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cherubfae · 2 months

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Alastor's Lament || Jack Skellington!Alastor x Sally!AFAB!Reader

What if all this power as an Overlord has grown tiring for Alastor? Sure, he likes it. But can he even hope to yearn for something different? Could helping the hotel be his missing piece? Could you?

tags: gn!afab!reader, half-ragdoll!sinner!reader, Jack Skellington!Alastor, hurt/comfort, loneliness, implied abuse, blood/gore, protective!Alastor, friends to lovers

a/n: Tim Burton still has some of my favorite films and I'm also going to be working on a Victoria/Victor Al x afab!reader, so please look forward to that! ^~^ Sally's Song belongs to Disney!

From his little corner of Hell, Alastor could see the pale white moon embedded in the red sea sky from his radio tower. On a rare night where the moon could be seen so clearly, it left a deep sense of melancholy within his chest; even his dead heart ached.

All of his years as an Overlord seemed to drain him. Bartering souls had been his greatest pleasure, and sure, he was rather powerful but now that he had all this power; what was it worth to keep gaining? He was already one of the most feared. He sought out a new career path, to become Hazbin's hotelier to rehabilitate demons! It gave him a spark of interest that had been lost in him for centuries. Everything came easy to Alastor. Everything except you.

What a simply fascinating creature you were! Able to unstitch your limbs and sew them back together good as new! He considered you one of his dearest friends, a lovely thought always lingering in the back of his mind. Yet time and time again you seemed to slip away into the night before he could say anything, or even thank you for the lovely vintage wine you'd gifted him. Like a whisper in the dark, you had disappeared.

Not even Rosie had seen you. Which was growing more and more worrisome with the more the hours ticked on by. Where could you have gone? Were you alright? It was an uncommonly chilly night in Hell, thanks to an ice demon casting a spell over the lands as of recent. It was certainly no weather to be out and about in if one could help it.

The Radio Demon was aware of the unsavory living conditions you kept living with your adopted father and self-appointed 'creator' (which was wholly untrue), Dr. Twisttike, having invited you to live at the Hazbin Hotel. Even Charlie, Princess of Hell, had cordially invited you but the two were unaware of just how tightly you were bound to an over- controlling demon. One who claimed that he made you, therefore you were his.

Shaking his head, Alastor fretted over his blueprints for a new radio tower design, yet that inescapable feeling of dread continued to gnaw at his bones like a starved dog. He runs his hand over his face, down the red pinstriped suit, stopping to adjust his black buck shaped bowtie. Its glimmering red eyes blinked. This will simply not do. He needed to find you.

Hidden away, locked inside of your 'room' once more by the demon who held your chain so tightly, you weep silently to yourself. "And will he see how much he means to me?"

"Will you stop that dreadful singing?" Dr. Twisttike hissed, grasping your glowing pale blue chain and yanking you harshly. You fall to your knees, scraping your hands against the dirty concrete. Red abrasions collected on your palms, threatening to break the surface of your skin. "Your lover boy, Alastor, won't be coming for you, dear. You think you can keep up with a demon such as him? Look at yourself. You can't even keep your stitches together. Next time I make a ragdoll, I'll make one out of proper cloth and not flesh like you. All you do is cry and bleed." Clicking his tongue, he leaves you crying on the cold ground.

With your knees tucked to your chest, you sigh. That brute of a man--demon, oftentimes left you more undone than anything else did. Constantly pulling apart your stitches and not letting you put yourself back together. He almost let you catch fire a few weeks ago. Sure, none of this could kill you. But that didn't mean that it doesn't hurt when it happens.

Standing to look out your window, you hum to yourself. You could see the peak of Alastor's radio tower from here, the full moon rising behind like a great beacon. An immense sense of longing filled your body, you hoped he was looking at the same moon and feeling the same way as you. With a gasp, you slip through the partially opened gap and allow yourself to fall to the cobblestone. More abrasions and bruises from, your blood coagulating from your missing limbs.

Plucking out a needle from behind your ear, you begin to sew yourself back together, hissing softly around a particular tender area. Standing on rather wobbly feet at first until you break out into a sprint before your Overlord can know you've left. Your other arm was left behind, but you couldn't be bothered with that now. You needed to get away, heading towards the highest hill of town, near Alastor's tower.

Alastor frantically searches around town. There's still no sign of you anywhere. Dread continues to eat away at him, until he finds himself standing outside the gates of your home. The dread boils away into anger. Your sweet scent lingers in the air mixed with the scent of blood and fear. You were hurt. Bleeding. He wills himself to calm down, his claws bending through metal gates as he pushes them open with brute force.

"Ah, Alastor! Welcome, welcome, come in my dear boy!" Dr. Twisttike's serpentine tail swishes behind him, allowing the tall redhead into the cramped and dingey house.

Even for Hell's standards, the old and decrepit house was absolutely deplorable. A sulfuric musty smell hung in the air, damp with black mold and cobwebs clinging to every viable rafter.

Tension wafted through the air, Alastor's scarlet eyes turning into radio dials. In an instant, he's turned into his full demon form, mouth sewn by green stitches. A glowing green chain wraps taught around Dr. Twisttike, sending him to the ground with a harsh thud.

"Where are they?" Alastor's neck cracks at an ungodly angle, the echo of screams surrounding him. When Twisttike fails to speak, Alastor yanks the chain harshly, his heeled shoe slamming down onto the demon's claw, snapping it clean off. Black inky blood oozes from the putrid wound. "I won't ask again, good man. Where are they?"

Dr. Twisttike rasps, "Upstairs! Their bedroom! Please, stop!" Alastor snaps his fingers, the demon's limbs and extremities are bound by glowing green rope.

Alastor thunders up the spiral staircase. "My dearest! Are you here?" His eyes are frantic, wild. His ears stand alert, waiting for any sign of your lovely voice calling out to him. The only answer he receives is a perplexing silence. He rounds the corner to enter your door lies and snarls. "A cell? You keep my darling in a goddamned cell?"

Blowing the door off the hinges, Alastor surveys the small, cramped room. There's a bare bed with a single flimsy blanket and ragged old pillow. Small splatters of bloodstains stain those sheets. A tiny dresser to the right of the bed holding a single analog clock that seems to have stopped working long ago. The walls are bare of any color and character, with peeling paint and black mold scuttled around the corners of the ceiling like soot sprites. Everything he knows that you love and adore does not reflect in your room. There was no personalization, there was no you. It's uncomfortably damp. It was nothing short of a miracle that you weren't sick.

"You pitiful creature, keeping my beloved in such conditions. Why I should--," Alastor's sentence does in the back of his throat, noticing something half-hanging out the window. A dismembered arm, the thread of your stitches caught on a rusty nail. Carefully expecting it, he gently traces the stitch marks. "Hmm, it appears I have no more use for you, Dr. Twisttike."

A sickening squelch echoes throughout the house as Dr. Twisttike's body splatters all across the walls. Alastor's slithering tentacle removes itself from the corpse, shaking off the blood before retreating into his back. There isn't much left of the poor fool other than the remains of his guts and brain matter. Alastor carefully dabs his cheek free of blood, holding your severed arm close to his chest. He exits, form swallowed by darkness and shadow. Behind him, the home ignites into hellish green flames.

It did not take long for Alastor to find you. You nearly took his breath away. Your gaze is so beautiful and forlorn, sitting on a hill with the clearest view of the large full moon. The silver light casts delicate shadows against your skin as you hum a soft song to yourself. What a true, ethereal beauty you are.

"My dearest friend," rumbles Alastor, his tone a delicate purr. You stand in surprise, which quickly melts into a delicate smile. "If you don't mind, I'd like to join you by your side. Where we can gaze into the stars," Alastor gently reattached your arm, green magic carefully sewing it back on you.

"And sit together."

"Now and forever."

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"For it as plain as anyone could see, we're simply meant to be." With a gentle embrace, Alastor presses his lips to yours, tugging you into his arms and off the chilly ground.

#hazbin hotel imagines #hazbin hotel x reader #hazbin hotel x you #hazbin imagines #alastor x reader #hazbin alastor x reader #alastor x you #alastor imagine #cherubfae 2024

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britishassistant · 1 year

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A twst and NeverAfter crossover! A Twisted Neverland! There are so many possibilities!

Warning: NeverAfter/twst chapter 7 spoilers

I imagine the RSA princes’ motives might be a combination of the Fairies and the Princesses; something like, destroying twisted wonderland in order to return to the “true” version of the story. Because imagine how unfair it must feel to go from being the most important character in your story to barely even getting a name. I could see that leading to a mindset of setting right what once went wrong, only their definition of “right” is a bit myopic. Nevemind that their plan would doom all of the NRC students because “they’re villains, villains don’t deserve happy endings”

I know he’s taking the role of the Stepmother but Malleus’ goal also gives him a lot in common with the Baron of Bricks. A beginning with no ending. And a conflict with death (which is perfect since Idia, twisted from the ruler of the underworld, is gonna go up against him in canon). Perhaps that’s why he’s not too far gone to save? Because he doesn’t want to completely destroy everything, instead he wants to preserve certain parts of the story at the expense of everything else. Or is he at a point of “if I can’t have you no one can”?

What’s Lilia’s role in this? I can’t imagine he’d willingly go along with this insane plan if he understood what was going on, considering his reaction at the party. So is he being controlled? I guess that would mean Silver is in a similar position to Pinocchio.

