#yes this is a The Santa Claus 3 ref

[pistachi0art]

This Christmas, don’t got a wish list, I got a hit list 🎄

[ask-casteliabounce]

STAR SENDING EVENT 2023 WISHLIST

(3 entries total, might be subject to change, any changes will be notified in a reshare.)

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#1

Name: Audrey

Ref: https://ask-casteliabounce.tumblr.com/Audrey

“Ooooh~ Christmas without Santa Claus? That’s a genius idea!, he can now take as many vacations as he wants!”

Tea Set (you choose the design and material!)

Anything to strengthen my psychic powers (Book,TM ,accessory, etc.)

Cute lifesize plush/beanbag

A compliment, or a show of affection

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#2

Name: Max

Ref: https://ask-casteliabounce.tumblr.com/Max

“I deliver so much to this city, I think this’ll be a good chance for it to give something in return~”

Coupons to any fast food joint in Castelia City

A wide mousepad (you choose the design!)

Nail Sharpener (not any! durable and of the highest quality)

A funny joke that he can later use

A girlfriend*

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#3

Name: Franco

Ref: https://ask-casteliabounce.tumblr.com/Franco

“Hmm yes, there’s a thing or two that I’m in need of as of currently.”

Shoe polish kit

0.25 reading glasses

A bottle of fancy red wine

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OOC NOTES:

-You’re allowed to get as creative as you want with these wishes, especially with Max’s fifth wish (*); it doesn’t require posterior commitment of any sort, she can dump/reject him or vice versa instantly or canonically after the interaction, this is purely intended for comedic purposes so, funniness and silliness is encouraged!

[thecreaturecodex]

Angel, Bene Ishim

Image © Green Ronin Press, by Britt Martin. Accessed at the Green Ronin Art Gallery here

[Commissioned by @thetygre​. Yes, this is an angel, not a devil, demon, tiefling, etc. Although the flavor text in The Avatar’s Handbook stresses their role in acting as spies behind fiendish ranks, both the commissioner and I pinged to the idea that these are a great way to explain the folkloric devil, where the Devil Himself shows up to get wrecked by some country bumpkin, child or Santa Claus. Of course that’s an angel doing PR work! To quote Thomas More, “the proud spirit cannot endure to be mocked”.

The name (but not the concept) appears to be derived from a genuine angel in Jewish traditions, but evidence online is spotty. The Wikipedia entry for ishim doesn’t cite a lot of sources, and the sources cited include the reliably unreliable Rosemary Ellen Guiley. An angel by that name did appear on Supernatural, though, for what it’s worth. I don’t think he had little horns or a high collar.

Edit: I seem to have misplaced the statistics. I was editing this in-frame a while, so maybe tumblr ate them, or maybe I just screwed up.]

Angel, Bene Ishim CR 7 NG Outsider (extraplanar) This figure looks to be the very spitting image of a fiend, with red skin, slick black hair, small horns and a goatee. He smirks evilly and winks, drawing his cape with a flourish.

Although they are sometimes called “fallen angels”, bene ishim are nothing of the sort. Instead, they are angels that assume the guise of fiends in order to either infiltrate their holdings or teach mortals about fiendish weaknesses. Many folkloric tales of devils losing fiddle contests, giving information when having their three golden hairs plucked, or being generally outwitted by children are in fact the work of bene ishim. They tirelessly work in the mortal realm to spread propaganda that evil creatures are untrustworthy, foolish and beatable by common folk. Some even enter regular relationships with a given town or country, appearing at festivals or holidays in order to be “defeated” to raise morale and teach valuable lessons. They delight in appearing to people leaning towards evil deeds, either enticing them to channel their temptation in more productive ways or if that fails, ensuring that their actions are both futile in causing harm and notable enough to result in rehabilitation.

