#*tts : holiday series

[hanfourz]

― scream | h.ts 𓆩⚝𓆪

first installment of the 'tis the season drabble series !

pairing・ghostface!taesan x fem!reader

genre・smut, mostly pwp (fluff towards the end), established relationship

warnings・MDNI, mask kink, unprotected sex (Do Not.), dom!taesan, profanity, fingering, big dick!taesan

word count・2.3k (!!!!!)

note・uh we don't talk abt how long this took me or the fact that this is a halloween drabble in december... it's fine (the end's kinda trash sry lmao) - 🪼

[ networks : @onedoornet ]

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halloween was your favorite time of the year. all the spooky decor, scary movies, and candy made your eyes glow with excitement. and this year you’d get to spend it with your boyfriend. last year, you two were supposed to celebrate together but you came down with something so he’d come up with a brilliant plan of staying in and watching scary movies to your heart’s content. and as fun as that was, this year you were determined to make halloween count. 

“dongminie, hurry or we’re gonna be late!” you heard a deep sigh before he muttered out ‘okayokay’. you two had a party to get to in exactly 2 hours. a party you may or may not have convinced forced your lovely boyfriend to go to. truthfully he wasn’t all that upset about going to this party, one of his friends was hosting it so he knew he was going to have to go anyway. it was the damned costume you’d practically begged him to wear. you two were supposed to be characters from one of your favorite thrillers, a movie that taesan personally didn’t care for. you’d made him watch every single scream movie last year and told him you wanted him to be ghostface this year. he didn’t really think you were serious until he saw the mask sitting on the bed and your overly excited smile as you pulled him into your room to show it to him. he’d be lying if he said your excitement wasn’t kinda adorable and that’s what ultimately won him over. (that and the fact that he was completely head over heels for you) 

“babe!! come here, i need help!” you whipped around at the sound of taesan’s voice coming from your bedroom. when you got up and made your way over, you opened the door to the sight of him standing at the foot of your bed. he’d had the mask on most of the way but was seemingly struggling to get it to fit comfortably. you giggled under your breath and when he’d heard you, his head perked up in your direction. you stepped towards him and helped him adjust the mask over his head, stepping back once you’d both got it fully on. now with the mask settled over his head, you got to see his full costume. he opted out of the long dress in favor of black jeans and a black t-shirt, fake knife in hand. in truth, he just looked like himself with a mask on. so you’re not sure why you were getting so hot all of the sudden. you stood there and staring in stunned silence. when he tilted his head at your silence, you swore you felt your gut tense up. unbeknownst to you, taesan could absolutely tell you were turned on right now, you really weren’t that hard to read. and suddenly things clicked in his brain, the way you were so eager to get him in this costume, the glazed over look in your eyes when you were talking about seeing him in it. 

“what’s wrong, baby? how does it look?” he asked, feigning innocence but slowly stepping closer to you. your eyes widened ever so slightly, if he wasn’t intensely staring at you through the mask he wouldn’t have even noticed. but he did and it caused the tiniest of smirks to cross his face. 

“looks good, ‘minie… we should- uh we should probably get going.” you tried to answer normally but his presence, the way he loomed over you, was intoxicating. your eyes couldn’t stay focused on where to look, darting around his frame. and when he pressed closer to you, you felt your knees grow weak a little. you don’t know what was coming over you but taesan was enjoying every second of it. his large hands found your waist and yours came to press on his chest. “we’re gonna be late-” you were cut off by him sitting on the edge of the bed, pulling you down into his lap in the process. your mouth hung open in shock but taesan wasn’t even paying attention to you. instead he had turned his upper half to snatch up his phone and was seemingly texting someone. 

your brows furrowed as you stared in confusion. “what’re you doing?” you asked tilting your head to see he was texting jaehyun. 

“telling him we’re not coming.” was all he said before he turned again to place his phone on the dresser.

his hands were on you in seconds. your mouth opened to protest but you were cut off again by his hands trailing up your shirt. you let out a shaky exhale, watching as he stared intently at the skin he was exposing the more his hands went up. once your shirt was pushed up to expose your chest, you reached to yank it off. taesan chuckled at your eagerness, hands groping over your bra causing you to keen into his touch. if the mask wasn’t getting you so worked up, you would’ve taken it off so you could kiss him and he would’ve taken it off so he could wrap his lips around your tits. but this would have to do for now. 

“dongmin, please.” you whined, not even fully sure what you were pleading for. he hums, not giving you what you want and continues to trail his hands over your torso. 

he stops at the waistband of the skirt you’re wearing, teasing at the skin there before sliding them back up to your chest. his pace is agonizingly slow as he unclasps your bra, your breath catching in your throat as the cold air causes your nipples to perk up. taesan groans lowly at the sight, pinching and rolling the sensitive buds between his fingers. you whimper, grinding yourself over his thigh that’s nestled between your legs. taesan watches you for a while mesmerized by the desperation in your movements. but then he’s quickly moving you, laying you down on the mattress whilst pushing your legs apart. he slots a leg in between your thighs, hovering above you as you whine impatiently. he doesn’t say a word as he shimmies your skirt off your hips, leaving you in just your lacy panties. the constant switching from feverish impatience to slow deliberation is making your head spin as he takes the time to admire your figure below him. his hands caress your thighs, pulling one up at the knee and pressing two fingers to the wet spot forming on your panties. 

you sigh at the feeling, hands reaching towards the band of your panties before he pushes them away. you let out an indignant whine but keep your hands away for the time being, allowing him to do as he so pleases. he starts to circle your clit with his fingers, occasionally pressing harder onto the bud. he watches as you arch into his ministrations and he feels it as you grow even more wet. he pulls your panties to the side, continuing to play with your clit. he watches as you clench around nothing, breathing ragged underneath his mask. 