If the students are sticking to the script doesn’t that mean that Yuu has to meet with Malleus? Not very often (thank god) but I doubt he’d take kindly to being denied their friendship, not after everything he’s sacrificed to keep it. Man, imagine meeting this eldritch creature and being expected to act all clueless and call him Hornton like you’re not painfully aware that he wants to eat you or something.

And are all the students aware of the nature of their world? Was it harder for some of them to awaken than others? Specifically the ones without an obvious analog from the other stories? Like Jack, or those twisted from plot devices instead of characters? (Epel: I’m a goddamned apple)

Sorry for the long disjointed rant, your au just combined my two current hyperfixations:D

Thank you for the ask, dear anon!

These are literally my two hyperfixations right now, I am vibrating in place—

(Also this is just one of the two possible crossovers I’ve had in mind. After all, if Disney interpretations of fairy tales exist within Neverafter, who’s to say our intrepid heroes couldn’t wash up on Sage Island one fine morning?)

And yes that is what’s happening with the RSA princes—much like the Neverafter princesses they have basically decided that the villainous world of Twisted Wonderland is only making people residing in it unhappy as things get worse and worse every run. Therefore the only way to save everyone and make them happy is by making sure this backwards, twisted world no longer exists.

Yes, Malleus’ goals are basically an amalgamation of the two—like when the stepmother started out and the Baron, all he wants is a way to keep Lilia from getting sick and to keep his human in Twisted Wonderland without needing to ever worry about parting. Except, then he discovered that his story was written to be a tragedy where he confronts loss and learns to move on despite it. And in his current mindset, the being formerly known as Malleus Draconia was not prepared to accept that this narrative would only take from him that which he held dear.

Isn’t it better that he sacrifice the very thing binding him to this tale, the name of the heir to the Valley of Thorns, if it means he can surpass the Thorn Fairy and destroy all that which is unnecessary to his happiness? Even if his current power is insufficient to do so, all he needs to do are consume the other manifestations of “Dorm Head” or “Villain” until he is the only being left with any claim to these titles, no?

He’s not quite at the point of “if I can’t have you, no one can” but he is getting there. Oh boy is he getting there.

Lilia, Crowley and by extension Sebek are trying to work against the Diasomnia Dorm Head to get things Back on Track (or what they think Back On Track is). As fae, they’re a bit more aware of the ways in which the narrative should run, and the beings whose attentions they do not wish to attract for fear of them making the story worse.

For Lilia and Sebek this is hard as they need to try and keep Diasomnia running like how it was when the Dorm Head was still mostly person shaped, while ensuring no one deviates from the script by force, if they must. They can’t do much about the Dorm Head, as he’s basically drifting around doing whatever he wants to try and gain more power, but for the more human students? Well, it’s not like these individual, self-centered mages can really fight back against Crowley or Lilia’s capabilities, right? Just stick to the plan and everything will be fine, they promise.

Of course, this is without the additional factor that every parallel version of Twisted Wonderland our heroes end up in after they die incorporates more of the darker and grittier aspects of the original tales than the ones before it.

Kalim al-Asim hasn’t had the freedom to think for himself since the start of the year, for example. Crossing the Octavinelle trio is a sure fire way to find yourself vanished without a trace, the dorm students of Ignihyde seem to be halfway to the underworld already, and some say the dorm head of Heartslaybul will paint the roses red with the blood of those who fail to live up to his exacting standards.

Yuu, Grim, Silver, Rook and Ortho are all part of Team “maybe we shouldn’t have to follow our stories to the letter to find happiness but we don’t want the world destroyed either thnx”.

Grim, quite understandably, does not want his story to end with him turning into a monster that either kills his friends or gets killed by them, and so is trying to find a way to avoid this fate.

Silver and Rook, thanks to their more light-aligned origins, are similar to the RSA students in that once they’ve “awoken” they’ll stay that way across every version of themselves. Silver is taking it much harder than Rook is, though it’s not easy for him either.

Ortho, thanks to Idia modifying his memory databanks so they can be transferred across dimensions, is able to pretty much “awaken” whenever an alternate version of him is destroyed.

Yuu’s notebook, which they originally used in their Villainous Paranoiac ‘verse to record everything that happened to them and try to figure out a way to prevent overblots, functions very much like Timothy Goose’s storybook, if more…prone to overwriting its wielder with the memories stored within.

Most of the students who “wake up” usually join this side as well. It’s actually much easier for the students who aren’t twisted from defined character within their story to “awaken”. After all, it’s much harder for a person to be twisted into a worse version of their story counterpart if that counterpart is say, an apple, a pair of cards, or a wolf that never appeared in the first place.

Thank you for ranting though! I really enjoy reading through things like this!!

#twisted wonderland #twst #neverafter #twst spoilers #neverafter spoilers #twisted wonderland yuu #twst yuu #villainous paranoiac yuu #malleus draconia #twst rsa #twst silver #twst grim #rook hunt #ortho shroud #lilia vanrouge #sebek zigvolt #dire crowley

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tea-hytyyto · 2 years

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Out of all of the TWST cast, which one of them do you think would date a partner with a similar personality to their respective Disney princess/heroine?

Hello! Many of the Disney princesses/heroines could be attending RSA and therefore be enemies of the TWST cast. While you did say personality and not direct individual many of the TWST cast may not like that personality as it reminds them of RSA. We can take out Silver as I assume he is Aurora so he would basically date the same person. (Not saying that any of these can’t happen but I’m just narrowing it down.)

I believe that Pomefiore may not like someone like Snow White/ Neige except for Rook. However Rook may like Neige more and not appreciate a partner that is like him. It is hard to imagine that the entire cast of Diasomnia would date someone like Aurora/Silver, I can’t really explain it but I’m ruling them out.

Many of the TWST characters wouldn’t be able to handle a relationship. Savanaclaw has a high chance of liking someone similar to Nala as they all seem to like strong women, not sure about Jack but I’m sure he would be fine with it.

I feel like I’m hardcore misinterpreting or just changing the question so I’m sorry if this isn’t the answer you were looking for. Heartslabyul with someone like Alice may be chaotic but sweet. Octavinelle with someone like Ariel would sure be something. Many of these pairings clash because it’s quite literally the villain and the hero clashing.(Except for Silver, Kalim, and Rook.) Love can go either way though as it doesn’t really have a formula for success.

I’m taking out Ortho even though he’s 16 because he is a literal child at heart. Idia has a high chance of attraction with someone like Meg because in the original movie it was kind of like that? (I never watched Hercules fully.) Scarbia may like someone like Jasmine. I don’t consider Jafar’s attraction to Jasmine the deciding factor because he mostly did it for power. Kalim may have a brother relationship with someone like Jasmine because well in the og they were father and daughter. It’s totally possible for that to happen but I just think of it like that.

I couldn’t pick 1 so I would say that Idia and Rook have the highest chance. I’m not sure about Savanaclaw but they may also be chill with it. -------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for asking~ Follow so you don’t miss out on next Tea Time!

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thebetterluthor · 3 years

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Fixing Canon with Headcanon

There’s a fantastic post going around about all the things the SG showrunners have messed up about Lena. Details like, her favorite spot being on the beach, favorite movie Titanic etc, so I thought I’d fix that.

Read on for a headcanon that at least works better than Canon about Lena’s favorite things.

Let’s start with favorite spot.

Canon says it’s the beach. First of all, as the post I mentioned pointed out, Lena’s mom drowned. Given Lena’s upbringing and her mentioning the existing trauma regarding her mom’s death, I’d say it’s something she hasn’t yet processed, or made peace with. Therefore that’s problem A, in regards to the “Lena at the Beach” idea. The second problem is much easier to observe: Lena’s complexion, aka paler than a piece of paper. Never tan, only burn, eyes stinging like crazy, suffering from sun allergies etc. And while many pale people don’t mind boiling themselves on the sand at all hours of the day, that doesn’t sound like something Lena would enjoy.

I’d say Lena probably used to think of herself as a city girl. She’s lived practically her whole life in either big cities, or off to boarding school/uni where any school trips would be tightly controlled and extremely over the top (e.g. skiing weekends to the Alps). All things that she didn’t particularly enjoy because it was the same exhausting people in more natural environments.

But then, perhaps sometime between her doctorate and starting a job at, then, LuthorCorp or Sperical, she went on a trip with Jack, or Andrea. Maybe it was back to Ireland even, or Tuscany. And she saw the rolling hills and the meadows shining golden under the sunlight, and the smell of the trees reminded her of home and she realized, if she could she’d stay there forever. After all, her memory of her mom (the one we show because of the virtual reality device) was from when they were running through a meadow.

So I’d say Lena, when left to her own devices, will spend a “day off” at a ridiculously expensive and exclusive spa getting pampered. But if she has company, she’ll probably prefer a trip to the countryside!

Next stop: Favorite movie

No, it’s not Titanic. One, it’s the drowning thing. Also, no, Lena is not in her mid twenties in Supergirl. I don’t know what the script implied, or what lots of fanfics choose to go with. Lena is at her early to mid thirties. Even if she got her phd at a ridiculous age like, 22-23, which would actually put her on the very real list of youngest people to ever get a doctorate, she’d still be working at LuthorCorp, and then Spherical for a few years. So the youngest she’d even be once she became CEO of L-Corp would be 29-30. Which means, she was born in the 80s. Lena didn’t have friends growing up, and it’s not like the Luthors would be cinema goers, so when would she even get to watch Titanic enough for it to be her favorite movie?

