#13 days til xmas

[conjcosby]

Stardate: 202312.12 ▫ Christmas time is drawing near, there is no fear. Soon'll be hearing Santa's reindeers, delivering nothing but cheers. 🎅⛄🎄 #christmas #xmas #countdown #december #festive #season #yuletide #christmascountdown #xmascountdown #happy #happydecember #festiveseason #yuletideseason #christmas2023 #xmas2023 #december12 #december12th #13daystillchristmas #13daystilxmas #countingdowntochristmas #countingdowntoxmas #christmasmonth #xmasmonth #post #christmaspost #xmaspost #dailypost #postoftheday #potd #celebration

[candied-boys]

Happy November everyone! In the spirit of cold days and long nights, we are very excited to introduce our first creative challenge –

˜”°❄︎. ɪᴋᴇᴍᴇɴ ᴀᴅᴠᴇɴᴛ .❄︎°”˜

ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ

Hosted by Julie @queengiuliettafirstlady and Mimi @candied-boys!

If you’ve ever had an advent calendar you know that the point is to count down to Christmas and build up a sense of anticipation day by day. The goal of this event is the same! 

Simply put, we post a fun new prompt each day of November and you post your lovely creations each day of December. 

Here’s how it works;

❄︎ 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 – 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦!

❄︎ 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

❄︎ 𝘐𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵. 

❄︎ 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘢𝘺 -18, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘤 7𝘵𝘩 (18 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴).

If that sounds a little confusing to calculate, don’t worry. We have all the dates listed at the bottom, and we will be filling out the prompts after they are revealed one by one.

Guidelines

🎁 Please use #IkemenAdvent so we can find your works and add them to each matching day in December and the final masterlist on Christmas Day

🎁 Please tag us so we can see your creations! @candied-boys & @queengiuliettafirstlady

🎁 Each prompt can be used however you like. SFW and NSFW are both fine, just please tag the post appropriately!

🎁 You do not have to create something everyday! We hope that all together we can have at least one work to feature per countdown day in December, but please don't feel pressured!

🎁 Feel free to cross post your creations to any other challenges (as long as the other hosts are okay with it)

🎁 Please credit the challenge in the post so anyone who sees and would like to join in can find the event

🎁 The target fandoms for this event are any of the CYBIRD games

🎄Sleeps 'til Xmas🎄

Note: We will be posting each prompt twice a day - once on @candied-boys at 4pm North American time and once on @queengiuliettafirstlady at 4pm European time

24: Dec 1 — Woolen Clothes

23: Dec 2 — Secret Santa

22: Dec 3 — Hot Chocolate

21: Dec 4

20: Dec 5

19: Dec 6

18: Dec 7

17: Dec 8

16: Dec 9

15: Dec 10

14: Dec 11

13: Dec 12

12: Dec 13

11: Dec 14

10: Dec 15

 9: Dec 16

 8: Dec 17

 7: Dec 18

 6: Dec 19

 5: Dec 20

 4: Dec 21

 3: Dec 22

 2: Dec 23

 1: Dec 24

 0: Dec 25 – We will post the final masterlist on Christmas day!

[kadebronson]

oh christ-mas

01. december is for cynics - the matches

02. i won't be home for christmas - blink-182

03. silent night - the dickies

04. merry christmas - the ramones

05. there ain't no sanity clause - the damned

06. christmas wrapping - the waitresses

07. fairtyale of new york - the pogues ft. kirsty maccoll

08. forget december - something corporate

09. all i want for christmas is you - mariah carey

10. rudolph the manic reindeer - los lobos

11. merry axe-mas - ice nine kills

12. christmas every day - simple plan

13. santa has a mullet - nerf herder

14. yule shoot your eye out - fall out boy

15. what's this - from the nightmare before christmas

16. this time of year - the mighty mighty bosstones

17. skank for christmas - reel big fish

18. snoopy's christmas - smash mouth

19. all i want for christmas is you - my chemical romance

20. the corner store on christmas - bowling for soup

21. you're a mean one, mr. grinch - misfits

22. the snow miser song - 45 grave

23. alone this holiday - the used

24. ex-miss - new found glorey

25. where did my xmas tree go? - vengaboys

26. i want an alien for christmas - fountains of wayne

27. one christmas catalogue - VH X RR, logan

28. do you hear what i hear? - william beckett

29. thank god it's christmas - queen

30. christmas at the zoo - the flaming lips

31. don't shoot me santa - the killers ft. ryan perdy

32. christmas vacation - descendents

33. xmas has been X'ed - NOFX

34. father christmas - the kinks

35. bad guy's christmas - harley poe

36. oi to the world - the vandals

37. christmas day - squeeze

38. it doesn't often snow at christmas - pet shop boys

39. last christmas - wham!

40. 2000 miles - the pretenders

41. home on christmas day - cyndi lauper

42. santa claus - throwing muses

43. santa's beard - they might be giants

44. skank 'til christmas - the selecter

45. all i want for christmas (is world peace) - timbuk 3

46. shouldn't have given him a gun for christmas - wall of voodoo

47. homo christmas - pansy division

48. sympathy 4 the grinch - 100 gecs

49. one more sleep 'til christmas - from a muppet christmas carol

you can listen to the playlist here!

