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It’s all just a bunch of Hocus Pocus 💜🧡💛
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Name: Max Dennison Age: 27 Height: 5′10 Pronouns: He/Him Sexuality: Heterosexual Occupation: Part time U.S. History teacher and Drumming instructor/Full time dad Zodiac: Taurus sun, Gemini moon, Aries rising Faceclaim: Alex Fitzalan
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Although Max was not thrilled to move to Destiny Isle as a teenager, it eventually became a place he grew to love as he settled in and created a family of his own here. He and his sister moved to the isle one Halloween and he wasn’t all that thrilled about the magical aspects they’d heard about — to him, it was just a bunch of hocus pocus. He was proven wrong to be a skeptic though when the virgin lit the black flame candle and brought back the Sanderson Sisters, a trio of witches who had wreaked havoc in the area hundreds of years ago. With the help of the girl of his dreams and a cursed talking black cat, he and Dani survived the ordeal and even somewhat lifted Thackery Binx’s curse, and Max is forever grateful that the traumatic experience brought him closer to his future wife Allison.
He’d never met someone like her and he was head over heels from day one. His disinterest in the isle faded rather quickly and it didn’t take long for the two to become official. It may have seemed cheesy but they became high school sweethearts, and the two continued building a life together after high school. They waited to eventually get married until after finishing their bachelor degrees, Max going to school for teaching history and Allison choosing law school, and it was once Allison finished law school two years later that they had their daughter, Poppy. With Allison so career focused and having worked so hard on her law degree, Max was okay with stepping down to part time teaching in order to spend more time raising their daughter. He hardly believes sometimes how much his life has changed since moving here as the annoyed and grumpy teen that was new to the isle, but he is grateful for the way that things have turned out.
Headcanons
Drumming is still one of Max’s passions to this day but he hasn’t had as much time to do so after becoming a father. Thankfully he still has time here and there to give drumming lessons occasionally when Dani or Binx are able to step in and babysit.
He can still be somewhat of a skeptic when it comes to magic but he’s definitely much better about it than he was back then. He was the one who warned binx to be careful when binx approached him for advice about dating a witch, but he’s glad that it turned out to be a positive experience for him in the end
Still very protective of Dani even though she’s grown up now but also still thinks she can be annoying as hell too
Yes he did lose his virginity to Allison
He loves being a dad. A part of him wants him and Allison to have another kid (he wants to try for a boy next) but he knows that’s a big ask with how much Allison works. He’s content either way on whether they only have Poppy or if they try for another child
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Hocus Pocus (1993) lockscreens/wallpapers
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It’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!
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Black Flame Candle-Max Dennison-Chapter 1
Summary: Max Dennison is the new kid in Salem, Massachusetts. On Halloween, his life takes a dramatic turn when his parents force him to take his little sister, Dani, trick-or-treating. He, his crush, Casey Blackstone, and his sister are in for a ride when Max lights the Black Flame Candle.
Series Warnings: Slight Language, Fluff, Flirting, Angst, Supernatural, Paranormal, Canon Deaths, Bullying. This series is a little more adult than the Disney movie.
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Third Person POV
‘It’s all just a bunch of Hocus Pocus.’
Salem, Massachusetts has always been known for its witchcraft allegations as well as for how they handled each case, calling them the Salem Witch Trials. Three centuries ago, hundreds of people were accused, but only a mere thirty were found guilty. Nineteen were hanged due to the false accusations placed upon them, while others died in jail or were pressed to death.
Thackery Binx found his sister being whisked away by three actual witches, The Sanderson sisters, who needed her for a spell to stay young and beautiful. The same night his sister had passed away, and his disappearance, the three witches were hanged for their witchcraft, but vowed they’d be back.
Now every Halloween, the entire town goes all out for the festivities. Casey Blackstone has lived in Salem all her life and loves the holiday. It’s the one time of year she can eat as much candy as she wants and no one will bat an eye, well except for her dentist father. She also loves wearing costumes, being someone else besides herself for a night.
Since her family, as well as her friend Allison’s, thinks they are too old to be trick or treating, they are forced to give out candy this year while Allison’s family has a party. Her parents wanted to go to the party at Town Hall but they got sick so they’re staying home. Her costume is already at the Watt’s house, waiting to be put on later that night.
Sighing to herself as she fixes her hair in the mirror, Casey turns to her black cat that is sitting on her bed watching her.
Due to the holiday and the history they are taught every year, she felt there was only one name fitting for a black cat such as the one she found almost eleven years ago.
“What do you think of today’s outfit, Binx?” She throws her hands out, showing off her purple low-cut shirt as well as her slightly ripped jeans.
Binx meows his response before stepping toward her to rub his face against her hip, causing his collar to clink against the bell she forces him to wear.
“I like it too.” She smiles and pets his head as she kneels down next to her bed. “Alright, I got to go to school. Remember, don’t bring mice into the house. If you’re going to bring female cats home, make sure it’s not in my room. I’ll see you tomorrow. You’re my best friend and I love you.”
She kisses the top of his head before picking up her bookbag and walking out of the room, not noticing him climbing out of her window as soon as she closes her door a smidge. She wasn’t lying. Her cat was her best friend and she makes sure to tell him everyday, despite him probably not knowing what the hell she’s saying.
She had found him in her backyard one day, eating a mouse with no collar. It was clear that he belonged to no one, that he was on his own. She knew she had to take him in, after asking her parents of course. Ever since, she’s been feeding him, playing with him and letting him sleep on her bed, cuddled up next to her.
She even lets him roam free, knowing he’ll come right back home. He’s literally her best friend and she wouldn’t trade him for the world, even if he leaves her surprises on the back porch. After slipping on her shoes and red jacket, she walks out the front door, ready to take on the day.
Max Dennison has only been in town for about a week and a half and he already hates it. He misses the sunny days of California. He misses his friends. Hell, he misses his old house. To him, Salem, Massachusetts is a horrible place to live. It’s gloomy, rainy and far too obsessed with this witchy, Halloween stuff.
It was never his favorite holiday to begin with so moving to a town that is all for it irritates him. He can’t wait to move once he turns eighteen next year. The only thing good about this town is this one girl. On Max’s first day of school earlier this week, he caught sight of a beautiful girl. Blonde hair. These crystal blue eyes that remind him of the ocean back home.
He’s never even spoken a word to her and he’s already hooked. He rubs his eyes as he walks to his final class of the day. History. The third class he has with the girl he has his eyes on. Seeing her will make this boring class worth it. He sits down in his assigned seat and pulls out his notebook, unsure of what they will be learning today.
As he opens his notebook, he glances up at a soft giggle that enters his ears. There she is. The purple shirt she’s wearing really brings out her eyes, and he’s really trying hard not to look down a smidge. As she walks by him, he quickly looks down at his notebook, not wanting to be caught watching her.
