#Holly Bleak

[zenatness]

OC kiss week! OC kiss week!

I've had that Anne Hathaway trio picture staring at me on my desktop for a year, waiting for this day. Holly, Lynch, and Jarvis are my main trio in the Warhammer fic Untouchable (which features exactly 0 canon characters, but we're here for the vibes), and they enjoy a relationship which I tend to summarize as third-wheeling-to-the-point-of-bordering-on-becoming-a-throuple. As you do.

Fourth year in a row doing this with them: 2021, 2022, 2023.

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[thatcritterthatskitter]

end walked!!!!

[e-louise-bates]

Having settled the question, Vesper glanced at the letter I handed to her. I had received it that morning from the law offices of Kenge & Carboy.

The Illyrian Adventure, Lloyd Alexander

I've been reading and re-reading the Vesper Holly books since I was a kid, but I guess I haven't read them since I was introduced to Bleak House, because I did a classic double take when I read the lawyers' names this time around and then howled with laughter.

[sitp-recs]

Hello good morning afternoons or evenings, I hope you are having a wonderful day! I'm looking for fic Drarry where they both become a safe place for each other or have a strange connection with each other because only they can understand each other.

Hello anon! Oh I love this concept so much, I’m all for comfort fics like that. Here are some stories that came to mind:

A Little Death Never Hurt Anyone by @tackytigerfic (E, 4k)

Harry's getting good at slipping through the Veil. He's determined to win the war, even if means he has to raise the dead to do it. Draco just wants a stiff drink and a good night's sleep.

Thermodynamic Equilibrium by @dorthyanndrarry (T, 5k)

Harry's far too hot. Draco's always cold. And somehow against all odds, together they create a perfect equilibrium.

A Pain of Our Choosing by @lqtraintracks (E, 6k)

It’s 8th year and everyone’s still a bit messed up. Harry and Draco fall into being messed up together.

Glowing by @cavendishbutterfly (T, 10k)

Harry's lived alone and vampiric in his cottage for ages, until a long-lived Draco Malfoy suddenly shows up to answer an advertisement Harry had practically forgotten he'd put in the Prophet. Cue soft blood drinking, quiet nights of reading and crocheting, and Harry thinking that maybe--just maybe--he might not be so alone anymore.

Tidings of Comfort by @blamebrampton (G, 10k)

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. Luckily for Draco Malfoy, London has places where the tired can rest and recover.

Nice Things by aideomai (M, 22k)

The first thing that happened was Theodore Nott came back from France.

The Last of What the World Left You by @xanthippe74 (T, 25k)

If the wizarding world won’t give Draco a second chance, he has a plan to survive: live in his Animagus form, a carrion crow, in the Forbidden Forest. Not only does Harry Potter come along and ruin it, he’s radiating a strange aura of power. With nowhere to go and a Life-Debt to his mother that Potter insists on repaying, Draco puts himself into the hands of the reclusive Boy Who Lived. Will the bleak corner of Yorkshire where Potter makes his home be another dead end or an unexpected refuge?

Strange Bedfellows by orphan_account, ravenclawsquill (E, 30k)

When Harry encounters a frail and fidgety Draco Malfoy at the Ministry, he just knows something is wrong and he’s determined to get to the bottom of it.

Holly and Hawthorn, Thistle and Thyme by bryoneybrynn (T, 31k)

After the war, Harry can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong with him and he has a terrible feeling he knows what that “something” might be. He has a terrible feeling Malfoy might know, too.

Open For Repairs by @drarrytrash (M, 35k)

After the war, Draco works at a tv repair shop and Harry breaks things.

Like Lightning at Your Fingertips by potterwatch (T, 43k)

The problem with living with another insomniac is, eventually, they find out you’re one, too. When Harry and Draco return for their eighth year, they think they’ll see very little of each other. Then McGonagall assigns them to room together. And the castle starts breaking. And there’s that thing with Potter’s magic.

A Room Up There (And You In It) by @the-starryknight (T, 59k)

When Preservationist Draco Malfoy was assigned to work on Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, he was excited to delve into the gorgeous Black family antiques. His excitement quickly ended when something in the House decided it did not like his presence one bit. Featuring a grumpy antiques lover who most certainly did not sign up for this, encounters with a vengeful apparition, and a healthy application of Christmas spirit.

Running on Air by eleventy7 (T, 75k)

Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.