Lena’s favorite movie can either be something she remembers watching with her mom like, e.g. Princess Bride, or something she got hooked with when she was older at uni. E.g. she could be the person who hasn’t seen any Disney films but has a crazy obsession with the Shrek movies. Or a complete nerd who’s memorized the Silmarillion and only watches the extended versions of LOTR.

Finally: James’ gift

Yikes. Listen, from an artist’s standpoint (moi), it’s a bit creepy. Like, that wasn’t a candid image. Dude went and got a camera, picked the right lens, fixed the shutter speed, ISO, took a couple of trial pics, tried different angles. While Lena slept. Without her knowledge.

Maybe, if they were together for years, it wouldn’t be creepy. But for a new couple? Yikes.

Double yikes because of who Lena is. Lena has been hounded by photographers and reporters for most of her life. How would she, realistically, feel if her photographer/reporter boyfriend took pictures of her when she was sleeping. Probably vulnerable. Not exactly the best experience. Also, she’s sort of a celebrity so, having her picture, idk, “professionally” taken isn’t probably that big of a deal?

Lena suffers from people’s preconceptions. Lena rarely finds people who take the time to peel back the layers, see beyond the surface, and learn who she is as a person. Being admired for her physical beauty isn’t something she’d ever really be moved by, it probably happens to her all the time. If James wanted to prove that he sees her, he’d try to provide what she obviously needs: trust and companionship. Gift wise? An invitation to karaoke night. A collection of board games that she can keep at her place, so they can start having the gang over sometimes, instead of always meeting at Kara’s. Space in his home for her, in the form of her favorite things in his pantry, or a comfy new armchair she can curl up in and work on her laptop, an empty drawer in his closet for her stuff.

Definitely not a creepy picture dude.

#Headcanon #lena luthor #my analysis

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yeaahishowedupatyourparty · 3 years

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royals au ♕

Brief outline of who they are! I can’t think of plots just yet. I’ll do that later on. I’m not finished but will update it when I get more ideas

Disney Cosette Hamilton: Crown Princess of France

Disney is the next in line to the throne of France. She has been working her entire life towards it and has been raised to always put the country first. She’s disciplined, polite and formal. There are very few people who know the true her. Her biggest pressure at the moment is that she knows her father’s health is deteriorating and she will also be France’s first Queen. There’s a lot to prepare for and for the first time ever, she’s doubting if she’s ready.

Park Elias Hamilton: Prince of France

There are a lot of traditionalists in France who would choose Park to be the next to the throne over Disney in a heartbeat. It’s an age old argument for the country. People who believe Park should be King and people who believe Disney should be Queen as the rule is the oldest is next in line. Not being the heir (technically) means he’s lived his life less disciplined, some might go as far to say that he isn’t professional at all. He’s had a string of affairs with princesses from different courts and has blurred the line between royalty and celebrity; something his parents often critique him for.

Imogen Isla Hamilton: Princess of France

Park is reckless and at times unruly, but he can be because he’s a prince and not a princess. The standard often shifts for princesses and nobody knows that more than Imogen. She’s lived in the shadows of her older siblings for so long that she went through a phase where she lost her identity. However, now she’s a little older, she speaks out a lot about workers rights and the divide in wealth in lots of countries. She’s an ambassador for many countries and will rarely let anybody silence her. After turning 19 this year, Charles and Eva have been thinking about her future and that obviously includes an appropriate husband. Nobody knows that she’s already dating her driver.

Florence Ophelia Hamilton: Princess of France

Florence is the youngest princess and with that, has the least pressure when it comes to her family. That doesn’t stop her from being arguably the most loved of the siblings, though; she’s soft and grounded where Disney is detached and strict, she’s polite and agreeable where Park and Imogen are loud and scandalous. It’s a running joke that life in France would be a lot better if she was the eldest daughter. Like Imogen, she’s yet to be matched with another heir but her naivety towards everything means she doesn’t rebel as hard. She’s extremely passive and relies a lot on her handmaids and staff to guide her through protocol/think for her/tell her what to do.

Anastasia Sylvia Carmichael: Queen of England

After the death of James Carmichael, Anastasia stepped up to the throne and took her place as Queen of England, making her one of the most famous royals on the planet. She made headlines twice when she ascended to the throne without being married or showing any signs of doing so. However, that is changing. It’s become clear that she knows what she’s doing and has been seen with princes who are very close heirs to their own thrones. What nobody else knows is that James Carmichael is not dead; but he’s also not a woman. He had the most power he possibly could. If Anastasia marries a future King, the English monarchy also has impact and power in their country too. It was a royal power move and what Anastasia’s very good at hiding is that everything she does is. She may be a Disney royal on the surface, but don’t underestimate her.

Princess Soraya Maria Castillo-Sparks: Crown Princess of Mexico

Mexico is one of the less powerful or rich countries, but they are very patriotic and adore their crown princess; Soraya. She’s the definition of the peoples princess and is constantly putting her family and country first. Like most heirs to the throne, she’s been raised to take on the responsibility. The last time I left her, she was caught in a love triangle between Levi and Julian (I don’t know if that’s still happening). Regardless though, a lot of her storylines will be based around the fact that Mexico is a poorer country and everything she does is rooted in making a better life for her people.

Princess Zara Calloway: Princess of Sweden

Zara is the youngest princess of Sweden and is what most would call a ‘free-spirit’, to be kind about it. She’s constantly got her head in the clouds and spends most of her time in her palace; reading, painting, singing. Her parents often keep her sheltered - she doesn’t need to be in the public eye like the older girls, but they don’t want her frequenting with royals with bad intentions...or people with no royal heritage at all (gasp). It’s lonely and only builds her curiosity about everybody she comes across. Last time, she crossed paths with Danny by mistake but now has an infatuation.

Prince Louis Powell: Crown Prince of Greenland

Louis is an only child and therefore, by default, the crown Prince of Greenland. The country went through turmoil when his parents split and the monarchy was seen as broken. It’s taken his father a few years to rebuild trust from the people but they are now all looking towards Louis to bring a sense of normality back to Greenland. He’s being pressured a lot to propose to a particularly princess/member of the royal court...which will be an open plot.

Prince Drew Bradford: Crown Prince of Lithuania

Princess Janey Powell: Crown Princess of Iceland

Prince Jack Coleman: Prince of Germany

Prince Adrian Cortes: Prince of Colombia

Colombia

Princess Ruby Rosini: Princess of Slovakia

Princess Alyssa Rose Amari: Princess of Bahrain

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romantichopelessly · 5 years

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My Fic Masterpost

A masterpost of all of my written works, if anyone doesn’t feel like visiting my AO3, or wants to reblog my works or something, idk. If you want to read any of these on AO3, they’re on my account, its under the same name as this one.

Drabbles (Less Than 1K)

Tech Support - Logan/Virgil - “This is Technical Support, Logan Sanders speaking. How may I help you?”

Cool Kids - None - Logan doesn’t care for Procrastination. At all. Procrastination is a silly, useless, counterproductive side. He brings nothing to the table but nonsensical chatter and jokes worse than Patton’s. So why does everyone like him so much?

It’s Late - Logan/Nate - Logan is overworking himself again, and Nate takes matters into disown hands, finding a way to get his boyfriend to finally relax.

Reunited - Roman/Patton - Roman hasn’t seen his Canadian boyfriend in a year now, and he’s anxious to see him again, even though he won’t admit it.

The Crofter’s Conundrum - Logan/Roman - Roman wants the Crofter’s. Logan has the Crofter’s.

Blushes and Betas - Declan Trompeur & Beckett Moran - Declan is in town and visiting Beckett, and that silly envy won’t stop being a sap. Really, he would be mad if he didn’t care about them so much. (Set in @insanelycoolish TLHR Universe)

Puddles and Puns - Virgil/Patton - It’s raining outside, and somehow Patton convinces Virgil to go out with him. Bad jokes ensue, but Virgil loves his short boyfriend, so it’s all okay.

Prop Theif - Roman/Virgil - Stage tech Virgil is sick and tired of the props going missing, and he knows exactly who is behind it. Roman Knight.

You Know Who to Call - Virgil/Emile - Emile comes home to his fiancé feeling down and out of it. Luckily he has early-2000s cartoons, a psychiatry degree, and plenty of cuddles to go around.

Public Displays - Roman/Virgil - Virgil isn’t one for PDA. Virgil isn’t one for much of anything until he meets Roman, though.

You Put Your Arms Around Me - Remy/Thomas - Disney debates on The Witching Hour tour bus + Quality Remas Time. (Set in @insanelycoolish TLHR Universe)

Try Some? - Logan/Nate - “Try Some?” Nate blinked slowly. Once. Twice. Logan was still standing there, beautiful as ever, watching him with a raised eyebrow. “I’m sorry, baby. What did you just say?”

This Is Home - Declan Trompeur & Beckett Moran - Declan is confident in his orientation. Really, he is. 100%. He’s just... not so sure that Beckett really knows what they’re getting into here.

