#she means the DVD IN THE VCR

[thehyperfixationcorner]

I love Stacy Hirano. She's hogging the braincell, BUT ONLY when Candace is supposed to be the weird one. Literally any other time or interaction she's a total weirdo. She's a disco miniature golfing queen by pure accident because she's too ADHD to do what Candace asked. She thinks shooting an apple through a head is a boyfriend gift. She's more worried about spoilers for a horror movie she clearly suffered from than her bff's brother's pet being a sentient spy or the possibility of being mind wiped. She's terrible at lying about said spy. She is proud of herself for hooking up a VCR and DVD together. She's an underachiever yet becomes president of Uruguay. She enjoyed scrubbing a toilet and needed Candace to point out to her that was mean by her favourite band. She's clearly bisexual and basically rizzed up Vanessa and shocked Monty by casually explaining she knows them because she knows the goddamn platypus. DID I MENTION THE SHRINE FOR THE INVISIBLE FORCE OR HER HYPERFIXATION ON SHERLOCK HOLMES.

She's the Ultimate normal teen girl who's kind of a freak, and I love her. May she team up with Perry more than once.

[a-fluffy-dog24]

6 tiny tales see Dipper and Mabel as little kids and play, learn new things,be there for each other. And lot of very cute slice of life stuff,and early 2000's childhood memories.And head canons and stories from the box set.Alex the creator of the show and his twin sister Ariel.References to Ariel's pig shrine and in show reference the origin of the awkward sibling hugs.The backstory of the Lammy Lammy dance. There parents reaction to them cutting their hair. The twins passed halloween costumes and the origin of sweater town.

Mabel and the game of chicken

April/5/2004

4 year old Dipper and Mabel were playing outside in their fence backyard with their toys. Their daddy just picked them up from daycare. Dipper was wearing a yellow polka dot shirt and blue shorts, and Mabel was wearing a yellow polkadot dress.With her hair up in a ponytail."Dipper the queen cat wants to have a tea party With the dinosaur, '' she told him. "Ok but after the tea party he has to go back to his Cave" they happily play .They have the tea party and help the dinosaur go back home.

But then "Hey kiddos please come inside it's going to rain" thair mommy Catherine call out to them she has straight light brown hair.She just came home from a long day working as a nurse at the hospital.They bring their toys inside and sit on they're beds on a shelf is some toys books ,DVDs and VHS tapes of the land before time,the little mermaid, Shrek,and brother bear and the 1983 my little pony the movie. They small room has two bed across  from each other.One with blue blanket and books on top of it and one with a pink blanket and stuffed animals.

They have a squared window in between their beds and a table the walls are a tan color .In the corner of the room they have a DVD player and a small tv they have a VHS player in the living room the walls have a brown trim and the floor is dark brown hardwood."What do you want to do now? Let's watch Rainbow bright '' she asked grabbing the Remote. "No I don't want to I want to watch SpongeBob '' he yelled and tried to grabbed the remote control out of her hands. "Hey that's not fair" she Wined they started screaming and fight each other on the floor.

Then their daddy comes in "HEY what are you two doing stop hitting each other" he orders pulling them apart and separating them with his hands."I want to watch SpongeBob" Dipper told him "But I want to watch Rainbow bright". "Well if you don't stop fighting each other you'll both not going to watch anything.You know that you're not supposed hit your siblings you could really hurt each other .If you fight  again you're going to be grounded." He said in a hard tone.

They nod their heads in agreement ."And you have to learn to share I'm going to take you VCR and DVD player until you you both can show me you can compromise." "What does that mean daddy" Mabel asked " it means you meet each other halfway in other words, you get to watch your show for 20 minutes and Dipper gets to watch his show for 20 minutes." He takes their DVD player and VCR and leaves. They watch him put them up in a closet in the hallway the hallway has brown wooden paneling.

The twins sit on their own beds because there noting they want to do except watch TV.  "This is stupid I want my own room"he wines then he has an idea he walked around their room and grabbed a ribbon.And tied it to a table "what if we had are own room this is my Side" he tied the ribbon,to the window ."How how am I gonna get out of here" she added " easy you climb out the window and slide down the tree." He told her "I don't think so I will find a way out" she looked around and climbed the big curtain.

And held on and climbed her way over to Dipper's bed and landed on it" ta-da" she cheered. "I want my own room too lets play a game of chicken" she suggests " you have to move out" she told him "no you move out" he argues . "Why do I have to" she argued "ok fine I'll move out" he took his pillow and his blue Clues dog stuffily. And when and move in to laundry room downstairs is  his new room has a ironing bored he used as a desk he sat there for a while he played.But he thought It was lonely by himself "what are you doing Dippy" his mommy asks she sat down and put her arm around him in the kitchen the wall is a picture of them and they mommy and daddy when they were babies. He looks at it and then back at her and says.

"Well Mabel and I where play a game called chicken and I want to move out but I'm kind of lonely. And Daddy took at TV because well couldn't share" he told her in a whisper."What do you think you should do it ok to have alone time but you need to be there for your sister when she need you.You can relate on her when you need her right. And you both need to learn to share sharing is caring " she reminds her son "right thank you Mommy" she Tickles him he giggled.Back in there room Mabel took down the the ribbon she liked having a big room all to herself but she thought that's she just want her brother back.

She cried a little then someone knocked on her door "hey Mabel I came back" she opened the door and nodded her head.They sat down on his bed she wiped the tears from her eyes. "Are you ok" he asked "awkward sibling hug " she told him"awkward sibling hug"he said then hugs her he pats her back "pat,pat" she said."Yea I feel better that you're here I know what will make me feel better" she asks .

"Ok fine but I don't know where my costume is" "please sing the Lamy Lamy dance please bro bro" she begged. He remembers when they were 3 years old and their granny Louis, their mom's mom.She has pail red hair and green eyes she got Mabel a piggy costume and got Dipper a lamy costume. Their mommy put it on them and he love it so much and didn't want to take it off.Catherine Took some pictures of them playing in the nursery had purple wallpaper and a yellow rug.Mabel in her piggy costume got on top of the toy chest trying watch Dora the explorer on the tv and she fell off their toy chest and got hurt she cry.Dipper wearing his Lamy costume did a Dance to cheer her up and she stop crying and started giggling and she loves still it even now.

"oh Who wants a Lamy Lamy so go up and greet your mammy hi there hi there so march march don't don't forget about the babyyy" he sings." Yay " she laughs "I'm kind of tired can we nap" he yawns "ok" she lays down and they fall asleep cuddling with each other.Michael see them getting along and will give them back their players when they wake up.

After they had Dino nuggets and Broccoli for dinner thair daddy  put in a dvd and they all watch an episode of full house.When the episode is over they all play a board game together as a family.Then the kids had a bath the bathroom is small it's light green with a light pink trim.It has a white sink, toilet,bathtub and shower and it has a small rectangle window.Mabel like the bath she got to play was her Princess Ariel mermaid toy.Her mommy scrubs her belly and tickles her she laughs.

Dipper on the other hand was not a fan of bathtime his daddy try to convince him to get in.But Dipper wined and refused "hey Dippy you're dinosaurs can come in with you they don't want to smell too".His mommy said washing his sister "I'll let you play with my mermaid too" Mabel told him."Ok fine" his daddy puts him in and washed him,the twins play and had fun.Catherine moves one of the dinosaurs though the water Dipper makes the smaller dinosaur swim.

After they put their pjs on Mabel's was purple with pink butterflies on it.Dipper's was green with blue dogs on it. Their mommy picks them up and carries them to bed and she gently sets Mabel down and gently sets Dipper down. "Good night buddy" "good night Daddy" "good night dippy" she kissed his head.''Remember no matter what you always project your sister and I love you". "Good night mommy I love you" she tucked him in when Dipper fell asleep.

"Good night baby" he pats Mabel head "good night Daddy can we get a pig" "no we can't"Michael leaves. "Good night honey bunny " she kissed her head "remember no matter what you always project your brother" "I love you". "I love you too good night Mommy can we get pig " "no pigs are to big" she tucked her in then Catherine closed the door.A little bit later Dipper started crying "Are you ok Dipping sauce" "no I'm scared please can I sleep with you" "yea come over" he get out of his bed and crawls in her bed.and they both sleep together all though the night.

The tooth fairy

February /8/2005

Their mommy had just bought them home after the a check up they got they're shots they did cry a little.Dipper try to hide under the table Mabel try to hold on to her Mommy screaming for dear life.But with some convincing and a promise of stickers the twins sat on the table holding hands got their shots then they each got a stickers. The 5 year olds where watching dragon tales   in the living room it was painted white with a light brown trim and coral Orange carpet.They were watching TV well their mom was painting out of her painting in the dining room./p>

They were and eating crackers. Dipper is wearing an orange shirt and blue jeans.Mabel is wearing green Power puff girls shirt and a purple shorts . When there is one cracker left "what do we do " he asks she takes the cracker and split it in half "thank you" he eat his half When Dipper thought his food taste weird and it taste like blood he opened his mouth, and gets the thing out. But the blood kept coming his tooth fell out "MOMMY Help my mouth got blood in it and my teeth are falling out" he yelled.

"MOMMY whats going on" Mabel asks worried "I think I'm dying " he yells ."Come to the bathroom please"she try not to laugh Dipper follow his mommy he drink and spits out some water. And she clean off his tooth "you know what this means"Catherine asks her son. "That I'm dying" he said"no you're losing your baby teeth and then you put the tooth,under your pillow and the tooth fairy comes and takes your tooth and gives you money" she told.

"Really that's so cool" he gos and puts the tooth under his pillow "Mommy will the tooth fairy come to see me" Mabel asks. "Well not tonight but when you lose your baby teeth then she will" "Mommy who is older" she push her straight light brown hair out of her face "you are honey bunny older by only 5 minutes" "oh so I'm the alpha twin cool...but why don't Dipper I lose are teeth at the same time where twins it's not fair" she wines.

And she sit down on the floor in their room "it's not fair Dipper" she told him "what" he asks to look up from playing with his dog and car toys. "That you lost your tooth and got to see the tooth fairy but I don't" . "I can't stop them from falling out, at least I lost them first you still have all your baby teeth like a big baby". She started to cry and ran off to the bathroom and slammed the door.Catherine saw this happen and said."Mason Alex Pines, that wasn't nice at all, that is not how you treat people.

Do you want to go to the naughty chair. What if she lost her tooth first and called you a big baby how would you feel ." "Not good but I don’t care " he answers  "remember you’re supposed to be there for her protect her you would want her help you.You go and sit down in the chair and think about what you need to do." He goes and sits in the little chair in his mommy bedroom five minutes later she comes in and asks him the question. "umm I need to apologize to her" .He walked over to the door and knocks "umm Mabel I'm sorry it's was dumb what I said to you about you being a baby.

And I think you'll lose your tooth soon and the tooth fairy will give you a big surprise" he finished.And she opened the door and he comes in she said " awkward sibling hug bro bro I love you" and he hug her he said "I love you too awkward sibling hug" "pat pat" she said . "What do you want to do now" he asks her "can we watch Rainbow bright "Dipper and Mabel Watch some TV

Then they played together and they were Prince and Princess. She was princess Ariel.She wore a pink blanket tied around her waist and a red wig. She made a Castle out of purple couch pillows and Dipper where a paper Crown and he had a play sword he was the prince fighting the dragon.And Catherine the queen she sat in her chair she get up and ordered the prince to fight the dragon she hands him a sword.He hit the dragon with the sword then threw the dragon pluses across the room. "You save me prince Dipper'' Mabel hug him and picks him up a little and put him down "I give you this crown"the queen Catherine puts the crown on her little prince

"now you have to bring your princess to her castle"Mabel tells him.He niels down and she gets on his back and he piggyback rides her to her castle,and set her down on the couch she giggles.Queen Catherine goes back to the kingdom far away called the kitchen "I learned I'm the alpha twin" she told him "really but by how much" he asks. "By 5 minutes little brother" she brags "hey at least we're the same height" he laughs.

"Hey Dipper remember when we were really sick" she says "yeah it was horrible mommy took care of us" "she gave us soup,movies to watch and a warm bath" she said "well I don't like the bath part remember the gross medicine I hope we don't get sick again that was a year ago" "we probably will when do it's weird when I cough you sneeze"

After they have spaghetti and meatball for dinner the they watch an episode or two of the Care Bears the original as a family they have a cookie for dessert,Their daddy is Busy with at a conference  at work his a history  teacher he'll be home later.And then there mommy pick the kids up and carries them to give them a bath Dipper try and fails to hide under the bed Catherine find him pretty quickly and put him in tub.She tickles them well she washed her children after she tucked them in to bed.She kissed her babies good night "I love you two" she told them "I love you mommy" Mabel sleep with her piggy stuffed animals "me too" Dipper sleep with his blue clues dog they fall asleep and wait for the tooth fair.

After picture day

Sept/9/2005

6 year old Mabel and Dipper come home from Picture day at school.Their Mommy and Daddy stand outside their house.And the twins get off the bus "Mommy where back" Mabel announce

"MASON ALEX PINES WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR HAIR”Michael yells seeing his son's has been cut with a razor . Mabel take off Dipper's blue hat "WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOU HAIR "Catherine asks seeing her daughter's hair. "But we did it together 123" Dipper counted out loud. They hold arms and shout "TWINS" "Aww but why did you cut your hair " she asked in disbelief. "They put gum in her hair" Dipper told her "why didn't you give her your hat" Michael asked him "I don't know" he said."We know it was bad we really sorry" Mabel apologized "I'm sorry too" Dipper added.The parents not knowing what to do they walked up the stairs  Michael opened the red front door to their house.

"Daddy can I call Grunkle Stan" she asked and he handed her his flip phone it ring. The kids go into their room and sit down "umm hello Mike" Stan answered"Grunkle Stan hi it's me Mabel" she yells "and Dipper too" he called. " oh Hi there kiddos what are you doing"he asks "today was Picture day but some kid put gum in my hair" she told him. "But I find a razor and we cut are hair" Dipper added "oh well that works what did your mom and dad say".He found it cute but wondered what they parents were do.

"They freaked out, we might have to wear wigs now," she said."And we might be grounded but we did it together. We will send you the picture we took" Dipper told him. "Grunkle Stan, my favorite animal is a pig. When can we come to your house?" she asked "umm sweetie I'm busy with work but i'll see you kiddos for thanksgiving and maybe Hanukkah or Christmas." Stan answered her question the best he could. "Ok we can still call you right" Dipper asks

"Yes I have to go bye" "bye Grunkle Stan" Dipper said goodbye "bye Grunkle Stan I love you" Mabel said goodbye. "You too bye" he hangs up.And gos back to work trying to fix the portal. Meanwhile the kids watch some blues clues and sing the mail song,and color and they're coloring books.Dipper colors in a Thomas the tank Engine coloring book and Mabel color in her Lisa Frank coloring book.Later the twins and their parents have a talk about asking for help.