Little Deaths and How to Avoid Them (or Draco Malfoy's Guide to Stop Dying and Start Living Instead) by nerakrose, dustmouth (T, 96k)

Malfoy is way too interested in coroner reports for somebody who's definitely not looking for ways to die, Harry wants to be friends with him, and Ginny wants to break up with Harry.

Way Down We Go by @xiaq (T, 109k)

In which Harry and Draco both run away from their pasts and conveniently choose to hide in the same tiny American town. It's super.

A Sword Laid Aside by @korlaena (E, 128k)

When Draco’s cover is blown during a deep undercover operation and the Ministry is compromised, Ron takes Draco to the only safe place he can think of—Potter. Hiding out with a taciturn Harry Potter, who has been missing from the Wizarding World for almost two decades after a shocking fall from grace, is nothing like Draco thought it would be.

In The Dark by @bixgirl1 (E, WIP)

In the aftermath of an apocalypse, Harry receives an order to find and bring Draco Malfoy nearly a thousand miles, to the tenuous safety of Hogwarts. But more than distance separates them from their goal. The world has fallen, and death is hungry.

[breelandwalker]

Cold Moon - December 26, 2023

Bundle up, witches! It's time for the Cold Moon!

Cold Moon

The Cold Moon is the name given to the full moon which occurs in the month of December, particularly appropriate this year as the full moon will occur late in the month, smack in the middle of the bleak midwinter.

This will be another month when the moon appears full for two nights in a row, so we'll have a full moon for Christmastime, with peak illumination on Dec 26th at 7:33pm EST. (A perfect aesthetic for those who are fans of the classic poem "A Visit From St Nicholas" aka "Twas the Night Before Christmas." Personally, I'm holding out hope that we'll have the snowy conditions to match, though it's a long shot.)

Like most full moon names, the Cold Moon takes its' moniker from an English translation of a traditional name used by one or more North American indigenous groups. There are a number of indigenous names that reference the wintry conditions when this moon occurs, including Snow Moon (Haida, Cherokee), Winter Moon (Tunica-Biloxi), Hoar Frost Moon (Cree), and Long Night Moon (Mohican). More evocative names include Frost Exploding Trees Moon (Cree) and Moon of the Popping Trees (Oglala), both of which refer to a phenomenon which occurs during extreme cold, when the sap inside a tree freezes and the expanding pressure causes portions of the bark or even entire limbs to "pop" with loud cracking sounds that can be heard for miles.

Other names for the December moon include Yule Moon (Norse origins), Oak Moon (Celtic origins), and Bitter Moon (Chinese origins).

What Does It Mean For Witches?

The year is winding down. It's time to wrap up our projects and put aside what we haven't finished or no longer need. Rather than berating ourselves for the things we didn't finish or didn't accomplish, this is a time to give ourselves some grace and celebrate our successes and triumphs and the things we DID accomplish.

With only one page left on the calendar, many of us are already looking ahead to the new year, making plans and setting goals. This is a good time to brainstorm and engage in a bit of broad-view planning. Sketch out the things you'd like to see or do or try in the new year. Give voice to your dreams and start thinking of ways to make them happen.

The Cold Moon also falls soon after the winter solstice this year (Dec 21), which could be a boon for anyone looking to time their seasonal rituals in optimal fashion. A working could be begun on the solstice and built up to culminate on the night of the Cold Moon, just before the start of a new calendar year.

What Witchy Things Can We Do?

Have a small supper gathering with friends or family (holiday themed or not, it's up to you) to share joys and fellowship and enjoy good food and drink. Make wishes together for the new year. (Wish jars can be done individually or as an informal group ritual. Sharing wishes anonymously can be a fun party game.) A "White Elephant" gift exchange with inexpensive or homemade witchy goods for your circle could be fun too!

Make a wish jar for the new year on the winter solstice and put it out to charge under the Cold Moon. Cleanse any of your tools or crystals or accoutrements that you use moonlight for one more time this year.

This is the perfect time for divinations and goalsetting for the coming year. Pull out your favorite divination tools and your 2024 planner and sketch out the coming year. You can also try candle wax divination with holiday candles, if that's something that interests you.

Also, save those seasonal bayberry candles for future use! They're great for debt repayment and money-drawing spells.

