#i really like his santa fit tbh

[starlightnavis]

meowy christmas and happy nyalidays!~ santa minyato is here to deliver your gift :3

[ughgoaway]

secret santa // day 1

content warnings; swearing, mention of boners, drinking?, pining and stressed matty lol

a/n; day 1 wooooo!!! For some reason, this is my longest fic i have for the 12 days, so we are starting with a bang, i guess?? I'm not totally sure how I feel about this fic... but tbh I never like anything I post, so that's not really new lol

word count; 4.2k

(this fic takes place pre-relationship)

12 days masterlist

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“Daddy!” is the first thing Matty hears when his daughter comes bounding into the house after school that day. Adam follows behind her with an exasperated look on his face, and her bright pink unicorn backpack slung over his shoulder.

“Hi mate, Annie has some very exciting news that she just can not stop talking about,” he says, stressing the fact that she just will not stop talking. Matty gives his friend an understanding nod as he takes his daughter's bag.

“Ah wow, how exciting! I can't wait to hear all about it,” Annie opens her mouth to talk, but Maty quickly cuts in before she can start, “After Uncle Adam leaves, okay? Say, thank you for picking me up to Uncle Adam!” 

Annie comes bounding up to Adam and hugs his legs. He can't help the smile that breaks out on his face. “Thank you, Uncle Adam!!” Annie says, looking up at him with that cheeky face he loves so much. Adam pats her head and waves to Matty before swiftly leaving to hang out with his much more peaceful son.

Matty manages to corral his daughter to sit at the kitchen table to share her very thrilling news, Annie is practically vibrating in her seat with excitement. Despite her palpable eagerness, Annie waited until Matty had sat down and given her a nod to start talking, something they had been working on.

As soon as she got the nod, words started vomiting out of Annie's mouth at a speed most people wouldn't be able to decipher. But if anyone was an expert on little Annie Healy, it was her dad.

“I get to do the Secret Santa!!” Annie eventually says, grinning so wide that Matty isn't sure her cheeks won't split. He pauses for a second, trying to process his daughter's words. How does she even know what secret Santa is?

“Oh wow, darling!” he says, fieigning happiness for his daughter, but his face tells another story, “That's great, sweetheart, but what does that mean exactly? Secret Santa with your friends? I thought we already got them presents?” Matty distinctly remembers about 2 hours in the Tesco toy aisle choosing out the perfect toy for each of her friends.

“Not for my friends silly,” Annie says sighing, as if her father's obliviousness was just so ridiculous, “for Miss y/n!!!” she smacks her hands on the table with a flourish, acting like this was an obvious piece of information.

Well, it certainly piqued Matty's interest. As did anything that involved your name, really. He remembers last month when someone got hired at Dirty Hit with the same name as you. Matty nearly got whiplash with how fast he turned when he first heard someone say “Y/n is here to see you!” The disappointment on his face must have scared the poor intern half to death. He quickly fixed his expression and was polite, but he felt his pulse racing under his skin.

“Ooh wow, munchkin, that's awesome! Did they give you a note or anything for me to have a look at?” Matty asks. He's sure they wouldn't trust a 6-year-old to relay this information.

Annie perked up at his words, “Oh yeah!” She says, jumping off her chair and scurrying over to her backpack. She unzips her bag and starts furiously pulling out different objects. Matty isn't sure how it all fits in. It's like Mary Poppins bag. She pulls out 5 books, 2 jumpers, 6 pieces of mystery paper, 2 toys (that she is not allowed to bring to school) and one of mayhems toys before she shrieks out an “Aha!” and in her hand is a crumpled pink slip of paper.

she brings it over to Matty excitedly and shoves it into his hand before straightening her back and puffing her chest out, clearly proud to have been chosen. Matty laughs at his daughter's infallible confidence before trying to straighten out the paper enough to read what's written.

“Okay let's see…” Matty says to himself, “Congratulations! If you have received this note, you have been chosen for our teacher's Secret Santa program! We at bridgeside school believe that our amazing teachers also deserve gifts this holiday season, so we choose one student from each teacher's class to be their Secret Santa. Don't worry, parents, there's a £10 limit so no need to go too wild! Students are picked based on enthusiasm and progress in school, so you should be proud to be picked! Please ensure all gifts are given to reception by Monday next week to allow time to distribute them. Thank you!” Matty finishes reading the note under his breath, and he can't help but grin to himself at the fact Annie was specially chosen.

He puts the paper down on the table and turns around to Annie, who is standing beside him with a nervous look on her face. Matty pauses for a few seconds before jumping and grabbing her, Annie shrieks at the sudden attack. He pulls her onto his lap and begins tickling all over her, revelling in her roaring laughter and infectious smile.

“Specially chosen, huh!” Matty says loudly to his daughter, still squeezing her tight in his arms and tickling where he can reach. Annie nods as best she can whilst being attacked with tickles, and Matty laughs at her gappy grin.

He soon lets up and leaves Annie sitting in his lap, looking happy as can be, “I know, Daddy!! The headmistress came to me today and said it because I've been trying so hard at my spelling!” she says, the look of pride on her face made mattys heart swell.

He remembers the late nights of practising her spelling. At the last parent’s evening, you had brought up Annie was falling behind a small bit in the weekly spelling tests. Not too much, but enough where some work at home would be beneficial. So Matty dedicated every Monday night as spelling night, and he and Annie sat and worked on it. He couldn't be happier that their hard work was recognised or that she's making such good progress.

It's then that the gravity of the situation at hand hits Matty. He has to buy a gift for you. For YOU. For the woman he… cares a great deal about. What does he buy? And for only £10! What good can he get with that? He didn't want to give you a shitty bottle of wine, this is his first opportunity to give you a gift and he wasn't about to fuck it up with a bad pinot.

Knowing he was about to spiral, Matty sent Annie off with a genuine smile and a quick hug. Annie being Annie, ran off oblivious to her dad's growing stress and began trolling around the house looking for mayhem. She had got some new hairclips in a magazine and was determined to give him a makeover.

Before he could go completely insane, Matty ran into the kitchen for his phone and just dialled the most recent number he called. Anyone would help right now, Matty was just sick of his own mind. 

“Hey Matty, you alright?” Ah, Adam, perfect. He was level-headed, a good dad, and knows how to deal with Matty’s hysteria. 

“Adam.” Matty starts in a disturbingly calm voice, “How could you just LEAVE when you knew what Annie was going to say?!?!” Matty scolded his best friend and was just met with the sound of laughter over the phone. 

“Why would I stay? It's no big deal, right? You have said on many occasions you feel totally neutral about Miss y/n, so I felt no need to stay” Adam teased, having had many conversations with Matty about his clear crush on you.

He first saw it at the school parent's day, he and Matty were casually chatting when you walked over and he saw his friend change in front of his eyes, suddenly becoming a lovesick 16-year-old. But Matty insisted he didn't have feelings for you, according to Matty he was “remarkably and totally neutral towards you”. 

Adam decided this news was a great way to test this theory. As soon as he heard Annie chattering on, he knew Matty would freak out, grab his phone, and call him. So when he got home, Adam simply made a cup of tea and sat down with his phone in his hand, waiting for a call. And 20 minutes later, his phone rang.

Silence is all Adam heard over the phone for a good few seconds, and he could almost see Matty weighing up his options with that scrunched-up face he does. He picked up his tea and loudly took a sip, reminding Matty of his presence.

On the other end of the line, Matty was doing exactly that. Does he embarrass himself and admit his feelings in exchange for help? Or does he fight to keep the last shred of dignity he had?

“Fine. I really really like her. Are you happy now?” Matty sighed, deciding that any dignity he might have had in the eyes of Adam died when he found him passed out in a bin with George at 19.

Adam grinned teasingly on the other side of the phone but decided to leave any real teasing for in person. It's just no fun when you can't see Matty's cheeks gradually turning more pink. “Okay. now that we've got that out of the way, what the fuck are you gonna get her?”

Matty scoffed at his friend's question, “Mate. Why the fuck do you think I'm calling? I have no idea!! I don't want to be boring and just get a candle and a bottle of wine.” Matty pauses thoughtfully for a moment before returning to his ramble, “although she does like candles. I remember her saying her apartment is covered in them, she even set off the smoke detector once. And she is always smelling like Jasmine so maybe that is her favourite scent? God she smells so good, you know I think her shampoo is apple and that mixed with-”

Adam cut Matty off before he started giving him your home address and national insurance number, “Dude how do you know what scent shampoo she uses? God, you're such a stalker. Don't go full Dahmer on this girl, yeah?” Adam jokes.

“It's not my fault she has nice hair! Anyway, shut up. You are not being helpful right now” Matty whines petulantly, and Adam realises he's actually freaking out about this. He decided it was time to go full dad mode and be supportive.