"So when you kids have a problem and you're not sure how to fix it you need to ask an adult" Michael explains to the children. They nodded their heads and know that what they need to do. "And you should never cut your own hair cutting that a job for a hairdresser,mommy or me". "Ok daddy we're sorry" Mabel said "Are you going to shave my head" Dipper asked. Their mommy told them "No but you both ground for the night and tomorrow. That means no toys,no books and no TV.you understand".They do understand that if they do the crime they do the time.

Then the kids eat dinner. They have fish and green beans.After they have their bath then their mommy and daddy tucked the kids in to bed and their give them both kisses on the head and told them they loves them Dipper sleeps with his blue clues dog stuff animal and she sleeps with her pig pillow pet (it's a pillow it's a pet.)Then they here a loud  noise they both jump out of bed scared and hug each other for protection.

"What was that I hope it not an Monster" she asked trembling "oh a Alien" he added holding her tighter they look around their room at the books on a shelf ready to fall off the toys DVDs and VHS's of Dumbo,Loiu and stitch,toy story on the floor in the dark .Then they look at the closet and see two red eyes staring at them "it's the alien" he whispered "let see what monster it is" she added they walked closer to it holding on to each other for deer life.

And the red eyes move and jump out of the shadows and it's their cat he sits in his bed "can I sleep with you Dipping sauce"" she asks He said yes and then both slept in his bed and cuddled in safely from the monster/alien/cat. Their mother took them to the hairdresser to see what they could do about the bald patches. And she gave them both little wigs to wear until the bald patches grow back. It probably will take a year for the hair to grow back completely.

Later Stan receives two copies of the photo.He looks at it and smiles as he wishes he could be there. And put one on his fridge and one in a Frame in the portal room.

Thanksgiving

November/29/2007

It's Thanksgiving and the 8 year old twins are getting ready for thanksgiving dinner. They had their showers Dipper was made to take one Mabel is wearing a green dress and a light pink shirt underneath her mom is doing her hair in a half ponytail with a pink bow.Catherine's straight light brown hair is in a braid .And Dipper is wearing a  green overalls and a matching light pink shirt  his dad Michael is combining Dipper's hair.Michael's curly dark brown hair is combed.

Then and kids watch the Macy thanksgiving day parade and it was fun their favorite part was seeing Santa.Then the doorbell rings Michael get the door and it's his dad and mom.Grandpa Shumeses his hair is all white he used to have curly dark brown like he son but it all gone now.He has glasses and a gray mustache and a orange Pair nose, he is older than his twin brothers by 8 years. And his wife  Faith has gray hair. She used to have blonde hair and she is wearing a pink dress.They come into the kitchen and the kids help their mom sit at the table "hi grandpa " said Dipper "did you bring pumpkin pie" Mabel asked. "Yes She did but that's for later" he told the kids.

Catherine's mother granny Louis come in she said hi.Louis used to have red hair.The kids hug her and she kisses their heads.But their still waiting on one person. They're mother and grandmothers are talking and were finishing dinner. Mabel goes into Living room Dipper follow they see their father and grandfather watching football on the purple  couch and yelling.So the kids go to their room they have some toys,games on their shelf and DVDs  and VHS tape. Of Bolt, the land before time,Spirit stallion of the Cimarron, all dogs go to heaven. LILO and stitch, Shrek, Spirited away,the little mermaid,fantastic mr fox,Shrek 2,the secret of NIMH.

Some of Mabel's Rainbow yarn on the floor. “Dipper do you want to finish the movie we’re making for Mommy and Daddy” she ask “sure I’ll get my video camera ready”. They take out the jungle set they make out of cardboard and Crumpled up green paper as the trees,an old Ken doll with a Safari hat made from a water bottle cup. (Dipper makes the man walk)through the jungle he is looking for creatures. He hears a loud noise (Mabel some horse noises) the explore man sees a pegasus she is pink with white hair and a giant purple bow.

He try to catch the Pegasus with a rope (Dipper pulls a rubber band) the Pegasus demands that she will not be taken away. He lets her go and she said he must have a party with her and we must have a karaoke competition where they compete for a million ice cream sundae. They have a fun time together the end.Then Mabel puts on his favorite VHS tape of Charlotte web and cuddles up in her blanket. Holding a pig toy he watched it with her. Well, they waited for their great uncle. Just then they heard the doorbell ring and they ran down the stairs and Dipper opened the door. "Grunkle Stan you’re here yay" she cheered they go in for a hug he picked them up."Hi whoa you two have gotten  big your not toddlers anymore" he said " nope we're in 3th Grade now"told him he put them down.And gos into the kitchen said hi to everyone.

Then they eat dinner. They have Turkey, mashed potatoes, squash,stuffing, and green beans. After dinner the adults talk about politics and stuff outside the kids take their pumpkin and chocolate pies and sit on the purple couch.Stan comes to join them and to avoid the change of adult finding out his identity. And to spend time with his great niece and nephew. When he sat down  he asked "So how school you didn't cut any more hair off did you ?" he asked. "No it grew back eventually" she reminds him "and we got to wear wigs for a year" he says to Stan.

She sits on his lap and holds her with his arm. "Grunkle Stan, can you come more often? Why don't we see you a lot?Dipper asks, "do you think we could go to your house sometime we've never been " she added . "Well you kids have when you were little babies I babysat and I would love to see you guys more.Too but I Busy with work and you would have ask you parents.Maybe you can come for the month or summer something like that" he told them he can't tell them the truth they won't understand but he does wish his brother could have be here too he wish he didn't have to lie to his family.

"Is it because your old'' Dipper said "yeah is that why" she agreed "ok that it" he tickled her belly.And she giggled and then he tickled her feet she laughed Dipper tried to move off the couch but Stan grabbed him. Well this is happening Michael gos into the living room for something and he sees his children and Stan giggling and having fun "Not getting out it that easy '' Stan said as he ticked his feet Dipper giggled and Stan tickled his belly he laughed. Then he stops "sweetie here" he hand her a small pig stuff animal

"thank you Grunkle Stan I want to show you my. Sticker Collection" Mabel went upstairs to get it and to add the pig to her pig shine. "Hey Goober " Stan hand him a old spoon "That is a spoon pass down from great great great great grandfather Pines don't let everyone take it" he rubs Dipper head "Really thanks" he puts it in his pocket"so what do you like to do" he ask him . "Umm I like to read. I 've been reading this new book and it's really cool. It's about monsters and mysteries, "he told him. "Yea that cool you know Dippy you remind  me of someone I used to know ".

Just then she can back and Stan picks her up and puts her on his lap. She flipped the book open. "And these are my rainbow stickers" "that is a lot of stickers, how long have you been collecting them?"Stan asked in amazement. "Seen I was 3 years old and there's my Princess Ariel sticker she is my favorite princess" "yea we're watched that movie a hundred times" Dipper teases.

"Grunkle Stan can you give us a piggyback ride" she said he nodded and picked her upside down.And picked him upside down too and walked around Mabel laughing and Dipper trying not to scream. Catherine takes a picture After they say goodbye to grandpa Sherman and grandma Faith. Then they hug goodbye to Grunkle Stan he leaves.The twins go get ready for bed Mabel tells tell their mom that he finished the movie. She watched it and she loved it. Dipper asks his mom "mom Grunkle Stan give me a special spoon" he shows her. "Dipper that says The Hilton inn he stole it from the hotel,don't believe anything Grunkle Stan says" she jokes.

She tucked him in bed and kissed him on the Head "I love you remember to always be there for your sister and to protect her " "of course mom”she moved over and tucked Mabel into bed and kissed her on the head too." Remember to always be there for your brother and protect him I love you" "I love you too mommy"she said gos to close the door she see Dipper crawls into her bed she tucked him in and they cuddle they go to sleep.She watches her babies sleep happily together and close the door.

The orthodontist

Dec,6,2008

The 9 year old twins sat at the orthodontist because Mabel needs Braces to straighten her teeth.Their mom and the kids wait in the waiting room "how are you doing" he asks her she looks a little nervous. "I'm worried. '' she said . "I can come in and hold your hand if you like. I'm scared of the dentist too. I will be right by your side" he reassured her.

"Honey bunny your fearless you can do this"Catherine rubs her head and tells her daughter “Mommy thanks for trying to make me feel better but I still nervous” she told her."Mabel Pines" the doctor said and they follow him.Holding hands she sit down the doctor explain what they are going to do they clean her teeth then put on a adhesive to hold the brackets on just the top row of teeth.

They have a TV pointed up so she can watch it. It's playing one of her favorite movies, the little mermaid . The doctor goes to get some more tools She sits in her chair in a ball and puts her rainbow sweater over her head and hides.He known Mabel has done a lot of weird things like laying on his bed upside down and imagining how people would walk,eating a scratch and sniff sticker and having to go to the emergency room, or meowing like a cat in her sleep but this was new. "Mabel what are you doing" he asks "Mabel not here she in sweater town". "Well I'm still going to stay here by your side I'm not going anywhere" the doctor comes back she peaks her head on of the sweater a bit. Then she pulls it down "are you ready for us to start" the nurse said "yes I am" she takes a deep breath and blows it out.

They start cleaning and drying the teeth after they put the adhesive on her teeth. Then they get ready to put on the brackets and she jesters her hand to get Dipper to come over. He moves the chair over.And grabbing her hand she calms down. They put the brackets on one by one and the wire on.Later they're all done she gets a pig sticker. They go out to the waiting room and the doctor explains how to clean her teeth. And what she can't eat chewy foods,crunchy foods,sticky food.

He suggested eating soft foods and chewing carefully and making sure to floss and brush. He gave her a paper with the thing he just said to help her. She's a little sad she can't eat gum and other stuff she used to.They go home and she plays with her tamagotchi and he plays on his DS then they had grilled chicken and soft carrots for dinner and a brownie. The kids put on a play for their parents they make props the stage and curtains. It’s set up in the living room. It’s about a wizard that is lonely and the girl with Magical powers has to help him fight a monster. Their mom loves it she takes pictures their dad laughs at their jokes. After the twins took their showers they flossed and brush their teeth. Mabel brush a lot afraid some food might be stuck then they get ready for bed." You still think I'm pretty right" she asked him " yes of course you're my sister and the braces will help your teeth be less squished" he told her. "Thank you bro bro" "you want a awkward sibling hug"he asks "yes please" they go out of their beds and hug "pat,pat".

Michael comes in and tucked them in to bed.And tells them he will always love them and they should always be there for each other and protect each other .They agree they will no matter what ,they will no matter what they go through or where they are they will always protect each other and be there for each other. “Good night daddy” Mabel said he kissed her on cheek “good buddy” he said to Dipper “ok” he replied his dad pulled his blanket on him.And he closed the door Mabel crawl in his bed and sleeps with him and they slept through the rainy winter night.

The movies

October/7/2010

11 year olds Dipper and Mabel go to the movies with their dad  . Mabel is on his shoulders Dipper is wearing his new lucky brown hat and a blue shirt and green shorts and a backpack.Mabel has her hair in a braid and is wearing a purple long sleeve shirt and pink pants. They sneak in snacks they are going to see toy story 3 Mabel is excited Dipper  is scared to see the movie. "Mabel I don't know about this I think it's scary" he shy told her

"what are you afraid of" she ask "the creepy teddy bear" he answered "buddy you can do this think about how great it will feel to conquer your fear. I believe in you" he reassured him "thank dad" he takes Mabel down from his shoulders ."If you get to scared you can squeeze my hand we see the movie together" She comfort him"123" they both shout "TWINS" they laugh "remember when you were scared to join Theater at school but then you find out you love it."she reminds him he nods his head.They go in their dad sit down and the kids sit next to each other the movie starts.

Michael pull out the snack he hid in his pants pockets they eat candy and popcorn.The movies play for a while then he see the Bear and he closes his eyes "dad what do I do"he whispers his dad says "Well, do you think maybe you can try to watch the movie,you might feel bumped if you miss it" he whispers. A couple minutes went by and slowly uncovered his eyes out and Mabel held out her hand and he held his sister hand and watched the rest of the movie.

And after they went home. She was watching a new show called My Little Pony on the purple couch"hey Dipper you want to watch this show with me" she asks. "Well I'm not sure about it but ok I'll try" he watched it and it's not bad he kinda likes it.With its Adventure and story,humor and cuteness. Then they go into their room and he plays Dungeons Dungeons and more Dungeons he trying to concentrate and she plays some 80's music in the CD player a little too loud. Dances "hey can you turn that off" he yells "what no" she said. "Can you use the headphones or something" he told her " well can I just turn down" she suggested ."Sure I trying to read" "oh I'm sorry sure" she turn it down and continues dancing.

The kids see Catherine painting one of her paintings in the dining room . Her straight light brown hair is in a ponytail "mom how did you know you were going to have us" Dipper asks. "Well I took a pregnancy test and then went to the doctor. And find out We were having fraternal twins, identical twins are when you have one egg that split into two separate babies you two came as two babies one boy and one girl we don't know at first we could if had two girls or two boys.But I got lucky you ended up being both. Then we pick out names and got baby stuff and put up purple wallpaper in the nursery" she told them "what about when we were born" Mabel asks.

Well we waited 9 months for you two to grow in my belly then I went into Labor.And had you at a hospital it was hard and scary. Mabel was born first ""alpha twin alpha twin" she cheered herself on "hey by 5 minutes what took me so long" he asked his mom . "Well when you came out you were having trouble breathing I was worried that was first time you scared me but the doctor help you that was the hardest day of my life.But it was Worth it to bring you my babies in to the world.And your dad was there and grandpa and Grunkle Stan'' she finish telling them.

"That how I got my birthmark" he said "yes dippy your birthmark means you are destined for greatness".She saids "and you my honey bunny with your problematic enthusiasm are also very loving to everyone you meet" she hugs her children "I love you two" she said they hug her back."we love you mom" he told her "yea we really do" Mabel added. "You know you two hated being separated as babies. Sometimes we would have to put you two together in the same crib and you would sleep all night" .