If you need some ideas for a fun family activity, you can feed the birds for good luck, either with scattered birdseed or pinecone birdfeeders. String dried fruit slices, cinnamon sticks, pinecones, holly leaves and berries, and other seasonal faves to make garlands. Stick apples or oranges or clementines full of cloves in pretty patterns to make pomanders.

Use those fibre arts skills to create a special piece to keep your home warm and safe and well-supplied until spring. It doesn't have to be anything big - a simple weaving or single square will do. Crochet or cut out snowflakes for your home decor. If you want to get fancy, pick up a ball of cotton warp thread and look for old doily patterns - they look great as hoop weavings hung on the wall (or make a witch web in winter colors).

Make one more batch of moonwater to carry you through to the new year. If it happens to snow or freeze where you live, you can save clean snow or icicles for special (non-drinkable) elemental water, which can be a fun base for moonwater as well.

And speaking of elements, make sure to remember in all your seasonal decorating that fire safety is paramount. Be careful with your candles, warmers, light strings, plugs, extension cords, and cables. DO NOT "daisy chain" your extension cords or power strips. Never leave candles or wax warmers or simmer pots unattended, and turn off your holiday lights before bedtime. Safety first, witches!

Thanks for joining me for this exploration of full moon magic. See you next year!

Happy Cold Moon, witches! 🌕🧊

Further Reading:

Additional Lunar Calendar posts

Moon Rise Calculator - The Old Farmer's Almanac.

Cold Moon: Full Moon in December 2023, The Old Farmer's Almanac.

Full Moon December 2023: Illuminating the Cold Moon's Spiritual Meaning, The Peculiar Brunette.

How Do Trees Survive The Winter?, National Forest Foundation.

How to Make Pomander Balls, The Old Farmer's Almanac.

Fun Kid's Activity: Winter Pinecone Bird Feeder, Audubon Southwest.

Everyday Moon Magic: Spells & Rituals for Abundant Living, Dorothy Morrison, Llewellyn Publications, 2004.

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[one-and-a-half-yikes]

Don't mind me but can you plz rant about colly a lil more... :3

I'll do you one BETTER @ch1-kasak0

I'm gonna talk about Colly AND do an accidental Cuphead analysis on the side lmao

I will say, it is crazy to me that years ago, one of the reasons I had for why I didn't like the idea of Cupanny was because I perceived Fanny as someone un-ambitious, who seemed to have a bleak outlook and no real hope for a better future, something that was completely antithetical to what Cuphead needed in his life.

Obviously I don't hold that viewpoint about Fanny anymore, but I do think it's funny how that critique of mine (which I never shared on here I should add and I regret it lol) came back around but in an unexpected way. The Labyrinth arc was genuinely the deepest look we've gotten into Cuphead. With the thing that hit me the most stepping into Cuphead's dream and really seeing how much of himself is consumed by the guilt he feels about making a deal with the Devil, was how that guilt had basically consumed his personhood in a way.

Mugman dreams of being a pilot for the Calix Animi, of marrying Cala and having a whole, completed family; that his parents never left, that his dad was alive; Mugman dreamed of a future for himself. A fantasy that could never really be real, at least mostly, but it was a future nonetheless. Everyone, except Felix who's a special situation given his circumstances, dreamed of a future. Something that they were fighting towards even after they left the Labyrinth.

Except Cuphead.

He could never envision a future for himself, because so much of what made up who Cuphead was as a child was stripped from him that he's essentially a husk of who he was. We saw the real Cuphead in his dreamscape. He had aspirations, and goals he wanted to reach. But when your whole is spent struggling to survive it's hard to have real goals and aspire to them. It's hard to dream a dream that you hope comes true.

And then the gala happened.

Something that seemed out of reach for someone like himself suddenly seemed like a real, genuine reality within his reach. All because of his love for Holly. His love for her made him finally see a real future. A real dream. For one second, Cuphead didn't think about a bleak horizon that he was walking towards, but instead a beautiful sunrise that he wanted to walk towards hand-in-hand with Holly and it says a lot. It really does. In my Cuphead analysis I did say that his dream was still him in the background playing the role of Cuphead the Supporter rather than playing an active role in his own future where his own ambitions and drive exist alongside Holly's. But it doesn't detract from how much his love made him see something that for the longest he never saw as possible and that means something. It really does.

But oh, bitch I'm not even done yet. Y'all asked for this!!!

