#hallmark queens

[tropesofhallmark]

Happy Birthday to Bethany Joy Lenz and Lindy Booth!!

[rlyehtaxidermist]

futurefic that originally seems like it's hoshichen slowburn but they actually get back together pretty quickly because hoshiguma has every single communication skill so the rest of it is dedicated to them trying to figure out how ch'en could spend twenty years in the wilderness but on average still on average make more relationship progress than linswire in the same city the whole time

[imhereonthekitchenfloor]

This girl I know from high school has a life like she is in a hallmark movie. What do you mean your high school sweetheart husband went into the military then survivied cancer. And you two to have two miracle babies only but one of them now has a potentionally fatal medical condition. And the thing that always saves your family is your prayers. Like how is this not a movie plot??

[believingispowerfulmagic]

A Hallmark Christmas

Summary: Regina struggles with her holiday spirit in the aftermath of Season 5 and finds comfort in the made-for-TV movies she used to mock. One night she makes a wish on a Christmas star for her own Hallmark Christmas movie happy ending and finds herself getting seven…or maybe more? [OQ AU]

Prologue: FFN | AO3 | Wattpad

Chapter 3 - Christmas at the Plaza

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Excerpt:

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Regina blinked her eyes open and turned off the alarm as she sat up in bed. She was certain she was already in the next movie but went to see if Henry was in this one as well. When she couldn't find her son, she figured it was one without children.

Disappointment coursed through her but she swallowed it down. She had already had another movie without children and figured that maybe the wish was alternating so she could experience both.

She entered the living room and smiled at the beautifully decorated tree. It was mostly done with gold decorations - ornaments, ribbons, garland and a star on top. Regina was eager to see it lit up that night as she sat down on her couch, looking over the pictures on the coffee table. Picking one up, she immediately knew which movie she was in.

"Christmas at the Plaza," she said out loud. "So do you just put me into the last movie I watched? Is that how this works?"

There was no answer.

"Okay, I guess you're not answering me right now," she replied, standing. "Or you're just not giving me those answers. Either way, it doesn't matter. I think I get it now."

Regina stood and stretched. "I guess I should get ready and go to the Plaza. Hopefully I'll see Robin and get an idea of how far into the movie I am."

She headed back upstairs and opened her closet, looking over the clothes for her character. It seemed more in line with her own style and she smiled, pulling out a sleek black skirt and blue shirt. "Perfect," she said.

After changing, she sat down at her vanity and just ran her brush through her hair. Movie or wish magic curled her hair and pinned it away from her face. She then ran a foundation brush over her face and her makeup was done perfectly. Her look was complete and now she just needed to get into the city.

Heading back downstairs, she smiled to see a travel mug waiting for her. "Well, that's considerate. Thank you, wish," she said, putting on the brown coat she found hanging on the rack. After buckling it, she put on a hat and gloves before grabbing a bag and the mug.

"Here we go," she said, stepping out of the house. She took a deep breath of December air and smiled. "Another happy ending, another Christmas that's much better than my own even if it's not quite perfect."

She walked over to the car and drove away, letting the movie begin for her.

[rolandkaros]

writing gay fanfiction will have you looking up some of the dumbest shit known to man

[wonder-worker]

What are your favorite Plantagenet-related novels, and why do you love them?

Hi! I'm so sorry, I don't read lots of medieval English historical fiction, and the ones I have read are pretty terrible (three guesses which).

Once again: sorry! If anyone else has any recommendations, feel free to share them!

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

July 8

10am/9c - A Christmas Carousel (2020)

12pm/11c - One Royal Christmas (2020)

2pm/1pm - The Royal Nanny (2022)

4pm/3c - A Royal Christmas (2014)

6pm/5c - Crown for Christmas (2015)

8pm/7c - A Royal Christmas Crush (2023)

10pm/7c A Royal Queens Christmas (2021)

[adarkrainbow]

So much fairytale fantasy in there.

The TV movies & miniseries of Hallmark/RHI Entertainment were some of the most imaginative and creative shows I saw as a kid

[christmasmoviesrated]

A Royal Queens Christmas

Hallmark, 2021. 1h 24m.

A prince finds his way to Queens during Christmas when a local woman enlists his help with a children's Christmas show.

The first Christmas Movie of the season! Hallmark delivers what Hallmark promises to deliver. No more, no less.