"Yea no matter where we go we always project each other" he said " we're best friends"she added they fist bump each other. "you'll always be my babies no matter how big you get" she loving told them and she kissed them on their heads hug her more. "Mom how does the baby get to the moms belly" Mabel said "you'll learn when you're older honey" she replies "why can't you just tell us" Dipper asks. "I promise you that you'll learn when your older time for dinner" she said Dipper grumbled "okay" Mabel sat down at the table.

Then they’re dad cooks dinner and they eat grilled chicken and a salad.Then they have a Cookie for dessert.Then they have their showers he was made to shower and they got ready for bed. Mabel nits a a pink sweater her grandma Dorothy taught her how to knit when she was 6 years old and Dipper reads a comic book their mom tucked them in and kissed them goodnight they go to bed.

Outside games

January /18/2012

The 12 Year old twins were playing in their backyard the backyard had a brown fence and a old light blue and white playhouse.And a small swing set with a slide they were sitting on the swings.Mabel is wearing light blue shirt with ponies on it and rainbow pants she asked "hey Dipper let's play house" "no aren't we two old to play things like house" he told her he is wearing red shirt it with blue shorts. "Well I don't think so please dipping sauce. '' she begged "ok fine but can I play the game after" she pinky swear.

They played together. She used her stuffed animals as the kids and she was the mom and he was the uncle they played for a long time. "Can we play something else please" he asked "in a minute I'm having fun" she told him." Well I'M NOT YOU PROMISE AFTER I COULD PICK THE GAME" he yelled and climbed up the slide ladder and sat back turned to her.

"What happened?" Catherine asks her daughter. "I don't know we played house together and he got upset" Mabel told her.She didn't realize that he didn't want to keep playing. "What do you think you should do? It's ok to play together but you need to think about what he wants to do too honey.You both need to be there for each other so you both can have each other's back" she told her.

Mabel agreed and climb up and slide "hi Dipper I'm sorry I didn't realize you weren't having fun"she apologized he turned around. "Thank you it's okay I'm sorry for yelling " "awkward sibling hug" she said "sure" they hug each other "pat pat" he said. "Think about how many times we had been there for each other. Like when we were learning to ride bikes when we were 7 years old."she reminds him "yeah that was kind of scary" he said "and funny you won't stop screaming."She laughed "Or when it was Valentine's Day in 5 grade and I didn't get any candy or cards"he said. "Yeah I almost got in a fight with the kids that make fun of you but the teacher said I could be suspended" "So I gave you some of mine valentines"she reminds him "Thanks sis".

"What do you want to do now?" she asked "umm can we play ghost hunters". They played at a haunted house together there. Mom calls. Them in for dinner they wash their hands in the kitchen the kitchen is small and little blue color and sit down in the small dining room the wall are a light orange color and table is a brown they have fish and a salad.They sit in the living room on the purple couch watch the Simpsons on TV.Then Mabel wants to play with Dipper they play Pokémon with his cards and have fun.

Then take their showers then their mom tucked them into bed and kissed them good night the kids. "Hey Dipper guess what" "I don't know what" "I love you" she whispers "I love you too" he whispers back.You can see winter nights,stars and the light from the moon outside their Square window. they can also see Mabel's glow in dark stickers she stuck on her side of her room,glow and shining on the dark looking tan walls the kids sleep through the night.

Michael and Catherine  talk about what to do with the twins for the summer.They have been going through a rough patch in their marriage and don’t want the kids. To see them fighting. Michael makes a phone call and talks to Stan about the twins staying with him for the summer. Also so they are not be alone by themselves while their parents are at work.And it would be nice for the kids to get outside make some memories that aren’t just boredly watching tv. Dipper would probably just play video games all summer. Mabel would probably just watch tv in their room as well. Their parents would send  them to a summer camp or something but they never been to a place like that before.And it's a lot of money to send two kids to camp.He thinks that a great idea and can't wait for June.Michael knows that he's not the most trustworthy person and he's cheep but he loves the twins. So it's set up the kids are going to Oregon for the summer.

May,30,2012 The day before the last day of school the twins eat breakfast at the small kitchen table their mom said "hey kiddos guess where your going for the summer". "Disneyland" Mabel guess "summer camp" Dipper ask he hope so "no you're going to spend the whole summer with Grunkle Stan" Michael told them. “He would babysit you two when you were little” Catherine remembers. "Oh ok I remember him a little bit it will be fun. Remember he sends us birthday presents and Hanukkah cards,well sometimes.” She tells Dipper “yeah he does call us on occasion but why don’t we see him more often ” he says. “I remember on thanksgiving he gave me some some stickers" Mabel said.

"And he gave me a a "special" spoon that he stole from an inn." But why?” Dipper asks “umm because we think it will be nice for you too to get some fresh air. And not Watch TV all summer” Michael explained hope he doesn’t ask the real reason they’re going away. “Ok but were are going exactly" he question. "Up in a little town in Oregon we will drive you kids up halfway and then you'll take the bus and he'll meet at the bus stop"Catherine told them."we already packed your bags and we will leave here by 7:00 am so today is your last day " their dad finished saying.They go to school then when they got home they wash up and packed the stuff they wanted to bring for the summer. And then started their trip in the morning driving on the redwood highway.And their parents drove for a while they got to the bus station.By 3:00 pm they were in crescent city CA then they get to a bus for 3 hours and arrive in Gravity Falls Oregon.

They said goodbye their dad he said to have fun write letters and he loves them .They hug him goodbye And their mom told them that no matter what happens always take care of each other and always project each other. They hug her goodbye she kisses them on the top of their heads. Their parents just need a few months away from themselves to resolve their issues.They don’t want the kids to be worried or involved in their problems. The twins ride for a couple hours then the bus stop they get off it's 6:00pm at night. A tall man in a green shirt tells them he's supposed to pick up Mabel and Dipper Pines and tell them to come with him down the road in the woods. They follow him he says he name is Soos he works for Mr Pines the kids trust him a little but they stay alert in case this turns out to be some kidnapping or something.That what they parents said to protect each other.

They see a shack with the woods it said the mystery shack on it and they know it's is the place the nice man said Mr Pines live here but he's sleeping. That what he was told Stanley was actually downstairs working on the portal.The man gives them some leftovers for dinner.After they eat the kids go upstairs to the attic where he said they would be sleeping. The twins go upstairs and open the door they see to beds one with a blue blanket,sheets and a pillow. And the other one with pink blanket, sheets and pillow they start to set up their room with the stuff they bought.They are so tired they crawl into bed and sleep. The next morning they meet their great uncle he ok a little grumpy.He says he has to go work and they have to help him with work he also tells them don't get in trouble.And they start a summer they won't forget.

[sharperthewriter]

Chapter 31 of Roneo and Kimliet

Chapter 31

(7:58pm, Feb. 15, 2006)

The girls that were present in the Rockwaller house then went to Bonnie's bedroom.

"So before we get to business, mind if I ask why you did up your overall strap?" Bonnie asked to Ashley A's decision to reattach the left strap to her overalls.

"They were about to fall down and I didn't want Possible and Stoppable to laugh at me while I was doing my lines." Ashley A replied.

"Fair enough." Bonnie admitted before getting to the real business of the meeting.

"Now, do you have the footage of Possible and Stoppable's kiss?"

The pairs of eyes then turned to Amanda and her video camera.

"Duh, B. Of course I got the goods!" Amanda slyly replied, patting the camera.

"Well, don't just stand there! Put in the tape!" Bonnie insisted.

Since Bonnie had a 21" TV and VCR/DVD combo player in her room, Amanda took out the tape. She then put it in the VCR part of the player.

"We're going to have to fast-foward until the end." Ashley A said, pressing the FF button.

Since the tape was an hour and a half long, she fast-forwarded the tape to the part where the Kim and Ron kiss happened.

Ashley A paused the VCR at the moment that Kim and Ron kissed on the stage.

"And there is the moment."

"EEEEEEWWWWW!" Bonnie exclaimed. "That is gross on so many levels!"

"I think I'm gonna be sick!" Ashley A grimaced.

"Totally disgusting!" Amanda agreed on both Bonnie's and Ashley A's reaction.

Hope and Ashley B said nothing but closed their eyes in terror over one simple kiss. This did represent a threat to Bonnie's MHS Food Chain system in their eyes.

"Okay, so the good news is that we got the evidence of their kiss." Ashley A said, assessing the sitch that was in front of the mean girls.

"But now comes a tougher question: How are we going to get it through the walls of Middleton High without Possible or Stoppable noticing?"

"You have a point, AA." Bonnie admitted. She hadn't thought that far in her plan. "Let me try and think."

The brunette pondered on her bed for a moment.

"I'm getting an idea in my head...wait a minute...I think it's coming!"

Then Bonnie had that Eureka moment.

"I got it!"

"What?" Ashley B asked, "What is it?"

"AB, you do know we have a rivalry with the Golden Dancers, right?" Bonnie questioned. She was referring to the Middleton High Golden Dancer squad that usually performed with the marching band during the football season.

"We do, yes." Ashley B replied, "But we usually only play minor pranks on them such as TPing their houses or making ugly faces at them at their practices."

"This is next level!" Bonnie snickered, "We are going to plant that video in one of the Golden Girls' backpacks at night."

Ashley A and Ashley B reacted with extreme interest in this with their catchphrase.

"Ooooo...extra scandalous."

However, Amanda and Hope weren't so sure.

"How are we going to sneak in one of their houses without us getting in trouble?" Hope asked.

"Leave that to me!" Bonnie grinned.

And so, she detailed out her plan for getting one of the Golden Dancers in deep trouble.

(7:06pm)

At Bueno Nacho, Kim, Ron, and the rest of the Possible family ordered their food. Kim and Ron went to their usual booth on one end of the restaurant and the other Possibles chose a booth on the opposite end. Rufus, of course, was waiting on his Naco on the table.

"So, KP, where do you think we should practice Act II?" Ron asked.

"I wish if we could do it at my house, but...you know...the Tweebs." Kim groaned, looking at her brothers.

"Then what about the treehouse in my backyard?" Ron suggested, "It's much quieter there."

"The treehouse will do." Kim replied. "We can practice there alone."

"Yeah, given that only two people can come up there." Ron said as Ned delivered their orders to the table.

Ron then put the Diablo sauce on the Naco. Rufus dug into his.

"I just hope no awk-weird moments happen between us, you know." Kim said, eating her taco salad.

"I know. Just meet up at a time and we can go from there." Ron replied.

(8:00am, Feb. 16, 2006)

Kim came up to her locker. She was in a long green button-down shirt, dark denim baggy CB overalls with both straps hooked, paired both with a patterned blazer and brown heeled boots. She also held the Romeo and Juliet script in her hands.

Monique then came up to her. She was in a long dark denim dress with three gold CB necklaces and black heel boots.

"Girl, have you set up something with Ron for Act 2?" the fashionista asked.

"I did. We managed to set up something for tonight after this go-around for practice." Kim replied. "He suggested the treehouse at his place at 7pm."

"For real, which scenes are you going to do again?" Monique questioned.

"The first three scenes, Monique." Kim said, "It's going to be no big." _

(8 hours later, 4pm)

All of the students of Drama class gathered once again in the main auditorium of Middleton High. This time, everyone, even Ron, was present and on time and with their scripts. They were all backstage along with Barkin.

The Glee Three then assembled before the other participants.

"Everyone, we are going to do the prologue and first three scenes of Act II." Cara insisted.

Vance added, "And I want everything to go smoothly and perfect this time."

"Without any mistakes!" Laramie concluded.

"Can't they try to cut out that finishing sentences thing?" Kim asked to Ron. "It's so annoying."

"Okay, everyone, places!" Barkin exclaimed, "We don't have time for shenanigans!"

Hope, TJ and Gus then came out on the stage as the Chorus to set up the prologue for Act 2.

"Now, Romeo's old feelings of desire of a previous love, Rosaline, is already dying and a new love, Juliet, is going to take its place. Romeo and Rosaline used to be together but she pales nothing in comparison to Juliet's tender beauty. " Hope began.

TJ continued, "Even though they are charmed by each other's looks, Romeo has to take into account that Juliet is a family member of a mortal enemy. Juliet is suffering the same thing as well."

And Gus concluded. "Beacause of this, they both have no means of seeing each other. However, passion gives these two the power and time will grant them an opportunity!"

All three students then exited the stage.

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“Here we are.” Pa pulled away a battered tarp revealing the tv underneath. The thing was old, probably dating back to the early 2000’s. It was big and bulky with a twenty five inch screen, and a built in VCR and DVD player.

  “How’d you even get this thing up here?” Miles asked. Pa was strong but carrying what he guessed was a 50-60 pound t.v up a mountain just to have a little extra entertainment didn’t seem like something his Pa would go to the trouble of doing. 

   “I had Brown airlift the bulk of our things up here. Saved me a hell of a lot of time that’s for sure.” Together they easily carried the t.v upstairs, positioning it on the coffee table. Pa went back downstairs to retrieve a trunk full of movies, placing the case in front of Miles to pick which one he’d like. 

   “Did you only bring westerns?” Miles gave his Pa a judgmental look.

    “No! That's just what’s on top, keep digging through it.” He wasn’t that impressed by what he found. 80’s war movies, bawdy comedies, and a few classic horror movies.

    “Can you ask my aunt or uncles to bring me some actually good movies next time they come up.”

   Pa waved him off, “What do you know? Which of these movies have you even seen?” When his son didn’t answer he wagged a finger at him, “ha! You see, you don’t know nothin’.” 

   Pa started looking through the collection of dvds and tapes muttering to himself as he searched for the perfect one to show his son. Miles watched him completely uninterested in his father’s pick.“You sure you're not hiding another trunk of movies somewhere?”

   Pa stilled, “I’ve got our old home videos in the safe in my room. Do you want to watch those?”

   Miles' breath caught. Home videos. Did that mean… “is mama in the videos?”

   Pa’s features softened, “well of course she is. Do you want to see her?” He eagerly nodded yes. They had so many tapes to choose from that Miles had a hard time choosing which one he wanted to see first. Tired of his own indecision he closed his eyes and picked one at random, holding it out to his Pa to play, without even reading the tapes title.    They got comfortable on the couch, Miles holding the popcorn bowl, Pa casually putting an arm around his shoulders as he hit play. He got a glimpse of their old house as the camera made its way into the kitchen, his mother coming into focus. Miles almost cried at the sight of her. A picture was one thing, but seeing her so vibrant and beautiful and alive was almost too much for him.

[the-rewatch-rewind]

Sometimes our childhood favorites really are that good.