“dongminie, please. want more.” you moan out, hands reaching for the one pressed to your cunt. he only pushes your hands away again, a frustrated whine leaving your lips. but then he actually takes your panties off, sliding them down your legs and throwing them to wherever your skirt went. and though you’re completely bare while he’s completely clothed, you don’t feel shy. no, if anything it turns you on even more. 

without warning, he plunges two fingers into your wetness causing a gasp to fall from your lips. he watches as they disappear into your hole before he brings them out and pushes them in again, setting a fast pace. your legs threaten to close but he presses a hand to your other thigh, forcing them open as he fucks you with his fingers. something about the dominance radiating from him in this moment makes you feel so much closer to the edge than normal. you’re whimpering and moaning loudly as his thumb starts to rub over your clit. he doesn’t say a word but you can hear how heavy his breathing has gotten and it drives you crazy. 

“‘min, i’m close. oh my god, please.” your back arches off the bed as you feel your orgasm fast approaching. he decides to press another finger into you, you moaning loudly at the feeling. he drinks in the sight of you falling apart for him, pussy clenching around his fingers and moans tumbling from your lips. when you come, your entire body tenses and you’re left scrambling for something to hold on to. he slows his fingers, letting you ride out your orgasm before pulling them out. 

as he turns his hand, he watches his fingers glisten with your essence and can’t resist pushing the mask up to lick them clean. the sight has your jaw dropping and pussy clenching once again. you trail your eyes down his form to see his very visible bulge. before you can even think of doing anything, he places both hands on opposite sides of your head, looming over you again. you take the opportunity to trail your hands over his clothed chest, feeling his breath shudder before he’s pulling away to be kneeling over you. he very quickly undoes the buckle on his pants, pulling them down enough so that he can push his boxers down. his hard length stands tall against his stomach, precum leaking from the tip. you watch as he pumps his length a few times, your breathing labored as your hand starts to trail down to your aching pussy. but taesan catches the movement, grabbing your hands and pinning them above your head. you whine and try to squirm free but to no avail. he holds you there until you stop trying to fight against him, tilting his head at you when you huff in annoyance. and even though he hasn’t said anything, you know that means you’d better keep your hands there if you wanted to cum again tonight. 

he pulls away when he’s sure you’re done and reaches for your legs, pulling you towards him whilst simultaneously spreading you open. he rubs his cock over your pussy, tip bumping your clit and causing little whines to leave you. once he feels he’s teased you enough he lines himself up with your entrance, pushing in slowly. no matter how many times you two have had sex, his cock always stretched you out so deliciously. you could feel it as he pushed every inch into your fluttering walls. you heard him sigh breathily when he finally bottomed out. just like he did with his fingers, he pulled out slowly before fully plunging back inside you, watching the way your pussy swallowed him. he felt so deep as he fucked into you, his hands snaking their way up to your chest. his fingers toyed with your tits while his hips snapped into yours. your hands were fisted tight in the sheets, moans of his name and incoherent blabbering falling from your lips. you chanted his name like a mantra as you felt his cock hit that spot inside you that had you seeing stars. 

he repositioned so his hands were placed on opposite sides of your head again, you bringing your legs to wrap around his hips. at this angle, you could feel him even deeper and you cried out his name. your hands found purchase on his shoulders as he rocked into you. now that he was closer, you could hear the soft pants and groans he was letting out behind the mask. you could feel that familiar tightening in your stomach, thighs clenching around him. you were letting out pleas and ‘yes’s’ and ‘feels so good, don’t stop’ and taesan knew he wasn’t going to last much longer. you could tell too, his thrusts getting sloppy and his head dipping into your neck. 

“gonna cum, dongminie, fuck ‘so good.” you moaned directly into his ear and that was his undoing. he groaned as your pussy clenched around him, both your orgasms washing over you. 

he thrusted into you a few more times before practically collapsing on top of you. you let out a laugh of disbelief, pulling his head up and immediately removing his mask. his hair was sticking to his sweaty forehead, lips swollen from biting down on them, and a blissed out look in his eyes. you had a dopey smile on your face as you pushed his hair back from his forehead. he sighed before sitting up, pulling his softening cock out of you and readjusting his clothes. you whined at the loss of contact and he chuckled. 

“be back, babe, hold on.” he murmured as he got up, grabbing a damp towel and a water bottle. he came back, wiping you clean (chuckling once again when you whined at the feeling) before opening the water bottle and giving it to you. once you were done with it, you gave it back to him and gave him a pointed look. he sighed and drank some water before settling it back on your nightstand. when he came back to lay with you, you immediately pulled him down into a heated kiss. 

“can’t believe you deprived me of your lips this entire time.” you pouted as you pressed your lips to his again, him smiling into the kiss. he hummed as he pulled you over so that you were on top of him, bare chest pressed against him. he kept you there as your lips moved in tandem, your tongue swiping across his bottom lip. it felt like hours before you two pulled away from one another. 

“you’re amazing, baby.” he said softly, his hand running through your hair. you just smiled at him, leaning to kiss his nose before you got up to get clothes to put on. 

“didn’t know you had a thing for masks though.” and even though your back was turned as you bent over, you could hear the teasing smirk in his voice. 

[adventuretolkienlover]

MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYS!!! Have Zachary Levi singing Go Tell It On A Mountain.😁❄️🎄🎅

[blue-solstice]

Don’t think I’m super happy with how this turned out but I wanted to put something festive together before the holidays were totally over. Happy New Year everyone! 🥂🎊🎆

[tangledbea]

If TTS had a full on Halloween episode, how do you think it would go down?

