PINS AND STITCHES - ANIMATED PILOT
cel for Mapel
Meet Mapel! The daughter of Leo, Mapel wants to fit into her home in the Feta Valley, but feels unsure if she belongs there due to her partial “Beta” heritage her dad carries. While she loves him and is a big “daddy’s girl” she wonders how she can learn to navigate a home that she feels alien towards.
With support from her big brother figure, Cayenne, she soon learns to find meaning outside of social relationships, and to look outwards of the Valley for potential soul-seeking when she's older. Leo supports her idea to travel once she's ready. As she explores and develops her own identity away from home, Mapel loves to challenge herself despite her more anxious nature, and with Cayenne and her other peers supporting her, she truly feels like she can overcome her fears of the outside world, and the inevitability of one day leaving the safety of her dad's nest.
- english
- animation/character
- female young adult
Dad? Um... do I have to attend the fire dance festival tonight? (hesitant pause) I-I just get nervous around those big crowds and- (nods nervously) Y-Yeah I know. I know... I need to develop those skills but... what if I freeze up again? Can we... come home if that happens? Just read a book together under moms tree? (pauses) -but dad!!
Cayenne... this doesn't seem safe... and I GET that this is the point- but aren't we going to get in trouble if we go any further out of- EEK!! (Pause... sigh of relief) Oh... it was just a mouse. Haha- it's... kinda cute. huh. I guess the life out here is kinda pretty. (relaxed chuckle) You were right...
"Give it an Adlib!"