Since she sits in the row next to him, but one seat behind, he can easily get caught by the teacher, or hell, another student! Maybe today, he’ll finally talk to her…yeah, probably not going to happen. As class starts, their teacher, Miss Olin who is dressed as a witch, begins telling the legend of the Sanderson Sisters.
The very legend that Casey got her cat's name from. Even though she knows every bit of the legend, she’s listening closely, hoping to hear something different but she never does. Max, however, is doodling in his notebook, not believing one ounce of the story.
“Poor Thackery Binx. Neither his father, his mother, nor anyone else ever knew what became of him…those 300 years ago.” Miss Olin says, walking up an aisle before stopping in front of the classroom. “And so the Sanderson Sisters were hanged by the Salem townsfolk. Now, there are those who say that on Halloween night…a black cat still guards the old Sanderson house, warning off any who might make the witches…come back to life!”
She then throws a black ribbon attached to her hand at a girl’s face causing the teenage girl to scream in fright. The rest of the students in the room, besides Max, laugh at her scream. Max shakes his head in disbelief as he doodles.
“Give me a break.” He mumbles, moving his pen along the letters he drew.
“Aha, we seem to have a skeptic in our midst.” Miss Olin raises an eyebrow as she steps toward his desk. “Mr. Dennison, would you care to share your California, laid-back, tie-dyed point of view?”
The room erupted into laughter again at her sarcasm. He looks up at her after glancing around the room and smirks, gaining some courage.
“Okay. Granted that, uh, you guys here in Salem are all into these, uh, black cats and witches and stuff…”
Miss Olin cuts him off with a scoff while the rest of the room let him know that his words were unneeded by their tones of displeasure.
“Stuff?”
“Fine. But everyone here knows that Halloween was invented by the candy companies. It’s a conspiracy.” He finishes, smirking at his teacher.
A voice speaks up, capturing Max’s attention. He turns toward the voice and his cheeks redden a bit at who is talking. It’s her…
“It just so happens that Halloween is based on the ancient feast called All Hallows Eve. It’s the one night of the year where the spirits of the dead can return to earth.” She explains, giving the teenager her own smirk.
The class breaks out into cheers and claps at her comment, happy to prove the new kid wrong with his non-beliefs and crappy theories. He turns back to his notebook and flips to a new paper, quickly jotting something down, a small smile on his face as he keeps his courage.
“Well said, Casey.” Miss Olin says, smiling widely at her, clapping herself.
She grins to herself and high fives Allison who is sitting right behind the non-believer. Max stands up from his chair as his classmates talk around him. He takes a few steps toward her desk, capturing her attention.
“Well, in case Jimi Hendrix shows up tonight, here’s my number.” He says, holding out the piece of paper.
She raises an eyebrow, ignoring her classmates groans, and takes the single sheet before opening it up. ‘Max Dennison 555-9142’ it reads. The bell rings and Casey stands up from her chair, giving the boy a small smirk as she puts the number in her pocket. He smiles at her actions before watching her walk away.
“Max.” A boy that sat behind her captures his attention. “Fat chance.”
The new kid just rolls his eyes and gathers his stuff up, ready to go home. Casey quickly stops at her locker, making sure to grab her jacket while sticking all her books in the metal container. Since Halloween is such a big holiday in Salem, the school doesn’t give out homework if it lands on a weekend such as today.
As she puts her notebook away, she notices a pen sitting on the top shelf. Smirking to herself, she pulls out Max’s number and rips the paper, jotting something down on one half. Shoving one piece into her jeans pocket and the other, along with the pen, into her jacket pocket, she hangs her bookbag on the hook and closes the door.
Casey then jogs out to the front doors, meeting up with Allison as she glances around the parking lot.
“So did he really give you his number?” Allison asks, fixing her bag that rests on her shoulder as they walk down the sidewalk.
“He did.” She nods, smiling softly to herself as she plays with the paper in her jacket pocket.
“And are you going to call him?” Her friend raises an eyebrow.
“If I do, it won't be till…”
“Casey!”
The blonde turns around and sees the new kid on his bike, riding toward her. She looks at her best friend and gestures down the road.
“I’ll catch up.”
Allison raises an eyebrow at the brunette haired boy before nodding at her friend. Casey turns back around and watches as Max stops his bike beside her, panting very softly as he straddles his seat.
“Hi.” She says, smiling slightly at him.
“Hi. Look, uhh, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to embarrass you in class.” He says, regretting his actions.
He thought about it on his way to his bike. He shouldn’t have done that. What if she hates him now? What if she never wants to see him again? He practically humiliated her in front of their entire class.
“You didn’t.” She shrugs, not caring one bit about the awkward exchange that happened.
If anything, she’s the one that embarrassed him in front of the entire class by proving him wrong. He pauses for a moment, unsure of what to say so he lets go of his handlebars and holds his hand out to her.
“My name is Max Dennison.” He says, despite having practically told her through his note.
“Yeah, I know.” She says, shaking his hand. “You just moved here, huh?”
“Yeah, last week.” He says, not wanting to think about how soft her hands were compared to his.
“Must be a big change for you.” She says, letting go of his hand to put her own back into her jacket pocket.
“Yeah, that’s for sure.” He says, scoffing slightly, gripping his handlebars again.
“You don’t like it here?” She raises an eyebrow.
“Oh, the leaves are great…” He says, gesturing around them. “But - I - I don’t know. Just all this Halloween shit.”
“You don’t believe in it?” She asks, pushing her hip out slightly as she rests most of her body weight on one leg, not caring about his language.
“What? Do you mean, like The Sanderson Sisters?” He shakes his head with a light chuckle escaping his lips. “No way.”
“Not even on Halloween?” She asks, biting her lip softly, trying to hide her amusement.
“Especially not on Halloween.” He says, putting emphasis on the beginning of his sentence with a smile.
Casey licks the inside of her cheek before reaching into her pocket. Holding up two fingers with a piece of paper sitting between them, she gently pulls Max’s left hand off his handlebars. He opens his hand, watching her movements, praying that his cheeks aren’t turning red at her actions. She presses the piece of paper into his hand, smiling as she looks up at him as she closes his hand around it.
“Trick or treat.”
Letting his hand go, she turns around and starts walking toward where Allison is waiting, talking to another friend of theirs. Max’s eyes watch her before looking down at the folded paper. His heart is pounding in his chest as he moves to open the paper.
“Max!” He hears her call out for him, causing his head to snap up. “Call me Cas.”
Not knowing what to say, he nods at her words, watching her walk away again. This time, she turns around and puts up her red hood, making it look like she was wearing a witch’s pointed hat. He bites his lip and looks back down at the piece of paper. Swallowing the small amount of spit in his mouth, he unfolds the paper.
The first thing that caught his eye was that the top half was ripped off, meaning…she kept his number! He smiles softly before looking at the words written. ‘Casey Blackstone. 555-????. No tricks, Max. Earn your treat.’ with a smiley face. The smile drops from his face for a moment before it shows up again.