Top Selling points:

Royal Romance

Undercover Royals

It's a Hallmark movie

Music? I guess

TROPES, executed mostly in a satisfactory way

Do I recommend? Sure! It's not one of the titles I'll shout at people excitedly - frankly I'm not sure I'll actually remember the title come next Christmas - but it's a movie and it's Christmassy and cute, so why not.

Would I watch again? I might accidentally. I don't think I'll turn it off when I realise I've already watched it, though.

Happy ending? Yes! It's Hallmark!

Did I cry? Nope!

5 Christmas Trees out of 10

[mugiwara-lucy]

Let this be a lesson to the uninformed:

Do NOT fuck with Haley James Scott!!!!! 😬 🤬

[goddesspharo]

She rolled into a flower shop, told Blake Lively (who wasn't even looking to hire an employee) that she hated flowers and flower shops, and then immediately landed a job at said flower shop.

#dream scenario in 2024

[believingispowerfulmagic]

A Hallmark Christmas

Summary: Regina struggles with her holiday spirit in the aftermath of Season 5 and finds comfort in the made-for-TV movies she used to mock. One night she makes a wish on a Christmas star for her own Hallmark Christmas movie happy ending and finds herself getting seven…or maybe more? [OQ AU]

Prologue: FFN | AO3 | Wattpad

Interlude #2

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Excerpt:

Regina woke up in her bed, alone again.

"This is the weirdest wish ever," she declared, talking to her ceiling. "It only happens at night when I'm sleeping? Why?"

There was no answer this time.

It seemed the wish only spoke to her while she was asleep and living through whatever movie it had chosen to re-enact for her.

She climbed out of bed and headed to her bathroom to begin her day. Once she finished, she came back out and stopped as something caught her eye on her nightstand. Regina took a few steps closer, her heart skipping a beat as she took in the ballerina wearing a pink tutu with one leg stretched out behind her and a toe connected to a golden base. There was a key attached to the base and she knew if she turned it, a soft melody would play as the ballerina rotated around the top on her toe. Regina knew because she recognized it immediately.

The music box Robin fixed in her last dream.

"This is getting weirder," Regina said, picking it up. "Why are some of the items from my dreams manifesting in the waking world? What's the purpose? Is there one?"

She sighed, retrieving the box where she had stored the socks. Regina placed the music box inside it before closing the lid again. There had to be a reason why these treasures were being left behind when the wish ended. If she could figure it out, perhaps she could figure out what the wish's endgame was.

Knocking interrupted her musing before Henry's muffled voice came through her door. "Mom? Are you awake?"

"Yes," she said, approaching the door and opening it a crack to look at her son. "Do you need something?"

"Grandma wants to know if we're coming to Cookies and Cocoa at Granny's today," he said, holding up his phone to reveal the text from Snow.

Her heart sank as she thought about it. Snow had wanted to go all out for Neal's first Christmas and establish some new traditions for him as he grew up, so she convinced Granny to host this one. But Regina knew that if she went, she would remember that Roland wasn't there to enjoy the cookies or the cocoa.

"It's okay if you don't want to go," Henry said softly. "We can do something else."

She swallowed a lump in her throat, feeling guilty that her son was trying to take care of her rather than the other way around. Regina tried to give him a smile but she was sure it was shaky at best. "We can go if you want. Christmas is for the young," she said.

"Christmas is for everyone," he replied. "But I think I'm a bit old for this."

"No one is too old for cookies and cocoa," she said. She glanced down at her pajamas. "Let me change and we can talk about it over breakfast, okay?"

He nodded. "Can we have French toast?"

She chuckled. "Yes, we can."

"You're the best," he said, beaming. "I'll see you downstairs."

"I'll be down in a few minutes," she promised, closing the door so she could at least get ready for breakfast.

She approached her bed again and picked up the box. Carrying it back to her closet, she placed it on the top shelf. "I'll deal with you later," she said before closing the door again. It was time to get dressed.

Once she took off her pajamas and put on jeans as well as a warm sweater, Regina took a deep breath. She left her bedroom and headed downstairs, ready for another day in the lead up to Christmas spent with her family and friends while trying to ignore the Locksley-shaped holes missing from her life.

[essektheylyss]

I understand the impulse to clown on Essek for walking around in Vasselheim with his recognizable voice with the Bright Queen's spearhead commander, and of course we could turn to the metatextual elements (the necessity of signposting the world for players on the part of the GM, the ease of using a familiar ally to introduce a relevant NPC and new point of contact) to dismiss this if we wanted, but I think it's more interesting—and funnier, as you'll see—to imagine this as simply an extension of the laws and logic that dictate the Mighty Nein as a narrative entity.

