#all hail the pumpkin queen

[pnwander]

trick or treat

[hallowickit]

[queenendless]

💀🎃👻This Is Halloween👻🎃💀

A/n: Sequel to Spooky Greetings

Overblot Bois and Skully x Fem Reader. SPOILERS FOR THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS event. Especially THE END.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN~! 🎃

The ups and downs of being in a place like Halloween Town was quite the experience.

Despite the detour you encountered.

Like being nabbed by Skully for witnessing him kidnapping his dear Skellington and holding you and Grim captive in a literal walking bathtub to Spiral Hill. Yet he was the nicest kidnapper there ever was.

“Please enjoy these and make yourself comfortable, my love.” Skully’s kiss on the lips made you too tongue tied to eat the snacks he left behind. Leaving Grim to eat them instead.

Thankfully it didn't take long for a rescue. As in Sebek, Jamil and Leona dueling Skully as the others came to your side, totally put off by how unharmed you are. Immediately gobsmacked as you ran to a blushing crying Skully having a meltdown over his own personal issues and hugging him out.

If his idol and you could console him on his limited views on this spooky holiday and forgive him so easily, then of course he'd start bawling for joy.

“There there you precious boi.” You're cooing as you hug him and brush his white locks, Skully’s wet face nuzzling your flushed neck, to the flabbergasted faces of his rivals for your affections. And in that moment he won.

Finally the time had come to throw the yearly spooky celebration.

Hearing all your fellow schoolmates singing a tune tickled the back of your brain at the familiarity of said song.

“Sweets for you, my greatest treat~” Riddle showed up in the walking tub with Lock, Shock and Barrel, handing you a pumpkin faced treat with a smooch to your cheek.

“Let me fill your dreams with frightful delight~” Leona purred in your flushed ear, embraced you from behind as he kissed the top of your head from above, with Zero the ghostly dog bopping you on the nose with his tiny glowing pumpkin one.

“Your screams are music to my ears~” Azul's octo strength made it that much easier for him to twirl you around in his arms, dancing across the town, pecking your forehead.

“I'll be there for my lady fair.” Jamil assured as your hair like his and Sally's blew from the chilly winds; the autumn leaves flying on by, as he dove in to smooch your nose.

“Ride with me in the dead of night.” Hugging Vil securely as he modeled with ease on the flying broomstick gave you quite the view, turning around a bit to leave his kiss on your other cheek.

“My heart screams for thee!” Idia presented a heart in a jar to you given to him by Dr Finkelstein made your own heart want to pop out in fear and yet it was oddly sweet, especially cause your zealous boi smooched your neck, possessively marking your neck.

“Our Halloween Queen.” Malleus easily swoops you atop the Mayor's car he was driving at the moment, carrying you bridal style, gifting you a full on kiss to your lips, smiling mischievously against your own.

“In this town we call home, everyone hail to the Pumpkin song.” Holding your gloved hand in his own, you and Skully waved along with everyone else as Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, rose from the town fountain, pride emanating from him as everyone cheered at the finale.

Too bad you all forgot about it.

Until you were back at school, when Headmaster Crowley presented to you all a very rare portrait of a NRC alumni from centuries ago. Aka the King of Halloween that made such a holiday what it is today in all of Twisted Wonderland.

Despite no memories of the strapping young man, you all felt drawn to him and his influence, inspired to make this the best Halloween yet.

But while everyone else was getting pumped up by it, you were feeling odd. Like you were missing someone you had never met in the flesh and bone.

Seeing your admirers blushing red at your costume, appearing in a rag doll inspired couture dress with a ribbon collar to boot, it was time to begin Halloween Week.

And yet, for some reason, you felt eyes on you throughout the whole week. Tingly touches to your hands that felt like brushing kisses. Even on All Hallows Eve, the ghost-like press of the lips all over your face made you on edge during the float parade.

Running by the portrait in the midst of your anxious worried state. Those eyes following you unbeknownst to you all. With the moon full and the party still going strong in the distance, you felt drawn to the tombstones littered around Ramshackle Dorm. Instinct, another voice, your feet moving on their own will, call it whatever you will, for you moved to a particular worn-out grave. Atop a hill.

