#neo yokio pink christmas

[metalandmagi]

A list of underrated Christmas movies for everyone who is getting tired of watching the same things every year:

This year, I wanted to make a list of a few Christmas movies that I feel are a bit underrated and under-appreciated, because I’m tired of seeing the same things all the time. If anyone has any suggestions for their own lesser known holiday movies, please feel free to include them!

Arthur Christmas: An animated movie that should be a classic, but it was unfortunately lost to time because it had a horrible marketing campaign that made it look like complete shit. Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s not complete shit. It’s actually fucking amazing.

Arthur, the clumsy son of the current Santa Claus is known for being a lovable idiot who tends to ruin everything he touches, but when a little girl’s present is accidentally left behind one Christmas, Arthur, an elf named Bryony, and his grandfather (a previous Santa…so grandsanta) embark on a chaotic mission around the world to deliver the missing present. Every character in this movie is so fucking funny and empathetic at the same time. Arthur embodies the true meaning of Christmas in everything he does. Bryony is just…on another level entirely. Arthur’s brother Steve (a strategic genius who wants to use his new technology to ensure his place as the next Santa) is a perfect antagonist that the audience still feels sympathy for. They all just have such a fun dynamic, and it’s a crime that more people haven’t seen this.

Spirited: A fairly new addition to the Christmas movie ranks, since it came out in 2022 (but it was on AppleTV+ so no one watched it). Spirited is a modern, musical version of A Christmas Carol like you’ve never seen before (starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds, who are an amazing combination in anything). If you’re tired of seeing endless retellings of Dickens' story, just watch this. It’s hilarious, heartfelt, and it brings a whole new perspective to the story in a way that I’m not going to spoil. And the songs go so hard it’s insane.

Happiest Season: A rom-com in which a woman named Abby desperately wants to propose to her girlfriend Harper over the holidays during Harper’s family Christmas party…only to realize that Harper’s extremely rich and conservative family doesn’t know she’s gay. Fun rom-com shenanigans ensue. Did I mention Abby is played by Kristen Stewart, and Harper is played by Mackenzie Davis? Also Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie, and that guy from Schitt’s Creek everyone loves are in it.

This could easily have been a completely different movie if the cast wasn't so funny and didn’t have such good chemistry. It starts out as a standard holiday rom-com, but I was tearing up by the end of this the first time I watched it. If you’ve ever felt like you’ve been hiding your true self from your family or if you’ve felt like you’ve never been good enough for them, I think you’ll see a lot to relate to in this. 

Violent Night: Another new addition to the ever-expanding list of Christmas movies, this aptly named action thriller also came out in 2022, and I feel like no one has spoken about it since, which is a crime because IT WAS SO MUCH FUCKING FUN!

When a grizzled, down on the world Santa (played by David Harbour) gets stuck in a rich family’s house while it’s being overrun by mercenaries, he has to Die Hard his way out and save the hostages (or at least the ones who are worth saving) before it’s too late. This was such a fun surprise, because violent action thrillers are so hit and miss for me personally. David Harbour is great. It’s just under 2 hours of watching shitty people get their comeuppance in unique ways. I’m so offended that it only has a 6.7/10 on IMDB, because this is a great movie to watch with a group of friends and some age appropriate beverages. Yeah, it’s not a masterpiece, and maybe my standards are low, but I had a great time with this.

Tokyo Godfathers: An anime Christmas classic directed by Satoshi Kon in which 3 homeless people (a former drag queen, a runaway teen, and a grumpy alcoholic) find a baby in a dumpster and try to reunite it with its family. This was the movie that tricked me into thinking Satoshi Kon’s other works would be just as comedic and wholesome as this one. It’s got humor. It’s got heart. It’s got twists and turns that will keep you guessing in the classic Satoshi Kon fashion. And the English dub is just as good as the sub, so you can’t go wrong either way.

Neo Yokio- Pink Christmas: Speaking of anime…I’ve talked about this one before, but I have to mention it again because it’s a staple for me every year. Pink Christmas is the Christmas special for the…anime (and I use that word in the loosest way possible) Neo Yokio…aka the one starring (and possibly made by?) Jaden Smith.

For anyone who’s never heard of it, Neo Yokio is a series on Netflix that is the closest thing to a professionally made Abridged Series we’ll ever have. The “plot” of the series revolves around Kaz, a pink haired guy who fights demons and does increasingly absurd rich people things with his robot mecha butler named Charles. The Christmas special involves Charles telling Kaz a Christmas story about the city’s Secret Santa competition for all the ultra rich people.

Look, there’s no good way to describe this one, but trust me when I say you don’t have to watch Neo Yokio to understand it, since even people who do watch Neo Yokio don’t understand it. In fact, I think it will be even funnier if you don’t watch Neo Yokio at all before watching Pink Christmas (but I encourage everyone to watch the series too, just because it’s more of the same insanity.)

