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June 18: Happy 39th Birthday to Voice Actor, Animator, and Creator Alex Hirsch, who provided the voices of the characters of Stan Pines, Soos Jimenez, Fiddleford McGucket, Bill Cipher, and various characters on Gravity Falls (also the creator of the series), King and Hooty on The Owl House, and Ben Fotino in the Star vs The Forces of Evil episode “Booth Buddies” (2018).

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Just found out it was apparently Janus’ birthday yesterday so i just spent way too long on this

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Happy Birthday @hollyethecurious!!! ~*~

I’m sorry this is so late in the day, but I hope your birthday has been a wonderful one @hollyethecurious - full of all the fun, celebration and love you deserve! Your writing has brought SO MUCH joy over the years, and I wanted to celebrate some of my favorites of your works. As I looked back over them though, I had a hard time narrowing them down, there were so many that have been so good, so varied, and each one has taken us on a different adventure with our pirate and princess! You’ve been so much fun to get to know in fandom, and I can’t thank you enough for sharing your writing with all of us!!! 

Without further rambling, here’s a Birthday Top Ten List of Hollye’s Fics! :)

#10) Mix of One Shots: “Huzzah!” // “Teacher’s Lounge” // “Welcome to the Show” // “Yippee Ki Yay” // “Ghost in the Void” // “A FINE Friendsmas” // “Ballet (Mis)Steps”  I love every single one of these so much! I just really couldn’t leave any of them off the list. Some are funny, some are hot and steamy, and some just lovely and heartfelt, and all of them are unforgettable. If you’ve missed any of these along the way, treat yourself and check them out. 

#9) “Some Legends are Best Kept as Legends” This fic was originally written for the @cssns and has such an eerie bit of the spooky supernatural and a lovely hint of history mixed in as well. Maybe it’s the literature teacher in me, but I loved how Holly worked “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in there too. This is a really intriguing take on CS and you won’t be able to put it down!

#8) “A Different Kind of Fun” This version of Killian as a musician is absolutely irresistible. This is the only unfinished WIP on this list, but you can still enjoy this playful band modern AU as is. I’ve never been able to get it out of my head - it just feels like such a natural iteration of both Emma and Killian, and their friends, and you won’t be able to read without getting into it too.

#7) “A Toast to What If” I was lucky enough to get to serve as a beta for this story, and I would get so excited for each new bit I got to look over. This story just got better and better with every addition. I love the movie that inspired this one for the @captainswanmoviemarathon​, but seeing it with Emma, Killian and the rest of the OuaT gang in the roles made it all the more lovely. The setting, the plot, and all of this one will draw you in and you won’t want to stop reading until you reach the end. <3

#6) “Avowed” This one is a short little story built of interconnected prompt drabbles, but I have always had a soft spot for it. I love the setup, the action and drama it kicked off with, then the twists and turns its plot took along the way. It’s another AU version of Emma and Killian Hollye has created that I can’t get out of my head, and it’s an exciting adventure to read along.

#5) “Varcolac: A Hybrid Tale” This MC is from the inaugural summer of the @cssns event, and it is still one of my favorites from that collection. I’m a sucker for anything werewolf related, but this has its own unique twist on that supernatural genre. I loved how Emma and Killian first met here and how they banded together to face danger. The drama and action get intense in this one and I loved every second! I really can’t say enough great things about this one, and if you’ve missed it, you have to check it out now!!!

#4) “We Make Our Own Fate” This AU MC is extra lovely because it mixes a lot of less common elements into a CS fic - we get to enjoy Killian with his sweet little Alice, some lesser used enemies along with a few of the usual baddies, and a take on Colin’s movie What Still Remains, and yet it still makes use of the relationships and characters we love from OuaT. I looked forward to every new chapter as this was being written, and it is still one of my very favorites!

#3) “Conviction” This fic gave us such an affecting alternate version of Emma’s character. You couldn’t help but have your heart go out to her - just like this story’s Killian did. This one also has a bit of a historical element to it (those seem to be some of my favorites of Hollye’s works) and I love that Liam and Graham, Ruby, Granny, Belle and Will all have parts in this too, which only adds the the enjoyment of it for me (some of my favorite supporting characters who don’t always get to be present). You’re not going to be able to put this one down!

#2) “Hope is the Thing With Feathers” This story is a collaboration fic Hollye wrote some years ago, but it has never lost any of its beauty and it is hard to top. I don’t even know how many times I’ve re-read it. I love the sweet way Killian rescues a young Henry new to Storybrooke, and how in turn Henry and his mother bring life back to this version of Killian too. I love how Smee (sort of) and Belle both make important cameos in this - they’re perfect! The bittersweetness and bits of melancholy in this one make the wonderful way the ending works out all the more amazing and unforgettable. 

