#easter holiday season 2022

[fortheloveofaussiegrit]

@fortheloveofaussiegrit 's deep dive into Mark and his love of twinks...

Sebastian Vettel 

Where does one even start when trying to explain this... that's his twink of the past, present, and future— his forever. [first: debatable but the beginning of martian at the Fuji GP 2007 when Seb crashed into the back of Mark ruining both of their races, they were running 2nd and third. second: the day i lost my sanity, Abu Dhabi 2022]

Oscar Piastri

His twink of the present [i don't think i need to say anything... but photos above are from Mark's website from his blog post about Oscar winning the F2 championship and how Mark stayed in Abu Dhabi with Oscar after the GP for the young driver f1 test...]

Mitch Evans

Without Mitch we wouldn’t have got Oscar/Mark... (this is what oscarmark could’ve been but not sure i would’ve been able to handle oscar posting mark the way mitch did) Started in 2010, Mark then went on to manage him and Mitch even moved into Mark’s home in England, down the drive but point still stands [first: Mark Webber takes protege on birthday tour, 2010 (speedcafe.com) second: Mark embracing Mitch after he took maiden victory in Formula E, 2019 (📷Sam Bloxham) bottom two: from Mitch’s IG circa 2014] 

Daniel Ricciardo

i like that belt buckle mate [first/second: F1 Paddock 2013 (📷skysports.com) third: Mark & Daniel’s BBQ on the beach ahead of the Aus GP 2011 (📷flickr) fourth/fifth: Dutch GP 2022.]

 

Fernando Alonso

again do i need to say anything? i think this sums it up (thank you to @seafoampearlygirl for the screen shot and your help too, much appreciated!!

and this... [Jenson Button, Giancarlo Fisichella, Fernando Alonso & Mark Webber for Benetton Renault 2001 F1 launch]

Lewis Hamilton

If there's one thing about Mark that you need to know its his love of twinks with world championships... @mwebber​ has a post here on these two! Mark always loves talking about Lewis and the way they look at each other.. [first: Mark and Lewis during the post-qualy presser at the Spanish GP, 2010 (📷Sutton Images) second: during the pre-race presser at the Aus GP, 2013 (📷Hoch Zwei) third: Abu Dhabi GP, 2017 (📷James Moy)]

Nico Rosberg

from teammates at Williams to Mark snapping pics of the back of Nico in 2023… [first: Mark talking to test driver Nico Rosberg during the German GP, 2005 (📷Pakusch) second: Monaco ePrix 2023]

Max Verstappen

like i said... twinks with championships [first: ‘bumped into these two over easter and managed a few k on the trails’ Apr, 2018 (Mark’s FB) second: Hangar-7, 2019]

Felipe Massa 

yeah... [first: Brazil 2012, i think (📷sky-sports.com) second: Brazil 2013 (📷xpb images)]

Brendon Hartley 

he’s already featured a few times, but from rbr junior driver to teammate... yeah.. is there a pattern? [first: Spanish GP 2009 (📷DPPI Images) second: Brendon, Mark & Timo after winning the 6 hours of Bahrain and the WEC Drivers Championship 2015 (📷fiawec.com)]

Jenson Button

and finally we get to Jenson Button, who, yes, is younger than Mark so makes it onto the list... the ultimate twink on twink... you cannot tell me this wasnt a couples holidays covered up as ‘training’. you cannot tell me they were not fumbling around in their bedsheets at night. you cannot tell me— [redacted redacted redacted] — [pre-season training session in Lanzarote, Spain. 4 Jan 2001 📷Mark Thompson]

[raijintosworn]

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.

Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!

Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.

Name: Cyan

Pronouns: she/they/he

Birthday (no year): 28/05 (I share my birth with Siegbert and am between Mercie and chrom!)

Where are you from? What is your time zone? From France, live in England so like 5 hours ahead of the toa clock so I miss a lot

How long is your roleplay experience? Like 15 years now??? What the fuck

How were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? So I had a friend in school who was a weeb and asked if I RP. And I thought he meant. You know. Nsfw. So I was like Ew no :( I am a teen that is gross. Then he explained he meant like fandom RP and how it works and then I joined him on GaiaOnline YES I'M THAT OLD THANKS AND YES I STILL USE GAIA. I started with hetalia. Yes I'd still like to die

How were you introduced to TOA? Lailah hinted at me for like 2 weeks with lines like "I joined this group and you know Gerome misses Cynthia" and I kept going "sounds fun :)" and did not realise they were hinting until they straight up asked. wow I have been here 6 months

Do you have any pets? No :( I don't have the time for them

What is your favorite time of year and why?(Season, holiday, general period) Summer despite you know. The bugs. But I can actually function in summer

What is your IRL occupation? Data entry; it's why I'm on the discord server most of my day now

Some interests and things you like/enjoy? I like cooking, baking, oh and I'm a cosplayer! I've been at it for 3 years and yes it's mostly fire emblem bar ONE (soon to be two)

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? Tales of (WHERE ARE MY TALES FRIENDS AT), Persona, critically acclaimed mmorpg FFXIV, octopath, ?? I'm not sure what else? I tried playing dragon age but it crashes constantly even with the fixes

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: I don't think I have a fave type but I really really love Dragonair 🥺

Tell us some funfacts and trivia about yourself! I once wrote about the ships I hate for an English exam. Got an A. But at what cost. One was a hetalia ship (I was a child.) and another was Bart and Milhouse. 😑 Yes that Bart and Milhouse.