Fundamentally, the Mighty Nein within their campaign pursue personal and collective agency, often at the expense or in denial of political power. Where they do interact with more political forms of power, they evade its grasp upon them, most notably in their interactions with the war, but also while they engage with the Cerberus Assembly, the Cobalt Soul, and even the Revelry. The way they pursue agency, on the other hand, has far more to do with their own support of one another and their own individual power, especially where there is magic involved, and manifests in having the freedom to move and act as they wish in the world.

The culmination of this, as we know, is the mechanical ability in their final battle against Lucien and the Somnovem to manipulate the terrain of the battle map to their advantage with only imagination. At the same time, Jester and Caduceus can both call in free favors from their gods, one of whom is unlimited by the Divine Gate and in fact is far more governed by fey logic. Fjord has made three different divine pacts and is virtually unrestricted by any of them. Caleb's hallmark is an almost infinitely malleable home that almost literally seems to operate as a hammerspace, with a pinnacle dedicated to the potentiality of the universe, the application of which is one of his signature spells—against all odds successful in his initial goal, no longer fueled by guilt and grief, of bending reality to his will. It's narratively and thematically cogent that this be the calling card of the party as a whole.

The Mighty Nein are, in effect, dictated by Looney Tunes logic, and nothing else. They have been so successful in their pursuit of their own freedom that they no longer abide by the cosmic laws of Exandria, let alone the laws of physics or sense. So yes, from an external point of view, it does look exceedingly foolish for Essek to be traipsing around in Vasselheim under the Bright Queen's nose, but it's far more entertaining to argue that being a member of the Mighty Nein in fact simply confers the capability of ignoring the laws of reality without consequence when it's narratively convenient, characteristically interesting—or just really fucking funny.

[astonmartinii]

day five: santa community service | max verstappen social media au

pairing: max verstappen x fem single mum!reader

max swore in a press conference and now he's a mall santa with an itchy beard

MASTERLIST | TIP JAR

maxverstappen1

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maxverstappen1: don't swear kids.... on a serious note, i had so much fun meeting the amazing kids of amsterdam (and delivering some gifts)

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user2: ummmmmm who is that woman ????

user3: that's what you've taken away from FOUR TIME WORLD CHAMPION MAX VERSTAPPEN BEING A MALL SANTA IN PUNISHMENT FOR SAYING FUCK

user4: ummmm yeah she's snug as a bug in a rug in the back of max's car that's REAL FUCKING INTERESTING

landonorris: why no picture of you as santa... pussy

maxverstappen1: gotta leave some girls for you haven't i mate?

landonorris: well by the looks of the third slide you've already got a girl so it's free range for me right?

maxverstappen1: third slide?

maxverstappen1: OH FUCK

maxverstappen1: she's never going to speak to me again now

landonorris: well you've just sworn again so maybe you'll get more community service and meet her again

maxverstappen1: i'm not dumb i got her number but like now she's going to see this and think i'm a freak :(

landonorris: you'll have to whip out that max verstappen charm again i guess

maxverstappen1: life is a prison

user5: NO ONE POST THE PICTURES OF MAX WITH THE KIDS IT WILL DO IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO MY OVARIES

user6: i need dad max more than air at this point

danielricciardo: what is this depression session in the comment section maximus - you're a catch even with the creepy instagram etiquette

maxverstappen1: i had to do so much work to convince i wasn't a dork while in a FULL SANTA COSTUME and now i'm not even at step one i'm at step minus 100000000

danielricciardo: that's not very christmas spirit of you maxie

maxverstappen1: life is unfortunately not a hallmark movie so like she'll be a normal person, see that i've posted a pic of her sleeping to my 13 million followers and run for the hills

danielricciardo: okay humble brag

maxverstappen1: DANIEL HELP

danielricciardo: i think you'll be just fine

maxverstappen1: well thanks for nothing - USELESS

user7: oh so max gets generational headloss in all settings

user8: he's so real for that tho

user9: if this doesn't sort itself out i pray for george russell

georgerussell63: ???

user10: he is going to take it out on you ❤️

georgerussell63: oh fuck

maxverstappen1: @fia get him

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yourusername: went for the mall santa and met her hero, how will i ever top this now?

