#the princess switch 3: romancing the star

[kittylover776]

Rewatching the credits to ‘Romancing The Star’ and seeing these two goof around brings me immense joy. 😁

I have no idea the context for these scenes, but I love them regardless. :)

[kittylover776]

I’m honestly not surprised Fiona and Simon know each other, considering the fact that both of them are self-centered, and tried to steal the throne of their cousins. If they had an affair at one point, I wouldn’t be shocked. They could’ve been made for each other had they not hooked up with their significant others.

Wait wait wait wait. So in the first Princess Switch, they watch “A Christmas Prince” on Netflix at some point in the movie. So the movie exists within that world, at least on a fictional basis.

But with the recently released Princess Switch 3, Simon (the throne stealing cousin) actually appears IN the movie, and knows Fiona in some way. WHICH MEANS, that not only is “A Christmas Prince” a movie, but it’s a DOCUMENTARY in the Princess switch world.

This is a fascinating discovery.

[historicalreusedcostumes]

This Footman Costume is seen in 2020 from Bridgerton: Diamond of the First Water and seen in 2021 it appeared again from The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star.

[thepunktheory]

The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star

Hello, hello! It is time to talk about the final The Princess Switch movie and then we can leave behind this cinematic universe filled with fake monarchies and Christmas cheer. So, let’s get talking! The Plot (according to Rotten Tomatoes): When a priceless Christmas relic is stolen, royal look-alikes Margaret and Stacy turn to audacious doppelgänger Fiona — and her dashing ex — for help. The…

[denimbex1986]

'Production spend in the Scottish high-end TV (HETV) and film industries hit £617.4 million in 2021, an increase of 55% compared to 2019’s £398.6 million, according to statistics released today by Screen Scotland...

Screen Scotland said over 80% of the net increase in production spending between 2019 and 2021 (£218.8m) was due to “the tremendous growth” in inward film and HETV production. Overall, inward film investment and HETV production spend increased by 110%, from £165.3 million in 2019 to £347.4 million in 2021...

...productions that were shot in studios and on location in Scotland in 2021 included Disney+ Star Wars series Andor, DC’s The Flash, Netflix’s Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, The Lost King starring Sally Hawkins and Steve Coogan, and Peaky Blinders, which shot on location in Aberdeenshire...'

[kittylover776]

I’ve at least seen a few fanfics on ‘Archive Of Our Own’, but even so it’s pretty bare, maybe one or two that are pretty good. Luckily, I also write fanfics (but have yet to post any), and would be willing to try and post some when I have the chance. I just wish people wrote more for these movies. 😔

Excuse me, where are my Stacy × Edward fanfics? Why is that AO3 page a void?

Like, y'all have a couple with an adorable height difference, who loves the same books, and canonically cooks together as a bonding activity, and then I am told that there is NO content for THEM?

The shame this is on us as a society, istg.

I am so disappointed in humankind. 😔✋

[texaschainsawmascara]

obsessed w netflix’s hallmark channel rip off shitty xmas movies starring a y2k queen who can’t get roles in real cinema anymore purrr

[thewomanwhowatchedchristmas]

The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (2021) 

I have a theory that this movie only exists so that Vanessa Hudgens could make out with 4 different guys in one movie. Because the first one in the series was actually one of the first movies I reviewed and I really like it, but the sequel was bad and I don't think anyone was asking for a third in the trilogy, but here we are.

Stacy (Vanessa Hudgens) and her best friend Queen Margaret (Vanessa Hudgens) are putting together a charity concert for Christmas. The Vatican has lent them the Star of Peace for the top of the Christmas tree, but oh no! Someone has stolen the star! The police have no leads, so Margaret decides to pull her cousin Fiona Pembroke (Vanessa Hudgens) out of community service to help them. Which Fiona on her own is annoying enough, but her squad takes it too far for me. We've gone passed stupid funny and landed on stupid annoying. Anyway, Fiona calls up her old friend Peter Maxwell (Remy Hii) to help them find a lead. Peter is successful; unfortunately, the man who had it stolen is hotel tycoon Hunter Cunard (Will Kemp) who likes to acquire things that are not for sale. The team comes up with a plan that goes from bad to worse as it progresses. At one point in the movie, both Stacy and Margaret are dressed as Fiona with Fiona, which confuses Prince Edward (Sam Palladio) and Prince Kevin (Nick Sagar).

As far as redemption arcs go, Fiona's isn't terrible. But her whole character in the second movie was so over the top and ridiculous that it didn't feel necessary until we got the tragic backstory in this movie. It's also unclear if Margaret knows the tragic backstory or if she's just overly forgiving. Anyway, this movie was okay at best but still felt unnecessary. Why are so many men in love with Fiona? She's not likable. I guess the only thing this movie might accomplish is making Fiona a more forgivable character in the second movie if one were to rewatch it. But I'm still not in a hurry to do that either. Peter is the only interesting character we get in this movie, but he's Fiona's manic pixie dream girl. Also the subtitle is weird to me. Like, I don't understand it so I don't like it.

