#fr im such a grinch this year

[queercodedcowboy]

hey guys happy holidays fr. i love you all so much and even if we dont talk and are still mutuals or even if we arent mutuals. i love you!!!!!! holidays suck sometimes and i am here to say i want you all in my life forever and always xoxo gossip maddie

[askaniritual]

ok here's my nobody asked spot of fy top 10 2024 list plus directors commentary

Be Nice to Me - The Front Bottoms

yeah yeah most of my top songs r from my iconic playlist tfb songs about shatterstar organized by how unwell i think you have to be to agree thats because my third eye is open and i am receiving messages directly from the heavens or something. i got to see this song performed live this year and it really hit let me tell you

Red Wine Supernova - Chappell Roan

im well aware this is a deeply basic pick but i really do think this song is the song of the summer fr. its just a perfect pop song idk what to tell you

Lipstick Covered Magnet - The Front Bottoms

im gonna get on my knees/could you kick me in the face please/it'll make whatever i say sound like poetry

a shatterstar song. obviously. but also a vash song.

Ginger - The Front Bottoms

i moved on my own this year and literally the only way i got through it was by thinking abt ginger, sleeping on the floor of a hardwood floor apartment

Tattooed Tears - The Front Bottoms

the part of this that makes it a shatterstar song is the part that goes

i'm gonna have to learn that this love will never be convenient/it's not like a movie when we kiss/there'll never be no music when we kiss

Your favorite sidekick - underscores, 8485

great fuckin song man. soooooo fun for like jumping around your apartment alone in your underwear type of thing.

Godlight - Noah Kahan

i'd never heard this song before but he played it when i saw him live earlier this year, and he said it was one of his favorite songs but that he was embarrassed that it never really took off. thats crazy to me because this song rules. to know me is to hate me is to hate what i've become. crazy fuckin line!!!! anyway sorry for liking noah kahan it is my vice

HOT TO GO! - Chappell Roan

im ngl i used to really like this song but at this point i am kind of sick of it. it's fun but red wine supernova is the far superior song imo

leaf pile - The Front Bottoms

hot take but in sickness & in flames might be my favorite full length tfb album. rose is my favorite EP tho.

Hollywood Baby - 100 gecs

probably their best song that's not bloodstains? this or sympathy 4 the grinch.

Bonus round #11

Locals (Girls like us) - underscores, gabby start

this is such a good fuckin song dude this should honestly be higher i love everything abt this song i think the production is fun the lyrics are fun it all just really works.

[apricusapollo]

snippet from upcoming jegulus christmas fic because I've been doing homework the whole day and I'm tired and I'm making questionable decisions

Boyfriend. That’s what Regulus said, or was going to say, it doesn’t matter.

They’re engaged and Regulus just addressed James as his boyfriend, not as his fiance.

Instead of hurt, James feels anger taking over his entire body and mind. Everything he was trying to avoid for so long– it took Regulus only one second to ruin it. To ruin everything.

“Go on, finish it, Regulus.” James hisses out, forcing himself to swallow around the lump in his throat. He searches for hurt and regret and pain in Regulus’ eyes in front of him and if they are somewhere there, James doesn’t see them. “Say it.”

All Regulus does is take in a deep breath and drag a hand over his mouth.

“James–”

“No, no, why am I even surprised? Why am I even hurt?” A bitter laugh breaks out of James’ throat before he can stop himself. Regulus’ eyes still remain hollow. “We haven’t been acting like an engaged couple for weeks already, I shouldn’t be surprised that you forgot that we are engaged.”

“I didn’t–"

“Oh, please, go on, do lie. You’re so fucking good at that, aren’t you?” James almost spits the words out and doesn’t even feel slightly bad when Regulus’ eyes widen from shock and finally, finally the hollowness gets replaced by hurt.