There's this one scene, I'm too lazy to go back and find it again (EDIT: I couldn't find it for some reason so my source is trust me bro), where Cuphead and Holly, and maybe Mugs was there I think, were talking and Holly said something along the lines of "I like your childish side" (paraphrasing). And that stuck with me, because when, in the other previous relationships that Cuphead had, has he ever been told that being his actual true self is the part they like the most about him? That the sulking badboy persona who's all rough edges and mysterious isn't nearly as interesting as the real him.

The thing I think a lot of people sort of forget, is that for Cuphead it's not a persona, it's just who he is. Because everything else has been stripped from him via abuse and threats to himself and his brother. From unethical experiments forced on him as punishment, to beatings from the boss when they screw up a job, to being yelled and cursed out by Hat because they messed up during training, and so on. So much of who he is, who he was, was taken from him and all that's left is whatever identity Cuphead needs to put on in that exact moment. Mugman was right when he said that for Cuphead, it's always about the damn mission. Keeping him and his brother safe, desperately trying to right his wrongs, and just trying to not have anyone see his weaknesses means the Cuphead we saw before in the Labyrinth is a ghost. Someone else entirely. A speck in the distance that feels entirely out of reach now to Cuphead.

But there's this part of him that he's tried to keep safe and held close and we see that in the Wonderful Winter arc. When Cuphead and Mugman started chasing each other, throwing snowballs at one another, it's the closest we get to seeing Cup in a light where he's not putting on a persona; the real him. And Holly notices that, too. But not just that she notices that, but that she is intrigued by it enough that she wants to get to know him more.

Holly had a crush on Cuphead, but the Tree Princess chapter is where she really fell for him. Which makes sense cause that's the chapter where she truly realizes the depth there is to his character and how multifaceted he was as a person. He wasn't just a killer thug like she'd first assumed, but a true complex person, just like her and all the other Questers.

And I think that's fucking beautiful man.

Of course I'd love to gush about Cuphead's perspective on Holly, but there's not really enough to say outside of:

You know it's true love when you're willing to spill all your secrets to this one person; to bear your whole heart and soul to them if it means being able to have them back in your life.

[pupsmailbox]

WINTER ID PACK

NAMES ⌇　alaska. alba. alban. amara. andri. aneira. angel. angelina. apricity. aquila. aquilo. arctic. aspen. aster. aurora. ayden. balthasar. beir. beira. beiron. bell. belle. bianca. blanc. blanca. blanch. blanche. blanchesse. blanchette. blaze. blizzard. blizzardette. blu. blue. borea. boreas. boris. brea. bree. bylur. carol. caspar. cedar. chione. chióni. chris. christina. christmas. clara. claudia. cloud. cloude. coco. cocoa. colden. cole. cozy. crimson. crystal. december. dew. dewdrop. dewey. dewy. diamond. douglas. edur. eira. eirlys. eirwan. eirwen. elitsa. ella. elsa. ember. emmanuel. emmanuelle. eryi eryi. estelle. euria. everest. everett. everette. evergreen. fannar. fionn. fir. fjolla. flake. frediano. freeze. fritz. fros. frost. frostette. frostine. frosty. fuyu. fuyuko. gale. garland. ginger. gloria. gwyneira. hazel. hika. holly. ice. icee. icelyn. icicle. icidia. icie. iclyn. isarr. isbert. ivy. jack. jack.. jaki. january. janus. jolly. joseph. josephine. joy. juniper. kari. khione. kirsi. kit. ledi. ledia. lucas. lucina. lumi. mafuyu. mafuyuko. mary. melchior. merry. miyuki. natalia. natalie. natasha. nevada. neve. nicholas. nick. nieves. noel. noella. noelle. north. november. oak. oakley. olwen. pepper. peppermint. permafrost. pine. poinsettia. polaris. rain. raina. raine. rainer. reign. reyner.��robin. rudolf. rudolph. rudy. sally. scarlett. scrooge. sioc. snow. snowdrop. snowesse. snowette. snowine. snowstorm. snowy. solstice. spruce. star. stella. storm. stormy. tundra. vega. viola. vixen. warrin. weiss. whittaker. whyte. willow. winny. winter. wren. wynn. wynter. wyntr. yuki. yukio. yule. yulia. yves. yvette. zane.

