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lightscamerabitchsmileee · 4 months

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Vote for your fave, reblog & share your thoughts and your other faves (whether it's on this list or not) I would love to hear it ☺️☺️

Merry Christmas and have fun also check out my classic Christmas songs poll ☺️☺️

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wpmorse · 4 months

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A Baratheon Family Christmas

It started with assuming that a Baratheon family Christmas would be pretty awful. Even before Robert and Renly died. Next came thinking how ridiculous Stannis would look in a paper hat and holiday sweater. And finally realizing of COURSE Melisandre would do the plum pudding.

Besides, I wanted to do something for the holiday.

It's a little rushed but I think it came out okay. I threw Davos and Daven in the background to fill in some empty space.

I hope you all have a very Happy Christmas.

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #watercolor #illustrationmode #illustration #modern au #selyse baratheon #stannis baratheon #melisandre #shireen baratheon #davos seaworth #devan seaworth #family dinner #merry christmas

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dragonrider9905 · 4 months

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It's Officially Christmas

Merry Christmas @toomanybandstocare!!!! I'm your secret santa for @ghostofskywalker's Life Day Exchange for the @cloneficgiftexchange! Ironically, it also works out for the @clonexreaderbingo because Cody was on my card as well as one you requested :D I really hope you like it. It wasn't quite how I wanted it, because I love love love expanding stories so they go one forever but I ran out of time. This is just a bit of fluff and happiness for the Christmas season!!! Hope you're having a good one!

Cody sighed with an exhale, rubbing circles on his forehead, just tracing the scar around his eye he had gotten during his active military duty. Highly decorated, Colonel “Commander” Cody of the Armed Forces was currently struggling to complete his college semester still holding onto his sanity intact. Christmas was close, which meant fun and freedom were just in sight.

And to be honest, he could use some. It had been quite some time since he’d felt either of those things.

Just the previous year, he’d been discharged early from the military due to family hardships. His adoptive father, Ninety-Nine, had fallen seriously ill which resulted in much limited mobility and flagging health, though he was stubbornly holding on. Ninety-Nine was tough in his own way and not easily knocked down and never let his disabilities limit him. He honestly was one of Cody’s biggest heroes for just that fact alone. No one was more inspiring than Ninety-Nine.

To top off the struggle, his half-brother, Fives, was killed in action, while his other half-brother, Echo, was seriously wounded. This had dampened (but not destroyed) Ninety-nine’s spirits which slowed his healing. Cody had come back to take care of the family broken by loss.

The family.

And what a family it was: a mix-matched group of boys and a sickly older man but they belonged together.

Ninety-nine had taken care of all the Fett boys in some way or another after they’d been abandoned by their father Jango. He’d been the one to find Plo Koon who fostered and eventually adopted Wolffe, Sinker and Boost—but he’d raised under his own roof a rowdy bunch which included himself, Rex, Fives, Echo, and the Quadruplets (Cody didn’t know if technically Se or Fett was more accurate for them) soon nicknamed ‘the bad batch’.

And it was these that Cody called family. Home. It wouldn’t be complete totally again, but they could heal — and he’d do whatever he could, nay, he wouldn’t rest, until they did.

More than anything Cody wanted to take care of Ninety-nine, especially in the beginning. And that he did, but because Cody was an overachiever—he’d signed up for college classes as well. Then he added a job on the side to match; a small part of him regretted it. It was getting to be a lot, but joining the military right out of high school wasn’t easy either, so if he could make it then, he could do this now, he reasoned.

That was a year ago now, and Ninety-Nine was finally on the mend.

This year would be special, since everyone—well almost everyone—was going to be home. The first year since they’d all left, that they’d be back.

They’d be back. Home, and together again.

Like they should be.

Echo was finally released from the hospital, healing from his extensive injuries and adjusting to his prothstetics, and the quadruplets’ tour was finally over. Though none of them were injured, it wasn’t without repercussions either.

“Hurry up, Cody, or we’ll be late!” a shout broke him from his musings. “And don’t forget the basket!”

