Hello, dear blog followers, my name is Zita, and since I have arrived with my friends at the blog curator's doorstep, my lioness cub friend Maisy and I have talked it through - but you know what she's like when talking to me, since she's 3 she can only meow and make other cat noises, but I can perfectly understand what she's saying. Right, Maisy?
"Meow!"
Of course you do, you always say the right things.
Anyway, I want to tell all of you logging on that Strings, which was made when the curator of this blog was only 4, was not the first film to be made using marionettes. The very first films to be made using marionettes were actually our reincarnations - Thunderbirds Are Go, from 1965, and Thunderbird 6, from 1967.
I'd like to explain a few differences, as you may know. Maisy has told me our descendants usually stand static and their lips move to the voices, wheras our voices are heard, but of course, in my world, our lips don't move, making us - *gulps* moving statues.
"Meeeoooowww..."
I understand it's horrible, Maisy, but you're used to it, right?
*Maisy nods*
And, wheras these two films were made four decades ago, our world was created and presented to the public only two decades back. And unlike Thunderbirds, we were NOT made by a man named Gerry Anderson. Whoever they are, the ones literally pulling our strings made us-
"MEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOWW!!"
Excuse me, Maisy's crying.
Oh, oh, oh dear, Maisy don't cry, it's alright. *kisses her furry friend on her forehead* We're made with strings, so there's no need for us to be tamed. We're as untameable as our bond, strong as sisters. Speaking of which, I wish you'd be made of wood like me, then you cannot get sunburnt.
But then again, you are hand drawn - how fluid and soft your fur is compared to all of us. Someday, when our ancestors come, I hope they will care more for others than I care for you.