[spicerevolution]

Magical Monday. We are busy little elves this week with only 13 days til Xmas! I’ll be in shop packing orders from 2-3pm today. Orders can be texted to 914-279-0077. Beginning Thursday we are open everyday til Xmas. #xmas #gifts #holiday #holidayvibes #monday #mondaymotivation #13daystillchristmas #presents #givebettergifts #family #friends #joy #thejoyofgiving (at Spice Revolution) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmEgyxKAvI1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[spongythedollyteapartyfan-blog]

333 days online straight, each day, 

ok if  i  go  offline now, like last  year, but  with  11 to  4  day s differrence   and do  my month off, now it gets me  back on 6 janauaury,

 but if i wait til 12  december it xmas  carols, it  will be 13th, jannaury,, 

so  depending, if i want to  come back jan  6, or 13, i  usually  come back  13th anyway

[fairygal11]

Operation: An Epithet Christmas Miracle (Getting to 450K before December 26th!)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/epithet-erased-pop/epithet-erased-prison-of-plastic

13 days to get to 450k. We got 290k, now that is left is 309-450k. Villain songs, bear or banzai hoodie, the sequel book, more hoodies, dolls, ttrpg book and the ova with banzai antics and illegal cookies! Dreams to reality!

We got 13 days and counting to knock the third reward page out and get those rewards before December 26th.

I know the funds have slowed for a few days, but I'm sure if we muster enough gusto and will power with determination, we can make dreams to reality. Don't ya wanna strut your official banzai or bear hoodie around cons or schools? Don't ya wanna know how the game plays?

Don't ya want more dolls to add to your growing epithet erased collection? Don't ya wanna read sweet jail breakout the sequel to prison of plastic? And don't you wanna see gio and the boys bake illegal cookies with Molly in an animated ova?

Even miracles need a hand and we need to pull off the biggest miracle this fandom has ever seen by completing all the goals and making all your dreams come true this Christmas!

I am calling this operation: An epithet Christmas miracle! We've hit 291,315 in 13 days! And in 13 days before December 26th, I know we can reach the other half to get to 450k so we all rewards and the ova!

I know its the holidays, I know or may not of any financial situations, BUT PLEASE TRY YOUR BEST to donate as much money as you can BECAUSE TRYING YOUR BEST IS THE BEST YOU can do. 

Please repost like CRAZY, Share the link with all your friends, connections, family, relatives, anybody! WE GOT 13 DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS to clear the last reward page!

If we could hit the goal mark in one day and cleared 2/3 of the reward tier pages, I’M SURE WE CAN CLEAR THE LAST PAGE BEFORE YOU CAN SAY “HO HO HO!”

NOW LET’S MAKE HISTORY AND MIRACLES HAPPEN PEOPLE!

[cannabiscomrade]

I’m ready to talk about Sam’s birth and to share some pictures. I’ve been home since Saturday evening.

I was in official labor for about 21 hours. I got an epidural about 13 hours in. Sam was (still)born at 8:35pm on December 18 in two pushes. They were 25cm long, weighing 8.007oz. They were born transverse, so Sam came out sideways (ouch).

I am at peace with our birth experience. Frank cut Sam’s cord. I delivered my placenta with Sam. My nursing team cried and grieved with us as we went through the process. Our nurse that we had for Sam’s delivery took Sam for almost 2 hours and took photos of them for a keepsake book. Over two days, we were able to spend 10 hours with Sam. We held them, kissed their little face, counted their fingers and toes. There’s never enough time to say goodbye to your child but. I’m happy that we had that time.

Sam Joy is the most beautiful baby. I love them with such a burning passion that I can’t describe. It hurts more than any pain I’ve felt before knowing that I can’t bring my child home. I yearn to still be pregnant with Sam. It’s like there’s a hole in my body where they used to be. Sam made me into a parent and their brief time with us had brought Frank and I so much joy, hence Sam’s middle name. So even though we are suffering the greatest loss we’ve ever felt, we still are thankful for the time we had while I was pregnant with Sam.

I’m not okay right now. But I will be. I have been through so much in my life, and nothing has ever hurt this bad. My eyes are swollen and I’ve cried so much the headaches have stopped. I know I’m a hot candidate for PPA/PPD so I’m getting in touch with counseling services, and they sent me home with anxiety medication so I can sleep.

I’m healing slowly, physically. I know I just had a baby, but it’s almost as if the grief is making the healing process go slower.

It’s 4 days til Xmas and all I want is to hold my baby again.

[conjcosby]

Stardate: 202312.13 ▫ Travel light, keep love and all your years and all your Christmases will be glorious. 😊🎄 #christmas #xmas #countdown #december #festive #season #yuletide #christmascountdown #xmascountdown #happy #happydecember #festiveseason #yuletideseason #christmas2023 #xmas2023 #december13 #december13th #12daystillchristmas #12daystilxmas #countingdowntochristmas #countingdowntoxmas #christmasmonth #xmasmonth #post #christmaspost #xmaspost #dailypost #postoftheday #potd #celebration

[birdlord]

Everything I Watched in 2020

We’ll start with movies. The number in parentheses is the year of release, asterisks denote a re-watch, and titles in bold are my favourite watches of the year. Here’s 2019’s list. 