The Fetts were on their way to a dance—a Christmas dance—hosted by their longtime family friends the Jetti’s, and there was going to be an auction for charity, sleigh rides, and everything, as they did every year. Ninety-Nine insisted on bringing something to join the auction every year and this was no exception. Even when they couldn’t make it to the dances, Ninety-Nine was giving something.

Cody wasn’t much of a dancer. He never cared to go to them much. But for some reason he was really looking forward to it this year. Perhaps because it was Christmas, and magic had a way of creeping into people’s ordinary lives, transforming into something beautiful and new.

And it was this Christmas hope that kindled something warm inside his heart, and excitement.

— — — — —

The room was alive with flashes of color and the sound of music, laughing and cheering. The pitter pattering of feet was just as loud as the happiness of those in the room excitedly making known to each other through various conversations and well wishes. Quick steps made their own rhythm and stories which echoed off the dance floor.

It was at this moment you felt beautiful, standing under the Christmas lights and bathing in the general glee and spirit of the room. Your throat squeezed as if holding in a laugh and a smile pulled at your lips so much your mouth hurt, but in a good way. The Christmas magic worked its way through your veins. The tingling of invincible tinsel tickled your fingertips, an energy flowing through you which was contagious. Smiles you sent to others were easily returned and frowns turned upside down.

It was at this particular moment, the Fett family walked in.

The name wouldn’t have meant much to you in normal circumstances. Why would that name stick out among so many others who were there?

But you had a reason for knowing it, and his name was Cody.

You saw him leading his train of brothers in through the door, guiding the old man by the arm. He flashed his charming smile to the host and exchanged hands.

The music started up again and your sister grabbed your hand, dragging you into the ring or people forming a group dance with interchanging partners. You had to focus, otherwise you’d lose your step.

It was only two seconds, but in those two, the entire Fett family was dispersed throughout the room and you lost all track of where Cody had gone.

— — —

Moving lithley, you kept up with the music and the people twirling and leaping around you. The dance went in a circular motion and patterns were interchanged. You clapped and danced and laughed along with everyone else, pushing yourself to go faster and faster as the song was ending.

Twirling and twirling you finished with a bang.

You looked up and saw you were in Cody’s arms, who looked just as shocked as you did to see you there.

Then he froze there, mouth slightly agape. His eyes danced across your face and his slight panting may have been more than just catching his breath from the dance. He swallowed nervously.

“Um, hello.” He stuttered nervously.

“Hello yourself,” you smiled back reassuringly, “nice to run into you.”

Cody chuckled a little at that, then a silence fell between the two of you.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to stare! It’s just...you look so beautiful underneath the holiday lights.”

You chuckled at his embarrassed realization. Cody turned pink and looked like he wanted to cave in on himself, which you had to say was really adorable and made you laugh harder. The thought of the brave warrior being startled into a stuttering school boy because of you.

The sound of your laughter filled the air with a contagious glint of mirth. Soon, Cody found himself laughing too.

The music started up again and people took their places all around the two of you.

“Would you, um, care to go again?” he asked, holding out his hand.

“Gladly!”

Not just one song but two that soon turned into three. When you were tired, you headed off to the corner to drink hot cocoa and watch the others. You were so caught up in talking to each other that you hadn’t realized that the time ran late into the night. It was near midnight when you sighed and looked at your watch.

“Well, I’ll see you around.” You finally said a little sadly. Just because Christmas was around the corner didn’t mean all the work was done. You had one more paper to write before you were free.

“I hope so!” He responded genuinely which just made you laugh again.

“Oh you definitely will. I sit two rows behind you and three seats to your left in class.”

Cody gawked.

You couldn’t have?! He’d surely have noticed you?!

“I even asked you for notes once. And, you also asked me for notes once too.”

His mind was racing, trying to think back to those times to verify the claims with his memory.

You chuckled lightly.

“I don’t expect you to remember though. You were always very preoccupied, with good reason. Your cousin, Waxer, told me the whole story.”

Big mouth Waxer. Could have counted on him to blab the whole story to everyone (though in this case Cody was grateful he did, not that he would admit that.)

“I have to say, I would have done anything for you. You had to just give me a chance.”

“Oh, you don’t have to be so drastic, darling,” he smirked, “I’m here now, and I’m all yours. After class tomorrow, would you want to go skating?”

