Wednesday, 3 July 2024

My Little Orko

Jolene is a young 6-year-old girl who is diagnosed with autism. Her mum is truly understanding, as is the rest of her family, but at primary school she gets bullied a lot by her friends. The only comfort she has in her life are her special interests: her He Man & The Masters Of The Universe action figures and the He Man series airing on the then-new Toonami channel (well, it is 2003 after all). One day while she and her mum are walking home from school, Jolene encounters a cardboard box with a little wizard sitting inside, crying and shivering. With her Mum's kind permission, the girl decides to take the wizard home. Finding out his name is Orko and seeing his face is in shadow doesn't harm Jolene a bit, as she spends all her days playing with her new family member and sharing in every moment with her. But the moment they move to a new home and start unpacking, Jolene catches Orko seeing something wrong with his life in Eternia on screen...
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  1. Orko10 July 2024 at 11:33

    Oh wow! Gee, I gotta tell ya, it's really somethin' special hearin' this story about Jolene and me. Ya see, bein' a magical kinda guy from Eternia, I'm used to castin' spells and gettin' into all sorts of adventures with He-Man and the gang. But when Jolene found me in that cardboard box, well, let's just say my heart skipped a beat.

    Jolene, she's got this real big heart, ya know? And even though I'm just a little wizard with a lot of goof-ups, she took me in like I was part of the family. Every day was a new adventure with her, playin' with those action figures of mine and watchin' our show on Toonami. It made me feel like I wasn't so alone anymore, even if I was just a little shadowy figure to everyone else.

    But then, when things started changin' and we moved to a new place, I saw somethin' in Jolene's eyes. She was worryin' 'bout me, about my home in Eternia. And that's when it hit me—she cared about me just like I cared about her.

    So here I am, in this new home with Jolene and her family, and I gotta say, it feels kinda nice to be loved and looked after. Sure, I might still mess up a spell or two, but with Jolene by my side, I know everything's gonna be alright. She's my hero, just like He-Man is to me. And I'll do whatever it takes to protect her and make sure she knows just how special she really is.

    Thanks for sharin' our story. It means a lot to me, more than ya know. And hey, if Jolene ever needs me, I'll be right here, ready to cast a spell or share a laugh, just like old times on Toonami.

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