She didn’t give him her full number, but by the way she wrote this note, she might plan on giving it to him later! Hell, if she did keep his number, is she going to call him later? He looks back up toward the direction his blonde crush was walking to see her in the distance, walking with her friend. He bites the inside of his lip before putting the note into his pocket.
“What was that about?” Allison asks, glancing over her shoulder to see Max pedaling away on his bike.
“Oh, nothing.” Casey grins as she walks. “Just apologizing for embarrassing me in class.”
“Oh!” She nods before squealing softly. “Anyway! My mom said your costume will go great with ours.”
“Do I really have to be a peasant while your whole family, as well as their friends, are wearing Masquerade outfits?” She groans slightly.
“She said there were only two dresses so she had to get you something else.” Allison says, shrugging.
“I knew I should have gotten the bunny costume when I had the chance.” Casey mumbles, walking down the road.
Max is ready to go back home to California. Today has been one of the worst days of his entire life. First, he embarrasses his crush in class. She said he didn’t, but he knows he did. Then he was stopped at the graveyard by two wanna-be rapper bullies, Jay and Ernie. Sorry, Ice - not Ernie. Lastly, they took his brand new shoes!
His shoes! What jerks take someone else’s shoes? He had to pedal all the way back home in just his socks. It was so humiliating. He parks his bike next to the house and practically stomps up the stairs to the back door. Slamming the screen door open, he opens the wooden door that leads to the kitchen to see his mom and dad putting away items from their move.
“Hey, Max!” His mom says, smiling at him. “Hey, how was school?”
“It fucking sucked.” He says, leaving the door open as he makes his way through the room.
“Hey, hey, hey, watch your language.” His dad says, standing up from the floor.
He ignores him and starts walking up the stairs that lead to the bedrooms.
“I can’t believe you made me move here!” He calls down before walking to his door.
He slams his head against the wood, next to his name plate that he put there, causing his hat to bunch up. He sighs and smacks the door with the side of his fist. Taking a second to himself, he opens the door and throws his book bag onto the floor near to his drum set. He rips his hat off his head and throws it against the stairs in his room that leads to the window seat above.
He shakes off his jacket as he walks and tosses it to the ground behind him. Trying to calm himself down, he sighs deeply as he looks out the window before glancing down at the fish tank he has beside his bed. He picks up their container of food.
“Hey, guys.” He says, leaning down to sprinkle some into the water.
He puts the flakes down before sitting on his bed, laying back into the pillows. There was one good thing about today, though. She talked to him! He rolls away from his fish tank and grabs one of his extra pillows, cuddling it to his chest. He grins to himself as he thinks about her. Her voice. Her hair. Her smile…
“Oh, Cas.” He mumbles, smiling as he closes his eyes, imaging her right beside him. “You’re so soft. I just wanna hug…”
His closet doors slam open as a child's voice is heard.
“Boo!”
He jumps slightly, looking over his shoulder as he lets his pillow go.
“Dani!” He snaps at his little sister who was hiding in his room.
She laughs and squeals in victory as she claps, knowing she scared him. She runs toward him, still laughing and jumps over him to lay down. He sits up, raising an eyebrow at her as all his anger from the day comes back.
“I scared you, I scared you!” She leans up so she’s close to his face. “Ha-ha! Ha-ha! Ha!”
He shakes his head but before he can speak, she lays back and throws her arms out, a smile still on her face.
“I’m Cas! Cas! Kiss me, I’m Cas!”
Embarrassed that his sister caught him daydreaming about his crush, he stands up and looks at her.
“Mom and dad told you to stay out of my room!”
“Don’t be such a crab.” She says, standing up on his mattress before jumping up and down. “Guess what. You’re taking me trick-or-treating.”
He sighs and shakes his head. “Not this year, Dani.”
“Mom said you have to.” Dani says, jumping off his bed, landing on her feet beside him.
“Well, she can take you.” He says, turning to walk away.
She grabs him by his sleeve and pulls him back.
“She and dad are going to a party at Town Hall.”
“Well, you’re eight! Go by yourself.” He says, pulling his shirt from her hand and walking to his drum set.
He sits down as he grabs his sticks and immediately begins to play a beat, ignoring his sister as he closes his eyes. She sighs with a determined look on her face and walks over to him.
“No way! This is my first time! I’ll get lost! Besides, it’s a full moon outside! The weirdos are out!” Noticing he isn’t backing down, Dani walks around the drum set to wrap her arms around her older brother’s shoulders forcing him to stop playing. “Come on, Max. Couldn’t you forget about being a cool teenager just for one night? Please…Come on. We used to have so much fun together trick-or-treating. Remember? It’ll be like old times.”
He shrugs her off and shakes his head. If he was going to willingly take her, that just ruined her chances.
“No. The old days are dead.” He says, beginning to play the same beat again.
Dani puts her hands on her hips and glares at him.
“It doesn’t matter what you say. You’re taking me!”
He instantly stops and looks at her, the same glare on his own face.
“Wanna bet?”
He drops his sticks onto the Floor Tom drum and jumps up from his seat. He runs up the small flight of stairs, skipping a few steps and sits at the top, near the window seat, crossing his arms on his knees. His little sister stomps toward the stairs before putting her hands on her hips again.
“MOM!!!!” She screams loudly.
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Hocus Pocus Stray Kids X Female Reader (Halloween Special)
Chapter 1: Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus
Non-Idol! Stray Kids X Female Reader
Established Poly-relationship
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Genre: I Don't Even Know (If you have any idea, let me know)
Summary: Basically, the plot of the 1993 Disney movie Hocus Pocus. But for those uncultured people who haven't seen it (JK I love y'all even if you haven't seen it)... After moving to Salem, Mass. Stray Kids explore an abandoned house with their girlfriend Y/N After dismissing a story Y/N tells as superstitious, Stray Kids accidentally free a coven of evil witches who used to live in the house. Now, with the help of a magical cat, the kids must steal the witches' book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal.
AN: So I originally planned to make this a one shot but I think I'm going to make this a series instead.
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329 years ago... ( October 31st, 1693)
A loud sudden gust of wind and the noise of spooked livestock woke Thackery Binx from his bed. He turned to his left to check on his little sister, Emily Binx, who was no longer in her bed. He quickly gets dressed and exits the house to search for his sister.
A strange song can be heard in the background, but Thackery ignores it as he asks his neighbor Elijah about his sister's whereabouts, "Elijah! Elijah, Has Thee seen my sister, Emily?" "Nay, but look they conjure" Elijah replies pointing to the woods where purple smoke can be seen in the sky. "Oh God! The woods!!" Thackery exclaims as he and Elijah run down the road to get a better look. They see Emily following a witch into the woods, giggling. Thackery calls out to his sister, but she fails to hear him. "She's done for!" Elijah says only to be cut off by Thackery, "Not Yet! Wake my father! Summon the elders!! Go!"
