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Anon 1 said:

Hi! I already had searched into the resources of the library and AO3, with multiple combination of tags, and I couldn't find this fic. Modern!Steve was a sex worker that worked from his apartment and most of the fic is them in apartment, i think they text as well, towards the middle/ ending of the story bucky(winter soldier/veteran) asked steve out, and asked help from steve's friends(maybe sam) to make the date more special. i think he ended up buying himself new clothes, and flowers for steve.

Anon 2 said:

hi I'm looking for a misplaced fic about bucky relearning about sex. I remember him doing research and sending porn videos to pepper and then steve says they have to wait 3 months before they have sex. Would love it if anyone can help out!

Anon 3 said:

(i tried sending this earlier but it glitched so i’ll try again) i’m tryna find a stucky fic (obvi) where the avengers catch bucky and have him locked in tony’s vacation house. they call steve to come calm bucky down because buck won’t let bruce check his bullet wound. (steve has been going through real bad mental stuff.) the only orher part i remember is that bucky cuts out a tracker in his rib because he doesn’t want anyone to touch him, and he also sews it up by himself. it’s a cute fic, help

orchidsrule sent in There's Nothing to Save* by camwolfe (complete | 22,169 | M) *graphic violence, drug and alcohol abuse

Anon 4 said:

I was wondering if you guys knew the endgame Stucky fix it fic where Steve decided to stay behind but realizes that he’s in love with Bucky while he’s with Peggy and watches as Bucky falls in love with someone else (who dies later on) and regrets not being with him. Thank you!

Anon 5 said:

Hi! I am desperate to find a fic I originally found here and lost. I remember 2 scenes but can’t remember anything from the description. It was post TWS. Sam and Steve trying to find Bucky. At one point they caught up to him and they were surrounded by people trying to get Buck and he asked Steve to shoot him if they grabbed him and at a later scene Bucky pointed a gun at Sam so they wouldn’t take him to a hospital then turned it on himself to make Steve comply. Does that sound familiar at all?

Anon 6 said:

Hi! It’s like 2am and I’ve read this fuc twice before so I know it’s exists. It’s super short and it’s Nat’s perspective and her wanting to throw a Christmas party so they do and there’s minimal Stucky and Clintasha and they mention Thor being Santa Claus. I’ve been looking everywhere but I don’t know why I can’t find it. Thank you so much in advance.

Anon 7 said: (minor character death)

There's this story I've been looking for when Bucky was in a band with Nat, Nat's husband/boyfriend(?), and Clint. And Bucky lost his arm after dropping a speaker or something when Nat's husband has a heart attack or something and dies? I know it's a very vague description, sorry

Anon 8 said:

Hi~ I've tried all the ways I can think of to look for this fic.. As far as I remember, Steve is an omega and Bucky is an alpha (but he can't remember it bc he's brainwashed) Steve suspects someone has been rummaging on his apartment bc of misplaced papers until one day he sees Bucky in his window. Steve's like.. How are you alive are you ok?? But when he makes sudden movements he leaves. They are like that until Bucky is sitting on his couch and then his heat hits. Thank you so much beforehand

Anon 9 said:

Hello! Please help me find the fic where Steve wakes up one day looking for Bucky (Established Relationship) and all the other Avengers cant remember Bucky at all and its because someone who was wronged by the Winter Solider went back in time and killed him before Steve found him in the 21st century. Thanks so much for all you do!

therandomravenclw and amethystkrystal sent in A Memory Like a Haunting by cobaltmoony, DarkCaustic (complete | 28,698 | M)

lindsey-of-north said:

I've been looking for a shrunkyclunks fic but can't seem to find it anywhere. Buckyhas some kind of respitory issue from his military days and works restoring books and things. Antiques? Steve is Captain America, and they meet during/soon after the events of the first Avengers movie. Bucky has to wear a special mask to filter dust, and Stark eventually makes him new ones that do the same thing, but better. Any help would be appreciated!

Anon sent in Patriotic Nitwits, Devious Carnies, and Other Complications of a New York Life by Pohadka (complete | 25,452 | T)

Anon 10 said:

Hi, I'm looking for this one fic that I read a long time ago, it's one where the avengers think Steve is being abused by Bucky and start acting strange around them, but Steve and Bucky think they found out their kinks or something like that. The main thing I remember from it is that there was no actual abuse in the fic, just misunderstandings

Anon sent in Just Let Us Kink In Peace by AliceAce14 (oneshot | 24,167 | E)

Anon 11 said:

Hello! I need help finding a fic that had Activist!Steve Rogers and I swear it mentions something called The Little Blue Book, which were small books on various topics published Haldeman-Julius Publishing Company until 1978. Thank you for any assistance you may offer!

princessniitza sent in All The Angels and The Saints by Speranza (complete | 48,740 | E)

Anon 12 said:

Maybe you guys could help me-- I remember a fic where Bucky was a siren and Steve was a human (later he shows up as a mermaid with no memory of Bucky) and he told Bucky that he shouldn't be ashamed of himself because "Mother Nature cares about him enough to give him the tools he needs to survive" or something like that. Thanks in advance for the help! I appreciate all the things your team does for the fandom! :)

Anon 13 said:

This is really vague but it's literally all I can remember, so if you can't find it it's totally fine. All that I can remember is that for some reason Bucky had to leave at Steve's house, (maybe he worked there? Idk) who is like super rich? Maybe he does something illegal? And like at the beginning Steve is kind of detached and cold towards Bucky so it takes a while for them to start a relationship. Natasha is there? This is the most vague shit ever, I'm sorry, but I can't get it out of my head

stevebuckythyla sent in Another Last Chance by eadunne2 (complete | 53,378 | E)

Anon 14 said:

hi! i remember reading a stucky fic (and i can’t really remember the premise, sorry :/ ) where i think bucky was like coming back to the tower? i’m pretty sure that HYDRA or some bad guys attacked and bucky wanted to protect Pepper (who still has her extremis powers) and i know he rips someone’s head off and everyone thinks it’s with the metal arm but he did it with the flesh one

rwedoneyet and whyaretheycalledpancakes sent in On My Radar* by sprinkle_of_cinnamon (oneshot | 19,564 | M) *graphic violence

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nezclaw · 5 years ago

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did tumblr delete the story of the origin of the santa tracker or am i just not looking hard enough???

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squirenonny · 7 years ago

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How you even get people interested your fics, asking for a friend thanks

Aw, man, isn’t that a question for the ages?

So I’m gonna preface this by saying that there’s no magic quick-fix to attract more readers (however much we all wish there were.) Writing for the big ships or posting a fic featuring a popular trope/AU when it’s popular is going to get you more readers than writing niche fics, but chasing trends isn’t going to make you happy and it might even hurt the quality of your work. When you post and whether there was some big fandom or IRL event that drew attention away from the newly published pages (or flooded them, burying your fic under ten pages of Klance week ficlets or whatever) can also play a big role.

Secondly, and I know you’re probably not going to like hearing this, try not to worry too much about numbers like hits/kudos/bookmarks/reviews. They don’t mean as much as you think, and they aren’t a reflection on your skill as a writer or the value of your story. The best thing to do is to find some other way to measure success–maybe it’s how many words you’ve written, maybe it’s whether you stick to a consistent update schedule. Maybe it’s reaching that scene you’ve been dying to write for forever. But make sure it’s something that’s in your control, because depending on the faceless masses for validation sucks, and you deserve better.

Okay, on to some advice for attracting readers.

1. Rework your summary. Confession time: I hate writing summaries. Hate it. I’m already not good with short form and trying to sum up a story in a hundred words or less is even worse. But it’s one of the most important skills for a writer to learn, since it’s your one shot to get people interested enough to click that link. If you’re stuck, here are some suggestions, with examples of how I’ve used them for my own stories.

Pick a (short!) excerpt from your piece. Maybe a brief exchange of dialogue, maybe the opening line, maybe something else. It should be something that doesn’t require context to understand and that makes people want to find out what happens next (or what led up to this moment.) Example:

This psychic—Lance the Lucid, according to the posters, and Keith wasn’t even going to comment on that—was a charlatan, plain and simple, and Keith kind of wanted to punch him. Sure, Lance knew how to put on a show, but Keith doubted there was anything more to the act than charm and dramatic flair.

Pidge sighed, catching Keith’s eyes. “At this point, they’re pretty much our only hope.”

If you’re writing an AU, especially a canon divergence AU, put the focus on what you’re changing. Example:

Shiro used to dream of Earth. That was before the Arena, before Haggar, before he joined the Galra army. At least he has an ally, a Galra officer named Keith. Together they plan to bring down Zarkon’s empire from the inside.

Matt never thought he’d see his family again. Then he crash-lands on Earth and Pidge rescues him from Garrison custody. But his homecoming is short-lived. Now the Holt siblings, along with Lance and Hunk, must find the Voltron lions and free the universe from Galra control.

Or: Galra!Keith, double agent!Shiro, red paladin!Matt, black paladin!Allura, full series AU.

If you’re writing something tropey, or a twist on a cliche, maybe highlight that. Example:

[following a short description of plot] Canonverse Soulmate AU with romantic and platonic soulmates (and some gray areas in between)

Sometimes the simplest thing to do, especially for shorter stories, is to do a one-two punch in your summary. The set-up and the punchline. The scenario and the twist. The status quo and the catastrophe. Think “Long ago, the four nations lived in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.” Or better yet, the next part of that intro–defining the Avatar and then hitting us with “and then he vanished for a hundred years whoops.” Whatever you do, keep it short. Example:

When Keith was seven years old, he spent a year in La Quinta with a boy named Lance, the best friend he ever had. Ten years later, Lance and Keith reunite at the Garrison–only Keith doesn’t remember who Lance is.

The most important thing to keep in mind is that shorter is (usually) better, but you want to include enough to hook readers’ attention. It’s hard, I know, but keep working at it and it’ll get easier. Seriously–write five completely different summaries for your fic, all under 100 words. Give yourself a 5 or 10 minute limit for each so you don’t agonize too much. Set them aside for a while, then come back and see what works. Or write a list of all the things you’re most excited about in a given piece, cut out any major spoilers, and try to work one or two of the others into your summary.

2. Be strategic about your tags. If you’re posting on AO3, use tags people are going to search. Angst, hurt/comfort, fluff, any tropes that feature prominently, any relationships (especially gen ones) that are a major focus. Be wary of overtagging–Shatt shippers, for example, know all too well how common it is to search for Shatt and turn up only Klance fics with a passing mention of Shiro and Matt going on a date. But plenty of people search for specific tags in trying to find new stories. Use that.

Similarly, if you post on Tumblr, use your tags efficiently. The first five tags on a post are the ones that the post will show up in (i.e. if you have a tag tracker or go to tumblr.com/tagged/____) Tumblr’s search looks at the first twenty tags, I believe. So use your first five tags for either the most popular or the most niche aspects of your fic. (i.e. tagging it “klance” will have a larger potential audience, though it’ll get buried pretty quickly; tagging “matt holt” or “shatt” gives you a much smaller potential audience, but one that’s more starved for content so will probably click your link at a higher rate.) Prioritize, and leave your organization tags/tag commentary for after.

3. Your first chapter should pack a punch. This one may be a little harder to put into practice if you have an existing fic you’re trying to drum up interest in, but it’s worth keeping in mind. If your summary and tags get people through the door, your first chapter (in a multichapter fic)/your first few paragraphs (for any fic) is where people decide whether or not this is worth reading. Goals to strive for:

Your first line, or at most your first paragraph, should hook reader’s interest. It should ask an implicit question–what’s happening? How did we get here?

(the equivalent of) Your first page (a couple hundred words, tops) should establish the situation and forward momentum. Diving straight into action with no context can be confusing, but lingering too long on exposition can make people tune out before they get to the good part. I’ve heard it said that the first 250 words should establish three things: character, context, and motive. Who are we focused on, what’s happening right now, and why does it matter? There are exceptions to every rule, of course, but make sure you know why you’re deviating if you decide to do so.

Your first chapter (assuming you have more than one) should leave people wanting more. Don’t leave them in the middle of the set-up, or they may not be motivated to continue. But don’t give them everything they need to see where this is going, or they won’t bother waiting to find out.

**Update: There’s now a follow-up post talking a little bit more about how to start a story, with examples!**

4. Persistence is key. Out of all the advice I can give you, this one’s going to be the hardest to follow, I’m sure. It can feel like you’re throwing words at a void and getting nothing back. Sometimes you have a real slow start. Sometimes you’re writing self-induldgent rarepare stuff, and it seems like you and two other people are the only ones who ship it–and those other two never comment.