In the lower planes, bene ishim have a second, related mission; to defuse the plans of evil through sabotage and theft. Bene ishim locate powerful evil items to steal, research and destroy, turn members of a fiendish army against each other, and generally attempt to focus the attention of evil on itself rather than on good or the mortal world. Even if they are caught out, their magical powers can force devils or demons to fight their allies instead of the bene ishim. Between this and their ability to blend into shadows, few bene ishim remain in combat long, preferring to slip away while enemies are distracted with each other.

A bene ishim is a shapechanger, able to disguise itself as either a mortal or a fiend as its mission requires. They usually take fiendish forms that fit its overall humanoid size and build, such as bearded devils, hydrodaemons or succubi. Their natural form resembles a tiefling or cambion to sufficient degree that they usually try to pass themselves off as one of these creatures if they know fiends with true seeing (such as erinyes) lie between them and their goal.

Bene Ishim   CR 7 XP 3,200 NG Medium outsider (angel, extraplanar, good, shapechanger) Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Perception +12 Defense AC 21, touch 14, flat-footed 17 (+4 Dex, +7 natural); +4 deflection vs. evil hp 68 (8d10+24) Fort +5, Ref +10, Ref +11; +4 vs. poison, +4 resistance vs. evil DR 5/evil; Immune acid, cold, petrifaction; Resist electricity 10, fire 10; SR 18 Defensive Abilities alter alignment, personal protective aura, shadow blend Offense Speed 30 ft. Melee masterwork trident +12/+7 (1d8+4) or 2 claws +11 (1d4+3) Special Attacks redirect blows, sneak attack +1d6 Spell-like Abilities CL 8th, concentration +11 At will—align weapon, detect evil, detect magic, invisibility (self only) 3/day—greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. objects only), locate object, obscure object, sending 1/day—confusion (DC 17), crushing despair (DC 17), good hope, plane shift (self only) Statistics Str 17, Dex 19, Con 16, Int 17, Wis 16, Cha 16 Base Atk +8; CMB +11; CMD 25 Feats Alertness, Combat Reflexes, Improved Initiative, Iron Will Skills Bluff +18, Diplomacy +9, Disguise +18, Escape Artist +13, Knowledge (arcana) +9, Knowledge (planes) +12, Perception +12, Sense Motive +18, Sleight of Hand +13, Spellcraft +9, Stealth +13, Use Magic Device +18; Racial Modifiers +6 Bluff, +6 Disguise, +6 Sense Motive, +6 Use Magic Device Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal SQ change shape (humanoid or evil outsider, polymorph), fiendish guise Ecology Environment any land or underground (Nirvana or evil plane) Organization solitary, pair or cell (3-6) Treasure double standard (masterwork trident, other treasure) Special Abilities Alter Alignment (Su) A bene ishim can choose the strength and alignment of its aura as a standard action. Any creature trying to detect its aura must succeed a DC 17 Will save or read it as the angel’s chosen aura instead. The save DC is Charisma based. Fiendish Guise (Su) A bene ishim can use its change shape ability to take the form of Tiny, Small, Medium or Large evil outsiders. It does not gain any of their abilities unless those abilities can be assumed by the spell polymorph. Personal Protective Aura (Su) A bene ishim gains a +4 deflection bonus to Armor Class and a +4 resistance bonus to saving throws against attacks and effects made by evil creatures. Treat this as a double strength protection from evil effect. Redirect Blows (Su) As an immediate action, a bene ishim can force a creature attempting to attack it to succeed a DC 17 Will save or instead attack the nearest evil outsider. If no evil outsider is in reach of the enemy’s attack, it instead injures itself, dealing 1d8 points of damage plus its Strength modifier. This is a mind-influencing compulsion effect. Shadow Blend (Su) In any condition of illumination other than full daylight, a bene ishim disappears into the shadows, giving it concealment (50% miss chance). Artificial illumination, even a light or continual flame spell, does not negate this ability; a daylight spell, however, does. A bene ishim can suspend or resume this ability as a free action.

[itskatebishops]

Tagged by : @weedsareflowerstoo​ on my bughead account @heytherebetts, but i’ve pretty much switched back to here, so im doing it here. 

