Poor Elly...That's why people write novels and make movies: cuz real life isn't like that. Making it happen on paper or film is the only way we will ever make it happen.
Chocolate and a romance novel **in bed**. If you're going to sublimate, you might as well be comfortable while you do it.
Just imagine if she stepped into the "real" world, like Danny Donkey and Dickie the !$%*!$%*! have done. She might start dating Zebra (since they're both kind-hearted African animals), and take to stomping on the Crocs for being mean to him. It could make for a nice story arc.
If this weren't so true, it would be even funnier. And it is extremely funny now. I had to laugh into my elbow so as not to disturb the people watching the game. And my team (rams) lost.