#matchstick girl

[pythoneon]

I like to envision the narrator of VHS Christmas Carols as a callused young adult who’s returned home for the holidays, reminiscing about how much Christmas spirit they used to have and finding it in the stories from their youth. Each story can also represent the stages kids go through regarding celebration. Matchstick Girl is the lost magic of the holiday season when they start to get old enough to understand unfairness in the world, Gift of the Magi is the struggle of young adulthood, and A Christmas Carol is the callousness that people can fall into, losing sight of what holidays are all about.

But they all have the same core message: the spirit of Christmas May have become about money, but the greatest gifts are found in the people who you hold close, regardless of financial circumstances. This narrator is finding that joy in them again through the past (matchstick), the present (gift of the magi) and future (christmas carol).

Clark you fucking genius

[middlingpoetry]

Sinew ripens and repairs

Like the cores of stringy pears

Please, god, let that be my purpose 

Call these hands to heal, not hurt us

Bitter, deep, and holy sinew

Be enough to divinate you

Let rose lenses fill your eyes

Matches sold to freeze you alive

Tinderbox and serpent maiden

Tear-stricken and heavy-laden

Throw him down to lion den

Watch him calm and quiet them.

Bluebird calls so royally

Eggs bear you auspiciously

Pages torn like skin, cut through

All that's left to fear is you.

[greatpistachiopie]

sometimes, we're not all alone in the dark

[george228732]

Resolve.

When you're an Ancient that has the potential to hold weapons, they are often given a way to make one themselves depending on their realization and personality. A kid was kept to these miserable standards with hunger and fear so his mind would be more malleable, and the weapon he creates thanks to his resolve will be perfect for their standards, and a confirmation that they got what they want, and yet, it didn't budge one bit, no resolve was forced out of his brain.

The kid ponders.

''…Another night where I am alone, I can hear the others having fun and laughing - meanwhile I just now realize that my entire self may just have been a bad omen; people will look at me, and they'll only see the confirmation that happy days are gone for them.

Those heroes, at least the ones that are alive, and the ones that got hurt and destroyed because of this frail body that can't get what the others want… Yet I don't want to give them what they want, not after I know what they did to me, and them.''

The kid looked at the brightest star that glimmered amongst the snow, and spoke out loud.

''Wishes come true, right…? My pleas are for everything to be over, and for me to avenge not only the fallen ones, but also myself - I hate everything here, but no one cares, because everyone is happy because they're selfish. So… I wish to have the power to take away everything from them, to take away their wishes, and to hold that victory for the ones that are unable to celebrate it. Protect me for the rain of my own tears, and let them flood my enemies.''

''That's my resolve… Stars from beyond…''

''Make me selfish.''

From that gotten resolve, the kid was blinded by a red light, and an umbrella was on his hands - Next week will be important - it's too late for the preparations of the celebration being done this year, so it'll take another one, but he'll make sure there won't be another one.

''I swear - they will only fail because I didn't save them with my wish.''

[bacchuschucklefuck]

My Accolades

[heartofalifer]

alec hardy stans are as equally tired as he is. we really try to defend that man with all that we can but look... he's just... leave him alone, okay? he's been through alot. don't bully him, please. it will only be on your conscience.

[tincan-tophat]

ah. yes. christmas music.

[kaeyachi]

Pyromaniac Kaeya instead of Pyrophobic Kaeya HC for everyone's consideration:

- Young Kaeya who saw fire and just went "light pretty". His birth father scrambling every time to keep Kaeya from touching open flames

- soon found out how to make fire on his own and now his father is scrambling to stop him from doing so

- hates rain coz no fire! >:( Oh, and his father left him in the rain, right. But mostly coz of no fire!! >:(((((

- ...his father actually waited for a storm to make sure no fire occurred when he left Kaeya

- Crepus approaches a shivering child in the storm, and the child just reaches for him. Turns out Kaeya thought his hair was fire and wanted to touch

- When Kaeya woke up in a warm bed and saw the color red, he thought he died and went to Celestia somehow, turns out it was just a young Diluc staring at him too closely oops

- Kaeya is so envious! He really wants red hair too! (to look more like a Ragnvindr, he swears!)