Answer the questions and tag 20 people

THE LAST

Drink : thai tea

Phone call : My best friend (morgan of the morgan tag!)

Text message : morgan, yet again. 

Song you listened to : ‘hey daddy’ by usher 

Time you cried : 22 minutes ago, bc Tom Holland is adorable

Dated someone twice : freshman year, 2015. 

Kissed someone and regretted it : 2015

Been cheated on : 2015 WAS A BAD YEAR FOR ME OKAY

Lost someone special : July 28th, 2017 

Been depressed : according to my therapist, constantly.

Gotten drunk and thrown up: gotten drunk, a week, thrown up from intoxication, never. im v good.

Favourite colours : lavender

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU

Made new friends : yes

Fallen out of love : yes, multiple times

Laughed until you cried : yes all the time

Found out someone was talking about you : lmao im in high school this is an everyday thing

Met someone who changed you: yes

Found out who your friends are : Yes

Kissed someone on your Facebook list: this feels like such an outdated ref, i don’t even have a facebook list anymore

GENERAL

How many facebook friends do you know in real life: all of them, i don’t add someone on FB unless i know them personally

Do you have any pets : I have a dog! and a little brother. 

What did you do for your last birthday: i went to pennsylvania and won a $10,000 scholarship to a college that turns into Hogwarts for a weekend every october?

Do you want to change your name : yes, Skye isn’t my first name but i don’t like my first name and i refuse to acknowledge it if i don’t have to.

What time do you wake up : usually about 12hrs after i go to sleep, but i usually don’t sleep for days at a time first.

What were you doing at midnight last night : packing. i’ve been packing for a week straight i s2g

Name something you can’t wait for : collegeeeee i have a year to go. also senior year, which morgan just informed me was 2 weeks away

When was the last time you saw your mum : 3 days ago

What are you listening to rn: like general music taste? my tunes playlist

Have you ever talked to anyone named Tom: yes, he was my mom’s friend’s boyfriend.

Something that is getting on your nerves: some of the people at my school and the way my mother hovers.

Most visited website: tumblr or the spotify web player

Hair colour: chocolate brown with a blue underlayer rn. it was purple but it faded out

Long or short : short. almost to my boobs

Do you have a crush on someone: yes but trying to get over that

What do you like about yourself : i don’t? jk jk i like my ability to bullshit almost anything 

Piercings: the normal ear piercings, plus another one above it on the left, and my nose. might do my tragus or my cartilage next.

Blood type : A+

Nickname : Cece, Bean, C, Skye, Silly, Cina, B, 

Relationship status: single 

Zodiac sign : scorpio

Pronouns : she/her

Favourite TV show : riverdale, bones, hawaii five oh, ncis:la

Tattoos: yeet, okay: one on my ankle that’s half finished of a paw print, a triangle on my left boob that was a drunken mistake, one on my left ring finger that’s a semi colon, for the semi-colon project, and an arrow on my inner left wrist

Right or left handed : ambidextrous

Surgery: no

Sport: kickboxing and mma

Vacation: im going to hawaii in literally 10 minutes yeet

Eating: i ate some sinigang earlier, which is a filipino dish

Drinking: vodkaaaaa

I’m about to: go to hawaiiiiiiiii

Waiting for: this bitch of a school year

Want: a job and a significant other

Get married: im open to it

Career : acting would be lovely, or forensics

WHICH IS BETTER :

Hugs or kisses :kiss mee

Lips or eyes : eyes

Shorter or taller : i wanna be 5′6″ but i am 5′7″

Older or younger : younger more life to liveee ( in a significant other older tho)

Nice arms or nice stomach : nice arms

Hook up or relationship : relationship

Troublemaker or hesitant : troublemaker

HAVE YOU EVER :

Kissed a stranger : yes parties are wild

Drunk hard liquor : yes i hate beer and will only drink hard liquor

Lost glassed/contact lenses : yeah lmao it’s bad i actually just lost mine

Turned someone down : yes

Had sex on the first date : no 

Broken someone’s heart : not intentionally

Been arrested : never

Cried when someone died : yes

Fallen for a friend : yes my last relationship

DO YOU BELIEVE IN :