How did you get into Fire Emblem? I was told to play Awakening because I'll love it and I'll totally love all these characters. Um. I never finished it. Then Fates came out, twitter didn't shut up about that and I refused to play it. Then 3H came out. I saw Edelgard and it was joever for me. So I bought it and I've been here ever since.

What Fire Emblem games have you played? Engage, 3H, Fates (all three routes baby), Awakening, Echoes, Warriors, Sacred Stones, a little FEH until I was put off cause I summoned Easter Xander, a little FE7 and I WILL. FINISH. PATH OF RADIANCE. I SWEAR TO YOU ALL RIGHT NOW.

First & Favorite Fire Emblem games: first was technically Awakening but I didn't like it so I dropped it until 2022 I wanna say? So really my first FE was 3H. My favourite? Depends on the day.

List your 5 favorite Fire Emblem characters across the series!

Who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? Can be any context and reason!

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳

If you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays?- Awakening:- Fates:- Three Houses:- Engage:

Favorite Fire Emblem class?

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class and stats? Would you be playable?

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? (Black Eagles, Blue Lions, Golden Deer, Church of Seiros, Those Who Slither in the Dark, unaffiliated civilian, other - for example Almyran)

If you were an Officers Academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent?

If you were an Engage character, which nation would you originate from? (Firene, the Kingdom of Abundance; Brodia, the Kingdom of Might; Elusia, the Kingdom of Knowledge; Solm, the Queendom of Freedom; Lythos, the holy land of the Divine Dragon; Gradlon, the desolate land of the Fell Dragon)

How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔(separate letters, to-ah, other?)

Current TOA muses: Cynthia and Ryoma!

Past TOA muses? Alas :(

Who was your first TOA muse? If you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? Cynthia! My beloved. I didn't think she could be such a strong muse I picked her up cause I was bullied into it. Now she bullies me daily

Do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) I don't know actually? I love posh assholes. I love sweet girls. I love chaos characters. I dunno you should see my muse list on my indie it's a wild mix

Do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? I wanna write unrepentant assholes but I can't :( I struggle with that. I'm trying tho

What kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) um. Well. I like intimate stuff if you're picking up what I'm putting down. But then I run away about 2 replies in so I write fanfic usually. I like kissing too. Um. I love high emotional scenes too. If I could describe my writing style, it's "My Dinner With Andre - the novel" (I've never seen the film but I get the gist)

Do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man I hope I get to write this one day”? I want Ryoma to be happy. Like genuinely I want him to be in a place where he can forgive himself, maybe even forgive the nohrians. I want him to move on and have a peaceful life as a teacher. But I also want him to fall in love which is. So silly. But. My brain is a shipper lol. As for Cynthia? Hm. I have thoughts for her but that's a whole arc

Favorite TOA-related memories? I dunno! I've had a lotta fun here but I can't think of any specific stuff offhand? Maybe how welcoming everyone was when I joined that was nice 🥺

Present or past tense? Present! I live in the moment! I tend to tense match but present. I like third person and second person POV too but I can't RP in second person BC it feels weird? I mostly write in second person if I'm writing a vent fic. Why? I dunno

Normal size text, small text, no preference? I like tiny text but again I size match. I snoop to see what my partner does and copy them :D

Got any potential muse delusions to share? 😉  I am working towards the worst fucking creature. 0/10. I hate him (Innes. Yes he's my discord icon rn why do you ask). If someone else grabs him, hm. Tana? L'Arachel? I had more but I'm gunning for my moron mullet man ngl I have THOUGHTS

[funnyfooddatabase]

Cold Stone Creamery Peeps Ice Cream and Shake

Food AND Drink

Type of Funny Food: Seasonal

Introduced: April 2022

Location: Cold Stone Creamery

Arriving just in time for the 2022 Easter season, Cold Stone Creamery released a shake and ice cream themed after the springtime holiday.

These were Peeps Sweet Spring, a Peeps-flavored ice cream with blue crystal sugar, whipped topping, and a yellow marshmallow Peep on top, and Shaking It Up With My Peeps, a shake made with the aforementioned Peeps ice cream topped with whipped cream, a Peep, and blue sugar crystals.

[ocs-rainbows-and-stuff]

Character Bio: Jessica

Full Name: Jessica Lynn Evangeline Silver

Nickname(s): Jess (by Cynthia), Jessie (by pretty much everyone)

Age: 14

Date of Birth: December 21, 2022

Residence: Salem, Oregon

Gender/Pronouns: Female, she/her

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Relationship: Single

Species: Siren/Human (does not "look like a siren", is human-passing)

Ethnicity: Greek (biological maternal family)/Irish (biological paternal family)

Languages Spoken: Fluent in English

Accent: No discernable accent

Personality Type: ESFP-A (Assertive Entertainer)

Likes: listening to music, spending time with her family, singing, dancing, long walks on the beach, traveling

Dislikes: there isn't much that Jessica doesn't like!

Siblings: Cynthia and Keiko

Best Friends: Concerta and Octavia

Close Friends: Emily, Yukari, Ember.

Acquaintances: Hayden, Fionnula, Zola, Ophelia.

General Appearance: Jessica tends to wear a lot of purple and brown, but her favorite outfit is her purple strapless dress, with some brown knee-high boots. She also tends to wear blue teardrop earrings (not pictured) and a necklace with a blue teardrop-shaped sapphire (not pictured).