Watching the spectral form of the King of Halloween himself appear before you coming out of the grave, bowing graciously before you, as he offered his skeletal gloved hand out to you, his teary eyes and smitten smile unveiled to you, it all made a sudden wave of emotion hit you hard in the feels.

“Y/n, welcome back.”

While the mind was still fuzzy of your recollection due to the magic of the book, something else more primal awoke in you the moment your eyes locked onto his. Your feet moved before your mind could.

As physically as one could embrace a ghost, you still felt traces of warmth amiss the cold. You were surprised to feel physical arms hugging you in return. The bridge between the living and the spirits was blurred tonight so …

The longer you two stayed that way, the more the fog in your brain began to depart. The flash of your last moment together made you realize the reason for his choice of words.

“Skully.” You softly wept, clutching onto him tighter, when he cupped your face to kiss away the tears. His face, his mouth, they all feel so warm. “You're really here.”

“It's been far too long, my love.” He confessed.

That prolonged deep kiss began ebbing away the mist. Gently licking your bottom lip to get you to open. Smiling smugly as you returned it sincerely, humming at your hands running through his wispy hair. His phantom self became solid and lean, heart beating right up against your chest, his scent became more potent as they were the sweet and spicy of Autumn nature.

“I'm home.” He whispered against your luscious lips, nuzzling his nose to yours, smiling all lovesick at your giggling self.

The ghostly trio residents watched on with hearts in their eyes as you got lost in bliss, slowly dancing with the founder of their spooky dorm. Engaging in lip lock once more. Floating off the ground, basked in the stars of this special spooky night.

For you, his Queen, danced with him, your Pumpkin King.

[the-indie-owl]

All Hail The Pumpkin Queen!💀🎃👑

I'm dressed as Jack's GF, Sally for Halloween! 💚🩵🖤

Happy Halloween! 🧡🖤🧡🖤

[thetownwecallhome]

TNBC Shower Thought-cloud #5: Sally the Ragdoll

((OOC:

So the sequel book to Nightmare Before Christmas All Hail the Pumpkin Queen, came out this last year and I just gotta make my stance clear now: if you like that book, cool.

I don't. Like, I really don't. To make a long story short, Shea Anshaw's take on Jack and Sally finally getting married ft the revelations that

Sally wasn't actually made by Dr. Finkelstein

Sally is a princess from another world

Sally wax poetic abt awesome girl-boss royalty ((like, human royalty, the kind that commits genocide and apartheid)) being legit and cool and how you shouldn't question it

This newest girl-bossification of Sally is positing the same question the TNBC-critical sphere has been asking for years: is Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas dependent and therefore can't be a good feminist character?

The hyperbole take on her being " her [Sally's] entire purpose is being supportive of Jack, who isn't supportive of her and who doesn't deserve her as a girlfriend "

This isn't a fringe opinion nor is it held only by people I dislike. Lindsay Ellis jokingly told Sally to "get her bachelor's degree" in one of her vids which I am very obviously not butthurt at all by as you can tell, while Hasani Walker made a webcomic where that functionally happens; Sally and Jack break up to work things out individually before they really try it out as a couple.

Just so we're clear, my disagreeing with these two and other creators is NOT meant to be war on people who don't ship SallyxJack, nor is it a roast on people who are critical of Sally/TNBC as a principle.

BUT, when it comes to Sally ((in the film, not the games or spin offs, the film)) being a doormat of a woman who's too good for her man...I disagree.

---First thing's first, My take on Sally is highly influenced by The Nightmare Before Christmas : The Film, the Art, and the Vision which my sister bought years ago. In that book, Carolyn Thompson said this -

While TNBC is the story of the time Jack did a thing and ruined it for everyone, it's Sally who embodies everything the filmmakers want the audience to feel about Jack.