Yourself : no

Miracles : kinda

Love at first sight : no but i think chemistry can manifest at first meeting

Santa Claus : No

Kiss on the first date : sure 

Angels : kinda 

OTHER :

Current best friend’s name : MORGAN

Eye colour : brown

Favourite movie : 10 things i hate about you

tagging: @kate-katiehawkeye @onlyreadsbooksandshecannotdraw @ntasharomanvs @pr4villains @stumpytpdimples @dwyn5002 @badassblackwidowcavalry @nominalnebula  i know it’s not 20 but im being rushed to the airport

[dnghn-relocated]

92 truths

Rules: tag 20 people at the end

Tagged by: @zxco & @yoochann [thank you~!]

Tagging: @wowx93 | @wacested | @houseoface | @junbxee | @binsmoon @kim-seyooned | @fairychans | @junsjason | @lovdonghun | @7ace | @yoo-channie | @youngest-k | @wowza-ace | @cacetus | @kang-chan

the last...

1. Drink: water :D

2. Phone call: my mom bc i was excited that i got my cat to take his pill

3. Text message: “i... i don’t know” too my friend leesha

4. Song you listened to: Shut Up & Groove by HEIZE ft. DEAN

5. Time you cried: a few days ago over something horrible :l

have you ever...

6. Dated someone twice: we had a one week break? i don’t think that counts though...

7. Been cheated on: i don’t think so

8. Kissed someone and regretted it: oh god yes

9. Lost someone special: at the time they were special

10. Been depressed: fuck yeah

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: i don’t drink enough for that

3 of your favorite colors

12. pale mustard yellow

13. mint

14. coral pink

15. Made new friends: yes~ @networkace

16. Fallen out of love: yup!

17. Laughed until you cried: only when it’s past 2AM and everyting is hysterical

18. Found out someone was talking about you: more times than i’d like

19. Met someone who changed you: most definitely

20. Found out who your true friends are: gotta love college :))))

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: omg no

in general...

22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: i don’t have a facebook :D

23. Do you have any pets: 2! a cat and a puppy

24. Do you want to change your name: i’d like for my name to be erin

25. What did you do for your last birthday: i went out to lunch with a friend, stuffed myself with quesadillas and gelato, then two hours later had hibatchi with my family

26. What time did you wake up: 10:52 ;)

27. What were you doing at midnight last night: murdering myself by publicly writing fluff stories with my friends on my main blog

28. Name something you cannot wait for: going abroad in august!!!!

29. When was the last time you saw your mother: maybe 10 min ago?

30. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: probably holding myself back from doing things for the sake of my parents

31.What are you listening to right now: my creaking fan, help

32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: yup, he was annoying

33. Something that is getting on your nerves: this creaking fan, and toxic tumblr fandoms

34. Most visited website: tumblr and youtube

35. Elementary: i was nicknamed bambii

36. High School: yearbook editor ;)

37.College/university: TWO YEARS DOWN BBY

38. Hair color: dirty/light blond

39. Long or short hair: short, just below my shoulders

40. Do you have a crush on someone: nah

41. What do you like about yourself: my body, in a comfortable way

42. Piercings: ears only

43. Blood type: O+!

44. Nickname: pidge, courtesy of bangtan bookclub

45. Relationship status: single

46. Zodiac sign: gemini

47. Pronouns: she/her

48. Favorite tv show: The 100 and Sense8 [RIP]

49. Tattoos: nah, but i love drawing on myself

50. Right or left hand: right

51. Surgery: no way

52. Piercings: uhh... ref #42

54. Sport: some softball and ultimate frisbee!

55. Vacation: definitely to the Netherlands or Sweden

57. Eating: god give me pizza or pasta and I’m happy

58. Drinking: water or... water...

59. I’m about to: start another edit!

60. Listening to: Better Life by Sik-K

61. Waiting for: myself to finish all these stories

62. Want: to finish all these stories

63. Get married: hopefully oh man

64. Career: book publishing/magazine design

which is better...