Overall, I give it 1.5 stars. Feels harsh, but I'm mad this movie exists at all.

[malusokay]

⋆⁺₊❅⋆ My Christmas movie watch list ⋆⁺₊❅⋆

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The Holiday 2006

Love Actually 2003

Love Hard 2021

Holidate 2020

A Castle for Christmas 2021

The Shop Around the Corner 1940

Christmas in Connecticut 1945

Holiday Affair 1949

EXmas 2023

The Holiday Calendar 2018

A Merry Scottish Christmas 2023

The Princess Switch 2018

The Princess Switch: Switched Again 2020

The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star 2021

Four Christmases 2008

Last Christmas 2019

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Elf 2003

Home Alone 1990

Home Alone 2 1992

Noelle 2019

Surviving Christmas 2004

Jack Frost 1998

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 2018

The Christmas Chronicles 2018

The Christmas Chronicles 2 2020

A Christmas Story 1983

Jingle All the Way 1996

Jingle All the Way 2 2014

Deck the Halls 2006

The Santa Clause 1994

Christmas with the Kranks 2004

Christmas Vacation 1989

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Barbie in the Nutcracker 2001

Barbie in a Christmas Carol 2008

Barbie: A Perfect Christmas 2011

How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000

The Grinch 2018

The Polar Express 2004

A Christmas Carol 2009

The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993

The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story 2010

The Year Without a Santa Claus 1974

A Charlie Brown Christmas 1965

Arthur Christmas 2011

Frosty the Snowman 1969

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964

I've also put all movies in a Letterbox list --> ˗ˋˏ click here ˎˊ-

If you guys have any more suggestions and/or recommendations (maybe some shows and series as well!!), please feel free to share them with me in the comments!! <33

[kittylover776]

I swear, these movies bring me comfort, especially around the holidays. 🥰

every christmas movie i watched in 2022 - The Princess Switch 3: Romancing The Star (2021)

We could certainly use some good news right about now. No worries, royal six-pack. Good news has arrived.

[vhudgens]

THE PRINCESS SWITCH 3: ROMANCING THE STAR (2021) dir. Mike Rohl

[kittylover776]

Even though Christmas is over, I’d still like to try and post stuff on here, just to keep the fandom alive.

Even if it’s only me, it’ll be nice getting all my thoughts out of the way, as well as head-cannons/theories. Maybe even a few fan-fics as well.

I just hope there are people out there who love these movies as much as I do, because let’s be honest, they deserve more love. 😊

[monsterfactoryfanfic]

The Hacker

Detente for the Ravenous launches in TWO WEEKS! Time to share one of the weirdest, and what I hope will be, most interesting, classes: The Hacker.

DFTR takes place in a world caught between the 17th Century and Cold War, which means technologically, it's a disaster. Since the novel is structured like a heist, I wanted to keep some fun tropes from films like Oceans' 11 and Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star in the text. And one aspect of that is using computers and technology to break into highly guarded locations and spy on enemies with little gadgets and doodads. I took the novel's "hacker" character and morphed him into a character class which is, I hope, a really cool way to play a trad game.

As technology changes, so too must intelligence operations evolve. Hackers exploit weaknesses in network security and electronic tools, turning our enemies' defenses against them. Even when operating from a distance, our hackers provide crucial tactical support to teams in the field.

That "from a distance" part is crucial, because the Hacker is largely going to be away from the main action of the game. They're squishy, skilled in Analysis, not any of the main combat verbs. What they can do, however, is provide backup from the comfort of their gamer chair.

Core abilities are pretty straightforward. You can cause minor electrical malfunctions, which will harm hostiles and worsen their ability to hurt your teammates. You're also, crucially, more effective when you're sitting at your Gamer PC. The Hacker is built around the assumption that the majority of the time, you're going to be the eye in the sky, using cameras and radios to monitor your team's progress.

Case in point:

There, now you have a convenient excuse for how your character is able to interact with the mission, even when you're chilling in a bunker somewhere.

This still doesn't get around the problem of your character not really being able to fight the Ravenous when they show up. Which I think is a fair criticism. But Hackers aren't really meant to be muscle, they're meant to be worked into a version of the game that's much more about manipulation and distraction. You can't hurt the kaiju, but you can rally the population into a mob who will fight it for you.

I want the Hacker to feel like a character who can still make huge impacts on the world of the game even if they're not shooting crossbows and dodging cavalry, and I hope these advances give players options to play DFTR in a way that is not entirely focused on combat. I love a good fighting system, but sometimes I think it's a lot more fun if you just say, "fuck it, I'm starting a financial crisis."

