#they come home for holidays

[lurukifennecfox]

Gotham was welcoming of Amity Parkers.

not as loving as with her own but she was way more patient with the people of her friend that any other outsiders.

so the people of Amity those Liminal and aware of her tried to pay her kindness back, to a reasonable degree of course but they could help and she let them stay so they did.

Paulina took it upon herself to make a nice place in the fashion district, she sold some charms to help with the curses as much as she could.

Sam being Sam opened a surprisingly Ivy Approved community garden and was very hard to convince not to join the Eco-terrorist but they managed to, thankfully.

the Fentons designed filters to help the 'Parkers but it was good for the city too if too little to do much.

Val hadn't moved here (yet) but she visited often enough and each visit volunteered somewhere.

Gotham grown to adore them almost as their own, she even hid them from the bats for a while to let them settle (and maybe help her more before her Knight inevitably got paranoid)

Gotham laughed when her King stumbled into her Red Knight, you could hear it in subtle ways the sounds of the night flowed just a little too much like a giggle.

Hood did deserve more good things she's proud of herself!

[marxistlesbianist]

Thinking about Roderic Day's theory of "licensing" as opposed to brainwashing, as an explanation for how the Western proletariat comes to adopt their bourgeoisie's world outlook: people in positions of relative privilage who haven't put much thought into their politics adopt symplistic beliefs that give them the license not to worry about their country's geopolitical economic position.

Specifically I am thinking about how this can be exended to understand phenomena like July 4th. Many have already called attention to the horribly misguided way in which "progressives" will adopt a patriotic posture to claim "this isn't what America [sic] is really about", but there's another type of patriotism I see from people who otherwise don't care about American Values™--who may even believe that they hate the US--but who will engage with the holiday as a sort of kitsch. In Tumblr terms, we could call this the let people enjoy things type of imperial chauvanism, as they tend to respond to criticisms of what the day is celebrating with statements like "I'm just here for the burgers and fireworks." For many people in the US, July 4th is the day where USAmerican flags lose their conservative, white trash signification and become a national costume--in a bizarre way, they appear depoliticized!* July 4th gives such people the license to be patriotic without having to be patriots. I think that many are being honest when they say that they only came for the fireworks; what they miss is that they are only able to enjoy the fireworks because they materially benefit from US imperialism.

*For otherwise politically disengaged US citizens I mean. The political nature of the flag, of course, works even if you don't believe in it.

[javelinbk]

Paul and Linda McCartney in their home at 7 Cavendish Avenue. Photograph by Terry O'Neill.

[merakiui]

he is the most boyfriend-coded character in all of twst. imagine watching all of the cheesy christmas rom-coms with ace……… movie date,,,, the type of guy you netflix and chill with while it snows outside. cozy time inside!! kisses that taste like the hot chocolate and sweets you indulged in. fwb that feels so much more romantic when it’s the festive season. >:)

[vadfannypack]

does anyone else fw him

[emily-mooon]

Had to draw stonathan as those family/couple photos you can get at like department stores in their Christmas sweaters

pose reference (I changed it up a bit though)

[stars4roryy]

amazingphil upload would fix me

[puppiesareperfect]

Carl Phineas and Ferb has to have the most unserious dynamic with his family?? Because he literally works for a spy organization run by animals. He’s 17ish. There is no way his family doesn’t KNOW about his internship bc he most likely still lives with them because he’s a literal teenager. And he’s been doing this for a good 3-5 years since he was with them when Perry was a baby?!! What the HELL did he tell his family when he got the job? “Oh yeah I finally found work—well it’s technically an unpaid internship but it’ll look great on my resume and/or college application. What is it? Oh it’s an organization of secret agents—no really. They fight evil scientists—yes those DO exist, we just don’t notice because they do such a good job. Oh no you can’t actually talk with any of the agents because they don’t talk because they’re literal animals”.

And somewhere along the line his fam was just like “yeah ok son, that seems like a believable and worthwhile summer job”

[sapphicfandompirate]

Its been a while since I played the first two chapters, but didn't Kris sneak off in the middle of the night and stole some butterscotch pie? What if they didn't eat it, but instead left it out for Dess?

[virtualizedvoid]

lost girl.

[toyastales]

I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

[pirated-url]

[hoperays-song]

Sing Timeline

After awhile of trying to figure out realistically in what order all the Sing materials occur just due to the events we see in certain promo material as well as shorts, I believe to have a current working timeline of everything that is likely canon to the story.

I did have rules on what materials could be included which were:

Only things that visibly included the Sing Cast could count to the timeline.

Clear ads or real world product promotion does not count.

No crossovers, no matter how fun.

This is only my personal theory so feel free to disagree but it is as follows:

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Sing for the Gold

This comes first as it just shows different talent show auditionees all enjoying music and singing without really revealing much about them or the plot. But! Still all canon sing characters.

