I stayed up till midnight making a map of the Hundred Acre Wood for Winona the Pooh! Adding the long post tag because it’s a LONG image ID in the alt text. I hope you guys like it anyway!
An appreciation for the classics:
The 1990's produced some fine film and television adaptations of classic novels I eventually sought out and read with great delight. I would continue this exploration with literature studies during my post-secondary education.
From top to bottom:
The Secret Garden by Agnieszka Holland, 1993
Jane Eyre by Franco Zeffirelli, 1996
The Adventures of Huck Finn by Stephen Sommers, 1993
Little Women by Gillian Armstrong, 1994
Emily of New Moon (Canadian TV adaptation), 1998-2003
rewatching the different jo and laurie proposal scenes while i work on my little women essay... still upset that greta gerwig sees herself as an amy and convinced an entire generation and jo and laurie never should’ve ended up together. like it’s such a right person, wrong time issue in both the book and the 1994 movie but LMA got too annoyed with readers begging her for a sequel so jo and laurie could end up together and it destroys me.
Winona: You gonna be a dad? See, I told you, you owe me twenty bucks.
Icarus: What- No! You guys place a bet on that?
Aponi: [ snickers ] I’ll take that twenty now. I accept cash app, zelle, or money.
Winona: Dammit.
Icarus: Alright. I’m gonna ignore all of that. I bought a house.
Aponi: YOU WHAT?
Icarus: It’s on a huge plot of land, enough to own a bunch of animals, and the house is giant-
Winona: But this is mom and dad’s house.
Icarus: I know. I just think we need a fresh start. They would’ve been on board.
Winona: What about my friends? My girlfriend?
Icarus: Winona, I tried to find a place nearby but everything was out of budget and really small.
Winona: So let’s stay here.
Icarus: We can’t.
Aponi: It’s okay, baby. Maybe you can make new friends. Long distance is a thing as well.
Winona: [ grumbles ] I’m gonna go to my room now.
Icarus: I feel like I made a terrible mistake.
Aponi: She’ll come around.
Icarus: Are you upset with me?
Aponi: Not at all. You did something. We’ve been in this house for god knows how long. Beau and Allie would have wanted this. For us to move onto something better.
Icarus: Did my parents ever say how difficult it was to make a decision for us?
Aponi: All the time. You were also as opinionated as Winona.
Icarus: If I could take it back, I would.
Aponi: You can’t think like that.
Icarus: [ sighs ] I need a cigarette.
Aponi: I’d keep you company but you know how much I hate the smell of those things.
Icarus: I’ll quit soon…Ish.
Aponi: And I’m sure my back injury will be gone by then too.
Icarus: HAH! Such little faith in me.
Aponi: Being honest, that’s all.
Icarus: Could be worse. I could be a father according to you two.
Aponi: [ chuckles ] Hey Icarus, grab the mail on your way back in.
Summary: Your 4th Of July celebration on the Abbott land turns out to be the best you've ever had
Warnings: Parenthood, drinking, holiday shenanigans etc.
Tagging: @floydsmuse @bradleybeachbabe
The barbecue was in full swing with John, Royal and a few of their friends manning the grills and smokers, everyone enjoying themselves to the fullest extent. Billy had been deejaying all afternoon while you and Rhett brought out the rest of the food from the house. Amy had been running wild all day with Rose and her friends while Perry had come for his monthly visit.
Kayce and Rip rolled up in the truck just a few minutes later, the snap cover of the truck looking rather lumpy. "The hell you guys got in here?" Rhett asked.
"Take a look," Kayce said with a huge, shit eating grin.
Rhett pulled back the cover, his jaw hanging wide open and his eyes bugging from his skull. "Ya'll didn't!" he exclaimed.
"The fuck we did," Rip chuckled.
"And he gave'em all too you guys?"
"Got it half off for the Fourth," Kayce answered. "Even the big bangers."
Rhett gasped when he saw them, those glorious, huge fireworks that Gale Burch, the neighborhood church hag, destested with every fiber of her being. There was no way in hell they were going to pass up that opportunity.
Royal, John and Wayne all came down a minute later, beer cans in hand and Wayne puffing away on a cigar. "Looks like ya'll have a good haul," John remarked.
"Got it all half off, Dad," Kayce told him.
The three grown men were wide eyed and laughing with surprise. "Holy Jeebus, Mary and Joseph!" Royal laughed. "Now that's what I call a load."
"Wide load, heavy toad," Wayne laughed.
"Wanna help set'em off, Dad?" Rhett asked.
"Does a bear shit in the woods?" Royal retorted.
Rhett laughed as you made your way down the path to the truck. A squawk escaped your throat when you saw the load in the truck bed. "Oh my God, Gale's gonna have a shit fit when she hears these," you chuckled.
"Good, maybe it'll get the stick outta her ass," Rhett laughed.
You and Rhett went back to the barbecue, enjoying the rest of the night as it came, dancing under the pavilion with your friends and family and enjoying all the tasty food. You, Rhett, Kayce, Monica, Rip and Beth all laughed your asses off as you tried to do the Cupid Shuffle, screwing up and laughing along the way. Unbeknownst to you, your mother-in-law, Patricia and the other mothers had all snuck down to the truck to get a look at the load of fireworks.
"Oh my God, ya'll are never gonna believe this," Cecelia said, pulling back the snap cover.
Patricia gasped and so didn't Tanya Rainwater. Winona Redwood cackled like a witch when she laid eyes on it too, all of them excited to see what kind of chaos this would cause the very next day.
"If Wayne burns his eyebrows again I'm done," Patricia chuckled, throwing her hands up.
