#della gift of the magi

[gavotte-paradisio]

The thought that inspired this:

Della: A platinum watch chain, what a sight!

Jacob, who happened to be in the area: Eh, I don't see the appeal.

Something something Meredith was holding the watch chain something something Meredith plays Jacob Marley something something chains

[jimjamjomjum]

In honor of the VHS Christmas Carols being on YouTube - enjoy some unfinished sketches from last year!

[its-short-for-jackalope]

🗣 DELLA WHERE'D YOUR HAIR GO?!??!

click for quality! (please)

reblogs = 🥰 / reposts = 😡

ohhhhh man. So the entirety of VHSCC has its grip on me, but especially this part of the show (Panic Attack: The Song, my beloved <3) and what started as a mindless sketch got my brain going and here we are 19 hours later, lol.

also Della and Jim now own a solid 80% of my heart??? I will absolutely be making more art of both of them and that is a threat.

if tumblr likes me today, there'll be an alternate version & close-ups under the cut! 😎👉🏻👉🏻

I spent so much time on the clothes patterns so please appreciate them lmao 🥲👍🏻

[missholloween]

Gift of the magi is mostly from Della's point of view, and we don't spend much time with Jim except their first scene together, "my hair/my watch" and the last scene of their story. The show itself plays with this expectation in "What did you do", where we see a really mean Jim that has nothing to do with the guy we've seen happily singing "christmas eve" some minutes ago and Della herself admiting that he won't do that.

But then we reach Jim and Della's reunion after she's cut her hair. The narrator is right by saying he has a strange expression that is hard to read, as Curt is conveying so many emotions at the same time: we see confusion, sadness, some dissapointment and a slight regret just by one look. Jim takes some time to talk, which makes Della even more anxious than she was. This rubs into the spectator too, doubting Della's words and afraid of what Jim is going to say. But then he says, with the brightest smile in the world "You're more beautiful than ever". And that's the best summary one could do of who Jim is.

I really love how Jim is written (and acted!) because of how this scene is played. During the whole gift exchange, his only goal is to make Della happy and comfort her after what she has given. And when Jim realizes what they have done, the first thing he does is be closer to her, ask her to spend time with him. I reallly like that Curt and Janaya hug during Clark's verse, and that they include a close up of them in the pro-shot. Jim and Della deserve a quiet moment to display their affection, but it is also a really realistic portrayal of these kind of conflics and affection. This joined to the switch of gifts at the ends just wrappes one of my favorite Starkid stories period.

The sincerity and heart of this story, as well as the other two, is one of the things that make VHSCCs such a special project. It's just so earnest and you can see how everyone (especial shoutout to Curt and Janaya for their performance) loves the story just as much as we do and understands their importance. Thank you Clark Baxtresser for such a wonderful show <3

[angelwiththeblue-box]

youre more beautiful than ever

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forced my family to rewatch vhscc with me and No i didnt cry at jim and della again Fuck Off

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[starcanwreckedpulp-doyoushipit]

do you ship it?

[barbylion]

Is it too late to hope for a vhsccs youtube upload with janaya della 😭

[that-disabled-princess]

Favorite things about the VHSCCs:

Every time Janaya Mahealani Jones opens her mouth

Della and Jim's relationship (Starkid once again making me cry about a m/f relationship)

Literally the entire Gift of the Magi

I want to write a Gift of the Magi fic

The match girl with her grandma 🥺

Realizing Ali Gordan was in MAMD?!?! FIFTEEN YEARS AGO WHEN STARKID WAS JUST STARING OUT?!?! God I feel old.

However, Ali Gordan's range is freaking impressive

AJ Holmes' Scrooge 🤩

Meredith and Jaime Lyn Beatty being so much more confident their second time doing Christmas Carol holy christ

Separate bullet point for Meredith Stepien controlling Scrooge's body because uh. Yes. People are very. Yes.

Jaime Lyn Beatty's sass as the Ghost of Christmas Past. Women are also very Yes.