Set up and seen before Jack is even on screen, Sally is a part of the world of Halloween, but also an outsider in it. This gives her the position to see Jack the way the audience does; Just like Sally, we are awed and enamored with Jack when he first pops up, then saddened and sympathetic for him once we realize his plight. Though she's absent from Jack's finding of Christmas Town, she IS there for the town meeting when we the audience (and her) are gushing over his gushing over Christmas. We sense along with Sally Jack's frustration with the town citizens, are saddened to see him pander to them, and can tell he’s not well when committing to his Xmas experiments. Most important of all, Sally recognizes Jack’s Xmas takeover as wrong and wants to stop it, even if she love him. Even without hearing him sing “I bet I could IMPROVE IT TOO” like we do, Sally knows Jack is wrong. Regardless of her care for Jack, visibly, she’s the only one who sees what’s happening with Santa is wrong. Sally tracks him down in order to help Jack, but she’s none the less Santa’s real ally. From everything we know about her, Sally, like the rest of Halloween Town, is not a mean monster and doesn’t like to spread misery ala Oogie Boogie, and she’s not too hopped up on enthusiasm to forget when she’s hurting people like Jack and the town very much are. Sally is the og critical stan. now join me for a tanget-

Interestingly, any other holiday film ((Year without a Santa Claus, Hocus Pocus, Hop)) would make the voice-of-reason audience-surrogate character a peppy human child who's interacting w the holiday characters, but in TNBC, the writers made the surrogate someone who's also a holiday character- Sally. Sally is kind of to TNBC what Nick Calloway is to The Great Gatsby. Yeah, that's a stretch-Nick is of course the narrator and author-stand in for his story where Sally isn't (although, a TNBC narrated by Sally sounds dope as hell, ngl), tho more importantly, while Nick learns along with the reader how cruel and fruitless the American dream Jay believed in actually was,

---Sally is a character who doesn’t have to learn anything. tanget- again

A lot of people have this opinion on Disney heroines like Belle or Ariel, that good characters, female or otherwise, don't necessarily have to learn anything. I could take or leave Belle and Ariel in as far as if they should learn a lesson in their movies. But in my eyes, that character will always be Sally. Sally is a character you wanna aspire to be like and who doesn’t need to learn the lesson of the story. And yes, Sally is also in-love with Jack. You can be extra cynicalsassy and use this to say "TNBC was made to make you feel like you could make out w Jack Skellington" (( I'd like to point out that Nick is all but canonically in love with Jay in GG)) but that's not the point. More importantly...how/why is that a bad thing that Sally is in love? TNBC doesn’t pass any bectal tests. If women always supporting other women is the only mark of feminism ever then I guess, but I mean, what’s wrong if a woman’s inspo and motivation is a man? What’s especially wrong if she’s self aware and tries to battle that man’s influence within the story. How is that "putting up with" or "enabling/excusing/thinking only of Jack". Sally...really doesn't do that...

---Sally has wants, but within the narrative of Nightmare she's just a bit taken back by needs. At the start of the movie what Sally wants, and the reason she says "I know how you feel" to Jack, is to be active.

“I don’t want to BE patient”

“I’m restless, I can’t help it!”

Sally wants to be anything but Finkelstein's cute assistant because SHE knows she's more than that. She wants to be a part of Halloween Town. What's keeping her back is her reluctance to be free, which she finally throws to the wind after seeing Jack's tower from afar, which is why she's so happy throwing herself out the window - that's her 'let it go' moment of actually taking action in her life. The man she loves is evidently doing it -why shouldn't she? Her actual 'need' is to escape from Dr. Finkelste and it’s really not an obstacle, if we're being honest. The balls are all in her court; Fink's at most an irritation to her. She literally came back to his lab just to be sewn up and smile in his face about poisoning him. She can, and does, so often easily escape because she’s NOT perturbed by him. Sally is, at this point in the film, totally in control of her wants and her needs. But then- the plot kicks in and she has her vision. It's then that her real need in the story, the need she recognizes, outweighs her wants, that need being: "omg I gotta stop this undead himbo from hurting himself and other people!" Sally’s #1 goal in the film is NOT to be Jack's gf, it’s just to save him from himself. Jack inspires her, makes her feel good, but she doesn’t let that stop her from seeing things for how they are ABOUT him. Her words in "Sally Song" never read to me as "notice me senpai I wish I was good ENOUGH" self-loathing. If anything her succumbing to “it’s never to become '' about Jack isn’t some “I love you even though you’ll NEVER luff MEEEEE” devotion, but forlorn frustration. “I think it’s not to be '' = Jack’s never gonna change”. It's Sally's lament about how she doesn't believe Jack will ever want her that way because she just knows what kind of person he is*. But that's not the only thing she sings about in this song. Sally has been apart from the crowd and wants to be a part of it, but any joy she’d have in her new independence is kinda sucked up by knowing Jack is gonna get him and possibly the rest of the town killed. She even wonders in her song if she wants to or ever can be really a part of Halloween Town when she clearly can’t do the hype-Jack-up song and dance like the rest of them. Jack evidently treats her like an equal part of the team, but 1) for Jack that's just another citizen he thinks doesn't understand him, and 2) it's participation in a project she knows she doesn't want to be a part of. Real monkey's paw there, Sally!