General Personality (positive and negative traits): Jessica is very well-known for having an overall positive personality, being very giving and selfless. Her one negative trait is that she loves to "stir the pot".

Hobbies: singing, choir, dance, traveling

Occupation: high school student

Strengths: very skilled in singing

Weaknesses: her singing tends to hypnotize people (unless they wear noise-cancelling headphones)

Height: 5'-6" (~167.64 cm)

Hair Color: Dark red

Hairstyle: Long wavy hair, typically teased and styled to give more volume, with a blue streak on the left side (not pictured).

Eye color: Blue

Skin Tone: Neutral pale

Favorite food: Baked chicken with rice

Favorite drink: Peach lemonade

Favorite store: Music stores

Favorite weather: Any weather

Favorite season: Spring

Favorite holiday: It's a tie between Easter and Mother's Day (she loves to spoil Angie, her adoptive mom)

[rotgsecretsanta]

2022 Secret Santa Masterlist

Here are all of the works posted for RotG Secret Santa 2022!

Prompt 1: A day in the life of the Man in the Moon Fic by fanarchoslashivist

Prompt 4: Arrietty/The Borrowers AU where small fairy sized Jack is secretly living at the north pole; plays amongst all the model toys, enjoying snacks left out by Phil.  Art by Tenchikotheartist 

Prompt 5: Based on the prologue comic: What if North had made Pitch agree to become a Guardian? Era Of New Ideas by Sylphidine

Prompt 6: Bunny & Jack brotherly bonding Collector’s Edition by storminfrost

Prompt 9: Forgotten memories Pitch and anyone Echoes of The Past by frosted-night

Prompt 12: Jack, Bunny, and the Groundhog arguing over the weather Seasonal Dispute by Sarsfe

Prompt 13: Jack's Christmas gifts to Pitch Keepr of Fear: The King of Nightmares by jaimistoryteller

Prompt 14: Jack and Bunny investigating a crashed spaceship Art and Hollow Spaces fic by ave-aria

Prompt 15: Jack and Katherine in ugly matching sweaters. More chaotic the better Fic by fosermi

Prompt 17: Jack Frost and his army of penguins and polarbears Art by nimohtar

Prompt 18: Jack Frost meeting Jack Skellington Jack’s Halloween by jaimistoryteller

Prompt 21: Jack is like a stray cat who has multiple homes that are unaware of each other. Often found sleeping in a pile of nightmares, tooth fairies, easter eggs AND christmas elves because it's warmer and he can get free snacks. He is a repeat offender and isn't sorry, will pretend he hasn't been fed in forever to dupe people into doting on him. Only Sandy knows that Jack is playing them all. Is It A Con If It'd Been Freely Offered Anyway by LinesAndColors

Prompt 22: Jack or Pitch or both! Techwear aesthetic Art by mrsketchy Art by ksclaw

Prompt 23: Kozmotis teaching Emily Jane to sail A Wild Ride with Papa by Jamie_Aizen

Prompt 24: Man In The Moon and Jack Frost doing dumb sibling stuff Art by fanarchoslashivist

Prompt 26: Pitch, having turned from his evil path, reconciles with North about all he's done to the Guardians. I was wrong (and I’m so, so sorry) by storminfrost

Prompt 27: Pitch being a fashion icon (optional Sandy or Jack posing in the background like a model). Art by ave-aria Art by thyphrog

Prompt 28: Pitch Black as a nightmare centaur (bonus if he has way too many legs like Sleipnir) BONUS bonus if he is like a real horse that gets startled by dumb things (a plastic bag or sudden noise). BONUS BONUS bonus if Jack likes to sneak ribbons onto his tail despite getting kicked (pin the tail on the Pitch anyone?) Art by bunnimew

Prompt 29: Pitch playing the lyre with fireflies around him on a starry night. Art by mrsketchy

Prompt 33: Pitch with a fancy gothic outfit Art by aroace-ghostface

Prompt 38: Sandy's Christmas eve rounds Help Me To Dream by Sylphidine Dreams of Christmas Night by Sarsfe

Prompt 40: Sandy having a nightmare either being caused or being consoled by Pitch Bitter by LinesAndColors

Prompt 41: Sandy just chilling on a dreamsand cloud and looking up at the night sky Fic by fosermi

Prompt 44: Sophie and bunny arts and crafts fun Art by fanarchoslashivist

Prompt 45: The Guardians and/or Pitch have Wanted posters! Art by purblzart

Prompt 46: The Guardians reluctantly accepting Pitch as a part of their "family" after Jack convinces them to Game Night by Eastofthemoon

Prompt 49: [No Ship] Jack has gained the power to shape shift into winter animals. Chaos quickly follows much to Jack's amusement.  Sprinting through a Winter Wonderland by BirdBrainedInsomnia

Prompt 50: [No Ship] Jack with pink hair :D Easter Herald by jaimistoryteller Art by ave-aria

Prompt 53: [No Ship] Pitch tracks down one of his missing Nightmares in a barn with a mother cat and a newborn litter of kittens Art by ksclaw

Prompt 55: [No Ship] Sandy falling asleep at inopportune times. Plan Your Naps by bunnimew

Prompt 56: [No Ship] The Burgess kids make holiday presents for the elves and the Yetis, and leave them for Santa / North to pick up Operation Christmas Helpers by jaimistoryteller