Prom Night - Logan/Nate - Nate goes to pick up his boyfriend for their Senior Prom.

Adoration - Roman/Virgil - Virgil and Roman enjoy a day in the sunlight.

Champagne Kisses - Remy/Thomas - Remy believes that being sober is definitely worth it if his boyfriend is going to be this enthusiastically affectionate.

Okay - Roman/Virgil - Roman and Virgil recuperate after Dealing With Intrusive Thoughts.

Cheater - Logan/Deceit - Logan Berry never carried the title of sore loser before he started dating his number one debate competitor.

Sleepy Time - Logan/Patton - “I am not human, therefore, I do not need sleep.”

Hand Drawn - Virgil/Patton - “Were you drawing me?”

One in a Million - Logan/Remy - “You would risk the lives of millions for one person? Why?”

Breathless - Logan/Roman - “I read once that holding your breath can stop a panic attack so... when I kissed you... you held your breath.”

Cowardice - Deceit/Logan - “You hide away this entirely different part to yourself all because you’re afraid that someone might get close to you!”

Concentration - Deceit/Remus - “Look, I know you’re a hardass, but could you play with my hair? It would really help.”

Birthmark - Platonic Janus&Remus&Roman - Roman asks about Dee’s birthmark. Takes place in my BOTWOT universe.

Sea Ships - Remus/Remy - A short Drabble for my SPOP universe.

Raccoon From Where? - None - The Jack-Jack and raccoon Incredibles 2 scene with my Celestial Kid AU.

F- U - None - Virgil’s claiming from my PJO AU

First Babysit - None - A snippet of Roman’s first time babysitting Patton in my Celestial Kid AU

Oneshots (1K+)

When You’re Not Listening - Logan/Nate - Three times Logan or Nate protected one another behind the other’s back, and one time they stopped being idiots and noticed.

So This Is Love - Roman/Patton - Roman isn’t feeling like his usual glittery self due to a lack of ideas, so Patton helps him unwind. Involving lots of romantic music and dancing.

Backstage Confessions - Logan/Patton - Logan is completely gone on the keyboardist for The Witching Hour, but what else is new? (Set in @insanelycoolish TLHR Universe)

More Than Friendship - Patton/Deceit - Deceit was still getting used to this whole “friendship” thing. Ever since the light sides had made reforming him their sort of personal pet project, Deceit had heard the term and others like it in reference to him thrown around far too often. Patton was quite possibly the most confusing new ‘friend’ of all.

In Other Words, Hold My Hand - Logan & Virgil - Virgil has always loved Disney films. The magic of talking animals and princesses fascinated him as a child. His older brother always told him that when he was older he would understand why his favorite characters were always falling in love. He didn't really get it until he met Logan Berry. Even then he wasn't sure that he got it.

Overdue Apologies - Janus/Patton - Patton didn’t expect anyone to visit him. Post Putting Others First.

Not a Cinderella Story - Virgil/Remus - When they were younger, Remus, Roman and Virgil were inseparable. But things change. And people grow up.

Roman’s List - None - “If it is a mistake, I’ll add it to the list!” Romangst.

Peppermint, Ginger, Lemongrass and Truth - LAMP - Patton Bellerose is a witch. This is only a problem because now he has to find a way to tell his three boyfriends, Logan, Roman and Virgil, before his birthday is over.

Line Without a Hook - Patton/Remus - When Patton’s entire world view is challenged–when he doesn’t even know who he is supposed to be anymore, help comes from an unexpected source. Maybe things can be okay after all.

Talking to the Moon - Virgil/Logan - Logan is a man of routine. Routines are sensible. It's perfectly sensible that his routine revolves around his roommate. Virgil. Even though his roommate doesn't know that he's a vampire. Even though his roommate doesn't know that he is in love with him. (Or: Virgil and Logan are vampires. And neither of them know about the other. And they were roommates.)

Series

Don’t You, Forget About Me - ??? - Five kids who don’t fit in. Five kids who have no place. Five kids who don’t really know one another or anyone else. All stuck in one room for Saturday detention. Patton Clark the athlete, Logan Johnson the brain, Roman Standish the prince, Virgil Bender the criminal, and “Deceit” Reynolds the basket case. Part 1 - Part 2

Could You Check Me Out? - Logan/Roman - Roman hates working at the public library, but things get a little bit more interesting when a really cute nerd comes in. It’s a huge plus when said nerd blushed easily. Part 1 - Part 2

Bracelet ‘Verse - Patton/Virgil & Logan/Roman & Remus/Janus - Touch starved Virgil tries a quid pro quo to get hugs from his best friend, and maybe grows some feelings as well. Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Extra 1

Best Of Todays/Worst of Tomorrows - Familial TDLAMPR - Thomas Sanders, 30 years old, is looking for something to do with his life. Not like a job or anything, he has that covered, but he’s recently come to the realization that he isn’t really doing anything with himself. He has too much free time and what feels like next to no impact on the world. Until, much to the shock of his close friends, he becomes a foster parent. In next to no time at all, Thomas is paired with not one, not two, but six foster kids. Seventeen-year-old Patton Hart, fifteen-year-old Virgil Williams, thirteen-year-old Dee Truman, twelve-year-old Logan Croft, and seven-year-olds Roman and Remus Lobo. Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8.1 - Part 8.2 - Part 8.3 - Part 9

#masterlist #writing #I talk sometimes #sanders sides #Logan sanders #roman sanders #patton sanders #virgil sanders #nate sanders #emile picani #Remy sanders #Thomas sanders

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vagrantblvrd · 4 years

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Various ideas based on today’s GTA V video because I can’t not???

Spoilers under the cut???

(Also prepare for major incoherentness because excitement and lack of sleep???)

Obviously the werewolf/shapeshifter FAHC AU where instead of scary movie werewolves they turn into puppers. (Except for Jeremy and Matt, because of course.)

Ryan as a tiny terrier is A++++ and totally messes with his Vagabond Aesthetic, but everyone is like XDDDDDDDDDDD.

Also, though, also.

Gavin as a crow? A+++++++++++ and perf for like, idk, thieving shenanigans? (Or like, that Kings AU/Minecraft AU with his archery and the whatnot and also sometimes turns into a crow and is super secretive as to how he manages to scout out enemy encampments and the like with such accurate information, but yes.)

And just.

I am in love with pretty much everything from that video because so much potential?

Freaking Jeremy as a cougar in a werecat au scenario where whoever finds out he’s a shapeshifter? He mentions something, something, something about cats and the kind of things cats go crazy over that fucks with him when he’s furry all over and trying not to give into kittycat instincts?

Everyone assumes he’s like Gavin or whoever else who is also a werecat, and then the time comes when they see him in his four-footted form and he’s a fucking mountain lion.

ALSO.

That urban fantasy FAHC AU with Vagabond!Ryan and this crow he’s seen bickering with - legit bickering an bantering and so on - and everyone just thinking he’s just another weirdo like the rest of them?

Magic being a known thing or not, and anyway, Ryan’s a Disney princess when it comes to befriending animals so they don’t think too much of it?

But then a situation and in comes shapeshifter Gavin who is like, “So Ryan’s in a pickle and as his crew I thought you might to help, and also I sometimes turn into a bird” and can therefore scout out the area the baddies have Ryan without being caught and it’s just ??? for them, especially when they find out Gavin’s also Ryan’s pet hacker/sniper/whatever the hell he goes to for the crew when they need one???

ALSO/OR.

New to Los Santos Ryan in (yet another???) urban fantasy AU where he gets adopted by this asshole crow and a pair of rotties he finds/rescues from a junkyard/dogfighting ring somewhere.

The crow does whatever the hell a crow does, and okay, Ryan has several mini-heart attacks when it meets the rotties for the first time?

Because, again, asshole crow and he knows rotties aren’t bad dogs, but these ones have had hard lives and they’re a little snappish/skittish/no way to tell how they’ll react?

And while they’re not thrilled about the damn crow pestering them, they don’t lash out. Just growl and snap - warnings, really - and don’t make any real effort to hurt it.

And then, okay, and then.

Ryan finding the crow riding on the back of one of the rotties when they’re showing signs of trusting him and just.

YES.

Ryan being adopted by shapeshifter Gavin (who may or may not be partially responsible for him stumbling over werewolf/weredog? Michael and Ryan and then, like.

Ryan getting into trouble before the other three let him in on their secret(s) and them having to save him and then it’s just a rollercoaster or ??? and back to ??? to Ryan as he processes everything.

(Also, the whole oh, no, they’re hot moment while the three of them are more or less squatting in his home looking after him - clearly someone has to given the shit Ryan gets into when left unsupervised - and then it turns into your average romcom situation, only with like. Shapeshifters????)

ALSO.

Jack being the only one to turn into a cat? A++++++++++++++++++

Yes.

Ooooh, and for the times they (Jeremy, for the most part) tormented human!Matt?

That one AU - urban fantasy/possibly even superhero AU with the wacky hijinks in which everyone but Matt gets turned into an animal and shenanigans ensue?

(Also Matt having to return everyone to normal while they torment him, so yes.)

#ragehappy #first spoilers #first #freewood #jeremavinwood #other ships i haven't settled on but wow the possibilities #technically not a fic #vagrant fic #and now i go to get some sleeps #but yes #very much excite

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mst3kproject · 4 years

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The Star Wars Holiday Special

Happy Holidays, MSTies! Your present is Episodes that Never Were are back! Remember last year, when I said Elves was so bad I wished I’d watched the Star Wars Holiday Special instead? Let’s find out what those words taste like.