If there is anything close enough to a lesson for Sally in the film, arguably, it’d be not to underestimate Jack as unable to change. She’s not only validated by the end of the film, she gets to see Jack really bounce back and be the person she loved at the start- and then is taken aback that he not only does this but finally recognizes her affections, her efforts, and her as a person. final tangent:

((I think the make-or-break-you point with Nightmare is a question of whether or not you think Jack learned his lesson. While I think the filmmakers could have really handled that better, especially in “Poor Jack”, I think what they were going for in their own crunch of an ending is Jack falling in love with Sally is his redemption- he finally came around to seeing her and her way. The Film, the Art, and the Vision makes a point of how Sally is far more than Jack’s romantic interest. ))

Being Mr. Cynical again, you could handwave this as just a throw-in from the writers; "actually she IS REALLY important lookit all the things she do!" but I believe in that statement because they believe in that.

--Sally's MO is centered around Jack. Narratively, yes, she exists in compandum to him. But, within the actual story of the film, Jack isn't her soul purpose in life. The fact that she tries to stop him is proof enough of that. 

The argument that Sally is too good and better than the relationship she's in falls apart because Jack and Sally aren't IN a relationship in the film. They hook up at the end -that's not the same as them being together or a couple. The logic of this take is, again, confusing Sally's wants with her needs, and also presuming Jack always loved her and just didn't realize until the end of the story, which is NOT the text of the actual film, that's fan speculation. (( I prefer Jack falling in love with Sally on the spot out of nowhere. It's such a Jack way of doing things...)) I think what convinces people that Sally is “dependent” on Jack or only ever his side-kick is how expanded media treats her as character, as well as her relationship w Jack. In the 2000s, all that mattered for making spin off material of kid’s franchises is keeping the cast recognizable and that means undoing their development if the point of the story is that they change. It happened in every Land Before Time sequel where Cera and Littlefoot have to be the respective team-racist and team-leader, always, ever, all the time; it happened in the Finding Nemo comics set after the movie where writers still made Marlin overprotective of Nemo; it happened to Jack in Kingdom Hearts and Oogie’s Revenge. The writers may want to write an actual story, but it’s easier to just write what the characters are like in the original. SO, Jack HAS to be an oblivious, selfish manchild and can never learn and is also really despondent and prone to abandoning ppl he supposedly cares about. This sucks enough for Jack's character, but I think Sally suffered even worse than him. At that time, media and merch did treat Sally like she was JUST Jack’s love interest. Literally in Oogie’s Revenge's game pamphlet the only disc for her is “she’s sewn her way into Jack’s heart”, like she’s just his side piece and not the woman he ended his movie with who was also a really important character you followed within that movie. We can only repeat what we know from the film so oop!-Jewel’s MIA and Sally has to live with her sexist ex/boss who doesn't even like her.

---While we're here, I'm 100% sure Sally and Dr. Fink’s relationship is not familial. Some fictional mad scientists do love their creations like they were their children (see also: Mad Monster Party, 9, Frankenweenie for animated examples). Not Dr. Fink. While not exactly predatory ((because it's a fricken kids film, ew)) Dr Finkelstein is a sexist old man. He's problematic. Fink made Sally to be his sexy secretary. He's mad because her life doesn’t revolve around him the way he thinks a woman who works for him life should. In the end, he just decided to go and make a copy of himself since he knows now what he wants is to be told how awesome he is. I really don’t vibe some fic authors (and Shea Anshaw's) insistence that they be anything like ‘family’, hence why I made fun of it on this blog.

For all I disagree with between our headcanons, I much prefer Hasani Walker's take on Sally to Long Live the Pumpkin Queen. Hasani went in w good vibes; he made decent takes and criticisms; he made some good art; he did a sweet crossover between stop-motion properties, and MOST importantly, Hasani gave Sally a hat and a cool girl vest. Did Shea Anshaw do that? No!