[promisemvself]

VANESSA HUDGENS as FIONA PEMBROKE in THE PRINCESS SWITCH 3: ROMANCING THE STAR (2021)

[thelordofgifs]

Obscure Tolkien Blorbo: Round 3

Vidumavi vs A fox passing through the woods on business of his own

Vidumavi:

A princess of Rhovanion who married Valacar of Gondor. The ascension to the throne of her son Eldacar, who was hence not fully Númenorean, led to the civil war known as the Kin-strife.

married the (future) king of gondor in her own hometown. one of the most interesting romances in the wider legendarium imo

A fox passing through the woods on business of his own:

A fox who found Frodo, Sam and Pippin asleep under a tree and was puzzled by this.

Yeah sure why NOT switch PoV to a (arguably) non-sentient creature for like a paragraph with no bearing on the actual plot besides the comment that it never realized that the plot was happening??

It shows up for one page for no reason.  It's great.

Listen, that fox is absolutely a borbo. Confused? Funny? Has enough to be memorable but little enough to write a shitload of fanfiction about? Someone I have actually written about? Twice? (they aren't on ao3 though) clear boorbo

Look, people have observed before, correctly, that one of the things that sets The Lord of the Rings apart is that Tolkien will tell us things about the well-being of minor characters, like that the hobbits’ ponies that they lost in Bree were okay and went to live with Tom Bombadil. Tolkien is the kind of writer who will switch the POV to a fox who happens to pass by the hobbits on the first night of their journey to Rivendell, because the story isn’t just about the main characters, nor is it just about the endurance of realms like Rohan and Gondor. It’s about every living thing in Middle-earth, and for Frodo it’s especially about the Shire, the home of simplicity and good food and community and gardens and foxes. That’s what he takes up the Ring to save, and the fact that he takes it up with that motivation, not personal greatness or heroism, is what enables him to get as far as Mount Doom. Gandalf lays this idea out to Denethor when Denethor claims the fate of Gondor as a goal above all else: “For my part, I shall not wholly fail of my task, though Gondor should perish, if anything passes through this night that can still grow fair or bear fruit and flower again in days to come.” The Quest of the Ring is not simply about Men and Elves and Hobbits; it is about ponies, and the trees of Fangorn, and tiny sun-star flowers in the grass, and yes, a fox on business of his own who never finds out anything more about the three hobbits he once saw sleeping under a tree, but lives and thrives because of what they did.

Round 3 masterpost

[cffidelityy]

basics

full name: Sigyn Iwaldidottr nicknames/aliases: incantation fetter, the north star, victory woman, goddess of fidelity, little dove (by @king-of-darkness) height: 4 feet 11 inches age: 1200+ (verse dependent) zodiac: Pisces spoken languages: allspeak (i.e. all of them)

physical characteristics

hair color: platinum blonde eye color: pale blue skin tone: pale body type: athletic build with a slight hourglass shape dominant hand: right scars: botched c-section scar, blast-shaped scar on her left hip, litterings of battle scars on her arms and legs tattoos: Valkyrie tattoo on her left shoulder blade birthmarks: none most noticeable features: her hair and wondering eyes

childhood

place of birth: Vanaheim siblings: Nanna, Syn, Lofn, Idunn, Var, and Snotra (sisters) Hnossa (Half-sister)

parents: Iwaldi & Freya

adult life

occupation: (verse dependent) Princess of Vanaheim, Teacher at the Sanctum Sanctorum, Nurse, Apothecary Owner current residence: verse dependent: New York/ New Asgard / Asgard or Vanaheim friends: (verse dependent): Stephen Strange, The Avengers, Some of the main cast from Baldur's Gate, Dean Winchester relationship status: (verse dependent): Usually married to Loki, Otherwise considered single unless discussed with other muses driver's license: yes, although prefers to be driven by others or useage of portals criminal record: associated with Loki's crimes despite not being directly involved. vices: pride, being too naive and forgiving

sex & romance

sexual orientation: Bisexual with a preference for men preferred sexual role: Bottom-- occasionally a switch libido: medium turn-ons: strength, intelligence, wit, confidence, patience, possessiveness, open-mindedness, dirty talk, athletic build, hair pulling, biting, choking turn-offs: disapproval, controlling behavior, non-consensual force, lack of respect, one who is quick to anger love language: to receive: words of affirmation, physical touch & to give: acts of service and quality time relationship tendencies: protective, desperate for approval, patient, understanding, slow to fall in love, doting

miscellaneous

hobbies to pass time: knitting, gardening, practicing magic, sparing, boxing mental illnesses: PTSD, anxiety, depression

tagged by: @emeraldxphoenix

tagging: @righteouslysin, @lunarrepel, @musezieren (Gale), @king-of-darkness & anyone else who want too <3