#do they know its christmas

[joethetoonfanandoutcast]

Sing: Do They Know it's Christmas (2017)

In 2017, I came up with a song-fic of the cast of SING joining together to cover the Band-Aid benefit Christmas hit, "Do They Know It's Christmas". It is inspired by the music video of the SING cast covering my favorite Paul McCartney Christmas song, "Wonderful Christmas Time", with Jimmy Fallon, the Roots, their own voice actors, and Paul McCartney himself. It's also inspired by the Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody music video and the 2009 BBC Children in Need Medley.

Originally, this was to be an all-Disney-character (excluding Star Wars and Marvel cover, because I thought 'what if Disney characters got together to help inspire us to help the world in need like Band-Aid and the BBC characters did'? I'm surprised no one else has thought of that. However, with the humongous amount of Disney characters in general and so little time to decide, I couldn't decide which ones should sing which lyrics. It would've been helpful if someone else did a character cover fic of the Band-Aid song first so I could use it as help.

However, it was less complicated with the pre-sequel SING cast, so I decided to do a version with them first.

To anyone who doesn't know, Band-Aid is a group of artists who don't ordinarily sing together but do so only to sing a song benefiting for special charity needs, like USA for Africa who sung "We Are the World". Band-Aid did four different versions of the song; and the fourth recent one in 2014 is the one that the animals of SING will be doing more, because it had more meaningful lyrics than the original.

Well, enjoy and hopefully this will inspire you to do a version of your own. I do not own the characters (except for two OCs) or song, they belong to Illumination, Universal and Band-Aid.

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The short fic begins in the world of 'SING!', where anthropomorphic animals exist (like Robin Hood, Zootopia, etc.) and we go to Moon Theater where programs are held, and we go to an office, where a koala named Buster Moon was inside as he noticed us, and spoke to us.

"Oh, hello there. I'm Buster Moon. You all know me from last year's animated hit, 'SING'. In case you may not know, most of the cast, including yours truly, appeared in a music video covering the classic Christmas tune 'Wonderful Christmas Time' with Jimmy Fallon, the Roots, our acting teachers and even Sir Paul McCartney himself. Awesome, right? Well, we thought we would do another Christmas music video covering another classic yuletide number, and for a noble cause. You see, there are those in your world suffering from diseases, and can't manage without your help. That is why we animals are joining together, for your fun, delight and inspiration, a cover of the yuletide benefit song, "Do They Know it's Christmas" by UK charity supergroup, Band-Aid. We don't, however, have any celebrities or other characters joining in the chorus, but we hope you enjoy it all the same."

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As the video begins, the light shines on a gorilla named Johnny, the first singer.

Johnny: It's Christmas time, and there's no need to be afraid At Christmas time, we let in light and banish shade

Next, we see a porcupine named Ash.

Ash: And in our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy

Even Buster himself had a part to sing.

Buster: Throw your arms around the world At Christmas time

The next ones to sing, appearing separately in the following order, an elephant named Meena, a female pig named Rosita, a male pig named Gunther and an unnamed male cat character who was not in the film but is in this.

Meena: But say a prayer and pray for the other ones

Rosita: At Christmas time, it's hard but while you're having fun

Gunther: Zhere's a world outside your window, und it's a world of dread and fear

Male cat character: Where a kiss of love can kill you, and there's death in every tear

The next part was sung by a snail named Raymond, who sat on top of the mike, while singing.

Raymond: And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom

Next, a mouse named Mike, sang a line.

Mike: Well tonight we're reaching out and touching you

We then see a split screen of Johnny and Ash on each side.

Johnny and Ash: Bring peace and joy this Christmas to West Africa

The next ones to sing separately in the following order are Meena, an elderly lizard named Ms. Crawly and Buster.

Meena: A song of hope when there's no hope tonight

Ms. Crawly: Why is comfort to be feared Why is to touch to be scared

Buster: How can they know it's Christmas time at all

Then the scene changed to showing Buster, Johnny, Ash, Rosita, Gunther, the bunny triplets and an unnamed female dog character who didn't appear in the actual film in different squares, singing together.