The thing is, I don't think TTS would have ever had an episode with a one-to-one parallel with any of our holidays. After all, their Valentine's Day episode (which aired in August) was about The Day of Hearts, not Valentine's Day, which doesn't exist in the Tangled universe. So I don't think a Halloween episode would have been about Halloween.

People like to say that "The Wrath of Ruthless Ruth" doesn't count, because it's not actually Halloween, but the elements are all there: it aired in October, a dark and stormy night, autumnal iconography like pumpkins and grey skies, poltergeist activity, possession, being trapped in a location, the characters feeling terror and panic, a corporeal ghost... I'm not sure why it doesn't count to so many people when none of our holidays are represented as we literally celebrate them in the entire series.

[nctsworld]

GIFSETS: 148 FANFICS: 3 FOLLOWERS: 10K+ STATE OF MIND: SURPRISINGLY GREAT!

this will be a modified version of what people have been tagging me as i'm inconsistent with posting and i'm a hybrid cc.

thank you so much to @bethereforme (lia's year in review), @jjsungie (angi's year in review), @lee-minhoe (mel's year in review), @ambivartence (siyuan's year in review), and @fadedinmysong (n's year in review) for tagging me! love you all ♡

TOP GIFSETS THIS YEAR:

mark on expectations for him vs. his brother - nct 127: the lost boys ep. 1

mark + the compression sweater // mix&max choreo-record

xiaojun // nct nation: tokyo

xiaojun // i'll pick you up [the show 230704]

johnny on taeil's role in nct 127 - nct 127: the lost boys ep. 2

johnny x longines x esquire korea

doyoung in the black turtleneck for anadktfab series

mark - golden hour || favourite lyrics

j³ + glasses // dream loop: the last midnight #1

jaemin - areanahomme+ china behind

SETS THAT DESERVE MORE LOVE:

jeno x the black tank top // nct nation 2023

johnny + yangyang + jaemin from nct connection 2023 (it never showed up in the tags T_T)

mark's birthday set

best nct 127 album

quick workout with jaehyun!

that one renjun fancam for anadktfab series

NOTES ON GIFSETS THIS YEAR:

as y'all can tell, i make the most sets during my break time from work LMAO i cannot believe i've made almost 150 sets this year! during summer, i'm pretty sure i made almost 1-3 on average a day haha. as many have mentioned, it's disheartening to see the notes on the sets, but we do it cause we love to, right?

FICS THIS YEAR:

fever pitch - pro!baseball player mark

at your earliest convenience - in which haechan asks convenience store clerk!reader on a date

8:38pm - dance and college au with jisung (pwp)

NOTES ON FICS THIS YEAR:

i am so happy that fever pitch got so much love because it took me two years since beautiful mv came out to finish it. it's now officially my second most popular fic on this blog! i'm also pleased people enjoyed ayec; it was just a cute little fun fic. i really hope i continue writing the connection series and i hope to post at least one christmas fic soon! (i also have a slytherin!yangyang fic in the works too...)

LAST NOTES:

a big thank you for all of you who follow me and support me, whether it be for my gifs or stories or both! i can't believe i hit 10k followers this year - that's crazy! i know i had the celebration, but i honestly had only 2-3 requests, so it was a bit disheartening and a little embarrassing for me to want to do it TT nonetheless, i love you all! have a safe, happy holidays and i wish you the best for next year ♡

TAGGING (if you've done this already, ignore my tag + on the flipside, if you decide to do this, please see the other year in reviews i linked for a different version!):

@huangrenjuns @hyuckworld @hy-ck @neocitycafe @neoneun-au @sehunniepot @twiceland

[ssuperficialspacecadett]

Hi!!!!! I hope ur finals are going great. I still like to think of this series and reread certain aprts, but i think im due for a total reread soon. <3 have a happy holiday, whichever onesyou celebrate!

HELLO !!

i have been AWOL as fuck but im back !! my finals went amazing and as a result i graduated uni !! I think im personally due for a reread as well so i can get in the TTS headspace again because its time for me to dust off my brain and throw myself into this story again !!

sending u so much love for always reaching out and sharing kind words (:

[mable-stitchpunk]

Help Stitchpunk, I’m a month in GHIAB and I’m already close to the end, it’s so good ahhh TT Also, you have no idea how much I like suffering secondhand embarrassment from Charlie instantly loosing braincells to Baby XDD

Other than that, Happy Holidays and soon enough a Happy New Year!

No worries! These will be the LONGEST twenty-one chapters of the series. 83 ...Or, at least, it feels like it. Not in a bad way or anything. ;)

And yes, Charlie is currently in a fun sort of hell. XDD

Happy Holidays and New Year to you too! 8D

[lost-in-azalea-forest]

hey! a little last gift for today. figured it would be about time to send it as there is approximately an hour for the day to end. I really finished this while we were on a call jxhshs hope you dont mind it, you are drawing right now and everything is really nice and relaxing. I hope you could smile a lot today and eat some tasty stuff, remember to drink water and it's been a pleasure to spend another bday with you, ily and thank you so much, I hope the holidays are nice and the end of the year too, and you know you got here a bro to rely on any time you need it

(love the way you color man that Neuvas illustration is turning out amazing)

fjksdjdk now its only half an hour until midnight, but thank you so much for this series of gifts TT i love you and i am really grateful for birthday spent with you (and im glad youre liking the illustration 👀)

all your messages were really so nice and reassuringggg i love you, and i hope your birthday are spent in equally loving atmosphere 🫂🫂🫂

oughh and i would love to have some soft moments with Nadia or B.lade rn .///. thank you again for everything, bro, please spend another year of my life with me

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

Rebecca Ferguson criticized after the TV4 interview: "Called her later and apologized"

"Was told by my team that I was going to meet an angry journalist, and went into defensive mode"

Rebecca Ferguson is back as Ilsa Faust in a new action-packed "Mission: impossible".