01 Little Women (19)

02 The Post (17) 

03 Molly’s Game (17)

04 * Doctor No (62)

05 Groundhog Day (93)

06 *Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (86)

07 Knives Out (19) My last theatre experience (sob)

08 Professor Marston and his Wonder Women (17)

09 Les Miserables (98)

10 Midsommar (19) I’m not sure how *good* it is, but it does stick in the ol’ brain

11 *Manhattan Murder Mystery (93)

12 Marriage Story (19)

13 Kramer vs Kramer (79)

14 Jojo Rabbit (19)

15 J’ai perdu mon corps (19) a cute animated film about a hand detached from its body!

16 1917 (19)

17 Married to the Mob (88)

18 Klaus (19)

19 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (19) If Little Women made me want to wear a scarf criss-crossed around my torso, this one made me want to wear a cloak

20 The Last Black Man in San Francisco (19)

21 *Lawrence of Arabia (62)

22 Gone With the Wind (39)

23 Kiss Me Deadly (55)

24 Dredd (12)

25 Heartburn (86) heard a bunch about this one in the Blank Check series on Nora Ephron, sadly after I’d watched it

26 The Long Shot (19)

27 Out of Africa (85)

28 King Kong (46)

29 *Johnny Mnemonic (95)

30 Knocked Up (07)

31 Collateral (04)

32 Bird on a Wire (90)

33 The Black Dahlia (05)

34 Long Time Running (17)

35 *Magic Mike (12)

36 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (07)

37 Cold War (18)

38 *Kramer Vs Kramer (79) yes I watched this a few months before! This was a pandemic friend group co-watch.

39 *Burn After Reading (08)

40 Last Holiday (50)

41 Fly Away Home (96)

42 *Moneyball (11) I’m sure I watch this every two years, at most??

43 Last Holiday (06) the Queen Latifah version of the 1950 movie above, lacking, of course, the brutal “poor people don’t deserve anything good” ending

44 *Safe (95)

45 Gimme Shelter (70)

46 The Daytrippers (96)

47 Experiment in Terror (62)

48 Tucker: The Man and His Dream (88)

49 My Brilliant Career (79) one of the salvations of 2020 was watching movies “with” friends. Our usual method was to video chat before the movie, sync our streaming services, and text-chat while the movie was on. 

50 Divorce Italian Style (61)

51 *Gosford Park (01) another classic comfort watch, fuck I love a G. Park

52 Hopscotch (80)

53 Brief Encounter (45)

54 Hud (63)

55 Ocean’s 8 (18)

56 *Beverly Hills Cop (84)

57 Blow the Man Down (19)

58 Constantine (05)

59 The Report (19) maddening!! How are people so consistently terrible to one another!

60 Everyday People (04)

61 Anatomy of a Murder (58)

62 Spiderman: Homecoming (17)

63 *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (95) Of the 90s drag road movies, Priscilla is more visually striking, but this has its moments.

64 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (92)

65 *The Truman Show (98)

66 Mona Lisa (86)

67 The Blob (58)

68 The Guard (11)

69 *Waiting for Guffman (96) RIP Fred Willard

70 Rocketman (19)

71 Outside In (18)

72 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (08) how strange to see a movie that you have known the premise for, but no details of, for over a decade

73 *Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (91)

74 The Reader (08)

75 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (19) This was fine until it VERY MUCH WAS NOT FINE

76 The End of the Affair (99) you try to watch a fun little romp about infidelity during the Blitz, and Graham Greene can’t help but shoehorn in a friggin crisis of religious faith

77 Must Love Dogs (05) barely any dog content, where are the dogs at

78 The Rainmaker (97)

79 *Batman & Robin (97)

80 National Lampoon’s Vacation (83) Never seen any of the non-xmas Vacations, didn’t realize the children are totally different, not just actors but ages! Also, this one is blatantly racist!

81 *Mystic Pizza (88)

82 Funny Girl (68)

83 The Sons of Katie Elder (65)

84 *Knives Out (19) another re-watch within the same year!! How does this keep happening??

85 *Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (10) a real I-just-moved-away-from-Toronto nostalgia watch

86 Canadian Bacon (92) vividly recall this VHS at the video store, but I never saw it til 2020

87 *Blood Simple (85)

88 Brittany Runs a Marathon (19)

89 The Accidental Tourist (88)

90 August Osage County (13) MELO-DRAMA!!

91 Appaloosa (08)

92 The Firm (93) Feeling good about how many iconic 80s/90s video store stalwarts I watched in 2020

93 *Almost Famous (00)

94 Whisper of the Heart (95)

95 Da 5 Bloods (20)

96 Rain Man (88)

97 True Stories (86)

98 *Risky Business (83) It’s not about what you think it’s about! It never was!

99 *The Big Chill (83)

100 The Way We Were (73)

101 Safety Last (23) It’s getting so that I might have to add the first two digits to my dates...not that I watch THAT many movies from the 1920s...

102 Phantasm (79)

103 The Burrowers (08)

104 New Jack City (91)

105 The Vanishing (88)

106 Sisters (72)

107 Puberty Blues (81) Little Aussie cinema theme, here

108 Elevator to the Gallows (58)

109 Les Diaboliques (55)

110 House (77) haha WHAT no really W H A T

111 Death Line (72)

112 Cranes are Flying (57)

113 Holes (03)

114 *Lady Vengeance (05)

115 Long Weekend (78)

116 Body Double (84)

117 The Crazies (73) I love that Romero shows the utter confusion that would no doubt reign in the case of any kind of disaster. Things fall apart.

118 Waterlilies (07)

119 *You’re Next (11)

120 Event Horizon (97)

121 Venom (18) I liked it, guys, way more than most superhero fare. Has a real sense of place and the place ISN’T New York!

