#as in Aggie Cromwell

[zickmonkey]

I made a new self insert

[hannamarins]

[witchesnet]

👀...😶 HALLOWEENTOWN (1998)

[sunnisani]

Simblreen Day One : Skeleton

happy first day of simblreen! here is my skeleton sim, splendora for @maadsimming 's ghost cas challenge prompt for simblreen 2023.

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[lereadinggrinch]

I grew up with the Halloweentown movies and every time I see Charles' backpack I automatically think of Aggie's bag

[ma-pi-ma]

Essere normali è decisamente sopravvalutato.

Aggie Cromwell, Halloweentown – Streghe si nasce

[callmeonmyrazr]

call me on my ✨ skull phone ✨

[bucky-bucky-bucky-bucky]

Obviously Agatha’s name comes from the marvel comics but it warms my heart that she has the same name as one Agatha Cromwell

[the-officially-kat]

"Magic is really very simple, all you have to do is want something, and then let yourself have it!"

Happy (belated) 25th anniversary to the Cromwells~

[kingaleksandrr]

rewatching all the halloweentown movies, and gosh do i love them :( but like why is there barely any fics

[kateeorg]

The Missing Character of the Halloweentown Films

Something I never see mentioned when talking about Halloweentown is the one character who had more influence on these films' plots than anyone, outside Aggie, Gwen, Marnie, and the antagonists, but who we barely know anything about:

William Piper. The kids' father. The man Gwen left Halloweentown for.

We hear about this man a handful of times across four films. The most we know is:

He was human,

He met Gwen at a Halloween party and liked her witch "costume",

He died sometime before the first film (relatively recently, too, considering the age of the kids in the photo).

Being with him taught Gwen that nothing's worth anything if you can get it just by wishing.

And... that's it.

We don't know what he was like as a father or husband, we don't even know if Gwen ever told him about magic or how he felt about it (I assume she had to at some point when Marnie started having magical accidents as a kid, but maybe he was just that oblivious...).

I mean, maybe it's better we don't know. Maybe it would just muddy up the film canon with unfortunate implications, which are already rampant, and take away precious plot time to look back at a character who is no longer in the picture.

After all, if he knew about magic, he also agreed to Gwen's plan to let Marnie and Sophie's magic wither on the vine. Which, even if he just went along with it just to make her happy, is not great. And if he didn't know, or if he found out only after the kids were born, that casts a huge shadow on Gwen's relationship with him.

But... still, I can't help but think about the unspoken influence this man must have had on Gwen and the kids that is never discussed in canon.

The way Dylan is such a goody two shoes because he's trying to protect his mother's feelings in the wake of their dad's death. The way Gwen brings up wanting Marnie to be human, "like their father". The way Marnie brings up that Gwen met their dad on Halloween, which may be part of why Marnie's drawn to it and why she can't understand Gwen's fear of it. The way Aggie is baffled why Gwen stays in the mortal realm when William is gone (and Aggie must have met the man at some point, yet she treats his passing with little sensitivity. Aggie, I love you, but...). The fact that there Halloweentown Council brings up Marnie's "wretched human" father in Halloweentown High as the reason why Marnie is fighting so hard to prove humans have changed.

The Piper kids are the bridge between two worlds. We hear a lot about their Cromwell heritage, but rarely do we talk about the Piper side of the equation, their attachment to the mortal world - yes, even Marnie's. Part of that is down to Gwen choosing to leave Halloweentown, but the other part is down to William and how much Gwen must have loved him to give up everything she knew.

And part of me wishes more thought had been spent on him. But another part thinks it's better left unsaid.

[hannamarins]

[flowerpot-broppy]

What’s your favorite Disney movie?

This is such a hard question to answer cause I genuinely love A LOT of Disney movies lol. I suppose my favorite animated Disney movie is peter pan, even if it did NOT age well, I used to watch it all the time growing up so it has a special place in my heart.

But my favorite live action Disney movie were the Halloween town movies! there was just something about living in a town where its Halloween all year that had me in a chokehold growing up. still does if I'm being honest.

[retropopcult]

Halloweentown (1998)

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