"I've had ten fantastic years with these people," says the Swedish world star to TT.

When TT speaks to Rebecca Ferguson, the American actors' strike has not yet been called, and Ferguson still has a full schedule at the moment. She is waiting for her husband outside Ikea, a first stop on a short holiday break in Sweden before duty calls again.

In addition to an executive producer role and lead role in the TV series "Silo", Rebecca Ferguson works to promote her latest blockbuster "Mission: impossible: dead reckoning part one", in which she plays Ilsa Faust alongside Tom Cruise for the third time. It's a darker, rawer "Mission: impossible" film compared to before, says Rebecca Ferguson.

— It's the same energy, explosiveness and awesome stunts. But it is darker and heavier. Before filming, director Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise talked a lot about delving into the dark emotions of the characters. It's a balancing act, how deep to go in it when it's an exciting thriller at the same time.

For ten years, the "Mission: impossible" franchise has been part of Rebecca Ferguson's life, a journey that, at least for the moment, seems to be coming to an end. Ferguson feels great gratitude for the career she has gotten because of "Mission: impossible," she says.

— It's been great fun, and I've had ten fantastic years with these people. I have made three awesome and exhausting films.

"Not a choice I have made"

Ilsa Faust and Tom Cruise's character Ethan Hunt have grown close over the course of the films, and audiences have wondered if they would become a couple in the new film. Rebecca Ferguson says that she has received many questions about love and infatuation between Ilsa and Ethan after the film's premiere - a narrative about their relationship that she is not entirely on board with.

— I see a film where Ilsa has become very emotionally attached to Ethan, and it's not a choice I've made. In my eyes, she becomes a damsel in distress and weaker because of it. Their relationship was, to me, so much bigger than a sexual relationship. To me, their relationship was based on equality.

— We get the story told to us, and film the scenes in different ways. But we don't own stories. What I'm trying to say is that it's hard for us as actors to have control over the final product. As an actor, I have to trust the director and producer, and hope that their choices are the best for the production.

The storm of criticism

Rebecca Ferguson recently got into trouble in Sweden when she appeared in an interview with Efter fem in TV4 in April. Then she did not want to speak Swedish and questioned the journalist's language skills.

— I was told by my team that I would meet an angry journalist, and went into defensive mode. I got so stressed and cocky. But I'm not that person.

A storm of criticism followed, and Rebecca Ferguson was noticed, among other things, by the Instagram account "Dyngbaggegalan", which celebrates uncomfortable moments from Swedish television. Rebecca Ferguson says that she was saddened when she heard about the criticism after the interview, and that she did not recognize herself.

— That interview is evidence of a person who feels very vulnerable. I apparently reacted with attitude, which I have never done before. I called her later and apologized.

Want to be a producer

After a long career in Hollywood, Rebecca Ferguson can long for smaller productions with greater freedom, she says, and she would have liked to do something in Sweden again. Above all, she wants to feel that she has her own voice, which makes the role of producer all the more attractive.

— I enjoy being a producer, and am eager to do it more with a good team around me. I like the creative part of being a producer, and want to create characters, both in larger and smaller productions.

When Rebecca Ferguson now looks ahead, there is much from the action-packed years with "Mission: impossible" that she will carry with her.

— I look at it with joy and I have learned so much. I will bring a lot of that into my own productions.

Translated from swedish for @rebeccalouisaferguson

[wonwooslibrary]

hi sammie :3 i just wanted to apologize for not sending you any messages all this time TT i've been so busy all my hw and projects have been piling up

AYAYAYAYA CONGRATULATIONS ON SOCIOLOGY IM SO PROUD OF U U WORKED SO HARD :D yeah it hit me like a truck when i also realized i had to write... i haven't written anything in ages so i'm way too rusty... beware of poor writing.

omg im so happy u enjoy the matching tattoo prompt cus im doing something similar to that for my fic to you ehe

omg i have so much nostalgia from pokemon, esp pokemon xyz. i get so emotional thinking about it. and the lore is just *chefs kiss*. my fave games tho are rhythm games because i love to jam out to music and break my thumbs in the process. IM SO SORRY BUT I ABSOLUTELY HATE MIRACULOUS. i loved it a lot before but they keep on drawing out marinette and adrien's entire love story so now i hate it ToT. i just don't have the patience for that long, esp with love stories.

social anxiety is the worst TT its ironic because humans are meant to be social creatures that rely on interdependence. I've been trying to get medication for it since it's been getting increasingly worse to the point i feel like I'm gonna get a heart attack ??? yeah but somehow im being "dramatic"... anywho enough ranting

sigh i love people whose love language is physical touch <33 esp since i love to be hugged. my personal love language tho is words of affirmation simply because i also love to read!! im not much into tiktok romance books (ironic because here i am on tumblr to write the corniest stuff ever) but i like to keep those two realms separate ykyk.

it's question time! im just gonna send u one question this time tho.

what do you do whenever it's the holidays? anything fun?

i love talking with you, stay safe <3

🕯️anon

HIII ANON <3 pls don't apologize for not sending a lot of messages, I understand that people are busy!!! trust me, i am also busy with coming home for the holidays and helping my parents around the house in their new apartment.

OMG POKEMON i used to play pokepark 2 on the wii with my brother all the time and that game is one of the many reasons why gen 5 is the best pokemon generation...also bc snivy, tepig and oshawott are the best starters :)))

RHYTHYM GAMES OMG i used to play the superstar series and i cried for WEEKS when superstar bts was shut down...and then again when superstar pledis was shut down. i love playing rhythym hive tho!! i acTUALLY PULLED AN XR MINGYU EARLIER TODAY???