The thing is, writing fic (especially as a newcomer or writing niche fic) is like playing Marco Polo at a death metal concert. Not only are you shouting into a sea of noise, but you’re also trying to find the relative handful of people who are going to answer. But here’s the thing: if you yell “Marco” once and get no response, then go home, you’ll never find those other people. If you keep yelling–maybe stay in one spot and yell over and over, maybe wander around calling out every so often–you’ll find someone, and then you’ll find someone else, and then maybe someone else will start shouting with you and find three more people. It starts slow, but it builds momentum.

In terms of fic, though, what does that mean? It means keep writing. Maybe keep hammering away at this one fic–excellent if it’s something you’re excited about, something you need to write no matter what. You keep putting it out there and you’ll start to beat back the wave of random chance that conspires to bury your fic because of weird posting times or an onslaught from a fandom event.

Maybe write a bunch of shorter fics, participate in bangs and exchanges and other events. You might hook readers with your Klance soulmate AU that you did for a secret santa, then tempt them into trying your other stuff (true story.) You might make friends by chatting in a big bang’s discord, and they can help you write more attention-grabbing summaries, or can signal boost on Tumblr. (Or just be that one person who stans your writing and keeps you motivated through low hit counts on AO3.) Or you might just hit a whole bunch of people’s rarepair/nich buttons and start building a following that way.

Or maybe it means going a little more off the rails. Try a different fandom. Write original fiction. Write an 80k Marauders-at-Hogwarts fic for yourself, edit it, and only then start posting a chapter a week so you can grow your reader base without the low number of comments chipping away at your motivation because joke’s on you, hit counter. I already have the next chapter done. And the one after that, and all of them, so they’re still coming even if no one’s reading. ha-ha! (Also a true story.)

Look, the point is, building a reader base is hard, and it’s frustrating, and a lot if it is based on luck and fandom trends, and you’re always going to want to get caught up in the numbers. Even once you have readers, you might get frustrated because the tropey shipfic with a shoddy plot that you BS’d your way through has ten times as much love as the lovingly crafted, well-plotted AU that you’ve poured literally thousands of hours into. Because writers are all starved for feedback, and with the exception of people lucky enough (or unlucky enough) to hit a fandom sweet spot and get shot straight into the realms of That One Fic Everyone Knows About–with the exception of those freak accidents of fate, the people who have sizable followings are almost always people who just plain love to write and do it regardless of what anyone else says or does.

So don’t write for the readers. Write for yourself first, and love what you write. Write stories that need to be told. Stories you can’t bear not to tell–because when you care that much about a story, it shows, and when the right people find your story, they’re going to love that you love it. Trust me. The right people are out there. You just have to keep shouting until you find them.

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aly225 · 7 years ago

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Secret Santa Gift

Here is my @onceuponafestivegifting gift to @lanasfeather!! I hope you had a wonderful holiday period, and that 2018 will be a good year ahead for you.

This is a Hooked Queen story (Regina/Rogers|Hook), with some Regal Believer as always, and a few mentions of Snow and Charming where I could fit it in, considering the setting ^^ I’ve never written Rogers version of Hook before, so I hope I’ve done his character justice for you.

Each Day You’re Still Here

There is a very touching farewell going on between his other self, Emma and Henry. Hook feels his stomach clench as he watches the hugs and murmured words. Terrible memories are pushing to the forefront of his mind - screams of ‘Papa!’, of soul-crushing defeat as his daughter is ripped from his arms, the look on her face the last time he saw her. They are memories he wants to forget as much as he wants to grasp on tightly. Any memory of his daughter brings some small comfort.

Henry may be all grown up, but the lad is still clearly lost and hunting for his place in this world, his own story and happy ending. Hook cannot imagine being realms away from his child instead of witnessing it all unfold first hand – not if there was a choice. But then, perhaps he is projecting heavily onto the situation. Henry is not his child, and these people all have different histories and relationships with each other.

He turns his back on the farewells, and tries not to feel bitter about any of it. In his distraction, it takes him a moment to realize he’s come face-to-face with Regina instead.

She had arrived back at the clearing with Henry earlier, announcing loudly to the world that she was staying too. She looks so similar to the Evil Queen he remembers, but acts very differently. It is clear she is no longer the revenged-crazed woman from his own realm, and yet in some ways, he is more wary of this version. A similarity they DO share, however, is the flair for dramatics – something this Regina had capitalized on as she had stood, hands on hips, and declaring that she was going to help her son on ‘Operation Next Chapter’.

Now, she merely quirks her eyebrow at him, as he stubbornly refuses to turn back around for the farewells. ‘Too many sentiments,’ he whispers at her, feigning a look of disgust. She releases one indelicate snort, before primly turning her attention back to her son, not a word spoken.

In fact, they don’t speak again until the portal has closed and Henry trudges back to them, forlornly.

‘Seeing them leave just makes me miss everyone back home,’ he confesses, and Hook watches as he slings an arm around his mother’s shoulders. She is tiny in comparison.

‘They all miss you too,’ she says, smiling up. ‘Snow and Charming especially. But they’re also very proud of you.’

‘They don’t even know what the lad’s been up to,’ Hook feels the need to interject childishly. Regina shoots him an exasperated look, and he sends her a serene smirk back.

‘Nevertheless, they certainly know what your original plans were, and they’re going to hear all about what you’ve been doing when the others see them again,’ she continues, ignoring his behaviour. ‘Now, let me change out of this suit and into something a bit more forest-appropriate, and then we’ll find your Cinderella.’

Much later, after a magical wardrobe change, several hours of hiking through the trees, and excited introductions with the resistance camp, Hook finds himself wandering through the maze of tents, enjoying the darkness and the peace that comes with it.

A flash of light catches his eyes, coming from beyond the protection of the camp. Someone has wandered further into the forest, and he doesn’t need to have known her long to take a guess as to whom it might be.

‘A little bit dangerous to be out here alone, is it not, Your Majesty?’ he calls out softly, keeping his voice low so as to avoid disturbing the rest of the camp. She is standing with her back resting against a tree, and as he comes closer, he can see the light is coming from a fireball she skilfully flicks from hand to hand.

‘It’s just Regina,’ she tells him, but her attention is fixated on the fire, her expression serious. He hesitates for a moment, uncertain whether he should just leave her alone. He’s never been one to avoid difficult conversations, however, so he settles himself against the tree also, close enough that their shoulders brush just once.

‘Well, Regina,’ he tries again, ‘Why are you being all brooding, alone and an easy target for whatever lurks in these woods after dark?’

The fireball stops darting around her fingers, and stills, suspended in mid-air. Abruptly, the light goes out, and darkness falls until his eyes adjust to the dimness of the evening now that the far-off campfires and the moon are the only things still shining.

‘Don’t act like we’re friends,’ Regina snaps suddenly. ‘The other version of you was tiresome enough, but we don’t even know each other.’

‘I knew you,’ he blurts out. He’s not sure what he’s trying to prove. ‘I mean, not YOU-you, but the version of you that lived in my realm.’

This catches her attention, and for the first time that evening, they make eye contact.

‘You knew the Evil Queen from the wish realm?’ she repeats. ‘I thought Snow and Charming defeated her long ago.’

He shrugs, trying to appear nonchalant under her scrutiny.

‘Well sure, but that doesn’t mean they actually managed to catch her. Took her magic, so she fled, and came to me to make another deal.’

Regina is silent, but he can hear the unasked questions anyway.

‘She gave me information I thought I needed,’ he continues, waving his hand vaguely. ‘And in return, I agreed to give her passage on the Jolly Roger away from that land and to one where she wouldn’t have to deal with Snow White anymore.’

‘And did you?’ Regina interjects. ‘Give her passage, I mean? Where did she decide to go?’

He feels a slight pressure on his shoulder again, and realizes she’s relaxed back further against the tree.

‘Well, yes and no,’ he admits. ‘She got a position on the ship, but it wasn’t with me at the helm. Left Smee as Captain, but it didn’t take long for stories to spread about a new Pirate Queen. Seems my men and your other self hit it off quite well. Who knew an Evil Queen could make such a good pirate, eh?’

‘We do always find a way to survive,’ Regina murmurs. She tilts her head back and sideways slightly, so they can look at each other properly. ‘And you? Why didn’t you go with them?’

His voice catches in his throat for a moment. He’s already had to talk about Alice too much recently – it hurts enough that he wants to ignore her question. But she waits patiently, eyes expectant.

‘My daughter,’ he chokes out eventually. ‘I had a baby daughter and I decided to stay with her.’

Regina drops her gaze again, but nods.

‘I was actually thinking about you earlier,’ she announces, and it is such an abrupt change of subject, and the tone of this entire conversation has been so strange, that Hook cannot even muster up a leering response to her words.

‘Oh?’ he says instead, hoping to sound confident and disinterested at the same time.

‘When I was in your realm, I was so sure it had just been created by a wish,’ she continues, and her shoulders are once more hunched over slightly. ‘I assumed it was all a figment of Emma’s wish and desire, and none of it was real. I did something terrible there, because I wasn’t thinking about the consequences. And now you’re here, reminding me that the people where you come from all had lives and histories and families.’

Hook doesn’t even know what to say to her confession – all the words that spring to mind seem wrong.

‘Her name is Alice,’ he finally says, and then it is as if he can’t stop talking about her. He explains how he found raised his daughter, what she looks like, her favourite book, her favourite games to play, her favourite star constellations…Anything and everything he can think of. For once, the pain for his daughter is dulled, and he can linger on the happier memories. Regina doesn’t say much, but she listens all the same, her shoulder pressed against his.

As time marches on, they become reluctant friends.

Of course, Regina is still rather snarky towards him, and thinks of at least one creative insult a day to call him, but they work well together in a team when figuring out how to go about fighting the evils of this world.

Some days, Hook gazes around and marvels at the number of people who seem to like having him as part of the camp. His men on board the Jolly Roger had worked well under his command, but there is a certain comradery he feels amongst these people that he couldn’t achieve when being called ‘sir’.

Other days, the camp is too loud and full of people. He has to escape it all, to find somewhere dark and quiet, and think back to his tower and home, where his daughter grew up. It had been him and Alice against the world, and he had lost his way after that, sinking into the bottle and despair. The happiness he feels surrounded by these people stirs up feelings of guilt, which gnaws away inside. He shouldn’t feel happy, not while his daughter still needs saving.

Coincidentally, Regina always manages to find him when he’s in one of these moods, and each time has a ridiculous task that he MUST do right at that moment, and no, it cannot wait.

‘Do you have a tracker on me or something?’ he asks irritably one day, not wanting to admit he had been a few steps away from packing a bag and fleeing from everyone. Regina gives him a sideways glance, but doesn’t pause in her long explanation of a certain chore that apparently can only be done by him, despite both of them being well aware that there are plenty of men in the camp who would be happy to help Regina out.

Regina herself seems to have decided that her role is to be everywhere all at once. If she isn’t with him and Tiana, discussing strategies for defending the camp or ways to fight back, then he can find her helping with the cooking, or discussing animal care with some of the farmers, or healing broken clothes and broken bones with her magic, or trying to give advice to the young people who are brave enough to sidle up to her and start a conversation. Hook feels tired just watching it all; it seems any way his head turns, she is there doing some task.

Until one day she isn’t.

He is in the middle of a morning sword practice with a couple of young men, when the clash of metal is drowned out by Henry’s call.

‘Killian!’

‘Halt, halt,’ Hook orders, dropping his guard once his opponent complies. The name still sounds strange to his ears – he has been either ‘papa’ or ‘Hook’ for a long time now. ‘No need to shout, Henry. What’s the matter?’

Henry not-so-subtly gestures for him to come closer.

‘I can’t find Mom,’ he says softly, as soon as they’ve walked far enough away from the curious onlookers. ‘She said she was going to find some herbs to help Charlotte’s illness, but that was several hours ago, and she hasn’t returned to camp.’

Hook rests a reassuring hand on Henry’s arm.

‘Your mother is very good at looking after herself,’ he says, even as he can feel his stomach drop. ‘But tell you what – why don’t we go ask Tiana and Ella to help us scout around. And whoever finds Regina can order her ass back to camp.’

Henry smiles weakly at this, but nods, before striding away to speak to Tiana. Hook takes a moment to ponder his options, and then heads out into the forest. He had seen Regina early that morning – before the sun had even risen. Unable to sleep, he was busy trying to get the fire to relight so they could have an early start on breakfast, when she had slipped by him in the darkness.

‘Are you sure that’s wise?’ he had called out, watching as she aimed towards a dense patch of trees.

‘I’m pretty sure my magic will keep me better protected than your sword would,’ she had shot back, and then was gone.