It feels very at home and on-brand for TNBC that Sally was made from whole cloth as a ragdoll, but is still her own autonomous person by the rest of town and even the leader eventually. Reminds me a lot of the Oz books where the Scarecrow, Jack Pumpkinhead, and Gump are all just possessions but who are seen as people by the heroes, and even made official citizens by the heroes, which they are. What's more Halloweeny than a living-ragdoll-frankenstein woman being co-ruler of everything spoopy, or even just a citizen loved and respected as much as the rest of the town for her own attributes? If that's what you want, and it's what Hasani actually did for her, than give her that. Outside of her purpose within the story that I already mentioned earlier... what about Sally is sexist? So TNBC doesn't pass the bechdel test and Sally's main inspo happens to be her man. Not her soul purpose like in mother!, just her muse, her kin, her dearest friend. Secret of NIMH and Kubo and the Two Strings have female characters whose motives are their men and those characters don't even have first names. I kinda really hate the implication that a woman can't have a male character as a motive ever or else. As a feminist, I agree, women characters should be individuals and not props for the men. The problem to me isn't so much the insistence that a woman be there for support, it's writers crafting a story where certain characters fill more of a role or purpose in cunjunction to another, and when the writer happens to make said character a woman.

Also, since the whole point of LLTPQ was to give Sally her own agency and importance...how is it fair that she HAVE to be a royalty HERSELF in order to be her own person?

Is it because she was made to be a sexy nurse and that's somehow wrong or shameful even though the whole point is it's not her fault? Is it that people would accuse her of “leeching off" Jack just for being in a relationship with him? You know? The thing bad, sexist people do to women and sax workers irl if they have famous boos when they themselves aren't famous? If the only people complaining are those who think Sally is JUST Jack’s sidepiece, why validate those people? Wanting her to have agency within the movie and so giving her different choices as opposed to just INSTANTLY marrying Jack? That's a take I can vibe with because that is true to the nature of what Sally is, which is not just the Mad Scientist's beautiful assistant. By making Sally a "princess all along '', you imply that her even possibly starting from the bottom makes her beneath Jack and she has to rise to be his equal. Sally never had to do this in the original movie. Sally really was the smartest, most in tune person in town.

I talk a big game, of course, but even as my fav character I know I've done Sally wrong too. The "Mothball" comic is one of my biggest regrets from this blog. It's SO badly worded and I think it's a comic that REALLY needed a second opinion. Sally did nothing wrong in that comic, but both it and Jack made her feel like they were both in the wrong. Trying to give Jack and Sally a conflict as a couple was hard and I ended up rehashing some really harmful language, which I didn't want to do for either Sally or Jack. Don't like that comic. My first choice of retype, redraft.

final thoughts?

What people (me, Lindsay, Hasani, Shea, errybody) actually want of Sally is to have her own agency and 'character' apart from Jack. While narratively, yes, Sally functions as being there to endear Jack to the audience, my point is as a character within the narrative-Sally does have her own autonomy apart from him. She is massively independent of him. I know because that's who she is throughout the entire movie. I think it's because we all see she clearly does have her own interests/agency/character beyond that that we're all anxious to get more of that personally from her...which Disney won't do because they're Disney and certain characters can't come as their own especially when they fufilled another character's purpose in the og film.

Anna can't really do anything that isn't tied to Elsa because it's Elsa who's the reason any of Frozen happens at all.

Belle is always only the cheerleader of the Beast because his character arc is what drives the story.

Sally has to always be in toe of Jack because TNBC is Jack's story and she loves Jack.

But, we love Sally.

Give Sally her own limelight. Give her a limelight that isn't compltely making her a different character or demanding she be the same character as Jack.

Let Sally say #$%&

))

[faerieroyal]

𝒶 𝑔𝓊𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑜𝓁𝓁𝓎

𝒹𝑜𝓁𝓁𝓎’𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓈… music, writing, every shade of pink, making playlists, daydreaming, true crime, musical theatre, reading, comfortable blankets, scary stories, fairytales and folk tales, urban legends, twinkle lights, iced coffee, pretty things, baby animals, all kinds of magic and whimsey.