122 Under the Silver Lake (18) RIP Night Call

123 *Blade Runner (82)

124 *The Birds (62) interesting to see now that I’ve read the story it came from

125 *28 Days Later (02) hits REAL FUCKIN’ DIFFERENT in a pandemic

126 Life is Sweet (90)

127 *So I Married an Axe Murderer (93) find me a more 90s movie, I dare you (it’s not possible)

128 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (67)

129 The Pelican Brief (93) 90s thrillers continue!

130 Dick Johnston is Dead (20)

131 The Bridges of Madison County (95)

132 Earth Girls are Easy (88) Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum are so hot in this movie, no wonder they got married 

133 Better Watch Out (16)

134 Drowning Mona (00) trying for something like the Coen bros and not getting there

135 Au Revoir Les Enfants (87)

136 *Chasing Amy (97) Affleck is the least alluring movie lead...ever? I also think I gave Joey Lauren Adams’ character short shrift in my memory of the movie. It’s not good, but she’s more complicated than I recalled. 

137 Blackkklansman (18)

138 Being Frank (19)

139 Kiki’s Delivery Service (89)

140 Uncle Frank (20) why so many FRANKS

141 *National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (89) watching with pals (virtually) made it so much more fun than the usual yearly watch!

142 Half Baked (98) another, more secret Toronto nostalgia pic - RC Harris water filtration plant as a prison!

143 We’re the Millers (13)

144 All is Bright (13)

145 Defending Your Life (91)

146 Christmas Chronicles (18) I maintain that most new xmas movies are terrible, particularly now that Netflix churns them out like eggnog every year. 

147 Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse (18)

148 Reindeer Games (00) what did I say about Affleck??!? WHAT DID I SAY

149 Palm Springs (20)

150 Happiest Season (20)

151 *Metropolitan (90) it’s definitely a Christmas movie

152 Black Christmas (74)

THEATRE:HOME - 2:150 (thanks pandemic)

I usually separate out docs and fiction, but I watched almost no documentaries this year (with the exception of Dick Johnston). Reality is real enough. 

TV Series

01 - BoJack Horseman (final season) - Pretty damned poignant finish to the show, replete with actual consequences for our reformed bad boy protagonist (which is more than you can say for most antiheroes of Peak TV).

02 - *Hello Ladies - I enjoy the pure awkwardness of seeing Stephen Merchant try to perform being a Regular Person, but ultimately this show tips him too far towards a nasty, Ricky Gervais-lite sort of persona. Perhaps he was always best as a cameo appearance, or lip synching with wild eyes while Chrissy Teigen giggles?

03 - Olive Kittredge - a rough watch by times. I read the book as well, later in the year. Frances Mcdormand was the best, possibly the only, casting option for the flinty lead. One episode tips into thriller territory, which is a shock. 

04 - *The Wire S3, S4, S5 - lockdown culture! It was interesting to rewatch this, then a few months later go through an enormous, culture-level reappraisal of cop-centred narratives. 

05 - Forever - a Maya Rudolph/Fred Armisen joint that coasts on the charm of its leads. The premise is OK, but I wasn’t left wanting any more at the end. 

06 - *Catastrophe - a rewatch when my partner decided he wanted to see it, too!

07 - Red Oak - resolutely “OK” steaming dramedy, relied heavily on some pretty obvious cues to get across its 1980s setting. 

08 - Little Fires Everywhere - gulped this one down while in 14-day isolation, delicious! Every 90s suburban mom had that SUV, but not all of them had the requisite **secrets**

09 - The Great - fun historical comedy/drama! Costumes: lush. Actors: amusing. Race-blind casting: refreshing!

10 - The Crown S4 - this is the season everyone lost their everloving shit for, since it’s finally recent enough history that a fair chunk of the viewing audience is liable to recall it happening. 

11 - Ted Lasso - we resisted this one for a while (thought I did enjoy the ad campaign for NBC sports (!!) that it was based on). My view is that its best point was the comfort that the men on the show have (or develop, throughout the season) with the acknowledgement and sharing of their own feelings. Masculinity redux. 

12 - Moonbase 8 - Goodnatured in a way that makes you certain they will be crushed. 

13 - The Good Lord Bird - Ethan Hawke is really aging into the character actor we always hoped he would be! 

14 - Hollywood - frothy wish-fulfillment alternate history. I think the show would have been improved immeasurably by skipping the final episode.

[scotiaeire]

I HAVE COPD

THOUGH THOSE LETTERS COVER QUITE A FEW RESPIRATORY DISEASES. MINE IS CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, BROUGHT ON ENTIRELY BY MYSELF. I SPENT DECADES FROM AGED 13 SMOKING. AT MY HEIGHT I WAS ON 60 A DAY. FOR FOLKS OF MY GENERATION, YOU’LL RECOGNISE HOW STRONG THEY WERE..CAPSTAN, NO FILTER, FULL STRENGTH.

SO I DEVELOPED CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. I ALSO HAVE A HEART ARRHYTHMIA. IT’S PROBABLY AN INTERNAL RACE TO SEE WHICH ONE TAKES ME OUT FIRST.

TODAY THE BRONCHITIS IS QUITE BAD. THAT’S BECAUSE, LIKE THE EEJIT I AM, I WENT OUTDOORS YESTERDAY IN THE STORM TO FILM THE WEATHER. IN MY JAMMIES.

SEE, I’M FROM THE FAR NORTH OF SCOTLAND WHERE SUCH WEATHER IS COMMON. I’M USED TO IT. OR I WAS.