The galaxy may be in the midst of a rebellion, but Chewbacca promised his family he will be back for Life Day, and god damn it, he’s gonna get there! He and Han Solo dodge Imperial forces and asteroid fields on the way, but the real danger may be waiting for them at home, as Stormtroopers do a treehouse-to-treehouse search for rebel sympathizers. It won’t be much of a holiday if Chewie arrives home only to be immediately arrested!

That sounds exciting, doesn’t it? It even sounds like it could be made to mean something. There is perhaps a point here about inter-ethnic empathy – Life Day may be a Wookiee holiday, but Chewbacca’s alien friends still know how important it is to him and they’re gonna help him keep his promise. We could also compare it to Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. In that movie, the Martians want to celebrate Christmas but aren’t particularly interested in what it means. They get all their information about it from pirated television and from children who don’t understand anything much more than ‘free stuff’. We didn’t give Christmas to them, they literally stole it by kidnapping Santa. In the Holiday Special, the Wookiees are sharing their cultural traditions with outsiders who have become part of their family – Leia’s speech at the ends notes the humans’ respect for this.

But none of that’s relevant, because this is just a bad 70’s variety hour in a Star Wars costume. We don’t get to see claustrophobic scenes of our brave heroes hiding from the Storm Troopers. We don’t get sweeping space battles or bickering robots or weird new planets… we don’t get anything we go to see Star Wars for. Instead, we mostly watch the Wookiees sitting around their house passing the time as they wait helplessly for Chewbacca to get home. This could have been neat in itself if Wookiees had an interesting culture, but they live in a Mod 70’s Treehouse and seem to spend most of their time watching television. The brief opening sequence, in which Solo and Chewie outrun their pursuers in the Millennium Falcon, is just a tantalizing offer of chocolate on the tip of a giant turd.

The actual point of the show, as far as the people who produced it were concerned, was the various little musical numbers and comedy sequences along the way, some of which are more Star Wars-themed than others. Most of these are presented as one or other of the characters watching them on some form of television, which often doesn’t make any sense. The sequences themselves are usually not very well-presented and a lot of them are just downright boring, so let’s go through them one by one. Top up your eggnog, folks. We may be here a while.

Our first setpiece is a holographic circus featuring jugglers and acrobats, which the adults use to distract Lumpy so he’ll stop bothering them – like parents at the mall letting their kids watch Paw Patrol on a tablet while they shop. When you see televised circus acts, they’re usually filmed up close and at interesting angles, to heighten the sense of danger, and give you a good look at what’s going on. The Star Wars Holiday Special presents it as tiny figures on a table, always shot from far away and looking down, which removes all the drama from the stunts. Lumpy enlarges a figure, but it’s only the ringmaster. The others remain tiny, all while this little Wookiee looms over them like a kaiju that will start stomping if it isn’t entertained.

Then we get Mark Hamill’s cameo (in which he looks weirdly like one of the puppets from Invaders from the Deep), followed by Malla’s attempt to cook Bantha Surprise by following the directions on a tv show. I’m not very interested in cooking shows anyway, but I have a hard time imagining anybody being interested in a fake cooking show featuring fictional ingredients from other planets. What we see on Malla’s screen comes across as a sort of parody, but not actually a funny one. I’m tempted to think Harvey Korman must have been making fun of some particular 70’s cooking show maven but I don’t begin to know who that might be.

The ‘humour’ of the sequence is supposed to come from Malla’s attempt to follow the directions even though the cook on the show has four arms and Malla only two. I could pull some commentary on ableism in cooking and cooking shows out of this, but it would be a stretch, and nobody on the writing end was thinking about it that hard. It’s just stupid, and so is Korman’s plastic wig. Malla eventually turns it off in frustration, long after we’re tired of listening to it.

By the way, if you’re wondering whose stupid idea it was to set the whole thing on Kashyyyk (or, as a guy in the Special calls it, Kazook) and not have any subtitles to the Wookiee’s dialogue? That was apparently 100% George Lucas. The actual script and everything was in the hands of the television producers, but Lucas would not budge on the premise being Wookiee-centric. At least he exorcised that particular demon here, instead of subjecting us to it on the big screen.

Anyway, next Art Carney drops by to deliver some Life Day presents, among which is the source of our next setpiece: a VR machine which reads Itchy’s mind to present a personalized fantasy! This takes the form of Diahann Carroll in a sparkly feather wig, singing a song and saying things like “I am your fantasy, experience me!” The song is okay, I guess, and Carroll has a lovely voice, but what we’re seeing is basically a boring music video. She’s just standing there on a glittery black background, and we can’t forget that she’s singing to a geriatric Wookiee who is doing the Wookiee equivalent of jacking off to this (emphasized by the appearance of literal little swimmers in part of the sequence!). The fact that it’s a personal fantasy plucked from his subconscious makes it feel like this was something we weren’t supposed to be privy to, like we’re looking through somebody else’s computer at his girlfriend’s nudes.

Princess Leia (also looking disturbingly puppet-like… are we sure the actual actors appeared in this, and not look-a-likes in heavy makeup?) and C3P0 get their cameo, and then there’s the single actually effective moment in the Special. This is when we think Han Solo and Chewie are about to arrive home, ending our torment a full hour early, but no, it’s the Storm Troopers! This bit isn’t fantastic, but it does work. Then, sadly, we’re on to the next variety act.

This is a holographic music video which Carney shows to the Imperial troops as a demonstration that the device he has brought Malla for Life Day is harmless. It’s Jefferson Starship moaning out a rock song, in which I can understand at best one word in three. The visuals are in intense soft-focus that’s probably supposed to be artsy. The costumes (what I can see of them) aren’t any more Star-Wars-y than anything else bands wore in the 70’s. And the song sounds like something you’d find in the ‘easy’ setting on Rock Band. Why does Black Helmet sit there and watch the whole thing when he’s supposed to be searching every house on Kashyyyk/Kazook for rebel sympathizers?

The version of the Special currently available on YouTube, which tragically lacks the commercials, has a lot of comments along the lines of this is what you hallucinate after buying Death Sticks from that guy on Coruscant.

To drive the point home, the next thing we see is Lumpy watching a cartoon about Han Solo and Chewbacca crash-landing on an ocean planet while searching for a mystical talisman that makes things invisible (I wish they hadn’t actually shown this object – then I could have made jokes about it being the One Ring). This sequence is generally regarded as the best thing in the Special, and it introduced Boba Fett and provided some characterization for him. It is definitely true that this is the only segment with a plot, and with its weird aliens and grubby outposts it feels a lot more like Star Wars than anything else going on here.

The main thing that keeps me from enjoying this segment is that it just looks weird. The animators use exaggerated squash-and-stretch on the droids, even more so than on the living characters, which makes them look like they’re made out of jell-o. Princess Leia looks like something out of a cheap 60’s manga and Luke like he was drawn by a twelve-year-old based on an action figure that wasn’t actually of Luke Skywalker. Luke has no pupils, which is very distressing, but not as distressing as when C3P0 blinks. Even worse, as far as I can tell Han Solo has no eyes at all.

The design of the alien planet in this sequence is pretty cool, though. It appears to be entirely covered in a kind of goopy ocean and the creatures that live in it are neat-looking, even if not terribly plausible. Animation is really a great medium for fantasy and science fiction, because it levels the playing field: we’re not thinking about the special effects because everything on screen looks equally unreal. This is something Disney, who used it to such beautiful effect in Lilo and Stitch, totally forgot at just about the same time as they acquired the rights to Star Wars. Oh, for what could have been.

I want to note here that the average review on this blog is about as long as what you’ve read so far. We’re only about two thirds of the way through the Special, though, and I can’t really divide a holiday review up into two weeks. Therefore, consider this your permission to take a break and go snag another latke or whatever you’re snacking on, and then we’ll continue.

There’s one fun bit of background social commentary in the animated sequence, too: the only way for humans to survive the virus is to hang them upside-down so their brains will get enough oxygen despite their weakened hearts. In the city there’s an advertisement for the cure – and the upside-down human pictured in the ad is, of course, a woman in her underwear. The image isn’t detailed and it’s not the focus of the shot, so I don’t think it’s an actual piece of gratuitous cheesecake. Apparently somebody at Nelvana Ltd was just salty about the advertising industry.

The self-contained story in the cartoon makes sense within itself. It justifies Fett’s fearsome reputation far better than anything in The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi, and the characters seem to be in-character even when they’re off-model. The problem is with it as a part of the framing story about the Imperial troops searching Chewbacca’s house! The Special is very explicit that this is not something that’s actually happening in the real world at the same time as the other events – it is a cartoon Lumpy is watching on TV. Why, in a galaxy controlled by the Empire, would there be cartoons using the real names of real rebel operatives and presenting them as the heroes? If nobody’s supposed to know Boba Fett is connected with the Empire, why does the show blow his cover?

More importantly, where can I get one of those awesome giant stuffed Banthas Lumpy has in his room? I don’t know if that’s a real toy that was available in the late 70’s, but Comic Images does make something similar and you can buy them at Wal-Mart or Toys R Us.