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[letstalkaboutit100]

SHIP OF THE DAY!

JALLY!

ALL HAIL THE PUMPKIN KING AND QUEEN!

[iceflwers]

𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓯𝓪𝓮

𝒻𝒶𝑒’𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓈… music, writing, every shade of pink, making playlists, daydreaming, true crime, musical theatre, reading, comfortable blankets, scary stories, fairytales and folk tales, urban legends, twinkle lights, iced coffee, pretty things, baby animals, all kinds of magic and whimsey.

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[juneymoonybunny]

Character Tag Guide

Twisted Wonderland

Note: All Events are tagged as the event itself (Glorious Masquerade, Stage in Playland, etc.). All art of the first two Halloween events is tagged under "endless halloween night" for the sake of convenience.

Yuu/All Protagonist Characters: #yuu protagonist Grim: #tuna cans

Riddle: #riddle in roseland Cater: #diamond camera filter Trey: #dad friend supreme Ace: #overconfident dumb heart man Deuce: #underconfident dumb spade man

Leona: #the lion sleeps 24/7 Ruggie: #laugh like a hyena Jack: #lone wolf wannabe

Azul: #octopus man Floyd: #chaotic eel twin Jade: #suave eel twin

Jamil: #snake charmer Kalim: #river in the desert

Vil: #killer queen Rook: #monsieur bizarre Epel: #honeycrisp

Idia: #gloomurai Ortho: #pithos

Malleus: #horned boy Lilia: #vampire dad Silver: #sleeping silver Sebek: #screaming sebek

Che’nya: #you know like nya Neige: #whistle while you work Najma: #najma’s revenge for the ps1 Rollo: #what the hellfire Gidel: #by the silence of your tongues Fellow: #something fellow this way comes Skully: #everyone hail to the pumpkin song

Crowley: #oh so gracious Crewel: #if he doesn’t scare you Vargas: #nrc’s musclehead Trein: #nrc’s only sane teacher Sam: #little parlor trick BG Characters: #nrc’s backgrounders

Heartslabyl Collective Tag: #unbirthday party gang Octavinelle Collective Tag: #the mobtopus and his mafeels Shroud Brothers: #don’t look behind you Diasommnia Collective/Family Fluff Tag: #fairytale found family Protag Friend Collective Tag: #yuu’s idiot friends <3 Dorm Leaders/Overblotters Collective Tag: #meanwhile in the mirror chamber First Years: #the first years Second Years: #the second years Third Years: #the third years Entire Cast: #twst full cast

Twisted Wonderland OCs: #twst ocs

Madoka Magica

Madoka: #frilly pink bows Homura: #not so stoic Sayaka: #musical knight Kyoko: #fang girl Mami: #tea with bullets Hitomi: #hitomi lives by doing nothing

[rose-coloured-angel]

Was tagged in a tag game by @grayeyedandroid let's goooooooo

Three Ships:

Susie/Noelle (Deltarune) -> they're perfect for each other and if Toby Fox does anything to hurt these children I will sneak into his home and replace his furniture with exact replicas of said furniture made of butter so it melts when he wakes up cold and turns on the heat, leaving his floor a greasy mess

Alphys/Undyne (Undertale) -> Another work by Toby Fox but still my favourite video game of all time, so sue me. It's MY mental illness and I get to choose the coping mechanism/special interests

Katara/Zuko (ATLA) -> I know, I know, it's controversial, but I still think they had way better chemistry than Aang/Katara or Zuko/Mai (and Mai broke up with Zuko in the comics so...yeah. That's rough buddy.)

First Ship:

No idea how far back to go, so...Beast Boy and Terra from Teen Titans, I guess. Loves the OG Teen Titans on Cartoon Network as a kid and I wanted them to be together so bad. It broke my heart when the series got cancelled...and the last episode legit made me angry lol.

Last Song:

Whoops it's "I Hope You Die in a Fire" by the Living Tombstone, Haha. I thought I was totally done with FNAF but nope they just announced that Shaggy from Scooby Doo is playing the villain in the movie and I got back into it again.