Every line in it is pure comedic gold, not because it’s truly funny, but because it’s absurd and ridiculous in a way only Jaden Smith can be. I quote it incessantly while eating a Toblerone every year. 

Cabin Pressure at Christmas: Molokai: Okay, it’s not a movie or even a TV special, but I love Cabin Pressure so much that I had to include this too. Cabin Pressure is a comedy radio show (not a podcast, an actual radio show) that aired on BBC Radio 4 in the early 2000s about an airline crew for the world’s shittiest airplane. 

For anyone who watched season 2 of Good Omens, you might recognize the name John Finnemore as one of the writers. Well, Cabin Pressure is made by (and stars) the same person. The Christmas episode is one of my favorites of the series, and you 100% don’t need to listen to the entire series to enjoy it. It captures the humor and despair of being stuck with your co-workers on Christmas eve, but it keeps up the spirit regardless. This is another one I quote incessantly, and the whole show has become hardwired into my personality. PLEASE FIND A WAY TO LISTEN TO CABIN PRESSURE! I’m pretty sure the whole series is available on iTunes as an audiobook.

As honorable mentions, I want to include Rise of the Guardians and Klaus, because even though they have a fair amount of popularity, I still feel like people could appreciate them more. And sure, Rise of the Guardians might be more of an Easter movie, but it still includes Santa as a character, and he’s amazing. 

That's all for now. Sorry these are all specifically Christmas themed, but if anyone has movie suggestions for other winter holidays, please throw them in!

[arc-angel-o]

The longer we go unrenewed the more Pink Christmas hurts

[fanboyistransboy]

I’ve been working on writing a Neo Yokio retrospective and think I’ve figured out my thesis for it. I’m going to compare how the 6 episode first season fails to properly utilize its characters and themes to create an interesting or entertaining satire of the wealthy.

Comparing that with Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas, and how it manages to tell a more cohesive and coherent narrative about materialism and exploitation. Both through its characters and (slightly more) consistent themes.

[xmassongtournament]

End of Round 2

Round two is over! This has been a really harsh round. Fairytale of New York being eliminated despite all the support was really heartbreaking.

We had one tie this round, so Round 3 has 33 songs and one three-way matchup. It'll be interesting to see how that turns out!

I just remembered Neo Yokio Pink Christmas existed, and kind of regret not putting Arcangello Corelli and Kaz Kaan's Christmas song in the mix. Looks like I won't be getting any giant toblerones or caprese boy merch this year!

We also saw all the songs with Pentatonix versions eliminated this round. If I wanted to, I probably could have done the whole tournament with just PTX. But in lieu of that here's several of their covers:

[otoshi-lady]

I keep watching this several times.

It is, once again, a Pink Christmas

[realbeefman]

i've loved jaden smith ever since critical flop anime Neo Yokio gave him pink dreads and made him into a little rich asshole with magical powers fighting to save the greatest capitalist nation on earth. all while being fake woke and complaining and whining about his ex girlfriend. incredible. kaz kaan i miss you SO BAD

[mintmentos]

Fellas is it gay to perform an original song about your friendship to your archnemesis on live tv as your gift in a secret santa contest

[commiehilfiger]

if you liked scott pilgrim anime i know for a fact that you'd also like neo yokio, so you should go watch it so we can maybe get a season 2

[eclectricsheep]

I got like three neo yokio reblogs which is probably like 60% of the neo yokio community on tumblr so I'm doing pretty good

[little-snails-log]

Something something uh..

JAIDEN SMITH ICON RAP ALL VERSIONS SO LOUD I BREAK UR WINDOWS

kabru: if i could take over the dungeon i could stop another tragedy from happening again

mickbell and kuro:

[doyouknowthisanime]

Do You Know This Anime?

[pisshandkerchief]

so jaden smith and ezra koenig the vampire weekend guy wrote an anime set in a futuristic alternate universe upper class new york city but it’s an independent city state and they have a hereditary caste of pink haired demon slayers and it’s called neo yokio. there’s one season and a christmas special on netflix. it’s really really bad. i’ve seen it half a dozen times

OF COURSE THE VAMPIRE WEEKEND GUY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. haunting

[aqueerfishtheyis]

Its almost time for the annuals

October - OTGW

November - The Scorpio Race by Maggie Stiefvater

December - Neo Yokio Pink Christmas

[arc-angel-o]

Thanks @frodothefair this made me motivated to write more 💕

1. How many works do you have on Ao3?

22, so they can't all be winners

2. What's your total Ao3 word count?

8,365, because I mainly write drabble and ficlet

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Most actively to least actively, of what I've published, Rabbit, Neo Yokio, Goats, Onyx Equinox, Starved, Hetalia, Beck Mongolian Chop Squad, My Girlfriend is an Alien, Ingredients

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Most to least: Pink Christmas Continued, The Oldest Surviving Wooden Building, Matt 6:20, I really wanna fly with you [Infinite Hiatus], Am I really that obvious?