“Right, it's clear you know a lot about her, so why don't we focus on that? Do you know her favourite perfume or something? Maybe some jewellery she wants? I’m assuming you are not sticking to the £10 limit”

Matty simply scoffs, confirming Adam’s suspicion. Before he can continue throwing ideas at Matty, he hears him gasp, “I know what to get her!” Matty says excitedly.

Once again, silence falls over the two men, and Adam sighs, knowing what Matty wants, “and what is that, Matthew?” he says with sarcastic excitement filling his voice. 

Adam can hear the grin over the phone as Matty speaks, “I'm going to get her a copy of “The Little Prince” but a proper nice one, first edition in the original French and everything” he puffed out his chest in pride as he finished, despite no one being around to see him.

“A kid's book? Matty shes a teacher. I'm sure she's sick of kid’s books, why would you get her that? Does she even know French?” Adam can't help but think Matty saw a copy on her desk and just assumed she liked it. Maybe she was just teaching with it, and Matty took the idea and ran.

“No no, you don't get it,” Matty starts, “it was her favourite book as a kid. She was obsessed and read it cover to cover so many times the spine fell apart. She told me that this book is what made her want to teach. As soon as she read it, she went into her class the next day and did a whole presentation on it, read it to her whole class, and answered questions." Matty envisioned an 8-year-old you buzzing with excitement talking about the book, your teacher smiling and encouraging as you were blabbering on.

"She had a copy from her grandmother that she treasured, but it got lost in the jumble when she moved. It was in the original French, and she learnt French just to be able to read it. Nothing means more to her than this book.” As he finished, Matty noticed the massive grin on his face, something that was inevitable whenever he spoke about you.

He decided not to talk about the one time he actually heard you speak French, not wanting to share the experience of trying to hide a boner during a school-wide meeting and sneaking off to his car pretty quickly after it wrapped up.

Adam was taken aback by Matty's words. Who was this person, and what did he do to his best mate? He's pretty sure for his last situation-ships birthday, Matty got her a card with a bouquet of lilies. And she was allergic to lilies.

But here he was, considering things you loved in childhood, things that actually mean something to you. He had never seen Matty so infatuated with someone, remembering every little thing they ever said.

Matty was in love with you. 

“Fuck man you are whipped” is what Adam decided to say, not sure whether Matty had come to the whole “love” realisation by himself yet.

“Ha ha ha, Adam you're so funny.” Matty said, his voice dripping with sarcasm, “So do you think it is okay? She’ll like it?” he anxiously chewed on his nails as he spoke, desperate not to fuck this up.

“It's perfect. She's gonna love it, if you can find one that is” came Adam's response, he decided to lay off the comedic responses for a little bit, just to stop Matty from having a mental breakdown. 

“Oh I'll find one. Otherwise, I'll have to get her a candle, and that's just shite” his confidence was clear through the phone. And a determined Matty is someone who gets something done, whether you like it or not.

As soon as he knew what to get, he practically hung up on Hann mid-sentence, but he stayed long enough to give him a rushed goodbye. Not quite long enough to say thank you, however, but Adam got a text a few seconds later simply saying, “Thank you, I needed that”

Adam, being a middle-aged man, simply sent back a thumbs-up emoji, ‘an image that speaks a thousand words’ he thought.

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After a week of calling every rare bookshop in the area, Matty managed to get his hands on a first edition of “The Little Prince”, for substantially more than £10 but that secret was between him, god and his wallet. 

He explained to the school that Annie wanted to give her gift to you personally, so he asked if he could bring it directly to you on Friday. By some grace of god, the school agreed, and here Matty was standing outside your door gift bag in hand and pulling anxiously at his shirt.

“Matty!” You say in shock as you open the door, a beaming smile on your face. Matty took in your dress and almost had to grip the door frame to steady himself. It was the staff Christmas party that night, and it was clear you were all dressed up and ready. You stood in a sleek black dress, nothing glittery or fancy, but the way it looked on you had Matty's hands itching to touch you.

“I'm here too miss y/n” came a little voice from below. You were too busy staring into Matty’s eyes and watching them skirt over your body. 

“Oh, Annie! I'm so sorry, sweetheart, your daddy is so tall I almost missed you!” You laugh out and pat Annie's head in apology. Matty couldn't help but preen at the mention of his height.

“I'm so sorry to interrupt you. You look amazing, by the way. Well, not like - not amazing in a creepy way - I mean-” Matty stuttered, trying to get back to his point. You simply nod along with his words and bit the inside of your cheek to hide the smirk threatening to break across your face.

“Anyway,” Matty said after he pulled himself together with a shake of his head, “we're here to give you your Secret Santa present! Annie, do you want to pass it to miss y/n?” he patted his daughter on the back and passed her the gift.

With flushed cheeks and a pink nose from the cold, Annie grinned up to you and passed the bag over. Matty had added a few filler presents, a candle and a bottle of perfume Annie chose, and that he thought you'd like. Just the book felt… odd. A little too personal, maybe, he didn't want to scare you off with his slightly stalker-like tendencies.

“Wow! Thank you, Annie! I didn't think I was even in this year's Secret Santa!” You lie, you knew Annie was your gift giver the day she got chosen. That cheesy smile wouldn't leave her face all day.

Annie giggled clung to her dad's leg, suddenly feeling shy at the attention. Matty simply smiled at his daughter and began to fiddle with her curls.

“Okay well, we will leave you to go to your party now. I hope you have a good time! Say bye to miss y/n Annie,” Matty prompts his daughter, who gives you a wave and runs away. Matty spins on his heels and begins to follow before turning around to say one last thing. 

“I meant what I said earlier, by the way. You look beautiful” he said with a bashful smile, acting almost as shy as his daughter just had. 

Words escaped you at that moment. You wanted to run and give him a hug for the present and a kiss for the compliment, but you simply whispered, “Thank you, Matty.”

The door had barely clicked shut, and you had already all but ran to your desk to open your present, your heart in your mouth at the prospect of a gift from Matty. Well, technically from Annie, but you're pretty sure if Matty gave her £10 and let her loose in Tesco, the present would end up being something totally random like a bag of celery.

But maybe you were reading too much into this. Your silly schoolgirl crush has just been growing and growing over the passing months. Your heart aches for Matty. It has gotten to the point where you sit in bed late at night and perform autopsies on conversations you had months ago. Desperate to find something said in the unsaid, something new.

You won't see him for a week, and you'll convince yourself it's just a physical attraction thing, a casual crush. But then you see him swooping in at pick up with his rockstar sunglasses and beautiful curls, and you feel your heart stutter and pause. Every time you speak with him, butterflies hammer at your ribs, and your brain seems to just stop around him. Much to your embarrassment. 

Recently, you vowed to be more natural around him, totally normal. However, trying to play it cool and casual is a great plan in theory, but attempting to do that whilst looking into his eyes is an almost impossible task.

But tonight, you managed to at least play it off like Matty's comment didn't knock the wind out of you. His calling you beautiful was going to go around and around in your head for weeks. You wish you could have memorised the moment better. You should focus on his shy smile or the way he wrung his hands together anxiously. Maybe even the look of pure love in his eyes.

But you were too busy internally repeating to yourself “Don't fall over. Don't act like a twat. Make sure to smile and not freeze.” so all of those small things got lost in the jumble of thoughts.

As you pulled the tissue out of the paper, a waft of matty hit your nostrils. god, were you that desperate that even tissue paper smells like him now? You could swear it has that same musk and warmth that follows him around.

Little did you know Matty had to actively choose not to constantly think about you. He has to try not to think about the way you bite your lip when you're focusing on something. Or the way you fiddle with your hair when you're nervous, twisting it around your fingers absentmindedly. Or even the way your cheeks flush when someone compliments you, the way it spreads from your cheeks to over your nose and down to your neck. He has to really try not to think about your neck, to not obsess over the thought of pressing kisses up and down it as you giggle into him. But alas, he had actual adult responsibilities, much to his dismay, so he couldn't just sit and analyse you every waking moment.

You stick your hand in and grab something that feels like a candle, and it is… oh. It's a candle. Huh.

You're not disappointed. It smells good and has a beautiful jar, but you can't help but feel slightly odd at the lack of warmth. But whatever, you were expecting too much anyway. A candle and a bottle of wine are perfectly normal Secret Santa presents, and why should you expect anything other than that? Just because you were lusting after Matty doesn't mean he thought about you any longer than he had to.

You shake off any disappointment you had and resign yourself to the idea that this is a totally normal parent present. There won't be anything amazing or showstopping. The budget was £10 and you're sure not even world famous rock star Matty Healy could get anything good with that.

You pull out the perfume next, immediately smiling as you notice it's your favourite scent, jasmine. What a lucky guess. It's a nice bottle, too. It had you immediately thinking of a use for it afterwards, the same way any nice bottle or jar does. You must have a collection of 20 candle jars on your mantle at home filled with knickknacks, little things from the kids, or strange porcelain figures you didn't have the heart to leave in a charity shop.