Script below the break

Hello and welcome back to The Rewatch Rewind! My name is Jane, and this is the podcast where I count down my top 40 most rewatched movies in a 20-year period. Today I will be talking about number 25 on my list: Disney’s 1994 animated musical The Lion King, directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton, featuring the voice talents of Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, and James Earl Jones.

Desperate for power, Scar (voiced by Jeremy Irons) murders his brother, King Mufasa (voiced by James Earl Jones), then blames and exiles his nephew Simba (voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas as a cub and by Matthew Broderick as an adult). Simba grows up in the wilderness with the help of a meerkat named Timon (voiced by Nathan Lane) and a warthog named Pumbaa (voiced by Ernie Sabella), whose motto is “Hakuna Matata” or “no worries.” But after Scar and his hyena henchmen destroy the pridelands, royal advisor mandrill Rafiki (Robert Guillaume), Simba’s childhood friend and adulthood lover Nala (voiced by Niketa Calame and Moira Kelly), and the ghost of Mufasa all remind Simba that he actually does have some worries, and convince him to return home to challenge his uncle.

Apparently the first movie I ever saw in a theater was a re-release of Pinocchio, but the first movie I actually remember seeing in a theater is The Lion King. My aunt took me to see it first, and while I don’t have many specific memories of that experience (I was four), I do remember being overwhelmed with awe. I loved the characters, I loved the gorgeous animation, I loved the music, I loved the intense emotions – everything about it spoke to me. Later that year, I visited Disneyland for the first time, and the main things I remember from that trip are watching a Lion King themed parade and visiting a gift shop at the end of the day to get a Simba stuffed animal, which I still have. After we got back home, my mom took my sister and me to see the movie at a second-run theater, and I was very excited to be able to bring my Simba to see it with me. My sister also brought a stuffed animal of her own. I have a very distinct memory of being in the bathroom of that particular theater after watching this movie and saying, “Simba was very brave,” and when my sister commented that her stuffed animal was brave too, I said, “No, I mean in the MOVIE!” Why that has stuck with me for almost three decades I have no idea, but that exchange is indicative of how much I wanted to talk about this movie for my entire childhood.

As I mentioned in the Sound of Music episode, to my friend Christina’s shock, despite growing up in the 90s, I did not have a VCR until I was about 10 or 11 years old, which was around when most people started replacing their VCRs with DVD players. But my grandparents, who lived about a thousand miles away, had one, so I got to watch videos whenever we went to visit them, which was usually for several weeks once or twice a year. My grandma is not much of a movie person, and she only very rarely watches something more than once, so she has always been baffled and slightly amused by my penchant for rewatching. Before The Lion King, my favorite thing to watch over and over at their house was a video of four old cartoon shorts, two of which featured Humpty Dumpty, but after The Lion King was available for home viewing, that was what I wanted to watch the most. Whenever I put it on, my grandma would teasingly inquire, “How many times have you watched it now, Jane?” and for a while I could answer precisely, but I lost track somewhere around 10, 11, or 12 views, and that’s part of what eventually led me to start keeping track of my movie watching in 2003. So if this podcast was based on total rewatches throughout my life, The Lion King would be much higher in this ranking.

Eventually we did get a VCR and a DVD player, and we got a special edition DVD of The Lion King around 2004. We also got The Lion King 1 ½, which I very much enjoyed for a time, but haven’t revisited since 2005. I remember watching The Lion King II a few times, but apparently they were all before 2003, so I don’t remember much about it. But as far as the original Lion King, since keeping track, I saw it three times in 2003, twice each in 2004, 2005, and 2006, once each in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, and 2019, twice in 2020, and once in 2022. When my brother and I watched through all the theatrically released animated Disney films and ranked them in 2020, we knew we would be biased toward our childhood favorites, but I think we were both unprepared for just how clear it would be why the Disney Renaissance is so named. The striking, exponential increase in quality over the films immediately preceding this era cannot be overstated. But while the early Renaissance masterpieces The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast are incredible, we noticed that some of the animation sequences left something to be desired. Aladdin was much improved in that sense, with some breath-taking scenes – seriously, re-watch Aladdin’s attempted escape from the collapsing Cave of Wonders. And then The Lion King. Nearly 30 years after it came out, The Lion King is still one of the most gorgeous movies I’ve ever seen. I knew going into that project that it would probably end up pretty high on the list, but even I was kind of shocked to find that, at least based on the specific criteria we were looking at, there was no contest. The Lion King was number one. We definitely had differences of opinion throughout the project, but on that we were in complete agreement.

One thing that I particularly noticed while we were doing that project is that The Lion King’s voice cast was one of if not the most racially diverse of all animated Disney movies up to that point, which shows just how incredibly low the bar was, since most of the main cast is white. Robert Guillaume was put in a similar position as Samuel E. Wright in The Little Mermaid in having to adopt a rather stereotypical accent, but despite that, his is an excellent performance. The main hyenas were at one point going to be voiced by Cheech and Chong, and Cheech does voice one of them, but Chong had to drop out and was ultimately replaced by Whoopi Goldberg, which worked perfectly because hyenas are matriarchal, and because there really needed to be more female characters in this movie. Sarabi, Simba’s mother, was voiced by Madge Sinclair, in her final feature film, and definitely deserved a bigger role. Nala is really the only other female character who is at all important, and for some reason while young Nala is voiced by black actress Niketa Calame, adult Nala is voiced by white actress Moira Kelly. Not that she does a bad job or anything, I just don’t understand why they couldn’t have cast another black actress. But at least they cast James Earl Jones as Mufasa. His voice and acting were so perfect that he played Mufasa again in the 2019 remake – which, despite having an iconic and much less white cast, I will never voluntarily watch because the few clips I’ve seen look like they were made by a group of internet trolls as a bad joke, but I digress. All of the voice acting in this movie is fabulous, but James Earl Jones’s performance is unquestionably in the top two, along with Jeremy Irons’s portrayal of Scar.

I absolutely love Disney villains, and Scar has always been one of my favorites. I remember once when I was fairly young trying to articulate to my parents how much it delighted me that when he tells Simba that Mufasa’s death is Simba’s fault, his exact wording of “If it weren’t for you, he’d still be alive” was technically true on multiple levels, because not only did Mufasa die trying to rescue Simba, but it was also Simba’s birth that made Scar desperate to kill both of them, since before Simba was born he was first in line for the throne. But Scar was neglecting to mention that he was the one who had arranged the stampede. And I thought that was SO CLEVER and it blew my child mind. In more recent years, it has occurred to me that part of why I’m so drawn to villains is because they rarely have romantic partners. Sometimes that’s because of the painful stereotype that the hero wins romance and the villain is punished with singleness, but often the villain shows no interest in romance, and that is the case with Scar – or at least, the version of him that ended up in the movie. At one point he was going to hit on Nala and prompt her to leave the Pridelands, which is a storyline that was added back in for the Broadway musical. I appreciate that the creators of the musical wanted to expand the female characters, but I feel like there were better ways of doing that than showing Nala being sexually harassed. Anyway, movie Scar, like many if not most animated Disney villains, is very queer-coded and could potentially be aroace, and even though he is very evil, I’ll take any representation I can get. The way his ultimate downfall is that he betrayed his friends emphasizes the importance of maintaining trust in non-romantic relationships at a level that most stories wouldn’t dare approach.

Speaking of queerness, Timon and Pumbaa are the closest a Disney animated feature has come to showing a gay couple raising a child together. Personally I like to think of their partnership as a QPR, or queer-platonic relationship, which is a committed intimate relationship that is not romantic but is also different from a friendship, but that is entirely the aromantic in me projecting. To anyone out there who reads them as being in romantic love, that is a 100% valid interpretation. As is the interpretation that they’re friends. Their relationship is ambiguous, and I kind of love that. I wish that the movie hadn’t forced Simba and Nala into a friends-to-lovers path. Their friendship as kids makes me so happy, and their romance as adults has always confused me. For a long time I assumed that it was normal to eventually fall in love with a friend of the opposite sex, and that there was something wrong with me for not doing that. But it got to the point where now I’m just annoyed at that part. Not that Can You Feel the Love Tonight? isn’t an excellent song – it is! I just…don’t really think it belongs in this movie. And I get that they wanted the story to end as it began with a baby lion to emphasize the Circle of Life theme, but still. It would have been nice to have ONE Disney Renaissance film that wasn’t steeped in romance (besides The Rescuers Down Under, which doesn’t really count).

So yeah, there are things about this movie I don’t love, but they are so overshadowed by the aspects I do love that I don’t usually dwell on them. Even after all these rewatches, there are still scenes that give me chills. That opening, when the sun and Lebo M’s voice break through at the exact same moment, and all the animals are heading to Pride Rock through the fog and the intro to Circle of Life – ugh, it’s so beautiful! And the wildebeest stampede! Apparently it took over two years just to animate that two-and-a-half-minute stampede scene, using and innovating new computer programs and systems, and man, did that work pay off! As with the opening, the score and choir greatly enhance the stampede scene as well. Even if I didn’t love the story and the characters – which I do – the gorgeous animation and music would be enough to convince me to keep rewatching this movie. Which is particularly interesting given that most of Disney’s top animators at the time, along with Disney Renaissance music superstar Alan Menken, were working on Pocahontas instead because the studio wasn’t really taking this lion movie seriously. So the visuals were created by relatively inexperienced animators, and the score was by Hans Zimmer, who had never worked on an animated film before. The story itself went through a staggering number of concept changes and rewrites. Three people are officially credited as screenwriters, but then there are 17 people credited with contributing to the story, an additional eight people credited under “additional story material,” plus a story supervisor. At one point it was going to be a story about lions vs baboons, and the original title was King of the Jungle before somebody realized that lions don’t actually live in the jungle. Eventually the pitch became “Bambi in Africa meets Hamlet” and everyone just ran with that. Somehow, seemingly by accident, exactly the right people with exactly the right talent and dedication managed to create a masterpiece out of what by all logic should have been a disaster, and learning all of this over the years has made me appreciate it even more.

The Lion King is also full of difficult lessons that I still find relevant as an adult. Hakuna Matata is a good motto to apply to things you truly have no control over, but should never be used as an excuse not to work on problems you can do something about. Often it’s hard to tell which is which, and that’s why we all need friends and mentors like Nala and Rafiki to help. This movie also provides a deep and profound portrayal of grief through the eyes of a child, and how it stays with him through adulthood. Many other Disney protagonists have deceased or absent parents, but there’s no other moment in the Disney canon anywhere near as devastating as Mufasa’s death. It’s not exactly the same situation, but my aunt who first took me to see this movie died of cancer when I was 11. That was the first real loss of my life, and I think the fact that I will always associate The Lion King with her has significantly deepened my appreciation for this movie. My first viewing in 2020, before my brother and I embarked on our Disney project, was in honor of the 18th anniversary of her death, and I sobbed through most of the movie. It was very cathartic. I know that The Lion King is widely beloved and acclaimed – it’s the highest grossing 2D animated film of all time, it won two Oscars, it has 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it’s currently ranked #37 on IMDb’s top 250 movies – but it still feels incredibly personal to me. It was the first movie that I ever fell truly, deeply in love with, so it will always be one of my favorites.

Thank you for listening to me discuss another of my most frequently rewatched movies. Stay tuned for next week, when I will be talking about another Disney film that I’ve seen 19 times. As always, I will leave you with a quote from that next movie: “Darling. Could you, like, chill for a sec?”

[adultswim2021]

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! #14: “Dolls” | December 3, 2007 - 12:15AM | S02E03

Another pretty great episode, with a few iconic-ass sketches. “See My Goatee” is the cold open. It’s a little animation of people having their beards shaved away into goatees or having goatees added to their faces, magically. This ends in bloodshed, I’m sad to say. Could this be the origin of the Joker? How does The People’s Joker fit into all of this?

This one has little hosty bits where Tim & Eric are showing off their official dolls. Tim’s is evil, and says “I am a weird doll. I will be causing trouble in a few minutes.” in a backwards-sounding patois. Very scary, but above all, awesome. This bit is resolved in a different sketch. Recurring threads in different sketches! Can you imagine such a thing! 

Steve Brule’s Last Resort Fighting is a VHS instructional video about Steve Brule’s fighting technique. The bit is pretty easy to comprehend, and fairly simplistic comedy-wise, but they elevate the material by having this segment finished on a crummy VHS tape with copious glitches; even capturing the on-screen tracking display from a real VCR. The logo for this sketch is GORGEOUS, and for a long time served as the banner for the ASMB. It may have been the forum’s final banner before it folded. Anyway, this is sort of a dry-run for “Check It Out with Dr. Steve Brule”.

This one has the very iconic “I Sit on You” song starring one Palmer Scott, a Tim & Eric cast-member who I’d always heard “he’s in on the joke, actually”. Like, he understands why he’s funny and is playing it up. His is a simple song that describes and demonstrates how he’s going to sit on you. No explanation as to why he’s sitting on you. Tim & Eric did this bit for their live shows. First they’d ask for a volunteer and sit them down on stage, and then the music would start and Palmer would ungulate out onto the stage to thunderous cheers. Palmer once famously argued with my friend who posted a bogus tweet memorializing Casey Kasem, “the voice of Yoda”. Palmer was incensed. Can you blame him? That information is way bogus.

Beaver Boys are back. This time they are being admitted into the hospital after overdosing on shrimp. Patton Oswalt plays the doctor who fixes them up by getting their white wine levels up. It’s very repeat-character on SNL-esque, but maybe that’s the point. I mean, there’s not a lot of foundation here, just a lot of goofy party acting. To be fair, it’s not that much less of a foundation the first Beaver Boys sketch had. You gotta keep your merch shop t-shirts relevant, I guess. Patton is okay in this. Sometimes when he participates in sketch comedy it can be difficult harnessing his powers properly. This one is fun and inoffensive. 

My favorite piece in this episode is “Ooh Mamma,” a slightly Lynchian absurdist art video where Tim and Eric are little boys in a basement. Their big bitch Italian mother comes down to make maternal faces at them while they chant “Ooh Mamma!” in a way that goes from childishly cloying to animalistic and troubling. They start thrashing the room while she continues to watch on, as if what she’s looking at is adorable. This is eventually inter-cut with footage of Tim & Eric’s face being illuminated and laughing, looking down at an overhead projector.

That footage is from the scrapped sketch they were shooting when they devised “Ooh Mamma”. That sketch is called “good tennis” on youtube, and indeed you can pick out that phrase in the little snippets that are used in “Ooh Mamma”. This is actually based on a sketch they did pre-Awesome Show. I recall it being on the timanderic.com DVD-R they released way back. 