While cleaning up the mess the Stormtroopers made of his room, Lumpy watches an instructional video of how to put together some kind of radio. This features Harvey Korman as an android who keeps getting jammed. Like cooking shows, instructional videos aren’t very interesting unless you’re trying to follow the directions – since we can’t follow the directions, this one is pointless to begin with. The ‘joke’ is not funny, and lines like “every one of the ten thousand terminals on your circuit breaker module is a different colour” might be amusing when written down but they just don’t work when somebody says them aloud. Fortunately, it doesn’t last long.

Then we get on to what’s probably the second-best thing in the Special, the bit where we learn that the Mos Eisley cantina is owned by Bea Arthur. It would be easily the most expensive thing in the Special were it not made up of b-roll footage and re-used puppets from Episode IV. It’s also kind of got a plot, in that a guy with a baking soda volcano on top of his head (this is certainly an efficient way to get the alcohol directly to your brain) is trying to confess his love to Bea while she just wants to get on with running her business. Eventually he gets his heart broken and leaves, and then the Empire shuts the bar down, so Bea throws everybody out with a song.

I have to admit, in The Force Awakens when Han Solo mentioned a female friend who ran a ‘watering hole’… there was a moment there when I was half-expecting it to be Bea Arthur’s character. I’m relieved that it wasn’t, but also just the slightest bit disappointed. We had to wait for The Mandalorian to get a proper Holiday Special callback.

This bit almost had a chance to say something with its ‘thwarted romance’ plot. Usually such a thing in a tv show would get what the male character would consider a happy ending. He would prove to his love interest that being cared for is important, she would realize that love is better than money, and they would metaphorically ride off into the sunset. What it looks like we’re going to get here instead is something more like the episode of South Park where Butters fell in love with the Hooters waitress. Harvey Korman’s character (yes, he plays three different characters in this Special and this was apparently supposed to be a selling point) realizes his crush is based on a misunderstanding, and while it makes him sad, he’s not going to be an asshole about it.

Nor is Bea’s character vilified for rejecting him, which she does tactfully but firmly, as if she’s gone through this many times before. He’s just a minor annoyance in her day before she goes on to worry about bigger problems, like getting everybody to obey that Imperial curfew. Then, however, at the last second he pops up from behind the counter after everybody has left – and that’s where the segment ends. I think we’re supposed to assume they got together after all, but I kind of hope she just threw him out with the rest of them. No means no, damn it.

Bea Arthur’s Go Home Song is to the tune the Cantina Band was playing in Episode IV, so it pretty much goes without saying it’s the catchiest piece in the Special.

Then, finally, it’s time to celebrate Life Day! The Wookiees hold up some glowing Christmas balls, then dress in red robes and walk through outer space into a, uh, wormhole, I guess, that takes them to the base of the giant tree from Avatar. There it’s time for our final setpiece, the culmination of this whole ninety-minute ordeal… Princess Leia sings! The Life Day Carol is to the tune of the main Star Wars theme, and the lyrics sound like something from a generic Christmas album you get free if you buy three cards at Hallmark. Carrie Fisher is a decent singer but she looks like she’s as glad this is over as we are.

Much like Howard the Duck, The Star Wars Holiday Special is a production in which they made all the worst decisions they possibly could. Focusing on the Wookiees at home rather than following Han Solo and Chewbacca through the action killed the whole thing at the starting gate. Then that plot is nothing but a frame on which they can hang the various variety acts, and none of those are very good. It’s only towards the end of the sequence that what we’re seeing even has anything to do with Star Wars. Watching it is an ordeal on the order of an un-riffed Coleman Francis film. It’s so bad, it’s not even something people get together and watch like they do Manos or The Room.

So why do we still have it? The Holiday Special was only broadcast once, and was met by fathomless loathing from critics, Star Wars fans, and ordinary people alike. It has never been released in any other format (Andrew Borntreger of badmovies.org has a story about how Lucas had him thrown out of a Q&A panel for asking if it were getting a DVD release), so the fact that you can find it on YouTube today is down to some nameless hero who recorded it on their newfangled VCR back in 1978. That person then showed it to friends, apparently on the basis of oh my god, you guys, this is so bad, you have to see it, and then because misery loves company they copied it to show to their friends. What we have today is copies of copies of copies of copies, like fragments of Sappho only with VHS artefacts instead of holes in the papyrus (and without the artistic vision).

Humans like to preserve remarkable things. Sappho we’ve preserved because it’s remarkably good, but the Star Wars Holiday Special we preserve because it’s remarkably bad. Lucasfilm has tried very hard to stamp it out. George Lucas himself has said that if he could he would gather up every copy that exists and smash them with a sledgehammer… but we won’t let him do it. We keep copying the Special and passing it along, in a way that’s very familiar to MSTies in particular. We’re circulating the tapes! Why this tape in particular?

I don’t claim to know, but my working theory is that it keeps us humble. We are a species that can produce great things when we put our minds to it. We landed on the moon. We eradicated smallpox. We built the Taj Mahal and the Sagrada Familia. We wrote The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Einstein Field Equations and the aforementioned works of Sappho. But for all that, we are also capable of throwing the same kind of effort into creating utter disasters – and the Star Wars Holiday Special is the rare example of an unmitigated disaster that didn’t actually hurt anybody. It reminds us to take a step back and look at what we’re doing without getting too invested in it, but does so while being harmless and at times humorous.

Would I still rather watch this than Elves? You bet your shaggy Wookiee ass I would. The Star Wars Holiday Special may be longer, but it doesn’t leave nearly such a bad taste in my mouth.

I will leave you with this: the Special was, as I mentioned, only broadcast once, in 1978 – that means its signal is now forty-one light years from Earth and still going. There are several hundred stars within that bubble, around two dozen of which are known to have planets. Somewhere out there, aliens might be getting their first signal from humanity right now and it’s the Star Wars Holiday Special.

#mst3k #reviews #the star wars holiday special #episodes that never were #holiday reviews #70s

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addyez · 5 years

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Is Katherine from Newsies a Disney Princess?

SPOILERS FOR NEWSIES

Ok. So Katherine’s dad Pulitzer is like the boss/ruler of New York according to the show. She’s his daughter making her kinda like a princess. Also, she’s with Jack who, since he’s a newsie, is a “king of New York”.

Plus she sings, wears a dress and talks to newsies (who are kinda regarded as animals to the rest of New York)

Disney owns Newsies, therefore Katherine Plumber is my fav Disney princess. Reblog if you agree

#newsies #theatre #disney #princess #headcanon

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iam-sol-emnlyswear · 1 year

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Building off of my last post:

Princess!Jack and Prince!David wip

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all-hail-the-witcher · 5 years

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hello, this is your fbi agent

okay so i have no explanation for this im sorry

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ship: ralbert

genre: crack with memes

warnings: first person (????), memes, more memes, this is not related to spies, the worst crack and even worse writing, idk fam

editing: ha

words: 1099

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*record scratch*

*freeze frame*

Yes, that’s me, Albert Dasilva, sitting behind a desk, spying on someone through their phone camera for the FBI. You’re probably wondering how i ended up in this situation. Well, frankly, I am too. I always knew that I was a walking meme, but I never thought that I would actually become one.

See, I had just finished college and, like most college graduates, was looking for a job. One of my friends who asked to remain nameless *ahem* jAcK keLLy, told me to apply to work at the FBI because apparently you only need a college degree to do that. And me, being the dumbass that I am, decided to do it as a joke cause fuck it, why would they ever hire someone who had been arrested for stealing oats and cream cheese from Target when they were 14? (Alright fine, I technically wasn't arrested, the cop was clearly caffeine deprived and let us off with a warning. Although they didn't catch us the one time Jack and I stole one of the Target balls in broad fucking daylight. Wait. Forget I said that. I’m a good wholesome Christian child and have never stolen anything, anything I may or may not have told you was a blatant lie.)

Plot twist, they fucking hired me.

(Jack got a real kick out of that, believe me.)

And, as part of my intern training, I had to do only the most memey job on the whole internet:

Watch people through their phone cameras.

Yes! We actually exist! This is not just some dumb meme that the internet made up! And I would know, because the idiot I’m assigned to watch doesn’t sleep so therefore I don't sleep and I have the dark undereye circles to prove it!

God, I want a fucking nap.

But no, instead I’m watching an idiot look up fucking lazytown quotes at two in the fucking morning.

*muffled shouting* Oh, and he’s hot. Thanks for reminding me, Jack. Not like that's WHY IM WRITING THIS YOU ASSHOLE!

*deep breath* Okay, anyway. Back to the story.

Why am I doing this?

Right. Cause I hate myself, that’s why.

Anyway. The kid that I have to watch through his phone camera. His name is Race. And no, before you ask, I do not know why he goes by Race. It’s not my business. I only watch his every move on the Internet, I don't know his whole life story! What kind of organization do you think the FBI is, huh?

Just kidding, we definitely know your whole life story and its definitely recorded in three different places, one of which is a vault hidden under Argentina. But you didn't hear that from me.

*more muffled shouting*

Jack is telling me that I’m “beating around the bush too much and need to get to the point.” Fine. I know that’s what you came here for anyway.