65. Hugs or kisses

66. Lips or eyes

67. Shorter or taller

68. Older or younger

70. Nice arms or nice stomach

71. Sensitive or loud

72. Hook up or relationship

73. Troublemaker [although i’m not] or hesitant

have you ever...

74. Kissed a stranger?: nooope

75. Drank hard liquor?: once, but it was super anticlimatic

76. Lost glasses contact/lenses?: my glasses...

77. Turned someone down?: oh hell yeah

78. Sex on first date?: fuck no

79. Broken someone’s heart?: yes...

80. Had your heart broken?: yes :l

81. Been arrested?: LOL no

82. Cried when someone died?: yup

83. Fallen for a friend?: gotta love the friendzone

do you believe in...

84. Yourself?: sometimes~

85. Miracles?: i’d like to

86. Love at first sight?: it’s a nice idea

87. Santa Claus?: i miss those days

88. Kiss on the first date?: if it was a REALLY good date, maybe

89. Angels?: i’m not really religious...

other...

90. Current best friend’s name: /sweats/ ben, sam, leesha, lu, bri, becky, katie, nadine, and kim

91. Eye color: stormy blue-grey

92. Favorite movie: oh god, um, Dear Rosie?

[juliettethedragonslayer]

85 Questions

i thought this was sick and imma do it. Answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people. the last … 1. drink: ice tea (the sweet kind not the gross ass american kind, sorry) 2. phone call: my dad 3. text message: my friend who just came back from vacay 4. song you listened to: location by khalid 5. time you cried: when i got tackled in soccer and went flying but like i kinda rolled and got up and two of these tears got squished out of my eyeball so imma count it as crying 6. dated someone twice: nah 7. kissed someone and regretted it: never kissed someone period 8. been cheated on: nope 9. lost someone special: i haven't lost people, i just have let them go 10. been depressed: not depressed but like close to it 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: hah not yet favorite colors 12. FOREST GREEN 13. midnight blue almost black 14. crisp white (i KNOW ITS NOT A COLOR BUT ITS PLEASING TO THE EYE) in the last year have you… 15. made new friends: yasss 16. fallen out of love: uhh would've actually have to have fallen in love first 17. laughed until you cried: always 18. found out someone was talking about you: in good ways and bad ways yes; i'm a total snoop 19. met someone who changed you: eh not really, just improved me 20. found out who your friends are: yeah definitely 21. kissed someone on your facebook list: don't have fb😂 general 22. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: again, don't have fb 23. do you have any pets: my folks don't want no pets! if i could have one, it would be a black pug named Tiberius 24. do you want to change your name: i have learned to love my name so nope i'm good 25. what did you do for your last birthday: went downtown mtl with the momma, shopped, ate a fuck ton, made sushi and facetimed my best friend. 26. what time did you wake up: 8:30 27. what were you doing at midnight: hah sleeping 28. name something you can’t wait for: my best friend to come back from europe 29. when was the last time you saw your mom: today 31. what are you listening to right now: the wind through the trees of my open window, and the occasional drunkard mumbling along the street 32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: probably 33. something that is getting on your nerves: the fact that i'm not getting my whole pay for reffing soccer this week 34. most visited website: tumblr 35. hair colour: blond 36. long or short hair: recently cut it to my shoulders but it used to be to my hips. 37. do you have a crush on someone: not one, fucking many, and they're always changing 38. what do you like about yourself: how passionate i am in my interests 39. piercings: I WISHHHH ASDFGHJKLL 40. blood type: i wanted to find out so i went to the doctor, we did the blood test, and he never called me back... 41. nickname: zoni, jubee, poutine, ju 42. relationship status: single 43. zodiac: virgo 44. pronouns: she/her 45. favourite tv show: SUPERNATURAL 46. tattoos: not at the moment but planning on it 47. right or left handed: right 48. surgery: i had a cyst on my hand that was thought to be cancer but luckily it wasn't. got my wisdom teeth removed 49. piercing: none 50. sport: i play elite soccer ( i know fancy fancy amiright? ha.. ha..) and i dance ballet but less consistent than past years 51. vacation: cuba, but tbh i wanna travel/vacation EVERYWHERE mates 52. pair of trainers: my white adidas which are fading to grey, ew. more general 53. eating: pringles 54. drinking: MILK 55. i’m about to: fall unconscious after this post 56. waiting for: a path 57. want: to feel wanted 58. get married: nah, i don't really believe in that, tbh 59. career: archaeologist, journalist, something that allows me to travel constantly 60. hugs or kisses: never been kissed so can't compare but bear hugs are amazing 61. lips or eyes: OMFG BOTH DUDE 62. shorter or taller: taller i suppose 63. older or younger: older yeah 64. nice arms or nice stomach: ABS 65. hook up or relationship: never really had but im down 66. troublemaker or hesitant: is it weird to say i'm both? 67. kissed a stranger: no 68. drank hard liquor: yeet 69. lost glasses/contact lenses: i ain't four eyes (i still love you zack) 70. turned someone down: yeah 71. sex on the first date: i'm open to it 72. broken someone’s heart: yes 73. had your heart broken: no 74. been arrested: no 75. cried when someone died: no one i knew has died... yet. fuck 76. fallen for a friend: nope do you believe in … 77. yourself: 30.7/60 78. miracles: sure 79. love at first sight: maybe??:/ 80. santa claus: no 81. kiss on the first date: sure 82. angels: yes but not in the religious way other 83. current best friend’s name: madison 84. eye colour: grey-blue (changes depending on the weather) i know, weird 85. favourite movie: harry potter, pirates of the caribbean @a-maas-ofbooks @maudthebookeater eh i don't wanna tag anyone else too tired

