out there, so I sat on it until I had a chance to put it up tonight.
The story came out in dribs and drabs, but it's relatively coherent LOL Somehow it feels like a TG song written by Bruce Springsteen .. not sure if you can understand my reasoning behind that, but it has that "got to escape and survive, any way we can" feel of his pre-1980 albums. Feel free to tell me that you agree with this, or that I'm totally off base, but just that "tiger trapped in a cage, so let's live a life the best we can" vibe permeates it from the start to the finish.
Dammit! Now I am thinking about what song I'm going to link with this, and there comes the title I should be using, "(Re)Born on the Bayou!" Well, I am going to replace half of the title at least!
Much better! Not sure there is much to say here as everything in the caption is pretty much laid out exactly as it is written. Not much of a subtext there, other than another song this seems to feel like a reference to, "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" by The Animals. In that way this caption is a bit different than most, because the main character isn't "forced" to change in the usual sense .. and didn't exactly choose to turn out the way he did either. He just did what it took to survive and better his situation however he could. In the end, I don't think he regrets it that much, either.
As another blog exclusive, please let me know what you took from this caption, because I think that even though it seems straightforward, it gives an interesting point of view you don't see that much of in TG captions .. lethargy, an ennui or lassitude that "I am making the best of the situation" but resolved to accept that things could be, and were, a lot worse, "so let's take what we can get."