- When waking up early, he goes to Adelinde to watch her cook food on preeetttyyy fffiiirrreeee

- Started a vineyard fire once. Good thing the staff saw on time before it could do any damage. He wasn't scolded too heavily, but he felt really bad after scaring everyone, and tbh that is the only reason Dawn Winery stands to this day (with several close calls)

- Kaeya, after Diluc got his pyro vision,  enjoyed the fire when they were fighting side by side

- He'd stick really close to Diluc while fighting to the point that Diluc actually subconsciously learned to make his fire avoid Kaeya

- Diluc had to purposely will his fire to aim at Kaeya in their fight :(((

- Diluc is horrified because he sees Kaeya stare straight at the fire unflinchingly :(((

- Kaeya gets his vision, and he finally realizes it was actually raining because suddenly it feels very very cold. Damn he really hates the rain

- he actually wished it were a pyro vision instead and thought that being given a cryo vision was just punishment and added suffering

- for the short time Kaeya stayed in the Dawn Winery while Diluc was away, he actually sat dangerously close to the fireplace. It worried Adelinde and Elzer who kept a careful eye on him

- in his own room in the KOF dormitories, he'd hold onto Diluc's vision to keep himself warm- the underlying power of pyro making him feel safe and happy

- when Diluc's vision started flickering, Kaeya went on a panic. He's scared the fire would be gone forever. Thankfully it ended up ok after a couple of hours, but he hid Diluc's vision on him for a while instead of leaving it in his room

- He was a bit bitter to be parted with said vision when Diluc returned. He decided to be a bit more extra annoying with how he gave the vision back to Diluc out of spite (thru an ugly vase)

- he unfortunately got so used to keeping Diluc's vision near him in his sleep that he ended up having a hard time sleeping for a while in its absence

- No one in the knights realized he's a pyromaniac. They figured he's ok with going near open flames because Diluc had a pyro vision and that since he's a cryo user, he can easily smother the flames when he fights pyro enemies

-Sometimes, he'd start fires himself and throw it onto enemies. The knights just thought "oh hey! A self-made melt reaction! Sir Kaeya is so cool-"

- Jean only realized after giving Kaeya babysitting duty to Klee for the first time. They came back with several reformed landscapes, a large basket of dead fish, and faint sounds of people screaming. Kaeya looked absolutely deranged, grinning ear to ear, with sparkles in his eyes, while carrying Klee, who was equally ecstatic

- "Oh no, what have I done." said Jean in horror after realizing the effects of making Kaeya babysit Klee

- kaeya argued with Jean over him spending time with Klee ( Kaeya somewhat won the argument? But he was told that no major damage should happen under his watch or else no Klee time. Good thing he had a cryo vision then)

- He made Klee her handbook as a guide for when and where they could do explosions. Time to teach his little pyromaniac partner the art of cunning.

- Rosaria figured out he likes fire and passes him the lighter to light up her cigarettes. She ended up gifting him a lighter soon after

- Kaeya has some business late at night sometimes, and that gives him the opportunity to watch the darknight hero in action, which means more fire!

- Diluc realizes that Kaeya watches him sometimes and since he knows Kaeya likes to see fire (to a worrying extent, and that really says something when a pyro user thinks so) he lets the other follow him around for a while

- Kaeya also gravitates towards the other pyro users in town. He enjoys watching Amber do target practice, he likes training Bennett, and again with spending time with Klee

this post is inspired by this reblog tag because I immediately started typing when I saw it like a deranged person myself

[brianlazarow]

Completely forgot this week was Ace Week! Here's Enya rocking her pride colors to celebrate it!

(art by @milekael)

[frankmillerturnonyourlocation]

Imagine your f/o helping you out when you when you feel sick. Whether you're loving having them at your beck and call or are, like, really embarrassed about the whole thing, your f/o is there for you.