Prompt 61: [Jack/Bunny] Soulmate AU Fic by fanarchoslashivist

Prompt 68: [Jack/Katherine or No Ship] A wholesome gathering of friends and family by the fireplace ☺️ (DEFINITELY platonic relationships prioritized, though Jack x Katherine can be added if the author/artist wants) Twelfth Night On Guardian Street by sylphidine

Prompt 71: [Jack/Pitch] Blackice, android!pitch and mechanic!jack au Soul Survivor by bunnimew

Prompt 75: [Jack/Pitch] Ice skating date! Canon or AU. A Date at Moonset by jaimistoryteller Tales of Burgess III: On Friends and First Dates by nimohtar

Prompt 80: [Jack/Pitch] One or both as royalty Neon Escape by bunnimew

Prompt 82: [Jack/Pitch] Request: fluff, Jack/Pitch, family. Nopes: dub/non con, hurt no comfort, MCD that sticks, Tooth/Jack unless part of polyam6.  Art by bunnimew

Prompt 85: [Jack/Pitch and No Jack/Jamie] Jack discovers one of Pitch's favourite places to be is an amusement park, and he wants to go with Jack (can be themed/halloween, up to you). All that FEAR. No genderswap. No mpreg. No MCD. Thrills, Chills, and Skills by bunnimew

Prompt 89: [Jack/Sandy] Sleeping together Art by ave-aria

Prompt 91: [North/Bunny] The Guardians are celebrating Christmas together. Ending of Christmas Eve's Rounds by Sarsfe

Prompt 94: [Pitch/North] Anything Pitch/North Art by ksclaw

Prompt 96: [Pitch/Pitchiner] [NDU] Memory Retrieval by sylphidine

Prompt 98: [Pitch/Sandy] Vampire!sandy and priest!pitch au. OTP Art by winterswrathe

Prompt 99: [Pitch/Tooth] Pitch and Tooth as a duo of glamorous jewel thieves. Art by fangirl530

[scifrey]

Hold Tight (2/6)

Status: Complete. Unbeta’d, we die like Hob doesn’t.

Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022) Includes some comics canon, and some cameos from the wider Gaiman-verse, but it’s not necessary to know to enjoy the story.

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Discussions of grief and in-canon character death. Also includes some erotic content. Please curate your internet experience accordingly.

Relationships:  Morpheus | Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling, Past Eleanor | Hob Gadling’s Wife/Hob Gadling (past), Hector Hall/Lyta Hall (past)

Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Hob Gadling, Matthew the Raven, Desire of the Endless, Lyta Trevor-Hall, Daniel Hall, Rose Walker, Jed Walker 

Summary:

Hob is tasked with his first quest as Vassal of the Endless, Morpheus is bad at using his words, Destiny thinks he’s so clever, Desire makes a confession, Rose Walker meets her Uncle’s boyfriend, and Lyta Hall punches Dream of the Endless in the nose. Or, the one where Hob Gadling turns into everyone’s therapist, and honestly, he ain’t mad about it.

Set at the end of Cling Fast - after the premiere of “Elizabethan Manor”, but before the Epilogue.

READ ON AO3 or below:

Chapter Two

Easter is coming up, and Hob still doesn’t teach on Tuesdays. So after some back-and-forthing via text, and a few video chats to prove that he’s not catfishing the Walkers, Hob’s got a flight booked from Heathrow to Newark Liberty for the Friday morning of the holidays. He picks a hotel at random from the half a dozen near the Walker’s apartment building, and splurges on a pair of tickets to see the big ‘It Show’ on Broadway that season. It’s been a lifetime since he saw live theatre in New York, quite literally, and Morpheus is fond of stories in all their forms.

He reserves a swanky pan-Mediterranean restaurant with a Michelin-starred chef for the same night, but doesn't bother with a second plane ticket for his lover. Morpheus is still Dream enough to travel without needing to be crammed into an airtight metal tube for nine hours, and Hob’s not wasting the money (or, frankly, the patience.)

While he’s not hurting for cash, Hob is desperately aware of how fast everything can go to hell, and his wages and savings are soon enough going to have to stretch to cover the needs and wants of two immortal humans. While it is more or less true that two can live as cheaply as one, as the old maxim goes, there are renovations he wants to make to the living quarters of the Inn so he and Morpheus aren't tripping over one another. And Morpheus is going to have to eat (whether he likes it or not), which means an increase in the grocery bill, if nothing else.

Hob assumes that eventually Morpheus will get a job, but before that he’s going to have to get used to the pleasures and frustrations of occupying just one body on the mortal plane. Though, what kind of job will be suited to a former Onieromancer, Hob can't even begin to guess. His mind baulks every time he tries to imagine Morpheus in a barista's pinny.

Hob has vague ideas of not telling Morpheus about the New York trip. Of just heading to the airport and falling asleep in New York, and shouting “surprise!” when his lover pops into existence in his hotel room. But about a week before he’s due to travel, Hob finds himself in utter brain-dead exhaustion and tipping into slumber draped over a pile of marking. He opens his eyes in the interior of an airplane.

It’s a weird amalgamation of all the earliest flights he’d ever taken, painted with an ever-shifting palette of generous legroom, outlandishly luxurious curtains and carpets, over-the-top Golden Age of Airtravel cocktails, and sexy little airhostesses (what? Hob is only human, and the outfits were designed to turn the girls wearing them into works of art. Hob's allowed to admire art.)