Now he walks in the same direction, hoping to find her engrossed in herb picking, or whatever silly task had enticed her away. Instead, after twenty minutes of searching, he stumbles across a clearing with several bodies strewn about. His heart begins to beat slightly faster, even as he realizes that the bodies are all men – no doubt forest bandits looking for an easy target to rob.

‘If you’re here to say I told you so, I will take your hook and gut you with it,’ a voice snarls, and he spins around to see Regina, hunched on the ground by a tree. Her arms are wrapped around her middle, and he can see her breathing is laboured.

‘Wouldn’t dream of it, love,’ he assures her. ‘You a bit out of practice with the whole fighting thing? Seem a bit out of breath.’

He tries to keep his voice carefree as he nears, but can’t stop a frown from darkening his face when he sees her grimace.

‘Not so much out of practice as careless,’ she pushes out, and stretches to grasp his wrist and stagger upright. As soon as she is on her feet, her face drains of any remaining colour, and she sways suddenly.

‘Damn, I guess he got me better than I expected,’ she mutters, still clinging on to his arm, and Hook realizes her fingers have red smeared on them. He glances down quickly, hand going automatically to press against the wound in her side.

‘We need to get you back to camp, now,’ he tells her, feeling the warmth of her blood.

‘You aren’t going to carry me like a damsel in distress,’ she snaps back, and her bad mood makes him feel slightly better. A quiet Regina in this situation would be a worse sign.

They begin the slow limp back, and just as Hook is steering her towards her tent, Henry bursts onto the scene.

‘MOM!’ he yells, skidding to a halt beside them. ‘What happened? Are you OK? Is that BLOOD?’

‘Henry,’ Hook interrupts. ‘I need you to go find Mary and get her to come and help.’

Henry takes off again at a sprint, and a whirlwind ten minutes later, both men find themselves banned from Regina’s tent whilst Mary and her nurses take charge.

‘I should have gone with her,’ Hook mutters, looking down at his now-bloodied hands. Henry is pacing up and down, but pauses at this.

‘I’m pretty sure she would have taken that as an insult,’ he says, a very small smile on his lips. ‘Perhaps we need to implement a buddy system though…y’know, make everyone go around in pairs at least.’

‘I imagine your mother would still think herself too scary to need a buddy,’ Hook frowns, crossing his arms. ‘Bloody stubborn woman, that one.’

‘Yeah, she is,’ Henry agrees, and Hook can hear the love shining out of those words.

When they are finally allowed back in the tent, Regina is asleep.

‘And don’t you disturb her,’ Mary threatens darkly, as she sweeps by them. Henry races to sit by his mother’s side, and Hook ignores the reasons why he decides to wander in and settle himself on Regina’s other side. They sit there for the rest of the night, talking about random subjects before first one and then the other finally succumbs to sleep.

The next morning, Regina is awake and irritable, announcing to the world that she is FINE, thankyouverymuch. Not even Mary’s glowering can stop her from attempting to swing her legs out of bed and get up.

‘I told you she was bloody stubborn!’ Hook accuses Henry.

‘Excuse me!’ Regina has to jump in. ‘I am not stubborn, I am just fine and not wanting to waste my day being coddled.’

Hook snorts in disbelief, so she follows this up with a suggestion about exactly where he can put his hook, prompting Henry to say ‘Mom’ in a very scandalized tone.

It takes her son’s puppy eyes and sad pleading to persuade Regina to stay in bed one more day.

‘I’ll get us some breakfast,’ Henry announces, and bounds away, triumphant in his win. Hook turns to follow.

‘Hey,’ Regina says softly once they are alone. ‘I guess…thanks. For helping me.’

She smiles at him then, and it is tired but also bright. He finds himself smiling back, suddenly reluctant to go. They stare at each other for a few moments, and then he shrugs.

‘I have cards,’ he says, rummaging around in the bottom of his coat’s pocket. ‘The boys and I were going to play a game after sword practice, but then I was distracted by someone’s drama.’

Regina sits further upright in bed, face barely betraying the pain she’s in.

‘Bring it on,’ she demands, and when Henry arrives back, carefully balancing three bowls, they are already embroiled in a highly competitive game.

Lucy is born, and Drizella is turned to stone. Life falls into a pleasant routine.

Alice is still never far from his mind, but she is alive and building her own happiness, and he can take comfort in that, even if he still cannot hug his own daughter.

Sometimes life is almost too boring, and he can tell Regina feels the same. On days like this, he steals her away from the others, telling her to change out of whatever ridiculous dress she is wearing so they can go on a proper adventure. They ride out in a different direction each time, and discussions inevitably turn to comparing realms and the differences between.

Alas, the adventures rarely end with any good fights, but just the act of searching for danger can give them energy. Occasionally, Regina will let loose with her fireballs, and he’ll practice dodging them. Inevitably some poor unsuspecting tree will burn down. There is a chaotic and destructive element inside Regina, no matter how much of a hero she now is, and it has taken him this long to realize it is better for her to direct that outwards rather than inwards. He ignores the fact that he may have exactly the same destructive streak, and pointedly does not make eye contact when he feels Regina watching him with a knowing expression.

It is the late in the night before Lucy’s eight birthday, when Regina seeks him out, knocking quietly on the door. He had been unable to sleep himself, and it only takes a moment to open the door and allow her to slip inside.

‘What is it, love?’ he asks, watching her pace around his bedroom.

‘Something bad is going to happen,’ she replies, running a hand through her hair and making the curls stand up slightly. ‘I don’t know why, I just feel it.’

He grasps hold of her shoulders gently, and tugs her closer so they are standing face-to-face.

‘Drizella can’t enact anything against us tomorrow,’ he tells her, but instead of reassuring her, he can feel the dread start to seep into his own skin.

‘Life is too good right now,’ Regina whispers, and for once she doesn’t hide her fear. ‘It’s too peaceful, I’m too happy. Something is going to happen tomorrow.’

She sounds so convinced, he doesn’t know what he can say to change her mind. So instead, he steps forwards and pulls her into a hug. For all that they’ve now known each other for many years, they have never actually embraced. Regina stiffens for a moment, and then he feels the tension slowly drain out. Her arms wrap around his waist, as she tucks her head against his chest. They stand there until the sun begins to rise.

Rogers can clearly remember the first time he meets the proprietor of “Roni’s”. He is on duty, covering a late shift and bored out of his mind as he drinks the final dregs of a terrible coffee, when the door to the bar across the road from where his car is parked bursts open and a man stumbles out.

‘If you come back again, I’ll get my bat,’ a voice yells at the man, and Rogers sees a small woman come storming out of the bar, staring after the drunk man.

‘She was always good at the dramatic entrances,’ he thinks, and it is such a strange thought about a woman he has never met before, that he pushes it out of his mind immediately.

He climbs out of his car instead, jerking a thumb in the direction the creep went.

‘This guy being a problem?’ he asks, crossing the road. The woman places her hands on her hips, glaring angrily at the world.

‘Not to me, but he tried it on with one of my employees,’ she grumbles. ‘I don’t think he’ll come back though, if he knows what’s good for him. I do have a reputation around here, after all.’

‘A reputation for beating people with bats?’ he asks incredulously, unable to help his lips curling into a smile. Her frown smooths out, and then she beams up at him in response.

‘Only those who deserve it,’ she says cheerily, and then nods back towards the bar. ‘I best make sure they aren’t burning the place down in my absence. Thanks anyway!’

With a wink, she wanders back inside.

Rogers is almost tempted to go to the bar as a customer in the following days, just to see if he can run into the bartender again. He figures it may be a weird move on his part, however, and then work becomes so busy he has no time to think about ‘Roni’s’.

He finally manages to finish work on time several weeks later. An early evening at home beckons him, but he instead finds his feet leading him in the opposite direction, down the road and to the bar. Inside, it is fairly busy for a Thursday evening, and it takes him a few moments to reach the front of the queue.

‘Good evening!’ a familiar voice greets him. Roni herself is standing on the other side of the counter, and she smirks when his eyes widen at the sight of her. ‘I was wondering when you’d turn up. All the police officers end up here eventually.’

The crowd has thinned out enough that he can seat himself at the bar, and he leans over to allow himself to be heard.

‘Did that man ever try to return?’ he half-shouts over the music and buzz of chatter. Roni shakes her head proudly.

‘Guess my reputation with a bat precedes me,’ she says, quirking an eyebrow. ‘What’s your poison?’

He spends too many hours there – so much for an early night. But after that, he manages to find time to drop in once a week. The bar sells good drinks, that is all. It’s not just because he enjoys talking to Roni.

Those peaceful evenings are shattered the day he stands in front of Roni, and she warns him with a serious expression about his new partner.

‘I can take care of myself,’ he responds, although it isn’t clear if he’s trying to reassure her or himself. Weaver is not a man he feels like trusting right now.

‘Yeah, but listen. Weaver brings a lot of new partners in here, and not a lot of them come back,’ Roni presses.

Rogers has at this moment already fallen down the rabbit hole, but he doesn’t realize it, not yet. Not until he is firmly embroiled in conspiracies and intrigue, and Roni is his partner in crime over bear claws and coffee, and there is a young man with an awkward demeanour called Henry joining their fight, and a young woman with blonde hair who seems so familiar to him.

Rogers admires Roni’s fearlessness and determination in these battles.

‘We always did make a great team in strategizing,’ he thinks, and there are memories in his head of him and Regina – no, Roni, he doesn’t know a Regina, who is Regina? – and they are standing over a map and arguing with Sabine of all people about defences. They are strange thoughts, and he chases them away quickly.

One day, he wakes up as ordinary Detective Rogers. And then there is a fight with magic and witches, and everything Rogers believed about the world is a lie.

Roni has powers and her name is actually Regina, and she’s babbling on about poisoned hearts, and a curse and a cure, and instead of thinking about how crazy she is, Rogers thinks ‘well of course that’s Regina’.

He doesn’t dwell on the thought however, because Roni – Regina – is apparently about to go into battle against a group of witches, all alone except for a red-haired woman who also believes in magic. Rogers is still not entirely sure he believes in magic and curses, but when Roni pulls him aside for a private discussion, he goes willingly and ready to listen.

‘If…If something happens to me, please tell Henry I love him,’ she says in a rush. ‘And that it wasn’t his fault, and he deserves a happy ending.’

And it is strange, but Rogers knows instinctively she does not mean she is IN love with Henry, but something else. Just as he knows that Regina – Roni? – does not believe she is coming back from whatever this fight will entail.

‘I’ll tell him,’ he says, and just as she turns to leave, he catches hold of her wrist and pulls her back gently.

‘What are you doing?’ she asks, and this action more than going off for a fight to the death seems to unsettle her.

‘Regina,’ he says, and isn’t it strange that this name rolls off his tongue easily? ‘You deserve a happy ending too.’

Then he slides his hand into her hair, fingers tangled in the soft curls, and leans forward to kiss her.

‘I can’t,’ Regina whispers, and her voice cracks slightly as she pulls back. ‘I’m sorry, but I can’t risk the curse.’

She steps back, and they are both breathing heavily.

‘You’re a good man, Rogers,’ she says, and then she flees.

He hesitates only for a moment, and then swears loudly. Magic and witches or not, he is not allowing her to walk out of his life like that. His gun is heavy in his hand as he heads in the direction he thinks Regina went.

They had already been in a maze of abandoned industrial buildings, and it doesn’t take him long to register where the noise and flashes of lights are coming from – a large factory that had previously been very dark and empty. The door has been blasted in, and he slips through the entranceway and follows the corridors down.

‘Zelena!’ he hears Regina cry, turning a corner just in time to see the red-haired woman crash into the wall and slump to the floor. Regina is standing in the middle of the room, and a purple stormcloud surrounds her, crackling with sparks and untamed destructive power. She has never looked more beautiful to Rogers.

‘Oh, I do hope your dearest sister is alright,’ sneers another voice, and he registers suddenly that Regina is facing down an entire group of women.

‘Bring it,’ Regina snarls, and then she is fighting for her life as the other women surge forward. Rogers can barely keep track of her through the noise and light, and the fact that the women all seem to shift around the room without always…moving directly there.

Suddenly, Regina is flung to the ground, and she is screaming loudly even as she struggles to stand up. Rogers lifts his gun, takes aim, and manages to empty his clip before a pain worse than he’d ever felt before rips through him, and everything goes dark.

When he awakens a few hours later, he is no longer merely Detective Rogers. He is Rogers but he is also Hook – Killian Jones, that’s his actual name, no? That and maybe…

‘Papa!’ Alice cries, and he opens his eyes to see a hospital room, and in front of all the beeping machinery, his daughter. She leans down carefully, and he doesn’t even flinch because any pain in his heart would be worth having a hug from her. His arms wrap around her shoulders automatically, but there is no pain – only joy and Alice and he realizes abruptly that he is crying.