In short, it was a stormy night and the power had gone out, but I, a dedicated FBI intern who did not want to lose my only source of income, was using my rapidly dying iPhone to watch my assigned civilian through his phone camera. That night, the man had looked especially enchanting, the light from his phone illuminating his luscious blonde curls and accentuating his deep blue eyes, making it seem as though I could drown in their-

Okay this just sounds like shitty Wattpad fanfic. Is tHAT WHAT YOU WANTED JACK?! Also I don't know what Wattpad fanfic is like because I’ve personally read any. I spy on people through their phone cameras alright, I’ve seen a whole lot of weird shit.

Essentially, what happened was I caught some feelings. And, my supervisor figured this out by reading my weekly reports and told me essentially to “tell him you like him so you can go on a date and I can reassign you so that I don't have to keep reading these lovey dovey reports because they make my brain turn to mush.”

Thanks for that Katherine. Love you too.

And now, here I am, having this fan tas tic monologue while trying to figure out how to compose a text message.

(Before you ask how I have Race’s phone number, I work for the FBI. There’s a lot of information I have that any normal citizen would want. Like what is actually kept in Area 51 (baby iPhones), if mothman is real (he is and secretly is the president of the United States), and if Canada is real (its not). But you shouldn’t trust any of this information because I work for the FBI and I could be lying to you.)

Here’s what I have so far:

Hi Race. My name is Albert and you might not believe this but I am actually the FBI agent in your phone...yes, we exist. I’ve spent the last 5 months watching you and I think you're kinda cool and pretty cute and was wondering if you would like to meet up some time. (Also stop looking up lazy town quotes at 2 am, I now have the whole show memorized because of you.)

Overall, it’s not bad, but there’s some things that I think could be improved and- wait, Jack, nO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING STOP GIVE THAT BACK I’M NOT FINISHED!!

*10 minutes later*

He sent it. Jack sent my fucking message before it was fuking finished and now Race isn’t going to fucking respond and I’m going to be alone forever and Katherine is going to reassign me and I’m never going to see Race’s angelic face ever again and-

Oh.

He responded?

What the hell?

Honestly, I guess I should have seen that coming. Race has no common sense.

What? I’m allowed to say that! I spend my days looking at what he googles, alright!

Anyway, I’m sure you're dying to know what he said, so here it is:

Hi Albert! You better not be trolling me because this has been the biggest and I oop moment I’ve ever had. Please tell me that you haven’t exposed my two am lazy town search sessions to the public. No one is supposed to know about that. And yes, I would love to meet up with you. Mostly to apologize for my google search history and for the memes (hehe) but also because anyone who can spy on me for 5 months without going to therapy than maybe you can actually put up with my craziness! Xx Race.

Huh.

Maybe this job isn’t so bad after all...

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r0bita · 4 years

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EDITED: For some small changes and added information!

Tezuka Star System Headcanon's because I've dug myself way too deep into this and now I'm trapped in Tezuka world hell.

Worlds are gonna cross over for this post so the context may be weird.

Boon is a professionally trained soprano.

Almost everyone has had a crush on Black Jack...

People are perplexed by Monsieur Ampere's mole... because it never. stays. in one. place...

Black Jack is obsessed and impressed with Gohonmatsu's alcohol tolerance. It also scares him. Barbara also respects him on that part.

Kenichi and Rock look up to each other as fellow youth/prodigy detectives. Kenichi more so who sees rock as his elder.

Rock Holmes has a way of getting animals of all types to approach him. (How ironic, he's a like a Disney princess...)

Franz Charming is nearsighted. (One time he saw himself in the mirror and thought it was Rock. Sapphire was in the room during this occurrence.)

There are few people who know Captain Blood's true name, Heinrich. Franz started calling him Heinz to embarrass him. It doesn't bother him as much as being called Capt. Charming (by Hecate).

Tink is a cherub. His true form must never be revealed and this fact is one of many reasons why he holds back so much in the Princess Knight mangas. One of many reasons why Madam Hell and Mephisto are terrified of him.

Theorized locations of Princess Knight (based on the names really).

Sapphire's kingdom is probably in France. The French pronunciation of Sapphire is Saphir(used as a masculine name).

Franz's country is possibly in Germany or Austria. Franz is a name of german origin.

Dispite being from an another kingdom (EXILED), Capt Blood was raised most of of his life in Italy (possibly Sicily) and therefore has an Italian accent.

Hecate's family probably live within or near the alps, making the location conveniently close to both kingdoms.

Monster is ethnically ambiguous. He's friends with Melon Kid (from Lemon Kid).

(This is technically canon.) Lemon Kid and Saboten(Cactus-Sam) are BFFs.

Atlas and Cuzco(AstroBoy) have a fond respect for one another since Cuzco was made in Peru and Atlas' original creator was Inca. Atlas hasn't lived in Peru very long while Cuzco has been there for most of his life.

Biwamaru is immortal and that is not a secret!

Hyakkimaru has no sense of fashion. Everyone he knows just buys clothes for him and hope's for the best. Pray for Mio, everybody...

Tahomaru and Atlas's characters and developments have a lot in common so I imagine they'd get along. Same with Shoren (Black Jack's sister) and Double (from Capt. Ken) because they also would have a lot in common too.

Double is into the culinary arts and is secretly a big softy.

Tahomaru, Atlas, and Daisaku (Shinsengumi) have been mistaken for each other and have been thought to have been siblings. They aren't, but they think it's funny.

Daisaku and Kyujuro are... roomates.

Despite being basically the star system's version of Batman and a War veteran, there are two people Black Jack and Kiriko could never win against in a contest of strength. Their sisters...

Dororo idolizes Mitchi, Sapphire, and Kei Kisaragi. He also seem to get along with Shogo (Apollo's Song) and Fuusuke Saigo (Vampire) due to similar temperaments and Chippei (Vampires) and Pipy (Pipi-Chan) because of similar backgrounds.Hyakkimaru is a little jealous not being Dororo's only role model, but won't admit it. (I have a life outside of you, Bro...)

Melmo could challenge God if she wanted to, she simply chooses not to... She's a sweetheart with a heart of gold but she is Spiteful. Demons won't mess with her. Except Chocola, because they are friends.

Triton, Luna(Angel’s Hill) and Shiranui(Dororo) are close good friends. (Beach Buddies!)

Triton and Shiranui have both stowed away on Capt. Blood's ship more times then Blood cares to remember.

Blue Bon(Astroboy) and Magma are in-laws. Magma likes treating Blue Bon like a younger brother. Blue Bon hates this, but he appreciates that he's a good choice for his sister.

The Wonder 3 trio is aware of who Goa is and they can't stand him.

(The Vampires) Toppei saw Ruriko more like an older sister figure for a time since she seemed to have known his father more than he did and learned a lot about him through her.

Whenever Stars aren't on camera as the cast they, they work on the set as the crew. Some actually prefer crew work over acting, which explains some peoples rare appearances.

There is so much more I could add, but I'll leave it here.

#Tezuka Star System #Tezuka World #Osamu Tezuka #Long Post #Astro Boy #Black Jack #Princess Knight #Ambassador Magma #Dororo #Wonder Three #Triton Of The Sea #angel's hill #angel no oka #Swallowing the Earth #Captain Ken

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marvel-lously · 5 years

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Cartoons

Words: 1100

Pairing: avengers x reader

Warnings: none

A/N: As promised, I am now finally posting the requested fic. I’m so sorry I haven’t written anything recently. I find myself often preoccupied, and even when I do have time, my mind is filled with hundreds of ideas that I just can’t seem to put into words. I promise I will try to write more. Please reblog if you like this.

This was the request:

Can you do a avengers x reader where the reader voiced a bunch of cartoon characters and the avengers don't know. So one day, they are playing a game together which is you get a card and it says any cartoon characters name and they have to a impersonation of that character and the avengers have to guess and when reader gets a charachter that she voiced and avengers are comfused why she sounds so much like the character? P.s. she's an avenger

P.S. I´m posting this again because I´ve noticed that it didn´t appear in the search results before. I´m so sorry, I don´t know why tumblr is messing it up again.

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“Okay, okay… my turn.” Wanda happily chimed as she already stretched out her hand to grab the next card.

She coughed before she stood up confidently, starting to swiftly dance around the room and sing.

“Let it go, let it go, can’t hold it back any more-“ she nearly tripped on the chair behind her, nevertheless continuing to sing completely off tune, yet still at the top of her lungs “-let it go, let it go, turn away and slam the door. Here I stand and here I stay. Let the storm rage on. Cold never bothered me anyway.” She finished her performance by swinging her hand just like Elsa did in the movie.

You and the entire team started applauding her. »What an astounding performance Ms. Maximoff« Tony joked.

»Thank you, I live to entertain.« Wanda grinned and bowed mockingly.

You were playing a game where you picked a card with one of the famous Disney character’s name on it and you had to impersonate that character. Whoever made the best impression, got to choose one of the other’s most prized possession and keep them for one day.

»Who wants to try next?« Nat claped her hands giddily, excitment clear in her voice.

»I’ll go!« Sam snickered before he started his impersonating. He leaned back, standing in what seemed to be the most unstable position one could master then started talking as if he had had at least five bottles of rum that day.

»Crazy people don’t know the’re crazy. I know I’m crazy therefore I’m not crazy. Isnt that crazy?« He slurred his words as much as he could, waving his hands frantically in the air.