I THINK THAT, SINCE THE FIRST LOCKDOWN IN MARCH AND THE CONTINUING SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS, RIGHT THROUGH TO THIS LOCKDOWN WHICH WON’T END TIL DECEMBER (UNLESS THEY DECIDE TO EXTEND IT, BUT MONEY MIGHT WIN OUT AS THEY WANT XMAS CASH IN THE SHOPS) SO I BELIEVE ALL THAT SELF ISOLATION HAS LOWERED OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS.

WHEREAS BEFORE WE’D BE IN DAILY CONTACT WITH THE GERMS AND VIRUSES OF OTHERS, OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS HAD A HEALTHY WORKOUT AND WERE TOUGHENED UP. LIKE CHILDREN, ALWAYS PICKING THINGS UP AT SCHOOL, BUT IT WAS NECESSARY TO GIVE THEM A STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEM.

EXCEPT, NOW WE’RE HERMITS. AND RAPIDLY BECOMING LIKE THOSE ISOLATED TRIBES WHO, UPON CONTACT WITH EXPLORERS, OFTEN DIED FROM WHAT WE CONSIDERED COMMON CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES....CHICKEN POX, MEASLES, ETC....

WELL, WE’RE NOT AT THAT STAGE. YET. BUT IF IT GOES ON I THINK WE’LL REACH IT.

SO MY FILMING ADVENTURE, WHICH I’VE DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE THE “PLAGUE” DAYS, WHICH NEVER GAVE ME ANY HASSLE AFORE, HAS NOW HIT ME HARD.

SO I’M ON THE SOFABED FOR THE DAY AND HOPING IT CLEARS UP SOON.

BECAUSE COUGHING TIL YOU TURN PURPLE AND ALMOST PASS OUT ISN’T FUN. NOR IS STRUGGLING TO SUCK IN A BREATH. OR THE RESULTANT HEADACHE YOU GET FROM SAID COUGHING. OR THE LACK OF SLEEP. CHEST PAINS. WELL, YOU GET THE GIST....

MY OWN COVID19 MINDSET IS, PROTECT THE ELDERLY AND MEDICALLY VULNERABLE BUT LET THE REST OF US GET ON WITH NORMAL LIFE.

BECAUSE IF WE PERSIST IN THIS, I *DO* BELIEVE MORE OF US WILL DIE FROM NON COVID RELATED ILLNESSES DUE TO REDUCED IMMUNE SYSTEMS, AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT HOSPITALS ARE NO LONGER TAKING ON THEIR NORMAL WHACK OF NON COVID PATIENTS WHO STILL NEED ESSENTIAL TREATMENTS.

AND BTW, TRY GETTING A DENTIST THESE DAYS......:/

SO I’M JUST GOING TO LIE LIKE A LUMP HERE AND LET MY MIND DRIFT, AND PRETEND I’M SOMEWHERE ELSE, SOMEWHERE MY FERNWEH WOULD TAKE ME.

[qtsp00k]

I was down for the count for 13 days. Only 2 of those I din't need to NEeeEeeedD to be stoned outta my mind on D8. It's snowing bid fat flakes and I want nothing more than to go out and play in that. T6 & I spent our 2nd NYE together & xchanged xmas gifts. Our first Xmas & NYE 2gthr was in 1999. He was late coming over & that gave me a chance to check to my mail. My supplies! So literlly whie he was in the shower & getting dressed I made his hat chain xmas prez. It came toghether so smooth. I didn't hunt for anything or struggle and my dexterity held out fine. That's my bliss yo not one moment of "where is that thing ack i'm running out of time" We made dinner toghether. Fresh walnut brussels sprouts. I wanted to pray before eating and he was like, "I'll pray to you" and he did. And it was legit prayer. I then said exactly everything he said in praise of me to God in my meal prayer. Nothing more, nothing less. It was perfect. And at some point during our hang sesh he handed me all his meth & told me to flush it. I thought about eating it all, which is fucked & I don't even get that tbh & of course got up and flushed it right away. As we lie in bed I really needed to be bit hard; so much tension. And I asked him if he would do that platonically. No kissing, no romance bro, just bite me hard. He had to be directed to bite harder harder harder, but I got my release and it felt great. He started kissin a bit & I called him on it & he apolofized and cut it out for good. No issues. Just best buds livin in the moment. It was the perfect start to the new year. We watched Tarantino movies. I'd put on Death Proof, then he put on some Hollywood alt verse Manson one, then hatefull 8. Maybe 2 days go by & T6 had the fear of God put into him via S6 and suddenly what I've been saying about Christ Conciousness made sense to him. He suddenly feels God in his blood. He feels Gods love for him and knows that even though he felt abandoned by both god and the devil God never did abandon him. I still floored by this development. I asked if he was furreal. I waited days thinkin he might be high, but no this is real. T6 came to Christ. I never was trying to convince him. I just speak my truth. When I prayed that I have a friend in faith as I had known that 6 months with S6 I never in my wildest dreams imagined T6 would be that person. So, yeah we connectin on new levels. His Grandmother is a devout Christian and she regards it as an Absolute miracle that for the first time in her life her grandson wants to pray with her. Within a week of his enlightment T6 gets C19 real bad. That's where we are now. T6 is horribly sick with C19. I'm worried that all the meth is gonna reduce his bodies ability to fight it off. And he is very, now, determined to quit, so withdrawal on top of C19. I have never prayed like that. I didn't even get any sense of closure or peace from praying. It wasn't til my mom replied to my request that she pray for him with "i hope he's vaxxed" and I went off like, "like only the people who did what you did deserve to survive the pandemic?!" and I was pissed. That I realized oh hey, if T6 dies from this, dies unvaxxed, then he dies worthy of me & that's good enough. I found peace. Now, I said worthy of, but what I mean is that he and I are on the same side. The same side of not trusting the gvment and esp of not buying into the fear. I will not be ok if he doesn't make it.

