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capnportofficial · 3 years ago

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I’m pretty sure Clumsy has some sort of mental disorder. Probably autism. What do you think?

So! I’m going to revist Brainy in this post as well, since I found a clearer and more direct guide to diagnosing someone (in this case a couple of characters) with autism: https://depts.washington.edu/dbpeds/Screening%20Tools/DSM-5%28ASD.Guidelines%29Feb2013.pdf

As much as I’d love to also see if Smurfblossom fits, we don’t yet have enough of her to see reliably if she does have autism or not. Once Smurfs: A New Touch Of Blue comes out in English, and then in December when I get the official translation of A Crow In Smurfy Grove, then we’ll see.

One example of a specific criterion may not be sufficient to assign the criterion as being present.

Is the example behavior clearly atypical?

Is the example behavior present across multiple contexts?

Distinguish between behaviors that are clearly atypical and present across multiple contexts, versus behaviors that are on the borderline of being atypical or rarely occur/occur in only one context. For example, while toe walking may be an example of criterion B1, it may not be sufficient by itself to assign the criterion if there is a physical explanation for the behavior (and thus not clearly atypical) and/or if it occurs only in one context (e.g. at the beach when barefoot in the sand). By contrast, a preoccupation with lawnmowers that involves obsessively drawing lawnmowers, seeking out lawnmowers, and talking about lawnmowers is sufficient to meet criterion B3 even if no other examples exist. This preoccupation is clearly atypical and is present across multiple contexts.

Avoid using the exact same behavioral exemplar to satisfy two criteria.

Some behaviors may appear to satisfy multiple DSM‐5 criteria. It is the responsibility of the clinician to decide where the behavior is best represented. For example, ‘repetitively putting hands over ears’ may satisfy B1 because it is a repetitive motor movement, or it may be considered under B4 because it represents an adverse reaction to sounds.

Some behaviors are multi‐faceted and may satisfy multiple DSM‐5 criteria. For example, a child who is obsessed with string and insists on always carrying string with him at all times may meet criteria for B3 due to a strong attachment to an unusual object. If the same child also frequently waves string in front of his face and watches it flop up and down, then B4 should also be considered due to the visual sensory aspect of this behavior.

Behaviors that are not currently present may be considered.

A behavior that only occurred in the past may be sufficient to assign a criterion.

It is important to consider whether a behavior that occurred in the past is atypical for developmental norms (e.g. handflapping should not be counted if it only occurred from 6‐9 months of age).

Brainy Smurf

A. PERSISTENT DEFICITS IN SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL INTERACTION ACROSS CONTEXTS, NOT ACCOUNTED FOR BY GENERAL DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS, AND MANIFEST BY 3 OF 3 SYMPTOMS

A1. Deficits in social‐emotional reciprocity; ranging from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back and forth conversation through reduced sharing of interests, emotions, and affect and response to total lack of initiation of social interaction.

Abnormal social approach

Use of others as tools [Many of the episodes I think of as “bastard Brainy” episodes, but most notably King Smurf. Also, in the comic Les Schtroumpfs Et Le Livre Qui Dit Tout, he chooses Dopey as his assistant because Dopey won’t question him.]

Failure of normal back and forth conversation

One‐sided conversations/monologues/tangential speech

A2. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction; ranging from poorly integrated‐ verbal and nonverbal communication, through abnormalities in eye contact and body‐language, or deficits in understanding and use of nonverbal communication, to total lack of facial expression or gestures.

Note- as much as I’d like to say Brainy has difficulty with eye contact, pretty much most moments of that can also be seen as just poor animation. Shoutout to the time he was looking at a random background rock instead of the smurf who was talking, though.

Abnormalities in use and understanding of affect (note: responsive social smile should be considered under A1, while affect that is inappropriate for the context should be considered under A3)

Lack of warm, joyful expressions directed at others [Brainy’s smiles are usually either smug, or just there as a default expression. There are exceptions to this, but the fact I had to go back and watch several episodes to make sure says a lot about how much Brainy has a “warm joyful expression directed at others.”]

Inability to recognize or interpret other’s nonverbal expressions [Regularly can’t tell when other smurfs get angry or annoyed with him until they get physically aggressive, as a child in Papa’s Family Album he couldn’t tell that the smurfball game they were playing was just for fun despite him clearly being the only smurf taking things seriously.]

A3. Deficits in developing and maintaining relationships, appropriate to developmental level (beyond those with caregivers); ranging from difficulties adjusting behavior to suit different social contexts through difficulties in sharing imaginative play and in making friends to an apparent absence of interest in people.

Deficits in developing and maintaining relationships, appropriate to developmental level

Lack of “theory of mind”; inability to take another person’s perspective

Difficulties adjusting behavior to suit social contexts

Does not notice another person’s lack of interest in an activity

Lack of response to contextual cues (e.g. social cues from others indicating a change in behavior is implicitly requested)

Does not notice another’s distress or disinterest

Does not recognize when not welcome in a play or conversational setting

Limited recognition of social emotions (does not notice when he is being teased; does not notice how his behavior impacts others emotionally)

Difficulties in making friends

Unaware of being teased or ridiculed by others

Has an interest in friendship but lacks understanding of the conventions of social interaction (e.g extremely directive or rigid; overly passive) [In his relationship with Clumsy, Brainy usually is super overly directive/bossy and rigid. When trying to make other friends in Smurfiest Of Friends he is also overly bossy.]

Absence of interest in others

Prefers solitary activities [Pretty much the only things Brainy likes to do with others are 1. Lecturing other people, which isn’t really “with” them but “at” them and 2. Smurfball. A lot of the time he just reads and writes.]

B. RESTRICTED, REPETITIVE PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR, INTERESTS, OR ACTIVITIES AS MANIFESTED BY AT LEAST 2 OF 4 SYMPTOMS:

B1. Stereotyped or repetitive speech, motor movements, or use of objects; (such as simple motor stereotypies, echolalia, repetitive use of objects, or idiosyncratic phrases).

Stereotyped or repetitive speech

Pedantic speech or unusually formal language (child speaks like an adult or “little professor”) [While Brainy is an adult now, in Papa’s Family Album as a child, he speaks very formally. Smurfling-aged Brainy’s first line is “Pardon me, Brainy Smurfling, for pointing out that nowhere in The Rules Of Smurfball By Brainy Smurfling does it say anything about a player tripping himself and being awarded a free kick.” The other smurflings speak in simpler language, and notably never say {Name} Smurfling- while Papa Smurf is addressed by his full name, other smurflings are just addressed by the adjective in their name. Brainy refers to himself as “Brainy Smurfling” during the entire flashback, but others just call him “Brainy.” Also, the phrase “Pardon me for pointing out” seems excessively formal for a child.]

Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements

Repetitive hand movements (e.g., clapping, finger flicking, flapping, twisting) [In Lost Village and New Touch of Blue, he’s constantly adjusting his glasses even when he doesn’t need to.]

Abnormalities of posture (e.g., toe walking; full body posturing) [Brainy’s body language is incredibly unique to him. While most smurfs share similar gestures, Brainy’s arms behind his back and declarative pointing aren’t shared by others.]

B2. Excessive adherence to routines, ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior, or excessive resistance to change; (such as motoric rituals, insistence on same route or food, repetitive questioning or extreme distress at small changes).

Adherence to routine

Insistence on rigidly following specific routines [Lecturing other smurfs because he wants them to do things a specific way]

Unusual routines [Wanting to plant crops in alphabetical order in Good Neighbor Smurf]

Ritualized Patterns of Verbal and Nonverbal Behavior

Verbal rituals ‐ has to say one or more things in a specific way or requires others to say things or answer questions in a specific way [Uses stock phrases like “As Papa Smurf always says…”, often says smurfs’ names three times in a row]

I don’t know where to put this but his excitement over the idea of a schedule in Tick Tock Smurfs

Rigid thinking

Excessively rigid, inflexible, or rule‐bound in behavior or thought

B3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus; (such as strong attachment to or preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or perseverative interests).

Narrow range of interests [Mainly just seems to be interested in writing and writing about himself, and conducting music. Everything else he talks about is mainly to show off his intelligence.]

Being overly perfectionistic [Criticizes others for doing things slightly wrong]

Attachment to unusual inanimate object (e.g., piece of string or rubber band) [Only really Lost Village, he’s really attached to that one specific book and has a full on meltdown when he loses it.]

UPDATE NOV 12 2021:

Preoccupations; obsessions [Seems to have a special interest, at least in this one comic, in either ladybugs or biology- he's not just lecturing, but infodumping!]

B4. Hyper‐or hypo‐reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of environment; (such as apparent indifference to pain/heat/cold, adverse response to specific sounds or textures, excessive smelling or touching of objects, fascination with lights or spinning objects).

High tolerance for pain [Gets beat up/yeeted out of the village a lot and doesn’t seem to react in pain.]

In all domains of sensory stimuli (sound, smell, taste, vestibular, visual), consider:

Odd responses to sensory input (e.g. becoming extremely distressed by the atypical sound) [REALLY dislikes the smurflings’ music, considers it too loud and just generally hates it, whereas the other smurfs are okay with it and can vibe to it.]

Atypical and/or persistent focus on sensory input [In Good Neighbor Smurfs, he can’t sleep due to the sound of bubbling nearby, despite how quiet it is. In the Pilulit comic he has to leave the village to read because all the sounds in the village are overstimulating him.]

