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Kiss or Kill (1997) Bill Bennett

January 9th 2024

[princesssarisa]

Character ask: Fred, Scrooge's nephew ("A Christmas Carol")

Tagged by anonymous.

Favorite thing about them: How friendly, joyful, and kind he is, and how he always reaches out to Scrooge and sympathizes with him despite being rejected, and wholeheartedly forgives and embraces him in the end.

Least favorite thing about them: Nothing in particular... Maybe the implication in Christmas Yet to Come that if Scrooge had never repented, even Fred would have left him to die alone and be buried in a grim neglected churchyard. But I suppose that (a) in that timeline, Fred might not even have been informed of his uncle's illness or death until it was too late to do anything, or (b) after so many years of being rejected, it's only human to finally give up. And at least it never happens, because Scrooge does repent.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I love Christmas.

*I enjoy parties.

*I try to be generous and kind to everyone.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm not married.

*I'm female.

*All my uncles are loving and friendly.

Favorite line: There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say, Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round—apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that—as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!

brOTP: Topper and his other friends at the Christmas party, and Scrooge after his redemption.

OTP: His wife.

nOTP: Scrooge.

Random headcanon: His wife is pregnant during the main storyline – I've heard it suggested that Dickens meant to discreetly imply this when he wrote that she rested in a chair and footstool instead of joining in the blindman's-buff game at the party. Their baby will be a girl, named Frances after Fred's mother Fan, and Scrooge will be the most adoring great-uncle.

Unpopular opinion: I don't think I have one.

Song I associate with them: These two songs from the 1956 musical The Stingiest Man in Town, both sung by Johnny Desmond.

"An Old-Fashioned Christmas"

"The Birthday Party of the King"

And "I Love Christmas" from Scrooge: A Christmas Carol.

Favorite pictures of them:

Robert Cochran in the 1935 film Scrooge (I wish I could find a better picture, though, because he's one of the handsomest Freds of all):

Barry MacKay in the 1938 MGM film:

Brian Worth in the 1951 film Scrooge:

Michael Medwin in the 1970 musical Scrooge:

Donald Duck in Mickey's Christmas Carol, 1983:

Roger Rees in the 1984 TV film, with George C. Scott and Caroline Langrishe:

Steven Mackintosh in The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992:

Dominic West in the 1999 TV film:

Julian Ovenden in A Christmas Carol: The Musical, 2004:

Motion-captured Colin Firth in Disney's 2009 CGI film:

[carlisle980]

Rules: name ten favourite characters from ten different things (tv, movies, books, etc.), then tag ten people. 

I was tagged by @monsterintheballroom

1. Isobel Crawley (Downton Abbey)

2. Daisy Langrish (Falling)

3. Rosemary Horrocks (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)

4. Marcella Backland (Marcella)

5. Jackie “Stevie” Stevenson (River)

6. Cassie Stuart (Unforgotten)

7. Ruth Evershed (Spooks)

8. Gillian Greenwood (Last Tango in Halifax)

9. Caroline McKenzie-Dawson (Last Tango in Halifax)

10. Erica Barry (Something’s Gotta Give)

Awfully hard to pick just 10! I could easily do it at least once more. Also LTIH has too many strong female characters to pick just one.

I tag: @nanokouw @csota @belovedrival @newenglandgirl @phyllismolesleys @tuuliii @gladlybeyondanyxperience and anyone else who wants to play!

[carlisle980]

Rule: Tag 9 followers that you’d like to know better.

I was tagged by @chelsie-carson & @csota

Name: Nearly identical to that of a 70′s pop star once married to James Taylor :) Star sign: Virgo Average hours of sleep: Very few these days :( Lucky number: 7 Last thing I googled: Vineyards in the Hamptons Favourite Fiction Character: Isobel Crawley, Daisy Langrish, Rosemary Horrocks, Ruth Reynoldson (see a theme?), Erica Barry, Anne Shirley What are you wearing right now: White shorts with navy & white gingham blouse When did you start this blog: July 2015 Amount of followers: A fair few considering how inactive I am these days What do I post: Fic links, motherhood/life rants, Downton stuff, classic rock songs, the occasional massive Dame Penelope or Diane Keaton reblog Do I run any more blogs: Yep ... @espoirmerveilleux is my writing blog Do I get a lot of asks: My ask is turned off for reasons Why did I choose this URL: My favorite fictional character at the time I started blogging. From the Nancy Meyers film Something’s Gotta Give.

Tagging: @belovedrival, @canadianjudy, @newenglandgirl, @monsterintheballroom, @chelsietx