The bag is still heavy in your hands, but you scrunch your face in confusion. Surely there's no budget left? Tentatively, you reach in and feel a book, which is even more confusing to you, but you pull it out anyway, interested to see what Matty thought you read.

Oh. fuck. 

There in your hands was your childhood in physical form, the curly script reading “le petit prince.” Your eyes skirt over the cover as they well up. Slowly, you spin the book around and audibly gasp as you look it over, admiring its worn spine and somehow pristine cover. 

Your vision is foggy, tears gathering at your lash line and you're intent on not letting them fall, but as soon as you open the book and a small certificate of authenticity falls out you can't help but wetly laugh in shock as tears stream down your cheeks.

The first edition of your favourite book of all time. The book that meant everything to you, everything to your grandmother. You never thought you'd see a first edition in real life, let alone own one.

With shaky hands, you carefully pull apart the pages and begin to read, muttering the french under your breath. Tears drip onto the desk and blow you. You sniffle and bring a shaky hand up to wipe them away, but it's futile. They continue to find their way down your cheeks.

With a pounding heart, you place down the book with the care of handling a newborn baby, and as you do so a small white slip of paper under the certificate catches your eye. You slide it out from under and try and read it despite your wet eyes.

“To y/n,

I know this is over the limit, but I also know what this book means to you. I still remember talking about it in depth on World Book Day. Us two huddled in a corner, trying to escape the other parents. Your vulnerability and honesty that day meant so much to me. Thank you for sharing. also, thank you for being the very best teacher to my little girl. I don't know where either of us would be without you. Anyway, I'll stop rambling now, Let's keep this gift between us, though, huh? I wouldn't want Mr. Johnson from the year 5 class to find out his nice cheese platter isn't the best gift of the year.

Happy holidays darling, 

Matty x”

Well, safe to say any hope of that crush faltering had just died and gone to hell. 

[sillyunknownkitkat]

Type of writing : headcanons and 2 small drabbles.

Plot: Phillip and his s/o preparing and celebrating Christmas.

Tw: kinda fem-ish reader but still gn, tooth rotting fluff, Phillip being bullied by kids, a bit of angst but full comfort here dw, reader has parents. uncanny fake death situation of Phillip, reader cries.

Definitely loves cuddles on the couch and watching a movie with the fire cracking in the background.

This man loves Christmas. It's not so much all of the traditions and stuff, just you being really happy about this and the cosy ambience that it brings.

Also, he forces the shadows to wear Santa's hats.

I think he has a pretty sweet tooth, so it's one of his favorite seasons because you make him hot chocolate with little marshmallows when he gets back from work.

If you want to see his eyes lit up, then bring him a Christmas market/festival. Phillip's eyes WILL light up like kids' ones.

Now let me tell you something. This blondie can't skate at all. It's really funny to see.

And that being said, he gets bullied by the kids on the ice rink.

Still would go again if it means that you're happy.

Now, I don't want to baby him because he is a grown man, but please throw a snowball at him. I promise you that it's going to be the best snowball fight ever.

If you have played until down, you know what I'm talking about, but if don't here is a video of the said scene

So I think he'd be more Mike-like, but tbh he could also be Jessica (I hope this makes sense). Also, you don't have to be a girl or anything for this exact interaction. He's just a bit cringe.

But that's okay, it's not a crime 😊

THIS.MAN.ALSO.LOVES.TO.DECORATE.YOUR.HOUSE !!!

I hcs he probably didn't really do anything for Christmas as a child.

It's supposed that he lived in South America, so it didn't really snow or anything. His parents didn't see the point in celebrating it.

Well no matter the reason that caused him to be "Christmas-starved", he still is.

I don't think he would go all out like you can see in some Christmas light contests, but he still puts quite the effort.

Inside the house, he would keep it pretty simple but with a good amount of things. Like fairy lights pretty much all around the house, whatever these are called in a banner like display, little Santa's, snowmans, ...

Now, to my favourite part, the drabbles ^^

1. Decorating your first Christmas tree together 🎄:

You moved him with him pretty early in the relationship. He justified it by saying something amongst the lines of "I work a lot, sweetheart. As sad as it is, I won't be here often. If things go south one day, I won't ever kick you out, don't worry. See it as you helping me around the house when I'm not there, and as a payment, you get a free roof over your head, yeah?"

When he just said it, you were kinda offended, but thinking back, he's not wrong. Plus, he doesn't force you to move faster in the relationship. It's just a win-win situation. Of course, he mostly proposed this because he loves you so damn much.

He never felt like that with another person. He swears (in his head) that you have to be his soulmate. How else could you guys fit so well together?

When December came close, he asked you if you would want to make a Christmas tree with him. You said yes, obviously.

You both went to get dressed in warmer clothes before going to the local Christmas market.

Hand in hand, walking and stopping every 30 seconds because one of you saw something that catched your eyes. You both probably went a little overboard with the stuff you got, but you wouldn't wish to go back in time to do otherwise. He was so freaking happy. It made you melt every time you looked at him and his big smile.

After a while, he asks you to go get a Christmas tree (pine?) before all of the good ones are gone. I don't think you would go in a "chop the one you want" type of thing, but in a more store like type of thing. He insisted you guys should get a real one instead of the plastic ones because even tho it makes a huge mess, it's more cosy to have a real one. Don't ask me how, but you got the most beautiful tree ever. It's a nice fresh green colour, not too tall but very large and fluffy.

Once both of you are happy with what you have, you go back to your shared house to actually decorate the said tree.

It starts with unloading the car, then putting everything in the living room and finally doing what you both waited for. Decorating.

You set the tree in the corner of the living room, not too far away from the chimney. He chose to start with the fluffy garland before the light ones and finally the little balls and bauble you got.

Finally, it's time to set the star on top of the tree, and you insist he does it. After all, it's his idea.

"Don't be silly, love. C'mere, I'll help you, " He says before making a come here motion with his hand. You do. He lifts you up by the waist, and you place it perfectly.

Once he puts you back down, you both walk a few steps back to admire your work. He gives you a side hug, and you could swear he's almost crying.

You take a picture of your tree and a selfie of the both of you as a souvenir of this amazing day you guys spent.

2. Spending Christmas together but discreetly.

After his fake death, he had to lay very low to avoid any suspicion. Which also means that this year, it would only be the both of you on Christmas.

You never spent Christmas without your parents, so this was really hard for you. Not only did you have to lie to everyone, saying things like what you were too sad to celebrate this year, that you weren't able to attend, ... but you also had to make they sad and worried.

Phillip knew that it was really upsetting you but didn't know what to do apart for apologizing for making you do all of that.

On the morning of Christmas Eve, you woke up quite early and sat on the couch in front of the tree. When you looked at him once more, you started crying. The worst thing is that you felt terrible to cry. Everything was doing better than it could've. Your lover was alive and well. You had anything you could possibly need.

And yet you still felt like garbage. Even more now that you were felling guilty from feeling this way.

Phillip woke up in an empty bed. Your side was still a bit warm, so he knew that you left the bed not too long ago. Usually, he would've woken up at you getting up, but he was exhausted. He stretched before lazily sliding in his slippers and going look after you.

When he got down the stairs, he saw you curled up with your knees to your chest on the couch. It broke his heart when he heard you quietly sob.

He instantly goes up to you and sits down on the couch before rubbing your back in a comforting manner.

"Hey... what's going on lovely?" He asks in a worried tone.

After taking a couple of deep breaths in and out, you explain the reason why you were crying. He carefully listens, holds your hand, and squeezes it from time to time to prove that he is listening to you.

Once you're done, he drags you in his harm to hold you and pet your hair.

"Oh, baby... I'm so sorry that we have to go through this. That I have to make you go through this. I promise you that everything will be okay, though. I love you so so so much. You can't even imagine. That's why I'm still very happy. I get to spend the holidays with you. The love of my life. I'm going to make sure that you spend an amazing Christmas 'kay? Do you trust me?"

You just nod against him, your voice being stuck in your throat from such sweet words.

"I love you too, Phil's, and of course I trust you," you say after a little while of being in this comfortable hold.

Sorry if this is really cheesy, I just am a sucker for lovey dovey stuff 😅

While Graves is not my favorite COD character at all, I can't lie and say that writing this didn't make me love him a bit more.

Also, I'm very sorry if he's ooc, I tried my best 🥹

I wish you a very merry Christmas and lovely holidays! 🍾☃️🎄

I hope you have a good day/night and that you're safe <3

I love you everyone!

[g-xix]

favourite sidemen videos?

AGHHH I LOVE ASKS LIKE THIS!! Ty for asking this :)

In order of oldest to newest...

Sidemen Fear Pong - Featuring Harrry's doggo Herb and the iconic "DRIVERS OF LONDON!"

