{
  "description": "It's funny where inspiration can come from. As with the other stories I've posted so far, this story was first written months ago, before I had even started posting anything here. At the time I was listening to a song by a favorite band of mine and a one-off lyric from one of the verses set this whole story in motion. The title of the story is the first part of that line. I know that's not much to go on at all, but if I gave you the other half it'd be way too easy to just Google 😝. If anyone happens to somehow get the obscure reference let me know. (There's another very subtle reference to a different, but actually much more thematically fitting song by the same group in the first paragraph.)\n \nAnyway, I didn't have the easiest time getting images for this story, and unfortunately had to give up on an image of the two of them on the teacup ride, which was pretty disappointing. I spent a while searching for a model or LORA that had any idea what a teacup ride was, but came up empty. I even tried some Flux models, which were getting closer, but still didn't give me anything usable. Ah, well, I should have just had them ride a Ferris wheel or something.\n\nAnyway, I'm happy with how the images that I did manage to get turned out. There's a bit of style variation between them that I hope isn't too jarring. I was trying some different prompts and models. \n\nI love Tuxley's stuffed face in the first image. I knew I had to use that as soon as I saw it. I also spent far too long getting that sign in the fourth one to say ICE CREAM. it originally said CFAIIR CARNIIVAIL or something like that. Their clothes aren't exactly constant, but I decided to let that go. They are mostly the same. Funny enough, I don't usually specify a color for clothing unless I'm trying to match another image or to differentiate clothing for different characters (like Lyra and Tuxley's sneakers) but 80% of the time Tuxley ends up in a white shirt and black shorts. I think it's because those colors are used elsewhere in his prompt. That white shirt with the aqua neck and sleeve hemming shows up all the time. I've taken to thinking about it as his favorite shirt and enjoy whenever it pops up. I'm going to try and make a point to prompt for more varied colors in his clothing though. In my totally unbiased opinion, I think he looks good in any color 😆  Also sometimes I like the snaggletooth and sometimes I don't. Kinda just depends on the vibe of the image and what mood I'm in I guess. \n\nFor the longest time I couldn't get any images of them holding hands that I was happy with. Their hands were always a fused mess! This was pretty disappointing, since it was another big part of the story I couldn't get an image for. But right before giving up, I tried a new model that got me...well it was still a fused mess, but it was a lot closer! Close enough that I could work with it. After a few rounds of manual painting and inpainting, the results aren't perfect, but it gets the point across. I was hoping for an image of them being a bit more playful, like leaning into each other more, but after coming so close to giving up, I'm happy with what I got. \n\nI'm also pleased with a lot of how the story turned out. There are a few spots I don't think are perfect, but after losing a few nights picking at them, I eventually hit the point where I didn't think my fiddling was actually making them any better. \n\nBecause it's a theme in the story, I also thought it would be fun to release this right before the weekend that signals the end of summer for a lot of us.\n\nThanks for reading this clichéd little story! I'm really glad to finally be able to call it done!\n\nI hope you enjoyed it! \n\nI'm honestly not sure what will come next. I Don't have any more stories written, so you know as much as I do at this point.\n\nSee you next time!"
}