Thackery shoves Elijah before he takes off into the woods, calling after Emily. As he runs, he fails to see the steep hill he's atop and falls all the way down, panting and groaning. As he collects himself, he looks up to see his sister follow the witch into a cottage where two other witches are waiting with a boiling cauldron of purple liquid.
Thackery sneaks up to the cottage and peaks through a window to see the three witches gather around his sister like hungry wolves. His sister catches a glance of him and her eyes widen raising the witches' suspicion. The eldest witch, Winifred Sanderson, looks out the window while the other two, Mary and Sarah Sanderson, go outside to look for the cause of the surprised expression on the child's face. Seeing nothing, Winifred sighs and says before shutting the window, "Oh look. Another glorious morning. It makes me sick!" She turns her back to the window calling for her sisters before commenting, "Must have been an imp"
Winifred walks over to her spellbook and talks to the oddly living book, "My darling! My little book." She carresses the book as she continues to speak, "We must continue with our spell now that our little guest of honor has arrived. Mary!" She gestures her younger sister to stir the cauldron resulting in some bickering that the youngest of the three, Sarah, was not helping. Only for Winifred to point out that Sarah had done her job already.
The book opens itself to the page that contains the recipe for the potion the witches are brewing. Winifred reads the recipe as Mary brews, "Bring to a full rolling boil. Add two drops oil of boil. Mix blood of owl with the herb that's red. Turn three times, pluck a hair from thy head. Add a dash of pox and a dead man's toe" As they brew Thackery sneaks into the cottage by climbing the water wheel and entering the second floor window. After adding the dead man's toe, Sarah and Mary start to mess around causing Winifred to scold the two "Will you two stop that! I need to concentrate."
"Sisters! Gather 'round. One thing more and all is done. Add a bit of thine own tongue" Winifred says as she and her sisters spit into the cauldron causing the liquid in the cauldron to turn green meaning the potion has successfully been brewed. "Tis ready for tasting! One drop of this and her life will be mine. I mean, ours" Winifred said as she gathered a bit of the potion into a spoon before turning to Emily, "Alright girl open up your mouth" Thackery stands up making himself known in an attempt to save his sister, "No!!!" he screams jumping down onto the floor to stop the witches.
"Get him you fools!" Winifred shouts at her sisters. They circle around the cauldron until Thackery decides to empty the potion onto the floor and use the empty cauldron to knock the other two witches to the floor. "Emily!!" he calls as he runs towards her, but Winifred uses her power to zap Thackery, causing him to fall to the floor in pain.
As the two get up from the floor, Mary notices that Emily, who had drank a bit of the potion before her brother intervened, was surrounded by a feint light. "Winnie, look." Mary said cheerfully. Winifred smiled, "Sisters prepare thyselves. Tis her life force. The potion works. Take my hands we will share her"
The three sisters stalk towards the child and inhale her life force leaving, Emily Binx dead slumped over in the chair. Thackery brings himself to his feet as the sisters revel in their newfound youthful appearance that has been gained by inhaling Emily's life force.
Winifred turns to Thackery and grits out, "Let's brew another batch!"
"You hag! There are not enough children in the world to make thee young and beautiful." Thackery says insulting Winifred. She and her sisters decide to punish him and look through the spell book for options, eventually settling on one. "His punishment shall not be to die but to live forever with his guilt" The three begin to chant a spell turning Thackery into a black cat.
Too late to save anyone, a mob arrives at the Sandersons’ door, and they capture the sisters to hang them in the town square. Thackery's father interrigates the sisters before the hanging about the fate of his son which the sisters laugh and say, "I don't know cats got my tongue"
Before the sisters die, however, they sing a song and cast a curse, making it so that it is possible for them to return to their sacred city one day. "Fools! All of you! my ungodly book speaks to you. On All Hallows' Eve when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground!! Ohho! We shall be back and all the lives of all the children shall be mine." Winifred cackles before Thackery's father orders them to be hung.
Present Day... (October 31st, 2022)
The nine lovers sat around the fireplace listening to each other tell scary Halloween stories to the group having a competition to see who could scare each other the most. "C’mon, y/n, you're not scared of the Sanderson sisters, are you?” Minho teased their girlfriend softly. She scoffed even though she had buried herself in Changbin's strong arms, "No, it's just that story is creepy. I mean, who curses a boy to be alive forever"
The others laughed before Hyunjin spoke up, "It's not that scary. why don't we go to the old Sanderson house and see if the cat is still there?" "I don't know, Jinnie. Are you sure that's a good idea?" Y/n asked. The others tried to encourage her to go with them. Chan wrapped his arms around y/n, "Don't worry, baby girl, I'll protect you."
Y/n reluctantly agreed to go with her boyfriends to the witches' house. They all slid on their coats before they said goodbye to y/n's parents and left the house. As they walked, Seungmin told them random facts about the Sanderson Sisters. "Legend says that the bones of a hundred children are buried underneath these walls," Seungmin says. Y/N and Felix shivered, holding onto each other. "You're not making this any better, Minnie." y/n said quietly as she held onto Felix's hand and one of Chan's arms.
They laughed softly as they entered the old house that had once been a museum but ultimately was closed because of the spooky things that had happened there. Jisung flicked on the light switch turning on all the lights. "Woah, this looks so cool" Jeongin said as they looked around
Seungmin and Minho took turns telling the group about the witches. "This is the spell book of Winifred Sanderson. The book is bound in human skin and contains the recipes for some of her most powerful and evil spells," Minho said. "We get the picture," Changbin said softly.
"What's that?" Felix asked, pointing to a candle standing in the corner. ""That's the black flame candle," Seungmin said. Hyunjin walked over to it, "Black flame candle, made from the fat of a hangman. Legend says it will raise the spirits of the dead when lit by a virgin on Halloween night." Hyunjin chuckles, "So why don't we light the sucker and meet the old hags?" Y/N instantly shook her head, "Let's not and say we did."
Hyunjin goes to light it when Thackery Binx jumps onto him trying to prevent him from doing so. Hyunjin screams as he falls to the floor, "Stupid cat!" He stands up after prying Thackery off of him. "Okay Hyune, you've had your fun. It's time to go" Jisung says softly. "He's right it's time to go" Chan agrees. "Oh come on it's just a bunch of hocus pocus" Hyunjin says with a scoff shaking his head. "Jinnie I'm not kidding this time it's time to go," Y/n said taking Chan's hand in hers.
Hyunjin shook his head and lit the candle with his lighter, "JIN NO!" Felix said loudly. Y/n gasps as all the lights go out, the wind blew heavily, and the ground started shaking. Chan pulled her close as they looked at Hyunjin, "Looks like a virgin lit the candle."