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user12: FOUND YOU

yourusername: this is very creepy who are you

user12: oh i'm just a humble f1 fan who watched max verstappen crash out over thinking he fumbled you

yourusername: fumbling me? has he seen himself?

user12: oh girl i've just stalked your entire account your face card is insane

yourusername: i do not know what that means

user13: YOU HAVE A KID ????

yourusername: yes?

user13: so we could feasibly get step dad max - DILF MAX?

yourusername: are you people okay?

user13: he's down bad for you queen you gotta get in there

yourusername: excuse me?

user14: WAIT - you don't have a husband right?

yourusername: no...

yourusername: wait why am i replying to you people?

landonorris: how did they find you first i put so much effort into my investigation

oscarpiastri: you annoyed max until he gave you her name?

landonorris: RIGOROUS

yourusername: you people have a lot of followers, what are you doing here?

landonorris: max is your daughter's hero and you don't know me?

yourusername: damn that's an ego

landonorris: excuse me ?

yourusername: idk maybe my daughter loves max because he's plastered everywhere in the netherlands - she watches the races with my friends

landonorris: we drive the orange cars

yourusername: oh she hates yall

yourusername: i might have to block you two

oscarpiastri: I DID NOTHING IT WAS ALL HIM

maxverstappen1: ummm hi!

maxverstappen1: I'M SO SORRY PLEASE DON'T THINK I'M A CREEP

yourusername: why would i think you're a creep?

maxverstappen1: NO REASON

maxverstappen1: so that coffee?

yourusername: okay .....

yourusername: i was going to text you but yk kids and she's addicted to the games and has held my phone hostage

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landonorris: didn't leave monaco fast enough and now i'm stuck third wheeling - AND lola still hates me :(

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user16: CAN WE SLOW DOWN WE'RE GOING SO FUCKING FAST

yourusername: isn't that kinda their job?

user16: oh you gagged me there, congrats queen

user17: okay well now i'm obsessed with them and i need to know why lola hates lando so much

landonorris: she's a hater - just like her mother

maxverstappen1: y/n is allowed to hate you. in fact i'll support her in all of her hating i don't care

landonorris: i literally stayed for an extra day so we could all do something fun for christmas and HERE WE ARE

yourusername: i don't hate you lando, but i have to support my daughter in her dreams

landonorris: SHE SAID HER DREAMS WERE HER EXPLODING MY CAR WITH HER MIND

yourusername: LOL

landonorris: that is not 'LOL' that's attempted murder - i'm going to put your child in jail

maxverstappen1: woah lando that's too far

landonorris: and telepathic murder isn't ?

maxverstappen1: first of all it's telekinesis and second of all - lola can do what she wants

user18: oh boy he got attached quick

yourusername: this is nothing compared to lola

maxverstappen1: what? i love my biggest fan

danielricciardo: well fuck me i guess

maxverstappen1: yes

danielricciardo: max! y/n is right there (text me later)

maxverstappen1: oh wait ewwww

maxverstappen1: i meant get fucked.

yourusername: you can complain about third wheeling all you want but i'll deal with it if you keep taking these cute ass photos

landonorris: it's torture being an artist 💔

maxverstappen1: we also paid for everything lando, you can deal with watching your best friend being in love

landonorris: we're best friends ???

maxverstappen1: i'm your best friend - you're third at most

landonorris: ????

maxverstappen1: 1. lola 2. y/n 3. lando (maybe)

yourusername: awwwwww you're so sweet darling

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yourusername: i support the fia's wrongs because they brought you to me

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user19: okay miss girl this is cute but i will NEVER let the fia live

yourusername: oh this is their one pass, next time i'll unleash lola's telekinesis

user19: tell lola that we thank her for her service

user20: but please don't blow up lando please

yourusername: she said orange cars - sorry osc

landonorris: what about a red car?

yourusername: oh she likes charles so no chance

charles_leclerc: taste 💅

maxverstappen1: i guess i'll let them off just this once because i love you

yourusername: you're so generous

georgerussell63: wanna forgive me as well

maxverstappen1: why would i do that?

maxverstappen1: also we're declaring our love for each other do you wanna GET THE FUCK OUT

georgerussell63: lola is talking about blowing up f1 cars with her mind i don't want to be a victim

yourusername: oh she won't blow your car up

georgerussell63: phew

yourusername: she'll bite you in person

georgerussell63: CRIKEY

georgerussell63: well i guess you guys can go back to declaring love now ...

yourusername: thanks i guess?