The entire room burst out laughing, clapping and whistling while Sam stil continued on with the show. »Did everyone see that? ‘Cause I will not be doing it again.« After finishing that line, he too, took a bow and laughed along.

»A striking act of Jack Sparrow indeed.« Tony continued to narrate.

»Captain Jack Sparrow.« The entire team shouted at once.

»I want to go next.« Rhodey cleared his throat before doing his impersonation of Donald Duck. He was surprisingly good at it too.

Then next went Scott, impersonating Minnie Mouse.

»You know, it’s scary how your voice can reach such high octaves you know?« Bucky teased.

»Hey, sometimes having to entertain your daughter while being on house arrest can be challanging, you have no idea to what extents I had to go, learning how to talk like somebody’s squeezing my balls just so I could do the princesses’ voices when reading a story isn’t even half of it, but hey, it comes in handy at moments like this.« He chuckled.

»Okay Y/n, wanna go next?« Steve asked, seeing as it was only the two of you left, who hadn’t ˝performed˝yet.

»Sure.« You smiled, pulling the card off the deck. This one was going to be easy, you had done it a hundred times before. You cleared your throat and took a deep breath in before words just naturally rolled off your tongue.

»I gave my mum a cake, she turned into a big bear, my own dad tried to do her in, if that’s not pure mess i don’t know what is!« You finished off by plopping dramatically back into your seat on the sofa. However, there was no applause or whistles after that, only a bunch of shocked faces and wide open mouths.

»How… how did you do that?« Wanda asked, a curious tone coloring her words.

»Do what?« You asked, your voice now shy from feeling all the stares on you.

»The… the voice, the Scottish accent, all of it!?« It was now Scott who spoke, his surprise still written all over his face.

“Yeah, this was way to real.” Bucky added.

»Well… I… I used to voice cartoon characters before I became an Avenger.« You explained, a nervous sigh escaping your lungs.

»You what?« Sam, Bucky and Nat all spoke at once.

»Who else beside Merida did you do?« Rhodey questioned.

»Well let’s see…« you had to think for a moment, since it was quite a while ago »I did Ana from Frozen, Tinker Bell, Princess Jasmine, Rapunzel and…«

You were about to continue, before Nat interrupted you.

»Wait… you voiced Rapunzel?« She asked, exhilarated.

»That’s like, my favourite Disney movie ever!«

»Oh really? It was one of my favorite I voiced in.« You smiled at how enthusiastic she seemed to be.

»Alright guys, give her a moment to breathe.« Tony said, stepping towards you and outstretching his hand.

He coughed before swiftly lifting you back into a standing position.

»Ladys and gentleman, I believe, although our initial response might not have shown that, we have a winner!« He lifted your hand up, while everybody around started cheering.

»Hey, what about me? I didn’t even get my turn!« Steve pouted.

»You really think you can compete against that?« Bucky raised his eyebrow in amusment.

»You’re probably right.« He laughed, turning to you. »So.. Y/n, the big question remains, who’s the unlucky victim that will have to give up the thing they hold most dear to their heart for the entire day?«

You looked around the room, thinking about what would be most fun to use for a day.

Steve’s shield? Useful but boring. Nat’s guns? Meh, maybe some other time.Tony’s suit? Tempting.

Finally, it hit you.

»I want Scott’s suit.« You outed after a few seconds of consideration.

»What? Y/n! I thought we were friends.« Scott cluched his chest, acting broken-hearted.

You just snorted in response. »Hey it’s for a higher purpose.«You smirked, mischief seeping from your eyes.

»That being…?« Scott awaited an explanation.

»Getting back at my Maths techer from high school.« You simply said, shrugging your soulders.

»And that counts as higher purpose?« Tony raised his brow bemusedly.

»Well naturally, I will spare all the future generations of kids from having to listen to her and dealing with her inability to teach and that to me is a higher purpose.« You smiled cheekily.

»What are you gonna do? Crawl up her ass and then expand?« Sam joined in on the conversation.

»No, I was actually only thinking about getting an army of ants to her house, seeing as she hates them so much, but now that you’ve mentioned it…«

»Y/n no!« Scott almost stuttered, now semingly genuinely concerned aout his suit.

»Catch me if you can!« You yelled, already sprinting to his room, hearing how Tony shouted after you.

»Don’t let him get you Y/n, avenge the children!«

#avengers x reader #avengers #mcu #marvel fic #marvel #marvel imagine

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whimsiesofanerdgirl · 4 years

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Most Anticipated Reads of 2020

I’m gonna stop you right here and forewarn you, there’s a lot of amazing retellings on the horizon for 2020. And if you’d ask me if I was sick of them all, the answer will forever be NO, NEVER!

All the Stars and Teeth

by Adalyn Grace

I’m pretty much a sucker for anything adventure + mermaids + pirates, sooooo SIGN ME UP!

The Betrothed

by Kiera Cass

Another YA romance from Kiera Cass that quite a lot of people are hyped about!

Hollis has grown up with the other nobles always hoping they would be chosen by the king to become his bride. Shockingly, Hollis has caught the king’s eye and he declares his love for her. At first she is happy to be chosen, but then learns that the future queen’s shoes are awfully big to fill. Then she meets a stranger who seems to take a piece of her heart. So now Hollis must choose between the great and the unknown.

Oh! So juicy!

The Boundless

by Anna Bright

The sequel to The Beholder, one of the books that I finished in the end of 2019 and I am super happy to have its sequel to look forward to in 2020.

I am half sad and half excited, due to the way the first book ended and I’m gonna leave it at that so I don’t give away spoilers to anyone who hasn’t read it. So if you haven’t read it…please do! There’s is an awesome and even bigger adventure that has yet to unfold in this story.

The Earl Not Taken

by A.S. Fenichel

Historical Romance? Check.

Victorian era? Check.

Headstrong female protagonist? Check.

Unsuitable rake? Check.

Enemies to lovers trope? Double check.

In Restless Dreams

by Wren Handman

I’m trash for anything YA, Unseelie and Seelie fae courts, deception, and potential love triangles.

Where do I sign my soul away?

Let me stand in this mushroom fairy ring portal.

Give me all the magicked fae food.

GIVE. IT. TO. ME.

Kingdom of the Wicked

by Kerri Maniscalco

I AM SUPER PSYCHED FOR THIS NEW SERIES BY ONE OF MY NEW FAVORITE AUTHORS! *SQUEE* If you haven’t read Stalking Jack the Ripper series, I HIGHLY recommend it!

This new story will feature witches, demons, and romance galore in 19th century Italy. YES, PLEASE!!!

The Princess Will Save You

by Sarah Henning

YOU GUYS, WE’VE GOT A GENDER SWAPPED PRINCESS BRIDE RETELLING ON OUR HANDS THIS YEAR AND WE’RE ALL HERE FOR IT!!!

The Seven Endless Forests

by April Genevieve Tucholke

A gender bent King Arthor retelling. GAAAAAAAAAH. Do I have to say more?

Torvi goes on an adventure with a druid and the Butcher Bards to save her sister who has been taken by a priest leading a pack of starving girls. Along the way she will come across magical filled nights, a tavern within a tree-town, drakes, and a tower in an endless forest to find a mysterious sword.

The Shadows Between Us

by Tricia Levenseller

Just, OH MY GOD. I’ve heard about this one for a long freaking time and I can’t tell you how excited I am for how the stars aligned to give us this beautiful jewel of a book.

The main character, Alessandra, wants the power that comes with royalty and to be seen so she makes a plan to woo the Shadow King so she can marry him and kill him to take the throne for herself.

Little does she know she’s not the only one trying to kill him. Therefore, she’s forced to try to keep him alive all while trying not to fall for the wicked king in the process.

Shielded

by KayLynn Flanders

I’m a sucker for arranged marriage tropes in YA, but I get the feeling that won’t really play a huge part in this story which is totally fine. I can get on board with the whole courageous magic-less princess heroine saving her kingdom.

The Stars We Steal

by Alexa Donne

I’ve never read any Jane Austen books, but I’ve always wanted to. I probably won’t read The Persuasion before I’d get to this one. I normally don’t care to give sci-fi books a shot, but because it’s a retelling and a romance I’m willing to give it a chance!

Straight on Till Morning

by Liz Braswell

To be honest, I have yet to read any of the Twisted Tales that Disney has come out with, but none of them have turned my head like this one. As I’ve gotten older the Peter Pan story has grown on me more and more.

What if Wendy first traveled to Never Land with Captain Hook?

This is definitely one to get your hands on.

Thorn

by Intisar Khanani

A Goose Girl fairy tale retelling infused with a kingdom in danger of a sorceress and romance. SO MUCH YESH.

The Winter Duke

by Claire Eliza Bartlett

When a sleeping sickness takes over Ekata’s family - including the brother who was to rule, she is forced to become the Winter Duke. A title that she was not prepared to take in any shape or form, not to mention she’s also inherited her brother’s betrothed in the process. Now it’s up to her to save the kingdom from war as well as learning how to love.

Plus the synopsis mentions Sleeping Beauty and Anastasia retelling so that’s an automatic yes for me.

BONUS SIDE NOTE: LBYR / The Novl just sent me this book in the mail in exchange for a review, I’M FREAKING STOKED!!!!! Obviously you guys will be the first to read my review! :D

What books are you psyched to read in 2020!?!