Last Movie:

Shrek the First baby, I've watched that movie 20,000 times and I WILL watch it 20,000 more there's nothing anyone can do to stop me

Currently reading:

Not really reading anything right now...unless my own writing counts. (I'm trying to get a children's book published...) The last thing I read was "All Hail the Pumpkin Queen", which is supposed to be the "official sequel" to The Nightmare Before Christmas (Tim Burton can burn in hell but that movie will always have a special place in my spooky heart)

Currently watching:

The first 100 episodes of Sopngebob Squarepants on DVD :) I got the box set for Christmas and I haven't watched Spongebob since I was, like, 7 years old, so I'm super excited to see it again

Currently eating:

Chocolate-orange macarons. I'm gonna make coconut ones tomorrow! :D

Tags: (tag game be upon ye)

@bailey1rox @eroshiyda @dat-soldier @imagine-papyrus @luvbopz @nerdgul @cchipk @extravagantnonbinary @mangopeachfuzz

[vizrecon]

All hail the pumpkin queen 😉

[clairejades]

all hail the pumpkin queen.

[gerswe]

2021 Events

Feb 22-28 : historical-hetalia-week | found here

BC - 500 | Tradition

500 - 1000 | Tears

1000 - 1500 | Ink

1500 - 1800 | Opulence

1800 - 1945 | Novelty

1945 - Today | Memento

Free

Mar 20 : hetalia-writers-monthly | found here | overall theme "spring"

Sunshine | Colors

Hope

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow - Unknown

Apr 16-Dec 7 : hwsrazzledazzle 's historic hetalia anthology | found here

May 20 : hetalia-writers-monthly | found here | overall theme "pride month"

Rainbow

Discovery | Love

“Don’t ever be afraid to show your true colours.”

May 30-Jun 5 : ruspruweek (deleted) | found here

Cold | Photos | Rest

Admire | Forgive | Uniform

Bandage | Candlelight | Touch

Free

Choke | First | Join

Smitten | Sweet | Warm

Beg | Hurry | Secret

Jun 14-20 : hwsrarepairweek2022 | found here

Language

Royalty

Culture

Historical

Soulmates | Free

Traditional outfit

Sunrise & sunset

Jul 4-10 : usukweek | found here

Rumors | History

Nostalgia | Nyo

Domestic | Fluff | Soulmates

Dreams | Fantasy | Magic

Tragedy | Pirates | Cowboys

Destiny/Fate | Cardverse

Free

Jul 18-24 : hwsmicronationweek | found here

Nyotalia

Siblings

Colors

Ocean

Flowers

School au

Fancy outfits

Jul 26-Aug 2 : femtalia-hetaevent | found here (deleted)

Green | Fairy tales | Four seasons

Orange | Childhood | Traditional clothing

Blue | Big girls don't cry | Hail to the queen

Pink | Playlist | Road trip

Free

Red | All roses have thorns | Red fruits

Black | Bride with a shotgun | Long black boots

Purple | Goth | Punk

Jul 26-Aug 2 : hwsgermanyshipevent2021 (deleted) |

High school

Beach day

Perfect date

Early morning

End of a long day

Fantasy

Free

Aug 16-22 : portveneweek (deleted) | found here

First kiss | Serenade

Date night | Ocean

Cardverse | Nyo

Comfort | Historical

Free | Alternate Universe

Food | Language

Wedding | Honeymoon

Aug 29 - Sep 4 : hetafamilyweek | found here

Hugs | Hobbies

Fluff | Humor | Family being idiots

Road trip | Surprise

Rivalry | Vacation

Embarrassment | Friends

Hurt/Comfort | Betrayal

Free | Birthday

Sep 12-18 : hetaliaplatonicshipsweek (deleted) |

Favorite memories | First meetings

Cultural exchange | Long distance | Reunited

Cooking | Baking

Sleepover

Partners in crime

Holiday | Drunk | Party

Free

Oct 10-16 : rusprutober (deleted) |

Lost at night

Glowing eyes

Claws | Fangs

?

Pumpkin carving

?

Dressing up

stitched together?