“I would not be opposed to wearing such an outfit if it would please you, Hob,” Morpheus rumbles in his ear, deep as night and sweet as sin. His timbre here in the Dreaming remains what Hob thinks of as his Dream Voice, laced with magic and the deepness of night. Sometimes, when he makes the effort to draw the cloak of his Endless nature about him, he can still access it in the Waking. But it's becoming less and less common. “Though I do not think my legs would be as comely.”

“They would in those heels, babe,” Hob laughs, and turns toward the window seat to catch Morpehus’ mouth quick and dirty with his own. “But that’s not why I’m dreaming about air travel.”

Morpheus bites his lower lip playfully. “Are you planning a trip, erasti?”

“Betrayed by my own subconscious,” Hob huffs, and pulls back. “It was sorta supposed to be a surprise.” Concentrating on his lucid dreaming, Hob produces replicas of the Broadway tickets.

Morpheus takes one and studies it, eyebrows lowering in confusion. “You would cross the ocean simply for a play?”

“A good play,” Hob hedges, wondering if he is really going to get away with the subterfuge.

Does he tell Morpheus it’s just for the performance, and then spring the Walkers on him?

Or would that do the opposite of what Destiny had asked, make Morpheus resent both Hob and this mortal niece and nephew? And what would it mean for this mysterious friend Lyta that Hob’s supposed to reconnect Morpheus with?

Hob hasn’t looked into her too deeply, for fear of coming off creepy or weird. However, according to both the internet and Hob’s chats with Rose, Lyta is an architect, and the sole partner in a firm that used to include her late husband. She lives in the same building as the Walkers. They share a tight bond, as Rose had been there for her husband’s death, and then Lyta returned the compassion while Rose slowly lost her mother.

Lyta’s also recently had a baby. The dates around the death of her husband don’t align with when she might have conceived, so Hob assumes there’s a new boyfriend in her life, or a rebound that had gone wrong (or right,) or the late husband had frozen his sperm, and Lyta had done IVF. All possibilities, and all none of Hob’s goddamned business.

He wants to form his own relationship with her as honestly and organically as he can, before shoving her at his lover and telling them to make up. (Hob still has no idea why she hates Morpheus.)

“Well, it’s not Shakespeare,” Morpheus allows offhandedly, manifesting a single puffball-perfect, light purple scabius blossom.

Hob laughs. “Oh, don’t be so dramatic. My taste isn’t that bad!”

He takes the flower, presses it to his lips, and is about to suggest he and Morpheus join the mile high club when the blossom wavers and reblooms as a darkly purple, star-shaped nightshade.

Morpheus looks from the plant to his lover, and smirks. “Are you lying to me, Hob Gadling?”

Hob puffs out a sigh and runs his free hand through his hair. “No! No, not… not lying. Just… not telling the whole truth.” He twirls the stem of the tattle-tale flower in between his fingers, releasing the sweet scent of the flower into the cabin. Then he sets it down and takes Morpheus’s hands between his own, resting them on the narrow arm rest separating them. “I’m going to New York to perform a boon-–no don’t ask me which sibling, or what the task itself is, I won’t tell you. But I’m going to New York, and I want you to come with me.”

“To a play,” Morpheus repeats, clearly unconvinced. "For a task, as Vassal of the Endless."

“The play is a reward for your good behaviour, O Prince of Stories, and a treat for me.”

Morpheus wraps his fingers around Hob’s, tight and demanding. “And pray tell me, what does this visit entail for me, that you feel the need to pre-book a reward for my lack of a tantrum?”

Hob licks his lips. Morpheus’s starlit eyes drop to them immediately, so Hob does it again.

“You are stalling, innamorato,” Morpheus growls, but doesn’t lift his gaze away from Hob’s mouth.

“I… I’ve been in communication with Rose Walker,” Hob confesses in a rush, deciding to rip off the bandaid.

Morpheus rears back, eyebrows bouncing high, lips pursed in a pissy frown. “Who gave you permission? She is my niece–”

“You’re not her only uncle, you know,” Hob says, taking his turn to squeeze his lover’s fingers and keep him rooted to the dream seat, preventing him from whispering away in a sandy strop. “And like you said, I am Vassal of the Endless. All of the Endless, not just the siblings you get along with.”

Morpheus swallows the rest of his indignant protest with an audible click. He chews on the truth of what Hob’s saying, the look on his face suggesting that it’s awfully sour.

“Look, I know you don’t like it, but I need to see them. I need to talk to them. And I want you to come with me.”

“Why?” Morpheus grinds out, the single syllable grating against his teeth.

Hob gawps at him. “Because they’re your family, duckie. You're going to be human soon—don't tell me you don't want the family connection. Rose and Jed, they won't live forever, but they may have kids, and don't you want to be part of their lives? Don't you want that… that anchor? That privilege? I know I would give anything to know what happened to the descendants of my sisters’s living children.”

Morpheus seems to muse on this, and while Hob can't tell from his expression on what side of the fence his lover lands, he does catch the little eyelid flicker which means Morpheus has decided to acquiesce to his pleas in order to keep Hob happy. "Do you require me to intervene on your behalf with them?"

"No. I just… I want you to spend time with them, that's all," Hob says gently.

"And what does this have to do with the task laid before you by one of my siblings?"

Hob tugs on his ear, once again debating the probability of complete honesty working in his favour, or blowing up in his face. The nightshade hanging in the air between them fades away into dream sand and reforms as a spray of freesia.