"It's a date!"

Now, it was officially Christmas.

#LDE23 #clone fic gift exchange #clone and reader bingo #commander cody #Modern AU #cody x reader #think Kingdom Dance from Tangled only it's Christmas and Star Wars #name inspired by Dan and Shay's song--really don't have much to do with the story :D #meet cute

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cosmic-d1ce · 1 year

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please do a song analysis for fml please im so interested 🙏🙏🙏

Okay Christmas Kids FML we go this is long

So first, actual song is about a real couple. It's about a man that kept his own wife hostage, I believe he went so far as to have barbed wire around their home to keep her from leaving. It's very interesting

Right, so, we start with the first few lines, "Ronnette, my dear, don't ever disappear. Do what you want as long as you stay here" and it's pretty obvious what it's saying. As long as you stay, I'm happy. And that's a big part of how fml!Forever manipulates Phil, he relies on him for happiness and stability and maybe if Phil just listens, Forever won't be so unstable and erratic and self-destructive.

"I need you now, I love you so much, more than you could know" More of the manipulation, guilting Phil into staying by convincing him that he's needed and loved, because this is how Forever shows love. It's fucked up and weird and Phil hates it but Forever needs it, he needs him. It works so well because Phil always just wants to be needed and wanted.

Then, possibly my favourite line in the song, "The Christmas kids were nothing but a gift" and this is referring to the eggs. Richas specifically. How Forever uses Richas to make Phil want to stay. He takes advantage of his parental instincts and how much he misses Chayanne to keep Phil here. He wouldn't leave Richas, would he? Just like he left Chayanne? He can't. He wouldn't.

Second favourite line, two best lines back to back, "And love is a tower where all of us can live" The prison is a place they can be together and be happy. Fml!Forever genuinely believes this is good. He believes this is love, Phil just doesn't understand it yet and all he's trying to do is make him understand. Understand how much he has to be loved for someone to do all this just for him.

And then the chorus,

"You'll change your name, or change your mind, And leave this fucked up place behind. But I'll know, I'll know" talking about Phil leaving, taunting him because no matter what he does, he will find him. He will get him back. There is no where he can go, nothing he can do that will make Forever stop. And Quesadilla Island is only so big. And they can't leave. Forever knows where he'll go, what he'll do, because he's been watching Phil for so long. He can predict pretty much every move Phil makes.

"I'll know" repeats a lot.

"Appearing unsightly, with devils inside me" When Forever, for a moment, sees what he's doing for what it is. This moment of clarity doesn't last long, and the song continues quickly.

"If you ever try to leave me, I'll find you, Ronnie" repeats 4 times. Forever threatening Phil, letting him know that he really can't leave. Even if he somehow finds his way out of the cell, Forever will find him and bring him back. Always. Not only that, but the threat of what Forever would do in response to this. He'll find him... and then what? Take him back and make sure he won't do it again.

The second verse comes from Phil's perspective but the first line is a bit confusing,

"I'm leaving, Phil, I'm leaving now. I'm going to escape and you won't know how, Or where to find me when I'm gone" Phil, in the start of his imprisonment, tried to find any opportunity to escape. He tried everything. Killing Forever, killing himself, running for the door when Forever wasn't looking, running the moment they were outside. He did everything and he tried so hard and the whole time he promised himself he would get out. He'd find a way and Forever wouldn't know about it. Fatal flaw: Forever had every possible escape route noted and mapped already.

The next line, "I'll drink myself to death inside this prison cell, this prison cell" can refer to two things. The general need and want to die so he can leave, or, the time Charlie, Mariana and Roier got him drunk. They thought he'd tell them something, but he didn't. He just panicked and cried and the whole time he felt like he was dying.

"So, get me out of here" repeats a few times, this doesn't need explaination I think.

Then, the chorus repeats.

The chorus now, though, can be taken differently.

"You'll change your name, or change your mind. And leave this fucked up place behind" Forever can do whatever he wants, change everything about himself, run away, find a way off the island but,

"But I'll know, I'll know" Phil knows what he's done. And everyone else does now too. Forever can try to absolve himself of any guilt he's capable of feeling, but Phil will never forget. As long as Phil exists, the guilt will linger. If he feels guilty. He doubts it.