Dec 19-25 : rusgerweek (deleted) |

Snowmen

Gift | Nyo

White wedding

Free | Family

Fireplace

Mistletoe

Christmas

[musicarenagh]

"Cellar Door" - A Candid Exploration of Love's Complexity "Cellar Door" is the newest track from A/V CLvB, giving us a taste of what to expect from their upcoming EP, “Dumbwaiters to Die For.” This song delves deep into a troubled love story marked by lies and a strong desire for stuff. They got inspired by the mysterious movie “Donnie Darko” and made a song that feels like an emotional rollercoaster about human connections. The song “Cellar Door” was born from a love for the movie “Donnie Darko,” and the name itself started it all. It feels alive, like a mix between a sad song and an angry one. The words talk about two people in a bad relationship, focusing on the man’s ego and wanting lots of things. Hailing from Plymouth, MA, A/V CLvB brings us “Cellar Door,” a wild art-rock song that tips its hat to bands like The Smashing Pumpkins and Queens of the Stone Age, while keeping its feet in punk, grunge, and emo. This song’s charm lies in its jumbled chords and refreshing simplicity, with a smooth bassline amidst the noisy guitar bits. A/V CLvB’s dissonant style reminds you of bands like Neutral Milk Hotel, The Pixies, and Sonic Youth. The drums are awesome, and there’s a killer guitar solo that shows the band’s talent. A/V CLvB mixes different things together to create a cool music experience. The lyrics talk about love and relationships in a real way, with verses that show wanting and broken promises and a chorus that packs a big emotional punch. Listen to Cellar door below https://open.spotify.com/track/2xVrh54RIhZOuxzDhwnu97?si=d3033965ed6d40ac Follow A/V Clvb on Facebook Twitter Spotify Soundcloud Bandcamp Youtube Instagram

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Yayoi Kusama: A Polka-Dotted Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Art

If there's one name synonymous with bold, exuberant, and immersive art, it's Yayoi Kusama. This Japanese artist, often hailed as the 'Queen of Polka Dots', has carved a unique niche in the contemporary art world with her inimitable style, infinite rooms, and larger-than-life pumpkin sculptures. Yet, beneath the kaleidoscopic colors and enchanting motifs, lies a tale of personal struggle, resilience, and transcendence.

A Fascinating Journey

Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, Kusama grew up amidst the turmoil of World War II, a fact that would later significantly influence her art. As a child, she began experiencing vivid hallucinations — a world filled with dots, nets, and flowers that would devour her. Kusama found solace in art, using her unique visions as a source of inspiration and a therapeutic outlet.

In the 1950s, Kusama moved to New York City, quickly establishing herself at the forefront of the avant-garde art scene. She rubbed shoulders with stalwarts like Andy Warhol and George Segal and played a crucial role in pioneering art movements such as pop art, minimalism, and feminist art.

Signature Style: Polka Dots and Infinity

Kusama's work spans various mediums — painting, sculpture, installation art, performance art, and literature. However, her signature style revolves around two motifs: polka dots and infinity.

The polka dot has become Kusama's most recognizable element, inspired by her hallucinatory experiences. Her fascination with infinity and the concept of obliteration is best embodied in her 'Infinity Mirror Rooms'. These installations, often filled with mirrored walls and LED lights, create a sense of boundless space, echoing her pursuit of the eternal and the infinite.

Beyond the Dots: Mental Health and Art

Kusama's artworks are not merely aesthetic experiences. They are a reflection of her ongoing battle with mental health issues, primarily Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and hallucinations. Her repetitive patterns and themes of obliteration are considered symbolic of her psychological struggles. Kusama's willingness to openly discuss her mental health has added depth to her work and has made her an important figure in the conversation about mental health in art.

Kusama Today

Yayoi Kusama, now in her nineties, continues to create art from her studio in Tokyo, adjacent to the psychiatric hospital where she voluntarily resides. Her work continues to inspire and resonate with people worldwide. From retrospectives at prestigious institutions like the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo, her work continues to captivate the imagination of audiences, transcending geographical boundaries.

Kusama's life and art serve as a reminder that beauty and inspiration can emerge from the darkest corners of human experience. Her journey teaches us about resilience, the power of self-expression, and the limitless potential of the human imagination.In conclusion, Yayoi Kusama's body of work encapsulates a profound exploration of personal and universal experiences. Through her repeated patterns, mesmerizing installations, and unabashed use of vibrant colors, Kusama invites us all to step into her world, a place where art and the human psyche merge, creating a surreal universe that is deeply personal yet universally relatable.

[modernvintage]

A good friend just sent me this, and I ain’t even mad. 🎃