Morpheus frowns at it, a fetching little furrow appearing between his eyebrows. It's the one which Hob always wants to smooth away with his thumb, and this time he lets himself reach up and do so. Morpheus transfers his gaze to Hob's face, eyes sliding back down to Hob's mouth.

He takes Hob's upraised hand gently, and presses a slow, open-mouthed and lingering kiss against Hob's wrist, testing his pulse with his night-cool tongue. Hob shudders, feeling the dream of the airplane wisp away around them.

"Very well," Morpheus rumbles. "I will do as you entreat and trust you."

"You'll meet me there?" Hob asks, even as the freesia changes again, this time into a headily perfumed white-and-yellow jonquil.

"I will. Name the day."

"Okay. I promise, Morpheus—"

"Hob," the King of Dreams and Nightmares says, and pushes Hob back onto his bed. Hob doesn’t wonder how they got to Morpheus’ private chambers in his castle. He only arches his spine and spreads his limbs wide in invitation, which his lover accepts, as he knew Morpheus would. "I have said I will attend."

Even Hob rarely sees Morpheus' bed chambers in the dreaming, for more often they make love in the Waking, or in a fantasy replica of Hob's apartment or other analogous location. The walls around them are an ever-shifting marble of purple and deep blue, the colours of the sky in the gloaming. The pillows are made up of piles of scarlet-pink-orange-peach sunset clouds, fluffy and sweet-smelling, and the bedclothes the star-pricked heavens of twilight.

If there is other furniture in the room besides the massive, body-cradling bed, Hob has no idea. He's always had much better things to pay attention to when he's in this room than the decor.

"Thank you, duckie," Hob says, as Morpheus fists his long, slim fingers in Hob's hair and tugs just enough for it to be exciting. Hob gasps, high and sweet, as Morpheus scrapes his teeth—pointed and thrillingly nightmarish—along his clavicle.

"Enough talk, Hob Gadling," Morpheus intones, his words an edict. "Put your mouth to better use."

And who is Hob to ever deny a direct order from his King?

See, one of the nice things about sex in the Dreaming is that first, Morpheus can present with any arrangement of genitals that he's feeling fit his current mood he wants. And, secondly, there does not need to be any elaborate hygiene ritual to ensure that one's body is prepared to receive a tongue.

This convenience is balanced out by the extreme inconvenience of mornings where Hob is more often than not ridiculously stuck to his PJs. A wet dream or two (or three, or four) will do that to a man. Hob could, of course, choose not to wear anything at night, but that would just mean he'd have to change the sheets every time Morpheus felt frisky, and that is more work than it's worth. Hob's seriously thinking about looking into period panties as nightwear, solely due to their absorbent properties. Hob's also begun waxing his pubic hair simply because it makes his morning showers faster.

He's not saying that the faster Morpheus the God of Sleep becomes Morph the Immortal Human full-time, the better. Of course not. Morpheus' transition should happen at his own pace and comfort level. But Hob is definitely looking forward to not having to peel himself out of his pajamas in the shower before he can start the day.

"Hob!" Morpheus says with another imperious tug of his hair. "Cease daydreaming and—"

Using the element of surprise, Hob wraps a thick thigh around Morpheus' hip, shoves his shoulder, and gets the skinny little nightmare under him.

"What are you—oh!" Morpheus gasps, as Hob folds his fingers over Morpheus' stomach, rocks back on his own heels, and hauls his lover's pelvis up to his mouth to see what he's working with.

A beautifully camelia-pink pussy pouts up at him. It is already swelling open, moist and delicious, with the cutest little clit winking at Hob from under its soft hood.

"My, my," Hob tuts, rubbing his cheek on the soft moon-pale flesh of his lover's inner thigh, leaving a deliberate ruby-red beard rash behind. "If you wanted my cock so badly, all you had to do was ask, duckie."

Morpheus gets his black-laquered nails into Hobs shoulders and digs in. "This is asking."

"Right, of course," Hob murmurs, smearing the words against Morpheus' glistening labia. "Why use words when you can just sit on my fa—mmph!"

Now it is Hob's turn to be surprised, as Morpheus surges up and, using his superior eldritch power to force Hob's shoulders back onto the springy bed to do just that. Morpheus grinds down against Hob's chin, and Hob opens his mouth, points his tongue, and puts it to the demanded use obligingly.

Even when he desires to be topped, Morpheus is bossy.

Hob wouldn't have him any other way, honestly.

From the moment Hob had craned his head back to look up at the long, lithe line of Morpheus' body in 1389, he'd known that he would be happy to be on his knees, chin tipped up and throat exposed, for the rest of his life. Acts of Service and Gifts are his love language, and like ridiculously expensive Greek wine, whole Inns, venison pasties, and appearing on a TV show to make his lover happy, Hob delights at giving orgasms, too.

Morpheus is his God, Hob is Head Priest and Supplicant, and Hob is filled with zinging joy to be made to lay back on the altar of Morpheus' regard, and worship.

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How I Incorporated the Greek Gods into the Wheel of the Year - Neopagan

Welcome back to my page. Today I'll be discussing how I embraced neopaganism and revivalism to create my own Pagan path. This was really difficult for me to do but I'll link and write as much as I can to tell you how I got where I got.

Sources

Holidays, Dieties, etc. Notes from Book of Shadows

What is Imbolc?