C. Symptoms must be present in early childhood (but may not become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities)

Most of these were evident in Papa’s Family Album.

D. Symptoms together limit and impair everyday functioning.

Yes, they do, I can’t rate them on the scale given because that talks about with or without support and he never is given support for this.

Clumsy Smurf

Note- Clumsy has less because his behavior is harder to sort, and the specific things he does are less obvious than Brainy’s.

A. PERSISTENT DEFICITS IN SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL INTERACTION ACROSS CONTEXTS, NOT ACCOUNTED FOR BY GENERAL DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS, AND MANIFEST BY 3 OF 3 SYMPTOMS

Failure of normal back and forth conversation

Tangential speech

Note- There’s another A1 I think Clumsy fits, but I’m not sure because I don’t fully know what it means.

Abnormal volume, pitch, intonation, rate, rhythm, stress, prosody or volume in speech [Clumsy’s strange cadence is one of the most notable things about his original cartoon voice]

Abnormalities in use and understanding of affect (note: responsive social smile should be considered under A1, while affect that is inappropriate for the context should be considered under A3)

Inability to recognize or interpret other’s nonverbal expressions [Has difficulty knowing when people are upset with him unless they tell him]

Difficulties adjusting behavior to suit social contexts

Unaware of social conventions/appropriate social behavior; asks socially inappropriate questions or makes socially inappropriate statements [“Gosh, Brainy, your trap is the most terrible of all!” “You’ve already written enough books for two brilliant careers!” etc.]

Difficulties in making friends

I don’t know where to put this but he seems to have no friends besides Brainy in the early series and then gets more friends later. He’s an adult smurf for the entire series, he’s been alive for over 150 years, but at the beginning of the series his only friend is Brainy.

Does not play with children his/her age or developmental level (only older/younger) [He has a few friends his age. But, in a few episodes with the Smurflings, he’s seen just hanging out with them and they like him a lot more than they do the other adult Smurfs. They seem to see him as a friend, rather than a boring adult, despite his age.]

Has an interest in friendship but lacks understanding of the conventions of social interaction (e.g extremely directive or rigid; overly passive) [Very passive, never stands up to Brainy when Brainy is being bossy.]

B. RESTRICTED, REPETITIVE PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR, INTERESTS, OR ACTIVITIES AS MANIFESTED BY AT LEAST 2 OF 4 SYMPTOMS:

B1. Stereotyped or repetitive speech, motor movements, or use of objects; (such as simple motor stereotypies, echolalia, repetitive use of objects, or idiosyncratic phrases).

Stereotyped or repetitive speech

Repetitive vocalizations such as repetitive guttural sounds, intonational noise‐making, unusual squealing, repetitive humming [Makes a lot of strange noises in reaction to things, and also sings and hums to himself more than most smurfs do]

Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements

Repetitive hand movements (e.g., clapping, finger flicking, flapping, twisting) [Happy clapping and flappy hands, specifically see The Secret Of The Village Well and also this model sheet of Brainy]

Stereotyped or complex whole body movements (e.g., foot to foot rocking, dipping, & swaying; spinning) [Rocks back and forth a lot in Secret Of The Village Well. In Lost Village he gets stressed out and pulls his knees up to his chest + rocks back and forth- this is very clearly him stimming in an attempt to self-soothe.]

Abnormalities of posture (e.g., toe walking; full body posturing) [Clumsy’s full body posture is different enough from the other smurfs that it’s pointed out on his model sheet.]

Stereotyped or repetitive use of objects

Lines up toys or objects [Seems to love arranging or rearranging his rock collection]

Adherence to routine

Unusual routines [Keeps things clean, like, a weird amount. Washes every rock he finds after he gets it, washes his rock collection routinely, took a bath when he thought the world was going to end because he had to be clean for the big event- even though it doesn’t really matter if you’re slightly dirty at the end of the world.]

Rigid thinking

Inability to understand nonliteral aspects of speech such as irony or implied meaning [Doesn’t understand when Brainy’s being sarcastic, and in The Littlest Giant doesn’t understand the metaphor of “size is relative.”]

Preoccupations; obsessions [Collects rocks, loves his rock collection, talks about it enough that other people see rocks and think of Clumsy]

Interests that are abnormal in focus [Who the hell is interested in rocks? Clumsy is.]

In all domains of sensory stimuli (sound, smell, taste, vestibular, visual), consider:

Atypical and/or persistent focus on sensory input [Got so distracted by the sound of bells in A Bell For Azrael that he nearly got run over by a cart and then later stopped listening to Brainy because of the sound.]

C. Symptoms must be present in early childhood (but may not become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities)

Now, the only reference we have for this is the flashback in Papa’s Family Album, and we don’t see Clumsy much in that. Interestingly, though, Clumsy doesn’t seem to speak there, despite clearly being old enough to speak.

D. Symptoms together limit and impair everyday functioning.

Yes, they do, I can’t rate them on the scale given because that talks about with or without support and he never is given support for this.

#smurfs #the smurfs #brainy smurf #clumsy smurf #txt #autistic headcanons #personal hall of fame #autistic brainy #autistic clumsy #x

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into-the-stratosphere · 3 years ago

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Sweeney Todd: Revisted

Lol I can’t post this on any of my other socials just yet because the official cast list hasn’t been posted, but my tumblr isn’t linked to my Instagram or Facebook or anything like that, so I felt I could safely post here without getting in trouble. Warning now that this is a LONG post because I overwrite a lot lol

If you’ve been following me a while, you might remember last spring I was supposed to be in a production of Sweeney Todd as a soloist/ensemble member. We got through about a month and a half of rehearsals before everything was shut down by Covid, but the company kept promising we would do the show once everything opened up again, just a little while longer and we’ll do it, we’re pushing for October instead of May, this is going to happen. Honestly, once we hit the school year and no updates had come, I thought this would have to be a show I shelved until an entirely new production came up- until April this year we got an email asking who was still interested in returning.

Somehow we had gotten approval to move forward with the show again after all, and we were being moved to a larger space to accommodate a larger audience to boot! But with the new dates and location, naturally some cast members had to step down from their roles due to conflicts. In fact, pretty much the entire main cast had to step down; our Sweeney had moved in October, our Beggar Woman wasn’t comfortable coming back to live theatre just yet, Mrs Lovett would be on her honeymoon during the new show dates, our main Johanna would be working a new job further away, a lot of our younger cast was going to college out of state, like our Anthony and I believe both Toby’s.

In the initial email we were told that if we were willing to return, we could keep our roles and not have to reaudition, but as roles opened up we were also given the option to audition for the new openings. Our understudy Johanna was returning, so I figured they would bump her up into the main role, and I hoped I could squeeze in and maybe get the understudy spot this year, since last year I hadn’t made the cut for Johanna at all. I picked my music (Soon from A Little Night Music if anyone was wondering) and my monologue (fairly certain they wanted monologues just to hear that we could do accents because the audition listing said they preferred we did our monologue in accent), and set to preparing again to hopefully have a shot at Johanna this year.

A friend I met doing virtual shows was also auditioning, and when she mentioned she heard the new director didn’t want to have any understudies for the main cast, I grew worried, remembering our understudy Johanna said she was returning. Since I didn’t know how the director would go about distributing promised roles regarding understudy positions, I continued to prepare to the best of my ability with the slim hope I might get Johanna, but that hope was fading with the knowledge of the former understudy’s return.

A few days before the audition however, she posted in our private group that she too would have to step down, as she had just gotten accepted into her dream school and would be out of state during the production’s run. Suddenly the grey area barring me from Johanna dissipated, and all I had to worry for now was the new auditioning pool- this was one of the first in person shows to open in our area since the lockdown, so there was bound to be a lot of new faces trying to get back into the game.

I went in on Sunday feeling far more prepared than I did last year (I almost didn’t audition last year because I had only just gotten my voice back from a horrible flu strain), and funnily enough, my friend I had met doing virtual shows had signed up for the same time bracket as me without either of us knowing. Entering the audition room, I immediately felt good; everyone had such a welcoming atmosphere, the director was friendly as could be, but I could also tell he was very professional. I performed the best I could, waited for my friend to finish her audition afterwards, then we went to go talk and catch up while desperately waiting to possibly get a callback.

We chatted for hours about theatre, our virtual theatre group, life, all while keeping a vigilant eye on the time for when that day’s auditions would end and calls would be made. Eventually we both decided to go home, wishing each other the best and hoping to see each other again at callbacks.

I was only halfway home when my phone rang; they loved my audition and wanted me to come in on Tuesday to read for Johanna at callbacks. I was so excited that I started crying behind the wheel, and from the way my phone was blowing up with messages from my friend, I knew she had gotten a callback as well.

Luckily they asked me to prepare Green Finch and Linnet Bird for the callback, because I have known the song for about two years now- I had put it in my audition book about a month before my Sydney trip in 2019, and the hope to perform it in the original production had been the reason I auditioned in 2020 in the first place. I found out there was two other girls they were looking at for Johanna, so I worried day and night that what if they already knew the song too, what if their resumes were better than mine, what if I cracked, what if, what if, what if…

Tuesday came and I could only hope I’d get another burst of energy after a long day at work. I showed up about forty five minutes early (the drive usually took about half an hour, but the traffic had been forgiving), hearing snippets of the Anthony’s and Beggar Woman’s upstairs, and then the first of the other two Johanna’s showed up. She was so nice, and with time the second Johanna showed up. We all chatted as the Sweeney’s, and Beggar Woman’s came down, and soon enough, they were calling the Johanna’s to head upstairs.

