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Time for Tea

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 As far as Professor Richards could determine the accident had blasted his consciousness completely out of his home reality and into some strange alternative version of history.  In this world he found himself inhabiting the body of a beautiful young woman and forced to live her life as best he could.  Prehaps with enough time and access to the right equipment he might have been able to find a way back to his home but the rules of the pseudo-victorian society he now had to live by made that almost impossible.  As a member of "the fairer sex" he was expected find a husband and be a good wife. Any kind of academic pursuit was out of the question.  He shuddered at the thought of what he might have to do just to avoid being thrown out on the street. But at least he could take some comfort from the fact that they served truly excellent tea here.

Wonder-Jessica; Screen Test

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Source   Original art from https://www.deviantart.com/mainasha Following the untimely death of studio founder R.K Maroon in 1947 and subsequent revelations about his involvement in the so called Clover Leaf scandal, control of the studio passed into the hands of the Toon Town chamber of commerce. While investors were initially sceptical about the viability of a Toon owned and operated studio Maroon soon proved itself one of the great success stories of post war Hollywood. This period is rightly remembered as a golden age for the comedy shorts that made the studios name but it is also worth noting some of the ambitious feature length projects that were developed at the time. Perhaps most interesting of these is the planned Wonder Woman feature. Slated to star the multi-talented Jessica Rabbit as the titular heroine and intended as the first in a series of films staring well known Toon actors as golden age heroes. The project was ultimately shelved in favour of a ...