PRONOUNS ⌇　arc/arctic. arctic/arctic. aura/aura. bleak/bleak. bli/blizzard. bliz/blizzard. blizz/blizzard. blizzard/blizzard. blue/blue. chill/chill. chilly/chilly. clou/cloud. cloud/cloud. co/cold. coat/coat. cold/cold. cool/cool. cry/cryo. cry/crystal. crystal/crystal. drip/drip. drop/drop. fir/fir. flake/flake. flu/flurry. flur/flurry. flurry/flurrie. fre/freeze. freeze/freeze. fro/frost. fros/frost. frost/frost. frostbite/frostbite. froze/frozen. glacier/glacier. glove/glove. hail/hail. ice/ice. ice/icicle. icicle/icicle. mitten/mitten. rain/rain. rain/rainy. scarf/scarf. shiver/shiver. sky/sky. sle/sleet. slush/slush. snow/flake. snow/snow. snow/snowflake. so/snow. sto/storm. storm/storm. storm/stormy. stormy/stormy. tundra/tundra. water/water. wi/winter. win/ter. win/winter. winter/winter . ❄️ . 🌌 . 🌨 . 🌨️ . 🌲 . 🗻 . 🧊 .

[womaninwinter]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers (except me because obvs I have done it). Spread the self-love ❤

thank you belovedddd. I've answered this for published works, so for funsies I'm going to do unpublished ones.

1. My no. 1 fave is 1096, a super ambitious post-canon project exploring how Lucy and Lockwood's relationship might develop, and what a post-Problem world might look like. Here's a snippet:

He had been very gracious, of course, removing himself to stay at Kipps’ place while she packed her things and got out. Almost invariably polite, always solicitous, right until the end. The bitchy part of her, which sounded very like the Skull, reckoned that he knew taking the moral high ground would sting more than anything; the tender part of her, the part that had been swooning over him since she was fifteen, was indeed severely stung. Right up until the last moment, she had expected him to come through the door and make one last effort to convince her. She might even have stayed if he had.

(rest under the cut because it got long)

2. All in your head - 3 times Holly hid a migraine at work and one time she didn't. An exploration of Holly and workplace trauma. This will be a shortie, but I'm not posting til I have the whole damn thing written:

The doctor had assured Holly that she was lucky: her migraines only came on in situations of extreme stress, so with careful management of her environment and diet, it would be possible to avoid them almost entirely. Nice man, that GP, but if Holly had to level a criticism at him, she would suggest that he was just a teensy bit of a fantasist. His treatment plan didn’t quite match up with the grim reality of working for Steve Rotwell. 

3. DEPRAC AU - Lucy and Lockwood meet as grown-up DEPRAC officers rather than as teens. Their agent days are behind them, but they're still working with the dead:

The trick is to assume you’re already dead. Lockwood taught me that, on my very first day at Scotland Yard.  I was new to London back then, but not not new to DEPRAC, and I’d been dismissive. “Sounds depressing,” I’d said. “Up north, we just took each day as it came.”

“That’s a good policy too,” he’d said, and smiled that warm, easy smile of his. Even then, on day one, it melted me like butter — not bad for a dead man walking.

4. The Bleak Midwinter - not a terribly original concept, a study of Lockwood and George over the course of the Black Winter, but fun nonetheless.

Winter settled in early at 35 Portland Row that year. Outside, the weak November sun shone on unawares, but inside, a kind of mid-January misery had taken hold. The chill lurked in odd places, like a certain mug that suddenly no one would drink tea from or a blank spot in the umbrella stand that usually held three rapiers and now only held two. It was particularly bad on the stairs leading up to the attic. 

George felt it like the presence of a ghost; he found himself turning up the heating all the time,  especially in the basement office with its empty desk, and chewing mints while he sorted laundry, as though the absence of short skirts, bras and knickers could put forth a miasma. He wanted to ask Lockwood if he felt it too, if he also woke with his joints aching from cold, like an old man. But this was precisely the kind of thing you couldn’t ask Lockwood, the kind of thing that would make him go blank and uncomfortable, if he didn’t just laugh it off. It was the kind of thing he would usually ask Lucy. The problem was, Lucy wasn’t there.

5. Cheating, because I don't have that many unpublished fics, but I also have a Quill POV piece on 1096 that I love-love-love:

“I knocked. You didn’t answer the door. I thought —” Quill swallowed. His hands were starting to sting properly. 