Sidemen Yoga - Featuring "PHIL!", prime sexiness JJ and zesty Harry... This video gave me sm ideas of making smutshots for Phil (but i thought nobody rly wants to see hardcore Phil smut and decided against 💀💀)

The Sidemen Show Ep4 - Haunted House - Literally just a Sam and Colby vid filmed by British idiots also featuring my fave JME

Hide and Seek at Wireless - Genuinely SO GOOD, like, Wroetostar combo goes SO HARD, Hide and Seeks were at their peak when they filmed this, they had sm energy and clearly were enjoying this shit so much... Plus all their charity match hairstyles are such a throwback to see

Sidemen Bowling - So goofy, loved this era where they were all just enjoying making budget ass content together which they somehow always found a way to violate

Sidemen Olympics - Tbh i just loved comparing my sporting ability to them + knowing i can throw a discus farther than all of these mf's and their highest scores

Christmas Football Challenges - Pervy Santa!JJ will also never be topped

Try not to Laugh: w Jack Whitehall / Shocking edition / Bad jokes edition

One word Interview - Shoutout Simon, one of the best YouTube series imo... He's got way more on his channel w each member + these answers are j so iconic

James Charles Makeup Challenge - featuring Click house, KSImon, and Harry's gay panic era

£10,000 vs £10: first holiday / roadtrip / Europe holiday / song

Sidemen Go Back to School - Literally the video that first introduced me to them. Absolutely iconic. Featuring Phil, Stephen Tries and Babatunde, this and the Sidemen Bake Off are their 2 vids that go hand in hand for most iconic atl imo

Worst Outfit Wins - not the exact title but summarises it better. Didn't like this thumbnail initially and put off watching it for a looong time but honestly it's too jokes to skip

Sidemen Become Parents - Literally the way that they descend to chaos and slowly become worse and worse parents is something special that everyone needs to see, full fuckin stop.

24 Hours Handcuffed - trust me.

Make a Christmas Song - Love these songs sm, literally have them on my acc Xmas playlist

Sidemen Dragon's Den - Featuring Niko, Max Fosh (Bosh), BambinoBecky, Chi With A C, Cal² and more

Hot Wings Challenge - Lol, love seeing their pain in this + JJ's Reddit absolutely peaked when this video came out

Sidemen Pub Golf + Europe edition- Just iconic, first post!lockdown pint with the boys where absolutely everyone got involved... and it ended badly for everyone except Harry and Ethan. Europe edition features Harry's birthday and just a lot more chaos i suppose.

Sidemen Gogglebox - Harry and Ethan are fresh off of a night out and cba, KSImon is released once more, and Josh, Vik and Tobi are just fulfilling their duty of watching the programs 🤷‍♀️ Thrilling post!lockdown entertainment imo

Sidemen Silent Library (1) and (2) - super new n unconventionial concept which was just really enjoyable to watch

The Cube - They're missing half the Sidemen but have Big Randy and Stephen Tries instead. They just get drunk to cope with the depression and it turns out for a pretty good vid.

Sidemen Hole in The Wall - solely for Waterman tbh

Forfeit Blind Dates - Ethan's pervy clown character, Deji's sheer energy (litr made me girl-crush on him) and that leng last lady, whole vid was a rare Sidemen banger

Japanese Gameshow - Loved the style with JJ as the host tbh he really fit it, and ofc the Deji feature was an added bonus

Weirdest Hotels - Featuring the Chrismd on a team w Harry n Vik, this rly was an absolute banger honestly

Mystery Box Challenge - idk something j felt very authentic excitement and interest about this vid

Sidemen Become Farmers - brought out the most wholesome and sexy side of the Sidemen all around

SMALLEST VS BIGGEST CAR - Hands down SUCH a banger, the chemistry between all these TERRIFIED mfs and the surprise guest (ᴉɾǝp upside down) ik the sidemen often feel overproduced, but this felt like such a genuine shiggles vid. Oh, and that kiss between Ethan and mystery guest was err... yeah.

Lol that took an hour of my life.

Anyways, if you're ever bored and wanna binge the unanimously decided best vids of the sidemen- I've collated these vids (and a few more) into a YouTube PLAYLIST which u can add to your libraries n watch whenever - or just check out to see whether you've watched all of these or missed any

anyways, hope you've enjoyed that bc that was LONG

And those are j main channel SDMN vids, but there's sooo many good vids on the moresdmn channel on top of these... MoreSidemen has sm mf hidden gems man, one day you'll see 🙏🙏

[bingoboingobongo]

task force 141 + home decorations

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

Warnings: mentions of the dismal housing market

A/N: should probably be studying for physics but GAHDHDHHSHS thanks so much to everyone for ur kind messages im feeling so much better

kyle "gaz" garrick:

ok so i know i said these were home decorations

but guys let's be real

u really think gaz has a house?

in this economy?

nah

he's got a nice apartment in london tho

he rents it out when he's on missions

but even though he has no house he still decorates the inside

plus the building always sets up lights along the roof and sidewalks

but enough dilly dallying onto gaz fr now

as we've established he's a bit of a nerd so he likes finding christmas versions of figurines and putting them around his place

if he can't find one he'll just smack a santa hat or elf ears on it and call it a day

he also keeps an elf on the shelf hidden around his apartment in case his younger siblings ever swing by

he'll set up string lights along the mantle

but since he has so much color from all the figurines he prefers a solid color light like white or maybe blue or if he's feeling crazy

he gets the biggest tree that can fit in his apartment which is still pretty small unfortunately

but he decks it out with all kinds of nerdy ornaments and figurines

his family also makes ornaments together every year so a lot of his ornaments are from that

if it's not feeling too cramped he'll put in tinsel and banners

but he likes to keep it at least a little classy

he doesn't want it to look like christmas vomited all over his house

john "soap" mactavish:

soap does want it to look like christmas vomited all over his house

im not gonna lie i can't tell if soap has a house or an apartment

on one hand i just feel like a house would be more reasonable at his age

but on the other hand idk if soap's mature enough to have a house

actually imma be fr idek how old soap is

but i could see him inheriting a nice house from his family

yeah let's go with that

he loves to go ham with christmas decorations

the outside always has all kinds of colorful lights lining the sidewalk, roof, and fence

and yes they're multicolored and flash on and off

he has the icicle lights for his fence because he thinks they look cool

and he has a bunch of inflatables of santa, the reindeer, the presents, etc.

onto the inside

pretty much the same as the outside ngl

lots of lights along the stairs and the walls

tinsel, banners, wreaths galore

and ofc he gets the biggest tree that will fit in his house

and he loves real trees

and then he decorates that with all kinds of ornaments

half of them are sentimental half of them he bought at walmart

he also has the candy cane lights down his sidewalk idk why i feel the need to add that but i do

simon "ghost" riley:

ok so ghost's decorations surprisingly do exist

it's not so much that it makes him feel festive

but when he was a kid he loved walking down the street and seeing all the lights so he decorates his house so that another kid can have that feeling

he likes the classic look of white string lights all around

so he'll just line his roof and sidewalks with that

but other than that that's about it for the inside

the inside is pretty sad too im ngl

he has a tiny little christmas tree tho

it's not big enough to put any presents under

but gaz always gifts him ornaments so he hangs those up along with a tiny star

it's pretty sweet ngl

tbh ghost's entire house is usually really empty

part of it's bc he just moved out from an apartment bc it was getting annoying having to pay rent when he wasn't even there

lord knows he's too paranoid to sublet

and another part is just that he really has nothing much to put in his house

so it's like overwhelmingly empty except that one spot with the tree

john price:

ok so i feel like price definitely lives in a cabin in the wilderness

what can i say he's living his 'little house on the prairie' dreams

except it's not a prairie but u get the idea

so he doesn't really decorate the outside because he doesn't want to draw attention and besides it's not like anyone will see

but on the inside it's nice and quant and christmasy

he has the fireplace on like 24/7

and he lines the mantle with christmas lights and tinsel

he likes to put sprigs of holly around his house because he thinks they're pretty

and of course you know he cuts down his own christmas tree

he doesn't line it with ornaments tho because after christmas he chops it up for firewood and it's too much of a hassle in his opinion

rodolfo "rudy" parra:

okay it shouldn't be a surprise that rudy loves decorating

honestly in a weird way i can see him still living with his family

but not in a like discord mod way in a "he loves his family so much" kind of way

plus it's just financially stable let's be real

again having a house in this economy?

idk man

actually no i lied im a liar

rudy has his own apartment but he returns home for christmas

anyways he always helps his family decorate

they put up lights along the outside of the house

and ofc they have a fake tree they put up too

i think rudy and his family always make a wreath together every year to hang on their door

idek if that's a tradition but i like it

actually i feel like rudy's parents would be pretty religious

so they definitely have a nativity scene along the mantle or something

and rudy simultaneously gives younger and older sibling energy

so i have a solution

i feel rudy grew up with an older brother and sister

and so they both had kids so now rudy has a bunch of nieces and nephews

and he loves them more than anything

and so there's so many stockings on the mantle

alejandro vargas:

alejandro's decorating style is actually more similar to ghost's i think

he really likes the classy look of white lights

so like ghost he goes for a bright white exterior

but he brings some soul into the exterior

alejandro actually prefers fake trees

he doesn't like the way real trees shed

plus it's just a hassle to take care of in his opinion

he has a lot of ornaments from rudy's family

and a lot of ornaments from target or something equivalent

he also spends a lot of time making sure that the tree is decorated as aesthetically pleasing as possible

oh yeah and ofc alejandro has a house

he is the king of making smart financial decisions

even in this economy

he likes using holly, mistletoe, honestly all the christmas plants in his house

and pine cones?