Another notable sketch: Tiny Hats. This is a very long commercial for a store that sells Tiny Hats meant for men and toys of all sizes. A man is shown to be in a predicament when his dolls lack hats, and his date is going to be there any minute. His male friend who barges in on him whenever he likes tells him about the Tiny Hat store. This is where Tim’s tiny doll comes back; the ending of the episode is he winds up in the guy’s doll collection and is unceremoniously shot by his friend, who admits to spying on them.

EPHEMERA CORNER:

Do not click unless you want to get spooked:

(Thank you for finding this, London)

[wowbright]

((In all seriousness, I just thought I'd contribute to the Goncharov mystique by making up a Soviet remake. BTW, Sergei Bodrov is an actual Russian director, and he did make at least one crime film (Katala) to my knowledge.))

Are you sure you made up the Soviet remake? I started high school in 1989, and one of the few American school districts that taught a full four years of Russian. I didn't take it myself, but my friends who did were obsessed with a Russian gangster movie that had recently come out that they said was based on "the Scorsese classic." Not having been born in 1973 and also living in a house that didn't own a VCR until 1992, I thought they were talking about The Godfather (because I also kept confusing Scorcese with Coppola).

It wasn't until late in my junior year, or maybe my senior year?, that they finally got a hold of a copy that we could watch--European DVDs and videotapes weren't compatible with American players, so it required somebody going on an exchange trip to Russia (a feat in itself), getting the DVD, bringing it back to the US, finding somebody who had a DVD player that could read European DVDs (IDK may be Russian DVDs were different from even European ones), and having that person transfer the Russian version to videotape.

Anyway, I remember going over to my friend Jason's house to watch it. I didn't speak Russian beyond "hello," "very," and "glasnost" (later I would also learn how to say "it [is a] factory"), but I had watched The Godfather movies every Thanksgiving for several years so I figured I'd be able to follow along fine. Also, I had taught myself this Cyrillic alphabet, which wouldn't be relevant if it weren't for the moment that the title screen came up.

"Goncharov?" I asked. "Does that mean 'godfather'?"

Everybody looked at me like I was crazy. "You're joking, right?" my friend Beth (okay actually we weren't friends at all but we were in the same friend group so you know) said.

I didn't know what there was to joke about.

"Wait. You've seriously never heard of Goncharov? The greatest mafia movie ever made?" Jason asked. He was a real cinema snob.

"I thought that was The Godfather," I said.

So many pairs of eyes rolled.

Anyway, we watched the movie. There were no subtitles. Robin, who I knew from church but didn't really hang out with otherwise, took pity on me. She sat next to me and translated the dialogue. Sometimes this annoyed the other viewers, sometimes they jumped in and offered their own translations.

Of course, I didn't need any translation to see the chemistry between Katya and Sofia. Of course, it still remained subtext mostly, and even when they kissed it was open to interpretation about whether it was a kiss of friendship or something more. We were 20 years on from the initial filming of Goncharov, but same sex romances still weren't being portrayed on the silver screen in the U.S. except in the context of Serious Art Films that You Had to Really Hunt Down at the Video Store, and I would imagine it was even more restrictive in Russia.

Still, as a young closeted queer, the story meant everything to me.

I later got my hands on the actual Scorcese Goncharov and would watch it alone in the basement, rewinding and rewatching the scenes between Katya and Sofia so many times that the tape wore out.

Later, in college, we ended up doing our freshman class play (it was a women's college, we had a lot of weird traditions) as a parody of Goncharov. Only in our version, Katya and Sofia's kisses were unmistakably romantic, and at the end of the play they left for Hawaii and got married (it wasn't legal there, but the Hawaiian Supreme Court had ruled that not letting same-sex couples get married or register in civil partnerships was discriminatory, so we were full of hope); Goncharov and Andrey fled Italy for Denmark, where they registered as domestic partners (it was the first country in Europe to recognize relationships between same-sex couples) and transferred their business skills to start a successful floral and produce enterprise.

I realize I have now gotten way way off the topic. But wow, your question just brought back a flood of memories and I'm loving it.

Anyway, I suppose it's possible that my high school friends were misleading me about this Russian gangster movie. I mean, I *thought* the women were called Katya and Sofia, but not speaking russian, I could have been mishearing the whole thing. Maybe my wholesome church friend Robin was making up her translations just to screw with me, and that's why the others joined in so adamantly at times.

And Goncharov's a pretty common Russian name, right? So it's totally possible that there's a Russian movie with that name that has only an accidental relationship to the American one.

Honestly, at this point, I don't care if my snooty high school friends in the Russian Honor Society were fucking with me or not. They introduced me to a wonderfully homoerotic Russian movie, and also to the original Goncharov (1973). And those things warmed my closeted queer heart, and kept me going until I found real queer representation in books and made-up college plays and later in films and TV.

But I sort of hope the Russian version is real. Now that we have the internet, it shouldn't be so hard to find it. If only I still remembered how to read Cyrillic ...

[childhood90snostalgia]

90s/00s Movies (Personal Memories)

Movies

101 Dalmatians Ace Ventura Pet Detective / When Nature Calls Airbud Andre Angel’s in the Outfield Babe Beethoven Big Daddy Billy Madison The Blair Witch Project The Cheetah Girls Dennis the Menace Dr Dolittle Dumb and Dumber E.T The Extraterrestrial Flubber Fly Away Home Free Willy George of the Jungle Girl Interrupted Happy Gilmore Homeward Bound Honey I Shrunk the Kids Hook Indian in the Cupboard Jumanji Jurassic Park / The Lost World Legally Blonde The Mask Matilda Monkey Trouble Mrs Doubtfire My Girl The Ring Space Jam Spice World Stuart Little Thirteen Ghosts Titanic The Sixth Sense The Water Boy The Wedding Singer What Lies Beneath

Teen Movies

10 Things I Hate About You Bring It On Can’t Hardly Wait Clueless The Craft Crossroads Cruel Intentions Drive me Crazy Empire Records I Know What you Did Last Summer Mean Girls Never Been Kissed Not Another Teen Movie The Princess Diaries Scream She’s All That Cartoons

Aladdin All Dogs go to Heaven Anastasia Balto The Brave Little Toaster Fern Gully A Goofy Movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Iron Giant The Land Before Time The Lion King The Little Mermaid James and the Giant Peach Mulan The Nightmare Before Christmas Oliver & Company Scamper the Penguin Sonic The Movie The Swan Princess The Pebble and the Penguin Pocahontas Tarzan Toy Story We’re Back

Bonus

DVD’s DVD Players VCR’s VHS Tapes

[wheresmulder]

I truly do not talk about the good place enough on this blog. Like you guys really don't understand. if you guys think I like a league of their own. If you guys think, I like the x files. If you guys think, I like anything at all. you have no idea how I feel about The good place

like I can't even actually put it into words. It changed me as a person fundamentally. I mean, I know we say that about a lot of stuff but just. It's different with this show. With all of the things that I've ever fallen in love with What do I do? I watch them until I cannot watch them anymore. I've seen aloto at least 60 times all the way though. Do you know how many VHS tapes I broke as a child because I would just watch my favorite movie repeatedly until literally the tape snapped inside the vcr bc I wore it down. And then I'd cry my eyes out. RIP rescuers down under. That was like a death in the family. When I was 21 my sister Snapped my DVD in half (Chitty chitty Bang bang) because I watched it literally 4 times in 1 day. And it's like a 3 hour movie, so that is a whole day of Chitty chitty Bang bang on in the living room. Yeah, she took the DVD out of the player and snapped it in half right in front of me. Whenever I find a song that I like I literally listen to It for days on repeat and I memorize the lyrics and I suck every single drop of joy I can get out of it.

And that's on autism.

But I've digressed.

the good place is literally the best thing that I've ever seen.

And so I have only watched it twice.

I found It on Netflix like right when the last episodes of the last season were airing and me and my family binged it, and then watched the final episode on the day it came out.

I've literally only rewatched it one time since then.

The show is so fucking good that I don't want to rewatch it. Because I don't want to dull the sensation of how good it is. I don't want to memorize it (i do have the cactus scene memorized from showing it to ppl). Because I want fresh eyes when I watch It again. Because I love it that much. I literally have never loved anything this much in my entire life. all my life I have been obsessed with movies and TV shows and books and music and I literally have been like agonizing ever since I turned 18 about like what tattoo I'm gonna get because I wanted all these tattoos (like AURYN from tnes, VFD eye, fma ouroborus) but I couldn't make a decision and the money and this and that and whatever to put it off and never got one but literally ✨️within 3 months of my first rewatch of the good place✨️ I went out and got a goddamn cactus tattooed on my forearm with the words "Thank you, Janet".

That's how much this show means to me. If that doesn't say it all, I don't know. I just genuinely believe it's the greatest piece of media ever made and I think it should be required reading for anyone in our society.

[toomanysurveys9]

[chasingghosts @ bzoink]

What can you smell right now?   Lilli’s rat cage because it’s in the living room and needs cleaned. Again.

What was the last thing you bought online?   Decorations for Erin’s baby shower because she was freaking out and talking about canceling it.

If you drink coffee, when was the last time you went a day without having one?   I do drink coffee. But most days I go without it.

Do you have any appointments coming up?   Not currently.

Do you put appointments in your phone’s calendar app to remember them?   I try. But I’m better at writing them down in my agenda.

Will you be visiting anyone’s house in the next week or so?   We will be going to Nick’s dad’s house for my sister’s baby shower.

Have you ever been to a petting zoo? What animals did you pet?   Yeah. I always pet goats and bunnies.

What was the last movie you saw in theatres?   The newest Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

Do you know anyone who has done a PhD?   I mean, my doctor obviously. One of the BCBAs that worked at my job was super close to getting their PhD but they left at the beginning of the month.

How many unread emails are in your inbox right now?   In the main mailbox part, probably at least 100.

What four apps do you keep on the home bar on your iPhone? (Sorry, I’m not sure if Android has an equivalent!) I don’t have an iPhone. But I have contacts, messages, camera, and google I think.

Have you ever used Tumblr? Do you still use it today?   Obviously I do, although not nearly as much as I would like to these days. BUT I’m almost done done with school and hopefully that will free some time.

Are you tired right now?   I am absolutely exhausted.

What’s your favourite day of the week and why?   Fridays. It’s the start of the weekend and that’s usually when Jake is able to do things with me, like go to dinner.

How far away is the nearest major city?   Not that far.

Do you own an electric kettle?   Nope.

Are your eyebrows wispy or bushy?   Bushy.

Have you ever lost your wallet or purse? Did you have to replace a bunch of things?   I lose my wallet ALL THE TIME. It’s probably one of Jacob’s pet peeves about me.

Where are you right now? Describe the room or place to me.   In the living room. It has a bookshelf full of DVDs and VCR tapes. A multi-level rat cage. A couple toy boxes overflowing with toys for Nora, as well as some bigger toys that don’t fit in the toy box. A couple black shelves that are full of all sorts of random shit, mostly Jacob’s, although it also has some piles of miscellaneous books on it too. There are two couches that are a dark-ish gray, and a black recliner.

Do you prefer big dogs or small dogs?   Big dogs are my favorite, but I don’t mind little dogs either.

Are you good at understanding heavy accents? Which accents would you say you’re the best at understanding?   It just depends on the accent I guess.

Have you ever played on a real life pinball machine, or just on the computer?   I’ve played a real one at an arcade.

Do you have a lot of word documents or notes on your computer?   I have a ton of word documents because I use my computer for school, which involves writing a lot of papers.

What’s your favourite Ben & Jerry’s flavour?   I don’t know. I don’t really eat Ben & Jerry’s too often.

Have you ever been to a school reunion? How was it?   I have not been to one. We were supposed to have one not too long ago because we didn’t get to do one last year but it never happened.

How many nights a week do you generally cook at home?   I cook two nights a week. My mom cooks two nights a week. And Brian cooks two nights a week. Then we have one night for leftovers or whatever you want.

What colour are the street signs in your neighbourhood? Are they the same all over town or do they vary?   Green. They are all mostly green although I guess I’ve seen a few blue too I think.

Do you have good grammar and punctuation skills?   For the most part. Then there are times when I obviously do not care.

Have you ever tried vegan chicken? Did you like it? I have not had it, nor do I want to.

[awesomeforever]

Sept. 1, 2022 | Debbie Garner dgardner@thereminder.com EAST LONGMEADOW – Got old electronics you want to dispose of? Appliances and yard equipment that you no longer need? TVs left over from your last upgrade? Important papers you need to shred? The Parent-Teacher Organizations (PTO) of East Longmeadow’s five public schools hope you’ll dispose of these unwanted items with them during their annual fall e-cycle and shred event fundraiser. On Sept 10 from 9 a.m. to noon, bring your unwanted electronics and appliances – and files – to East Longmeadow High School for proper disposal, for a fee, with all proceeds benefiting the PTOs of the five schools. Electronics recycling – e-cycling – will take place between 9 a.m. and noon; shredding will take place between 10 a.m. and noon. Representatives from all five East Longmeadow schools, as well as Longmeadow High School student volunteers, will be on hand to help unload items from vehicles. The event is rain or shine. The cost to recycle small electronics such as VCRs and DVD players, appliances such as coffee makers, toasters, and hedge trimmers, and computer items such as laptops, tablets and printers, is $15. Appliances such as air conditioners and humidifiers/dehumidifiers, lawn mowers, computer monitors and TVs up to 19” are $25. All flat screen TVS, as well as other models 20”-27” in size, are $30 to dispose of. Large appliances such as dishwashers, exercise equipment and console/rear-projection and other TVs over 30” are $40. All shredding, which will be processed securely on site by ProShred, is $5 per bag or box. Preferred payment method is Venmo to Mapleshade-PTO; payment also accepted in cash or by checks payable to the Mapleshade PTO the day of the event. The goal for the annual fundraiser is “between $1,500 and $2,000 … that’s what we usually hope for every year” event coordinator Katie Reilly told Reminder Publishing, with the funds split between the town’s five schools – Mapleshade, Meadow Brook and Mountain View elementary schools, Birchland Park Middle School and East Longmeadow High School – for extras not covered by each school’s budget. At the high school the monies typically help cover “teacher appreciation” events Reilly said, while at the elementary and middle schools the funds are put towards “enhancements of learning materials, field trips … it depends on what the [PTO] board decides and the principals ask for that year.” This year, Reilly said the Board of Health obtained grant monies which the group is using to defray the cost of the shredding services for the event. “They are paying $500 for the use of the truck,” which means the payments for all shredding done on Sept. 10 will be “pure profit” for the annual fundraiser, Reilly said. For larger items, especially those with freon, the fundraiser proceeds are the balance after the group pays recycler Gold Circuit e-cycling to dispose of the goods, she added. Regardless, Reilly said the PTOs try to keep the cost of recycling and shredding at this annual event affordable for the public. She said 100 percent of all proceeds raised during the event goes to the schools. “We have been holding this event for quite a while,” said Reilly, who indicated the fundraiser predates her involvement, and she has a child who is a senior at Longmeadow High. “But we thought it was a service that is necessary – everyone has bulk items they need to dispose of – and here is a great cause [to support].” Share this: source

[arsonistsam]

Day six/last day of the @transbearbenny 200 follower count celebration. It’s been fun, y’all.