Group #1: Here's to you

Female dog character: Raise a glass to everyone

The scene changed to Meena, Mike, Ms. Crawly, the unnamed cat character, one of the frogs, a sheep (the one who sang "Kiss from a Rose"), Raymond, and the giraffe who sang "Ben" (though he was lowering his neck to get his head in the shot), were in different squares, singing together as well.

Group #2: Here's to them

Raymond: And all their years to come

Meena: Can they know it's Christmas time at all

Then a square with the crocodile (who rapped "Humpty" in the film) appeared, with the reptile rapping and free-styling.

Crocodile: I don't need any gifts, I'll give 'em away Ooh-ooh…Don't worry, I'll be okay I save them all for an emergency 'Cos I want everybody to be happy

Then a tech expert animal, one who was working the whole video the whole time, pressed a button to move all squares away, revealing to show all animals we saw, along with more animals(including the ones who didn't make the cut in Buster's singing competition or others who weren't in the film and just added in here) together, singing the final chorus of the song on the stage of the Moon Theater.

All: Feed the world, let them know it's Christmas time again Feed the world, let them know it's Christmas time again Heal the world, let them know it's Christmas time again Feed the world, let them know it's Christmas time again Heal the world, let them know it's Christmas time again Heal the world, let them know it's Christmas time again Feed the world, let them know it's Christmas time again Heal the world, let them know it's Christmas time again Heal the world

Then the song ended, before the scene went back to Buster alone speaking to us again. The koala smiled to the readers, "From all of us, the animals in the world of 'SING!' and the other cartoon staff at Illumination, we strongly recommend all of you to help those in need this holiday season, and have a happy general winter holiday!"

The End

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Well, that's my short Christmas fic and first cover fic of the Band-Aid Christmas charity song. Hopefully I'll make some more in the future, provided I get help from anyone. It almost makes me think Illumination should've done this themselves.

The male cat character and female dog character are two random OC's of mine that served as an in-joke to my Bremen jukebox musical retelling idea which I dreamed of and wanted to be an actual animated film, and maybe be given the same continuity as SING and maybe have the four animals leave the human world and end up in the SING world where no humans exist.

The crocodile's rapping part is from the TV Allstars cover of the song, it is in none of the Band-Aid versions.

[mishalogic]

Band Aid - Do they know it's christmas 1984 | HD - Widescreen 16:9

Christmas song for the moment ... Misha

[im-kinno-hello]

moanface...

[be-an-echo]

Merry Christmas guyyyss🎄

[coolnonsenseworld]

Samurai and Ninja in crappy pics because December here is under a constant cloud and I just want y'all to see them all golden and cute without learning how to take aesthetic pictures 🥴 💙❤️😆🥰

linktr.ee/Mezzy

[surrealsunset]

happy allen’s birthday (tomorrow) everyone!! oh and tyki too

(DO NOT TAG WITH ANY SHIPS)

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Not sure if this theory makes any sense at all but I'm starting to believe that there's no time skip between Wally's phone calls and what we see/hear in the show's Media/Merchandise. If we see the Toyland call being made before the Homewarming episode then it would make sense that Wally's expecting Barnaby to come over soon. As well as the Homewarming sketch from the prior update. (I don't know, still kind of brainstorming this perspective)

that theory Does make sense and i've been considering it! the "timeline" is such a nebulous thing right now because we still... don't really know! there are too many variables and too many Maybes for any solid answer.

maybe the reality that the neighbors live in exists outside of time like you say, and like half of me suspects. there's so much reality fuckery already present, but I'm also... unsure of how much merit this holds given what we know / can infer about how time passes in Home. i'm putting this theory on a low shelf to look at but not prioritize

maybe it really has been 50 years, and Barnaby is either still around / Wally is still in contact with him, or Barnaby... isn't there. who knows, maybe Wally was just verbalizing some Wishful Thinking. i mean, Wally is a bit of an unreliable narrator, isn't he? we can't assume that everything he says is entirely accurate or truthful. and i mean, if it's been 50 years it makes sense that Wally would be pushing for connection / to revive WH. who knows how long he's been trying.

hm... i mean. it could be a mix of that and the Outside Of Time theory. who knows, maybe W is receiving calls from different points in the timeline - Wally may have started out just calling, and has just graduated to invading the WH website / getting pushy with the envelopes and media that's been sent to the WHRP. maybe Wally got tired of waiting for W to respond before W was even born. who's to say!