don't even get him started man

he lives for those things it's insane

you could be chilling at his house in august and find a pine cone left behind from christmas

[oneforthemunny]

the eddies as christmas songs

santa baby is obv mafia!eddie. no explanation needed.

christmas wrapping is very much so dom!eddie to me. kinda cute and up beat, reminds me of him and reader tbh. like the lyrics are kinda good and bad. "merry christmas, but i think i'll miss this one this year." it's them.

this one is so fuckin' random (thank you to all the holiday seasons i worked at the beauty store for showing me this gem they'd play on a loop lol) but sleigh ride the cover by tlc is rockstar!eddie to me. it feels very 90s to me and fun and like a cool take on a classic, which i think he'd love and it fits his vibe.

also entirely fuckin' random but grandma got run over by a reindeer has gotta be cowboy!eddie's. he thinks it's fucking funny but also works with horses and is like "yeah that could def happen" lmaoo.

christmas (baby please come home) is very janitor!eddie coded to me, because the holidays are really about being with you. like he could have all the decor and all that, but if you weren't there it wouldn't feel like christmas.

idk why but jingle bell rock feels like older!eddie to me. i think he'd not be a big fan of christmas music at all, but he likes that one, even if it does get stuck in his head on a loop.

modern!eddie i gotta be honest and real and truthful with myself and not deny that he would eat up the penatonix LMAO. just at christmas but specifically their up on the housetop he loses his shit.

bouncer!eddie loves do they know it's christmas? bc he can belt it out, specifically bono's part. loves all the instruments and everything lol.

[diejager]

Silent watcher here but-

Is it bad that I really wanna kiss plague Ghost? Ik I shouldn't find him hot but I kinda do? Like trauma is going wild but he's just so pathetic that I just- 💕💕💕

I just really wanna kiss him. Just a lil' smoosh. Like I totally would get some rope and a sewing kit just so I can sew his jaw back on and kiss him so he can give me boney kisses back and tell me about all his pet rats 🥹

I don't know if anyone will notice but I think they purposely made Ghost the bubonic plague because it's known to tend to die off in winter time before coming back in the spring to autumn like how Ghost probably dies around that time inside cus yknow dead family and all 😭

Thanks for sharing the original stuff cus now I have another horrid, scrunky man who's a version of the same man to simp and cry over when I shouldn't like shouldn't at all. But tbh not the Christmas surprise surprise I was expecting but the gorey fits Ghost and what his Christmas are like.

Also MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!! GET SOME REST!!!!! HOPE SANTA GOT YOU ALL THE GIFTS YOU WANTED!!!!!

Hallo to the silent watcher on my blog, you should speak up a bit more because we are having an interesting conversation right here that I will absolutely agree with you.

Yes and no, it is and isn’t bad that you want to kiss him. Ozzie put a lot of thought on it and made a really thorough research on it, it’s both poetic and SMART. I like that Ghost is still as petrifying and heart-wrenching to look at, something to fear and feel sorry about.

Merry Christmas! And enjoy your day or what’s left of it. Don’t get too drunk if you’re planning on drinking spiked eggnog ;)

[shenzhiheng]

Every month of 2023 ✨

i was tagged by @sandushengshou to link my favorite or/and most popular creations from each month of 2023 & then tag some ccs! thank you ❤️

i've been bad with tag games this year but this is one of my favorites so i have to!!

January most popular: soggy wang zhuocheng in lltg (can't blame you guys tbh) my favorite: hanwenzhou ot3 for soph

February most popular & my favorite: wenzhou & love for userdramas (i miss wenzhou!! looking back at this makes me all warm and fuzzy)

March most popular: word of honor every episode ep4 my favorite: han ying + yearning

April most popular: hanzhou parallels my favorite: xiyuan + whenever wherever (i struggled working on this but it was so worth it, i still love it)

May most popular: gu xiang in ep2 my favorite: ye xiwu and pian ran (??? girlies what was going on)

June most popular & my favorite: wenzhou + cute girl gu xiang

July most popular & my favorite: OUR wife mu nihuang

(it's probably only obvious to me but i can really tell how burnt out i was in summer lmao :/ stepping away for a bit did wonders)

September most popular: a-fei compilation my favorite: llh + his past (i'm incredibly proud of how this turned out but i feel like my thought process behind it might be incomprehensible to everyone else asjfhasf)

October most popular: chibi shi qingxuan my favorite: juwon + eggs (EGG HIM!!!!!!!!!! HE DESERVES IT)

November most popular: e-ming being baby my favorite: difanghua + loss (i love pain and suffering therefore i love this)

December most popular: sad e-ming :(( my favorite: jeff satur secret santa gift (this is probably my favorite edit of the entire year. fitting to end the post with)

tagging @baek1nho @dengswei @xiaolanhua @khaotunqs no pressure of course!! ❤️❤️❤️

[tsunami-of-tears]

*jingle jingle*

*stomp*

*stomp*

*weird noises from chimney*

santa is here! *most anticlimactic entrance ever*

i heard you want some azris for christmas? how interesting... if you can tell me a few things you want for christmas, i'll send it to the north pole and who knows? you may just get what you wished for

- do you prefer fluff or angst or smth else?

- favorite tropes?

- set in prythian or au?

- az or eris?

-anything else you really want or anything you don't want?

trying not to overload you with questions...

xoxo- santaaaaaaaaa

Hi!!!!!!! Just want to say this was the perfect entrance and I’m doubting my own secret Santa message now 🤣

I definitely want some Azris for Christmas (heck I want them year round)

My super long answers to your lovely questions:

- I do enjoy angst (Azris is so angsty by nature) so long as there’s some closure or a happy ending by the end of the fic

- Fave tropes: I am a huge fan of love potions/aphrodisiacs though it does not have to be smutty!!! Some good fluff and then the angst of feeling embarrassed is always wonderful. Plus I find the lead up to the smut more enjoyable than the actual deed itself. I love mutual pining and when true feelings are forced to come out via a potion or magic.

- Canon settings are always my preference

- Do you mean who’s POV? Because I’m really happy to go with whatever fits the story best! I enjoy split POV in my own writing as I like to show both sides of the story, however I’m really not fussed!!

- I definitely don’t want any Archeron or Valkyrie slander 🫶🏻 I love my girls. Tbh I really hadn’t thought much beyond Azris, love potions are just my go-to 😂 — ACTUALLY I have been enjoying omegaverse fics if you wanna get nasty 😏 but really I’m not that fussy!

Thank you so much for your message Santa ❤️ I’m sorry if it wasn’t helpful at all! I yap a lot but do I actually say anything?? Please feel free to ask as many more questions as you need!!

Much love, your new bestie 💕

[emerson-grimes-apologist]

Hihi don't mind me but do you got any voice headcanons for the funky puppets ʘ⁠‿⁠ʘ I'd love to hear them

I have a few I'm thinking about :)

Horace: The Peculiar Purple Pieman from Strawberry Shortcake? Possibly? I don't know, he reminds me too much of Waluigi I think

Thade: Either Snufkin or Jon Arbuckle. I see people headcanoning him as having this smooth, posh, elegant voice, but I think it would be funnier for him to look like an elegant goth but have a voice that makes him sound like a silly guy. Because he is a silly guy! To me

Sariah: I can see lots of high-pitched "princessly" voices fitting her tbh, including but not limited to Snow White, Thumbelina, Strawberry Shortcake.... I like Beatrice's voice from Over the Garden Wall because it isn't SUPER gentle and has some sassiness to it, but I think it would be cool if ALL my voice claims came from sources from, like, the 70s or 80s, and have that crackly low-quality sound to reflect that Candle Cove is an old TV show. Maybe I could put her voice through a filter...

Dr. Heartfelt: Ludwig von Drake (I'm kind of on the fence about this because he sounds pretty exuberant while I imagine Heartfelt to be more soft-spoken. I might look for clips of him talking softly and see what I think then. My other choice would be Matthias Schweighöfer, but he sounds too normal to me (as in not cartoony)).

Dr. Mort: Louis Jourdan (I was also on the fence about this for a while because he tends to sound a little too suave and debonair in his roles while I image Mort to sound like a little creep, but I think this clip specifically matches him vibe) (sort of unrelated but here's a clip of him SINGING! I think about it often)

Red Mary: Amanda Palmer

Susan Siren: Probably Ballora from FNAF, but I still like my older voice claim, which is Fiona Apple singing this song specifically.