“For God’s sake.” Lockwood was finally cottoning on. “My phone was off the hook, so you thought I’d offed myself in a fit of Byronic heartbreak? And you call <i>me</i> dramatic?”

“You can’t do things like that,” Quill snarled, waving a lacerated finger under Lockwood’s nose. “It’s not funny. I thought I was going to find you with your head in the bloody oven.”

Lockwood cocked his head at him. “It’s an Aga, Quill,” he drawled. “It doesn’t work like that.”

And that was when Quill gave into the ten-year-old impulse and hit him.

[saruin]

—OCS as OBSCURE ASSOCIATIONS

-Ciel Frossard Aveline Ténèbres- (since he's on the brain)

@sikoi thanks for tagging me <3<3<3

ANIMAL: polar bear

COLORS: white, red

MONTH: april

SONGS: march of mephisto - kamelot

NUMBER: 27

PLANTS: alyssum, holly

SMELLS: peppermint, chestnut

GEMSTONE: moonstone

TIME OF DAY: just before midnight

SEASON: winter

PLACES: avignon

FOOD: warm pastries with sweet fillings

DRINKS: prosecco

ELEMENT: ice

ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS: aries

SEASONINGS: sugar, cinnamon

SKY: twilight, nimbostratus clouds

WEATHER: bleak with snowstorms, light snowfall

MAGICAL POWER: ice and the ability to see into the occult

WEAPONS: a papenheimer-hilt rapier named marron glacé

SOCIAL MEDIA: myspace

MAKEUP PRODUCT: blush or bronzer

CANDY: peppermint sticks or vanilla wafers

METHOD OF LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL: airplane

ART STYLE: abstract / fractals

FEAR: solitude

MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE: barbegazi

PIECE OF STATIONARY: fountain pen and fancy parchment paper

THREE EMOJIS: ❄️💨🧊

CELESTIAL BODY: uranus

i shall tag: @vapidsims @adrasteamoon @nucrests @invisiblequeen @lilypixels

[dreamsinthewitchouse]

No One Can Save You From Christmas

A Holiday Playlist by dreamsinthewitchouse

🌲 Day 1 ✦ Fleet Foxes — White Winter Hymnal

🌲 Day 2 ✦ Taylor Swift — ’tis the damn season

🌲 Day 3 ✦ Sufjan Stevens — Christmas Unicorn

🌲 Day 4 ✦ Jack’s Mannequin — The Lights and Buzz

🌲 Day 5 ✦ The Beths — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

🌲 Day 6 ✦ The Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick

🌲 Day 7 ✦ Cocteau Twins — Winter Wonderland

🌲 Day 8 ✦ The Polyphonic Spree — Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

🌲 Day 9 ✦ The Raveonettes — The Christmas Song

🌲 Day 10 ✦ Fruit Bats — It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

🌲 Day 11 ✦ Phoebe Bridgers — So Much Wine

🌲 Day 12 ✦ Calexico — Green Grows the Holly

🌲 Day 13 ✦ Bright Eyes — Blue Christmas

🌲 Day 14 ✦ Belle & Sebastian — The Fox in the Snow

🌲 Day 15 ✦ The Raveonettes — Christmas in Cleveland

🌲 Day 16 ✦ Julia Jacklin — Baby Jesus Is Nobody’s Baby Now

🌲 Day 17 ✦ The Shins — Wonderful Christmastime

🌲 Day 18 ✦ Julian Casablancas — I Wish It Was Christmas Today

🌲 Day 19 ✦ Darlene Love — Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

🌲 Day 20 ✦ John Denver — Christmas for Cowboys

🌲 Day 21 ✦ The Spook School — Someone to Spend Christmas With

🌲 Day 22 ✦ Sufjan Stevens — Lonely Man of Winter

🌲 Day 23 ✦ Marika Hackman — Driving Under Stars

🌲 Day 24 ✦ The Staves — Home Alone, Too

🌲 Day 25 ✦ The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale of New York

🌲 Day 26 ✦ Phoebe Bridgers — Christmas Song

🌲 Day 27 ✦ Camera Obscura — The Blizzard

🌲 Day 28 ✦ Fenne Lily — In the Bleak Midwinter

🌲 Day 29 ✦ Jenny Owen Youngs — Fireside

🌲 Day 30 ✦ Phoebe Bridgers — Day After Tomorrow

🌲 Day 31 ✦ Allo Darlin’ — Will You Please Spend New Year’s Eve With Me?