And it repeats and song over :3

#qsmp #qsmp philza #qsmp forever #philever #forphil #forever x philza #forever my love au #Christmas kids is genuinely such a good song i love it #I tend to overplay it tho <///3 #Also also this is one of my favourite things to do i love it #Its boring and nerdy but sjdbwjnss #Its like how i love interpreting art but everyone hates modern art so nobody wants to listen </3

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seancamerons · 4 months

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MODERN CLASSICS HOLIDAY GREETING CARDS // Every year I try to dedicate some time and craft to greeting cards. I have plans to create more in 2024 and an Etsy. This year, I created holiday cards for the newer modern classic Christmas songs for my inspiration this holiday season 2023. The title of this card series of 5 for this year is MODERN CLASSICS as opposed to the oldies from the earlier era, the twist is traditional colors, juxtaposed against the traditional color palette for 'Christmas'. I love how they turned out and I hope you do too. I included popular tunes from this time and the not-so-recent past with songs like Mistletoe and My Only Wish (This year). Here are some close-ups of the details and the covers themselves. I used a traditional palette of mostly reds and greens such as emerald and cranberry holly-type colors, and a touch of pink because, well, if you know me you know I love the way those colors look with a small light hue of pink. Every year I make holiday cards for my friends and family to send out, to keep a memory, or simply to put with my gifts when I give them to said friends. I’m trying to get more projects like this in my life because I had a blast making them and other projects this past year and sticking to them to completion. I feel more confident than in previous years. I even created a brief description of the information behind the song, a fun fact, and a message. I plan to send them in the mail and use them with gifts to give out to friends and family for greetings, and such.💚✨🎄

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daincrediblegg · 4 months

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Funny how writing a post about a muppet christmas carol can lead to it getting demoted from best christmas carol adaptation

#guess I’m going to have to make another 40k note post next year about scrooge 1970 to balance it oht #there’s a lot of factors that I think go into it. the heavier emphasis on the horror elements. more songs with a more melancholy tone #contrasted with the triumphant crowd numbers that make a bitch openly weep #the absolute pathetic wretch that is Albert Finney’s scrooge. not to mention how good obi wan kenobi marley is in his movements or just.#the ghost of christmas present who I love deeply #the ultimate messaging being that generosity and happiness are deliberate and difficult to give to people when you’re miserable but that is #exactly what is wrong with the modern capitalist mindset #and it goes down no matter what level you’re at #but one of the biggest things for me is the fucking final line and moment of the film that shit is going to bring me to goddamn tears one #day I tell you. thinking about it I want to.#anyway I’m unwell also about albert finney in general bc while michael cain is absolutely the hottest scrooge I haven’t seen a truly more #pathetic scrooge than albert finney which will always endear me to characters like this #anyway. people I’m gonna beg next year to see scrooge because jesus christ #ALSO CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE TITLE CARD ART??!?!?!!!#GOD #scrooge 1970

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alisalahiremix · 4 months

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Modern Talking It's Christmas Remix (2024) #chrismas2024 #christmassong ...

#modern talking #christmas #christmas 2024 #song christmas #remix #music #new year #new #2024

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iliketopgun · 4 months

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Something I'd never thought I'd like

Rainy days while listening to vintage versions of modern songs while playing around on character AI during Christmas break

#character ai #vintage versions of modern songs #christmas break #cozy days

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thecrowinacrown · 1 year

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Hey guys, do you have any festive music recs? I want to update my new year playlist :)

#personally my favourite winter song is Last Christmas. such a bop with a cool a story and vibes #it can be smth modern or classic #anything #Christmas #christmas music #new year #madina speaks

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eviltwin76 · 2 years

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what kind of music does Taylor like?

hmmmmmm he'll go for anything chill and relaxed with extra points for being synthy in a retro way... or with disco influences. ELO is one of his favorites, abba and strfkr also come to mind. basically anything you can imagine yourself exploring space to.. or straight up being ON star trek.