Roger Rogerson: The Globglogabgalab

Bubba: Kris from Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

Starson: I said before that I was thinking of John from the Beatles cartoon for him, but now I'm thinking of Smart Gary from Spongebob. He just sounds like a little smarty.

I want to make a looooooooong voice claim video at some point so I'm in the process of looking for voice claims, but it's slow work :,) especially since I don't really have a solid "feel" for a lot of the characters (I only really really care about like 5 of them. The rest I'm kind of uninterested in rn, even though I want to develop them more in my head and get more invested in them so I can write fanfics with them and stuff like that). But I want to bring it into existence!

[gossipqueen2000]

Hi!!!

It's me again, your secret Santa. I realise my last question was pretty vague so here are some updated questions, sorry if this is too much, feel free to selectively answer or not 🖤

Do you have a favorie Rivusa fic?

Is there an AU that you'd really like to see written for them, or a canon moment you'd like revisited?

Is there a song you want the fic to fit the vibe of?

What do you mean by tension? (Romantic, murdery, competitive??)

What's something you really hate in a fic?

What point in Musa and Riven's relationship do you want them to be in?

Your favourite trope in a fic?

Hope your holidays are excellent :)

Ooh this is fun!

Ok ok so fave fic is really hard tbh but look I adore most Rivusa fics written by septemberie and skloomdumpster

I love love LOVE a good historical au (just not Jane Austen era) I also love to see characters work or struggle before getting together.

I dislike pure fluff I love a good adventure or dilemma or mystery with fluff moments I’m a sucker for Sophie’s choice moments and making my character suffer before mashing them together.

I’m not a huge musical person or a song fic person

As for tension I mean yes to all those cases you mentioned but also just conflict, high stake, low stake, sexual tension, societal expectations.

Ideally I would love the story to be them coming together but I also love their fun banter and back and forth and small tangent here but I don’t love how quickly the show got them to become close.

As for my fave trope don’t judge me but smut, sexual tension, hurt and comfort, forced proximity. Controversial but I don’t love there was only bed trope.

Thank you so much and I’m so excited to see what you come up with! Also please feel free to reach out again anytime I will promise to answer faster ❤️❤️❤️

[prepare4trouble]

I don’t know if this is a weird thing to send, but I was scrolling through your blog and remembered a really early headcanon I had for Sammy and the Frogs. I remember imagining that Sam had been brought to Santa Carla to visit his grandparents once, or twice when he was really little. His memories are super hazy, but he does have a distinct memory of a pair of “mean looking girls”, who he would spot walking around the town unattended, holding hands. In fact these where the Frogs, who at the time had long hair and wore hippyish clothes like their parents. He did not connect up the memory with them until he was a grown man, and nearly fell out of his seat. I was wondering, if Sam had been moved to Santa Carla when they were all younger, before the Frogs thought anything of monsters, would the dynamic have been different?

Mean looking girls. 🤣 I love this. I wonder how he would have realised who they were. Maybe Mr and Mrs Frog give him access to some old family photo albums one day, Edgar and Alan are out of the room so can’t stop it, and he sees the pics of them as kids and it knocks the memory loose.

Sam would never stop teasing them about the pics, though he does feel a bit bad for laughing and maybe let thin look at his old photos to make things even. (I doubt he has changed much though tbh so they wouldn’t see a lot they could get back at him about)

Hmm I wonder at what point the Frogs changed from their parent’s hippie style to their own military-style look? And if Sam had already been in Santa Carla, what he might have said about it.

“Uh, guys… I know I said you need to lose the flower-child look, but I think you might have gone a bit too far in the other direction.”

How things would have been different if he had moved there earlier… I think he would definitely have known them. I don’t know how many schools there will be in Santa Carla, I get the impression it’s not a huge place, but probably big enough for there to be a couple of schools there. I like to assume they go to the same one though, because it helps for fic-writing purposes. Even if they don’t, they’re in the comic shop, and Sam loves comics, so they’d have met that way, just a few years ahead of schedule.

I feel lIke Sam isn’t the kind of kid who would fit into any one social group at school. I mean, he’s not the football player type, or a surfer, he’s into comic books, but not your traditional nerd, he’s probably the kind of kid who would have friends across a range of groups, and his comic obsession and kind nature would probably lead him to befriend the Frogs since firstly they might give him access to comics, and secondly, he would feel bad that they didn’t have any other friends (probably not caring that they didn’t want other friends).

So I think since the Frogs will become aware of the vampire activity in town in this AU just as they did in the movie timeline, they’re still going to warn Sam about it, since he’s somebody that has inserted himself into their lives. Sam would probably have reacted much the same way as in the movie at first; assuming they’re crazy. I think he might have come around to the idea pretty quickly though. Living in Santa Carla he’s going to see his share of mysterious disappearances, and nobody else will be offering any explanations. I think eventually he’s going to go with Edgar and Alan’s idea until someone comes up with something better, and since they don’t, vampires it is.

I don’t think the dynamic between them will be that much different though. The Frogs are all gung-ho ‘destroy all vampires’ and Sam is along for the ride. Maybe since he’s been aware of the vampire infestation for longer, Sam will be more clued up though. He’s probably going to be actively involved in trying to warn people about it. I think he’d have something to say about the way that Edgar and Alan go about trying to warn people about the vampires. He’s right in there telling them their Superman filing system is all wrong, I imagine he’d be just as critical of the way they aggressively try to force horror comics on people in the store.

“Guys, you can’t just walk up to people, scowl, shove a horror comic at them and tell them to read it.”

“Why not?”

“Well, because… I mean, people might not want to read that. What if they’ve come in for Archie comics or something? They’re not going to want Vampires Everywhere instead, are they?”

“We’re not stopping them buying something else too, we’re just suggesting that they…”

“I think you mean demanding, not suggesting.”

“We’re just suggesting that they read this as well.”

“Yeah well, your ‘suggestion’ just sent that kid fleeing without taking the vampire book or buying the stack of comics he had in his hand. So how about you let me handle the PR from now on, huh?”

Or something like that.

Thing is though, since they moved there younger, things will play out differently and there’s a good chance that Michael won’t get involved with the Lost Boys in the same way he did in the movie though. He wouldn't have been there to see Star on the boardwalk, he wouldn't have drawn the attention of David, Lucy might not have ended up working at the video store, and so might not have drawn Max’s attention. Of course it’s entirely possible that things will play out exactly the same as in the movie, but I doubt it.

So unless they find the vampire coven some other way, maybe end up helping some other kid with a vampire problem, or something like that, things might end up very different, and the three of them might even get a shot at a normal life.

That’s a nice idea. But it would mean a lot more deaths in town, which isn’t a trade-off that any of them would agree to if they had any choice in the matter.

Ooh… now there’s a very angsty fanfic idea…

[sodapops-station]

Things I Kinda Wanna RP

Amphibia

My OC, Leap, who was caught in the crossfire when the trio were teleported to Amphibia. Yes i know that makes very little sense, but i have a whole vibe and idea planned for his introduction and why the trio wouldn't know he was there.

Juno Steel

Yes i made Nureyev-Steel twins for OCs. Calypso and Calcifer. It's not even about canon i just really love Calypso and Calcifer and wanna throw them into situations.

I also have Doctor Gale, but she's designated only for a specific au involving Slip so yeah,, if there's a Slip roleplayer out there thats interested, lmk

Soul Eater

Did I make a child of Asura? Yes. Does she know she's a child of Asura? No. She also has a really confused connection to the concept of gender a la she doesn't get why such a distinction is necessary. She/They, only because she's used to people using she. Currently calling her Rao, but i am open to other name suggestions tbh

Saiki K.

Teal is a psychic too, though his powers are both weaker and less managed. He tries to avoid using most of his powers, and has to actively concentrate to keep his telepathy from digging too far into other people's heads. Mostly because he's terrified that he'll do irreversible damage should his powers act up in such a situation. He's just as deathly terrified of bugs as Saiki is though. He shows more emotion, or at least is better at mimicking it.

MeowWolf

Lye, the 15 year old who ran away from home and ended up falling off a cliff and into a forest of giant mushrooms. It took a while for her to believe she wasn't dead, but once she did, she decided to seek out the only human she knew that had managed to figure out how to navigate through the Unreality. Her parents called Lucius Selig a 'crackhead zealot', but she had proof it was real.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Davy Hook, 19, had never trusted Santa. Not after having a list of two things and only getting one. The night that Jack terrified everyone, Davy got a snake like the large one in the movie that ate the tree, but his is small enough to fit into his backpack. It's what started his research into Christmas Town... and his subsequent discovery and tumble into Halloween Town. A human in a town of the dead, will he be found out or will he make some friends?

none of these are/have to be ships, btw, I just really wanna use some of my characters and don't wanna use Character.AI or something.

I can talk more about any of these or ocs for other fandoms im in (Genshin, Welcome Home, etc)

Also actively updating my new Toyhouse Tag with ocs I'm open to using in RPs, so check back every now and then to see if anyone interests you.