The Anthony’s were still upstairs when we got there, certainly so we could read our audition scenes together. The director explained we’d be singing our song first (ALL of Green Finch, since there’s no good natural spot to stop in the song), and then taking turns reading with both Anthony’s. Since I volunteered to go first, the director said he’d let me go a second time after the other two girls, that way I could adjust any slip ups since I was basically test running the sound and space for the other two girls. The speaker was as loud as it could go, but once I started singing I quickly realized that I drowned out the music and couldn’t hear my accompaniment anymore, so I relied on my muscle memory of the flow of the song and my internal meter to get me through to the end. I only messed up on the trill before the final verse, it was so much longer than I anticipated, but I knew I’d be able to fix that after hearing the other two girls. Turns out the other two had only started looking at the song once they got called back, so I had an edge on having it memorized, but once I heard their voices I grew worried because they both had such beautiful tones, trying to react quickly to when they missed something in the music. I went through my second time, correcting my mistake with the trill (which all three of us made the same mistake there) and tweaking a few small things to my blocking, and then we were given a scene to read with the Anthony’s.

We would all get a turn with both Anthony’s to get a sense of chemistry, as well so we could all make adjustments (the director reminded us the context of the scene we were reading after we all finished with the first Anthony, and guided us on a better direction to what Johanna would be feeling in that moment for our second time through). I felt I really connected well with both Anthony’s, familiar with the scene and story so I wouldn’t have to be buried in my lines. It was during our read-throughs that I realized the other two Johanna’s were likely a few years older than me based on how they played her; more mature, more sure of themselves. I finished my second read-through, hopefully keeping to the context of the scene better than my first run-through, and we were all told that we could head home, that we’d be hearing from them in a day or two regarding final casting. Before I hit the door, the director paused me, asking if I still had my original script from the prior production. Heart pounding at the implications his question could be loaded with, I told them I did, and in fact I had it with me. “It felt like good luck to bring it,” I said, and they all laughed with me at lugging around a four hundred page script for luck.

When we got downstairs, the Johanna I was particularly worried about asked me if I studied opera, which I admitted I did have an associates degree for music. We all talked a while longer before they all headed out, and I sought my friend in the lobby to confide in her; I think I’ve got Johanna.

After talking with her a bit about our auditions, explaining how I thought I had an edge, I headed home, hardly able to sleep as I picked my audition apart in my head and awaited some kind of phone call.

The next day at work I jumped every time my phone buzzed, waiting to see if it was a call. When I was upstairs heating up my lunch, my friend asked if I had heard anything yet, mentioning how she and our Judge thought the director would start making calls after work. I assented- it made sense, plus it’s so much better to actually be able to receive the call than to come back to a voicemail about your casting.

As I waited in the hall for someone, my phone started buzzing with a call, and my heart rate shot up. It was still so early in the afternoon, not quite 3:30, and with everything I had knew was good about my audition, I allowed myself a flicker of hope. I knew I had a few minutes, so I quickly answered- and there was our director on the other side.

“Hi, is this Shelby? This is (director), from Sweeney Todd.” I responded back, asking how he was, trying not to lose my nerve. “I’m great, thanks for asking. We’re just starting to call everyone about casting, and we were just so impressed with your auditions, your first and your callback; we were interested if you’d be willing to accept the role of Johanna?”

I was trying not to cry on the phone as I excitedly responded YES, I would LOVE to play Johanna- I had wanted to play Johanna for a year and a half at this point, and here was my moment at last. After a few more logistical questions, he bid me a good day and hung up to call the rest of the main cast. I was just bubbling over with excitement, the first thing I did was message my friend that I’d gotten Johanna- she had found out the night before that she was going to be the Beggar Woman since she stayed late at callbacks to discuss a miscommunication with the director (she was accidentally twenty minutes late because her email had the wrong callback time listed, and when the director was made aware, she asked if she could sing again, and he said “we don’t need you to, we saw all we needed your first time through- you ARE the Beggar Woman”), then I messaged our Judge Turpin, who was one of the other few returning cast members.

My coworkers were all so excited for me, asking me when the show was going to be, that they’d all make a group to go see it together. When I got home, I tricked my parents into thinking I was still nervous about casting, saying “I don’t know, I’m just nervous… I mean, my first kiss is going to be on stage.” And when it clicked that I had gotten the part, my mom screamed and my dad laughed at my mischievousness at tricking both of them, congratulating me.

I’m still waiting on the go-ahead so I can post about this on my main socials, but I’ve just been so excited that I had to find a way to post it secretly somewhere, just so I wouldn’t burst at the seams holding this in. Our first rehearsal is in August, so my rehearsal stories series will be returning once those start (I theorized there’s a gap between auditions and first rehearsals because the cast has to be vaccinated for legal reasons, so the handful that aren’t can have time to get their vaccines).

For now, I get to wonder who my other fellow cast mates are, who my Anthony will be. Until then, if I cannot fly, let me sing 🕊 -Johanna (Shelby)

#long post #audition stories #sweeney todd #johanna barker #sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street #personal post #dream roles #dream shows #seriously long post though I don’t know how to not overwrite lol #into-the-stratosphere #auditions #tldr: was ensemble in Sweeney last year- postponed by lockdown- approved to run October this year- most of the main cast couldn’t return-#-including both main and understudy Johanna’s- I audition and get called back- I worry because the other two girls are really good but I-#-still think I might have Johanna- next day get a call from the director and I’m right I have Johanna! rehearsal stories will start again 💙

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tophthedaydreamer · 4 years ago

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how i would rewrite the star wars sequel trilogy (disclaimer: i am not very smart and am not a professional writer)

the first movie starts out like this:

many years after the events of “return of the jedi”, luke has rebuilt the jedi order. there’s a new temple where he is training students the ways of the force. anyone who is force-sensitive is welcome to enroll, including adults (the whole age limit thing is gone since the jedi are still somewhat endangered). leia’s leading the new senate, and she is happily married to han (they still argue but we all know they dig each other lol) and they have a teenaged son named ben (kylo ren and ben are different people now).

the first order is a new threat, built by those who don’t agree with the new changes and authority. they are headed by the arrogant commander hux, a sneering smooth-talker who craves power, and is using the other members’ complaints about the new senate as a means to take control of the galaxy. hux believes in the force, so he’s also trying to use it to his favor by luring force-sensitive people to join his cult to become siths. his top servant is the mysterious kylo ren, a silent, emotionless jedi killer. the first order’s acts of terrorism against the new senate have become more frequent, so luke’s jedi knights are on the hunt to stop them.

luke’s latest student, rey, has graduated to jedi knight status. she’s a very prodigious jedi, incredibly skilled in the force. rey’s a bit too confident in herself because of this. anyway, she’s tasked with taking down a squad of first order soldiers, along with her pilot bestie, poe dameron. during the fight, rey confronts a stormtrooper, but suddenly senses good in him, as well as a lot of force energy. their eyes meet for a second. then poe is captured by the first order as a hostage! like “the force awakens”, the friendly stormtrooper (fn-2187) helps poe escape and the two make it back to coruscant. luke, sensing fn-2187′s potential, assigns the stormtrooper as rey’s new padawan (much to her surprise, since she kinda finds unskilled jedi annoying). poe names fn-2187 “finn”.

the whole plot of the first movie is rey and finn getting to know each other, getting to know the other characters, as well as revisting old ones. i think i’ll do a whole different post for the characters, since i have quite a few ideas. aside from character building, we get some epic battles against the first order. i like “force awakens” so maybe we’ll keep the final battle, but instead, it’s finn vs kylo ren (rey gets hurt ouchie).

the second movie delves more into finn’s backstory and ptsd from being a brainwashed stormtrooper for most of his life. it also goes into kylo ren’s head, revealing some terrible tragic moment that happened in his life that caused him to hate the senate with a burning passion. maybe his town was attacked by an evil group and his whole town was slaughtered in a mass genocide. despite this desperate need for the senate to step in and help, they did not. and he blames them for his family’s death. that could be a thing. finn and kylo ren connect during this time ‘cause i liked that bit in “last jedi” (but it’s not a trick). this movie’s angstier and darker, basically.

the third movie is the big finale!! finn & co. duke it out against commander hux! in a surprise move, kylo ren rebels against commander hux and traps him and himself in a chamber that’s set to blow up. finn watches him from the door window, asking him why he’s doing this. kylo ren only gives a sad smile and puts his hand on the window like spock dying in “wrath of khan”. finn & co. must leave because the explosion could spread to the rest of ship. so they run off, finn looking back one last time to see kylo engulfed in flames. the heroes defeat the first order and everything is at peace.

expect a part two with details about the characters!!! thank you for reading!!!

#extremely massive infodump #in a big star wars mood today lol #toph musings #star wars

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taylortruther · 4 years ago

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evermore predictions

here are my track-by-track predictions for evermore based on literally nothing but my own imagination!

willow - dark and contemplative, probably not a repeater

champagne problems - taylor will address her obsession with normalcy/the middle class and maybe it’ll even be a self-aware song about her good fortune, OR it’ll be ironic about how her problems are deep and real despite her having ‘everything’ at her fingertips

gold rush - i’m calling this as one of my personal favorites; i think it’ll hit me the way the 1 or delicate did. low-key but a bop and about a rush of feelings.