Also pls so many people hate miraculous and I'm ngl it's so dumb but sam (pls ignore the 3rd person lmao) is brain empty no thoughts so dumb plots with overly cliché main characters and extreme slow burn that lasts 7 years makes me happy (tho apparently the timeline in the show it's been like 9 months??? weird)

To answer your question, i honestly don't really do anything that interesting during the holidays. my family celebrates Christmas and so we just have a small Christmas at home, and then we go to my grandma's for a bigger Christmas with all of my aunts. What about you? what holiday do you celebrate? do you have any cool traditions?

I BELIEVE IN YOU, YOU'RE DOING GREAT ON ALL YOUR TESTS AND PROJECTS!!!

sorry about the short message, i can't wait to hear back from you!!

happy holidays, sammie <3

[sailoryooons]

You're such a good writer. Thank you for writing fics omg. I love carved, dominus, suga's how to guide, and mine. The mc in "Mine" is so memorable and scary but also cute. Carved is a masterpiece. I can't wait to see more and how it'll end. Dominus Tae is so hot omg! I would love to see more of him. The suga's how to guide concept and relationship dynamic is so good and hot omg. I can't wait for them to get together already. (Ugh I just went to look back at this fic and the ending of the latest ch omg. Poor mc :/ Praying for the angst to be quick. and then for them to be in a cute and happy relationship in the next ch TT)

-🖤

HI 🖤!!! Ugh thank you so much that means the absolute world to me and gives me all the warm fuzzy feelings! Carved is SO much fun to write. I can't wait to be on a consistent schedule when I finish this holiday fic I'm working on and the last chapter to SH2G (which wasn't supposed to be a series oops but I promise the angst is very short-lived). Mine is also one of my faves for myself, honestly! It was so much fun to write and a new challenge for me ehhehe.

Everyone likes Taehyung from Carved/Dominus, he has his own fan club and the president is @gimmethatagustd hahhaha. He is.... interesting to say the least. More from him soon!

[hanfourz]

― 'tis the season : drabble series masterlist ₊˚⊹♡

⤷ a series of holiday season themed drabbles (halloween/xmas)

⤷ inspired by this ask (everyone say thank yew 🐈‍⬛ anon)

⤷ general content: MDNI, smut, fluff, established relationship, fem bodied reader

⤷ separate warnings for each individual drabble

⤷ these do not follow a story line & can work as stand alone fics!

[ network : @onedoornet ]

⟢ SCREAM | han taesan

⤷ ghostface!taesan x fem!reader, smut, halloween, 🪼

⤷ date released: 12 - 10 - 2024

⤷ word count: 2.3k

⤷ convincing your boyfriend to do couples costumes this year was possibly the most genius idea you'd ever had but you weren't expecting the outcome of seeing him in that mask...

⟢ SWEET TOOTH | myung jaehyun

⤷ switch!jaehyun x switch!reader, smut + fluff, halloween, 🪼

⤷ date released: tba..

⤷ word count: tbd

⤷ trick or treating with your boyfriend was the most fun you'd had all year but he was determined to prove to you there was only one thing sweeter than candy. you.

⟢ CRY FOR ME | kim leehan

⤷ dom!leehan x bratty fem!reader, smut, halloween, 🪼🍒

⤷ date released: tba..

⤷ word count: tbd

⤷ leehan warned you what would happen if you acted up during his friends' halloween party but girls just wanna have fun, right?

⟢ PRETTY BOY | park sungho

⤷ switch!sungho x switch!reader, suggestive + fluff, xmas, 🍒

⤷ date released: tba..

⤷ word count: tbd

⤷ sungho always loved watching you do your makeup and what better time to ask you to do his than right before you had to leave for your family's annual xmas party?

⟢ TASTE | lee riwoo

⤷ sub!riwoo x softdom!reader, smut + fluff, xmas, 🍒

⤷ date released: tba..

⤷ word count: tbd

⤷ baking with your boyfriend before your best friend's xmas party turns out to be a lot more fun than you were anticipating...

[sebeth]

Christmas With The Super-Heroes #1

Warning, Spoilers Ahead…

The next offering in the “A Very DC Holiday Collection is the 1988 Christmas With The Super-Heroes #1. The cover features Black Canary, Green Arrow, Wildfire, Batman, Superman, Robin (Dick Grayson) and Wonder Girl (Donna in her original outfit) gathered around a Christmas tree. DC didn’t put much effort in the 1988 holiday special as the six stories are reprints. Two of the stories – Batman: Wanted: Santa Clause – Dead Or Alive!” and the Legion of Super-Heroes: “Star Light, Star Bright…” were from the DC Special Series #21 that I covered in a previous post.  In

We are three years in the post-Crisis era in 1988, but all stories come from the pre-Crisis era of DC Comics.

We begin with Batman in “Wanted: Santa Claus – Dead Or Alive!” (1979). I covered that story in the previous holiday post, so I’ll skip the story.

The second story is the Justice League in “The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus!” from Justice League #110 (1974) by Len Wein, Dick Dillin, Dick Giordano, etc.

The third story is the Teen Titans in “The TT’s Swingin’ Christmas Carol!” (1968) by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy.

The fourth story is the Legion of Super-Heroes in “Star Light, Star Bright…” (1979). I love the Legion but this story was covered in the previous holiday post, so I’ll skip the story.

The fifth story is Superman in “Twas The Fright Before Christmas!” (1984) by Len Wein, E. Nelson Bridwell, Curt Swan, and Murphy Anderson.

The sixth, and last, story is Batman in “The Silent Night of the Batman (1970) by Mike Friedrich, Neal Adams, and Dick Girodano.

The Batman story was covered previously, so I’ll skip to the Justice League.