[bingoboingobongo]

task force 141 + last minute christmas shopping

Characters: Simon "Ghost" Riley, John "Soap" MacTavish, Kyle "Gaz" Garrick, John Price, Alejandro Vargas, Rodolfo "Rudy" Parra

Warnings: none

A/N: my sister won't stop making fun of my old facebook posts help

simon "ghost" riley:

alright let's be fr under normal circumstances ghost would never have to do last-minute christmas shopping

he's simply too prepared for that

like he's coming up with lists in october, buying gifts in november, and has them wrapped early december

but for the sake of story let's just say that he has some last minute shopping to do for whatever reason

maybe all his gifts got blown up and he has amnesia so he can't remember anything

jk idk just pretend he's been busy or something

anyways

ghost always has a good idea of what he wants to get people for christmas

so the problem is rarely what to buy but where to buy it

usually he'll go to a plaza that has a bunch of shops so he can just visit each one and see if they have it

another nice thing about ghost is that his sheer size and signature death glare makes it so that he never has to fight with another person to get a gift

he's definitely traumatized more than a few shoppers who tried to grab the same thing as him

somehow though he manages to get everything on his list

even if it takes him all day to find it

john "soap" mactavish:

alright so let's be real pretty much all of soap's christmas shopping is done last minute

he's a procrastinator what can i say

however after years of last minute panic soap has mastered how to get all his shopping done last minute

a few days before christmas he'll wake up early and then head to the mall

and pretty much just methodically work his way through each store until he finds something good for everyone

after he always rewards himself with a soft pretzel and gelato

it's a weird combo he knows but it's what he always bought at the mall as a kid and it brings him back

now soap doesn't necessarily have the intimidation powers of soap but he makes up for it by being ready to throw hands over gifts

besides it's not really like he has a backup plan

so because of this soap's gifts usually end up being those useful knick knacks that you always need but never remember to get

like can openers

he got everyone can openers one year

im kidding (or am i?)

kyle "gaz" garrick:

alright so if gaz has to go last minute shopping it's usually only for small things

like extra stocking stuffers, wrapping paper, tape, etc.

so thankfully there's usually not much riding on it so it's less stressful

gaz actually really enjoys shopping because he can pop in his earbuds, turn up his music, and just unwind for a bit as he walks through the aisles

off topic but he's definitely the guy to just wander around a target listening to music

he'll usually just make the trips as he needs to

but they're usually just to walmart or target so he can stock up on candy and supplies

he also likes getting some of those fancy ghirardelli chocolates to snack on while he wraps gifts

his parents raised him to be polite so if he does end up reaching for the same thing as another person he always lets them grab it

but if it's the last item in stock he definitely gets secretly annoyed at them for it

john price:

alright so in a weird way i feel like price is sorta like the grinch

not in a "i hate christmas" sorta way but an "i don't want to go into town" kinda way

he likes to spend his christmases in his cabin/on base and he doesn't like dealing with the rush of customers doing last minute shopping

but of course there comes times where he has no choice but to run to the store to get another gift or restock on wrapping paper

and during then price is on a mission to get in and out of there as fast as possible

mainly because one year he got stuck in line behind a total karen

and his ten minute trip turned into an hour long ordeal

so now to reduce the chances of that happening he tries to speedrun his shopping trips

that being said he is a gentleman at heart so if someone grabs the same item as him he'll let them have it

even though he'll secretly be annoyed at them because then he has to stay even longer to find another gift

alejandro vargas:

alright so honestly i feel like alejandro is like ghost in that he tries not to get stuck doing last minute christmas shopping

he just doesn't like all the crowds and the lines

i mean he's not the most patient man in the world so it makes sense

he usually tries to keep his last minute gift buying to a minimum but if he does need to buy stuff he'll usually go to one store and get everyone things from there

think like home depot/a hardware store or maybe like a bath and body works

(they have a surprising amount of men's stuff okay)

that being said he usually knows what he wants to get each person from those stores

so if he comes to a point where him and someone else are reaching for the same thing he can sometimes get confrontational

it just depends tho

bc on one hand the gentleman in him is saying to let them have it but on the other hand he wants to get his friends a good gift

usually though he'll end up giving it up if it's like a woman or child

but with men he'll usually try to fight for it if it's really getting heated

rodolfo "rudy" parra:

alright so poor rudy would be so stressed by last minute shopping

i think he probably got a lot of his stuff done early but he wanted some extra things because he was worried his gifts weren't good enough

i feel like rudy's the kinda guy who goes really last minute and so a lot of things are going out of stock quickly

and so he is super duper stressed

mans is biting his nails and everything

definitely is racing throughout the stores to try and find everything he needs

and he simply will not be in a situation where someone grabs the same thing as him because if he sees someone in the same aisle as him he is sprinting and grabbing that thing asap

he really doesn't want to have to fight with someone else over it

especially before he knows he'd end up giving it to them

what can i say it's how he was raised