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ok just for the heck of it some sansa/jonsa au casting ideas that are very much up for discussion bc i haven’t figured them out enough on my own to hoard privately to make into one of my au graphics or i just probably never will make it into an au graphic but think it’s a fun idea
just dumping A BUNCH of them under the break (like basically everyone except those i am hoarding for later/have more concrete ideas about that i might actually execute in some way) enjoy this peek into my google docs xoxoxox
13 going on 30 Jenna - sansa Matty - jon Cat - margaery???? cersei???
Panic Heather - sansa (alayne) Lilly - robin Ray - jon Bishop - harry Natalie - myranda Dodge -
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Panic Heather - arya Ray - gendry? Bishop - gendry? Natalie - sansa Dodge - jon Dodge’s sister - bran
Hocus pocus au max - jon Allison - sansa Dani - arya Thackery binx - aegon? (or brandon?) Emily binx - rhaenys? (or lyanna?) Winifred sanderson - cersei Mary sanderson - tyrion??? Lmao Sarah sanderson - jaime lmao
Big little lies Daenerys is Renata (or is Cersei Renata?? Would leave space for dany to be celeste) Margaery is Madeline Jeyne is Celeste?? Daenerys is Celeste?? Sansa is Jane?? Arya is bonnie??????
Timeless Sansa is the historian Jon is the military guy Ygritte is his dead ex Sam is the science guy Theon is the villain guy who later becomes the love interest
Dead to me Jen - arya (not cold but very firmly not warm, resting bitch face, might kill sansa but also might kill for sansa) Judy - sansa (bleeding heart, bad men, so much guilt, more than a little confessy when she’s wronged someone, potential to be kinda gay!) Ted - ???? Steve - harry hardyng? Littlefinger himself? Ramsay? Joffrey? Maybe joffrey works best? Ben - gendry (work if he’s joffrey’s “half-brother” or w/e)
Saved au Mary - sansa Cassandra - arya Roland - willas? Tyrion? Hilary Faye - Margaery? Cersei? Patrick - jon? Pastor skip - ned Mary-Louise Parker - catelyn Dean - loras? Theon? Mitch - renly? Robb? Tia - Veronica -
Don’t look under the bed Frances - sansa Darwin - bran after he falls/is pushed Albert - robb? Joann - jon with modifications so that he is a potential love interest at the end for sansa Larry - theon Zoe - margaery? Parents - ned and cat
Hunger games Katniss - jon tbh lmao Peeta - sansa Gale - ygritte? daenerys? Prim - arya? Or does it have to be bran/rickon since jon is a boy?? Maybe it’s not a boy/girl tribute thing maybe it’s just any two tributes Haymitch - tyrion? Dontos? Mance rayder? Wyman manderly? Thoughts to be thunk here with who would be in what district if we want to really get crazy Effie - varys lmfao???? Finnick - jaime lannister Johanna - daenerys? Ooooh but could be brienne if you leaned into it maybe President snow - mad king aerys? Beetee - tyrion? Rue - satin?
Grease Sandy - sansa Danny - jon Kenickie - tormund? Mance? Roger - sam Other greasers - pyp, grenn, etc Rizzo - ygritte Frenchy - gilly? Val? Idk ygritte for rizzo is really the only one that resonates i just love grease Fuck actually ygritte as the rizzo to sansa’s sandy is so good that this is worth giving some more thought The wall boys are such lil fucking nerds that they feel right for the delinquent greasers, too Although lbr jon is more of an alfalfa in the he-man woman haters’ club than he is a danny zucko Theon is more of a danny zucko but i don’t know if i want this for theonsa Anyway sansa’s whole family moved and robb is now doing athlete shit with whoever that athlete sandy briefly dates is (harry hardyng?) Is chacha val?????? Maybe arya falls in with the pink ladies first and then sansa gets sort of reluctantly dragged along Arya sings sandra dee at first and then when rizzo starts to join in she’s like wait only i get to make fun of sansa
Mama mia Meryl streep - sansa Pierce brosnan - jon Swedish guy - theon Colin firth - loras tyrell Christine baranski - margaery tyrell Other friend - jeyne poole LMFAO catelyn as cher i just cackled why is that so funny even though it doesn’t make sense
Harry Potter Sirius - jon James - Robb Lily - Jeyne westerling (except is she maybe more of a james figure politically) Petunia (but nice) - sansa Peter - theon Remus - samwell Tarly Vernon (but just dating) - Harry Hardyng Madame hooch - arya Weasleys - sam and gilly
New girl Jess - sansa Cece - margaery Nick - jon Schmidt - robb Winston - theon
10th kingdom Virginia - sansa The wolf - jon Jon larroquette - ned
Goodbye earl Maryanne - sansa Wanda - jeyne Earl - ramsay
Bring it on (for the gays) Torrance - sansa Torrance’s lil brother - arya Big red - margaery // cersei? The clovers - the sand snakes Missy - mya stone? // margaery? Cliff - gendry // willas/loras? Aaron - daenerys
Teenage bounty hunters Sterling - sansa Blair - arya Debbie - cat Dana - lysa Bowser - the hound?
Buffy the vampire slayer Buffy - arya Cordelia - sansa Willow - bran Xander - jon Angel - gendry Amy - jojen (or is jojen tara?) Dawn - rickon (robb is already away at college?)
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Hocus Pocus Impressions
#hocus pocus#hocus45th#Halloween#it's just a bunch of hocus pocus#winnifredsanderson#sarah sanderson#i put a spell on you#come love me#Hocus Pocus 2#the hillywood show#Hocus Pocus Parody#thackery binx#disney#Disney Channel#witches#Kiddnap the children#impressions#youtube#happy halloween#bette midler#sarah jessica parker#90's movies#90's kid
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Since 'Tis the Season
and because I heard Hocus Pocus is getting a sequel (?), I'd like to share and idea I had. I thought it would be cool to give Hocus Pocus the ol' 80 treatment and make it into...
An animated series. Interested? Well, here we go anyway.
It's been a full year since Max, Dani, and Allison defeated the Sanderson sisters. While Max can't shake his California rep, he's done well in sports, particularly baseball. Allison works part time at the newly reopened Sanderson Sisters museum. Inspired by Winifred's comment last Halloween, shes been studying protective witchcraft and has taken to watching over the Book. Dani is, well, being Dani. Ever the clever one, she managed to convince her parents to let her get a pet: a little black cat named Binx of course. The three look forward to a "normal" Halloween this year but fate has other things in mind.
Turns out that while the Sanderson sisters were the scourge of Salem township, their presence kept away other nastiness that goes bump in the night. With them exploded and gone, another Witch shows up to try and claim the spellbook for herself. Things look grim until Dani's cat shows up and sacrifices itself to save them. The tears don't last long as the spirit of Thackery Binx returns to possess the body of the cat. Binx, back in fur, brings a warning: with the Sanderson Sister gone, other witches and worse are coming to claim the spellbook and some of what's out there, makes the Sisters look like high school mean girls.