‘It doesn’t affect us in this world, Papa,’ Alice says softly, and she pulls back only in order to sit next to his bed and hold his hand. He falls asleep smiling, but with the faint itch in the back of his mind that he is forgetting something.

When he next awakens, it is Regina sat next to his bed.

‘Did I dream about Alice?’ he says, his voice rough but his brain functioning better this time. She shakes her head, reaching forwards with a cup of water that he sips greedily.

‘Robin arrived a short while ago,’ she says softly. ‘Alice thought you were asleep, so they’re taking some time together.’

He nods, slowly pulling himself upright so he can look Regina properly in the eyes.

‘Henry?’ he asks, remembering now exactly what Regina had been telling his cursed self. ‘Lucy?’

‘All fine,’ she reassures him. ‘Everyone is fine. I could barely escape that room to come check on you. But trust me, they’ll all be here later to say hello.’

‘You’re fine?’ he asks, and at this her hand reaches out and grasps his wrist. They’ve left his prosthetic hand off, and he understands, considering he’s in the hospital, but it makes him want to reach out with his other hand so that they can lace their fingers together. He waits instead.

‘I’m fine, thanks to you,’ she replies, but she drops her gaze. ‘Just – don’t do that again. I thought they’d killed you, and I…I couldn’t have done it again. Not again.’

‘What do you mean, not again?’ he demands, and he knows exactly what she’s trying to say, but still can’t actually believe it. Instead of an answer, she leans forwards, fingers tracing down his cheek to his jaw, and then they are finally kissing.

‘So,’ he begins casually. It is a week later, and he has finally been allowed to leave the hospital, although only under promise of supervision.

‘Get your mind out of the gutter,’ Regina snorts, pushing him down onto her bed. ‘You’re still a patient. Doctor’s orders.’

He waggles his eyebrows and grins charmingly up at her, but apparently Regina Mills is made of strong stuff, since she merely rolls her eyes and turns away, starting to re-arrange the rest of the room in order to fit a few of his belongings.

‘Actually, what I was going to say was: so, this is it? The curse is broken, to Storybrooke we go, big reunions, blah blah blah?’

Regina stops her tidying and perches on the edge of his (her) bed.

‘Well, I certainly want to visit Storybrooke,’ she agrees. ‘It’s been far too long since I’ve been able to speak to Snow and Charming especially. And they’ll want to come and visit here too, I hope. But…It’s no longer our home. Not really. Lucy, Ella and Tiana have never lived there. Zelena has gone back to San Francisco to try and make it work with her fiancée. Henry seems content to build a life with his family here.’

‘And you?’ he asks, biting his lip. She raises an eyebrow and peers down at him.

‘Well, I’d hope we’d stick around here too…It’s not like you’ve ever been to Storybrooke either. Although I can’t promise I’ll keep to Roni’s old clothes.’

‘A fair trade,’ he whispers, as she leans down for a kiss.

The End.

#onceuponafestivegifting #Hooked Queen #Regina Mills #Rogers/Hook #Regal Believer #Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!#Lanasfeather

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tusfails · 4 years ago

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#fail #lol #wtf #Tumblr Thread: The Origin Story Of NORAD's Santa Tracker

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lacaja-depandora · 4 years ago

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#fail #lol #Tumblr Thread: The Origin Story Of NORAD's Santa Tracker

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rainbowsunshine67 · 7 years ago

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Christmas Eve at the Murphy-Becks

Here is my story for @dearevanhansensecretsanta 2017 for @ifyougiveagirlapencil! This is probably one of the longest stories I’ve ever written and although I did struggle with bits of it sometimes, it’s been fun to write. I also made a thing in Photoshop referring to part of the story (I’m terrible at artwork). I hope you enjoy it and have a wonderful Christmas!

Characters: Evan, Connor, Zoe, Alana and Jared

Original Characters: Lyra (Zoe and Alana’s daughter) - I don’t have a definite answer on who her dad is, but I was considered Evan as her dad at one point.

“Wake up, Uncle Connor!” an excited, high-pitched voice squeaked in a tall, long-haired boy’s ear.

“Yeah, wake up, Uncle Connor!” a bespectacled boy parroted the little girl.

“Shut up, Kleinman,” Connor retorted, rubbing his eyes to see his 3 year-old niece and his old college flatmate Jared Kleinman staring at him. “Where’s Evan?”

“He’s in the kitchen with Mama Zoe,” said Lyra. “We’ve been making gingerbread cookies for Santa.”

Connor stumbled into the kitchen where he found his little sister making cups of coffee for herself, Connor, Jared and Alana, as well as hot chocolates for Lyra and Evan – Zoe shuddered at the memory of once having to stay up trying to soothe Evan after he'd accidentally drunk too much coffee and was scared of throwing up the night before an exam in college – and his husband cleaning the dining table.

“Thank you,” Connor snatched one steaming mug of coffee from Zoe as he strolled past her and planted an affectionate kiss on Evan’s head. “Hello, beautiful.”

“Hey!” Zoe called after him, exasperated. “That was for Alana.”

“Well, it isn’t any more,” Connor turned and stuck his tongue out at Zoe.

“We’re going to be making cards for Santa in a minute if you want to join in?” Evan asked Connor, reaching up on tiptoes to kiss him back.

“Sure. I’ll get the supplies and ask Alana to come downstairs too.” Connor swept Lyra into his arms and carried her upstairs to choose some stencils and stickers and find her ‘Mommy Lala’.

“According to NORAD Santa Tracker, Santa will arrive at around 3:20am.” Jared called out from the spot on the living room couch that Connor had vacated.

“I’m hoping my 3 year-old will have been in bed for a long time by then,” Zoe replied, “AND that you will have gone home.”

“Nah, I’m staying right here,” Jared stuck his tongue out, “it’s not a family Christmas without Fun Uncle Jared. If I have anything to do with it, we’ll all still be sitting in here watching movies at 4am.”

Zoe sighed. She did NOT want to be awake at 4am when her daughter would come bouncing into her room to wake her to open presents as early as six.

Connor returned with a big box of craft supplies in his arms, closely followed by Alana and Lyra. Connor set the box down on the living room floor and picked six blank cards out of the packet. Heck, he thought, if we’re meant to be keeping up the charade that Santa is real, we’d better all be making our own Christmas cards to Santa like Lyra.

For the past few years after Lyra was born, Connor had made cards for Santa that depicted him and Evan using buttons from old shirts he’d grown out of, kissing under the mistletoe or doing other festive activities together. This year, he decided to make a card that showed them ice-skating, even though they have never been to the local ice rink together because Evan is terrified of falling on the ice and breaking his arm again like when he was 17. Jared tapped on his smartphone’s screen, choosing a song to blast through the speakers he’d brought with him mostly to annoy Connor.

“Not this again,” Zoe complained as Last Christmas by Wham started playing. “In the music video, the girl literally re-gifted a Christmas present from her ex-boyfriend to her new boyfriend. Everybody knows that.”

“Well, what do you want?” Jared retorted. “I’m fed up of your and Alana’s love of Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses. That’s all you two ever listened to over Christmas during the last year of college.”

“Ooh, I love that song!” Connor chimed in. Jared raised his eyebrows at him. “What? Zoe played it so many times that it grew on me, eventually.”

“How about In The Bleak Midwinter?” asked Evan.

“I don’t mind that, but I don’t think I have it in my library,” Jared replied, scrolling through his phone. “I could find it on YouTube and we could sing along, I suppose.”

“In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan; Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago.”

As they continued singing along, Alana helped her daughter to choose some stencils (a reindeer and a sleigh) and drew around them for her, before Lyra scribbled all over them with pink, red and green crayons. Evan covered his card in black paper, then drew some trees with a silver pen and carefully glued on several tiny snowflake sequins that had been in the craft supply box since Connor and Zoe were little and had been making cards for Santa themselves.

“I found this paper chain kit in Target the other day,” Zoe announced, coming back into the living room with a packet full of different coloured paper-chain strips. “You can have a go at this when you’re done with your cards and then put them on the tree.”

“Ooh, I haven’t made one of those in years,” Evan exclaimed, taking the packet from Zoe’s hand and opening it. “Lyra, do you want to come and help me?” He took a strip out, licked the end and formed the first circle to show his niece how to do it. He took the next strip, threaded the end through the first circle, offered an end for Lyra to lick, and then stuck the two ends together to form a second circle.

“Are the cookies ready yet?” Jared asked, still scrolling through his phone.

“They’re on the cooling rack, but they haven’t been iced yet,” Zoe slumped onto the couch next to Alana. “And no, you can’t eat them yet.”

“They’re for Santa,” Lyra explained.

“But can I ice them?” Jared bargained.

“I don’t see why not,” Zoe gave in. “It’s about time that you made yourself useful. But you’re helping Lyra to ice them. And you’re still not allowed to eat them.”

Jared scowled, but put his phone down, held Lyra’s hand and took her into the kitchen.

“Is there anything you need from the supermarket?” Connor asked. “I couldn’t see any milk in the fridge or carrots for Rudolph in the cupboard. Evan and I can take the car to get anything else.”

“I forgot the cranberries for the sauce we’re making tomorrow,” Alana remembered, starting to list items on her fingers. “We can have pizza for dinner tonight, so two or three pizzas please. And some yoghurt dip and popcorn for later.”

“Got it,” Connor made a shopping list on his phone, before he and Evan put on their coats and boots and left the house.

***

“Where is Santa?” Lyra asked as Connor helped her to wash her hands after dinner.

“Santa won’t come until you’re fast asleep,” Connor reminded his niece. “Your mama said that Santa will just go round and round in the sky in his sleigh waiting until you’re asleep.”

“Please can you and Uncle Evan read me one more bedtime story?” Lyra pleaded. “Please.”

“Okay,” Connor sighed, drying both their hands and then carrying Lyra to her bedroom where Evan was waiting. “ONE more story and then Mama Zoe and Mommy Lala will come to tuck you in.”

Evan had picked a picture book edition of A Visit from St. Nicholas from the bookshelf in the corner of Lyra’s bedroom. It had been his favourite Christmas story when he was a little boy and he had gifted the book to Lyra for her first Christmas. Evan and Connor sat on each side of Lyra on her bed and began to read the story to her together while she looked at all the pictures.

“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas would soon be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap – ”

Connor suddenly felt something heavy on his arm. He looked down to find Lyra fast asleep with her head leaning against him. He smiled and whispered to Evan to tiptoe downstairs to find Zoe and Alana so their could kiss their daughter “Goodnight”, before gently removing his arm from behind Lyra’s head and gently resting it on her pillow, slipping the picture book back into its place on the shelf and leaving the room as Zoe and Alana came in.

“Connor, we’re gonna need to borrow your boots,” Zoe told her brother once she and Alana were back downstairs after tucking Lyra up in bed.

“Why?” asked Connor.

“Alana thought it would be a cool idea to make some flour footprints in the kitchen to make it look more like Santa has been, and you have bigger feet than Jared and Evan.”

“Thanks,” Connor replied sarcastically, but willingly walked through the plain white flour that Alana had scattered on the kitchen floor near the back door.

Zoe brought a bag of presents wrapped in pink Disney Princess wrapping paper from the cloak cupboard into the living room and started stuffing them into Lyra’s stocking by the fireplace and under the Christmas tree for each of the friends. Jared searched for the gifts with his name on the label and tried to guess what could be inside before Zoe scolded him and told him to wait until the morning. Evan peeled and cut the carrots that had been left on the table for Rudolph and brought a bowl of carrot sticks and yoghurt dip into the living room to share. Each of the five friends picked a cookie from the plate for Santa, leaving only a scattering of crumbs for Lyra to find in the morning, and Connor finished the milk.

“What movie are we watching?” Jared asked from his spot on the couch. “I vote The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

“Me too,” Connor agreed.

“I’d like to watch Miracle on 34th Street,” Evan chimed in.

“Zoe and I usually watch The Holiday together after putting Lyra to bed on Christmas Eve,” Alana added.

“I’m down for that,” Jared changed his vote.

“The Holiday, it is,” Zoe picked the DVD from the cabinet next to the 40-inch flat-screen television.

“Or we could watch Miracle on 34th Street, then you three can watch The Holiday after Evan and I have gone to bed?” Connor interrupted.

Zoe glanced at Alana and Jared for approval, knowing that they would be awake for much longer than Evan would be. Alana nodded and Jared shrugged his shoulders.