[adreamoftenderdays]

Rules: Answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people. Tagged by @noble-hell-fire LAST: 1. Drink: Diet Coke 2. Phone call: My Mummmmm 3. Text message: tessa (I hate this person so much :/) 4. Song you listen to: Cheer up - TWICE 5. Time you cried: Yesterday cause I have a depressed brain :( HAVE YOU: 6. Dated someone twice: yes unfortunately 7. Kissed someone and regretted it: Most definitely 8. Been cheated on: No 9. Lost someone special: Yepppp 10. Been depressed: I'm literally DIAGNOSED 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: Nope LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS: 12. Yellow (DODIE YELLOW) 13. Pretty lil pastel orange 14. That deep navy blue that you only see in a clear night sky IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. Made new friends: Thank goodness YES 16. Fallen out of love: Yep 17. Laughed until you cried: haha yahhhh 18. Found out someone was talking about you: no 20. Found out who your friends are: Hell yes 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: no i deleted hem :D GENERAL: 22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: All of them actually 23. Do you have any pets: A 6 month old cat called lulu who is my BABY 24. Do you want to change your name: NOPE 25. What did you do for your last Birthday: Got forced to invite friends over, ended up being bossed around and crying. This year should be better hehehehe 26. What time do you wake up: 6am on school days and 8.30 on weekends 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: SLEEPINGGGG 28. Name something you can’t wait for: A time when I'm happy 29. When was the last time you saw your mom? Right now 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: nothing actually haha i love my life so so much 31. What are you listening to right now: Red velvet's comeback 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: I have indeed 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: People not looking at me when they're talking to me. Idk it's a pet peeve 34. Most visited website: YouTube, im sort of watching a lot of weekly idol rn haha 35. Mole/s: ummmm why??? 36. Mark/s: my dad's name is mark 37. Childhood dream: Surgeon lolllll 38. Hair color: Naturally blonde, dyed red 39. Long or short hair: Medium 40. Do you have a crush on someone: Nope 41. What do you like about yourself: the way my hair naturally curls a little bit, haha it's cute imo 42. Piercings: One in each ear :) 43. Blood type: No clue 44. Nicknames? Haha a lot. Lexi, lexa, Alexa, thing one haha, Russo lolllllll that's all I can remember 45. Relationship status: single 46. Zodiac: Scorpio 47. Pronouns: She/Her 48. Favorite TV Show: don't have one 50. Right or left hand: Right 51. Surgery: Once for when I broke my arm :) 52. Hair dyed in different color: yep, REF 53. Sport: Horse riding, badminton and occasionally tennis 55. Vacation: every so often Australia but mainly England cause that's where my family comes from 56. Pair of trainers: idek what they are i was just like these'll do MORE GENERAL: 57. Eating: bhudja :D 58. Drinking: WATER 59. I’m about to: drink a hot chocolate yayyy 62. Want: idkkkkk 63. Get married: Depends 64. Career: No clue 65. Hugs or kisses: Hugs all the way 66. Lips or eyes: Eyes are so pretty omg 67. Shorter or taller: Taller 68. Older or younger: depends so I guess BOTH 70. Nice arms or nice stomach: Neither? 