Becoming The Muse

The Very Independent Bubble

Ingrid’s wedding vows in Season 4 Episode 1 of Upload: Wedding Weekend as quoted from her favourite book as a child The Very Independent Bubble.

Once there was a little girl who loved to blow bubbles. And when she blew them, they would go wherever she wanted. She could make them go up or down or sideways. But one day, she blew a bubble who had a mind of his own.

 The was a very independent bubble

When she made all the other bubbles go up, he decided to explore the world.

“Come back, “ shouted the little girl. The world is full of pokey things that can pop a bubble. But the very independent bubble didn’t care. He had to see what was out there.

So, the little girl secretly followed him, and whenever he almost hit a pokey thing, she jumped in front. And the girl was happy. Although, she was covered in bruises from all the pokey things.

But one morning, she woke up and the very independent bubble was gone. She searched high and low for him, from the bottom of a diamond mine to the top of a skyscraper. She was so upset, she didn’t look where she was going, and she fell right off the tippy top of the skyscraper.

 Down, down she fell, past all the good little bubbles who had floated up. And guess what happened next. She fell right on top of the very independent bubble, and… he didn’t pop.

 He turned into a pillow and stayed in her bed forever after.

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Quirkness aside its a actually a profound yet simple tale about over-protecting and letting go which also foreshadows not only what happens to the characters of upload but the audience as they reach the final season of this series.