“Okay, just because we love Evan almost as much as you do,” Zoe replied, swapping the DVDs from the cabinet.

***

“Why don’t we take Lyra to see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in a couple of years?” Alana suggested to her wife as the movie ended and she was changing the DVD to The Holiday as planned.

“That’s a good idea,” Connor agreed. “Maybe I can try to teach Evan to ice-skate again in Central Park.”

“N-n-n-n-no,” Evan stuttered, suddenly nervous. “You know what happened last time.”

“But you’ll have me to hold your hand,” Connor reminded him. “You’ll be safe.”

“Or if you DO fall over, Connor will fall over with you,” Jared joked.

“Shut up, Kleinman,” Connor, Evan and Zoe automatically replied in unison.

“I love you all,” Evan sighed happily, resting his head on Connor’s chest.

“We all love you too,” Connor giggled, gently kissing Evan on the forehead again as he started to drift off to sleep. Zoe and Alana kissed and snuggled closer together on the opposite couch.

As snow started to fall outside the living room window and The Holiday finally started, Jared watched his friends as he munched on the bag of popcorn Connor had bought at the supermarket.

“This is going to be the best family Christmas EVER!”

#Dear Evan Hansen Secret Santa #ifyougiveagirlapencil #dear evan hansen #dear evan hansen fanfic

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redhatmeg · 7 years ago

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RedHatMeg’s Guide on Gyro Gearloose Part 2 - Uncle Scrooge comics

And our adventure through stories with our favorite inventor continues with Uncle Scrooge comics.

Brace yourselfs, these are products of their time so they’re sometimes a bit racist. So I apologize in adance.

Now there is a lot of Gyro Gearloose comics that are featured also in previously covered by me Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories. I’m including them here, because these might be first editions of said comics. And so we have:

- The Seven Cities of Cibola

- The Cat Box (first appearance of Little Helper.)

- Forcasting Follies

- Fishing Mystery

- The Sure-Fire Gold Finder

- Roscoe the Robot

- Gyro Goes for a Dip

- The Wishing Well

- Krankenstein Gyro

- Invetors’ Contest

- Oodles of Oomph

- Fishy Warden

- You Can’t Win

- Fast away Castaway

- Duckburg’s Day of Peril

- The Great Pop Up

- Finny Fan

- Posthasty Postman

- Snow Duster

- A Helper’s Helping Hand

- Man versus Machine

- The Know-It-All Machine

- The Hopeless Helper

- Mighty but Miserable

Now onto the stories I didn’t covered. We start with Uncle Scrooge series that start in 1953 and ended in 2011. Just like in Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories Gyro is both starring in his own stories and in stories of other characters.

- Gyro Builds a Better House (Gyro is tasked to build a house with soft walls.)

- Getting Thor (Crows aren’t scared of Gyro’s scarecrow so he decides to invent a better one.)

- The House on Cyclone Hill (A small cyclone attacks Gyro while he’s doing rsearch on cyclones.)

- The Firefly Tracker (Gyro has to create a special invention to present on Inventors’ Congress. Fireflies in his yard give him an idea.)

- War Paint (A movie director asks Gyro to make as realistic war paint as possible. Gyro uses actual ingrediens for war paint and soon the cast start to act weird.)

- That Small Feeling (Gyro is visited by a witchdoctor who shrinks him and says he will turn him back to original size when Gyro fixes his magic doll.)

- Wily Rival (While waiting at the patent office, Gyro is intrigued by a fellow inventor and his mysterious invention.)

- Madcap Inventors (Gyro gets a book How to get along with your enemies. He has an opportunity to put it to use, because a rivaling inventor moved in and gets on Gyro’s nerves.)

- Getting His Wires Crossed (Gyro is a terrible dancer so he invents a machine that will help him dance better.)

- Something to Crow About (Grandma Duck has problems with crows eating her berries, so she asks Gyro for help. His solution: a dome over the berries.)

- The Fizzle that Drizzled (Duckburg needs to conserve water. Gyro makes a machnine that creates clouds, but it goes down because the weatherman made a mistake while informing Gyro about atmospheric pressure.)

- Day of Delayed Action (Gyro disables his alarm clock to spend more time on thinking about inventions and wakes up three months later.)

- Jonah Gyro (Angry fishermen make Gyro throw away his fish-baiting toy salmon. It comes back with school of salmons and a whale.)

- Lost and Found (Gyro finds a lost puppy at his doorstep. After bringing it to its mistress, he makes her a special dog whistle that can be heard only by her pappy.)

- Once Upon a Time Machine (Convinced that he can’t invent anything new Gyro goes back to the Stone Age to interest cavemen in his inventions.)

- The Portable Pier (Gyro takes Daisy on picnic on the island and presents his new invention: a portable pier which is part of his boat. Unfortunately other campers use the pier too and tie their boats to it.)

- Homemade Robot (Gyro wishes to have a roommate, but most Duckburgians aren’t on his intellectual level. Therefore he makes a robot that woudl be a perfect conversation partner.)

- The Arty Smarty (Inspried by Duckburg First Annual Outdoor Art Exhibit, Gyro tries his brains in painting.)

- Scientific Sleuth (Gyro becomes a private detective who uses inventions to slove crimes. With his assistent, Gus Goose, he tries to solve a case of missing garden statue.)

- Bubble Trouble (During cold winters Gyro stays in his bubble simulating tropical climate. Soon his neighbors want to get inside the bubble as well.)

- Instant Camping (Gyro tests his instant campinbg set.)

- Mind over Mustard (Gyro tries to solve the problem of squirting out from his hot dog.)

- The Two-Legged Mailbox (To avoid leaving experiments to check the post, Gyro creates Posty, a walking mailbox. Unfortunately, it gets bored easily.)

- The Drippy Diamonds (Gyro invents a fast why to make diamonds. Soon there’s big demand on it among Duckburg elite, but Gyro finds out his jewelery is melting over certain time.)

- The Runaway Walking Stick (Gyro’s newest invention - a literal walking stick - runs away. Gyro needs to chase after it.)

- The Rude Awakening (Tired of his alarm clock, Gyro sets to invent better way to be awakened in the morning. He makes an automatic rooster that runs away.)

- The Evil Inventor (Emil Eagle, the evil invetor, tries to steal Gyro’s blueprints and inventoions... This is the first appearance of Gyro’s archenemy, Emil Eagle.)

- Weather Wizard (Gyro’s newest invention is a weather machine. Lots of Duckburgians order rain in specific places. Unfortunately it spirals out of Gyro’s control.)

- Super Scientist (A lab accident makes Gyro superlight and now he can jumb really high. He uses these powers to become a superhero.)

- The Hypno-Clock (Gyro uses his newest invention, the hypno-clock, to hypnotize himself into being professor Steinbirg, the world’s wisest genius. However, thanks to TV commercial he gets hypnotized into buying Seafoam Bubble Bath soap,)

- Flipping His Trapp (Gyro makes special mosquito-slapping machine. It causes havoc.)

- Ye Olde Hoppin’ Chair (Since he tends to fall asleep on rocking chair, while reading, Gyro makes hopping chair that would keep him awake. Unfortunately he falls asleep again and the chair takes him on the ride.)

- Metal-Meltin’ Mob (Beagle Boys trick Gyro into making a metal melting machine. They plan to use it during another Money Bin robbery attempt.)

- Once Upon a Hammock (Gyro sets his mind it invent a better hammock.)

- Battle of Marathon (To get an ancient Greek coin, Scrooge and Gyro go to the times of Battle of Marathon. It so happens that nephews come with them by accident.)

- Luck in the Lab (Gyro asks Gladstone Gander to be his lab assistant in hopes he wil share the duck’s good luck.)

- The Sculptinker (Emil Eagle sees Gyro delivering big package to the art show. It’s a new sculpture invention, Gyro’s entry on the art contest, and Emil decides to sabotage it.)

- The Instant Raincoat (Gyro create an instant raincoat and goes to raincoat producer in hopes he will interest him in his newest invention. Unfortunately he comes there right in the middle of robbery.)

- Sandwich Automaton (To not waste time on making lunch, Gyro builds a special machine that can make sandwishes.)

- New Planet Planner (Gyro’s friend - an astronomer, Peeka-Boo Pegeon - discovers new planet. He tells Gyro that space lab directors will choose a design for a rocket that will be send on said planet.)

- Operation Implosion (Tires of picking up litter of his yard, Gyro makes implosion bomb - a bomb that draws litter to itself.)

- Roving Rug (Gyro makes a rug that cleans itself. Curious Emil Eagle breaks in to his lab.)

- The Golden Apples (Gyro’s newest invention is Fantasy Finder - a vehicle that can transport people into the land of fairy tales. Scrooge uses it, but doesn’t return so Gyro goes after him.)

- Trouble to Spare (Mad Madam Mim forces Gyro to build a beautifying machine, so she can win beauty contest.)

- Tubby Hero (To make himself more popular amongst his neighbors, who have old and slow car, Gyro decides to turn his old tub into a modernized car.)

- The Upsy-Daisy-Pack (Gyro invents a backpack that elevates him over paddles. In the meantime Emil Eagle makes his own paddle-leaping invention that will help him in his criminal career.)

- Capnapper’s Surprise (Emil Eagle’s latest evil plan is to steal Gyro’s Thinking Cap that helps Gearloose come up with brilliant ideas Emil succeeds)

- Invented Vacation (Gyro tries to balance Daisy, Donald’s nephews and Grandma Duck demends on certain weather conditions. After long day he decides to go on vacation with Little Helper.)

- Brain Waves (It turns out that the hovering car Gyro built for a customer was used in the bank robbery. To see people’s true intentions Gyro invents a cap that makes him hear thoughts of others.)

- Rain, Rain, Go Away! (Gyro tries to invent a rainmaking machine based on the melody and rhythm of rain dance.)

- The Burglar Bagger (Gyro lures Beagle Boys to his house to test his newest anti-burglar invention.)

- The Super Swatter (Gyro makes Scrooge a fly swatter machine. But Scrooge pushes a wrong button and the machine becomes a people swatter.)

- The Cantankerous Mailbox (Gyro’s walking mailbox is malfunctioning, so Gyro gives him a pticher update.)

- The Clean-Up Crew (Gyro modifies toy robots to clean his workshop. But he doesn’t give them a stopping mechanism so they go astray.)

- The Bird Call (There’s Annual Junior Woodchuck Bird Count. Gyro gives Huey, Dewey and Louie a special bird whistle to attract rarer birds. He sets it to wrong frequancy and attracts animals from the zoo.)

- The Hijacked Mail (Feeling sorry for Gyro not getting any new mail, his walking mailbox starts to steal mail from other people.)

- Santa’s Unexpected Visit (Scrooge McDuck can’t finish his letter to Santa, because he doesn’t remember any good deed he did this year. So he asks Grandma Duck, his head doctor and Gyro Gearloose to help him remember anything.)

- Outdoor Thinking (Gyro’s doctor tells him to go outside more fro the sake of the inventor’s mental health. But Gyro soon finds out outdoors can be dangerous.)

- Inventor of Anything (To prevent his neighbor’s goat to coming on his yard, Gyro build a special wall. Unfortunately, it appears that part of it stands on said neighbor’s lot and now Gyro needs to reomve the wall even though he has an invention to make.)

- The Convention (It’s an Annual Beagle Boys Convention time and one of the cousin Inventor-174 has an ingenius plan to get into Scrooge’s Money Bin. Scrooge enlist help of Gyro Gearloose to figure out the workings of said plan and solution for it.)

- The Treasure Trek (An escaping spaceman gives Scrooge a celestial treasure map. Scrooge takes Gyro’s rocket to find it, while his nephews are guarding his empire.)

- Modern Mania (Frustrated with the cost of everything, Scrooge asks Gyro to modernize his life with robotics.)

- The Inner-Earth Adventure (Dreaming of space travel, Scrooge asks Gyro to make a rocket. When they are going to test it, something goes wrong and they end up inside Earth, where Togs tribe is terrorized by Krogs.)

- The Super Marble (An odd ball falls out from Gyro’s Doughnut Shop track and gets into Beagle Brats’ hands.)

- Trapped Lightning (Mickay’s nephews see Gyro trap lightning. Gyro set up a power plant to powet whole Duckburg.)

- The Copycat Caper (On Uncle Scrooge’s demand Gyro makes him his own walking mailbox. However, he warns the rich duck that the mailbox canj copy someone else’s behavior. Beagle Boys use it to their advantage.)

- The Wreck of a Merry Lark (With Gyro’s Sea-Scope Scrooge sets himslef to find the sunken wreck of “Merry Lark”.)