I'm happy with Pink Christmas Continued, but other fics deserve to be on this list more than the others.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes, I probably haven't answered all of them since I'm very awkward and don't always know what to say, but I try to reply each time as soon as possible. I started on Wattpad, where repeat commenters became friends, so I really value fanfiction as a way to creat community and meet more people.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Either wickedness at midnight or Instant Karma

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Pink Christmas Continued, maybe. Keep in mind for both these questions I don't remember how half my fics ended.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not yet.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Nothing published yet, I do have some in the drafts. Mainly ace4ace, since I'm asexual, it's easier for me to write if everyone involved is also. Because of this, I've been writing some for canon asexual Rabbit lately, hopefully I can get it out there soon.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Not often, and usually nothing crazy, but I had an Hannibal × Neo Yokio kinda out there.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I hope not.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but that'd be so cool, I hope one day.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, but that might be fun, maybe with @atlasisntdead since I already send them my first drafts all the time.

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

I always come back to kazangelo.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Horror Movie Date Horror and Peppermint Lattes. Both about Matoko uniting Arcangelo and Lexy's friend groups, both I became exhausted from despite how short and fun the premises are.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I've been told that my drabbles and such are able to pack a punch in such a short word count. I think I'm able to capture characters voices pretty well, and at least won't publish anything that I'd tag as out of character.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Writing anything above a thousand words. I haven't gotten the hang of fight scenes. I can't force myself to write, I'm very slow at it. I'm not always sure my character interactions are realistic, because I don't interact with many. I'm not confident in my writing.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I've done a little bit of that, and I'd like to do more once I'm fluent in something. Would consider learning Tolkien conlangs for a fic in Middle Earth.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

I can't quite remember, but I think it might have been for Percy Jackson.

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

Tends to be whatever i most recently published, since i think i do improve everytime, so check out wickedness at midnight

20 Questions for Fic Writers

thank you for tagging me @ahsokathegray !!<3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

25! 

2. What's your total A03 word count?

231k lmaoooo when did that happen I feel like I've been in a fugue state since February

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Star Wars (and technically, TECHNICALLY The Matrix but it's a Star Wars AU fusion lmao)

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Porg Eyes, Princess For A Year, Ram'ser'ika, Better Than Nothing, The Contingency

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes every single one omfg I love everyone

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Well, Soft Dark Nothing is Ahsoka and Rex on the moon right after The Tribunal crashed so by default it's gotta be her (rip Jesse my beloved)

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Not Bad ends up with Snips n Skyguy going to Biscuit Baron lmao

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not yet but I live in fear every day especially since I'm dipping my toe in the Republic Commandos pond and I know the girlies are passionate

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I do and it's ridiculously graphic HAHAHA no but there's a reason I haven't posted any Rexsoka smut. Makin y'all wait for it until they COMMIT, gotta keep that tension in there somewhere uwu. But wlw, mlw, mlm, aliens and cyborgs gonna work their way in there eventually (?) I have Not Out Loud, which is an mlm fic with Boba tying up Cal and facefucking him (Kesett nation rise)

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Go Ask Ahsoka is the Matrix crossover that I wrote for AU August which I will eventually update lmfao

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No but I would cry

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not like… technically but Erika is my beta and my bestie and she comes up with amazing ideas and lets me play with her OCs so honestly she counts (ilu)

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

Rexsoka 💙🧡, closely followed by Anidala (burning down the galaxy for a single person is objectively WRONG but also hot)

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Well Do Not Go Gentle is a huge fucking project that I HOPE I finish one day

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm pretty good at action. I enjoy it which helps lmao

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I get really ahead of myself laying out hints and red herrings which I then forget about (Princess For A Year especially is the worst about this, I am so sorry for all of those hints about Sylen being a pretend Mandalorian I fucked up so bad with that one but I'm going to rewrite it eventually to bring back a bunch of my dropped subplots)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I enjoy it and do so regularly. Mando'a nuhur'shya ni ru'kar'tayli. And it makes my brain work in unexpected ways, it's like a puzzle trying to figure out the wacky ass baby's-first-conlang grammar that is Karen's creation (what the fuck kind of language doesn't have a passive voice)

19. First fandom you wrote for?

OKAY OKAY TECHNICALLY, TECHNICALLY????? It was the Lion King. I was in first grade and we had to write a little storybook and illustrate the pages they gave us with crayons and my story was How Simba Lost His Mane lmfaoooo

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

I have poured my whole heart, soul, brain, and pussy into Tivaevae pls read it it's longer than The Hobbit

no pressure tags: @soliloquy-of-nemo, @tangledlichen, @ink-in-books, @hannah-schooler

[trixterdark]

Merry Pinkmas to the other 10 Neo Yokio fans