Fan 🥺 Makes me want to cry every time, she's so sweet

Janaya and Curt's chemistry! They're so great together onstage

AJ THROWING OFF THE BLANKET TO REVEAL HIS FABULOUS TIE AND JACKET YEAAAH

Jim, Della, and Match Girl coming back at the very end!

Definitely rewatching this before it gets hidden again.

[marvelmaniac715]

I will never stop geeking out about Starkid’s interpretation of ‘The Gift Of The Magi’:

In the original story, it just ends with the tragic realisation that neither person can use their partner’s gift, but not in this version, oh no. Instead, Jim fastens the platinum silver chain meant for his watch around Della’s neck, and the two of them each take one of the beautiful golden combs and stick them in their hair.

Then, towards the end of ‘A Christmas Carol’, Scrooge visits two of his poor employees, who happen to be Jim and Della, and what does he give them? Why, it’s Jim’s watch, of course. Della’s hair will grow back, but that watch was irreplaceable, and now it’s back with him.

The moral of this version of the story isn’t about the tragedy of sacrifice, but the enduring nature of love, and how if you have love you can make the best of any situation, and any present will be appreciated if it comes from the heart. Of course, it’s all wrapped up neatly with a little Christmas bow when Jim gets his watch back, but the point still stands. I just love it. Also, I took all of these screenshots myself, geeking out the entire time.

[cinderellaenjoyer]

Hatchetfield VHS Christmas Carols AU

The Gift of Magi:

Brenda - Della

Kyle - Jim

Bred, Gruelle and Spekter - Stacy, Jason and Lyra

The Little Match Girl:

Rose (OC) - The Match Girl

Pete - The Grandmother (Make it 'Sibling Land' instead)

Christmas Carol (This one is based off my 'The Ghosts encourage Charlotte to kill Sam' idea):

Charlotte - Scrooge

Melissa - Bob Cratchit (Charlotte gets shown the Kitty Cat Club)

Ted - Marley

Shelia - Christmas Past

Charles - Christmas Present (please imagine the comedy of Charles singing Christmas Electricity)

Zoey - Christmas Future

(Belle, Fezziwig and Fred would probably be OCs)

[gavotte-paradisio]

Just finished the Gift of the Magi portion of VHS Christmas Carols and:

-I've read the story, but the music and the acting make this version so much sweeter

-Jim's part of the watch/hair song and the What Did You Do To Your Hair song made me giggle

-Jim and Della vying for the best Starkid couple my gooood

[weltato]

Little things about the VHS CC digital ticket that I like more than the YT version.

I love the YT version bc we get to see so many people we haven't seen in ages, but the rental includes Gifts of the Magi and Little Matchstick Girl (which is my fave Hans Christian Anderson story) so ofc I had to watch it.

THIS IS JUST FOR A CHRISTMAS CAROL, NOT THE OTHER TWO.

If you don't want spoilers bc you want to rent it for yourself, this is your warning to scroll away :)

the fact that AJ still sings Bah Humbug at the end of the song when the ensemble is circling him

the ensemble is circling him

Clark is singing it softly after him

there's a close-up of Meredith standing frozen as Marley

AJ actually shrieks (cracks me up every time)

Scrooge stands up and Marley is like "nah, ain't having that" and forces the man to sit back down and look at him. incredible.

when the spirits appear the first time in 3 Spirits, they've also got chains around them

they use those chains to wrap Scrooge up and spin him around

AJ actually snores

JUMPSCARE OF JAIME BC SHE WASN'T HERE BEFORE THE INTERMISSION

just a funny sidenote: in this version, bc AJ is Scrooge he can't be Fezziwig, so it's Joey and that was hilarious to me first time I watched it

Jaime has skipping choreo!!

the fact that the Ghost of Christmas Past sounds only slightly out of breath by the time he gets to the end of the song is a testament to how well Jaime did with that choreo

Jaime messing with AJ's hair

Jaime's 'YMCA' moves at the start of the next song

Ghost of Christmas Past asking Meredith for a light

AJ'S EMOTION AS OLDER SCROOGE IN 'That Scrooge' IM NOT CRYING NOT ME ITS THE ONIONS-

the way AJ asks what Christmas Electricity is really sells how baffled Scrooge is