- Marooned in Space (Scrooge and Gyro hear the distress call from Space Van which was bombarded by meteors. The aliens run away, abandoning their cargo and Scrooge decides to go into space and take it.)

- Trip to Tootum-Too (While searching the ruins of ancient city of Tootum-Too, Scrooge and Gyro accidentally turn back in time right in the moment when king of Tootum-Too emerged victorious from battle with Toogs. The stolen idol of Toogs’ god captures Scrooge attention and the duck notices something suspcious.)

- The Magnetic Curse (Scrooge is cursed - his money is running away from him and going to another hands. The only one who seems to have a solution for that problem is Gyro.)

- The Double Diamond (Scrooge finds a double diamond in his mine. It attracts the attention of Magica de Spell.)

- The Space Game (Scrooge transported his Money Bin into space for safety purposes, but misses swimming in his money. So Gyro makes him a special video game that would let him control the position of his space money bin. Unfortunately Beagle Boys hack into it and so the struggle for Money Bin begins.)

- The Atom-Mover (Scrooge is displeased with the amount of money his armored cars. He stumbles upon Gyro who presents him his newest invention - a small box that can instantly transport matter from one place to another.)

- Minute Waltz in Minor Key (A tuba player asks Gyro to find what stuck inside. Gyro uses shrinking ray to find out.)

- A Sticky Situation (Scrooge accidentally falls down his trap doors and he has no key. Gyro gives him his newly invented glue so Scrooge can climb up the trap door vent.)

- The Trouble of Doubles (Scrooge is tires of constantly telling “no” to people coming to him for money. Gyro builds him a lookalike who can do it for him. Unfortunately there is a small problem...)

- Nobody’s Business (To instill business spirit in Donald and Gladstone, Scrooge gives each of them a thousand dollars so they can invest it and make a profit. Donald first tries to interest some fast food chain owner but makes mistake and settles for investing in an invention.)

- Fun? What’s That? (Doctor tells Gyro and Scrooge to relax and have some fun. Pity they both are workoholics.)

- The Riminder Hat (Gyro builds a reminder hat for Scrooge - a hat that receives messages reminding Scrooge about his appointments. Everything is complicates when Donald (inititially talking to triplets) accidently tells his uncle to buy carrots.)

- The Generocity Ray (To protect Scrooge’s Money Bin Gyro instals a ray that makes extremely generous everyone who walks through the billionaire’s threshold. Unfortunately Scrooge is hit by it too.)

- A Tilling Tale (Scrooge has problems with moles. Gyro has a solution.)

- Brainy Days (Donald ruins uncle Scrooge’s meeting with investors and is assigned to keep pegeos off the roof. He goes to Gyro for help and learns that he invented a smart serum lately. Donald takes the serum in hopes it will make him successful.)

- The Buck Sticks Here (Scrooge’s Money Bin is so full the walls are cracking, so he sends for Gyro, who has a special adhesive to fix the cracks. To clear away some cash, Scrooge takes it to the bank and recieves special Million Dollar Bill.)

- The McDuck Foundation (Scrooge builds a foundation and employs his nephews and Gyro to work there.)

- Power Failure (Gyro builds a backpack that stores energy during work that can be used later. Scrooge tests it on Donald.)

- The Only Way To Go (Donlad goes into Gyro’s newest invention - a vehicle that allows to instant travel. He gets lost in South America so Gyro and Scrooge go to find him.)

- Money Ocean (/this is a two-parter about Scrooge deciding to build a new, bigger money bin and how the money suddenly starts to act like an actual ocean.)

- Quiz Fizzle (Gyro puts his new supercomputer to a test.)

- Odd Offspring (Gyro’s jetpack crashes in the mountains.)

- Formula X (Producers of famous Sweetybubbles soda ask Gyro to make a new flavor to compete with Sweetybubbles’ rival, Guzzlepop. By accident Gyro creates a flavor that becomes an instant hit. Unfortunately Emil Eagle works for Guzzlepop.)

- Skate Late (A university in which Gyro is teaching, requires from his faculty to publish at least one paper per term. So Gyro decides to do a research on how skate riding can help save time during rush hours.)

- The Hot Seat (Gyro builds heated benches for park visitors.)

- Who Needs People (Scrooge fires all his staff and asks Gyro to fully automatize his mansion.)

- E.A.T. (It’s a Birthday of Duckburg’s founder, Cornelius Coot, and the tradition says that one of Duckburg’s celebrities has to open their houses for visitors. This year is Scrooge’s turn. In the meantime, Gyro brings a metal-eating alien from his space adventure. Said alien gets kidnapped by Beagle Boys.)

- A short, untitled story about Scrooge breaking his cane and coming to Gyro for help.

- Solar Shenanigans (Beagle Boys see Gyro taking a giant, golden orb to their home and decide to follow him. The orb is meant to serve as a sun in Gyro’s automaitc solar system model but what will happen when Beagles try to steal it?)

- The Moving Money Bin (Uncle Scrooge acts strange lately - he sells his Money Bin and hires new security direct. Donald and nephews decide to investigate.)

- The Bee Or Not To Bee (Donald questions Gyro about his new hoppy: bees.)

- The Case of the Gold Bars (Beagle Boys overhear Gyro talking with president of the bank about the inventor making golden bars, and they decided to steal them. There is only one problem: Gyro’s bars are strangely heavy.)

- Super-Beagles (In need for modern equipment, Beagle Boys go to Gyro Gearloose. They steali his Thinking Cap and become criminal masterminds.)

- After-Thought (Gyro checks his new autmoatic umbrella.)

- The Scary Scarecrow (Gyro spends vacation on Grandma Duck’s farm, when it turns out that the old scarecrow doesn’t serve its purpose. So Gyro makes a special robot to scare the crows.)

- The Plane Truth (Uncle Scrooge presents to his nepews a new flying bus made by Gyro, but once they leave the workshop, they see the bus going off. Suspcious, they go after it and soon learn that the inventor has been kidnapped.)

- Money to Burn (Uncle Scrooge refuses to pay additional fifty cents on his bill, so electricity doesn’t work in his mansion. He thinks that il lumps are as good as electric ones. He also uses Gyro’s invention that generates power from wind. Fire department has some objections.)

- A Sticky Story (Gyro creates a new way of manufacturing jam - just add water to his jam pawder! Donald is tasked to be a lone employee in Scrooge’s jam factory.)

- Cold Duck (Scrooge’s technologically advanced satelite dropped out of orbit and crashed into Antarctica. Now Scrooge, Donald, nephews and Gyro go on the expedition and find a curious surprise.)

Uncle Scrooge #313 is a special issue for our favorite inventor. There is no Gyro there, but it has a reprint of The Fnatastic River Race, which was the first comic with Ratchet Gearloose.

Now let’s go back to Gyro:

- Little Gyro in Quarkland (Tired of living in rude Duckburg, Gyro shrinks himself and Little Helper to explore the world of quarks.)

- Rain-Dance Reversal (It’s raining outside but Gyro needs a sunny day to introduce his invention on The Merry Loafers Annual Picnic and prove his skeptic neighor wrong about uselessness of his inventions. Gyro decides to invent a dry dance.)

- Perilous Pets (Gyro wishes he had a pet and so he builds one.)

- The Big Break-In (The Money Bin can’t be opened and Gyro’s expertise is that door is out of line with the frame due to weight of money pushing on them. Now Scrooge has to remove some of the money to unstuck the door but the Bin’s door is made of special metal that gets harder with age. And so Scrooge lures Beagle Boys to open his Money Bin.)

- Shortcut to Sparklers (Daisy spots a diamond ring she want, but Donald have no money for it. Gyro gives him a diamond-making machine.)

- The Utter Limits (Scrooge, Donald, nephews and Gyro are in space to find an asteroid suitable to be a new Money Bin. They encounter a new alien race.)

- Everything Green (Gyro tossed a failed fertilizer into his trashcan and accidently creates a plant monster. The monster can also make plants grow instantly.)

- The Coin (A chain of events makes one of Scrooge’s coins go from hand to hand throughout the Duckburg. The rich duck wants it back for sentimental values.)

- Junk Funk (Gyro tries to resist the phone solicitor to not subscribe to another magazine.)

Now here’s something very special: Gyro’s First Invention. This is story by Don Rose was written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gyro’s creation and tells an origin of both Gyro Gearloose and Little Helper. Donald and nephews reminescent on how Gyro started his inventing career with helping Scrooge McDuck get his Money Bin from the pit it ended up during the events of A Christmas For Shocktown. And everything began when Donald brought to Gyro’s newly inherited workshop a broken lump and accidentally dropped it on the Thinking Box.

Continuing with short stories:

- Tip-Top Topiary (Gyro’s newest invention is a mechanical hedge trimmer that scans pictures and trims topiary into shapes on the picture. It becomes very successful so Gyro finds he need to make more bushes.)

- The Inventing Invention (Donald has a problem with unscrewing the ketchup bottle so he goes to Gyro for help. It some happens that the inventor has an existencial crisis because of his newest invention.)

- The Missing Millionaire (Gyro talks with Scrooge McDuck about some sensitive matters and purposely makes himself forget about it. The next day he learns the millionaire is missing and the inventor is suspected to kidnap him.)

- The Bedeviled Dime (To protect Old Number One from Magica de Spell, Gyro makes anti-magic magnification ray. But it proves unstable and makes Number One Dime change sizes constantly.)

- The Guniea Pig (Gyro gets into a fight with his long time assistant, Donald and they bet if Donald can make his own inventions.)

- Prophets, Go Home (Gyro stumbles upon fortune-telling machine in the mall and decides to invent his own, more accurate one. He tests it on the mall customers and soon finds out not everyone is happy to know their future.)

- Crazy Inventions (Gyro leaves Donald to guard his workshop. Donald realizes Gyro’s inventions can be wild.)

- The Quest for Kalevala (Scrooge finds out that he’s in possesion of fragment of Kalevala, an epic poem from Finninsh folklore. The poem was talking about a magical grinding mill producing eternal prosperity so Scrooge goes on a trip to find it.)

- The Old, Old Fishing Hole (Gyro rpesents to Donald his newest invention: a belt that transports its weared in time. Looking for luck in fisihing, Donald goes back in time to find out if he will catch better fish in prehistoric times.)

- The Joke Factory (Scrooge hired Gyro into his joke factory to invent better practical jokes.)

- A Day at the Office (To not waste time traveling to the international meetings, Scrooge takes Gyro’s swapping pills that make people who swallow them appear in place they want to be. Unfortunately Beagle Boys want to use them too.)

- Same Old Stuff (Gyro makes a contact with Gizmo Flashpan, inventor from outther space. It turns out that all Gyro’s inventions are common place on Gizmo’s planet, and all Gizmo’s inventions are common on Earth. The two inventors decide to compete on who will invent something completely new to both races.)

- Beagle Brain (During robbing Gyro’s workshop, Beagle Boys accidently activate an evo-ray whixh zaps one of them. The zapped Beagle Boy becomes a criminal mastermind and comes to the inventor for more evo-rays.)

- The Hardware Hardener (Scrooge decides that Launchpad have to provide his own airplanes. The pilot buys the cheapest airplane and crashes it into gyro’s workshop. Gyro gives Launchpad a hardening soldifier.)

- Jumbled Ducks (It turns out the Money Bin is filled to capasity and can’t take any more money. Scrooge goes to gyro for help anf the inventor gives him his matter compact that makes matter smaller.)

- The Customer is Always Wrong (Gyro and Donald get into argument over Donald never lsitening to Gyro’s instructions and they decide to go apart. But soon Gyro realizes he needs Donald to test his more wacky inventions.)

- Gyro 2.0 (Gyro builds himslef a robot double to help him with work.)

- Being Donald Duck (Beagles steal Gyro’s mind-swapping machine to swap minds with Donald Duck and get to the Money Bin.)

- Big Helper (During Duckburg’s Invention Convention Gyro’s rival, Bruce Brainstorm, presents Big Helper - a human-sized version of Little Helper.)

- Lost and Found (Inspired by police dog, Gyro builds machine that can find anything.)

- In the Clouds (Gyro finds a way to live on the cloud. Donald moves in.)

- Green Thumbs Down (Fethry tries to prove to Gyro that he can live off of his organic food.)

- The Scrooge Museum (There is an exhibit in honor of Scrooge McDuck. Unfortunately everyone must pay and Scrooge wants to go for free.)

- The Christmas that Almost Wasn’t (During transport of Christmas tree Little Helper fall off the track and gets lost. Gyro and friends try to find him.)

- The Duckburg Ice Festival (It is a time of Duckburg Ice Festival and Donald wants to win. Gyro provides some technical help.)

