After The Rain Goes, There Are Rainbows...

We all know how very much both Geppetto and Thumbelina's mother wish for a child of their own in just about any universe, yes? ...Well, what happens when we mix the two stories together: Geppetto still gaining his long-wished-for little boy (emphasis on *LITTLE boy*) by way of a magical pine seed from a good witch?Pinocchio is a sweet and kind lad who always tries his best to please his beloved Father and wants very badly to make friends, but is made fun of for being a 'goody-two-shoes' and/or not being like his fictive wooden counterpart like OTHER *'REAL' boys*; he loves his Father and their cat Figaro very much, but his large heart is still empty as Geppetto's was before 'Little Wooden-Head' came along... until one night, after a particularly bad day of bullying when he tried to go to school with the other children, he hears someone singing outside of his window and soon befriends the music-maker- Jiminy Cricket.Some years down the line, 'Pinoke' and Jiminy are still best friends, but something more blossoms between them one starry night...

As I said earlier, writing something new helps with 'the block', and this particular AU has been going on in my mind for a while- especially after listening to the 2000 ABC Disney musical 'Geppetto' soundtrack (and just WHY *exactly* is there *NOT* a tag for this movie yet??! Come on!), and finding out that someone else on A03 is a WoodWhistle lover as I am -which made me very happy!!-. So this is basically a Thumbelina AU of a blend of 1940's 'Pinocchio', the newer 2022 also-Disney adaptation, and 'Geppetto' with characters from said movies, 'The Wind in the Willows', 'A Bug's Life', Mr. Beetle from Don Bluth's 1994 adaptation of 'Thumbelina', and Twinkle from 'Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night'. The woodcarver/toymaker himself will basically be Drew Carey's rendention here, but much more patient and willing to have his eyes opened (especially when warned of this by a certain good witch); pretty much a blend of Carey's appearance and voice, but Christian Rub's and Tom Hanks' personalities as well.I own *NOTHING WHATSOEVER* as usual save for the *story IDEA*; Walt Disney, Carlo Collodi, Hans Christian Andersen, Don Bluth, Stephen Schwartz, Kenneth Grahame, etc. however DO!!Basically just warm sweet empty heart-turned-full and family feels at the beginning...!