‘tis the damn season - another christmas song, cheeky, fun!

tolerate it - this is me trying, pt 2? this sounds dark and intense

no body, no crime (ft haim) - already one of my faves because haim is incapable of a bad song... and i think this’ll be heavily imaginative, probably a murder metaphor used to revist the concept of how someone can leave you then gaslight you into believing there was no relationship because it was never defined

happiness - i want this to be a pure, no holds barred, no metaphor song about taylor’s state of mind tbh. but in all likelihood it’ll be a “happiness is fleeting so i must be present and enjoy it now” thing ... which tbh IS taylor’s state of mind constantly, i think

dorothea - reese witherspoon's grandmother is named dorothea. that's all.

coney island (ft. the national) - i'm getting strong lover/mirroball/starlight/old school vintage 4-piece band vibes from this. i think it'll be a low-key bop and it’s gonna be one of my faves.

ivy - a metaphor for how love/pain winds together like ivy. i'm manifesting.

cowboy like me - taylor revisits her roots, mythologizes herself as an outlaw, and references a shoot-out.

long story short - calling this as one of my favorites. i think it'll have a subtle, clever subject like "i almost do" or "the 1"

marjorie - taylor's grandmother, obvi. a companion to epiphany.

closure - a song about how she is coming to terms with the sale of her master's and the end of her relationship with scott b.

evermore (ft. bon iver) - love story. classic swiftian style.

right where you left me - calling this as another favorite that'll probably be under-appreciated. i think it'll be wistful, sentimental, sad, and hopeful. like... instead of feeling like a cardigan under someone's bed, we'll be the teddy bear waiting for their grown up kid to come back.

it’s time to go - a satisfying end to this folklore era that will hint to the direction she'll take in TS10

#predictions #evermore

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13tinysocks · 4 years ago

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spill your guts rewrite ! !

Hey happy holidays AND flat fuck Friday

Bee and I wanted to share a future project with y'alls as a wierd lil gift thingy x

Basically, we're rewriting spill your guts sometime in the distant future. Please know that before we can revist syg that we have to finish: the hunt is on and youll catch your death. Not to mention we have a fourth fic comin down the turnpike right after thio finishes which is our take on a mansion fic-- house of 1000 corpses. Concept one shots for that fic are up on my quotev.

As for deets on the rewrite we'll let ya in on some thingz. Spoilers passed this point.

-Overall better foreshadowing and characterization. Syg was our first fic and had minimal planning involved so literally everyday we didn't know what tf we were gonna write. If it felt a lil wonky that's why mememsoksn. Anyway we look forward to improving on making it have a better flow.

-Alexis lives through the cabin arc and becomes a major character with an arc. That's right not everything will be the same!! Same plot and characters but there's going to be quite a few things flipped around.

-Yns main weapon is a carbine over a pistol.

-Tim and Brian are going to be together. Toby will NOT be with either of them. Tim/toby and Brian/toby make us super uncomfortable.

-possible bigger showcase of proxy culture

-Tobys gonna be depicted as trans. Possibly a little more cannibalistic?? We'll see.

-slenders even fuckin worse❤❤❤

//nsfw

-Tims a hard sub and gets pegged.

-Switch brian gets pegged.

No more cowardice. Lets go !🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

#posted this on my quotev too #creepypasta #syg #spill your guts #toby rogers #masky #tim wright #brian thomas #x reader #ticci toby #rea talks #creepypasta x reader

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popculturebuffet · 4 years ago

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Top 10 Thanksgiving Episodes

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody! Time to eat a ton, pass out, and watch MST3K and all that. And since I already covered most of the general stuff about how diffrent this holiday is in my Loud House Review, and to reitarate to anyone having a big, 20 or so people crammed in a room thanksgiving this year

For the rest of us like all of the big three of Holidays, thanksgivings also the time for some classic episodes of television. Granted most shows stick to one, with some exceptions like friends, roseanne and new girl, but most make their one count. Thanksgiving may not be as big as the holidays it’s sandwitched in between, to the point christmas is slowly but surely trying to swallow it whole, but it’s still a time for family, fighting, and food that brings plenty of opprotunity for greatness and even with a smaller pool, I stiill had signifigant trouble narrowing down my list to 10. But I stand by what I got it wittled down to. This is my top 10 thanksgiving episodes! And for my regular readers, there’s a suprising lack of animation but i’m more than willing ot go outside that and now’s the right time, asi’m currently having a black friday sale with reviews marked down by two bucks to just 3 dollars for an episode of any tv show. Yes it’s a shameless plug but since when have I ever had shame? So with that in mind let’s chow down, it’s my top 10 thanksgiving episodes!

10. Pangs (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Buffy is as a show I REALLY need to revisit. While lately, what with the abuse he did that we can’t get details on when making justice league or his you know cheating on his wife on and off over a decade, I’m not at all a fan of series creator Joss Whedon, Buffy itself is still a classic in my eyes.

The tale of a teenager given the role of the Slayer, a chosen female asskicker given moderate super powers and the duty to defend the world from vampires and other ghouls. The show dealt with the usual teen superhero stuff, ballancing asskicking with saving the world and arguably codified the genre, to the point I hold it at least partially responsible for the bigger wave of teen heroes in the 2000′s in animation and comics. The show had smart dialouge, metaphors, mythology and a rich, and vibrant cast. Sure some things haven’t aged well like an adult vampire dating a teenager or the really dated ways Willow’s sexuality were handled, as groundbreaking as it was, from barely letting her kiss her girlfriend or be shown being intimate iwth her, or just entirley shutting out the posiblity she’s bisexual. But a few age wrinkles aside the show is still good and I still need to rewatch it and that includes our number 10 pangs, one of hte most memorable and well done thanksgiving specials and one fo the shows more comedy moments. It’s thanksgiving, and Buffys mom’s going out of town, so she decides to hold thanksgiving at Giles place to bring her slowly drifting surrogate family together. Naturally given the way things usually go for our Slayer, she has a hard time of it as Willow chafes at celebrating colonolsim, Giles dosen’t get what the big fuss is about that or the meal being british, and Spike shows up looking for protection from season big bads the initiative, a secret military unit that’s chipped him so he can’t harm humans, so he has no way to eat and spends the mal tied to a chair. Oh and of course, a vengeful native american spriti from the chumash tribe has given Xander syphilis and killed a currator as revenge for his people’s suffering, so now Buffy has to fight a ghost bear if she want sa happy thanksgiving. Also Angel is back in town and being kind of a dick, but hey it leads to a good episode of his spinoff so whatever.

Pangs is just a fun episode, not only does it do well by not ignoring american colonalisim, but it just has a fun energy to it as Buffy desperately tries to have a good thanksgiving, Spike instnatly proves his worth as an addition to the gang both chemstiry and comedy wise, and we of course get this classic moment.

It had to fight it’s way onto the list, but pangs is a holiday dish worthy of sinking your fangs into.

9. The Dressing (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) Speaking of nutty fun thanksgiving episodes.. this one is simply that. I love Aqua Teen Hunger force.. even if like a lot of comedy shows it drooped in later seasons, it still has it’s classics earlier on and even later on has a few gems. But on the earlier on side we have their utterly bonkers and delightful thanksgiving episode “The Dressing”, a sequel to the Christmas Episode “The Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from The Future”, which itself is an utter classic, but we’ll possibly get to that in december’s list.

The Aqua Teens are having Thanksgiving with Carl, whose naturally onlyt here for the free food and staying outside. it’s also days before or after, with black colored frito pie,a t urkey, and whatever else their broke selves could scrounge up. However, naturally, like Buffy a normal day for the Aqua Teens just isn’t complete without some weird shit happening, thanksgiving gets interrupted by the cybernetic ghost of Christmas past fromt he future, whose transformed himself into a turkey and wants to save their turkey so it can lead a rebellion in the bizzare hilarious distopian hellscape he comes from. This of course leads to him getting drunk, eating all their food and later showing up with a laser sock to murder carl after the episodes over. It’s just a fun time, a really funny episode and one of the teens more memorable outings. Not a lot to say here, it’s just really damn funny.

8. Arnold’s Thanksgiving (Hey Arnold!) Anoter classic I really need to revist but that more than earns his place here. Hey Arnold.. is easily one of the best animated shows ever. I say that with no hyperbole as it handled slice of life well while still getting dramatic when needed to, and is easily the gold standard for slice of life children’s cartoons to this day. And naturally it’s holiday specials were great, and I only r eally haven’t revisited them because they also hurt.. a lot. So unsuprisingly this one makes the list.

IT’s thanksgiving and given how chaotic things are for both Arnold and Helga’s families, our heroes are miserable. Arnold would understandably like just once to have thanksgiving on thanksgiving, his family instead doing fourth of july due to his grandmother being who she is. And Helga naturally is ignored and mistrteated as usual since her sisters home and her dad and alchoholic mother ignore her as usual even when she’s not around. What i’m saying is while Arnold’s issue is understandable, helga always wins a “whose got the shitter life” contest.