Celebrated either Feb 1st or 2nd -> marks the halfway point between winter solstice and spring equinox -> marks beginning of spring -> pagan fire festival -> time to honor fertility -> associated with pregnancy and cleaning

How to celebrate

-> light candles in every room

-> plants seeds

-> bake oatcakes

-> make Brigid dollies or crosses

-> decorate altar with symbols and colors for imbolc

Gods to worship (only Greek ones)

-> Aphrodite

-> Athena

-> Hestia

What is Ostara?

Marks the beginning of spring -> March 19-23 -> good time to literally and figuratively plant seeds for the future -> good time to start new goals and ideas you thought about on yule and imbolc -> good time for spring cleaning

Ways to Celebrate

-> spring clean the house

-> decorate altar with ostara colors and symbols

-> take time to meditate and journal and think about your intentions for the next few weeks

Gods to Worship

-> Aphrodite

-> Athena

-> Persphenone

-> Apollo

What is Beltane?

Mark of returning summer -> may 1st -> lighting of bon fires -> time of courtship rituals and celebration of one's fertility -> about casting out darkness and introducing light to the world

Dieties of Beltane

-> Artemis

-> Hera

-> Aphrodite

-> Apollo

What is Litha?

Marks summer solstice -> between June 19-22 -> believed to be where fairy folk come out at twilight and offer blessings -> time to celebrate the abundance and beauty of Mother Earth

Time to acknowledge your success thus far that you've built over the course of the wheel of the year -> good time to align yourself with the powerful energies of the sun and summertime -> expand on ideas, businesses, goals or desires -> thank all for successes so far

Ways to Celebrate

-> make floral wreaths for front door

-> host a bonfire and potluck for family and friends

-> gather and dry herbs to use throughout the coming year

-> take time to meditate and give thanks for the blessings you have in life

-> build a fairy house in the woods

Dieties

-> Hestia

-> Apollo

What is Lughnasadh and Lammas?

The first of three autumn celebrations -> August 1 -> marks the first harvest of the season w/ gathering grains and baking bread

Ways to Celebrate

-> bake bread from scratch and incorporate seasonal herbs

-> make fruit preserves

-> make beer or enjoy artisan beer

-> make corn dollies

-> host a family and/or friends dinner and bonfire

Dieties

-> Demeter

What is Mabon?

Known as the pagan Thanksgiving -> marks autumn equinox -> a time of balance, equality and harmony -> celebrates the second harvest -> celebrate and give thanks for the abundance both literally and spiritually -> good time to reflect on the wheel of the year, recognize successes and letting go of things that no longer serve you over the year -> set intentions to end bad things in your life, let go of unhealthy relationships, unhealthy habits, or self destructive beliefs -> Sept 21 to the 24

How to Celebrate

-> decorating home with fall decorations

-> host a huge meal if you can - take turns saying what you're grateful for and what you hope to accomplish this year

-> if it's by yourself, try and find a quiet space outside to meditate and journal before treating yourself to a nice meal

Dieties

-> Perspehone

-> Demeter

-> Hermes

-> Dionysus

What is Samhain?

3rd and final fall festival of the year -> witches new year -> veil between the worlds is the thinnest -> Oct 31 -> celebrate the dead, while celebrating the end of the harvest and comeback of the darkness and cold

How to Celebrate

-> leave offerings out for fae folk

-> do protective magic

-> feasts and suppers on the eve of Samhain

-> celebrate ancestors and embrace the passage into a more introspective season

-> cover clocks

-> carry nails in pocket for protection

Dieties

-> Hekate

-> Demeter

-> Perspehone

-> Hades

-> Dionysus

What is Yule?

Celebrates winter solstice - is one of two solstices - summer and winter -> Dec 20-23 -> celbrates shortest day of the year, midwinter, return of the sun and festival of rebirth -> time of reflection and celebration

How to Celebrate

-> give mistletoe

-> light lights on a yule log

-> have a feast, ale involved

-> wreaths

-> think about resolutions, intentions for the coming year, light a candle speaking those out, let it burn as you visualize it coming true, then write down actionable steps to get your wishes to come true

-> clean

Dieties

-> Aphrodite

-> Demeter

-> Helios

-> Dionysus

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IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: RLJE Films & Shudder

SYNOPSIS: “A year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve, Winnie Carruthers’ life is less than wonderful — but when she wishes she’d never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe and discovers that without her, things could be much, much worse. Now the killer is back, and she must team up with the town misfit to identify the killer and get back to her own reality.” -Press Notes

REVIEW: Michael Kennedy’s screenplay for IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE does for “It’s A Wonderful Life” what his script for “Freaky” did for “Freaky Friday.” Director Tyler MacIntyre does a solid job of balancing the satire and horror to create another yuletide terror ride.

The narrative does a nice job of setting up the tale with many elements that deconstructs Winnie’s world once she is transported to the alternate universe. I appreciate that it is a linear mystery that Winnie has to solve unlike a film like “Happy Death Day” where the main character has to keep going back until they get it right. The story capitalizes on a bunch of the concepts George Bailey experiences once he enters Clarence’s alternate world, but by way of a “Scream” film. Clearly Henry Waters is the contemporary Mr. Potter. I thought it was amusing how Winnie’s relationship issues are also resolved by her encounters in this alternate universe. The satire is delightful and much of the tone present in Kennedy’s “Freaky” is here. I appreciate his sense of humor, as he includes such Easter eggs as a character named Gale Prescott.