[foulkingdomenthusiast]

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#why do they put xmas songs on earlier and earlier these days

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Glitter

“Here!”

Severus jerked back, before looking up from The Daily Prophet at the gift bag that Harry was holding at arm’s length.

“What do you have there?” Severus asked eyebrow arched.

Harry whined and bounced on the balls of his feet. “Just open it!”

Severus heaved a sigh, put down the paper and took the bag from Harry. Giving Harry a shrewd look he opened the bag and removed the glitter tissue paper; and shot Harry a glare as glitter erupted all over the table from said tissue paper. Harry gave a big innocent grin, arms behind his back and swinging side to side.

Severus reached into the bag again and brought out a black piece of fabric. Shaking it released more glitter to Severus’ annoyance. Unravelling the fabric, he found it to be a t-shirt with the phrase ‘TOL GAY’ written in white on the front.

Looking up at Harry he saw that Harry had opened the hoodie he was wearing to show a Cropped white t-shirt with the words ‘SMOL GAY’ emblazoned in pink glitter.

“No”

“Awwwwwww. Come on Sev!! PLEASE!!” Harry gave his most irresistible puppy dog face full force, hands now clasped in front and leaning forward.

Again, Severus sighed, expression morphing from defiant to reluctantly fond.

“Fine. But…”

“EEEEEEEE” Harry pounced.

They never got rid of the glitter.

Saw this and couldn't help picturing Severus wearing this with a frown and sunglasses, and Harry hanging of his arm, smile as wide as his face.

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5 notes • Posted 2021-08-25 23:23:45 GMT

#4

New story!! 'Bicep' Harry being Harry. Severus loving him anyway.

5 notes • Posted 2021-08-31 23:01:02 GMT

#3

WHY?!

Severus was sat at his computer, answering emails from his various clients, when he was interrupted by a shout from the kitchen. Knowing that Harry was baking he leapt to his feet and rushed from the room. From the doorway he could see Harry hunched over the counter, with his hands clenched by his temples.

“Love what’s wrong?” Severus rushed over to the younger man’s side and placed his hands on his shoulders, checking him over for any signs of injury.

“Why? It’s only November!” Harry whispered in frustration, his eyes starting to tear up.

Severus sighed in disbelief at the idiot in his arms. “All this fuss over Christmas songs!” Severus tried very hard not to growl, unable to unclench his teeth.

“Fuss? FUSS?!” Harry laughed hysterically, “It’s NOVEMBER, Severus, November! Christmas doesn’t start til I open my advent calendar! If I can’t open my chocolate early, Then songs can’t start early!” Harry realised that he was whining like a child now, stomping included, but he didn’t care. The stupid songs were now in his head, and wouldn’t leave. He had even started humming ‘Christmas Time’ while he was baking brownies. Brownies! Was nothing sacred anymore?!

Severus pinched the bridge of his nose, already tired. ‘My husband is such a child sometimes!’

He brought the frustrated man into his arms and started to sway, while humming under his breath.

“UGH!”

“What?” Severus asked confused.

“You’re doing it now!” Harry nearly shouted, slightly muffled by Severus’ chest.

“Doing what?”

“CHRISTMAS SONGS!” Harry wailed to the ceiling before bursting into hysterical laughter again.

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10 notes • Posted 2021-11-09 13:07:32 GMT

#2

Soft

Severus huffed. ‘Stupid Potter, I did nothing wrong, I’m the one who should be storming out upset, not him, but noooo, it has to be all about Harry.’

Severus shifted in his seat, where he was trying to read a book and pretend that he’s not waiting for Harry to come home from where, he undoubtedly went to rant and rave at the Weasleys, about how Severus was such an inconsiderate arse.

Not a moment later, Severus heard the floo from the greeting room activate and somebody come stumbling out. Severus heard quiet mutterings moving closer to where he sat in the living room, until minutes later a small-ish figure was climbing into his lap, snuggling close, and pushing his face deep into the crook of his neck. Severus opened his mouth to ask, ‘what the man was doing?’ When Harry beat him to it with a quick, “Don’t get any ideas, I’m still mad at you.”

Severus sighed and pulled the younger man closer and breathed in his strawberry shampoo, before saying “Yes love.” And pressed a kiss on the top of his husband’s head, placing his book aside, while resting his cheek on Harry’s head and closing his eyes.

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20 notes • Posted 2021-10-18 00:36:38 GMT

#1

Fine.

Rustle Rustle

Severus sat on the sofa reading the latest potions journal, sipping his tea in front of the fire.

Rustle Rustle

He picked up his quill, and made a note in the margins, muttering under his breath about idiots.

Scrit Scrit

“No.” Severus said casually, “Stop that.”

Mew

“You know the rules. No scratching the furniture. If you want attention, ask properly.”

Yowl

A little black kitten popped its head out from under the sofa, and let out the most adorably confused mew?

Severus looked down at the little terror. Then patted the sofa cushion beside him.

The kitten brightened considerably, jumped onto the sofa cushion, padded up to Severus, and proceeded to climb into his lap and curl up into a ball.

Severus tip his head back and let out an exhausted sigh.

“Harry. No.”