So the two flee to their teacher Mr Simmons, a character I genuinely loved and loved even more finding out he was gay as an adult, as he was a kind , supportive teacher who could be a bit softhearted but wasn’t afraid to step the fuck up when needed. But they find his thanksgiving isn’t much better, as his Mother and wont’ stop sniping at his boyfriend peter and clearly isn’t entirely comfortable with her son’s sexuality, his friend keeps snapping at peter and mooching off him, and his uncle.. well he’s just a loud asshole who wants turkey.. The kids naturally realize the meaning of the holiday, reconclie with their families who DID take genuine steps to make up for them being gone and missed them, all is well. It just shows nobody’s family is perfect, and is well done in that but also shows why thanksgiving has grown beyond it’s roots: It’s a day for families to get together and even if they may fight, recognize why they love one another. I also give the show balls for heavily imiplying a character is gay and not slapping a girlfriend on him or any of the usual bollocks: Simmons just very clearly is gay and it’s as transparent as the show could get at the time, with the show making it crystal clear years later with the revivial movie. Nice. We’ll have more servings of thanksgiving classics after the cut.

7. Slapsgiving (How I Met Your Mother) Oh How I Met Your Mother. You started out really good but boy did that go downhill fast and land in a nuclear inferno didn’t it? But I can bitch about the How I Met Your Mother Ending some other time, and probably will. In the show’s prime before they decided to stick with an ending no one wanted anymore, it was pretty great and while season 1′s also impressive Thanksgiving outing “Belly Full of Turkey�� was considered, there was ultimately one slaptastic king when it came to Thanksgiving: Slapsgiving.

Naturally for this show Slapsgiving ties into the show’s suprisngly deep and rich lore: The season before this, Marshall and Barney made a “Slap Bet”, which is exactly what it says on the tin: A bet where the winner slaps the looser. And due to Barney prematurely slapping Marshall, Marshall got 5 penalty slaps to be dolled out whenever, one in that episode and another in a coda to another. For his next one though Marshall decided to outdo himself and set up a counter.. and it all comes down to thanskgiving. So we get a good ten minutes of Jason Siegel making meancing slap based refrences while NPH’s barney cowers in fear before Marshall’s wife lily pumps the breaks on the bet as comissoner.. only to reconsider when Barney makes the mistake of tormenting Marshall over it, resuling in the inevitible, and in THE thanksgiving song.

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Basically it’s what happen when you give three really funny people a subplot together. Magic happens. The subplot is not bad either as a pre-totallyinsufferabledouchebag Ted hooks up with Robin again over lingering feelings and thanksgiving prep and the two have to deal with that... though it’s mostly funny for Robin’s new boyfriend, who Future Ted acknowledges is barely older than them, but admits to remembering as decrept old man, which results in a 30 something’s dialouge coming out of a very old man and me laughing very hard. A simple joke but one that really works. Overall a slaptacular good time.

6. Two Turkeys (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

NINE NINE BITCHES! I’m honestly shocked I haven’t talked about Brooklyn Nine Nine on here already, but it’s easily one of the best sitcoms in recent memory, if not of all time. It has one of the best ensemble casts, great jokes and timing, yet still ballances things out with a sense of realisim beneath the madness> It’s also noticable for holding it’s officers more accountable than most real world police departments, to the point all scripts that were written up for next season were thrown out post George Floyd. It’s truly a joy to watch.

So naturally they’ve had their share of Holiday episodes, with them easily having the best crop of halloween episodes since roseanne with their annual heists, and having some pretty damn memorable christmases, opening with this:

So naturally thanksgiving is no exception, with it’s last two being the best and it being a really hard choice wether to go with season 4′s “Detective Santiago” or this one. But as good as the other ep was.. this one inched it out for good reason.

The episode’s split into two equally good, equally hilarious plot lines. In the B-Plot, the 99′s Captain Raymond Holt, one of the best characters in sitcom history and gay icon, and his husband Kevin take their annual trip to get a pie for Holt’s families thanksgiving and come back with the well crafted pie, even if both prefer their food nice and bland. But the pie go missing and Captain Holt procedes to hilariously drill into each of the other members of the 99 and uncovering holes int their previous thanksgving stories with Rosa’s being suprisingly heartwarming (She’s going to a humilating minons on ice show with her family because they reconnected in jail.. setting up the equally awesome “Game Night” episode where she comes out.) and Boyle’s being utterly pathetic as you’d expect (Cooking his son mac and cheese because he’ll eat nothing else and declaring him a “basic bitch”). The solution however ends up being heartwarming as the culprit is actually Kevin, who hated the pie.. as did Raymond who suggests just taking the drive anyway because they enjoy the silent ride there and back every year. It may be boring to us.. but it’s preicious and really sweet all the same.. as it is hilarous when Kevin treats this as a big endugence and seems turned on by that. What i’m saying is these men are couple goals and Marc Evan Jakcson was awesome long before ducktlaes. The main plot is also great, as Jake and Amy, now engaged after this year’s halloween episode which is also , coincidentally, the series best, try to unite their families. It just goes about as well as you’d expect as Amy’s are type a control freaks, jake’s mom is a retired hippie school teacher and his dad is a human disaster area who has to be told to put on pants, cheated on his mom constantly, somehow got her back, and in general is barely functional on a good day. The families do bond breifly but things ineveitbly break down, hilarity and severed limbs insue and family comes together. IT’s just a funny, well done 20 mintues that’s also really damn sweet, with this plot ending with Amy’s dad accepting the chaos as that’s’ts what you do with family. Also jake naturally finds out he has a ton of step siblings as his dad was and still is a man whore. Happy Thanksgiving!

5. Bart Vs Thanksgiving (The SImpsons)

Let’s face it: if you follow my reviews at all you knew this was coming. While not one I go back to due to being an emotional kidney punch, i’d be doing this list a diservice if this classic wasn’t on there. In a nutshell, Bart starts a petty fight with Lisa over her centerpiece that ends with it in the fireplace, Bart sent to his room till he apologizes, and Bart seething insiting he did no wrong. It takes a visit to the homeless shelter after running away, and ending up on the news, to realize what an ass he’s been and one nightmarish dream sequence later, seriously why do you think I don’t revisit this one that often? This thing has traumatized me since I was a kid and unlike the slap song I will not be showing it to you, has a heartwarming reconcliation with his sister on the roof. It’s just a nice, sweet special that gets the holiday just right and i’d expect nothing less from Golden Age Simpsons.

4. A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving (Gilmore Girls) Another show I need to talk about more, Gilmore Girls is fucking awesome. The story of a woman who ran away pregnant at age 16 and built her own life for her daughter in the quirky town of stars hollow who finds herself reconnecting with her parents in present day against her will.. is really good stuff. Funny, heartfelt and really damn well acted with one hell of a cast, the show is part of me and I make no bones about that, so it’s big thanksgiving outing naturally belongs on here. The premise is simple: Rory and Loreli end up having to go to four diffrent thanksgivings, which even for big eaters like them is a massive task, each unique and entertaining. The main event of course is Suki’s, where everyone’s faviorite chef agreed to let her husband cook the turkey.. of course with the plan to sneak in mid cooking and add her own touches. This gets foiled when Jackson and his family decide to deep fry the thing.. probably in part because Jackson knows his wife well and knows what she was planning. Though over the night while our heroines are at their other meals, it devolves into them deepfrying everything they can get their hand son including a shoe, and Suki getting plastered to tolerate it. While not topping it the other meals and the sheer lunacy of four thanksigvings in one day, are still memorable: There’s the natural posh one at Richards and Emilys, the dour joyless one at The Kims where Mrs Kim forces the band to play the whole time and forces our heroines to eat food as joyless as Mrs. Kim, and Lukes for a nice round of Rory grappling with having PDA with her boyfirend Jess before resolving it at the end. Also dean’s a jackass. No one is suprised. Jess isn’t one at this stage in his character which is. Also Kirk adopts a cat that slowly pushes him out of his own house which works comedically becaus Sean Gunn is a national treasure. Overall a really good episode and if you have netflix and haven’t checked the series out, this is a good one to try out.

3. The Thanksgiving Special (Regular Show) I already talked about this one in my top 11 Regular Show episodes so i’ll try to be brief. In a nutshell Mordecai and Rigby destroy thanksgiving and genuinelly feeling bad about it, scramble to win a thanksgiving bird from a Thanksgiving Song Contest, going up against an all star super group comissioned by Donald Trump. Yes really. Meanwhile Muscle Man and High Five Ghost go to get sides and the rest of the park staff’s attemtps to get a turkey are thwarted by a bunch of thanksgiving reinactors who go unexplained in any way shape or form which given how rare that is for regular show, which usually has some sort of explination for the madness, just makes it funnier. It ends with a REALLY touching song, a fight on a blimp with outgoing president trump, and a truly heartwarming thanksgiving meal. All in all a nice special that combines the shows madcap nature with the genuine warm fuzzies of thanksgiving.

2. We Gather Together (Roseanne) Another series I need to talk about more.. and another series where one of the creators has turned out to be a terrible human being. Seriously Roseanne Barr is is a terible person, she deserved to be removed from her show, and while the Conner’s isn’t GREAT it’s still FAR better without her. That being said I will still stick up for the original as she wasn’t the only one involved (indeed the aformentioned Joss Whedon worked on the show breifly and Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman Paladino not only worked there but later adapted one of Roseanne’s insane antics, making all the writers wear caps with a number instead of referring to them by name , to Gilmore Girls.). Her being a bad person even then dosen’t change the fact that the show is sitcom gold, one of my faviorite shows, and a true classic. And this episode helps showcase WHY.