Free Space: Prophet!Benny

It’s the middle of the afternoon and Dean’s been out all week. Benny thinks Sam went with him, out on some hunt for a Vitala. “No, you can’t come. Just watch the kid. Maybe some tv.” Sounds nasty.

Kevin’s passed out on the kitchen table, God-rock sitting pretty next to him

Benny knows he’s not supposed to touch it or look it or think about it. Every time he even comes into the kitchen Dean ushers him out and promises to make whatever he wants most. Dean refuses to go to the nearest blood bank and steal a few pints of A positive for him. What typa friend…

So, yeah. Benny touches it anyway. He holds it up and his big old fingers and sets his eyes on the symbols. They swim in front of his face for a second before sharpening into clarity.

Who said this was hard? It’s like a slight pressure on his temples. Like the pre-pre-cursor to a migraine. Benny fills a glass of water and gulps it down and the feeling fades. Benny imagined more drama. Maybe his eyes would burn out, which would suck, or, he doesn’t know, wounds would suddenly open on his skin. But no, he looks at the symbols and they look back at him. There’s a symbol with a twist at the end like a pogo stick- that’s lamb’s blood.

He thought this would be harder. Isn’t Kevin supposedly the only one that can translate this thing? The only prophet around?

Benny grabs a big piece of paper and a pencil from Sam’s room. He spends the next twenty minutes translating to the symbols from what they mean in his mind to the words in English. By the end he’s got a recipe for a spell with the annoying sort of foreword Dean complains about while he cooks.

It’s only when he’s putting the notebook down next to Kevin’s practically comatose body that he remembers why he came here in the first place.

The video thingy is broken. VCR. See had what happened was that Benny put the tape in like Dean instructed, some sort of movie about a man dying and meetin’ his maker. When the time came that the video was over Benny wanted to switch it out for a new one, Some Like It Hot, but the damn tape wouldn’t come out! In all his hee-ing and haw-ing the whole thing crashed onto the concrete ground and broke into a million pieces.

Fuck him.

Alright. Guess that means he’s going to the store. How much can a new VCR cost? Two dollars? He does in fact know how to drive even if he doesn’t know how to get gasoline. He asks the pretty sounding lady in the car machine on how to get to a tv store. She points him Northwest.

He arrives at an asymmetrical monstrosity of a building. Best Buy a great big tag reads on the store front. Even Benny in his old ways knows that combination of yellow and blue makes for sore eyes.

He walks through the magic sliding doors and is met by a teenager with a sparse mustache and similarly disconcerting blue shirt.

“Hi, sir! How can I help you?” The kid’s voice is squeaky and grates Benny’s already frayed nerves. He takes a deep breath and plants his feet.

“I- uh- I need a VCR. Mine had an accident.” Practically killed itself, via Benny of course.

The teenager tilts his head at Benny, “We don’t sell VCRs anymore. But we can get you a DVD player.”

“Dee-vee-dee?”

The boy, Benny shoots a look to his name tag, Mason exhales hard through his nose.

“It’s like a VCR but instead of VHS tapes you buy in DVDs.”

All the acronyms are starting to be too confusing. “I just need a VCR.”

Mason puts his hands on his hips, “You’ll have to buy one online then. We don’t sell them here.”

“Fine.” Benny turns to make his way back to the car.

“Fine!” says Mason behind him. Benny shoots him a glare and he shrinks down.

How’s he gonna explain this to the Winchesters?

Turns out that’s not even his first problem when he gets back to the bunker. Sam and Dean and Kevin are all gathered in the kitchen facing the table. Sam is gripping his head, Dean’s frozen in place, and Kevin is furiously pointing at the piece of paper Benny left next to his head.

“That was not me! I woke up and there it was, completed, right next to my sleeping head,” Kevin starts pacing, “Oh, God. What if this is threat? What if someone is saying they could have killed me? Why would they even leave the Demon tablet? What if they took Benny for ransom?”

“Well that wouldn’t make any sense considering I’m right here.” All three boys turn to look at him.

“Benny! You’re alive!” Kevin throws his arms around Benny’s neck.

Benny pats his back for a while, “Yeah just went out to buy something.” Kevin lets go.

“So you don’t know who did this?”

“I do,” Benny takes a deep breath, “I translated it.”

He’s immediately hit with a face full o’ holy water.

“Thanks for that,” he swipes a hand down his face. “‘M not a demon.”

Dean pushes him up against the wall, forearm to his chest, “So what are you, then? And what have you done with Benny?”

“It’s me! I’m just Benny.”

“Yeah, right.” Dean pushes away from him and picks up the paper to examine it.

Sam speaks up from next to him, “Benny, how did you translate this?”

“I don’t know,” Benny shoves his hands in his pockets, “I just looked at the rock and suddenly the words popped in my head. Figured it’d be a waste if I didn’t write them down for y’all.”

“I thought there could only be a single prophet at once?” Dean pipes up.

Sam shifts on his feet, “Maybe Benny doesn’t really count as alive. I mean aside from being undead he also literally died and went to the afterlife.”

“But he came back.”

Sam shrugs, “Maybe it doesn’t matter in the eyes of God.”

Everyone’s staring at Benny now, the preassure’s rising- “I broke the video player thing!” He blurts out, slapping a hand over his mouth.

“You What?!” Dean storms past him to get to the machine.

Benny turns to Sam, “I was trying to take the tape out and the whole thing just crashed on the floor.”

Sam claps him on the shoulder, “It’s alright. Probably time to upgrade to DVD anyway.”

“That’s what the guy at the store said too.”

Kevin’s sunk to the floor by this point, head in hands, he’s rocking back and forth.

“Am I a fraud? Is my life a lie? Am I even real?” He looks at Benny and Sam, “Can you guys see me?”

“Yeah we can see you just fine.”

Sam crouches down to sit next to Kevin on the floor, “Just means you get to take a break now.”

Kevin nods his head and gets up, he walks to Benny’s side, “Thanks, for helping me out.”

“‘Course.”

Kevin nods his head and leaves the kitchen, presumably for his room.

Sam turns to Benny, “How are you holding up with all of this?”

“I feel bad about breaking Dean’s VH- whatever.”

“No, I meant like- the demon tablet.”

“Oh.” Benny thinks, he doesn’t feel any different, “I don’t feel anything new.”

Sam sweeps him up and down with his eyes like he’s checking for a physical change. “Don’t feel too bad about Dean’s VHS. If he really wants another one he can find it online.”

“I have money if that’ll help,” Benny holds out his crinkled $10 bill.

“Yeah,” the word moves out Sam’s mouth slowly, “thanks.”

Benny feels strangely accomplished.

They all take a break to go to the beach. Kevin’s so pale from having been underground for months that he gets tanlines on the tops of his feet.

Benny enjoys the feeling of swim shorts against his leg hair and catches Dean looking once or twice at how the stretch waist digs into his belly. He’s got a fruity drink in hand with a bright pink parasol to boot.

When the new VHS finally comes, Dean bans Benny from operating it.

That’s all good by him, the damn thing is impossible to use anyway.

When a new word-o’-God comes by Benny’ll take a look. Take a load off the kid.

Life on top isn’t so bad when he’s got a family.

[stormblessed95]

Memories 2015 Disc 1 - 2

So I asked awhile ago when I said I was going back to watch every memories DVD they have released so far, if you would be interested in commentary from me as I did so. There were a lot of people who said yes, so here we are! I have officially watched BTS Memories of 2015. Here are my thoughts as I went. There were only 4 DVDs in this one. Reminder that these aren't going to be smoothly written out thoughts. You get these like I'm live reacting, texting my bestie or live tweeting. Lol it'll be in like bullet point format sort of, just... a commentary post as I go. Lol Hope you enjoy anyway! Let's go!

Disc 1:

BTS Live Trilogy Episode 1, BTS Begins Concert and Encore:

This was a concert only performed twice to promote their school trilogy albums. They performed it 150328 and 150329 in Korea. The opening VCR was so much softer this time with baby BTS pics of them from Middle and Highschool. But they also definitely kept up the rebellious students/mean teacher theme from 2014 too.

Track list:

Jump

Shook Luv Affair + Outro: Luv in Skool

Where You From

J-hope and Jimin Dance Battle

We are Bulletproof pt. 1

We are Bulletproof pt. 2

No More Dream

NO

Tomorrow

Outro: Do You Think This Makes Sense

Like + I Like It pt. 2

Converse High

24/7 Heaven

2nd Grade

If I Ruled The World

Cypher pt. 1 and pt. 2

Danger

War Of Hormone

Attack on Bangtan

Boyz with Fun

Miss Right

Boy in Luv

Born Singer

Jump with a backpack dance break was amazing. Jimin and Jhope dance battle is insane and I love how it's from 2015 and still resurfaces on twt/YouTube all the time. Tae hyping Jimin and saying he practiced the choreo with him and Jin hyping Jhope and trying out his moves was all so cute. We are Bulletproof pt 1 is such an amazing song. I wish we got more from it release wise on an album somewhere or even just put it on Spotify. Please! Lol love how they transitioned that straight into pt 2 though too. And the fact that they performed No More Dream and NO in legit bulletproof vests?! Those HAD to be heavy.

Tae's voice during tomorrow, please! 😭 Jimin's highnotes at the end of Do You Think This Makes Sense makes me wanna cry everytime. Goodness. And the HOLD that Yoongi's verse in Converse High has on me is insane. I do love that song. Lol and this was their premiere of that song for the first time! Hobi is bias wrecking me SO HARD through this entire concert. My goodness. Rapline makes me question my entire bias line anytime they perform a rapline unit song on stage, especially during Cypher when Joon yells "Bitch, I'm a monster" He is SO COOL. Jin causally ruffling and fluffing his hair as he sings like an angel a d struts down the stage like he isn't killing us all in the best way. Jungkooks vocals during Attack on Bangtan 😭😭😭

Excuse me, wtf happened that I missed and why did Jimin randomly come up to and push JK while laughing after they were all wildly hip thrusting during War Of Hormone?! Lol and Tae with the ass slaps, why was that part of their choreo? I swear 🤣

Boyz with Fun will always be a favorite of mine. And the guys all hyping up producer Suga for writing the song and for writing Let Me Know from their last album. Just out here reminding me once again why Yoongi is my bias. Lol imagine hobi singling you out in the crowd during a concert to sing half his verse of Miss Right to. Did anyone check on her after this concert? Did she survive?!

Namjoon first telling Jimin he is the real baby of their group while helping him get his jacket on for Boy in Luv. lol Then during ending speeches when Jimin is saying he isn't as good at giving cool speeches like Rapmon hyung, Joon interupts and goes "it's okay, you have a great body." Lmfao Hobi getting all emotional and saying all their families were in the crowd that night too. All their ending speeches always make me wanna cry and give them hugs every single time. And they are ending the concert with Born Singer, legit they are out to make everyone sob with that one. Jungkook basically sings almost the entire time too with harmonies and verses and ad libs, he sounds so heavenly even at the end of a 2.5 hour concert.

BTS Begins Concert Making Film:

They were filming when it was freezing cold out. Staff waiting to give them jackets whenever they were off camera. Jin being shy about acting too cool for school. Lol and Jimin struggling with sitting cool on the seesaw while JK just gleefully spins like a crazy person on the spinning roundabout ride. Jimin joining him and getting VERY dizzy. JK pretending to try and make a fire to warm them up while Jimin is just giggling his butt off watching him in the back.

The way they all fanboyed over the actor who is playing the teacher and telling him about seeing him in a movie before this. Lol

Aww Jhope giving Jimin heart hair to express their love for ARMY and JK saying it was like his hairstyle from NO. And they were all so cold, you could tell, all wearing Hot Packs under their clothes, Jin wearing 12 of them! Lol directors tell them to hang around together. BTS randomly starts dancing to no music and acting goofy. Editors: "doing a weird group dance." Except there is Jungkook, standing slightly off to the side watching them all and looking slightly like "what in the world are they doing?"

Tae was dancing so hard he accidentally ripped his pants!! Lmfao and Jimin scolding Suga for filming his butt while he was trying to cover it and walk away. 🤣🤣 Poor Tae.

The Taekook clip of Tae kicking the ball at JK, hitting him and sending his phone flying only for JK to chase after him out the door, only to have them end up cuddling for a nap later is from this video! I love this clip and loved seeing it in full! Love how it started out with Vhope Goofing off and kicking it around with each other first too. And the way that Jihope are playing tag on rolling chairs during this chaos too, not much practicing at the start of this dance practice. Lol love seeing them have fun. Jhope and Jimin also talking about how they just became roommates and Jimin is not sure it was a good idea. Only for them to become "eternal roommates" 🥺🥺

The Born Singer practice is legit so cute and funny. The way they all shuffled their feet around to spin in a circle since the dance floor doesn't spin like the stage does. Lol JK rapping Namjoons verse with him and how endeared everyone was by it, especially Jimin. Everyone holding hands to spin in a circle again and Vmin linking their fingers together. 🥺 and performing Born Singer seemed to make all the members emotional and want to cry along with us. JK saying it's hard not to cry when everyone else is and Jimin going "aww you are still a baby" and JK going "No, i didn't cry though!" Sooo cute.

While getting ready for Day 2, Jimin says "our fans might think I cried during Born Singer yesterday, but I really didn't." Editors: "I think you did..." they never let them breathe 😂 Zooming in on JK crying is not fair though. Not at all 😭 someone hug him!

They work SO hard. So unbelievably hard. They love ARMY so much and each other and what they do. Suga said he stayed up until 5am practicing and Namjoon said he said up super late working on his mixtape. They were all so nervous everytime before getting on stage, only to always kill it!