71. Sensitive or loud: SENSITIVE 72. Hook up or relationship: Relationship ALWAYS 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: Both at the same time ;) HAVE YOU EVER: 74. Kissed a Stranger: Nope 75. Drank hard liquor: No 76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: you betcha 77. Turned someone down: No 78. Sex on the first date: NO 79. Broken someone’s heart: nope 80. Had your heart broken: Hell yes 81. Been arrested: Nope 82. Cried when someone died: Hell yes A LOT 83. Fallen for a friend: Tooooooo many times DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 84: Yourself: yep 85. Miracles: yep 86. Love at first sight: yep 87. Santa Claus: nope 88. Kiss on the first date: Depends OTHER: 90. Current best friend name: I don't have a best friend rn 91. Eye color: Blue 92. Favorite movie: Depends on the time period. 20th century, Breakfast at tiffanys or roman holiday like ahhhhhh Hepburn and 21st century If I stay :) YOU HAVE BEEN SUMMONED: Lots of these people I don't know personally but THATS OKAY CAUSE I LIKE THEIR BLOGS LOLLLL @tbhstudying @doddleoddle @emmastudies @hufflepuffwannabe @lilsimsie @meizhun @princess-of-positivity @rosiitea @rievu @writeitdownmaka @wildflower-studyblr @xurbansimsx That's not twenty so if you wanna do it, do it hava

[theliterateape]

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year for Netflix

By Don Hall

As we roll into the Christmas Season, we are confronted with the dichotomy of being the fat, lazy, imperialist nation of consuming hordes that we are with the presence of unprecedented generosity of spirit that the holiday tends to bring out in the best of us. We are slapped in the jaw with the fact that we love our families even if we ignore them for most of the year. We look around and figure out ways to show appreciation to those we love and mercy for those we don't.

And we watch movies about how other people deal with this state.

I love Christmas and I love movies about Christmas. Here's my list of the movies about this time of year that I truly love.

5) Bad Santa This film embraces the cynicism of the holiday without reservation. Billy Bob Thornton is an unapologetic drunken criminal who, with the help of a black midget, dresses as Santa Claus in order to steal all the meaningless consumer goods trolled out for the locust-like shoppers.

At the heart of this dismal, hysterically dark film is the relationship between Thornton and the fat, pathetic, snot-nosed and possibly autistic kid he unwillingly takes under his soiled, boozey wing. Also notable are genuinely funny performances by the late Bernie Mac and John Ritter.

4) Scrooged My personal favorite spin on the Dickens classic, Bill Murray is the morally stunted Scrooge who happens to run a FOX-like network and is visited by all the ghosts one expects but with twists that play to Murray's pre-Wes Anderson talents.

Who can resist a snarky Christmas movie that includes Carol Kane, Buster Poindexter and Buddy Hackett?

3) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation In my opinion, the best of the Vacation movies and the one that speaks most clearly my own personal Christmas experiences. Cousin Eddie is like half of my family and the relentless desire of Chevy Chase's Clark to make sure that everyone in his family have a great goddamn Christmas no matter what the personal and collective sacrifice reminds me of my mother when I was a kid.

My family watches this every Christmas—it's a holiday staple—and nothing is more warming come Christmas Eve than hearing my dad cackle with laughter at classic holiday lines like:

Ellen: What are you looking at?

Clark: Oh, the silent majesty of a winter's morn... the clean, cool chill of the holiday air... an asshole in his bathrobe, emptying a chemical toilet into my sewer...

[Eddie, in the driveway, is draining the RV's toilet]

Eddie: Shitter was full.

and

Eddie: You surprised to see us, Clark?

Clark: Oh, Eddie... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now.

and the best Christmas rant in history

Clark: Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?

2) The Ref By far, one of my favorites on this list. Denis Leary is a burglar who ends up stuck with the most dysfunctional family on Planet Crazy—Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey take bickering to an artistic height and Leary's grim, angry, impatient asshole teaches them the meaning of Christmas rather than the family teaching it to him.

NOTE: I understand the knee-jerk desire to eradicate Spacey from the face of the planet but, for chrissakes, this is still one hysterical film and I an a grown-up, which means I can divorce the man from the character.

Once again, an incredible cast (JK Simmons, Christine Baranski, Raymond J. Barry, Glynis Johns and Bill Raymond as a lactose intolerant Santa) all headed by three of the funniest, angriest performances you're likely to see in movies not about Christmas.

Gus: You know what, lady? I'd like to tie you to the back of a fucking truck.

Rose: You don't have the balls.

[Gus leaps up from his chair toward Rose and is intercepted by Lloyd]

Lloyd: Don't do it! It's not worth it.

Gus: I fucking hate her, Lloyd!

Lloyd: I know, I know.

Gus: What is the matter with you? I thought Mothers were sweet and nice a-a-and patient. I know loan sharks who are more forgiving than you. Your husband ain't dead, lady. He's hiding.

and

Gus: Caroline and Loyd, will get the coffee and deserts then we'll be opening presents.

Connie Chasseur: We can't open presents til midnight.

Gus: Why not?

Connie Chasseur: Because it's not Christmas until midnight!

Gus: We'll be changing the rules, a little bit. We are opening the presents now. Not later, now. Why? We're adults, and we can open our presents, WHENEVER WE WANT!

and, of course

Lloyd: You know, you and my wife have a lot in common. You both think you have some right to life working out the way you want it to, and when it doesn't, you get to act the way you want. The only trouble with that is someone has to be responsible. I'd love to run around and take classes and play with my inner-self! I'd love the freedom to be some pissed-off criminal with no responsibilities, except I don't have the time! But you don't see me with a gun. And you don't see me sleeping with someone else. You think my life turned out the way I wanted because I live in this house? You think every morning I wake up, look in the mirror and say "Gee I'm glad I'm me and not some 19-year-old billionaire rockstar with the body of an athlete and a 24-hour erection!" No I don't! So just excuse the shit out of me!

1) It's a Wonderful Life C'mon. Most people only remember the part where George Bailey remembers his life without him and how much his presence made a difference. They forget that this is the fever dream of a man about to commit suicide because his life has slowly but certainly spun down the toilet and in one greedy moment, the town Republican takes advantage of George's dim-witted uncle and, like a McConnell or a Ryan, tries to shut down the one bank that isn't a shitty, profit-driven monstrosity.

This is a beautiful movie filled with rage and despair and evil as well as romance, good will and a message each person alive should heed. Merry Christmas, Bedford Falls!

Yes, yes. I'm leaving out all the Rankin and Bass TV shows and the Charlie Brown Special and even A Christmas Story—sue me. I like it dark, fraught with peril and genuine sadness to balance out the saccharine nature of the commercial end of the holidays and the moralistic bent coming from the religious types. If it makes you feel better, I left out the Die Hard movies, too.