- To Supply a Demand (To sell his inventions with “proper marketing”, Gyro signs a contract with Scrooge McDuc. However, contract also says that Gyro has to build whatever is demended by the public. From now on Gyro has no time for himself and for fun inventing.)

- What Goes Around (Something odd is happening to Scrooge. He suddenly remembers that he and Goldie are married, Beagle Boys are owners of Money Bin and Donald lost his house.)

- A Job Too Well Done (The mayor of Duckburg asks Gyro to duct the snow that covered whole town.)

- White Gold (Duckburg is covered heavily by snow. Scrooge has to send large amounts of bottled water so he figures, he will use snow to his advantage. And Gyro just so happens to have an invention for that.)

- The Black Knight Glorps Again (Scrooge displays his trophy collection in the museum. The gentleman thief is also there, preparing for his final heist but he needs his special armor to do so and only Scrooge know where it is.)

- Generous to a Fault (Gyro is outraged by the way Scrooge’s bill collectors operate. He creates the generosity formula, but it turns out to be too strong.)

- Creative Impulse (Gyro suffers from sudden impulses to invent things, So he figures he needs to go out more and take time off. Donald invites the inventor to his place to help him relax more.)

- Space Food Folly (Gyro makes new, improved space food pills that become full-fleshed beef dinner under heat. The invention catches interest of Scrooge McDuck.)

- Comet Get It (Scrooge and Gyro disappeared. Two weeks later Donald and nephews get a mysterious phone call from Scrooge. An airplane with outpilot takes them to secluded, snowy place ,where they learn Magica de Spell asked Scrooge for help with comet on collison course with Earth.)

- Dr. Invento (Gyro becomes a host in children show and have no time to invent.)

- Out of Shape (Daisy goes to Gyro for advice about weight-loss pills. He gives her wieght-loss pills of his own invention.)

- Foul play in Funland (Scrooge bought an amusement park and asks Gyro to fix broken rides before the park will be open. Little do they know, there’s someone else there to and wants the Funland to stay closed.)

- When Posty met Patty (Gyro builds a walking mailbox for Daisy. His own mailbox, Posty, falls in love.)

- A Dime in Time (Scrooge and nephews, following Scrooge’s own instructions form years ago, discover a box that seems to contain Numer One Dime... but Number One Dime is in Money Bin! It turns out time travel is involved.)

- Fleece and Quiet (Scrooge can’t work because of the noise outside the window so Gyro gives him a device that nulliifies the noises around. It so happens that when Scrooge uses it for the first time, Bragle Boys decide to attack.)

- Into The Future (Gyro is visited by his descendant, Chip Gearloose. Chip takes him to the year 3007 in hopes Gyro will help him solve a case of stolen Numer One Dime.)

- A Fowl of the Future (Chip Gearloose comes back... right when Gyro was in one room with Scrooge McDuck. When Scrooge learns his Numer One Dime was stolen in the future, he decides to go on a time travel himself.)

- Guilty as Charged (An accusation from homeless man makes Scrooge catatonic. While walking down the street with him, Donald and nephews stumble upon Gyro’s workshop and the inventor decides to use one of his inventions to get into Scrooge’s mind. It Donald and triplets arrive just in time for trial.)

- Write Thinking (Donalds decides to write a teleplay but is easily distracted and has a writer’s block. So he oges to Gyro who gives him Think-O-Matic that transports ideas into paper.)

- The Other Gyro Gearloose (While Gyro is off on Inventions’ Convention, Donald is left to watch for the workshop. A race of aliens in need mistake him for Gyro and ask for help with their green problem.)

- Brother from Another Earth (Bored Scrooge meets himself from parallel universe who offers to swap places for the excitement. But the new Earth - and people’s attitutde towards Scrooge - is strange to say the least.)

- The Electric Hissyfitter (Gyro builds a machine that drains stress waves from people and releases it in a hissy fit.)

- Projected Poverty (To put his nephews into a trial, Scrooge asks Gyro to make a projection of his Money Bin in ruin, and pretends to be poor.)

- Last Hero of Banania (Tog et an inheritance from his military-oriented ancestor, Scrooge has to become a soldier. He stettles for being a patrol scout on far island Banania.)

- No Need to Know (It’s Valentine’s Day. Gyro builds a machine that analyzes Valentine cards and reveals the authors.)

- Easter Eggs-port (Due to change of regime in Porto Gordo, Scrooge can’t export the gold from his mine. Luckily Porto Gordian’s hens can eat gold and money and later store it in their eggs.)

- Driven to Destruction (Scrooge let’s gyro instal a computer in duck’s car. But although the new invention proves to be useful, it soon catches attention of Beagle Boys.)

- Leonardo da Gearloose (Inspired by the life of Leonardo da Vinci, Gyro decides to take art classes.)

- “I” of the Storm (Gyro and Launchpad are flying through the hurricane to get data for Duckburg’s Weather Center. The circumstances force them constantly to fight for their lives.)

- Gloom of the Unknown Author (Donald asks a question Huey, Dewey and Louie can’t answer with their Junior Woodchucks’ Guidebook: who’s the author of said guidebook? The boys set to solve the mystery.)

- Salt and Gold (A two-parter; Scrooge, Donald, nephews and Gyro go to Cracow because the assistant of Nicolas Copernicus’ who supposedly found a way to make gold out of salt.)

- Around the World in 80 Bucks (A four-parter about Scrooge making a wager with Rockerduck that he will travel the world only with 80 bucks, but Gyro appears only in the third part, where Donald and Scrooge find him in India.)

- A Dolt from the Blue (Gyro constructs for Launchpad an airplane that avoids contacts with hard objects.)

- Big Blimp in Little Trouble (Scrooge tells Gyro to build a new kind of air blimp.)

- The Belt of Time (Thanks to Gyro’s newest invention - a belt that enables time travels - Launchpad is sent through time. Meanwhile Scrooge and Glomgold prepare to go to Andes.)

- The Man Who Drew Ducks (In Uncle Scrooge issue 400 we have a comicbook tribute for Carl Barks and all the characters he created.)

In 2015 IDW started to publish Uncle Scrooge comics by non-American artists, So far Gyro Gearloose appeared in following stories:

- The Inventor’s Picnic (The Annual Picnic of the National Inventors’ Society is coming. Gyro is an official guest host and needs to unveil a very special invention... but his head is empty! Luckily he can count on friends.)

- Heights of Fear (A man who wants to settle a new record comes to Gyro for help. He has a fear of heights.)

- Of Mice and Magic (It’s a tax season and Scrooge is certain Magica is planning something. Little does he know that Magica is already in Duckburg and she has a plan how to get into Money Bin.)

- The Doorman Doormat (Gyro presents a new invention to an investor - a doormat that recognizes the owner and keeps the ujnwanted guests away.)

- Ten Little Millionaires (Scrooge organizes a luxury cruise to the moon for ten millionaires. But somewhere along the way his guests are robbed off their valuables. Scrooge sets himself to solve the mystery.)

- Scrooge’s Last Adventure (A four-parter story about Scrooge’s greatest foes - Beagle Boys, Magica, Rockerduck and Glomgold - taking over his furtune and leaving him misarable.)

- Gyro’s Mananger (Max Buckgrab convinces Gyro to hire him as his mamanger and charge more for inventions.)

- The Miner’s Granddaoughter (A cameo; Goldie O’Glit informs Scrooge that he has a granddaughter.)

- Gum Disease (Gyro presents Donald with the chewing gum that also serves as a toothpaste.)

- Design Flaw (TDuring rainy day in Duckburg Scrooge gets irritated by rain running down the umbrella under his newly-polished feet. He meets Gyro who gives him a umbrella designed to solve this problem.)

- The Droid I’m Looking For? (Gyro builds a robo-gardener to mown his lawn. After few hiccups he adjusts the robot’s intellect.)

- The Terrible Thinking Cap Tassle (Beagle Boys steal Gyro’s thinking cap and use it to make master plans for crimes. The inventor needs to find himself a new thinking cap to stop them from rampage.)

And that’s all when it comes to Uncle Scrooge comics.

Next time - Donald Duck comics.

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Best Xmas Gifts for Her

The stress multiplies when you have to gift something to your lady love; like it becomes an impossible thing to get. So, here’s the Best Xmas Gifts for Her; whether they are for your mom, wife, sister, aunt, friend, daughter, or anyone else, these best gifts for her will make her festive time a gala time. Surprise the special ladies in your life with these unique Christmas gifts for her; also, the gifts for the woman who wants nothing! Whether you’re finding the romantic birthday gifts for her or lovely Valentine's day gifts for wife or best presents for girlfriend or unique gifts for mom, these picks will nail everything. We are here to pamper you with the struggle of yours in finding a perfect present for her, this Christmas season. Having your guidance on unique Christmas gifts for her, we have curated this list to say toodles to all your worries! So, something that lasts forever in her mind and heart, here’s we present the multiple folds of exciting and best Xmas gifts for her; without costing you much! Best Xmas gifts for her 1.Bamboo Cheese Board Wooden 4 Ceramic Bowls This cheese board is just what you’re looking for! From serving Cheese/Meat lovers to dried fruit lovers this board will give that special touch for any social gathering. You’re family and friends will love to come over for weekend parties while everyone shares their fun stories, and this platter is designed with that in mind. A beautiful cheese board is always impressive when you're entertaining your guests. Be the talk of the town with at your next event with the House Ur Home serving platter set! About this Best Xmas Gifts for Her: ★ SEE & FEEL LUXURY OF A PREMIUM CHARCUTERIE BOARD & CUTLERY SET! Made from Eco- Friendly, Sustainably grown and 100% natural bamboo, Our cheese board will add a touch of elegance to your every party or family gathering the slide-out Tray has 4 knives, that are made of high-quality stainless steel with bamboo handles that are easy to grip. In addition, the bamboo cheese board sets come with removable CERAMIC BOWLS & 3 Bonus cheese marker labels Slat and markers Will make your cheese- Tasting!★ DRAWER DOES NOT INTERRUPT THE USE OF THE CHEESEBOARD- Seamlessly pull out from the cheese board, It has slotted magnet drawer storage Which is simply stunning and perfect to hold Serving Utensils and Spreaders inside.★ PENDING PATENTED. MODERN SERVING CHEESE PLATTER SET THE EXCLUSIVE CHOICE- To enjoy with a glass of wine for holiday entertaining is having our modern bamboo cheese knife set.★ AN AWESOME GIFT IDEA OUR CHEESEBOARD COMES IN A PERFECT BOX- It can be great give for any type of occasion, birthdays, housewarmings, weddings, Christmas, etc.

Promising review: " The product came quickly it was very well wrapped. The bamboo is of very high quality and the hidden drawers work wee and the cutlery pieces have bamboo handles and look well made. The cut out areas for the crackers are smooth and well-tooled. The ceramic bowls can either be placed on the hidden shelf or directly on the platter. It would make a great gift but this one I am keeping. I seldom write such a glowing review. "--bcp florida Get it from Amazon for $41.99 2. Me DNA Test - Health + Ancestry Personal Genetic Service About this Best Xmas Gifts for Her: Me PGS test includes health predisposition and carrier status reports. Health predisposition reports include both reports that meet FDA requirements for genetic health risks and the 23andMe Type 2 Diabetes health predisposition report which is based on 23andMe research and has not been reviewed by the FDA. The use of qualitative genotyping to detect select clinically relevant variants in the genomic DNA of adults from saliva for the purpose of reporting and interpreting genetic health risks and reporting carrier status. It is not intended to diagnose any disease. Your ethnicity may affect the relevance of each report and how your genetic health risk results are interpreted. Each genetic health risk report describes if a person has variants associated with a higher risk of developing a disease, but does not describe a person's overall risk of developing the disease.

Promising review: "Excellent, but I would get the $99 kit over the $199 one. Then go to Promethease.com and dna.land.com and import your results (when they're available from 23andMe), For $5.00 they give you loads of medical and other misc. insights from your genetic information. Importing is quick and easy, do it right from the Promethease website (links to 23andMe directly and grabs your data. DNA.land requires you to upload data yourself). Just be sure to download a copy of the final results to your computer for future reference (as Promethease will automatically delete information from their servers after 4 months). DNA.LAND is free (it's a research project) well worth the extra effort and produces some more interesting results."--Ken Get it from Amazon for $199.00 3. Wooden Family Birthday Reminder Calendar Board About this Best Xmas Gifts for Her: What You Get:1x Birthday Tracker Plaque, 50x Wooden Circles, 50x Wooden Hearts, 100x Metal Ring Fasteners, 1x Jute Twine, 1x Wall Utility Hook. PLEASE NOTE: Markers are not included.It Keeps All Family Birthdays In One Place! Help Grandmother & Grandfather & Grandson & Granddaughter & Kids & Mother & Father & Mother-in-law & Father-in-law Keep Track of everyone’s Birthdays. Do not worry anymore that they are having trouble remembering the family’s birthdays.Classroom Birthday Display: Visible to remember birthdays. You can use this birthday calendar to track students’ birthdays. Write all their names and birthdays on the wooden circles and hearts, hang it on the wall, and you won’t forget!Funs Gifts of Grandparents & Grandkids & Parents & Children for Mother Day & Father Day & Children’s Day. Also available for Christmas Gifts and Birthday Presents!Visible to Remember Family and Friends Birthdays. If You Have A Large Family, this is exactly what you need to keep track of all the family birthdays & anniversaries & special events & important dates.