Discs 1 and 2 complete! I'll make a part 2 (and maybe part 3) for the other 2 discs to prevent this post from being too long! But Im loving this so far! They are so cute and I'm loving seeing the way they have already grown and some dynamics and started shifting around a tiny bit just from 2014 memories. Most of this is more official content and less of them just playing around together so far, but it is truly amazing to get to see it all! Disc 3 is more concert performances and I'm excited!! Thanks for letting me share!

[the-rewatch-rewind]

New episode! Script below the break

Hello and welcome back to the Rewatch Rewind, the podcast where I count down my top 40 most rewatched movies. My name is Jane, and today I will be talking about #35 on my list: Miramax, Producer’s Circle, and Storyline Entertainment’s 2002 crime musical Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall, written by Bill Condon – from the stage musical book by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb, which was based on a play by Maurine Dallas Watkins – and starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere.

Set in the Roaring 1920s, Chicago tells the story of wannabe star Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger), who shoots and kills her lover Fred Casely (Dominic West) when she finds out he has lied to her about his show business connections. In jail, Roxie encounters the famous Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who “allegedly” murdered her husband and sister when she found them having an affair. Both plan to be represented by lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), whose strategy involves turning criminals into celebrities so they’ll be acquitted, which leads Roxie and Velma to compete for the spotlight.

I think this was either the first or second PG-13 movie I ever saw. My mom took me to see it in a theater in early 2003, a couple of months before I turned 13, which was kind of surprising because my parents were pretty strict about what I was allowed to see. I don’t actually remember why she agreed to take me to see it. What I do recall is that one of my best friends at the time was obsessed with this movie, so I’d already listened to the soundtrack multiple times at her house, although we mostly just listened to Cell Block Tango on repeat, so I thought the movie was going to be about those 6 murderers, and was surprised to learn that five of them are barely in the rest of it. I remember really liking the song, and also feeling slightly rebellious listening to it because it had the word “ass” in it (although we usually quickly turned the volume on the CD player way down at that part – we weren’t that rebellious). The movie was a lot more raunchy than I was used to, which made me a bit uncomfortable, but overall I liked it. There were several things about it that fascinated me, so I kept returning to it. I ended up seeing it twice in 2003, twice in 2004, three times in 2005, once in 2006, twice in 2009, once in 2011, once in 2014, once in 2018, once in 2021, and once in 2022. If I recall correctly, we had it on VHS, but then our VCR broke with the tape inside, so we didn’t have it for a while, and then we bought a DVD copy later, so I think that explains the gap between 2006 and 2009, but I could be mis-remembering.

I’ve never seen the stage musical, but I absolutely love the way the movie handles the songs. Apart from a few actual performances, the musical numbers mainly exist in Roxie’s imagination. She wants to be on the stage so badly that she turns everything that happens to her into a production. The editing between drab reality and glamorous fiction is so well done and makes for a fascinating watch. I’m sure the stage version is great – I mean, the revival has been on Broadway since 1996, making it the second longest-running Broadway show of all time – but I know that practically, a stage show could not switch back and forth that quickly. Often when plays are adapted to the screen, the movie still feels a lot like a stage show, just with closeups and maybe a few extra locations. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but I love it when the screen adaptation adds things that couldn’t be done live, and Chicago is one of my favorite examples of that. The way the Cell Block Tango keeps switching between jail life and intense dancing; the way the press conference turns into a marionette show and back again in We Both Reached for the Gun; the way Billy’s dance moves in All I Care About Is Love flawlessly transition into his actual actions as he proves the song completely wrong – all of these and more are amazing and could only be done on screen. So if I had to point to one single reason why I keep rewatching this movie, it’s definitely the editing of the musical numbers.

A close second is the performances. Big movie musicals have a strange tendency to feature famous movie stars who can’t actually sing very well. Back in the day, they got around this by dubbing the singing…and then often not giving the actual singers credit, although the truth usually came out eventually – I see you Marni Nixon! More recently, they just, kind of…let the actors sing badly. But in the early 2000s there was a brief period when Hollywood made musicals featuring stars who weren’t necessarily particularly known for singing but still could actually sing, and thank goodness that happened here. The singing is excellent, the dancing is awesome, and the acting is phenomenal. Four of the actors: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah – who plays “Mama” Morton, the matron of the jail – and John C. Reilly – who plays Roxie’s simple, devoted husband, Amos – were nominated for Oscars. Only Zeta-Jones won, and I mean, I think they all did a fabulous job, but if only one could win, it would have been wrong if it wasn’t her. She perfectly conveys Velma’s strength and confidence with just the right hints of vulnerability to truly make the character work. But that’s not to say that other performances weren’t deserving of recognition as well. Renée Zellweger does an awesome job of differentiating between the real Roxie fumbling around trying to figure out how to handle reality and the confident performer she is in her imagination. And while I normally don’t like movies about people who hate each other, Zeta-Jones and Zellweger make Velma and Roxie’s fighting fun to watch. Similarly, Billy Flynn is a fairly despicable character, but Richard Gere is also very fun to watch. Queen Latifah nails Mama Morton’s corruption while still keeping her likeable. John C. Reilly’s Amos is exactly as pitiful as he should be. And the rest of the supporting cast is incredible as well – shout out to Taye Diggs as the Bandleader, all the ridiculously talented dancers, and of course the always fabulous Christine Baranski, who is an absolute delight as Mary Sunshine the reporter. Truly an excellent cast, and, appropriately for a movie about murder, they all killed it.

Chicago was nominated for a total of 13 Oscars, winning six. In addition to Catherine Zeta-Jones’s supporting actress win, it also won Best Picture, Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, and Sound. I’m especially glad the editing was recognized, and the art direction, costume design, and sound work together with the editing to create that reality vs imagination effect, so I also think those were award-worthy. And my 2011 viewing of this movie was part of my watch-through of all the Best Picture winners. Around that time I recall stumbling upon a list that someone had made of the most undeserving Best Picture wins, and I can’t even remember if it was from some sort of official film critic publication or if it was just some random person on the internet, but it put Chicago at #1, which irritated me so much that I’m still annoyed about it 12 years later. I mean, it is probably true that, like many Miramax films from that era, Chicago won more Oscars than it would have without the campaigning of executive producer and now convicted criminal Harvey Weinstein, which is upsetting. But there are some Best Picture Winners that I found to be barely watchable, and I cannot believe that they deserved the Oscar more than this engrossing, well-told story. So to whoever made that list: you’re wrong.

If you’ve listened to my previous episodes, you may have noticed that when I talk about being aroace, I tend to focus more on the aromantic side of that than the asexual side. That’s mostly because romantic content – at least, straight romantic content – is considered appropriate for all audiences while sexual content is not, so romance is a lot harder to avoid. In general, if you stick to movies made during the Hays Code era from the mid-1930s through the mid-1960s, and movies made after that which are rated G or PG, there might be some innuendo or implied sexual behavior taking place offscreen, but there’s not going to be any actual sexual content, whereas there probably will be romantic content. And since sex and romance are often related, movies that have sexual content are almost certain to also have romantic content. Chicago is rather unusual in that it has sex but very little romance. Roxie uses sex to get what she wants – or at least, she tries to, it doesn’t really work out most of the time – but we never really see her, or any other character, falling in love. Most of the musical numbers feature rather provocative dances in revealing costumes, which isn’t exactly explicit sexual content, but I think could be described as “sexy.” One of the ways I figured out I was asexual was by realizing that I don’t quite understand what words like “provocative” or “sexy” really mean. Like, I kind of get what fits those descriptions, but do people actually see someone of a gender they’re attracted to scantily clad and dancing in a certain way and actually want to sleep with them because of it? Is that a thing? Before I understood that I was asexual, I kind of thought everyone was just going along with the idea of what made someone “hot” or “attractive,” and I still find it hard to wrap my head around the concept of actually feeling that attraction. So I guess the dances in Chicago are meant to turn people on, but ultimately they’re just performers doing their routine. And the main sex scene in the movie, when Roxie hooks up with Fred for the first time, is intercut with Velma’s performance of And All That Jazz right after she killed her husband and sister. Roxie is only sleeping with Fred because she thinks he can help her get into show business, which he lied about to get her into bed, so they’re both putting on an act, just like Velma is – both onstage and in her real life by pretending she hasn’t just committed a double homicide. The whole movie is about obscuring the truth with facades and performances, and the sex is very much a part of that. So as an asexual person, I find Chicago to be one of the least confusing movies that contain sexual content, because the sex and sexiness is intentionally contrived. Since I don’t experience it myself, to a certain extent, sexual attraction has always seemed fake to me. In this movie, it’s supposed to seem fake. In short, a probably unintended side effect of the themes of this movie is that Chicago portrays sex as performative in a way that is consistent with my asexual brain’s inability to comprehend sexual attraction, so that might explain why I enjoy it more than most movies that contain sexual content.

One last aspect of this movie I want to highlight is that it points out some of the glaring flaws in the US legal system. I know it’s specifically about 1920s Chicago, which was notoriously corrupt, but anyone who thinks that justice is blind anywhere in 2020s America must be living under a rock. Chicago straight up says, “It doesn’t matter if you’re guilty or innocent, it matters how much money you have, what you look like, and how the public perceives you.” Admittedly it doesn’t really address the problem of racism, but the only prisoner who seems to be innocent is a Hungarian immigrant who speaks very little English, and she’s the only one we know of who gets executed. It’s both a compelling argument for abolishing the death penalty – far too many innocent people are killed by the state – and a demonstration of why it’s not being abolished – the wrongfully executed tend to be people our society deems “less than.” This message kind of gets buried by the main story, and I feel like it’s easier to miss than it should be, but I appreciate that it’s there. And while it’s painful and upsetting to see that very little has changed in 100 years, in a way this movie can now serve as a reminder that at least occasionally, powerful and famous people who commit heinous crimes do get convicted and sent to prison.

Well, this episode got a little spicy. Thank you so much for listening. Subscribe or follow for more analysis of my most re-watched movies, and leave a rating or review to let me know how you’ve been enjoying it so far. The next episode will be about the final and longest movie I watched 15 times in 20 years, which is another Best Picture Winning musical. By the way, if you like musicals and learning about them, I highly recommend supporting Ashley Clements’s Patreon at the $15 level for episodes of her Patreon-exclusive show Broadway: Before & Beyond. This is not a sponsorship or anything, just a genuine recommendation. Every month, she posts an episode focusing on a specific era or year or particularly impactful show, and I’ve been learning so much about the history of musical theater. There’s also a monthly watch party related to that month’s episode, and my 2022 viewing of Chicago was one of those, so Ashley is partly to thank for this movie making it into my top 40. Anyway, my next episode will feature The Rewatch Rewind’s first ever guest appearance, and the guest is not Ashley Clements, but the guest is a fellow Ashley Clements patron. So stay tuned for that next week, and as always I will leave you with a quote from the next movie: “The poor didn’t want this one.”

[nebulousfishgills]

A Day for Just Us

Request by: @nyx-aira : When I saw you wrote for Agatha I had to request something so could you write an Agatha x reader where they just take a day for themselves, go on a walk, have a movie night. Basically just you and Agatha having a good time. Cuddles, kisses and fluff please.

Yes, I write for Agatha now. Let me simp in peace, internet.

You want Agatha, then Agatha you shall have!!💜

Also, since you and Agatha are in Westview, you both have your pseudonyms, hers being Agnes, and yours indicated by the (f/n) tag, standing for "fake name." (y/n), of course, stands for your real name.

Warnings: Fluff

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Life in Westview, New Jersey was largely calm. The people went about their days, enjoyed each other's company, and were just generally happy... Even after Wanda enveloped the whole town into her Hex. The people were happy, but were they really happy?

Well, you knew you were happy, at least. Being Wanda and Vision's neighbor to the right (your right, not theirs) made things... Interesting, to say the least. But it made things fun also. The boys were just the icing on the cake. Always asking their mom to go over to yours and Agatha's house. During a day when Wanda was feeling the 90s vibe, all four of you played tag in the yard for hours.

You and Agatha were immune to Wanda's chaos magic, but it was just so much fun to play along.

One particular day, Wanda and Vision wanted to take the boys out for some family activities. You noticed them leaving on bicycles when you were out in the front yard tending to Agatha's beloved azaleas. You gave them a pleasant wave before taking off your gardening gloves. Agatha came out of the house with a tray holding a pitcher of lemonade and two glasses.

"Azaleas look great, buttercup." She said happily as she passed you a glass.

"I have to say, while it's weird waking up in different decades based on Wanda's mood, it's nice that we never have to mow the lawn." You laughed, gesturing to the fresh cut grass with your lemonade.

"Yeah, exactly. Hey, since Wanda's gonna be out for the day, what say you to a nice day on the town? A whole day just for us? We're probably not gonna be on her broadcast for a bit." Agatha suggested with a smirk. She poked her finger into her drink so the mint leaves she had put in got trapped underneath the ice in the glass.

"Aw, sweetheart, that sound great. I'll just get cleaned up while you get the bikes from the garage." You said.

"Alright, just don't take too long." Agatha grinned as she booped your nose. She went for the garage while you went back inside your house. You tossed your gloves onto the table and grabbed a pair of sunglasses.

Emerging back outside into the bright sunlight, Agatha waved you over to the garage with both of your bikes in her hands, hers a light lavender color with a basket and yours a (f/c) one that had a matching basket. You both smiled at each other before kicking up your kickstands and pedaling down the street.

The town was a bustle of life as people enjoyed the day's pleasures. Children ran after the ice cream truck and played on the playground while the adults watched or had lovely outdoor picnics.

"What's on the marquee today?" You asked as you and Agatha passed by the movie theater.

"Looks like Jaws and Star Wars. Wanda's good, I'll give her credit for that, but she still meshes together her dates within the decades like a fruit salad in a whirlwind." Agatha said back as you rode by. You laughed as you both trailed down the path into the park. Opting to leave your bikes on the bike rack, you decided to take a lovely stroll down the paths talking about whatever came to mind.

"Howdy, neighbors!" A voice that matched Vision's called over. Looking in the direction of the voice, you saw Wanda with Vision and the boys having a picnic like several other families.

"Fancy meeting you here." Agatha said cheerily, the two of you walking over arm in arm.

"Enjoying a day on the town?" Wanda asked, picking up a strawberry from the bowl on her blanket.

"The weather's just too perfect to be inside all day. Seems like you all are having fun, too." You replied.

"Just a wonderful time. Your azaleas are looking beautiful as well, (f/n)."

"Well, they're really Agnes' azaleas, but I do have a green thumb for these things. Once they're fully grown, we'll put some in a vase for you."

"That's so sweet of you." Wanda beamed.