#1) “What Lies Beneath the Mask”  I wouldn’t be surprised if Hollye is shaking her head and laughing at my predictability right now, because there was no way any other story but this one was going to be my Number One pick. This was the first story of Hollye’s I read, and it has never been anything but my undisputed favorite. The angst, the whump, the love story, the mystery, and the suspense -- all of it is top notch! I even have a print book version of this one! I read it so much that it was an absolutely necessary investment!! There’s a bit of Hunchback of Notre Dame, and a bit of Man in the Iron Mask in this, but it is 100 percent a CS masterpiece and celebrates all the things Hollye does so brilliantly in her writing. Just talking about it makes me want to get it out and read it again. If you’ve never read this, you HAVE to - as soon as possible!

** And that concludes my list! Once again, I hope you’ve had the very best of birthdays @hollyethecurious​ !!! ***

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i just realised it's april now oh my gosh, my ao3 birthday's in 10 days! how fun :D

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June 15: Happy Birthday to the original Pines Twins in the series, the Great Uncles of both Dipper & Mabel, one who formerly owned and operated the Mystery Shack and the guardian of the twins throughout the Summer, and the other who created the three journals knowing the mysteries of Gravity Falls who trapped inside the portal for three decades, the Gravity Falls characters of both Stanley and Stanford Pines.

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November 14: Happy 65th Birthday to English Actor Paul McGann, who played the Eighth Incarnation of The Doctor in the 1996 Movie of the long-running series and again in the 2013 mini-episode leading up to the 50th Anniversary, “The Night of the Doctor” and the centenary special “The Power of the Doctor” (2022).

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October 23: Happy 65th Birthday to Voice Actor and Musician “Weird Al” Yankovic, who provided the voices of the characters of Milo Murphy on Milo Murphy’s Law, Banana Man on Adventure Time, Probabilitor on the Gravity Falls episode “Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons”, and Preston Change-O on the Star vs The Forces of Evil episode “Trickstar” (2017).

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August 23: Happy Birthday to one of the three shinobi held from the Sand Village alongside both Gaara and Kankuro, who are siblings as well as the only sister of the family, the wife of Shikamaru Nara, and the mother of Shikadai Nara, the Naruto character of Temari.

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December 21: Happy Birthday to the former captain of the Thirteenth Division in the Gotei 13 over at the Soul Society before his death during the ten-year time skip after the Thousand Year Blood War Arc, the Bleach character of Jushiro Ukitake.

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October 23: Happy 27th Birthday to Voice Actor Zach Callison, who provided the voice of the protagonist of the series, one of the members of the Crystal Gems alongside Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, Peridot, and Bismuth, and son of both Greg Universe & Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond as the character of Steven Quartz Universe; and one of the residents residing in Beach City, son of Yellowtail and Vidalia, and brother of Sour Cream as the character of Onion on Steven Universe.

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November 2: Happy Birthday to one of the Jonin (Special Jonin) held from the Hidden Leaf Village, instructor for the third Chunin Exam (the Preliminaries), and love interest to one of the members of the ANBU (Yugao Uzuki) before falling in battle with Baki, the Naruto character of Hayate Gekko.

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July 13: Happy Birthday to handyman turned current owner of the Mystery Shack, friend to the Pines Family, grandson to Abeulita Ramirez, son to Unnamed Father, and current boyfriend to Melody, the Gravity Falls character of Soos Ramirez.

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October 27: Happy Birthday to the antagonist of part one of the Naruto series, a member of Team Hiruzen and one of the Legendary Sannin alongside both Jiraiya and Tsunade, and the parent to Mitsuki, the Naruto character of Orochimaru.

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January 9: Happy 69th Birthday to Academy Award Winning Actor J.K. Simmons, who provided the voices of the twin brother of Stanley, granduncle of Dipper & Mabel, and Author of the Journals as Stanford Pines on Gravity Falls; former local Alaskan celebrity and ally to the Tobin family as Tusk Johnson on The Great North; and son of both Aang & Katara, brother of Kya & Bumi, and Airbending mentor to Korra as the Avatar (LOK) character of Tenzin.

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July 9: Happy 37th Birthday to Animator, Director, Screenwriter, Producer, and both Singer and Songwriter Rebecca Sugar, who created the hit Cartoon Network Series Steven Universe (2013-2019) & SU Future (2019-2020). Who is also the first non-binary woman to create a series on the network and the wife of OK KO creator and former producer on the show Ian Jones-Quartey.

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June 18: Happy 38th Birthday to Voice Actor, Animator, and Creator Alex Hirsch, who provided the voices of the characters of Stan Pines, Soos Jimenez, Fiddleford McGucket, Bill Cipher, and various characters on Gravity Falls (also the creator of the series), King and Hooty on The Owl House, and Ben Fotino in the Star vs The Forces of Evil episode “Booth Buddies” (2018).