What makes this episode special, even among Roseanne episodes is it’s structure: While there are things going on it’s mostly a free floating day in the Families life and thus feels like your there with them through thanksgiving. It feels genuine, like past thanksgivings i’ve remembered: Everyone has their own stuff going on, they all eat, and there’s naturally a big blowup.. and one that eveyrone else ignores to eat which I can relate to. That authenticity really elevates the episode and is why I seek it out every year.

That’s not to say nothing happens, it just flows in and out like it would in a normal thanksgiving. Roseanne deals with her parents, a pre-abuser version of her dad and her overbearing nightmare of a mother beverly, and the inevetible blow up when Bev’s needling about Jackie’s life goes too far , prompting Jackie to reveal her new job as a police officer before bursting into tears, all to Roseanne’s annoyance. Rosie also moves them to a hotel despite an attempted guilt trip from her mom.

Speaking of Mom’s we see Dan’s for the only time before the later seasons and the utterly terrible last season, a professional career woman whose moved on well from her ex and brought her new boyfriend there. Ed, despite some comptemplation over it is firmly accepting and instead starts flirting with the Conner’s friend Crystal. Dan, being overprotective because of his Daddy Issues, but ed cals him out on it “Being lonely is a hell of a lot for two people to have in common, you woudln’t knwo anything abotu that son, and I pray to god you never do” A great caper to a fantastic episode.. one I thought was going to top the list... THOUGHT is the key word here...

1. Turkey in A Can (Bob’s Burgers) This one is. Bob’s Burgers is one of the best things to come out of the 2010′s and i’ve fallen way too far behind on it, so I can’t say if any thanksgivings after thankshoarding top this one.. what I can say is this one is the gold standard for thanksgiving episodes, and is filled with great stuffing.

Thanksgiving is Bob’s holiday. Being a chef he loves the chance to go all out, and really flex his muscles for his families when it comes to cooking up a storm, and it’s endearing when bob gets just as nuts as his family. But this year someone keeps flushing his turkeys down the toilet despite his best efforts, so while Louise hilariously tries to solve things to proe it wasn’t her (though it’s entirely fair they thought it was her consdering.. everything), while LInda, Gene and LInda’s flighty sister Gale try to write THE thanksgiving song. And while it’s no you just got slapped, damn if they didn’t succeed.

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Sailors in your mouth indeed. It leads to plenty of great jokes the best being the guy at the Deli Counter thinking Bob’s into him and bob not being sure how to respond, but being mildly recpetive. But the climax is what makes the episode as when Bob falls asleep we find his medication has been making him sleepwalk.. and thus put the turkey s int he toilet, as Tina’s desire to be at the Grown Up Table, itslef a REALLY funny runner as you’d expect, has him panicking internally and thus reliving her potty training. The episode ends with Bob letting her come to the adults table, and a rather heartwarming thanksgiving feast. All in all an excellent episode. It also leads to the chaos seen above whic hif htat’s not thanksgiving, I don’t know what is.

Have a happy thanksgiving and check out my black friday sale! Until then there’s always another rainbow!

#thanksgiving #top 10 #bob's burgers #gilmore girls #buffy the vampire slayer #aqua teen hunger force #hey arnold #how I met your mother #the simpsons #roseanne #regular show #brooklyn nine nine #brooklyn 99 #99

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magusofthefork · 4 years ago

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My thoughts on Maros MH2 Teaser

Just thought I would go over some of Maros teasers and write my thoughts about them. Will revist later once we know the answers to these teasers. I won’t be going over every teaser.

• a theme on only a handful of cards in Modern Horizons gets a larger presence

Not sure what this could be as there were a lot of themese in MH1. I think the one I’d like to see more of is the “lands in graveyard” theme as we’ve had bits of it across magics history but never really enough to build a deck around.

• a Frog twenty-six years in the making

This one interests me. 26 years in the making implies this frog has been around as an idea for almost the entire history of magic. I’d love to hear the design story behind it

• a Future Sight mechanic reused for first time

There are still a lot of Future Sight mechanics that have yet to be used again. I’m hoping for Transfigure and for the sake of the modern format I am hoping its not Gravestorm because that mechanic is so hard to balance that it could easily cause another Hogaak situation.

• a white enchantment with a trigger that investigates

If this is good and can generate multiple clues it’ll probably become a commander staple. White is stil really hurting for card draw.

• “for each other Ooze you control.”

More Ooze tribal? Awesome. I wonder if we’ll get an Ooze commander

• “If an ability of a <CENSORED> or another <CENSORED> you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.”

I am guessing the censored bits here are creature types or potentially one of them is a card type (ie if the ability of an artifact or another artificer you control). Could be a very powerful card and if I’m right about the censored bits being types could potentiall have some interesting shenanigans when combined with things that can change the cards type.

• “you may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell’s mana cost.”

This is one of the cards more likely to be overpowered. Cheating on mana costs is almost always really powerful.

• “Trample over planeswalkers”

This is a weird one. Does this mean if a creature hits a planeswalker with less loyalty than its power the rest will hit the player? If so I’m all for it. I do like getting more answers to planeswalkers.

• “If an Insect card was milled this way,”

Insect tribal stuff? I don’t think we’ve ever had that. I wonder what insect tribal will do. We don’t currently have a dedicated self mill tribe (zombies kinda like it but thats just because they like graveyards not because they like specifically self mill) this could be fun. Not sure if there will be enough here for a full deck though.

• “Protection from permanents with corruption counters on them”

Corruption counters is a cool idea. I could imagine that being a major set mechanic in future with decks that corrupt their own creatures for a benefit and cards that gain bonuses against corrupted creatures. Would fit a New Phyrexia set quite well.

• Creature – Dauthi Rogue

Oh Dauthi, haven’t seen them in a while. I assume this will be a monoblack creature with Shadow. Will probably do something like make the opponent mill when it deals combat damage.

• Creature – Elemental Incarnation

I wonder if this will be a new cycle similar to the old elemental incarnation cycle

• Artifact Creature – Clue Myr

This will be the Myr/Clue equivilent of Gingerbrute. I like Gingerbrute so I’ll probably like this one too.

• Tribal Artifact – Lhurgoyf

This feels like an attempt to buff Tarmogoyf since getting it in the graveyard will give the goyfs +2/+2.

• Legendary Creature – Merfolk God

I bet Prof is happy with this. Probably Simic or Bant colour ID but castable in monoblue so it can be a decent lord in modern and also a good Commander for Merfolk tribal.

#MtG #magic the gathering #modern horizons 2

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theviscountbridgerton · 4 years ago

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Clyvedon Castle

Who’d like to take a tour of some of the filming locations used in Bridgerton? We’ll start with beautiful Castle Howard, most likely used as Clyvedon Castle, Simon’s ancestral home.

House: Castle Howard

Location: North East of England, close to the city of York.

Official Website: CastleHoward.co.uk

Castle Howard has been the home of the Howard family for eight generations. Charles Howard, the 3rd Earl of Carlisle (1679-1738), began the work of building the house in 1699. Construction wasn’t completed until 1811, with many changes from the original earl’s design. You might notice that the two wings aren’t symmetrical.

The house suffered significant damage in a fire in 1940, that resulted in the destruction of the original dome and left a third of the building open to the skies. The dome was rebuilt in the 1960s and work to restore the remaining fire damaged areas is ongoing.

Bridgerton is not the first time Castle Howard has been used as a filming location. It has been featured in Brideshead Revisted, Barry Lyndon, Death Comes to Pemberley and Victoria, and others.

The house has extensive grounds, with over 1,000 acres of parklands with woodlands, walled gardens, temples, lakes and fountains.

And finally, here’s the Duke himself at Castle Howard

#Bridgerton #filming locations #Castle Howard #Clyvedon Castle #The Duke and I

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himbowelsh · 5 years ago

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webgott + jane/ chicken pox

a little fall of meme can hardly hurt me now ( accepting )

AN: this is almost certainly not what you were hoping for, but do you have ANY IDEA how much i’ve missed this little family?? writing jane?? this is officially part of the single dad web au and i regret nothing

It takes exactly thirty seconds of Googling for Joe to declare Webster banned from the house.

“What?” Webster exclaims, bracing himself against the doorframe as his fiancé blocks his way. “Are you serious? This is my house.”

“Our,” Joe corrects, because this is the hill he’s willing to die on, but not one Webster should. “The day I moved in, it became my house, and I’m temporarily kicking you out.”

“This isn’t funny, Joe. Let me in.”

“Nope,” Joe declares, and moves to slam the door in his face. Webster blocks it, and nearly gets a broken shoulder for the trouble. He’s nothing if not determined, the idiot. Gritting his teeth, Joe moves to shove him out, but Webster takes advantage of his loose stance to push himself further inside.

“My name is on the lease, so you can’t evict me — Joe, seriously, what the hell?” Finally, Webster pushes his way inside; he stands in the middle of the living room, hands on his hips. Webster’s got a Dad Mode, obviously learned through experience, and it’s in full gear now; he looks like he’s about to take away Joe’s X-Box for a week, though the genuine anger on his face speaks for itself. “What are you trying to do?” he demands, taking a step forward. “My kid’s in there, and she’s sick, so what do you mean I can’t be in there with her —“

“She’s got spots, Web,” Joe interjects, voice flat. “They showed up while you were at the store. Her arms are covered in them.”