The Justice League story begins with Superman meeting with Batman to assist Santa Simpson in handing out presents to orphans. Santa Simpson is changing into his outfit when an explosion occurs! Santa Simpson has been murdered! Batman deduces the skeleton key in Santa Simpson’s hand is the “key” to finding the murderer. The World’s Finest are on the case but the duo decides to call in the entire League to solve it. Cue the World’s Finest interrupting the various Leaguers:

The Flash: Barry Allen and his wife are spending the holidays with Iris’s parents in the 30th century, so he doesn’t answer the call

Atom: Ray Palmer is exploring a submicroscopic universe and doesn’t receive the summons

Elongated Man: Ralph Dibny and his wife Sue are scuba-diving off the Caribbean coast. Ralph left the JLA receiver in the hotel so he isn’t even aware of the call

Aquaman: Arthur and Mera are presiding over Atlantis’ Festival of Lights and can’t answer a summons that isn’t a true emergency

Red Tornado: John Smith is strolling with his “lady friend” (and soon to be wife) Kathy Sutton in Central Partk. Kathy isn’t aware of John’s true identity as he has to resort to the ol’ “I’ve just remembered an emergency that must be dealt with immediately!” that numerous heroes have used to ditch their significant others.

Green Arrow and Black Canary: Oliver and Dinah are having a makeout session. Oliver is not amused by the interruption.

Green Lantern: Saving the best for last – Hal Jordan is in the shower, leaves to answer the summons, slips on soap, and knocks himself unconscious! All hail the greatest Green Lantern of all time! Hal’s ring promptly ditches him. Why? Hal is only unconscious, not dead. Is it out of second-hand embarrassment? The ring finds John Stewart who is conversing with friends. The ring informs John, the “alternate Green Lantern of space sector of 2814 – you are needed” and whisks him away without his consent. The rings must find the murders of Santas as serious business! I hope those unnamed friends of John were aware he was a Green Lantern or he will have some serious explaining to do upon his return.

The group – minus John – have gathered at the satellite. Batman decides to start the meeting: “Looks like we’re the only members who are going to show for this meeting”. Cue John’s dramatic entrance. Most of the League respond with a “Who are you?” but Oliver has been told of John by Hal.

The power ring states “…I’ve been programmed by my master…were he ever too incapacitated to answer your summons to secure John Stewart and deliver him to your presence in my master’s stead. John informs the team that “the Green Lantern regularly scheduled for this time has one monumental headache and you have me in his place”.

Hal owes John if he didn’t reveal the details on the cause of the “monumental headache”. Oliver and Bruce would never have let that go. And if Guy Gardner had ever heard the story! The shower incident reveals the true tragedy of the Crisis. Remember the post-Green Lantern Rebirth era when Hal and Bruce kept snarking at each other. Batman could have ended those exchanges with one simple “you knocked yourself unconscious leaving the shower”. But we’re post-crisis, so it never happened. Guy would have even more fun with the story – if Hal taunted him about the “one-punch knockout”, Guy could respond with the shower incident.

Oliver is pouting as it is a “miserable way to spend Christmas Eve”. Red Tornado doesn’t understand the problem. Oliver’s response is less than tactful: “How do ya explain something like that to a doggone machine?”

Red snarks back: “If you are unequal to the task of answering my simple query, merely say so and I will understand!”

Oliver wants to fight (you’ll lose, Ollie) but Batman intervenes.

Batman explains why the Santa-murder requires the Justice League: “The problem of this key…unless we find the lock it fits before the stroke of midnight, an entire block of innocent people will be blown to pieces!”

I assumed the story was taking place in Gotham or Metropolis, but no we are in St. Louis, Missouri. I am unsure why Batman and Superman were handing out gifts in St. Louis of all places but okay.

The team splits up to find the lock that matches the key. The group reassembles and falls through a trap door, resulting in a miniature yellow sun heading towards the team. The sun is yellow so it neutralizes John’s power ring. Shouldn’t Superman or Red Tornado been able to handle the problem in seconds? Never mind, the sun radiates primary red radiation but the valiant Superman sacrifices himself to save the others. Again. Red Tornado is right there – couldn’t he create a mini-tornado and hurl the min-sun far away. Maybe Superman can’t resist a valiant self-sacrifice?

The second layer of the death trap reveals itself when poisonous fumes flood the room. Red is again sidelined as “The room is sealed shut- no way for my super-whirling to dissipated the poisonous fumes!” How about you use your tornado powers to level one of the walls of the room? Just a thought. And the mini-yellow sun has been destroyed? Shouldn’t John Stewart be back in business? Instead the Black Canary “sings a silent ultrasonic melody that forces the choking fumes away from the gasping JLAers”. I’m not sure how that would work but go Dinah! The rest of the League flees the room but Dinah stays behind to keep the poisonous gas contained. Valiant but unneeded self-sacrifice is the theme of the story.

Oliver is irate over Dinah’s self-sacrifice. Batman orders Oliver to “pull yourself together. There’s nothing you can do for the Black Canary!” Exactly! I mean it’s not like you have a Green Lantern, a Red Tornado, and the World’s Greatest Detective standing next to you! There’s nothing you can do, Oliver!

We next see the villain behind the plot. It is…drumroll please…the Key! Shocking, huh? He refers to his henchmen as “Key-Man #1”, etc.

The key is in full villain monologue: “How do you expect me to rest until the rest of the Justice League of America is dead – or I am! And, my friend, when the Key slithers off this mortal coil, he’s taking as many as he can with him!”

Death trap layer #3 consists of giant-size Christmas ornament globes hurtling at the Leage! One absorbs Batman! Oh, no! Oliver sacrifices himself to save John and Red from the evil Christmas ornaments?