Now, Max, Dani, and Allison have to defend Salem and Winifred's spellbook from all manner of witches, goblins and other supernatural creeps all while the adults in town remain frustratingly oblivious to everything. After all, it's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus, right?
Plot ideas:
- to save Max, Dani reads from the book to re-awaken Billy Butcherson. Billy joins the group to defend Salem and provide flashbacks of the Sisters.
-the Witch who initially attacks on Halloween is Mama Sanderson. She's come to reclaim the book and avenge her daughters. Of course, she disguises herself as a teacher at Max's high school.
-most episodes are monster of the week plots with the gang having to research the creature to defeat it.
-Dani, feeling useless, secretly begins learning spells from the book. Sometimes these go awry and cause plot. Season finale idea, Dani goes dark/gets possessed and has to be saved. Dealing with the dark is season 2 B plot.
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It’s Just A Bunch Of Hocus Pocus
Sisters I suggest we form a calming circle because Hocus Pocus Limited Edition Dolls are finally coming to ShopDisney this October. We haven’t had to wait 300 years but for die-hard fans of the movie, which was released in 1993 and has remained a holiday staple ever since, the release of these dolls comes as a big treat. The Spellbinding Sanderson Sisters will be available across Europe on Tuesday the 5th of October 2021. Those wishing to snag any of these magical dolls will be able to do so online from 8am on ShopDisney EU or in select stores (Oxford Street, London, Grafton Street, Dublin, and Champs-Élysées, Paris). There will be 3,000 of each doll available in Europe. Each doll will retail for 120euros (bubble bubble my wallet’s in trouble!). I believe they stand at around 11inches tall. I cannot wait for these dolls to run amok in my collection.
Let’s take a closer look at each of the dolls and see what fun details Disney has included.
We’ll start with the glorious Winifred
As you can see each doll comes with a standard black stand to display them on. Winnie is accompanied by her faithful Book, containing all of the spells and potions for their magical mischief making. She also comes with a sweeping brush taken from the broom cupboard of the Sanderson Sisters House/Museum and used to fly after Dani, Binx, Max and Alison in their hunt to retrieve the book. The dress and cloak, although faithful to the movie, doesn’t look like it’s the best quality (but that’s just my opinion). I do love the colours and I’m a huge fan of Winnie’s face here. They captured the iconic lips perfectly. I also really like her hair, they seem to have gotten the colour and shape spot on.
Winnie’s box art features the Book and a potion bottle, probably in reference to the Life Potion that keeps the sisters looking young and living forever. The green on the box ties in with her dress and in the background you can see the split colours of orange and blue, each of which lines up with Sarah and Mary’s box (with Winnie placed in the middle). If you go from right to left with the boxes lined up, the colour fades from dark blue to orange possibly in reference to dawn approaching (I dunno I might be reaching here).
Next up is Mary.
I cannot stress how much I love this doll. She is my favourite out of the three sisters. The details on her dress are just stunning and that face! Goosebumps. The expression is just perfect, I can almost hear her saying “I smell children”. Her hair is black and purple just like the movie and styled with braids in her signature coiffure. She has the black display stand that the other two dolls have. Thackery Binx is also included in his cat form. I do love the wide-eyed look he has here, it’s almost like he’s in shock after the transformation is complete. Mary also comes with the vacuum cleaner she uses to fly.
Mary’s box art features Binx and interestingly Dead Man’s Toe, one of the ingredients needed for their Life Potion.
And finally there’s Sarah.
Ok I’ll be honest I was kind of disappointed by Sarah. Her face just looks...off to me. She weirdly reminds me of the Ariel doll from the Ralph Breaks The Internet princess doll set. The hair is all wrong for me too. It’s got way too much product and just falls in these two big stiff curls. It’s not all bad though, I do like the details on the dress and cloak (however I do wish the quality was slightly better for the price you’ll pay). And I love, love, love that she comes with the black flame candle which has some incredible detail when you look closely! Sarah also comes with a mop which she uses to fly and the black display stand.
Sarah’s box arts features a candle, it’s not quite the black flame candle to me but you be the judge, and an eye. I do love that there’s a spider in the tree on the left as fans will recall Sarah eating a spider she finds after leaving the house for the first time after their resurrection.
Overall I’m just thrilled we’re finally getting the Sanderson Sisters brought back to life (albeit in doll form). I do wish the quality was better for the price. Honestly I’d be way more comfortable if they were around the 50euros mark. Drop a comment and let me know if you’ll be including the Sanderson Sisters in your collection.
#hocus pocus#shopdisney#disney#disneydoll#disneydolls#binx#sanderson sisters#disney limited edition dolls#halloween#october
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we’re talking about three ancient hags versus the twentieth century, how bad can it be?
it’s a piece i’ve been pitching since 1693 (well, almost) and it’s finally here… i spoke with doug jones (billy butcherson), thackery binx (jason marsden), and screenwriter mick garris about the most glorious of all hallowe’en treats and one of my all-time favourite films! it’s out now in SFX magazine!
grab your black cats, broomsticks, and a dead man’s toe, and remember: it’s just a bunch of hocus pocus!
#this was the most joyous of features to work on#i've spent actual /years/ trying to get it into a publication and NOW IT'S HERE#i'm so excited about it#and so proud of it#hocus pocus#tagging bc i can#grace writes
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“ nice going, airhead . ”
did i just spot ( austin butler ) around town? oh no wait, it was just ( THACKERY DENNISON ). rumor has it that he is the ( twenty eight ) year old child of ( dani dennison ) from ( hocus pocus ). i’ve also heard that they’re ( resourceful ) and ( impulsive ), and have ( zero ) sibling(s).
it’s ellie, back on my bs. i love hocus pocus probably more than anything else. i say that about lots of things. anyway! here’s my bb.
thackery nathaniel dennison is the only child of dani dennison. he was adopted as an infant by his mother. she told him he was adopted when he was eight years old.
he was named after thackery binx, the immortal human turned cat that helped dani, her brother max, and now sister-in-law allison defeat the sanderson sisters many years ago. he wasn’t told that story until halloween night when he was ten years old.
growing up, witches and the supernatural were a pivotal part of his childhood. halloween was a big deal in the dennison household. he was a black cat for his first three halloweens.
thackery knows way too much about witches, ghosts, demons, and other supernatural entities. as a child, he would read lots of books about them and learn everything he could from his mother.
history was always his favorite subject in school growing up. he was especially interested in salem’s history and the witch trials. when he went to college after high school, he would get a history degree.
after college, he would join the team at the sanderon sister museum. his job was to upkeep the artifacts and asses any new ones that crept up.
thackery is clever, a bit sarcastic and sharp-tongued like his mother.