Harry looked up at Severus, eyes round and teary, then let out a mew.

“Fine.” Severus released an indulgent sigh, and suck his fingers into the kitten’s fur.

PUUUURRRRRR

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20 notes • Posted 2021-10-25 00:31:16 GMT

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[gorgxoxus]

Symphony verse: highlight reel:

By shandyall (this is for my benefit but I thought I’d share it)

Part 1: Interludes:

Chapter 3: Coppers letter

Chapter 4: Blaine comes out to Matt

Blaine meets Kurt (does their story start here?)

Chapter 7: Blaine and Kurt do an online together and starting emailing

Chapter 12: Blaine yells at his dad after the coffee trip

Chapter 14: Blaine comes out to his parents/Blaine ghosts Kurt

Chapter 18: Blaine sings the first day of my life for the first time (to Kurt)

Chapter 19: The notebook dinner

Overtures:

Chapter 3: Blaine gets attacked by a small tree

Chapter 4: Blaine goes to Kurt’s apartment for a party

Chapter 5: Blaine and Kurt go to a carnival and kiss

Chapter 9: Blaine impersonates Alex to get a coffee and winks at the barista with Kurt looking on

Chapter 12: Blaine and Kurt have sex

Crescendos:

Chapter 4 song: Adrift by Barenakedlades

Chapter 5 song: half a world away by REM

Chapter 5: Meet Julia (the vodka was lonely)

Chapter 6: Kerry and Blaine eat Mexican for the first time/start of an untapped friendship

Chapter 7 song: Just the way you are by Billy Joel

Chapter 8 song: one and only by Adele

Chapter 9 song: carry on by fun

Chapter 10 song: all I want is you by u2

Justin hits on Blaine. He doesn’t notice it but his friends point it out. He tells Kurt (Kurt’s still struggling in Paris and starts getting jealous).

Chapter 11 song: til kingdom come by Coldplay

Chapter 12 song: Reading rainbow theme song

Chapter 13 song: I’m yours by Jason M

Justin is in the right place at the right time. Helps Blaine out (very innocent)

Chapter 14 song: dearest by Buddy Holly

Chapter 15 song: everything by Alanis Morissete

Chapter 16 song: I walk the line by Johnny Cash

Chapter 17 song: give a little bit by Supertramp

Chapter 18 song: do you realise?? By the flaming lips.

Chapter 18: The infamous party filmed and sent to Kurt (also Deirdre fucking Marshall)

Chapter 19: you and I by Wilco

They im, Kurt says they shouldn’t talk until they get back

Chapter 22 songs: Something to say by toad the wet sprocket, With a little help from my friends by The Beatles, Your Song by Elton John and The first day of my life by Kurt.

Chapter 23: Blaine meets Kurt at the airport.

Chapter 24: sexy times, shaving beard time, talky times (in reverse order)

Chapter 26: Kurt meets Didi, Blaine’s surprise party

Chapter 26 is solid gold. Definitely worth a reread.

Staccatos:

Chapter 7: my penis says hello

Chapter 9: skiing incident (the shiner)

Chapter 13: Kerry leaves 😩. End of Blerry (sadness)

Chapter 14: Juila’s house on Long Island for 4th of July. Truth or dare. Great chapter - reread worth it

Chapter 16: speech relapse. Blaine can’t talk. He’s been pretending he’s been fine. Interactions with kids all good

Chapter 17: still in denial with his speech.

Chapter 19: Blaine’s speech is improving

Chapter 20: start of Matt and Julia

Chapter 22: the song “the perfect space”

You get some insights to Blaine’s past and current thoughts working in a middle school.

He decides to go back to therapy so his past doesn’t follow him around as much.

“The problem is no one can hear him screaming.”

This chapter I relate to a lot.

Chapter 24: Matt is going to be a speech pathologist

Chapter 26: Cooper and Katinka Wedding. Song: Perfect for me by Ron Pope.

Blaine’s best man toast.

Candences:

Chapter 1: good stuff, fluff

Chapter 2: Rachel finally says yes to Puck for marriage. Valentines chapter.

Chapter 3: Kurt meets Blaine’s old therapist Paula.

Chapter 6: Blaine asks Kurt to marry him during Puck and Rachel’s wedding after a fight. Chapter 3 in ‘Circle of Fifths’ has the first part of the scenes.

Chapter 3 Circle of Fifths: meet Ben (Blaine’s old high school crush)

Blaine gets really drunk at Puck and Rachel’s wedding practice.

Chapter 7: Klaine’s wedding. The first day of my life sung by Rachel and Matt. Very simple, very Klaine for this story.

At my most beautiful by REM as their wedding song.

Didi reveals she knows they know who she is (D. Marshall from the class). Offers to have their child.

Chapter 8: Blaine’s mum and him talk about their funerals. Song in mind: Sunday morning coming down by Johnny Cash.

Chapter 9: Matt and Julia are leaving to London. They have a shot gun wedding in Las Vegas.

Chapter 11: Ben and DiDi start.

Sexting at a party - good classic hilarity

Chapter 12: Kurt and Blaine to decide to take Didi up on her offer for the child. Kurt will be the biological dad. Blaine still has some fears about being a father and then his speech starts acting up.

Chapter 13: Hello Adelaide!

Chapter 19: they’ve adopted Declan!

Chapter 20: following on from the events of Chapter 2 in a circle of fifths.

This is a great chapter.

Song: I will follow you into the dark by death cab for cutie

Chapter 23: failed beach day. Cute family day.

