#bittersweet holidays

[catalisst]

[literatureaesthetic]

18th april '24 — london

this was such a special trip for me. my first time travelling entirely on my own, discovering and falling in love with a city. i've been to london a few times growing up, but i've never had the chance to really explore and live in it until now. forever an experience i'll cherish <3

[foxtrottcantfindshit]

Holiday shenanigans. Maybe it’s the found family we got along the way

[gracekiins]

When you decide to spend the Christmas holidays with your uhh enemy by travelling to her time. Cometh the hour, cometh the man 🤠

Short comic inspired by a segment of Chapter 42 of Somewhere in Time by Serpent in Red (@serpentinred) (PLEASE mind the preliminary notes regarding the fic (which is in Chapter 1), AND the author’s notes which top and tail this specific chapter cuz it is NOT a continuation of the main plot). There’s just something wholesome and grin-inducing about Chapter 42 that makes my heart grow two sizes, and the enemies-to-lovers tone remains an exquisite constant throughout the fic, so if that’s your thing, you know what to do!

I also owe a massive thanks to Nerys Dax (@nerysdax) for kindly looking over the panels and providing helpful comments and feedback. I really appreciated this since it was important to me from the outset that whatever is sketched out here remains as close to the author's story as possible, and I couldn't have confidently put this forward without Nerys's input.

Lastly, if it wasn't already obvious - please go read the fic lol

[whatdajay]

But what if you could have the best of both worlds?! Well it's possible with Bittersweet Chocolate Mocha 😈🖤

[nina-ya]

Do you think Law is a fan of the holidays or do you think he’s a little more of a grump/non-participator?

I do think Law is a fan of the holidays! though in his own way. I can see him approaching the seasons with a good dose of skepticism and practicality, grumbling about how its an over-commercialized waist of time. but don't let that fool you.

I can see him as someone who avoids outright participation in the chaos- no loud caroling or over-the-top decorating for him, thank you very much- but he does participate in his own way!. He often leans on others around him to be the festive ones for him, and his crew is perfect for that. He is perfectly content with watching the crew run around the submarine and putting up decorations enthusiastically.

And I discussed this before but I do absolutely think he would participate in gift-giving and give everyone in his crew meaningful gifts that shows just how much he cares about the people around him.

so yeah! not a holly jolly man for sure but he doesn't outright hate the holiday! ya know! yeah! okay my brain has stopped hehe

[good-beans]

Happy Easter to those who celebrate! Either way, wishing everyone a relaxing day full of treats :3

[smilesrobotlover]

Okay I'll bite. What happened in this guy's childhood to make him go to the extensive body-destroying lengths to bring his mom back??

-Sky Floor

His father left and his mother was wonderful to Edward and his brother, they loved her very much. But in the 2003 version, she died, possibly from being heartbroken over Edward’s father leaving. She was sick for days and finally passed away. In the brotherhood version it was definitely an illness that passed around Risembool (where Edward lived) and his mother caught it and she died. He and his brother missed her and Edward wanted nothing more than to bring his mother back. He thought he would use alchemy to do it, but human transmutation is very illegal because of how dangerous it is. Alchemy is dependent on equivalent exchange, and it’s practically impossible to bring someone back to life. So Ed lost his leg, and Alphonse lost his entire body. Ed couldn’t lose his little brother so he connected Al’s soul to a suit of armor, losing his arm in the process.

Oh but don’t worry! His life gets so much worse :)

[satari-raine]

Happy 30th birthday to me, as strange as that is to say.

Thank you sincerely for letting me occupy a little space on your dashboards, and take care of yourselves during this time of year and onwards. Love and be loved, I'm rooting for you all.

[teabutmakeitazure]

I haven't opened Tumblr lately but just know that if I disappear completely from here it's not me the site is just blocked in the motherland

[uncleasad]

While talking with @avengerskye earlier today about ideas for the Hosie actress exes fic (more on that later 🤞), I realized lately I’ve been feeling in the mood to write something bittersweet.

And then I wondered if it might be the season…Josie walks into a bar (sigh) began during fall-into-winter, and of course the entire Josie Saltzman’s Final Holidays trilogy…even A Visit from Saint Nicholas. Coincidence?

(The best ones always break my heart twice (double sigh) maybe is a counter-example, but it also has a very different vibe to it, less bittersweet…perhaps because it began in the summer?)

[kayl3ighsunflower]

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[miralyk]

it’s new year’s eve, and i’m spending it in taking care of my grandmother—she keeps forgetting where she is and who i am, but staying home to take care of her and give her reminders is reassuring not just for herself, but for myself as well

our language barriers and memory problems have us struggle to communicate, but there’s something about how regardless, being a family staying together is wordless and timeless—it’s new year’s eve, and it’s both happy and heartbreaking to spend the present with her while knowing how the future will end

[hoperays-song]

Since yesterday was Boxing Day what does Johnny and the Gorilla Gangs do on that day.

Ooooooo thank you so much for the ask!!! I actually am going to touch a bit on this in my fic Meeting The Nephew in the last chapter, but legit only like one line so yay, I get to talk about it more!!

- <3 Gooseless

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While Stan and Barry do hang out and spend time with Johnny and Marcus during Pancha Ganpati, it's mostly just the two Taylors that celebrate it as for them it's not just a religious holiday but a time when they feel really close to Johnny's mum.

Therefore, Boxing Day is the day when gifts are exchanged between them and Stan and Barry. Though the location of breakfast alternates between the garage and the uncles' shared apartment, the four always eat together (a daily occurrence even not on holidays) and open gifts in the morning.

Johnny finds it hysterical to get his dad at least one thing that says "from your favourite child/son" even if it's a card every year despite being an only child. Stan tends to give gifts that were not previously approved of by Marcus (yes, the first skateboard does technically fall into this category). Meanwhile Barry treats wishlists like a chemical spill instruction manual and follows them religiously. Marcus on the other hand, does majority of his shopping months in advance and therefore doesn't really need to follow the lists.

After food and gifts however, the group typically goes and volunteers at Johnny's temple, as it serves food to people in need as well as providing winter clothing for free, for the rest of the day. Volunteering together is very important for all of them and their biggest day to do it is definitely Boxing Day, as they spend the entire day doing so, but they continue the tradition at other times throughout the year too.

[emberleesblog]

Status: officially jobless

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

Second day of running off of coffee and spite only