Game of Furniture

An old friend of mine, Chuck (as opposed to a young friend of mine, there are some of those but they just annoy me with their blase youngness … “oh, look at me … I’m young – La De Da De Da”. Seriously? Hate you) … ok … reset …

A friend of mine, Chuck, recently joked in a Facebook post of his about visiting Ikea.

“Wandering the mythical land of EyeKeeAh coming up with names for my Game of Thrones rip off”.

He then posted pictures of all the furniture names that could then possibly be worked into this new show.

I thought, well, I might give an assist, I’m not doing anything anyway, and have a bit of fun, I mean, if you’re going to build a new show you need to have a character/story outline right? Something to then fill in this, I’ll call it “Game of Furniture”, possible show huh?  

Vadholma – Island home home of the Danderyds and the Idanas

Danderyd – One people that live on Vadholma

Forhoja – The waters off the cliffs of Vadholma where Danderyds try to sacrifice Idanas every six months for no reason … the Danderyds have no god or gods to please, they have no real beliefs, but they heard tale from other lands of how they could appease their non-existent god(s) with sacrifices. They don’t stand for anything other than throwing things off the cliffs of Vadholma but one day just thought the Idanas would make perfect ones for these sacrifices and also make bigger splashes than the small skipping stones that for some reason don’t skip and furniture they were accustomed to throwing. The Danderyds are also quite dumb and sit and eat and sleep on bare floors as they have really shitty carpenters

Furniture is their main trade with the Idanas, skilled crafts folk all

Irony

Oh, the Danderyds, besides being slow witted are also very slow footed and out of shape

Idanas – The other people that live on Vadholma and the poor bastards that the Danderyds keep trying to throw off the cliffs of Vadholma into the Forhoja every six months. Their culture’s years old oral history has one phrase oft repeated in many the tale “What the fuck Danderyd’s?! And those were some really nice coffee tables and nightstands this time ‘round you fucking idiots” or something of the sort.

They have though, over the years made due with circumstance and hold a bi-annual festival with food and drink and music and much revelry, highlighted by games, games of foot, running and long jumping and high arching away and games of throwing things themselves, long pointy things or heavy dangling things and any other events that keep them easily ahead and away from the most ardent of the “throw stuff off the cliffs” segment of Vadholma’s Danderyds.

“Gunde!! We’re out of breath!” the Danderyds exclaim bent over with hands on knees.

These festivals and events are much anticipated and are the twice highlight of every year for both the Idanas and the Danderyds, though the Danderyds don’t really know why.  

Mockelby – Bard and songsmith who has made quite a living singing the tales of the Danderyds and the Idanas. He finds all of this quite funny … and profitable.   

Gunde – The religion, the “God” who, though he is quite pleased to be considered this god still wonders how this came to be. “One day I was just Gunde, that guy you knew and tipped your cap to in town or went bowling with on Saturday nights in a cool bowling shirt with the team name on the back and your own on the chest, the guy who was up next to grab a round before the next bowl and then BOOM!!! I was a god!! But bowl well!”

Morgedal – Character to be fleshed out later, possibly a slighted lover with ill intentions of revenge or maybe a witch who knows which way the winds blow over the cliffs of Forhoja. She sounds ominous. I like her. She might even have a winged pet.