"or maybe you've never felt it, maybe you're a greedy dick" "that one"

Scrooge gets hit with Crimbo Leccy and does the beginning moves before stopping himself

Scrooge claps and then yells at Present Ghost

Fred is the only one with a Santa hat on and it's sparkly <3

Present Ghost's quiet "that's offensive" to Scrooge saying the family looks poor

sidenote: they knew what they were doing giving Lauren the queen line, she IS a Queen

the Cratchits get microphones

Tim uses his carebear as a microphone

THE COUPLE IN THE CHRISTMAS FUTURE SONG IS DELLA AND JIM IM SOBBING-

spotlight on AJ when the ghost sings his name

Scrooge singing to the people he's wronged

AJ actually laughs

HEY LOOK THE MATCHGIRL IS BACK!!!

JIM GOT HIS WATCH BACK I LOVE THEM IM SCREAMING!!!

Scrooge swaps his glasses for funky ones, then drops the regular ones when he tries to put them in his pocket (I love live action hiccups)

everyone's circling AJ again!

the fact that the youngest characters are kneeling at the end pose

I. Loved. This. Show. It's so so good! Shout out to June Saito for the incredible costumes <33

[hauntedorpheum]

Belle and Young Scrooge being played by the same actors that play Della and Jim in The Gift of the Magi. Showing the contrast of a couple giving away everything they have to be with each other, and then showing Scrooge giving up on his relationship with Belle just for money. Mr Fezziwig being played by the same actor that plays Bob Cratchit, highlighting the difference of how Scrooge felt about his boss vs how he treats Bob Cratchit. And Fred being played by the same actor that plays Tiny Tim, showing how Scrooge failed to be there for Fred, and now has the chance to help Tiny Tim and how he eventually becomes like a second father to him. And then the Little Match Girl being played by the same actress that plays Turkey Boy. In this essay I will...

[storiesbreathed]

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🐠~ariel ( the little mermaid | live action & musical )

🎁~belle ( vhs christmas carols / a christmas carol ) 

💜~dea ( the grinning man / the man who laughs )

✂️~della ( vhs christmas carols / the gift of the magi )  

👠~ella ashmore ( cinderella’s castle )

👛~elle woods ( legally blonde ) 

🧹~elphaba thropp ( wicked [ w/ novel influences when i finish it ]  ) 

🥀~eurydice ( hadestown and mythology ) 

👑~fairy queen of sweet dreams ( cinderella’s castle )

🫧~glinda upland ( wicked [ w/ novel influences when i finish it ] ) 

🪻~ilse neumann ( spring awakening ) 

🕊️~johanna barker ( sweeney todd )

🗡️~juliet capulet ( romeo and juliet )

🤠~laurey williams ( oklahoma 2029! )

🪡~martha crachit ( vhs christmas carols / a christmas carol )  

🎆~mimi marquez ( rent ) 

💫~molly aster ( peter & the starcatcher ) 

🎹~natalie goodman ( next to normal ) 

🪗~natasha rostova ( the great comet / war & peace ) 

🌹~orpheus ( hadestown and mythology )

👗~putrice ( cinderella’s castle )

📸~rose red & all incarnations ( ghost quartet ) 

🩸~satine ( moulin rouge ) 

🪴~seymour krelborn ( little shop of horror )

⚔️~tadius ( cinderella’s castle )

🔫~tatiana slozhno ( spies are forever — VERY HEADCANON BASED )

⚫️~wednesday adams ( the adams family musical )

🎀~wendla bergmann ( spring awakening ) 

[orangesand-lemons-234]

Okay, so I'm rewatching Starkids' new VHS Christmas Carols (Please go watch it if you can, its so good!!) and I'm just saying, a ralbert Gift of The Magi AU would be so cool.

Albert in the role of Della, who cuts and sells his hair to have enough money to buy Race a new chain for his watch, and Race in the role of Jim, selling his watch to buy Albert a fancy comb for his hair.

I just think it would be cool.