"Care to join us? There's plenty of food." Vision offered, holding up the paper plate holding the sandwich he hadn't taken any bites of to you both.

"Thanks, but we wouldn't want to spoil your family fun. Maybe next time, though." Agatha shrugged.

"Hm, well, alright." Wanda said.

"Aww, please, Agnes?" Billy asked, finally speaking up.

"Another time, kiddos. Tell ya what, we'll pull out the chalk in our garage and you can come over to draw on the sidewalk tomorrow. Maybe play a few rounds of hopscotch." Agatha said, putting her free arm on her hip and bending down slightly with a cheeky smile.

"Can we, Mom, can we?" Tommy asked excitedly.

"Yeah, can we?" Billy echoed.

"Oh, alright." Wanda laughed. The boys cheered excitedly.

"I've gotta warn you kids, I'm a champion hopscotch player, so bring your A-Game." Agatha bragged. Wanda chuckled as the boys nodded.

"Well, we'll see you then!" You said, waving.

"Bye!" The whole family chorused.

Continuing on your stroll, eventually you and Agatha made it back to your bikes. Taking another loop around the town, you did all the cliche things people did like share a milkshake at the diner (flicking whipped cream on each others' noses, of course) and buying some grains at the supermarket to feed the ducks at the local pond. You also bought some seed packets to hopefully add some roses and (favorite flowers) to your garden.

The day seemed to blow by and soon orange hues filled the sky as the sun started to set. Riding back to your house, you stored your bikes back in the garage and went back inside just as the stars started to poke out. You thought about stargazing on your roof with Agatha, but the shingles on your roof in the 70s setting made your back hurt. Instead, you both washed up and slid into your pyjamas. Extending the pullout sofa, you and Agatha curled up under a few blankets facing the television. You chose to open your selection of VCR tapes (sometimes they were DVDs, sometimes they didn't exist at all) and put "The Wizard of Oz" in.

Agatha said she disliked the movie for its depiction of witches, but you knew she secretly loved it.

"Hey, Agatha?" You asked midway through the movie.

"Yes, dearheart?" She asked in response.

"I wish every day could be like this."

"Me, too, angel. But, who knows, we could wake up tomorrow and it'll be 1955." Agatha laughed before kissing your cheek.

"Yes, but I mean in general. Wanda changes Westview all the time and this town has never been happier. I wish it could be like this forever." You clarified.

"Well, with any luck, it can be. But even if not, we've got each other, and every place is home when we have each other."

"Aww, you always know what to say." You curled closer to Agatha as she kissed the top of your head tenderly.

"You're too precious, dear." She replied.

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Hope you enjoyed this, nyx-aira!

As always, requests are open, so send them in!

[yamithediaperdork]

Video made Kimmie a baby star

When Kim had begged, pleaded and outright whined for Wade to reverse engineer Draken's TV surfing tech, he had assumed that she had wanted to have some one on one time with one of those teen wolf/vampire/zombie whatever supernatural creature girls were gushing over these days, since she'd also had him mod it so that she could replace a star in the show instead of just being a extra.

As it would turn out he was only semi right, she did want that close up interaction but her show of choice wasn't a romance filled one but her favorite show growing up that she still loved today: the get along Kindergarten pals.She'd be taking on the role of her favorite character, a new girl with glasses and braces and a VERY special problem who was likewise named Kim/Kimmie.

"OK, I've got the tech all set to go, a auto pull out for when the tape this is on is over.. the door to my room is locked.." Kim said out loud, ticking off her check list on her fingers. "I'll instantly get the wardrobe change once I'm inside and I should have the house to myself for 45 minutes, the episodes only play together for 35.. Yeah I'm good."

Smiling brightly to herself and fast forwarding to just as the opening credits would be ending Kim hit the switch and was in, missing how 3.5 seconds after she was gone Tim and Jim opened her door.

"Only took 20 seconds. new personal best!" Jim said, smirking to his twin.

"the more advance she makes it, the easier it is." Tim laughed and then both spotted the screen.

"Ha! Knew it!" they both said in unison, having known how much of a nerd their sister was for the show and having heard wade mention the add-ons he'd made.

Setting up a take on a VCR add on to the old Kim was using (the show hadn't been popular enough to get put out on DVD) the twins smirked as they recorded their sisters frame and glory, remotely downloading it to their own computer so they could post the very special episode with Kimme as the star.

"we should of brought snacks." Jim complained as they sat on her bed.

"eh, No one's perfect." Tim replied, neither of them wanted to miss a a second of this.

Kim squirmed softly as she stood at the front of the classroom, soaking in the familiar light brown plush carpet, the blackboard and all the posters on the walls encouraging reading and how there was no I in team. She was in a pair of pink Velcro sneakers and purple leggings that came up to her mid upper thigh's, disappearing under her puffy dark pink skirt. It only looked like she was wearing a purple t-shirt though as in truth it was a purple diaper shirt she was sporting, helping to hold up the bulky white plastic diaper that was hidden for the moment.

Her hair was in twig pig tails, one with a pink scrunchie and the other with purple and her coke bottle glasses had a purple frame (though thankfully Kim could see just fine though them.

"Class, this is Kimmie. she's just moved here from Canada. what do we say?" Asked the 20 something teacher Mrs. Jewels, a kind blond haired lady who wore said blond hair in a long ponytail down her back.

"Welcome Kimmie!" the class said all together, most of them just back round extras but Kim could spot her heroes up front.

-Short spiky brown hair and wearing a ninja turtles t-shirt and blue jeans was Alex, the main male character, a helpful little guy who tried to solve everyone's problems.

-Brunette hair in a perm and green eyes and a green dress was Megan, the main female lead who was a girlie girl but one with a heart of gold.

-A little bit chunky and with a dirty blond mullet and sporting a stained red t-shirt and black jogging pants was Ralph, the former bully of the class who had been talked into trying to be a good boy.

-last but not least, with red hair also in pig tail and wearing blue jeans with holes in the knees and a sports jersey was Shelly, the best athlete in the class.

"H-Hi everyone! I'm looking forward to being friends with ALL of you!" Kim gushed, meaning it as she had wished she could of been part of their group back in the day, but would settle for the time she'd have now.

"Class I'll point this out now, Kimmie here has a special little problem, and it's one I don't want any of you to make fun of her for." Mrs. Jewels said, surprising Kim a bit as she could of sworn the diaper thing wasn't brought up until the first accident.

"Uh..Mrs. Jewels.." Kim started to speak up, blushing a little.

"Kimmie here hasn't QUITE mastered the potty yet, and still needs diapers, and doesn't always know when she needs a change. so should she smell a little bit..er.." And Mrs. Jewels paused as giggled filled the room. "Less then fresh shall we say, then you just need to tell me or point it out to her so she can come and see me for a change. can you all do that for me and little Kimmie?"

the giggles got louder but cries of "of course!" and "For sure!" filled the class room as Kim blushed and squirmed, apparently her popping in was changing things slightly.

"What do you say Kimmie?" Mrs. jewel's asked the red faced teenager who was posing as a 5 year old.

"Uh..Thank you all! and uh..I'll.." and she gave a nervous chuckle and rubbed the back of her head. "Try not to stink up the classroom too much!!"

the kids loved that she could poke fun at herself and the pal's scooted to make room for her to come and have a seat next to them but Mrs. Jewel's cleared her throat.

"Now then, who's ready for finger painting?" She asked, and hands shot in the air, cries of "me!" filling the room and Kim got in on it, not realizing with her jumping and eagerness she was giving at least half the kids a view at her puffy butt..at least until Ralph spoke up.

"Oh! Mrs. Jewels! I don't think Kimmie's wearing her diaper! all I saw was purple when she was jumping up and down!" He cried out, trying to be helpful.

"eek!" Kim yelped and tugged at the skirt, sinking to her knees quickly. "Don't look at my butt!"

"heh..Kim Ralph was only trying to be helpful..and Ralph Kim's wearing what's known as a diaper shirt to keep her diapers nice and snug when she wets them." Mrs jewels said, and Kim whimpered. "oh Sorry Kimmie, that was more then you wanted everyone to know huh?"

Kim sniffled and nodded her head, but then she was being hugged by Alex and Megan.

"Hey it's ok! everyone has problems sometimes!" Alex said, giving her a BIG smile

"Yeah, plus you look adorable! I'm jealous!" Megan added. "Maybe I'll ask my parents for a diaper too!"

Kim could tell the little girl was lying but the sentiment was there and she couldn't help but break out into a big silly giggle.

"hehehe aww..thanks!"

"Ugh, barfaroni.. I was hoping she was gonna break down bawling there." Jim said, faking a gagging noise.

"Give it time..our machine isn't JUST recording her after all, it's making a few changes to the show.." Tim said, a evil twinkle in his eye.

"Ohhh? what DO you have planned brother dear." Jim asked, his attention back up to full.

"well, know how in the normal episode Kimmie just wets her diapers?" Tim asked, grinning ear to ear.

"No, I never really paid at- wait..you didn't!" Jim said and then shared the grin.

"yeah I did.. things are gonna get stinky~"

Finger painting had been a blast and after washing up Kimmie had been allowed to pick what they read for story time (She picked beauty and the Beast) then they were sent off to their desks (Really just long tables) and handed pencils and little journal books to write about what they had thought about the story.

Kimmie could of gone on forever but knew they were only expected to write a paragraph or so and was tapping the eraser of her pencil on her chin when suddenly her butt just got super warm.

Not quite figuring out what was happening she squirmed around in her seat, leaning forward to try and escape the heat on her bun when it got even hotter and a bad smell started to fill the room, making her wrinkle her nose.

'ew, who farted?!' Kim thought, looking around as the other kids all started to take notice of the smell now.

it was only as more and more eyes turned to her and she realized her butt felt all muddy it clicked in her head what she'd done, and it was too late for her to try and save face and fess up as Shelly raised her hand even as she spoke up.

"Mrs. Jewels, I think Kimmie made a uh-oh!" She cried out.

"oh dear.." Mrs. Jewels said, walking over and helping the blushing teen hero stand up, tugging the back of Kim' s Skirt up and patting her hand on the seat of Kim's mush filled diaper. as the super spy whined and popped her thumb in her mouth, blushing crimson and eyes welling up with tears. "Yup, I think your right.. Awww don't cry Kimmie, you're just a little girl and can't help it!"

Somehow this didn't help make Kim feel better and the flood gates opened up as not only was she lead off for a diaper change, but the get alone kindergarten pal's came with to help out.

Jim and Tim turned away in disgust, just in case the change was fully shown but thankfully it would just cut to the different kids trying to be nice, even as they made faces and one of them had the 'honor' of running Kim's smelly diaper out to the trash so it wouldn't be stinking up the class room all day.

with princess stinky changed and in a clean diaper, a semi broken Kim was brought back to the classroom, with the show only having a little bit of it's run time left.

"Huh.. you think she's gonna stay broken when she gets out of there?" Jim asked, as Kim was basically being treated like a baby doll now, mumbling and drooling on herself.

"I dunno,..Maybe. why, you think we're gonna have to look after her?" Tim asked.

"Actually I just a horrible horrible thought.. If she comes out of there and see's what we've done.. including making her diaper famous.. and she's a kick butt super spy.." Jim said, noting that the ending music was starting.

"..Oh balls. Uh.. Yeah, let's get the feck out of he-" Tim started to say, but it was too late and Princess stinky was back out of the show, and looking at them.

"Ah ba da boo?" She asked, eyes glazed and then blinking them rapidly, blushing and trying to cover up as she looked at the tweebs. "What are you two doing in my ro-" She started to ask, then noticed the whole set up they had going. "..What did you two do?"

"We love you!" the tweebs said in unison and then tried to run, but even in her thick diapies Kim was so much faster then them and had them both by the scruffs of their collars.

Looking at the comments on the now ended live stream of Kim's little adventure, and knowing that she was ruined, Kim whimpered and whined, but then got a very..very evil smirk on her face.

"You know.. one diaper princess seems to be very popular on YouTube.. I wonder how twin sissy baby princesses would do?" She asked.

"You wouldn't!" Jim squeaked out, kicking his legs and in full panic mode.

"This was all HIS idea!" Tim yelped, doing the same.

"Save it baby gurl's you both have a date with diapers.. we can do this the easy way where you take your punishment like -snort- men.. or.. I still have mind control chips and I'll have you two singing Mary had a little lamb in the park." Kim chuckled, sounding so much more evil then her current attire would of suggested.

as the tweebs started to bawl and whine, Kim couldn't help but wonder if Maybe she'd make a good super villain with a diaper gimmick.

When Mr and Mrs. Possible came home, the last thing they expected to see was all three of their children having a tea party in the living room. Kim had never been that big on them and well, the twins weren't know to be that girly.

Of course just the fact there was a tea party at all was surprising, but the fact that all three where in short princess style dresses and thick pink diapers also was a double take. (Red and green for the boys, and light black for Kim, with a gold toy crown on Kim's hear and silver crowns on the boys.

"..Do I wanna ask or just walk away?" Mr. Possible asked, smirking.

"Oh Hi Daddy, Me and the boys found out we all had a shared interest and decided to indulge in it. we're even making a few videos'." Kim said, and looked at the twins, giving them a look. "Right my little princesses?"

"..Y-Yes Queen Kimmy!" Tim yelped out.

"I still think you should be just a princess too!" Jim huffed, getting a look of amusement from Kim and one of 'really?' Tim. "What!? all things being fair.." Jim huffed.

"Heh.. Ok you can be the queen next time." Kim said.

"Well as long as your all having fun.." Mrs. Possible said though then she added. "But for the record, Your father and I did our time changing diapers. so your changing yourself."

And so from the flood of videos, all three possible kids became known as the pampered trio, with Ron having to handle more then a few smelly diapers and Bonnie trying and failing to embarrass Kim over the videos, Kim having just accepted she was a dorky big baby girl who, as she pointed out, could STILL cream Bonnie in a fight and plant her muck butt on the brat's face.

Naturally Bonnie backed down after that.

Ironically super villainy died down for the most part after Kim became diaper famous since no one wanted to be the villain that got his or her butt kicked by a diaper filling big baby who's trademark outfit had gone from a top and cargo pants to a baby dress and massive huggies.

The tweebs after awhile embraced the sissy baby life (well, Jim faster then Tim) since there was no going back and actually found themselves a pair of boyfriend's in the twin hero's Wego from team go as they were free to mostly retire again because of a lack of villains.

"Who knew that all it would take to stop the worlds villains was a kick butt pamper princess?" Kim giggled.

The end