when he’s not at the museum, he enjoys riding around salem on his motorcycle.
he’s the chaotic neutral type. he likes to paint and sketch. he also likes to cook. he’s stubborn, impulsive and has no regard for personal safety. he smokes. he drinks. he likes to get in just enough trouble, but nothing serious.
when he was a kid, he wanted desperately to be a witch.
while he’s not overly spiritual, he does believe in the universe. his place is covered in greenery, crystals, candles and he is always stocked on salt - just in case. he knows a few protection charms and sages his place every so often. maybe it’s just a bunch of hocus pocus, but in the dennison family, they believe that sort of thing.
wanted connections:
best friend(s); thackery is loyal to his friends and family. he would most likely die for you. he’s a bit of a spitfire, and will have no issue telling you like it is. if he doesn’t like what you’re doing, he’ll tell you. halloween’s with thackery are a blast. there will be an abundance of candy and unsolicited facts about witches mostly.
partner in crime; thackery needs someone he can get in trouble with. he’ll always have your back and watch your six. he has no regard for his own safety but will always make sure you’re out of harm's way. he’ll always take the fall.
family; he loves his mom, even if he gives her heart attacks with his antics. he probably learned most of them from his uncle max. any cousins would be awesome! he’d probably be close with them, since he has no siblings of his own.
the sanderson’s: ok but he’d shit himself if the sanderson sister’s or any kids of theirs show up in town. salt circles everywhere.
love interest: it’s a game of cat and mouse. thackery likes the chase. but he doesn’t like waiting. so abbie. do the thing already :*
literally just hmu and we’ll figure something out!
other:
spotify playlist
#scattered: intro#❝ ☾ ﹕━ thackery dennison ↠ intro#❝ ☾ ﹕━ thackery dennison ↠ all#trolling abbie is my full time job
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25- The Sanderson Sisters
25- The Sanderson Sisters (Hocus Pocus, 1993). Winifred Sanderson (Bette Midler), Mary Sanderson (Kathy Najimy), Sarah Sanderson (Sarah Jessica Parker).
“Thank you...for that marvelous introduction.”
Hocus Pocus is a classic Halloween movie, continuing the legacy of cult-classic Disney films that manage to capture timeless qualities of witchcraft. While this is certainly the kind of movie that earlier generations of witches would have been holistically opposed to (Laurie Cabot #29), they have become largely embraced and reclaimed by modern witches and Pagans. While the overt portrayal of the witches through the movie is stereotypical and continues the legacy of the marginalization and fear of female power, it nevertheless illustrates a modern spin on the classic tale of witches in early American folklore.
The plot of the movie is relatively concise. It follows the story of three sisters, Winifred, Mary, and Sarah Sanderson. Winifred is the oldest (don’t tell her I said that), and as such is the most controlling, terse, and in-charge. She’s described as buck-toothed and follows the tradition of red-haired witches (#47). Mary is the middle sister, and spends her time doting on Winifred. Mary is awkward and foolish, with the olfactory power of seeking out children. Sarah is the youngest, making her the most beautiful and seductive, which often puts her at odds with Winifred. Sarah is reminiscent of a young 20-something at Burning Man who has dropped too much ecstasy—she experiences the world erotically, having a kind of synesthesia and continuous orgasm of the skin. The three sisters complete each other, having a total unity of movement, becoming a modern example of the Graeae (#64).
On October 31st, 1693, the Sanderson sisters are hanged outside their home near Salem, Mass. They’ve been accused of witchcraft and implicated in the murder and disappearance of Emily and Thackery Binx. Immediately before their death, the sisters, through their anthropomorphized Book of Shadows, enact a spell that will allow them to return to life once again. Upon the lighting of the Black Flame Candle by a virgin on All Hallows Eve, the sisters will rise. Flash forward to October 31st, 1993, and an overly cynical Max Dennison is the virgin the witches have been waiting for.
The Sanderson sisters are resurrected into the 21st century. Typical havoc ensues, as the witches must familiarize themselves with modern technology, culture, and most importantly, the modern celebration of Halloween. The sisters have until sunrise the following day to complete a spell to solidify their resurrection, or they will return to the dust from whence they came. This movie was released before we as a society were really rooting for the witches to win, so it’s a positive thing when Max saves the day and prevents the Sanderson Sisters from gaining immortality (womp womp).
Hocus Pocus reinforces many traditional stereotypes and offensive attributes of witches and witchcraft. The Sanderson sisters’ entire plan for immortality comes through the murder and consumption of children—a prevalent trope in witch lore. In addition to this, the Sandersons are unabashed devil worshipers, with dear old Papa Satan as their leader and Master. These attributes are not particularly helpful for furthering the cause of modern witches and Pagans, so an aversion to this kind of portrayal is certainly understandable.
With all of these negative biases latent throughout the film, I’m always surprised at how much my generation—my self included—truly loves this movie. It can’t just be about Bette Midler’s over the top acting, or Sarah Jessica Parker’s over-sexualized magnetism, or Kathy Najimy’s childish comic relief. Why are we siding with child-murdering Satanists? For me, the answer lies in the fact that my generation has internalized, in a thorough and profound way, the fact that the story we are told is never the entire picture, especially when it comes to women. We reject the half-truths that have been told to us ad nauseam, giving marginalized women the benefit of the doubt and waiting eagerly until their story is told on their terms. This was the case with the retelling of Maleficent (#81) and the retelling of Elphaba (she’s coming, I promise). I’m not saying that the Sanderson sisters have an untold story and redemptive arc, but I think we’d all be interested to hear it if it were told.
One aspect of the movie that remains truly powerful, however, is the portrayal of the witches’ obsession with, and fetishization of, youth. At the beginning of the movie, the Sanderson sisters are decrepit hags who have aged far beyond their prime. Their sole purpose becomes stealing the essence of children to create their youth-restoring tinctures (the entire plot of the movie). The result of this is that they are returned to their seductive and sexy younger selves (especially with SJP’s character Sarah), although they wish to make themselves even younger. Again, Disney has a weird fetishization of their own with this trope, as the Hag/Vixen dichotomy resurfaces in most of their portrayals of witches (See: Ursula #58, Madam Mim #42, et. al.). The fact that the Hag/Vixen motif appears as one of the most prolific allegories throughout mainstream television and cinematic interpretations of witches is truly telling.
I find that this dichotomy comes as a direct result of ~our~ fear and marginalization of the Crone and female aging. As a society, we embrace the wizened, long bearded Wizard, but reject the crow-footed Crone. Through projecting our fears of aged women onto witchcraft, we force witches to similarly adopt this detestation. Their obsession with youth is our obsession with youth. Society forces the vixen onto the hag, compelling her to permeate the impregnable walls of time again and again. Once society rejects this obsession with youth and the belittling of aging, witches too will no longer seek the immortality and restorative powers they find in children.
