Difference between revisions of "Cammie Aarons"
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Her summer visit happened in 2003. Cammie had just turned 13 Years old. At the very beginning of her journey to [[Caplinville]] from Astro City, she was instantly homesick. She didn't want to leave her friends, and she certainly didn't want to visit a totally-nothing-happening hick town buried in the rural landscape of Nowhere, USA. Bad enough she was visiting relatives she barely knew, but to spend her whole summer there? What were her parents thinking? | Her summer visit happened in 2003. Cammie had just turned 13 Years old. At the very beginning of her journey to [[Caplinville]] from Astro City, she was instantly homesick. She didn't want to leave her friends, and she certainly didn't want to visit a totally-nothing-happening hick town buried in the rural landscape of Nowhere, USA. Bad enough she was visiting relatives she barely knew, but to spend her whole summer there? What were her parents thinking? | ||
| + | Immediately she continued her dislike of Caplinville and its residents. They all seemed strange and way too friendly and creepy. Even though, she had never met any of them they all knew who she was. Not to mention her cousins only had one phone line, which severely limited her ability to communicate with the real world back in Astro City. | ||
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| + | Eventually she started warming up a bit as well as discovering, that the country bumpkins had their own superhero, in [[Roustabout]] and he even knew the peoples names! Hiding her shock and even a bit of jealousy, she believed he was alright, but nowhere near even being a "B" lister in Astro City. | ||
[[image:cammieResearching.jpg|250px|left|link=Roustabout]] | [[image:cammieResearching.jpg|250px|left|link=Roustabout]] | ||
| − | Yet, the visit did have its impact on Cammie. It proved to be a '''Rite of Passage''' growth experience for her. What changed her thinking and attitudes? She gained a perspective on the locals. She saw things, including | + | Yet, the visit did have its impact on Cammie. It proved to be a '''Rite of Passage''' growth experience for her. What changed her thinking and attitudes? She gained a perspective on the locals. She saw things, including things about Roustabout. She even spent some of her precious online time researching him on the internet. |
Revision as of 09:14, 6 May 2014
HistoryHer summer visit happened in 2003. Cammie had just turned 13 Years old. At the very beginning of her journey to Caplinville from Astro City, she was instantly homesick. She didn't want to leave her friends, and she certainly didn't want to visit a totally-nothing-happening hick town buried in the rural landscape of Nowhere, USA. Bad enough she was visiting relatives she barely knew, but to spend her whole summer there? What were her parents thinking? Immediately she continued her dislike of Caplinville and its residents. They all seemed strange and way too friendly and creepy. Even though, she had never met any of them they all knew who she was. Not to mention her cousins only had one phone line, which severely limited her ability to communicate with the real world back in Astro City. Eventually she started warming up a bit as well as discovering, that the country bumpkins had their own superhero, in Roustabout and he even knew the peoples names! Hiding her shock and even a bit of jealousy, she believed he was alright, but nowhere near even being a "B" lister in Astro City.  Yet, the visit did have its impact on Cammie. It proved to be a Rite of Passage growth experience for her. What changed her thinking and attitudes? She gained a perspective on the locals. She saw things, including things about Roustabout. She even spent some of her precious online time researching him on the internet.
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