[sketzi]

okay top 3 scythe characters GO

ohh this is hard. i reread the first book over the weekend and omg...

faraday has become a new favourite. i understand him much better now than i did before. alot of people mistake faraday keeping himself alive as bad writing that contradicted his personality, but i really think this revealed something. faraday acted out of a sort of selfishness that we hadnt seen in him yet. he was shown to us in the beginning as the humble, infallible mentor, and especially someone who morally stood above the majority of the scythedom as an EXAMPLE. a model faraday action would be to actually glean himself. but instead he chose to allow himself a life of comfort, which is, in all the ways you look at it, selfish! AND AND I JUST FEEL LIKE HE FELT A WEIGHT DROP OFF HIS SHOULDERS!! then (if i remember it right lmao) neal just follows that up with him isolating himself and being a pussy throughout an entire book, LIKE HES SO IMPERFECT. faradays the type of guy who holds onto his beliefs, but when he gets the chance to act on them he'll dip 😭😭 thats why i love him. also he'd have a big white beard like santa

hard pick between curie and greyson here. i cant put why i love greyson into even 1000 pages so ill talk about curie. she is an angel (neal saw an angel in his dreams and she asked him "can i be in your ya trilogy?"). gosh i just love how he describes her. she is slender, but shockingly so, like an uncomfortably long skeleton. and the way she looks only tells us how she is both out of place in the scythedom and humanity. i loved her befoe, but reading gleanings is when she finally clicked for me. curie literally can not be between the lines!!! every part of her is shocking: the way she gleans, the way she makes no compromise, the POWER she holds over the scythedom. and when susan really shines is when you compare her to faraday. shes someone who reaps the rewards of being a scythe, not because she thinks she deserves it, but because she doesnt lie to herself that she doesnt want it. one of our first impressions of curie being her having luxury meals BECAUSE THEYRE THERE. her honesty makes susan the most terrifying, yet the most understandable scythe in the series imo. she is so complete. i never even mourned her death because it was such a fitting end. I was just satisfied tbh. honestly, if she didn't die on the endura, she'd have gleaned herself by the end of the toll. (faraday needs to get a grip LMAO (this post was made by the mortality gang))

so my fav of all time HAS to be the thunderhead. everything about it is just so UGHHH SO GOOD. neal completely defied all my expectations coming into it. i genuinely thought the thunderhead would just be a convenient plot tool, like an even more invasive google, BUT THE FACT THAT IT CAN BE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE? FEEL PRIDE, FEEL THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP UP ITS INABILITY TO FAIL IT MUST DENY ITSELF PLEASURE(its infallibility is a complete lie btw and i want to post about that). if you told me when i was 13 that i would want to make a glorified spanner feel bad for its actions then id laugh. its such a good parallel to the scythedom. both hold responsibility for humanity and how they wield it, both have to fight pleasure, one human and one not. yet the thunderheads responsibility is what turns it human until i could not tell the difference between the two. CAN YOU TELL I LOVE IT?? (ugghh also i believe that neals own opinion on the thunderhead changed throughout the series but I NEED TO POST I PROMISE)

sorry if this was too long! these are my favs :)))

[grailfinders]

Fate and Phantasms #301: Karna (Santa)

today on fate and phantasms: it’s Christmas! and what would a Christmas be without everyone’s favorite violent Santa, Karna (Santa)? not a very jolly one, I bet! as you can probably bet, this Bollywood boxer is a Battle Master Fighter to put an extra spring in his step, as well as a Mercy Monk for some presents for his teammates. I wish we could’ve fit the open hand monk in here somehow, but it wouldn’t be Christmas without presents. I mean it probably would, but it wouldn’t be Santa Karna without his third skill.

check out his build breakdown below the cut, or his character sheet over here!

next up: the white boy, goated with the sauce

Race and Background

Karna’s still a Fire Genasi, but what a fire genasi is has changed a bit since last time. you still get your usual Darkvision and Fire Resistance, but you can pick your own Size if you so wish, as well as your ability score boosts. for this build we’re obviously going with Medium as well as +2 Wisdom and +1 Dexterity. your Reach to the Blaze also got a little boost. you still get Produce Flame right away, as well as Burning Hands at level 3, but now you can make a Flame Blade at level 5. you can cast the latter two spells once a day, and your Wisdom is used to cast them all. you can use any of your soft stats, but trust me, pick wisdom.

he’s also still a Folk Hero, and that hasn’t changed. it’s still giving you proficiency in Animal Handling and Survival.

Ability Scores

a good boxer can float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, and thankfully Dexterity can cover both of those without having to make Karna a Thri-Kreen, so that should be highest. second to dexterity is Karna’s Wisdom. the boy had a whole skill about how good a judge of character he is. he doesn’t have it now, but it’s the thought that counts at Christmas, right? third up is Constitution. boxers take hits. if you want to get punched by Mike Tyson and stay standing, you’re gonna need a lot of health.  this does mean your Strength is a little lower than I’d like given your punching people into the stratosphere thing, but it’s pretty easily covered for. That means we’re making Intelligence low and Charisma lowest. he’s not dumb, but even as Santa he’s still not good at expressing his emotions.

Class Levels

1. Monk 1: we could’ve started as a fighter, but I consider those levels to be more of his inevitable training montage from the event rather than how he starts out. it also makes it waay less awkward to explain how he got his Unarmored Defense since it’s, y’know, his skin. maybe Indra did him a solid since he’s fighting Vritra? anyway, to avoid that weird topic entirely, he’s a monk from the start, so his AC is always 10 plus his dexterity and wisdom modifiers when he’s not wearing armor or a shield. he also gets some Martial Arts, so he can use dexterity to attack with his fists and monk weapons. he’ll also get a martial arts die that forms the floor of his damage- any unarmed attacks or monk weapon attacks will always use that die or their normal one, whichever is larger, for damage. finally, you can attack as a bonus action if you attacked as a bonus action. you can only do that with an unarmed attack, but he’s a boxer, it’s not a big deal.

as a monk, you also get proficiency in Strength and Dexterity saves, as well as Athletics and Insight.

2. Monk 2: second level monks get some Unarmored Movement, increasing your movement speed while you aren’t wearing armor or shields. it’s not super useful for a boxer, but your Ki Points sure are. you get an amount of them equal to your level each short rest, and you can use them to dash, disengage, dodge, or attack twice as part of your bonus action. again, the extra mobility isn’t really boxer-ish, but dodges and flurries of blows are a boxer’s jam.

you can also turn a non-monk, non-heavy, non-two-handed weapon into your Dedicated Weapon now, which will eventually allow you to use a punching bag like a sword. at least I assume that’s how you get your class? tbh it makes absolutely no sense to me.

3. Monk 3: at third level you become Santa, and you learn the value of Mercy! or at least you can give it to your friends, which is obviously how mercy works. this gives you proficiency in Medicine, as well as a cool mask for your wrestling persona. wait, no, we’re doing boxing now, shi-

still, you can use your Hands of Healing to restore some HP to a person you touch, either by spending an action and a ki point, or by using one of your flurry of blows attacks. alternatively, your Hands of Harm let you spend a ki point after hitting with an unarmed strike to deal some extra necrotic damage.  thankfully you can only do this once per turn, otherwise you might use up all your ki in one round! no, that wasn’t a joke, your combo game is going to be ridiculous by the time this build’s done.

4. Monk 4: it’s your first Ability Score Improvement, which means it’s time to spice up those punches! check out the Crusher feat to round out your Constitution for an extra 4 HP, as well as letting you push a creature up to 5 feet to an unoccupied space, as long as the creature’s large or smaller. also, your critical hits will now give you and your friends advantage on all attacks against it until the start of your next turn. now that stuff only happens if you’re using bludgeoning damage, but. you’re a boxer. with a punching bag. if you can figure a way to get non-bludgeoning damage out of that, I’m both impressed and terrified of you.

you can also Slow Fall to reduce falling damage as a reaction, or spend an action and ki on Quickened Healing for some more HP. just wait for your enemy to get knocked prone before you do that little dance in place, otherwise you might risk getting punched out.

5. Monk 5: at fifth level monks get an Extra Attack each action, and they can even turn any strike they throw into a Stunning Strike- spend a ki point, force a constitution save on whatever you just hit. if they fail, they’re stunned for a turn. not only does that get rid of their action on their turn, but it also gives you and any melee-based friends advantage on all attacks against them! take it from me, this is deadly if you go up against a frail enough boss.

if your next opponent is particularly difficult to hit, check out Focused Aim. this lets you spend a couple ki points to add extra numbers to an attack roll that missed. the big bad of the event’s good at setting up barriers, so you’d better get good at breaking through them.