Promising review: "Excellent quality, awesome customer service. I had ordered a similar item from a different company and it was basically junk! This one DOES Come with MARKERS, wall hook & hanging rope, heart & circle tags with connecting rings. Makes a perfect & unique gift! Very pleased with this purchase and I'm kind of jealous of the person I'm giving it to now lol"--Tracy Eilts Get it from Amazon for $20.01 4. My Favorite Child Gave Me This Cup An awesome and useful gift to coffee lovers or tea drinkers for Mother's Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, holidays, bday, inexpensive holiday gift, cute gift basket, valentine’s day, father’s day, your anniversary, white elephant gift exchange, secret Santa, work party, retirement, inappropriate naughty humor, 30th 40th 50th 60th 65th 70th 75th 80th gift, funniest creative small gifts. About this Best Xmas Gifts for Her: Perfect Novelty Gift：20 oz double-wall stainless steel coffee mug tumbler with the funny message, “ my favorite child gave me this cup” print on the front to remind them that they are celebrating the father's day and mother's day.The Perfect Gift For Mom&Dad: our mom&dad, you're my favorite mom&dad funny tumbler makes a cute present for a mom from her child; reminds her that she is your favorite every time she uses the tumbler.Premium Quality And Double Wall Vacuum Insulated: Made only from the highest quality premium 304 18/8 food-grade stainless steel, highly resistant to rust and break, and easy to clean by hand.those funny travel wine tumbler is finished with high-quality printing. our double-wall insulation protects temperature for up to 9 hours cold and 3 hours hot.Durable and BPA FREE: constructed of 18/8 food-grade stainless steel, this travel tumbler is unbreakable and built to last. it is highly resistant to rust and puncture. the BPA free clear lid that seals tightly keeps spills under control and allows you to see inside. the package also includes 2 stainless steel straws, 2 tumbler BPA Free lids, a cleaning brush, and a unique gift box.Too Many Uses: this mug tumbler can help maintain your drink’s temperature for a long time, which makes the ideal companion for alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, wine, cocktails, mixed drinks, champagne, juice, hot or ice coffee, water, tea, etc.

Promising review: " Nice quality tumbler. Very nice gift for family. It comes with 2 lids and 2 straws. keeps items both cold and hot for certain hours"--Kaur Get it from Amazon for $25.99 5. Grandma Gifts Locket Necklace | Mother Daughter Necklace Floating Charm Locket It is a group of Moms who love jewelry and love their families. Our jewelry is full of messages that express that love between Mom and Grandma, Daughters and Mothers, Sister to Sister and all the rest of our circles of love. We create original quality charms and message plates for you to be able to give a gift that has significant meaning to the one you want to connect with. About this Best Xmas Gifts for Her: MESSAGE: "The best thing about having you as Mom my kids having you as a Grandma" engrave on the floating message plate that goes in this locket.WHAT'S IN THE BOX? 1- Our Authentic gold etched stainless steel and glass magnetic locket and 22-inch chain 2- All of the charms pictured 3- Message Plate 4- Full set of 12 Birthstone color crystals 5- Birthstone color chartYOU ARE THE DESIGNER: A Touch of Dazzle is the originator of the floating locket theme set. We give you a full set of charms and crystals, more than can possibly fit in the locket at one time. Why? We want you to have fun with your charm locket! Choose as many or as few to put in your locket.CRAFTED WITH LOVE: Each charm and message plate design by our artist, Goldie and is hand-paint. You will love the quality and beauty of this charm locket Mother's necklace. Each locket necklace, together with the charms, birthstones, and plate carefully gift boxed in our signature gold and black boxes. They are a Mom Necklace, Gift for Grandma and Gifts for Mom from daughter.WARRANTY: A small US company run by Moms. We love producing quality jewelry for you to enjoy for years to come. We offer an unconditional 60-day warranty, just contact us if you have any concerns.

Promising review: " This was just what I was looking for! It’s well made, easy to fill, and arrived promptly."--Andrea French Get it from Amazon for $19.99 6. Christmas Necklaces Gifts Sun of Life Three Rings Design Pendant with Engraving Necklace When I was a baby, your love is everywhere that surrounds me. you love me more and more each day as time goes by. So am I. I’m taking this chance to say "Mom, I love you". About this Best Xmas Gifts for Her: ♥ Engraved Mum Necklace ♥ Engraved Scripts of " Mum I Love You ” & “ Always be with You ”. This layered pendant is designed with three cascading rings that bring out a graceful stereoscopy. Cast from rose gold, silver and gold plated brass.♥ Ideal Gift Choice ♥ Comes in a fine gift box. No wrapping needed. Perfect gift for Christmas, Mother's Day, Birthday, Anniversary, Great Gifts for Mom or Mother-to-be, Gifts for Mother in Law, Gifts for Wife, Gifts for Daughter, Gifts for Grandma, Gifts for Granddaughter, etc.♥ Specification ♥ Chain Length: 17.32 inch + 1.9 inch. Pendant Height: 0.83 inches. Pendant Width: 0.83 inch.♥ Materials ♥Environmentally friendly material. Made of fine 925 Sterling Silver, No Harm to Health, Passed Swiss SGS Inspection Standard.♥ Warranty ♥ 30-day money-back guarantee for any reason; 12-month warranty for quality-related issues. If there is any problem with your purchase, please feel free to contact us, we will help to fix the problem. Thank you!

Promising review: " When I received the necklace, I was really shocked by how nice it looks. Very stylish and shiny. This necklace is really quite beautiful. Looks great for casual, dress, gown or business attire. It came in a nice package and seems to be of very good quality. I've gotten a lot of compliments. I definitely recommend this necklace! Will most likely buy again."--Kathleen M Savage Get it from Amazon for $25.99 7. Mom, I Love You to The Moon and Back Engraved 3D Printed Moon Lamp Each individual moon lamp has gone through a rigorous 26+ hour 3D printing process using state-of-the-art technology. The design is made according to NASA satellite images to accurately reproduce the moons actual surface and craters. About this Best Xmas Gifts for Her: 🌖 SAFE & RELIABLE: Adopting Low Voltage USB Charging And Energy Efficient LED Light Bulb, The Lamp Stays Cool Even After Long Time Use and Gives Off Fliker-free Soft Light Which Would Not Hurt Eyes. By Using PLA Material Extracted from Corn Stalks, The Lamp is Odorless and Non-toxic.🌖 TOUCH CONTROL & MEMORABLE BRIGHTNESS: Two brightness levels settings of dim to bright, white and yellow lighting color to match your mood or any occasion. Easily adjust brightness and color by taping the smart touch on the button. The touch lamps add lighting memory function to save your last setting for convenience.🌖 RECHARGEABLE NIGHT LIGHT: Built-in rechargeable battery provides 6-8 hours illumination depending on brightness. Standard USB charging port for PC, charger and mobile devices, etc. USB-chargeable for use anytime, anywhere. The cordless table lamps make it easy and convenient for outdoor and home decoration.🎁 UNIQUE PERSONALIZED MOM BIRTHDAY GIFTS & MOONLIGHT IN THE ROOM: A great customized birthday present for stepmom mother in law. Creative decorative night light for home, kids bedroom, living room, dining room, college dorm and create a wonderful atmosphere beyond your expectations. Comes in a box, presenting the real moon surface with 3D Printing technology.

Promising review: " Ordered this for my mother in law’s birthday, I included three pics of it. One with it off, and each of the color settings for the light. Comes batteries in ready to go, the base of it is touch-sensitive so you only have to put your finger on it to turn it on (if anyone’s looking for disability-friendly gifts it’s a big selling point!) really lovely, cannot wait I see her reaction but until then this gets an easy five stars from me."--Sam Turner Get it from Amazon for $39.95 8. Christmas Apron With Pot Holder, Oven Mitt and Kitchen Towel About this Best Xmas Gifts for Her: This Christmas with Family, Friends and Magnus Mary Christmas Apron Set! Gift this Cute Christmas Present to Your Mother, Wife, Mother in Law, Sister or Friend Who Loves to Cook. Christmas Kitchen Gift Set includes Christmas Cooking Apron, Kitchen Towel, Pot Holder, and Oven Mitt. Light beige cooking apron with holiday red in-scripture. “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry” printed on chest. 33” L x 27” W. Adjustable neck strap to eliminate the hassle of tying. Two front pockets. Kitchen Towel: Light beige with holiday red in-scripture. “Peace Love Joy” printed on the bottom right of the towel. 28” L x 17” W. Pot Holder: Light beige with holiday red and white.

Promising review: " This unique gift set brought vibrancy in our kitchen with Christmas colors. Kids love when I cook breakfast wearing this set. Best quality apron ever :-). Definitely superior to what I got from Macy's last month. On Top - gift set came with a cotton towel, mitt and pot-holder....feels like early Thanksgiving, early Christmas!!! "--Victoria Johnson Get it from Amazon for $28.99 9. Funny Wine Glass For Women | Mommy Juice 16 oz About this Best Xmas Gifts for Her: Eye-catching text meticulously etched (not printed) into the glass so that it never wears off. This glass is the perfect sippy cup for mommy juice to accessorize your mama on her big day - whether you're celebrating Mother's Day or wishing her a Happy Birthday. Its generous 17-ounce size allows the wine to breathe and fully develop the rich bouquet of flavors from wines you would expect from fine crystal. Yet, this wine glass makes for a great gift under $20! This isn’t a cheap novelty gag gift. This is quality, hand-blown, dishwasher-safe glassware that is perfect for use as your daily wine glass. All Bevvee glasses are individually boxed and protected for safe delivery, no matter how much they're tossed around. The carefully etched text will never wear off with heavy washing. Each letter was engraved by hand by skilled artisans in our small shop in Northern Colorado.

Promising review: " This was the perfect gift for my niece, a mother of 2 little kids. She absolutely loved it, opened a bottle of wine, and started using it right away!"--Joni Get it from Amazon for $15.97 10. Christmas Bracelets Gifts Rose Lover Rose Gold Plated Cuff Bangle Peach roses reflect desire and excitement. The peach rose means that love is anxiously budding, you need to hurry to catch up to romance! Rose gold is a color scheme of gold and copper, elegantly symbolizes the union of two to become one and the promise of a lifetime. About this Best Xmas Gifts for Her: ♥ Valentine's Day Gifts for Her ♥ Inspired by the Rose which signifies romantic and love, this cuff bracelet is a great gift of love, perfect Valentine's day gifts for girlfriend wife mom daughter to say "I love you". Search "qianse rose lover" to find the whole set (necklace and earrings).♥ Bracelet Metal ♥ Eco-friendly Rose Gold Plated Zinc alloy, Hypoallergenic, Lead-Free & Nickle-Free, Passed Swiss SGS Inspection Standard. Made with Swarovski crystals: crystals are supplied by Swarovski but used by our own designers and manufactured in our own workshops. This jewelry belongs to QIANSE Jewelry, not Swarovski.♥ Bracelet Warranty ♥ 30-day money-back guarantee for any reason; 12-month warranty for quality-related issues. If there is any problem with your purchase, please feel free to contact us, we will help to fix the problem. Thank you!♥ Swarovski Crystal Bracelet ♥ This is NOT a Swarovski product but a piece made with Swarovski Crystal. Qianse has its aspiring designers in France. We purchased Swarovski Crystals as raw material and skillfully manufactured in our independent workshops.♥ Bangle Bracelet Craft ♥ Stones are inlaid under a microscope by a top-level master. ▲Missing stones sometimes happen when being delivered with many turns and stops. Just contact us and we will assist you in finding a solution promptly!

Promising review: " This bracelet is absolutely stunning. Honestly, it is much prettier than I originally expected based on the pictures. The pink heart makes this a perfect gift for someone special, although I bought this for myself. If you love rose gold (like I do) this bangle is definitely a must-have! "--Skinny Latte Mommy Get it from Amazon for $26.99 Read the full article

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