yourusername: love you maxy, i'm so glad we met you

maxverstappen1: i love you more, i love having both of you in my life

user21: this was very fast but this is also very cute

user22: i think we gotta get lola on sky sports - maybe she'll bite the british bias out of them

yourusername: do NOT threaten her with a good time

yourusername: however, i will say, lola doesn't actually bite she's very well behaved and just has a bit of a feral way about her

maxverstappen1: but it's so adorable :(

hulkhulkenberg: so ... paddock play dates

maxverstappen1: WE'RE THERE

yourusername: that would make the paddock a lot less intimidating for me

hulkhulkenberg: my daughter also prays on the downfall of everyone but me so they'll have that in common

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maxverstappen1: maybe santa is real ... love of my life was top of my list this year

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user25: idk about you guys but i've never seen him happier

user26: after this season i'm so glad the christmas break has treated him so well

user27: i can't wait for the rest of the grid to think he might let up now and then mad max get released first corner in melbourne

maxverstappen1: whatever i gotta do to get that winners trophy for lola

yourusername: this is the happiest holidays we've ever had, you've made my dreams come true and truly are the best person i'd ever want around lola. i love you <3

maxverstappen1: i wouldn't want to be with anyone else now, you guys are it for me x

maxverstappen1: now come downstairs i'm strategically placed underneath the mistletoe

yourusername: there's mistletoe?

maxverstappen1: .... the christmas fairy must of put it up ?

yourusername: you know you don't need an excuse to kiss me right?

maxverstappen1: hehehehehehehehehehe

user28: wow he's such a loser i love him

yourusername: he's * my loser and * he LOVES ME

yourusername: sorry that was rude

yourusername: but he's so worth showing off

maxverstappen1: i can't wait to show you off to the world on international tv - i gotta mark my territory

yourusername: as if i would ever look anywhere but at you

landonorris: fine! you guys are cute! i'm taking all the credit for connecting you two

maxverstappen1: and just how did you do that?

landonorris: i found y/n's instagram duh!

yourusername: actually @user12 found my instagram

user12: omg shout out

maxverstappen1: i also had y/n's number the whole time...

landonorris: CAN YOU GUYS JUST LET ME HAVE THIS? IT'S CHRISTMAS?

yourusername: you got us socks for christmas ??? (thanks tbf)

landonorris: ALL MY BUDGET WENT TO LOLA'S PRESENT I HAD TO GET ON HER SIDE

maxverstappen1: you mean the mini MCL36 that she's been glaring at since she opened it?

yourusername: i think she's practicing her telekinesis for 2025 ❤️

landonorris: FUCK

yourusername: she just wants maxy to win lando, you can't deny her that

landonorris: i can feel her puppy dog eyes through the phone

maxverstappen1: i'll do anything to win for her - ANYTHING. merry christmas xx

landonorris: that's so threatening

yourusername: that's so romantic

fin.

note: ENJOY

[clowndotorg]

i'm gonna go bananas in the tags about the plot of winter's tale, but it is interesting one of the notable false infidelity plays is the one painted and hanging during mizumono. it's a bit like hanging a portrait of desdemona.

(also i cannot contain myself from mentioning it is a painting of the very famous "Exit Pursued by Bear" scene)

This painting in Hannibal’s kitchen (yeah, yeah, while someone may be watching the fight, I am mesmerized by the paintings around :D - no, don’t worry I am just kidding, Hannibal’s butt takes the precedence everywhere ;)) is called A Winter’s Tale, Act III, Scene III, Desert Place near the Sea by Robert Smirke.

Robert Smirke was an English painter and illustrator, specialising in small paintings showing subjects taken from literaure. He was a member of the Royal Academy.

The Winter’s Tale is a play by William Shakespeare. I am afraid I am not very familiar with it, so I raided the wiki and the likes:  It was originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, some modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare’s late romances. Some critics consider it to be one of Shakespeare’s “problem plays”, because the first three acts are filled with intense psychological drama, while the last two acts are comedic and supply a happy ending. (source: wiki)

I really hope that the last sentence will apply to the show! Three acts are filled with intense psychological drama, while the last two acts are comedic and supply a happy ending. (Obviously now we are in the first three acts. And I want my happy ending! Welll… of course it is to be discussed what would a happy end in this show mean, wink wink ;)).

—-

All descriptions of paintings in Hannibal are here.

[calllen]

When you play the game of homes you win or you D.I.Y.

A toast to Queen Thea!💁‍♀️🥂👑