We love the Sanderson sisters because, through them, we learn that magic is very real. We all begin the movie like the virgin Max, overly skeptical and adhering to the oppressively dogmatic laws of science. By the end of the movie, again like Max, we are fully integrated Salem residents, holistically in agreement with the laws and truths of magic and witchcraft. As a modern audience, we know that, throughout herstory, there is always another side to the story that we do not know. As such, we are willing to excuse the Sanderson’s maleficence until we can get the full picture. Just let these old women sleep next time, Max, after all, it’s not just a bunch of Hocus Pocus.
#witch#witches#witchblr#witchcraft#100witches#halloween#samhain#pagan#paganism#wicca#coven#magic#occult#disney#hocus pocus#sanderson#sanderson sisters#winifred sanderson#mary sanderson#sarah sanderson#bette midler#kathy najimy#sarah jessica parker
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13 Nights of Halloween #8 - Hocus Pocus Date Night
“Harold! Come on!” You groaned from downstairs in front of the TV.
“I’m coming!” He groaned struggling to walk down the stairs.
“I told you not to go to the gym today,” you smirked.
“Yeah, well, it was a quick session, yet I can’t fucking move,” he said.
“Good thing we’re having a date night in,” you said.
“And by date night you mean watching a movie that you’re going to be quoting non-fucking stop?” He laughed.
“There’s at one point in the relationship you found that cute, are you saying it’s not now?” you asked pouting.
“No, it’s just when it’s every line in the movie... I feel like you might as well just perform it,” he laughed sitting on the couch next to you.
You brought the bowl of popcorn into your lap and Harry grabbed a handful.
“This is why I went to the gym,” he laughed.
You rolled your eyes and finally pressed play on the movie. Hocus Pocus has been one of your favorites, no is your favorite Halloween movie since the first tie you watched it when you were younger. For many Halloween’s you dressed up as one of the Sanderson sisters or Dani from the movie. You even had a stuffed animal Binx you used to carry around.
And since you have seen the movie so many times, you could quote the movie verbatim, which is why only Harry will watch it with you and no one else. Everyone else in your life refuses to watch it with you, however, you didn’t know how much longer Harry was going to last.
“Oh look! Another glorious morning. Makes me sick!” You quoted just as Harry shook his head.
“Sorry,” you laughed.
He laughed grabbing some more popcorn as he watched.
“Max likes your yaboos. In fact, he loves them,” you said with a mouthful of popcorn.
“I like your yaboos,” Harry smirked. “Can I see them tonight?”
You rolled your eyes, “You wish.”
“I do,” he nodded.
“We’ll see,” you said. “It depends on if you get through this movie tonight.”
“Challenge accepted,” he smirked.
You rolled your eyes and went back to watching the movie.
“It’s all just a bunch of Hocus Pocus.”
“A Virgin lit the candle.”
“Amuck Amuck Amuck!”
“I am Calm!”
“I put a spell on you.”
“Go to hell! Oh, I’ve been there I find it to be quite lovely.”
“Thackery. Thackery Binx. What took thee so long?”
“I’m sorry, Emily. I had to wait three hundred years for a virgin to light a candle.”
By the time the end credits start scrolling up the screen, you looked over at Harry, who was rubbing his head.
“Thank god,” he groaned.
“Oh shut up!” You rolled your eyes. “Let’s watch it again!”
“No!” He said quickly grabbed the remote.
“Rude,” you mumbled.
“Okay, I made it through the movie... soo how about seeing those yaboos?” He smirked.
“Come on,” you laughed pulling him off the couch.
He laughed picking you up and throwing you over his shoulder.
“You know you could be Billy and I could be Winnifred or Sarah for Halloween, that’d be a great couples costume,” you said as he carried you up the stairs.
Harry just shook his head with a groan as he walked into the bedroom.
“You love me!” You reminded him. “And my yaboos!”
He laughed, ”Always.”
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AUTUMN MUN QUESTIONS !
Favorite scary movie : scream
Favorite Halloween (not necessarily scary) movie : hocus pocus!!!
Favorite Halloween costume I’ve worn: i was dorothy from the wizard of oz once, last year i was junior jewels taylor swift from the ‘you belong with me’ music video. and i was also a biker gal!!
Halloween costume I want to dress as but haven’t yet: i wanna be 80′s workout barbie so bad
My ultimate dream Halloween costume: rapunzel lol. and 80′s workout barbie.
Favorite character from a Halloween movie: thackery binx!!!!!!!
Favorite spooky novel: n/a
Favorite scary video game: i’ve never played scary video games oops
Favorite classic movie/book monster: count dracula only bc he’s the only one i can think of
Best memory from a past Halloween: in like middle school i think my friends and i got our candy in cheese bags when we went trick or treating. like the bags you buy cheese in from the supermarket.
Favorite Autumn drink: hot chocolate, tea, psl........
Favorite Autumn food/treat: pumpkin cookies!!!!!
What I’d love to carve into a pumpkin: i would try to do a ghost
Best pumpkin design I’ve ever carved/plan on carving: once i tried to do an owl but i messed up so bad so it turned into a zombie owl
Do you do anything special for Halloween?: i mean???? not really???? aside from watching scary movies.
Do you enjoy bonfires, or have you ever attended one?: yes and no
Favorite scary story or legend: if i think of one this late i won’t sleep
Favorite Halloween candy: kit-kats!!!! and reese’s!!!!!!
Do you like going to Halloween stores? : i wouldn’t oppose tbh
If you do go to Halloween stores, do you buy anything or just look around?: i just look tbh
If you wear costumes, do you make your own costumes or purchase them? : i used to buy them but i’ve made mine the last couple years bc i’m broke
Have you ever gone to a Haunted House attraction? : nope and i don’t want to!!!!
Have you ever gone to a corn maze?: i have not
How about a pumpkin patch?: yes!!!!
What did you always wish you could dress up as when you were a kid?: one year my friends were gothic cheerleaders but my mom said no
Do you ever partake in a nice leaf pile jump?: who doesn’t love a good leaf pile jump?
Do you call apples covered in sweets: caramel apples, candy apples, toffee apples, or something else?: i’ve called them both caramel apples and candy apples
Tell a spooky campfire story (if you have one): my life!!!!! ba dum tssss
Do you believe in ghosts? If so, have you ever had an experience?: yes and yes i’ve had a bunch of them.
If you live in a climate where the trees change colors, do you like walking/driving around and looking at them? : YES IT’S MY FAVORITE THING
Do you decorate your home for Halloween? : we haven’t in the recent years
Do you hand out candy on Halloween, have/attend parties, or do something else?: i try to do both honestly. but this year i’ll probably just stick to handing out candy
If you could be any legendary monster, what would you be? i’d be a witch tbh
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#[ i only did this now so i don't forget tbh ]#( dash games. )#👑 constantly thinking about chicken parm | mun things
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