Webster processes this for a moment, understanding dawning across his face. “Just chicken pox, then? Okay, that’s not so bad.”

Joe snorts, running a hand through his hair to force it back. When Webster raises an eyebrow at him, he just shakes his head. “That alone tells me you ain’t ever had chicken pox. So you’re gonna stay out of this house until Jane’s better, and I’ve deep cleaned everything. Not taking any chances.”

“Joe. Come on.” Webster’s incredulity is clearly toeing the line of frustration, but he doesn’t get it. “It’s just chicken pox.”

“Yeah, for her, because she’s ten.” Joe sweeps a hand towards Jane’s closed bedroom door — brightly decorated with drawings of Pokémon, sea creatures, and cartoon characters. Behind it, the poor kid’s laid up in bed, sheets thrown off because she’s too hot. Her dark curls are a tangled mess, since she couldn’t be bothered to tame them this morning; but they can’t quite hide the bright red rash steadily creeping up her neck. Joe was freaked out for a few minutes, before he recognized it. Once you’ve had chicken pox once, you never really forget those splotches, or the goddamn itch. “For her it’s just a little thing, sure. It’ll be over in a week. But in adults, it’s not so little.”

“Oh, come on —“

“Chicken pox is twenty-five times deadlier in adults.”

That shuts Webster up.

“I — you —“ He fumbles for words for a moment, the gears in his pretty little head apparently jammed up. “Have you —“

“Yeah, Web, I’ve had it before. Gave it to my whole family when I was six.” He rolls his eyes, before they catch on the plastic bag in Webster’s hand. Leaning across the room, he gets just close enough to pluck the bag from him, and immediately starts pawing around inside.

“Whatcha get, whatcha get... Tylenol, good.” He tosses it on the counter. “Children’s vitamins, weird, but okay — seriously, Web?” He holds up a shark plushie with unnervingly large, glittering eyes.

“They were on sale,” is Webster’s only defense. “And Jane loves getting new toys when she’s sick!”

“Amazing you didn’t raise a spoiled brat.” Joe returns to the bag with a snort. Pulling out a pack of mango orange juice — the only thing Jane will drink when she’s sick, apparently — he finally lays out Webster’s haul on the counter. For a moment, he scrutinizes it, lips pursed. “You’re gonna have to go back,” he finally says. “She’ll need calamine, for the itching. You can find it in a bottle, or a little can that sprays... and who can you stay with ‘til this blows over? We could ask Lip, he’s got an extra room, or — could you call Hoob? Dukeman?”

“For god’s sake, Joe,” Webster groans, “I’m not going anywhere, just to leave you to take care of my sick kid!”

That actually bites. Joe goes still, words dying in his throat. His gaze stalls on the counter for a moment, intent, before he rounds on Webster. This is a conversation they’ve had before — many, many times before — and he didn’t think they’d need to have it again.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” he demands, voice low instead of harsh. “You really think I mind it? You think when I moved in here with you guys, when I put that ring on my finger, I wasn’t signing up for this?” He pauses for a moment, drinking in the silence, before throwing his hands in the air. “Jesus, Web. Shit. If we’re still on that page —“

“Alright.” Webster, at least, looks appropriately shamefaced. In any other situation, this could easily spiral into an argument — not like they haven’t gone to war over dumber stuff — but now isn’t the time or place. He sighs, raising his hands in surrender. “I’m sorry. It just... feels wrong to leave you on your own.”

Jane’s not bad company at the best of times. Actually, Joe likes hanging out with her more than he does with her dad. At least Jane can put up a good fight in any video game — even the ones she’s technically not allowed to play — and she’s got enough stories to fill a library. Half of them, Joe suspects, she’s just making up off the top of her head, but Jane’s got an imagination like a firecracker. Her drawings are always brimming with color and life. When she brings them to her dad or Joe for inspection, she demands constructive criticism, and takes it seriously. Jane’s always busy — if she’s not drawing, she’s reading, and if she’s not reading, she’s writing, and if she’s not writing she’s caught in a very intense make-believe game in the backyard — but somehow she still finds time to spend with the adults.

It’s not like Joe doesn’t like Jane. It’s not like being around her is some burden or anything. Hell, he thinks he even loves her a bit — in a way he never imagined getting to love a kid of his own. He loves Webster, and Jane means the world to Web, so it’s simple as that.

And Web thinks he wouldn’t want to take care of Jane while she’s sick? Jesus.

“You kidding me? We’ll have a great time. Jane’s been trying to get me into Harry Potter, anyway, and you gotta show your kid Star Wars… I don’t trust you with the greats.” His topic shift is clearly a dismissal of the entire argument. Good old Web doesn’t get the hint.

“But you shouldn’t —“

“Fuck’s sake!” Joe exclaims — and if he wasn’t genuinely mad before, he is now. His tone lowers a second later, mindful of Jane in the other room, even if it’s hardly the first time she’s heard the two of them tear at each other. Instead, Joe settles for tossing the plastic bag on the ground, in blatant defiance of Web’s “pick things up” rule, and glaring at him. When Web gapes at him, incredulous, Joe just raises an eyebrow. Whatcha gonna do? Come over here and pick it up? It’s probably got chicken pox on it.

“You,” Joe says in a low voice, “are gonna let me do this for you. I’m gonna look after Janie. You are gonna go to the store and get some calamine, for shit’s sake, and then you’re gonna call up Hoobler and ask if he’s got a spare room. You can get whatever you need from our room, but I want you outta here, Web.”

Webster is silent for a moment, like he has to thoroughly chew his thoughts before saying them. His sigh, when it comes out, shakes a bit. “Joe…”

“Just let me take care of you,” he says again, and sees the exact moment Web breaks.

“What sort of lotion do we need again?”

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Joe’s encountered Sick Web in the wild before. He’s a drama queen if they ever existed — clingy, listless, and depressive. If he can manipulate you into doing something for him, he will; if he needs to act sicker than he is, he’ll damn well do it. If he gets you sick, he’ll have no remorse. Flu season in their house still feels like a bad dream, one Joe prefers not to revist.

Sick Jane, in comparison, is a dream.

“It’s so nice not to be in bed,” she chirps, sounding downright cheerful as she balances a soup bowl in her lap. Joe keeps an eye on her — not just because she’ll be devastated if she spills on her octopus PJs, but because of the scratching. Jane’s a sneaky scratcher. Joe’s caught her doing it at least twenty times today, and no matter how much he hammers the point home that she won’t get better if she keeps scratching at the things, she doesn’t quite get it. There’s a patch of spots just under her chin that are really giving her trouble, but other than that, she’s holding out well.

“It’s only if you’re up for it, okay? You start feeling tired and it’s back to bed.”

Jane makes a face at him. Joe rolls his eyes and makes a face right back.

“So,” she says, having seized control of the remote. “What do you wanna watch now?”

“I dunno, the amount of movies we’ve watched this week —“

“You want to watch a cartoon? Some of the new Marvel ones are supposed to be good, I haven’t seen them.”

“Meh. We could. Ooh, how about Young Jus—“

He’s cut off by the sound of hammering — not at the door, but at the goddamn window.

Jane yelps as a splash of her soup hits the couch cushions; Joe nearly falls to the floor, scrambling for the first weapon he can find, which happens to be the remote. The curtains are half closed to the cool night, which means anyone outside could see in if they got close enough — and, as Joe approaches the windowpane, he can see a white hand pressed to the glass.

It clicks for Jane first. “Oh my gosh,” she gasps, leaping from the couch. “Daddy!”

Joe has to fight the urge to groan as Webster’s smiling face appears in the window. How many times is this, now — eight? Nine? It’s been almost a week since Web left, but he sure hasn’t let himself be forgotten. Every day, he stops by… either to see Jane and leave gifts, or to see him and leave gifts. Collectively, they’re now three books, two plushies, three video games, three DVDs, and a dozen snacks richer.

At the moment, though, Webster’s not carrying any bags. He doesn’t seem to have shown up with anything — just himself.

It’s also impossible to hear him through the window, but to Jane that doesn’t seem to matter.

“Hi, Daddy,” she says, pressing her hand to the outline of Web’s in the glass. “Are you okay? Are you staying safe? Look at my spots, these ones are starting to get scabs. Joe’s been making soup every night, I’m so tired of it — can you get me a fruit salad? I like the hammerhead you brought over—“

Heaving a soft sigh, Joe steps back, giving the two some space. Knowing Jane, she can go on for a while… and she’s missed her dad. Rather than intrude on the moment, Joe slips out the kitchen door, into the backyard. The night air is sweet, waking him up in all the places exhaustion was starting to weigh on him. He closes his eyes, tilting his head to bask in it. The temptation to light up a cigarette is strong, but he’ll never hear the end of it from Web if he found out, so Joe just sits in the steps, arms braced against his knees as he stares into the night.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, footsteps echo around the side of the house.

“Oh, scarecrow. I think I missed you most of all.”

Joe exhales, deep from his chest. “That why you’ve been coming around every day? Careful, Web. I’m gonna start thinking you’ve got a crush on me.”

“Now, more than ever,” Webster replies, and the sweetness in his voice takes Joe aback.