[puppyeared]

i feel like. theres designing a character with certain themes and motifs in mind, and then theres making a gijinka for the water bottle on my nightstand

[lesbianralzarek]

inspired by a dm i just got...

*regardless of his answer or whether she was serious or just wanting to mess with him. not the question, but feel free to add nuance in the notes

[skitskatdacat63]

Thank you f1 for being canon compliant and putting Fernando in his habitual Santa suit

[arom-antix]

Happy birthday to the man, the myth, the legend, trophy husband of Yuuri Katsuki, Viktor Nikiforov!

[todayisafridaynight]

happy holidays from the two most incompetent men in tokyo

[autisticlancemcclain]

fic rec friday 54

hello and welcome to fic rec friday! where, on friday, i rec five of my favourite fics.

all i want for christmas by tusslee

“Listen,” Lance squeezes Keith’s fingers in his hands, “I’m as bad at this as you probably are and this is going to be really cheesy, but that’s the way I was raised and I know I act like an idiot around pretty girls, but I’m an even bigger idiot around you. Go ahead and try to guess why that is. No, actually don't do that."

this one is gonna be an xmas special!! even though im writing this before halloween lol. anyways. this was so cute!! lance being all stressed about what he should get keith bc he's all in love w him any everything. so real.

2. You're Here (Where You Should Be) by @blue-wanderer

"And if you’re worried about the cameras just take care of them.” “Take care—! Take care of them? With what, Keith?” “I don’t know?” Keith asks, busily testing his foothold in the gate and generally ignoring the rising storm cloud of ire behind him. “With a gun?” “A gun? This isn’t some sort of black ops storming an enemy base thing! This is a Christmas tree thing!” “I don’t see a difference? You’re the sharpshooter. Shoot out the cameras.” “Let me just pull a gun out of my ass, Keith!” “OK, problem solved,” Keith agrees, taking another step up the gate. “Nothing is solved you dumb country space redneck!”

Or Keith and Lance may be disasters at decorating, but Christmas still manages to work its magic on them.

i bookmarked this like a year ago and let me tell you all i needed to hear was dumb country space redneck and i was hooked 😭😭 and it lived up to the name fr. hate the canon ending? want lance to not be a farmer while still acknowledging his struggles with homesickness? want some whipped keith and meddlesome kosmo? want some cheesy xmas feels? click ahead!

3. make my wish come true by angelbolt

“A world where one has to fight for custody of one’s boyfriend is a godless one,” Lance muttered, slumping so he was leaning against Hunk. Shiro exchanged some final words with Kolivan before the screen blipped out. Ah yes, the ideal Christmas Eve: long boring talks and war meetings. Wonderful. ❆❅❆ keith comes home for christmas.

fun game idea: take a shot every time you see a klance xmas fic with a mariah carey lyric. lol. ANYWAYS yall know me and established relationship + early season dynamics!! i am obsessed!! and this fic delivers!! grumpy lance pov who just wants the rest of the world to fuck off for a couple days so he can have his bf around. he's such a voice of the people

4. i'll be home for christmas by @thespacenico

A severe bout of winter weather threatens to stop Shiro from making it home for his first Christmas with Keith. Shiro is ready to do whatever it takes to keep his promise.

okay this one is from darcy's i've got you brother, which i am obsessed with and have cried over several times, and which just recently updated! this fic is so cute and a adashi with young keith always fucking gets to me, man. they're just so. shiro being so desperately determined to keep his promise to young keith who has had so many promises broken that he doesnt even expect shiro to try. but is happy that he does. sobbing.