he'd also willingly listen to vaporwave and lo-fi on occasion. he probably thought vaporwave was cringe as a teen but rel finally got him to give it an honest shot. he'd also listen to a lot of video game soundtracks, such as spore and portal

#LV #taylor #asker #however if anyone has hcs for him enjoying music that doesnt fit this description those are probably true. this descrip is not exhaustive #everyone listens to a lot of different kinds of music #this is just his Core kind of #only kinds i'd say he actively dislikes are like.. modern country; noise/drill/house;#probably christmas music; and like top 40 overplayed pop songs u cant get away from #i also think he might very much love some jpop. i dont know much about it though

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iced-water · 2 months

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I'm listening to every Bob Dylan album. I'm on the Christmas In the Heart. Yeah idk anymore. I’m dedicating so many hours to this man.

#Bob Dylan #like what more can I say it’s the fucking Bob Dylan Christmas album #I’m not gonna lie I do like it better than modern Christmas songs and modern Christmas covers #so idk what that says about me lmao

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celestial-kestrel · 4 months

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It's that time of year again where Mari Lwyd starts to be talked about and shared around and an INCREDIBLY misleading post gets shared a lot. As someone who grew up with Mari Lwyd I wanted to clear some things up.

Also hello, if you are unaware who Mari Lwyd is. This is about the Welsh tradition of the horse skull who visits houses during the Christmas to New Years period in Wales asking for alcohol.

First off and probably the most important one:

Mari Lwyd is not a cryptid!

I can not emphasise this enough. She. Is. Not. A. Cryptid. There is no story or mystery about a ghost or zombie horse roaming the Welsh valleys. She's not even supposed to be a ghost or a zombie. It's just a horse skull on a stick with a guy under a sheet. She's a hobbyhorse and a folk character used to tell Welsh stories and keep songs alive. When people spread the misinformation that she's a cryptid, it's the equivalent of saying Kermit the Frog is a cryptid.

She is actually only one character in a wider cast of characters who go door to door or, in more modern times, pub to pub. The cast of characters can change town to town and village to village but there are some common ones I see time and time again. The Leader, the Merryman, The Jester and The Lady are just some I see regularly. Punch and Judy used to be more popular a few years ago but I haven't seen them in a while as their tradition has mostly fallen out of popularity. In most cases, almost the whole cast will be played by men. Even the characters are considered and referred to as female. Though this again depends and varies by which group is partaking in the Mari Lwyd tradition.

This point also goes onto my second point,

Mari Lwyd does not rap.

I think this comes from a very common misunderstanding of what rap is vs spoken word. Rap is a very specific style of music originating from the African American communities of the USA and has it's own structure and motifs unique to it. It's a lot more complex than people give it credit for as a style of music and just flippantly assign anything similar to it as being rap. If someone is talking fast or reciting poetry, it is not rap. Or anything that is an exchange of words between two people is not a rap battle. Mari Lwyd does not do rap, actually something that gets left out of these posts is the fact Mari Lwyd does not even speak. It's actually the Leader, who does all the speaking and song based banter between the house/pub owner for entry. Mari Lwyd just clicks her mouth, bites people and bobs her head around.

I think Mari Lwyd is a really beautiful and unique part of Welsh culture. She's not actually as wildly celebrated as a lot of the posts make her out to be. Actually, I think most Welsh people themselves learn about Mari Lwyd through the internet as well. Her popularity is increasing thanks to the drive of local groups wanting to keep the traditions alive and a renewed desire to document Welsh traditions before they're gone. Which is why it's such a shame that she's turned into something she's not to earn horror points on the internet. I think this is why it bothers me so much to see the misunderstandings of the culture and the folk tradition. Mari Lwyd's origin is very hot debated as well as how long it's been going on for. But I think it's thanks to a lot of traditions like this that the Welsh language and our stories weren't lost forever. Welsh culture is recovering as is the language. But it's still in a very fragile place. I think it's why it's important to document and correct information when it's spread.

Anyway, if you want to see the tradition in action, here's a lovely video from the Cwmafan RFC going to one of the pubs for charity. It includes the song exchange with the pub owner for entry and the whole pub singing and joining in once Mari Lwyd and the rest are inside.