Death trap layer #4 sees the John and Red battle Tin Soldiers. The soldiers turn yellow, neutralizing John. The walking tornado remains ineffective.

The Key gloats: “I swore I’d have my revenge on those witless fools, swore I’d outlive them all. Well, most of them, anyway, and I have, by thunder I have.”

This story took place in 1974 – were there any notable League casualties by this point? I can’t think of any. Barry’s death and the Detroit League massacre were 10 to 12 years after this story. If I remember correctly, one of the JLA/JSA crossovers involved the death of the original Mister Terrific but 1) he wasn’t a member of the League and 2) I don’t remember if that crossover took place before or after this story.

The Key reveals that after his last encounter with the JLA, Superman was going to place in in a state of suspended animation in the Fortress of Solitude. The plan was stopped as a judge ruled Superman’s suggestion as unconstitutional and instead sentenced the Key to twenty years in prison. A prison doctor discovered the Key was dying since “the various psycho-chemicals you’ve injected with yourself over the years have destroyed your cellular balance”.

“The Justice League of America was responsible for the only defeats I’d known in my life! How could I leave them alive to witness my final defeat- my death? The murder of that dime-store Sanca Claus – the key-clue that led the Justice League into my specially-prepared death-maze, all the result of months of planning and preparation. All part of my unique Christmas gift to myself, my last gift, the destruction of the…”

The assembled League – all alive and kicking – interrupt the Key’s glorious monologue. How did the League survive? The Phantom Stranger! He’s only supposed to observe events, but much like Uatu the watcher, he intervenes when he wants. I’m guessing the Phantom Stranger was suffering an acute bout of second-hand embarrassment watching the League fail and intervened to end his suffering.

The Key manages to escape even with the assembled League and the Phantom Stranger present. The group does not pursue the Key so they can focus on stopping the impending explosion. Some buildings are lost in the explosion, but John rebuilds the buildings with the aid of his power ring and from his experience as an architect. Lower-income individuals were using these buildings as shelters so John adds a few improvements along the way. Oliver finally calls John the “Green Lantern”, saying he’s earned the title.

Batman is bummed the Phantom Stranger continues to ignore the League’s suggestion of joining the team.

Back at the satellite, the League gives Red a Christmas gift: a new more colorful outfit.

Rating: 10 out of 5 stars. Absurd death-traps! Villainous monologues! Batman defeated by a super-sized Christmas ornament! Hal knock himself unconscious by leaving the shower! This story was ridiculous in all the best ways! Loved it!

Next is the Teen Titans story. The story begins with Scrounge, an Ebeneezer Scrooge stand-in, sending his employee, Bob Ratchett. Unknown to Bob, his wheelchair-bound son (Tom) is going to visit him at work. Tom overhears Scrounge having some shady business deals.

The henchmen of a “Mr. Big” have a gun that turns “junk imported from overseas” into “brand-new expensive stuff that he can sell at big profits, without paying any duty!”

I have to say, this “Mr. Big” is smarter than the average comic book villain. He doesn’t put on a costume or pick fights with heroes. He stays under the radar and makes money. Smart. The only dumb thing is not paying taxes. Why risk all the easy money? This story was written in the 1960s, but can you imagine if someone invented that device today? They’d be trillionaires. And a big hero of the climate change/going green movement. He could recycle all types of used materials into new objects. Instant money maker and savior of the planet! He’d be set for life!

Tom informs his father who confronts Scrounge. Scrounge threatens to fire Bob if he utters a word of the scheme. Bob stays silent but the son informs the Teen Titans (Dick, Donna, Wally, Garth) who decide to investigate.

Garth: “Mumbling Mantas!” Do Mantas mumble?

Scrounge is confronted by Jacob Farley who sears to make the “old sod” pay for what he’s done. Wally breaks up the confrontation. It’s revealed that Jacob was Scrounge’s business partner. Material they sold was defective, people were hurt, and Farley took the fall.

Garth: “Mumbling Mantas!”

Later Garth: “Howling wolf-fish!”

Garth is providing quite the oceanology lesson: mantas mumble and wolf-fish howl.

Wolf-fish are real. Sadly, they look nothing like wolves.

The Titans have realized they are in the midst of a real-life “A Christmas Carol”. The group decides to use the story to scare Scrounge.

Garth: “Howling hogfish” and “Suffering Sticklebacks”

Let’s give bonus points to Garth for creativity. Why have one catchphrase when you can have twenty?

Garth: “Moaning Mackarel!”

Wonder Girl frequently says “Hola!” Hola may have a Greek root but its more known as Spanish for “Hello”. Nor sure why the non-Hispanic/Spanish Donna keeps saying “Hola” during fights. You do you, Donna.

Scrouge goes straight in the midst of the fight and assists the Teen Titans.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars (mostly for Garth’s catchphrases)

The Legion story is next but has been covered before so, next!

Next up is Superman. Superman stops a young teenager from robbing a Santa outside of a department store. Superman realizes the boy is hypnotized and using a gun that emits a “concentrated bear of low-grade radiation at its user” while appearing to be a toy gun. I haven’t read this story before. Should we take guesses on the villain before its revealed? I’m going with Toyman.

Superman takes the boy to the Fortress of Solitude where he can de-hypnotize the boy and question him on how he obtained the gun.

Superman asks the boy (Tim) where he got the gun. Is that you, Tim Drake? Maybe he took time out of stalking Batman to stalk Superman for the holiday season.

Tim reveals “…it was hidden in the hall closet with all my other presents. My folks still like to pretend Santa Clause delivers ‘em on Christmas Eve but I’m too old to believe in Santa so I snuck in early to check ‘em out early. I remember a blinding flash when I tried the dart gun and then I don’t remember nothin’ till I woke up here!”