[zenatness]

Commissars Zima, Kartal, Varela and Lynch, having a normal working day on Eden 39, featuring Hummel and Holly in the background having Opinions about their respective commissars not getting along.

Based on this

I forgot Varela lost an arm early in the story, which... uh... kinda changed the vibe of the pose but, you know, it still works.

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[nursesharkinfirmary]

ִֶָ࣪𓂃 * -` ❄️ ´- winter npts 🏔 ㅤׂㅤ⭒

─ 𖦹 ˙ ̟Names

Lumi, Noelle, Icicle, Blanche, Aspen, Boreas, Boris, Bianca, Eira, Frostine, Gwyneira, Douglas, Holly, Nicholas, Jack, January, North, Olwen, Wynter, Apricity, Aurora, Solstice, Yule

─ 𖦹 ˙ ̟Pronouns

Snow/Snow's, Frost/Frost's, Flake/Flake, Glacier/Glacier's, Aura/Aura's, Bleak/Bleak's, Slush/Slush's, Ice/Ice's, Freeze/Freeze's, Fir/Fir's, 🐻‍❄️/🐻‍❄️'s, 🌲/🌲's, 🗻/🗻's, ❄️/❄️'s, 🌨/🌨's, 🌌/🌌's, 🪆/🪆's

─ 𖦹 ˙ ̟Titles

(Pref Royal Title) of the Wintertide, Bringer of the Solstice, (Prn) who's Frozen in Time, The One with an Ice-Cold Heart, (Prn) Who dances with the Evergreens

[robsheridan]

Scenes from the Christmas movie of my dreams, the 1985 dark fantasy classic, WORLD WITHOUT CHRISTMAS. The film follows young Holly, who lives in a version of our world where Christmas never existed. The New York City she calls home is bleak and gray, people are stiff and cold, and even in December there are no decorations, no lights, no toys, and no joy. It is normal for everyone in this world, but for Holly it has never felt right. One particularly cold December, a mysterious package arrives for Holly, containing a shimmering treasure unlike anything she has ever seen: An ornate snowglobe with a beautiful miniature kingdom inside. The wondrous toy fills Holly with imagination, and seems to prove what she has always felt: That things are not right in this world - that something is missing. She drifts off to sleep that night, staring into that tiny world, and for the first time in her life, she has a dream. Or is it? Holly awakens in a mysterious frozen land that looks like the one in her snowglobe, but deserted and in ruins, as if a once majestic kingdom had been destroyed a thousand years ago.

In her journey to find a way home in this surreal, desolate world, Holly will encounter strange creatures, dangerous landscapes, ancient magic, and clues about a man known as “Claus,” whose magic once powered the realm until his mysterious death ages ago. A colorful cast of characters will help and hinder Holly on her quest, from a friendly snow dragon to the shadowy dark elves of the Icicle Forests, the sly Jack Frost in his parlor of tricks, and the feared Ice Queen who has claimed rule over the Candy Cane Kingdom. Holly’s destiny lies in the far north, across the frozen seas, where ancient whispers suggest perhaps this “Claus” is still alive, and is the only hope Holly has for returning home… and saving Christmas.

This film doesn’t exist, but doesn’t it feel like it should? I created this concept, using AI to visualize a film from my imagination in the spirit of movies that inspired my imagination like The Never-ending Story, Labyrinth, Return To Oz, etc. It’s been a blast to play in a sandbox of my own nostalgia. Maybe some day I'll make it real...

[theygotlost]

i actually do get more into the "holiday cheer" with christmas things that are completely lacking the stereotypical christmas imagery (red and green, santa, christmas trees/ornaments, holly, candy canes, etc.) ig because I was raised in a christian family i understood that it was a christian holiday first and foremost rather than the secularized consumerist version of it peddled by corporations. im not going to complain about how CHRISTMAS IS RUINED FOREVER cause everyone else can do whatever they want but im just sayin I will take silent night over jingle bells any day of the week.

honestly i like anything that focuses on the bleak midwinter itself (<- guy born and raised in california and has never lived anywhere where it snows) idk theres like. this sense of peace and contemplation in it. last year i obsessively listened to THIS SONG 1000 times around christmas and i probably will again this year to the point where it is a christmas song to me depsite not mentioning any holidays at all and only Kind of mentioning winter? cause its so peaceful and beautiful to me love and light

[luulapants]

A Resolution

I'm having a hard time getting into the holiday spirit with everything going on in the world. House Resolution 786, which would call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, was introduced more than 2 months ago, and currently the chances of it passing are quite slim. So for anyone else feeling bleak this New Year's, I wrote this song for you.