Sing 1/Eddies Life Coach

In Sing 1, Eddie mentions that his mom has him meeting with a life coach to figure out his true purpose. That could very well be Gary, as it seems to follow his training mindset, and explain why Eddie is so infrequently appearing in the middle of the movie.

Gunter Babysits

Considering how this shows Gunter and Rosita as friends, as well as Norman and Rosita going out for the night (potentially even working on their relationship by doing so), it would make sense that this happens soon after Sing 1.

Animal Attraction

Darius had already won awards by the time he was cast in Out Of This World, something that he brags about to his new castmates. This would allow him to gain that notoriety that Buster was talking about as well as be likely new in the job market when OOTW begins casting.

Love at First Sight

Just due to the nature of the short (being about romance), I typically place it around Valentine's Day as that's also when people typically start really wanting romance much more vocally. This also would explain why Johnny's clothes are still from Sing 1, as his family would still be in jail and likely still aren't having much money/are there to give him new hand-me-downs.

Sing 2

I typically see this as a little over to exactly a year after the first movie timeline wise just due to Calatonia weather being very similar and that would also have likely been about the amount of prison time the gang would have served.

For Gunter’s Eyes Only

The only reason that this is not overlapping with Sing 2 is purely how busy the cast was during the entire movie. Slipping out even for one night for a show doesn't really make sense.

It’s Showtime

The stage area that the cast is in looks different from Crystal Theatre, leading me to believe it is likely the Majestic, though I am curious on why Johnny was all the way across town.

Sing: Thriller

Judging by the Halloween Party, this is seemingly set on Halloween, so the cast likely took a night or two off from Out Of This World to do a specialty performance back home.

Happy Holidays from Sing

Now, I know this was promo for the first movie. However, since Johnny can dance in this and the group seems really comfortable with each other, I'm placing it as after them having known each other for at least a year and Johnny going through dance lessons.

Come Home

Come Home mentions that they watch the "Moon Theatre Holiday Special" every year and the kids know the cast by name. Judging by how the kids seem young, likely around five or six years old, for this to have been a tradition, it probably would have started four or three years before. So this is actually likely a fair bit after both movies.

[somuchbetterthanthat]

Keep thinking of Jonelias and turning up the gothic elements to x1000 than they already are in canon, and somehow it always ends up in my mind with Jonah still having his Scottish family house/manor, and getting Jon there, and then Shenanigans.

In my head, it's mid-season 2, Jon's off rails, in a beautiful way, for sure, but Elias has also had a lot of thoughts on his side ever since he hesitated, watching Jon getting eaten by worms, pulling the trigger early. So it's almost a test for himself and for his Archivist when as "punishment" for Jon's behaviour, he tells him he's sending him on a very specific mission in Scotland, to Jonah Magnus's old house, to gather and archive the documents there as the Institute is thinking of turning it into a museum or an extended branch or something.

Jon, of course, is furious (and secretly relieved, for a brief moment, because the paranoia DOES tend to lessen whenever he's away for a bit of the Institute and his coworkers, coughnot!sashacough) but it's not like he's got much choice, beyond quitting or being fired, and when he asks if his assistants are coming with Elias is like "don't be ridiculous, Jon, they need to take care of things here and you'll agree with me you all need some time apart. You'll do a reconnaissance of the house and its content, as it is, and I'll join you myself in a week or two. You should have all amenities available there, excepted perhaps the Internet - but phone service should be fine, so we'll be able to keep in touch if you need anything."

And then he gets into the house, so quiet, so old, but kept in order, clearly; the phone service is actually terrible; the bed he sleeps in ("Jonah's bedroom," Elias tells him when he does manage to call him) is comfortable, but the room is often cold; and here, as well, just like in the Archives, he keeps being WATCHED. And it's not the only odd thing that happens - that one he's almost used to, now. But it's the letters; the weird objects; the noises at night; the old fashioned clothes filling the wardrobe one morning instead of his own clothes; the way his car won't start after four days; etc. etc.

(Something something something, breathing life into another of Jonah's attempt of living beyond death, getting a nostalgic shade of the monster who already loves him and sent him here for judgement, and who decides that Jon would, in fact, make for a proper spouse,,)

[moonyardz]

MY BF STEVE HARRINGTON

[doloneia]

i love odysseus and penelopes reunion for many reasons (clinging like battered sailors to the shore etc etc) but one of my favorite parts is that in the midst of this reunion as they’re sitting together awkwardly (odysseus probably still covered in blood) telemachus is sitting in the corner like “why arent you two kissing already :/ its been 20 years hop to it” and penelope has to go “This Is A Complicated Moment. Please Have Patience For Once”