Even if they're a bit of a jerk about it. They might be hiding a smile when you sit up in bed with your hair all messed up, might poke fun at the way you have to take your pills with a whole jug of water. And since you let that mug of tea that they so lovingly prepared for you go all cold, they might tilt it ever-so-slightly over your head with the biggest grin on their face until you notice. (Don't worry, they won't actually pour any onto you. They put honey in it!! And you're obviously in no position to wash the sheets.)

But they're loving every second of it– it's time they get to spend with you, after all. The only thing they love more than messing with you is taking care of you, and the second you ask, the jokes will be done. They'll do anything to make you feel better!

[tiredbi-peach]

My shadow company oc Matchstick has gone through a shit ton of bad stuff in her life.

Here’s the sequence of events plus a bit of explanation behind what happened to her when she got tortured after being kidnapped

Trigger warning: mentions of torture, kidnapping, character death, injuries, just bad shit happening to Matchstick and her having no control over anything in her life

- getting stung by a jellyfish and being left alone in a hospital, which created her dislike for medical settings

- her parents leaving her when she was like 15 and she almost became homeless

- her first boyfriend disappearing (possibly a drug related issue )

- her first girlfriend dumping her and then vanishing as well

- getting kidnapped with one of her close friends by some psychos in slasher masks, being tortured and forced to run through a hell maze where she was chased. She escaped and she thought her friend died and she left him behind (don’t worry he lived and he got out too)

- the gang she was in disbanding due to the fact the gang leader died, her best friend telling her to run and that he would be right behind her. SPOILER ALERT! He wasn’t, and he let himself get arrested so she’d get away

- her second girlfriend who she loved with her whole heart and gave a promise ring DYING and Matchstick finding her corpse

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And now for the torture bit!

Injuries/torture Matchstick got when she was kidnapped:

- Her mouth was slashed a method to get her to shut up

- She had a knife stabbed through her hand

- Her nails were ripped off

- 4 of her fingers were broken

- She was repeatedly cut

- Had her nose broken

- Her hair was cut off

- She was beaten badly

- Her ankle was broken

- In between these torture sessions she was chased around by people dressed as slashers and then she’d be taken out of this so called hell maze and tortured again.

- This went on for a little over a week before she escaped

All of it was filmed too

After everything that’s happened in her life, Matchstick truly had nothing to live for. She had no one, nothing. She was alone

That’s why she joined the military. To give herself a purpose

[buddicat]

if i had a nickel for every lesbian pairing i shipped where both characters had light/warmth themed names i'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[sewers-headmates]

Hello hi!!! I just finished VHS Christmas Carol and I was wondering if I could get an alter pack for the little match girl, please? I wanna keep her safe and warm.

Custom Android: Match Girl

developer note: awww this is so cute! i’ve loved this story for so long i’m so happy to get to make her into a headmate pack!

Name: Lisel, Match Girl, Match, Ali

Age: permaKid, trans10

Gender: cis female

Pronouns: she/her

Sexuality: bisexual

Species: human

Source: vhs christmas carols, the little matchstick girl

Roles: mood booster, soother, transSysKid

cisIDs: human, red hair, lazy eye, pale, happy, enthusiastic, ADHD, clingy

transIDs: permaWinter, transCold, permaHappy, trans10, permaKid, transSysKid, transDaughter

Other Labels: i love her so much, she is very cute and adorable

Appearance:

here you go! i really enjoy making alters from vhs christmas carols! or any starkid show

-mod richie

Order Complete! Enjoy Your Android!

[justaboot]

Covid update I’ve thankfully moved on from my Tragically Ill Edwardian Protagonist’s Sister Era (bed-bound, fever, sweats, vomiting, lots of dramatic moaning and mumbling in my sleep apparently) to my Victorian Street Waif Era (moving about with good spirits until I have to cough violently into a handkerchief and gasp for air as the protagonist looks on, vaguely concerned, but doesn’t think too much until it’s too late).

[arcane-starling]

a question to poke the d20 fandom’s brain with: if you had to make a character for this campaign, what would it be? what race & class would you take and which fairy tale would you take inspiration from?

[inflagrante-delicatessen]

Brennan, no. You know what you're doing by saying there's matchstick-thin girl selling wares in threadbare clothes in the winter

"im sorry that I shivered"

hey I'm gonna protect her.