6. Monk 6: at sixth level, your hands of healing finally get strong enough to match your third skill thanks to your Physician’s Touch. whenever you use it to heal someone, you can also cure a disease, or one of the following conditions- blinded, deafened, paralyzed, poisoned, or stunned. it’s not quite debuff immunity, but it’s as close as you can get in a martial build. it can also buff hands of harm to make a creature poisoned, but that’s probably not in character. I mean, the Bharata war was a tough time, I’m not looking down on you for anything that happened in there, I’m just saying it’s not part of the Santa build.

also you have Ki-Empowered Strikes to make all your unarmed attacks magical in terms of overcoming resistances.

7. Monk 7: at seventh level we properly get “floating like a butterfly” down pat with Evasion, making all your dexterity saves one step better than most peoples’. you also gain a Stillness of Mind that makes you a lot more unflappable, letting you shake off an effect that’s frightening or charming you as an action. Karna is a faithful man, dammit! he might be married to two wives, but he’s married to both of them!

8. Fighter 1: being a seventh level monk only gets you a d6 with every hit, so once we bounce over to fighter grab the Unarmed Fighting Style for some d8s as long as you aren’t holding anything in your off hand. you could take this at level two for a huge boost right away, but again, this is the training arc.

to help you train longer, make sure you get a Second Wind once per short rest to heal up as a bonus action.

9. Fighter 2: at second level, fighters can Action Surge once a short rest for an extra action! now you’re punching… with punching.

10.Fighter 3: at third level, you become a Battle Master, which not only makes you a Student of War for a free tool proficiency (maybe sewing to patch up your punching bag?) but it also gives you some Combat Superiority dice, four per short rest, which you can spend on one of three Maneuvers you learn this level. bump up that floating butterfly thing even further with Evasive Footwork- whenever you move, you can spend a superiority die to increase your AC by the amount you roll. you can also work on your sting a little more with Pushing Attack and Riposte. both add the die roll to your damage, but the former can work on any attack you make if the target is large or smaller and fails a Strength saving throw, pushing them 15’ away. neither this nor your crusher effect dictates it has to be horizontal, so you can combine the two to launch someone twenty feet straight up! the latter only works as a reaction if an opponent misses you with a melee attack, but it gives you another chance to attack! that’s cool.

11. Fighter 4: use your next ASI to grab the Tavern Brawler feat, so you can finally have proficiency with improvised weapons, and therefore, punching bags. or you could just say punching bags are some random other weapon you’re already proficient with and use this asi for anything else. the other benefits include being able to use a d4 for unarmed damage, and if you make an unarmed or improvised attack on a creature, you can grapple them as a bonus action. one of those has been outshined twice by now, the other is a legal grey area in boxing. although I guess this means you have absolute control over how much damage your punches do, which is… okay? neat?

12. Fighter 5: at level 5 you get… NOTHING!!!!! that’s right, absolutely nothing, the one downside of mashing together two martial classes! extra attacks don’t stack like that! better luck next time!

13. Fighter 6: at sixth level, use this ASI to bump up your Dexterity to float even floatier and sting even stingier. huh, I’m surprised that’s an actual word.

14. Fighter 7: at seventh level, you can spend a minute out of combat to Know Your Enemy, observing or interacting with them to learn how they match up to you in two areas: strength, dexterity, constitution, AC, current HP, total levels, or total fighter levels. fun fact- most boxing matches aren’t ambushes. watch your next opponent’s tapes to get an edge! speaking of getting an edge, you have another superiority die now!

you also get two more maneuvers this level- you can Parry to put your punching bag between you and your opponent, reducing incoming damage from a melee attack. Furthering the theme of defensive moves, you can also Brace yourself when someone enters melee range, which doesn’t actually mean like, taking less damage, or getting a higher AC, or anything like that. you just punch ‘em.

15. Fighter 8: another ASI! grab the Tough feat for 30 extra HP now, and another 2 whenever you level up! boxers get punched a lot, so you’ll need all the HP you can spare.

16. Fighter 9: ninth level fighters aren’t just tough, they’re Indomitable! now you can re-roll a failed save once a day, making your evasion even more powerful!

17. Fighter 10: at tenth level your Improved Combat Superiority turns all your superiority dice into d10s! you also get some more maneuvers- Lunging Attack will give you some extra range on your melee strikes to really stretch the rope on that punching bag. or like, your shoulders, I guess. a Disarming Attack will knock one item you choose out of your opponent’s hand if they fail a strength save. bringing a weapon into a boxing ring? that’s cheating! also, both maneuvers add the die to the attack’s damage.

18. Fighter 11: you have enough attacks yet? I hope not, because it’s time for another Extra Attack, and yes, this one works! you can now get up to eight attacks in one turn, two levels before most fighters can! you’re a flurry of fists now!

19. Fighter 12: use your last ASI on another boost of Wisdom. it helps you not die, and it also powers up your stunning strikes!

20. Fighter 13: our final level of the build is another use of Indomitable! it’s not flashy, but having a second second chance at passing a save is pretty useful!

Pros and Cons

Pros:

yeah, like I just said, you can make so many attacks in one turn. you’re nothing if not consistent in a fight, with so many fists flying something’s got to connect, right?

speaking of being consistent, you’re consistently inconsistent, with an ungodly number of effects and options to add to your combat that you can easily do a different thing every turn of an encounter and still only use the attack action. you can poison people with a punch, push them, disarm them, and even stun them. you can grapple them as a bonus action, lunge at them, give your allies advantage, and even heal them too. you have so many options to hit people it’s insane.

you’re great on the defensive too, with 18 AC, almost 200 HP, ways to heal yourself, ways to reduce incoming damage, and ways to punish anyone who whiffs a shot, whether it’s ranged or melee. most of your stuff deals with incoming melee hits, but you can handle just about anything in or out of the ring.

Cons:

you’d better hope you score a knockout round one, because you have some seriously limited use gear, with only 7 ki points and 5 superiority dice available per short rest. the latter’s barely enough to cover one round of going all-out, so it might be a good idea to learn from Punch-Out on this one: play defensive, and wait for an opportune time before going all in.

also, I’m just gonna say it- Tavern Brawler’s a bad feat. if you’re willing to call any other weapon your punching bag, you can get as much out of a flat ability boost as you do this thing. also, you have access to literally every weapon once you become a fighter, so there’s really no point to taking the feat unless you want to break a chair over someone’s head. (in that case you should check out the Santa Quetz build from last year, it’s pretty cool)

you get nothing at level 12, and that just feels bad. yeah that’s it on downsides, this build’s pretty dec-ent. get it? like December.

[watmalik]

Hi! I am your secret Santa. I have a couple questions if that is okay?

1. For the Friends AU, is it okay to have a more 126-like setting but more Friends-like dynamics? Or would you rather it be a more distinctive AU, where the characters are in NYC and have different professions?

2. Would you prefer an AU to incorporate canon events into an AU-appropriate setting (think Knave-verse) or have the AU be its own flavor?

3. Is there anything else you have thought or are thinking about your requests since you submitted?

Thanks so much for your help!

Hey!! Yes, ask away!

1. I might sound annoying, but surprise me 😂 I don’t really mind the place per say (canon setting or not//NYC or Austin? You pick), or what their professions are (they can be firefighters/cop still, or have the friend’s cast professions…whatever fits your narrative better tbh, I’m not picky).

But!!! I do want the apartment dynamic… like the 126 living in the same apartment complex/them as neighbours similar to Friends.

For example: Mateo and Paul living together (like joey and chan), Nancy and TK living together (like mon and Rachel)…. And let’s say Carlos being like Ross and phoebe being like Marjan, both having their own place elsewhere but spending majority of their time at Nancy’s and TK’s bc that’s where they all usually hang like in Friends. Something like that.

2. I would prefer for you to incorporate lone star canon events into this friends AU (not everything ofc! But whatever fits best in the way you portray things). I say this bc I feel as though some events are the essence of the 126 crew. For instance, TK’s sobriety is a big part of him and without it, I feel like it takes away from his demeanour/character all together. Moreover, I wouldn’t mind a mixture/double crossing between friends and 126 members’ personalities. For example: having a merge of TK’s “picking up strays” persona with Rachel’s “naiveness” and crazy antics.

One more thing I wanted to say regarding this, is that you can take the liberty on whether you want to add relationships or take relationships away, except for tarlos. Like for instance, even though mateo and Nancy are together in canon I wouldn’t mind if you pair them with other people, like doing a Nancy/marjan or Nancy/Paul instead, or add new characters into the mixture, etc.

3. Not really, I don’t have anything extra to add (apart from what I just answered)

(Ps: When I put “for example” its just a suggestion, you can choose whatever feels right for you to write or whatever fits. I just wanted to add examples for a better picture. I know I just mentioned the usual 126 hang people but you can also add grace/judd if you’d like…again you can take liberty on this)

Also, I’m SOO GLAD you chose this prompt. I submitted it way before what happened recently, and honestly you choosing it has made my day, so thank you!

You’re more that welcome to keep reaching out/or if I didn’t make sense I can explain this better lol