"That ain't the only thing he's gonna burn off," Cecelia told her. "Remember back in college when these idiots drove all the way down here and came back up to Bozeman with a load of'em?"
The women all groaned, the memories of their husbands' stupidity still fresh as it had been forty years previously.
"Yeah and Chief Running-Of-The-Mouth and his partner, Afraid-Of-Crotch-Hair, didn't realize that ya'll don't light that shit near your pants," Patricia laughed. "Remember, eyes open, knees shut!"
"If Wayne's knees are open, shut your eyes," Tanya laughed.
They all laughed, returning back to the pavilion, their husbands all leading them in for a dance as "Copperhead Road" began to play from the speakers.
At last the sun went down and the gang began prepping for the fireworks. The older kids, some of whom were your students at the Amelia County Steiner School, were being shown how to properly light everything, while you and Rhett began unloading the haul.
"You ready for the show?" Rhett purred in a low voice as he pressed you against the trunk of the tree.
"More than ready cowboy," you giggled, tipping the brim of his hat up.
He leaned in and kissed you, his lips soft and warm as they moved in sync with yours. Your arms wrapped around his waist, Rhett's hands gently cupping your face.
"Hey you two wanna quit suckin face and come help?!" Royal called from across the field.
"Comin Dad!" Rhett answered.
You and Rhett hurried along to go and help them set up. The kids were all eager to get started now that it was pitch black out, the anticipation in the air so thick, it could've been cut with a knife.
"Daddy! Daddy! I wanna light it!" Amy chirped.
"Yeah I wanna light it too!" Rosie Hawk piped in.
"Rosie, ya'll need to ask your mommas if you can light it. Amy you and Rosie are still too little," Rhett told her.
The two girls scrunched their faces up in their usual pouty, disappointed looks, running off to go and raid the dessert table instead.
"Alright kiddos," Rhett said to the group of fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth graders who gathered around him. "Ya'll remember what to do?"
"Eyes open," Jaime Campbell answered.
"Knees shut," said Katie Stone.
"And don't burn yourself," Clay Hauser replied.
"Excellent!" Rhett exclaimed. "Now get to work my evil little goons."
"YES SIR!" they all replied.
As soon as the music started to play, you, Rhett and the others went all across the field, lighting off the fireworks. They hissed as they flew into the air, bursting apart in colorful sparks of red, white, blue, gold, green and purple. The screamers and the pinwheels had been the favorite of the kids, flying about in a spiral before disappearing into thin air.
Rhett set off a set that he and the others had called "dragon tails", fireworks that screamed into the air and coiled about like their namesake before exploding with a chest rattling *BOOM!*. Finally, it was time for the big ones.
"Ya'll wanna do the honors darlin?" he asked.
"With pleasure!" you exclaimed happily.
You lit the wick with Rhett's lighter, rushing to get out of the way as it screamed and flew into the air, higher, higher and higher still. High above the treeline it burst apart, everyone covering their ears as golden sparks rained down from above. All at once the colorful rockets flew into the air and exploded to the awe of the onlookers. You and Rhett however, stood back near the trees and shared a kiss, unbeknownst to everyone else.
Fallout 4 companions as which Don't Starve Together character they'd main:
Cait: Wolfgang, and eats all the food so she can stay permanently mighty. I would say Wigfrid but she's too much of a team player, Cait's gonna run off and die unprepared and then whine if she doesn't get revived immediately
Curie: Webber. Cute little spider boy who can befriend spiders and make them friends with the team!! What's not to love?? Also enjoys being helpful to the team by getting a ton of silk and eating all the extra monster meat.
Codsworth: Warly 100%. He takes the work the others are too lazy to do and stays at camp the entire time. Probably has an list of every single crockpot recipe beside him while he plays.
Danse: Wilson. He doesn't get the point of picking a character with disadvantages and thinks having to jump through hoops to manage character-specific issues is ridiculous. He'll never play as anyone other than Wilson.
Deacon: Wes would be too obvious so I'm going with Winona. Doesn't go to base ever, people don't even know he exists, but whenever the team goes to fight a boss he already has a complex cheese setup with catapults and meatbulbs or something. Minmaxes everything.
Gage: Willow. Burns down the chests when his sanity gets low and gets banned immediately.
Hancock: Probably Wortox??? He wants to be a little freak of some sort, that's for sure. Completely abuses his teleports out of laziness and never actually uses his souls responsibly.
Longfellow: Chooses Wickerbottom, dies to Charlie on the first night, then turns off DST and plays Shipwrecked instead. Picks Woodlegs. Still dies on the first night.
Maccready: If not Wolfgang, he probably hears X6 talk about meta strategies and plays as Wanda! Finds it very entertaining that an old lady is one of the strongest characters, and not having a health meter makes him feel much stronger than he really is.
Nick Valentine: Picks Woodie randomly at the character select screen without reading his description, gets pretty attached to Lucy and the easy wood supply. You can imagine his shock on the first full moon.
Piper: Refuses to pick a main for the longest time and goes down the entire list every time she dies, until she reaches Walter. She just CANNOT part with Woby, no matter how much she sucks at playing as him.
Preston: Wendy! He needs Abigail to help him with fights, I doubt he's very good at games. Definitely says he's going on a quick supply run then gets sidetracked by helping pipspooks. He can't just IGNORE them!!
X6-88: W8-78 would be the expected one (same naming scheme!) but I doubt X6 would enjoy having to run around and scan rabbits with Jimmy. He'd probably pick some minmaxer like Wanda or Wolfgang and ruins rush day 1 or whatever. He totally follows an online guide and ragequits when he realizes picking a "meta" character =/= automatic win.