Lyrics:

Here's a little riddle for the New Year: What's a resolution but something left undone? Everybody makes a list of what we've missed so far In hopes that next year's better than this one

Like this year I didn't learn to juggle Or play the flute or write with my left hand Here's hoping that next year we'll do better So we can do all the things we can

So everybody who survived this year Raise a glass to all of those who're no longer here A toast to friendship and to health and a toast to our good will Another year we didn't learn how not to kill Another year we didn't learn how not to kill

This year I didn't learn Swahili Or calculus or how to walk on coals Here's hoping that next year we'll do better And come to know all that we can know

So everybody who survived this year Raise a glass to all of those who're no longer here A toast to friendship and to health and a toast to our good will Another year we didn't learn how not to kill Another year we didn't learn how not to kill

This year I learned to spot white phosphorus And read between the lines of genocide This year learned 'bout organized abandonment And how to read a map that fools the eye This year I learned that people haven't grown Since our grandparents a hundred years ago

But this year, I didn't learn to whittle Or change my oil or bake a good souffle Here's hoping that next year we do better So every day can be a better day So every day can be a better day

So everybody who survived this year Raise a glass to all of those who're no longer here A toast to friendship and to health and a toast to our good will Another year we didn't learn how not to kill Another year we didn't learn how not to kill Another year we didn't learn how not to kill

[puppiekit]

Complete collection of all my MAP concept thumbnails <3

[MAP LIST / DESCRIPTION BELOW]

KANGAROO COURT - GREY WING + CLEAR SKY

This MAP follows Grey Wing, Clear Sky, and their brotherhood throughout DOTC.

Song: HERE

80's theme, a lot of bright colors and funny hair styles.

PMV (with some minimal animation)

NO LULLABY - TALLSTAR + RAVENPAW

This MAP is centered around TallStar and RavenPaws mirroring stories - their journeys beyond the clan territories, and struggle to cope with their struggles back home.

Song: HERE

Has a super warm tones color scheme... Yellows, reds, oranges, browns. A tiny hint of green.

Animated, split screen

COME SWEET DEATH - HOLLYLEAF

This MAP takes place after Holly is trapped in the tunnels, where she is forced to reflect on her past actions, and her attempts at fitting back into the clan after she escapes.

Song: HERE

Colors start out more cool and natural, but becomes a lot more contrast near the end of the song.

Animated

THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL - LEAFPOOL

This MAP focuses on LeafPool and her fractured relationship with her loved ones. Her yearning to live the life she desires, and the impact of StarClans unfair treatment onto her.

Song: HERE

The overall pallet is super pale, leaning more towards the greys. (Look at Leafpool & Crowfeather - Wolf)

pmv

HOUDINI - LIONBLAZE

This MAP is centered around LionBlaze's place in the prophecy - how he struggles with his power, fears of causing harm to his peers, and continuously wishes to be a normal clan cat. Also some BreezePelt sibling conflict.

Song: HERE

This MAP would have a LOT of bold, contrasting colors. Reds to represent LionBlaze and his perspective, maybe some blues to represent StarClan, yellows to represent his fathers side of the family..? Just a thought.

animated

WHERE EVIL GROWS - BLUESTAR + MAPLESHADE

This MAP centers around an AU where MapleShade haunts BlueFur instead of CrookedJaw, using her previous life and their reflecting experiences to drive BlueStar towards an eventual breaking point.

Song: HERE

50's/60's theme. The map would have a super dark, bleak color scheme, a lot of blacks and browns

pmv, LINELESS

LOST POWERS - GOOSEFEATHER

This MAP follows an AU where GooseFeathers connection with StarClan causes his peers to push him towards leadership instead of medicine, and how his curse and inability to avoid the bad omens hes given conflicts with his role as leader, and close connection to his ancestors.

Song: HERE

Overal cool tones, a darker living world to contrast with the bright whites of the StarClan spirits

minimal animation