#midnight before christmas

[mauricemylittlemeowmeow]

wow happy christmas. christmas huh. this is just like act 3 of pentiment where everyone gathered to celebrate christmas at the inn and alexander and kazimierz played music and sang a christmas song for everyone haha omg christmas. just like in the scene of my favourite characters from hit game pentiment by obsidian entertainment 50% off on steam via the winter sale that did i mention, features my favourite musician/meistersinger duo kazimierz wierzbięta and alexander rappolt wow i cant believe it's christmas in the flesh

[freakkduo]

troy was the only one abed let address the camera and then he left. you turn around and there is nothing there.

[w0rmsprite]

posting something on christmas.. janes aplenty. thats the gift.

[bumpkling]

consider me a house fandom Australian Cultural Liason: here’s some chase family christmas headcanons!

rowan and his mum definitely drag chase and retcon sister along to midnight mass on christmas day. it, as the name suggests, starts at midnight (imagine sitting awake in lousy wooden chairs on CHRISTMAS EVE/DAY as like. an eight year old. catholicism is stupid) and includes receiving communion (the little wafer, and the wine if you’re old enough). there’s a roman catholic communion chant specific to midnight mass for all you latin enjoyers (me): in splendoribus sanctorum, ex utero, ante luciferum, genui te (in the brightness of the saints, from the womb, before the day star, i begot you)

it’s hot and dry this time of year in australia, so spending the whole of christmas day or boxing day at the beach or the pool is common. i imagine chase and his sister competing in made-up competitions — “i bet i can make the water splash taller with a cannonball!” — with their mum as a judge

“classic catches” is a common one: basically, one person throws the cricket ball out across the pool, and the other takes the most spectacular jump/dive they can to try and catch it before landing in the water (there’s a bluey episode about it). we see chase catch pens/case files/miscellaneous objects a few times throughout the show, so i think he’s honed the skill through games like this lol

bundaberg ginger beer is a classic aussie drink for the summer. it’s not alcoholic, and kind of a stronger ginger ale, made in queensland. virtually synonymous with summer. chase feels like an adult holding the heavy glass bottle, sipping it by the pool, trying not to screw up his face at the strong taste

his family have a christmas day lunch with. yes: prawns on the barbecue. but if i catch any of you calling them shrimp i will have harsh words. you’ve been warned

i have no idea whether other places do this, but christmas meals in australia usually feature ‘christmas crackers’ or ‘bonbons’ (there is a bluey episode about these too). they’re paper and kind of shaped like wrapped tootsie rolls, with trinkets, paper crowns, and little joke cards inside the middle. they’re called crackers because you open them by pulling on either side with someone else, tug-of-war style, and when one side breaks, a little fire cracker lights and makes a small explosion with a crack sound. i think chase looooooves the stupid little crowns and wore them all day as a kid.

on boxing day every year, australia hosts a match of test cricket against another international cricket team. cricket is a slow sport (the boxing day test is like five days long), but visit any aussie household with an adult man present, and the boxing day test is absolutely on the tv. it’s one of those things that make most australians patriotic, even if for the rest of the year they couldn’t care less. i don’t think chase was a cricket kid, but he liked watching craig mcdermott’s fast-bowling against india in ‘85. gave him something to talk about with his mates when school started again.

that said, rowan absolutely had tickets to the big game almost every year, either as work gifts or consolation for his wife and kids when he couldn’t (read: didn’t want to) be there during the holiday celebrations. since it’s held at the melbourne cricket ground, chase probably attended a few. they’re gruelling all-day matches, and not exactly entertaining for young kids, but chase probably looks back at the memories fondly: his mum slathering him with zinc and bug spray, constantly yelling at him to keep his hat on, promising to buy him an icecream at half-time

chase seemed pretty aware of his surroundings as a kid, at least in his home. he never failed to catch his mum’s solemn expressions while cleaning up wrapping paper and preparing platters of fruit and cold cuts, while retcon sister played happily with her presents. rowan never labelled his gifts “from Santa”, not even when retcon sister was young enough not to know: their mum always did.

every year, chase was jealous of retcon sister about something. did she get a larger slice of panettone? did she get one more gift from rowan? did she get to be blissfully ignorant on christmas day, swimming and snacking and not having to worry about how many times mum had topped up her white wine, or how heavy her sighs became as the day got hotter? their competition wasn’t always friendly — sometimes he got pissy, and spat cruel insults at her until she ran off to cry in private. neither of them ever told their mother

[emo-gals-4life]

My top 25 favorite fandoms

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

the thing about spooky movies vs christmas/holiday movies is that like. there's way more room to watch the former after the spooky season is over than the latter. like. you can realize on november 1st you never got to that one spooky movie you felt like watching and go "aw man. maybe the next time I get a free evening." and then like. actually watch it that next evening without feeling weird even if its like. november or january or april instead of september/october. if December 26 comes around and you haven't watched that one holiday special its like. well I can't fucking touch that now or I'm gonna die

[blankerthought]

@voidpidgeon YOU'RE MY SECRET SANTA FOR @dreblrsecretsanta YOU!! SNEAKY!!!!

i kind of did both of the first prompt because i love the idea of a mermaid and a selkie meeting, i hope you like it!

[dandelionjack]

listening to minuet in hell. you guys weren’t lying when you said the audios were edgy. blimey what were they on in the wilderness years… charley keeps getting sexually harassed ???? there are mentions of orgies? lobotomies? devil worship? atrocious american accents? appreciate the antipsych message at hand but i’m not quite sure what time period this is supposed to be set in, why the brigadier is even there or, truth be told, what actually is going on. at all. which is fitting considering neither of the protagonists know who where or why they are (the usual) . sitting here meanwhile making earrings. The Horrors

[emilyscastlevania]

[phantomfairs]

*Panting as I rush to get this done in time. Checks the clock.* …Fuck it

Happy Halloween with the finest trick or treaters around town!

[ddejavvu]

between last night and this morning i wrote 2 essays and took 2 exams now i'm walking into a 3-midnight closing shift and tomorrow i'm up again at the crack of fucking dawn for another exam and essay due

[seiwas]

last few days of work before i go on holiday! hopefully i'll be on more then 🥹 how is everyone doing?

[thefloorisbalaclava]

Another successful NYCC!

(I covered my face because I hate the way I look in the pic lol)

[tparadox]

When I got annoyed enough to pay for Fable and Folly Plus (turns out I was already following like 80% of their current shows that aren't Actual Play so it's a good deal) that came with Midnight Burger advance episodes.

I think most shows that do advance access are either a day ahead, a week ahead, or "you get it as soon as it's done" ahead. MB does a month in advance. I thought I would hold on to them and listen as the regular feed would get them, and that lasted about a week and a half.

But it's kind of awkward trying to lurk and maybe participate in the tag here when I'm an episode ahead of most people.

[emo-gals-4life]

top 10 special crossovers i would like to see

#10: midnight horror school and gregory horror show

#09: oggy and the cockroaches and space goofs

#08: dandy's world amd sprunki incredibox

#07: among us and fall guys

#06: splatoon and ninjala

#05: pacman and the ghostly adventures and sonic boom

#04: danganronpa and ace attorney

#03: spongebob squarepants and rocko's modern life

#02: powerpuff girls and foster's home for imaginary friends

#01: nightmare before christmas and corpse bride

[allthingsscented]

using these 2 spooky scents (feat. my new squish i picked up today) 🎃