When Joe looks over, he finds Web standing with his hands in his pockets, silhouetted against the porch light. His expression is open, warm — and his eyes might be glittering a bit too, which, crissakes Web — vulnerable in a way that leaves Joe feeling unmasked.

These are not the sort of feelings Joe knows how to deal with. He shrugs, eager to shake them off.

“Hey, you know, you don’t come back soon and Jane and I might take over this place for ourselves. We’re thinking of putting in a movie theater… indoor swimming pool…” Web is still smiling at him, and it leaves Joe feeling a bit weak. The bravado in his voice slides away, tone gentling. “A few more days, yeah? You saw her. She’s doing great. As soon as those spots scab up, she’s all yours.”

“You’re doing a great job, Joe.” And, because Web can never resist making everything ridiculously sappy, “Thank you.”

Joe shrugs, and has to look away. “Next time you visit, bring a pizza or something, huh?”

“I do have something for you, actually. Jane, uhh — Jane told me to give it to you.”

“Yeah?” Interest piqued, Joe turns back. “What?”

Web isn’t smiling now. He actually looks a little mortified. Sterling himself, he shuffles his feet, clearing his throat. “I — okay, Jane told me, remember, she said I had to —“

“Web.”

At last, Webster cracks. He raises a hand to his lips, and — to Joe’s amazement — blows a massive kiss.

“Thank you,” is all Web says — and he doesn’t get upset, even when Joe almost falls over cackling.

Any time, Web, he thinks, gripping the porch railing for dear life. Any time.

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Christmas 2020: Day 5 - Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...

FIVE EVIL KINGS!

“Christmas...in July?!” I hear you scoff “What a preposterous idea.” Well, maybe not. After such an unprecedented year as 2020 has been, governments around the world find themselves in the delicate position of trying to further the public health whilst trying to stimulate their economies that are circling the drain. Plus, do you want to be seen as the Grinch figure who cancelled Christmas? That’s going to look real good come next election season, isn’t it? Well, what if we didn’t cancel Christmas..just postpone it instead. Did you know that the retail industry does 50% of its business between December 1st and December 25? That’s half a year’s business in just one month’s time. But with the inherent risk of everyone piling into stores and the already lost time from all these lockdowns, why not delay things slightly to allow us all time to get this new vaccination. Seems to me that Boris Johnson would be wise to legislate a second such gift giving holiday. Create, say, a Christmas 2 next Summer to stimulate growth.

Thank you, Danny Trejo. I’m just surprised it took me this long to mention COVID-19. It took me like the very first sentence of the October marathon. I suppose the Christmas season doesn’t really lend itself to it as much, though Kevin McCallister was doing pioneering work in that whole social distancing thing back in the day.

But yes, Rudolph and Frosty. After seeing both their specials over the past couple of years, why not watch them together in some sort of superstar tag team in their own feature length motion picture epic? I’m jumping ahead slightly in the Rankin/Bass cinematic universe which apparently was a little unwise as I missed a couple of important plot points.

Like, apparently Frosty had kids at some point? How does that work? Do snowmen fuck? I mean, Frosty was always a little dim so it kinda feels a bit weird like Buddy the Elf having kids by the end of Elf. Did kids build him a wife, bring her to life and then their combined magic allows them to have sentient children? Or do they have to be built and brought to life too? How many magic hats to these kids have access to? Is there just a factory somewhere pumping these things out? I can’t believe I have so many questions about an anthropomorphic snowman.

Nevermind that shit though, there’s a whole backstory going on that we need to dive into full of evil wizards and deities appearing on Earth in human form. Many years ago the wicked King Winterbolt ruled over the land with an iron first and a frosty sceptre capable of great magic. But against him stood Lady Boreal.

Queen of the Northern Lights! Oh for God’s sake, first It’s a Wonderful Life comes back to haunt me and now this. Why do so many Christmas movies have so many instances of the goddamn aurora borealis?! Anyway, she rocks up and is like “Stop all this evil tyranny business.” and he’s like “lol, no” and tries to shoot her with his magic missile, to which she’s like “Bitch, please.” and puts him into a deep slumber. But nothing lasts forever and eventually Winterbolt awakens and finds like the North land has a much more jolly leader in the form of Santa and vows to overthrow him with a rather longwinded scheme involving him winning the love of all the children of the world by making Santa get lost in a great snow storm. Then, Winterbolt can emerge with his own supply of toys and become the new Santa!

But with her last ounce of strength, Lady Boreal transfers her remaining magic into baby Rudolph’s shiny nose. Or maybe this is some Biblical level shit and she put Rudolph upon the Earth to be the saviour of Christmas, that he might grow up to lead Santa’s sleigh through the dark and stormy night. Where was this angle in the original Rudolph?! Kinda re-writes that whole part about him being shunned by Santa and his own Father too. Does kinda take that whole ‘embrace who you are’ thing to a new level when you were pretty much created by a God to have this one seemingly life altering feature about you that actually means you’re destined for greatness. Bit of a test of these other reindeer too, this is how you treat he I have delivered unto you?!

So, now that we have some meddlesome reindeer getting in the way, Winterbolt sets off on some longwinded and convoluted plan that involves Rudolph and Frosty going to a 4th of July circus in order to trick Rudolph into committing an evil act that will void Lady Boreal’s magic. Plus, he gives Frosty and family some amulets that will prevent them from melting but only up until the last firework fades. And to do all this he uses some sort of magic snow which can implant ideas in peoples heads? So he gets this ice cream guy to encourage Rudolph and Frosty to be in the show to boost ticket sales and help his girlfriend. This guy by the way rides around in a hot air balloon and keeps a supply of ice cream at the North Pole. Dude, it’s called a freezer.

I love how they make this big thing about what an attraction Rudolph will be but his act is literally him standing in the middle of the tent, they use a fog machine on him and he uses his nose to shine through the fog. Then he just flies away. I mean, I suppose just having a flying reindeer is pretty spectacular in and of itself but give them a little more for their money, tell a joke or something.

This whole middle portion of the movie is a bit of a drag though. Just really boring and full of filler songs about the circus. I don’t know why this movie is as long as it is at like 98 mins. If you trimmed it down you’d have something a lot more solid. I’d say the one highlight in this portion is when Winterbolt goes to what seems to be this movies equivalent of a doss house and finds this really shady reindeer he can use to trick Rudolph. Just seeing this evil genius in Winterbolt interacting with this scuzzy landlord and finding this bum reindeer is just really weird.

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There’s a neat version of Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree too. Has this slight country, Dolly Parton feel to it and is a bit more uptempo than the original.

I was pretty disappointed during this whole section and was worried that it would end up like Frosty but it won me back again in the end by tapping into some of that uncharacteristic dark Christmas feel that Rudolph had. Where that was more cynical, this gets oddly morbid.

Like, the plan is for Santa to swing by and pick up Frosty and family in order to take them back to the North Pole before the fireworks finish so they don’t melt. Frosty is still really antsy though and is keen to duck out, even if that means missing the fireworks. Bizarrely, his kids question him on this and ask him what kind of patriot he is. I guess I never really thought of Frosty being American like that but I guess they did refer to him as having just being born when they put that hat on him. Plus he’s always saying ‘Happy birthday!’ when he wakes up so you could say he was born in America. Only trouble is, Winterbolt has whipped up a ferocious storm that means Santa is heavily delayed.

So you get these scenes of Frosty, his wife and kids all coming to terms with their own fragile mortality as they watch these 100 fireworks going off one by one, with each rocket flying into the sky acting like another grain of sand in the egg timer of their life, another second ticking away toward their impending doom. Just these kids looking up to their mother and telling her that they promise they’ll be brave...oh my God.

Or Rudolph having to give a false confession to stealing the takings from the circus in exchange for Winterbolt keeping the amulets powers going so that Frosty wont melt. Only Frosty knows the real truth, so everyone just shuns Rudolph. His friends turn their back on him, the crowd boo him and his nose wont light up anymore. Cue a mournful Rudolph solo which culminates in him crying as he sticks his nose in some glitter trying to replicate the beaming light it once gave off. Poor little guy.

But apparently not everyone has given up on Rudolph becomes he comes... a whale with a clock on it?! Apparently this guy was in one of the Rudolph films that came before this, just what in the hell did I miss?

Even after a showdown between Rudolph and Winterbolt where Rudolph gets Frosty’s hat back, Winterbolt is still out for vengeance and comes to the circus for a final showdown. To which the lady that runs the circus has the most appropriate response possible...

Reach for the skies, pilgrim! Only, her guns are just props that fire blanks so she just hurls the guns at Winterbolt and they promptly shatter his magic staff and he turns into a tree. Ooooooookay then.

I feel like Lady Boreal could have saved us a lot of hassle if she’d put Winterbolt to sleep and then took his staff away rather than just leaving it laying around for him to use again when he finally awoke.

For a second there in the middle I thought that this would be more of a Frosty than a Rudolph but it redeemed itself a bit by the end. Probably not quite to the levels of Rudolph but I enjoyed the bookends of it. If they’d cut some of the middle out and kept it under an hour, I’d be a lot happier with it. Apparently there’s another Rudolph movie that came out in the early 2000’s that revists a lot of those characters from the first one so I’m really tempted to watch that as well but I feel like I already rode my luck here and I’d really tarnish my positive memories of the original by watching a cheap cash in. I probably will just watch it anyway though so I guess we’ll find out next year.

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