Chapter 24: Addie does the McDonalds order.

Chapter 30: Declan gets a second cochlear implant - it’s a miracle for his life.

Chapter 31: Blaine’s mother dies. He sings ‘Sunday morning coming down’ at the funeral

Chapter 32: Skiing with Klaine, Mat, Julia

and kids. The start of Declan and Jessa.

Chapter 34: Drunken old sexy times caught by their daughter. Blaine’s 50th!

Circle of Fifths:

Chapter 1:

Happy Sorta-versary old mans! Matt sings for Julia and Blaine sings for Kurt.

Chapter 2: Xmas at Anderhummels (everyone at they’re house in New York). Declan is new to the family.

Impromptu:

Chapter 3: Matt and Blaine talk to strangers (to do with Blaine’s speech therapy)

Chapter 4: (kinda set after Blaine backslides after his speech messed up the first time). Really good chapter of communication and Kurt doing good things about Blaine’s speech.

Chapter 7: Declan becomes obsessed with Octopi

Best.Christmas.Ever: Chapter 1: The best Christmas present ever: Sanskrit tattoo that says ‘right’.

Chapter 5: Declan and Jessa announce they’re engagement!!!

[agenderhyde]

i’ve been thinking about things re: my characters & i’m not sure what to do with them

there’s zev adina morgenstern, who started out as amy mcgennings,daughter of a notorious cannibal who raised her to be just like him, but i changed her to be a jewish vampire working towards her doctorate in medicine. she has a daughter + three-and-a-half siblings (daughter included), recently broke up w/ her girlfriend (whose name literally means ‘xmas day’) b/c she didn’t want to turn her, loves her friends & family fiercely and doesn’t get nearly enough sleep. she has turned one person: her old friend, who goes by ‘John’ b/c he feels unsafe casually divulging his hebrew name, and only did so b/c she was fifteen, pregnant, & wanted to rebel against her father. in the original story, she helped her cousin commit suicide & replaced her with natalie, despite nat’s father being a cop, and said it was for a school project (???). fav. foods are sufyganiot (not sure if that’s spelled right, it’s 12:42 am) and challah…

then there’s teresa vasquez, aka tess,who just graduated high school in june & proposed to her gf in may (on the girl’s b-day, no less) and doesn’t know if she should go to medical school, like her parents (with whom she doesn’t have a good relationship) did, or if she should study something entirely different, like journalism or teaching or singing or theatre, because she loves acting but doesn’t know if she could make it professionally (despite playing emma in j&h and lovett in sweeney todd – both high school productions). will fight anyone who insults jake, kal, angel, angel’s sister (name??)… basically, any of her friends. she loves her abuela and her brother, although he can be rather obnoxious at times, given that he’s only ten-years-old, but he supports her & kal, as does her abuela. delphi’s favorite aunt…

and there’s kali smith, aka kal, whose parents are both murderers who taught her how to kill, yet who rather prefers painting and will drink five cups of coffee, stay up til seven am the next day and then crash, all for the sake of completing a painting. she’s also skilled at maths, not just because of the vampirism, but because it comes easy to her, though she hates when people ask for help, or worse, ask her why she isn’t pursuing a math-related career. tess proposed on her 18th b-day in the school cafeteria & kal wants it to be on halloween, her daughter’s (first) birthday. she loves volunteering w/ children, particularly doing art workshops w/ her friends. loves her nieces, nephew(s?), siblings, mother, friends, etc… 

and then there’s jacob winters, aka jake, a jewish boy who had his b’nei mitzvah at 12, rather than 13, with his family supporting him under the name of ‘joshua,’ although he quickly changed it because he did not want to share a name w/ his baby cousin. tess & kal are his best friends & have always supported him. when he was three, he told them he was a boy and they accepted it, letting him play the role of ‘father’ in their games and, when all three started kindergarten, yelled at anyone who would dead-name him (teachers included; kali, especially, got in trouble quite often). has a younger (as of yet unnamed) sister. wants to study theatre but also medicine & psychology, will follow his friends to college, is the youngest of his friend group but thought of as the dad…

& elisabeth smith, a french jewish woman from the late 19th century, brought to modern day via time travel, who is pursuing a degree in social work and education, because she wants to help young girls and keep them from becoming like her. she worked as a prostitute for nearly five years, starting at fourteen, and fell in love with her first ever client, a man by the name of jacques mortimer, who was three years older than her. she thought, despite his being upper-class, that they could marry when she found out she was pregnant with their first child, but he had been courting a sixteen-year-old, white girl by the name of marion who got pregnant two months after bess did, and his parents chose her over the ‘lowly whore,’ as they referred to her. Due to financial circumstances, she gave their daughter, Delphine, up for almost four years, but now loves her fiercely, partially out of spite towards jacques’  father. she had another daughter (also w/ jacques; all of her kids are his), Ellis, at sixteen and Jennifer at seventeen. Ellis died when Bess was 18, leaving her utterly devastated, as well as pissed at jacques for not doing enough to help; but they sought solace in e/o & had yet another daughter when Bess was 19, named Eponine Ellis (after her older sister). she’s currently in a relationship w/ a woman named alyssa & lives in an apartment near campus w/ Delphi & ‘Poni, not too far from her mother & brother. jen is w/ her father in 19th Century France. 

there are many, many more, but it’s late and i’m going to bed; i’ll maybe post more tomorrow/within the next few days. this is over 800 words for not even a fifth of my oc’s…