Well, that rules out Tim as Tim Drake. That is way too much effort for the Drakes to accomplish. You know Tim’s presents came from Mrs. Mac.

Superman hypnotizes Tim for further information: “…and when you have rescued all the money from the evil grinch disguised as Santa Claus, you will deliver it to your local Big Shott Toy Store. Then our little game will be over and you will remember nothing!”

Has to be Toyman!

Superman: “I should have known he was behind this! It has insane imprint all over it!”

Superman locks up the fortress with the massive key and returns Tim home.

While heading home, Superman is hit with a ray from a toy starship Tim is holding and drops like a rock. Clark protects Tim on the way down, but the duo didn’t make it far from the Fortress of Solitude. Superman is unconscious and Tim is surrounded by snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures.

Don’t worry, our duo is rescued by elves. Elves that complain that Superman weighs a ton and should consider going on a diet. How dare they! The total disrespect to a man who has saved the planet a hundred times over!

Back in Metropolis, the villain is revealed as…Toyman! Called it! Or the “Terrible Toyman” as he calls himself.

Superman wakes up surrounded by Tim and the elves. Oh, and Santa Clause. Clark’s reaction can be summed up as “WTF?”

Superman is still weakened by the ray blast but not to worry, Santa has a room filled with computer screens, one of which is monitoring the Toyman.

Santa is prepping to deliver toys across the world. Clark tells Santa that he could do it faster. Santa informs Clark that no, son, you cannot.

Santa drops off Superman and Tim in Metropolis.

Superman, with an assist from Santa, defeats the Toyman. Superman finds a list of customers who bought gimmicked toys from Toyman and quietly retrieves them throughout the night.

Superman returns Tim to his home. Clark returns to his apartment only to find a Kryptonian holo-toy in a pocket in his cape.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. The story was goofy fun.

We end with Batman. Jim Gordon has summoned Batman via the Bat-Signal to sing Christmas Carols? Batman decides to join in and belts out a few tunes, with Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, Silent Night, and We Three Kings being standouts.

Batman spends all night caroling with the officers as not one crime has been called into the police station. Batman leaves the station at 6 am.

That’s it, that’s the story.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. There’s not much to the story but I miss this version of Batman. I do not like the psychotic, abusive to his family, man-child that has stalked the Batman titles of the past thirty or so years. Give me this version any day.

[westofwonder]

Pull List (12/13/2023)

Action Comics #1060 Dark X-Men #5 Detective Comics #1079 Green Lantern #6 The Immortal Thor #5 (Minor Threats): The Alternates #4 Moon Knight #30 Radiant Black #27/27.5 Speed Force #2 Superman: Lost #9 Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #3 World's Finest: Teen Titans #6 Waller Vs. Wildstorm #4

Action Comics - This will be the last issue of this title I'm going to be getting for some time. Not on board with how the Aaron run is looking to be. Again, I wonder how the PKJ run will be remembered after all is said and done.

Dark X-Men - Lot of mixed feelings here. I wish this team had longer time and more issues, but I'm also not really to sad to see this miniseries end. Always fun to see certain characters interact - the X-books are good for that.

Detective Comics - I'm glad DC is letting Ram V. cook. Lot of the things here feel like it would be in the Batman ongoing if it wasn't in TEC, and I mean that as a positive. It's dong more for the Jade and Lian than the current GA book! Not sure if it needed to be a weekly thing, but DC really wants this book to get to 1100! The bat-books are allowed a wider berth - y'know: cause they sell. If you wanted to check out any of those books, this is the one that deserves the most looking at.

Green Lantern - I just really like how this book looks. Skipping ahead Hal turns himself into a giant robot! Fun!

The Immortal Thor - Embarrassingly behind.

The Alternates - Disappointed kinda because I was hoping for more Minor Threats energy, but this is different than that. My own fault.

Moon Knight - Is he dead? I don't know, but that's what I've been told. We'll see how long things stick after this issue. I think MacKay will do a good story nonetheless.

Radiant Black - These double issue are really annoying from a series I am woefully behind in. Luckily, it won't take me too long to catch up when I do - it's not really a high-concept series. It's a superhero story with some toku elements in it - doesn't need to be more than that (for me.)

Speed Force - I love that Michael Holt is a supplemental Flash character right now. Mr. Terrific is one of those characters that should be popping up in other people's books. Wallace and Avery getting a book is still fun and I'm glad DC is doing this book.

Superman: Lost - Seeing Jurgens' name connected to a Supes books is always a treat - a nice familiarity. I'm curious to see what happens here and how Priest wraps this story up.

Wesley Dodds - Wesley has a book - still excited about that. Dian is here! We're having fun with the OG Sandman.

WF: Teen Titans - Always nice to revisit this era of TT history. I imagine Waid will incorporate some elements from this series into the main WF. I didn't mind the modern slang or culture stuff because I'm curious on how an "updated" version of teen sidekicks working together can look like.

Waller Vs. Wildstorm - Looking forward to what the writers here do next. A regular Stormwatch book would be excellent.

This is late because I had a long day today of getting other things accomplished. Hope to say more when I do catch up with these titles. I hope to do that during my time off for the holidays.

Happy readings!

[okayishalchemist]

Varian seems to be taller every time Cass comes home from adventuring and it freaks her out every time because she still remembers when he only came up to her shoulder

[stuffyflowers]

Behold!!! My six fanart challenge that I finished in less than a week bc I have no self control!

(Individual characters below cut)

Eggabell (for @charmallows)

Eugene (for @wormy-worm)

Hunter (for @uncannyandi)

Noelle (for anon)

Ralsei (for @placid-sky)

Adira (for @subject-2-change)