5. the greatest gift of all by dumpsterdiva

Keith’s mouth hung open for a few seconds before he stammered, “D-do you really mean that?” Lance looked a bit sheepish as he said, “I… It’s crazy, right? I mean, it’s way too soon. You know I was kidding.” Keith straightened up. “Well, I’m not. Marry me.” “What?!” “You heard me, you coward. Marry me.” “That’s the worst proposal ever!” “Worse than you threatening me with marriage so I would stop talking about how amazing you are?”

YOU GUYS KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT PROPOSAL FICS. i feel ksjbskdbqjdbqwlwd about them. okay. and throw in a christmas setting??? and banter?? and a MODERN AU?? i am doing my best, people. this fic had me shoving a pillow into my face and screaming.

that’s it for today!! happy holidays! merry christmas!! i’ll see y’all back next friday for the next fic rec post!!!

[everythingisawayoflife]

the writer in me…she’s cooking…i think this is the longest thing ive written yet. i shall leave a sample below so i’m satisfied with sharing at least a little bit before i post the full thing (this to me takes place in the new batman adventures universe but feel free to imagine otherwise):

Dick is worried. Tim isn’t the chattiest kid but he can certainly hold a conversation. Dick’s tried everything: school, movies, TV, even casework. All he’s gotten are some unenthused grunts and hums. Tim may not biologically be Bruce’s kid but he sure does take after the guy. He cleaned up a bit before leaving and there’s a little bit of color back in his face but he still looks tired. Devastatingly so. Dick keeps stealing glances at his little brother in the passenger seat of the car. His arms are folded tightly against his abdomen, as if he’s protecting his stomach from something and a slight shiver courses through his body despite Tim bundling up with at least three layers, a scarf, a hat, and very thick gloves. The kid’s got to be cooking in his makeshift snowsuit, but then again…

They’re stopped at a red light. Five minutes out from the mall, three minutes out from the nearest urgent care.

Dick steals another glance towards Tim and decides to reroute to the clinic, get him checked out. Dick tuts quietly, it’s a shame he’s starting to come down with something right before Christmas, right before his first Christmas with them. Dick’s been in his shoes before; falling in a pond ice skating with Barbara. She managed to be just fine whereas he spent Christmas on Bruce’s couch laid up with pneumonia. He hardly remembers that Christmas from being so damn delirious but he remembers the warmth that wasn’t from fever. It was familial. The whole time he remembers being with someone. It was hard to deduce who was with him when but he was never alone. And if Tim was about to go through what he had been through, or something similar, he’d need them. But first, Dick just wanted to check for a fever in the first place. All signs pointed to one but Dick wasn’t sure yet. Careful not to wake the sleeping boy, Dick reaches out for Tim’s forehead.

HONK!

Dick quickly retracts his hand and places it back on the wheel, pressing the gas. To the mall. Tim doesn’t jolt awake but the car horn is clearly loud enough to stir him. He blinks slowly with a grimace, like he’s in pain.

“Are we there yet?” Tim asks, pitifully quiet. Like talking louder than a whisper would kill him.

“Almost, Tim, you can go back to sleep for a bit,” Dick says, taking a left towards the mall.

Tim makes a disapproving noise. “I wasn’t sleeping.”

Hm. Denial is the path he’s choosing here.

“Are you sure? Your eyes were closed and you weren’t talking. Telltale signs of sleeping to me,” Dick says lightly, trying not to come off like he’s interrogating Tim.

Tim laughs a little. “Nope, just resting my eyes.”

“Okay, old man. You’re too young to rest your eyes. Resting your eyes is for old people. Just look at Bruce.”

“Hn.”

“Oh my gosh, B, is that you?” This gets a more hearty laugh from Tim. It’s the most awake he’s looked since this morning.

alrighty thats all im posting, im gonna show the utmost restraint until i actually finish this thing.

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