I enjoyed the production designs and locations. The killer's costume design, the Angel, is a nice homage to Ghostface from “Scream” and the angel reference from “It’s a Wonderful Life.” They found the perfect town in Canada for their location and there was an element to it that was reminiscent of George Bailey’s and Marty McFly’s hometown. MacIntyre does a solid job of balancing character development with action sequences to sustain the film’s energy level. The visual effects are effective, but nothing groundbreaking. The special effects and blood are solid, but not as bloody as in “Scream.” Russ Howard III’s score strikes a nice balance between satire and terror with often a playfulness of a Danny Elfman score. The rest of the costumes are okay and could have used something, maybe a few more ugly sweaters or something.

The film features some veteran genre actors such as Katharine Isabelle from “Ginger Snaps” who plays Aunt Gale and William B. Davis, the ‘Smoking Man’ from “The X-Files” as Roger Evans. Jane Widdop, who plays Winnie, and is Laura Lee on Showtime’s “Yellowjackets,” brings a lot of charm and charisma to the role. She brings a lot of energy to her performance. Justin Long often creates likable characters you want to hate. Here he gives his character this peculiar, annoying accent that just makes him so memorable and unlikable, truly. There are some other nice casting choices that will appeal to a variety of fans. It’s a solid cast that gels together and makes for an entertaining view.

It seems every holiday season another film comes along that adds to the holiday horror cannon. In 2022 it was Adult Swim’s Yule Log. For 2023 writer Michael Kennedy and director Tyler MacIntyre turn their sick and twisted sights on “It’s A Wonderful Life,” as they turn it into demented roller coaster ride for genre fans with IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE. Presenting another darkside of the holiday season, once again proving capitalism is a dangerous thing. A solid serial killer satire that is worthy of a place in your Christmas horror film rotation with “Black Christmas,” (good god the original!), “Silent Night,” and anything else that helps you put the red in your holiday season.

CAST: Jane Widdop, Jess McLeod, Joel McHale, Katharine Isabelle, William B. Davis & Justin Long. CREW: Director - Tyler MacIntyre; Screenplay/Producer - Michael Kennedy; Producers - Seth Caplan & Daniel Bekerman; Cinematographer - Nicholas Piatnik; Score - Russ Howard III; Editor - Arndt-Wulf Peemöller; Production Designer - Tiana P. Gordon; Costume Designer - Matea Pasarić; Angel Concept Artist - Francis Lafleche; SPFX Makeup - Nikki Delong; Visual Effects - SUPERCHILL. OFFICIAL: N.A. FACEBOOK: N.A. TWITTER: N.A. TRAILER: https://youtu.be/n1fvBRAPhEM RELEASE DATE: In Theaters November 10th, 2023

Listen to Our Interview with Director Tyler MacIntyre - HERE

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay), or 👎 (Dislike)

Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri

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Global Premium Chocolate Market Outlooks 2020: Industry Analysis, Growth rate, and Forecasts 2O27

Overview

Global Premium Chocolate Market was valued at USD 81.67 billion in 2022 and is slated to reach at USD 85.53 billion by 2030 at a CAGR of 4.3% from 2023-2030.

A form of chocolate known as premium chocolate contains more cocoa solids than standard chocolate milk. It can be used to describe a variety of factors, including the substantial amount of chocolate used in the bar, whether it is Fairtrade and sustainably sourced, whether it has other components like raspberry chunks or alcohol, and whether the packaging has a more upscale appearance. Additionally, it is made with whole milk as opposed to skim milk and contains more fat than usual. In comparison to conventional chocolate milk, premium chocolate milk is thicker and has a deeper flavour.

Market Drivers

Consumers all around the world are gradually becoming more aware of the benefits of eating vegan, organic, and gluten-free chocolate. Vegan chocolate is said to be significantly healthier for your health than regular chocolate since it helps to improve brain function. It is prepared from plant-based components rather of dairy, eggs, and gelatin, so it has fewer calories, less fat, and no cholesterol. Consuming chocolate-based goods that are vegan, organic, and gluten-free can aid in the management of heart and blood pressure disorders.

The global market for premium chocolate is therefore anticipated to be driven by the growing awareness of the health benefits of cocoa products. Sales of fine chocolate are significantly influenced by seasonal demand. Giving chocolates as gifts has a significant impact on the global market and increases the popularity of the holiday seasons, particularly those around Easter, Valentine's Day, Christmas, and other occasions.

One of the main factors increasing the sales of seasonal chocolates is the expanding influence of internet retailing. Millennials have become more aware of the gifting culture as a result of cultural westernisation. The rising e-commerce sector, the surge in the gifting market, the influence of Westernisation, and novel marketing strategies by retailing brands are just a few of the aspects that are anticipated to propel the global premium chocolate market.

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Market Restraints

The majority of consumers were unaware that chocolate's price had altered. The supply of chocolate drivers has a significant impact on the price volatility of chocolate. Cocoa, which is used in many different goods, is the primary ingredient in the manufacturing of chocolate. Other elements including sugar, dairy products, nuts, maize sweeteners, and energy are also needed to manufacture chocolate. The price of various commodities is mostly determined by the commodities market, which determines the price based on supply and demand levels and can produce varying degrees of volatility on commodity prices.

Impact of COVID-19

COVID-19 caused supply chain problems all around the world owing to transportation and production constraints. This had an influence on the supply of high-quality cocoa beans and other ingredients used in the making of premium chocolate. Furthermore, lockdowns and social distancing tactics hampered the operations of chocolate manufacturers and distributors, causing production and distribution delays. There was a substantial increase in e-commerce and online purchasing as a result of physical retail businesses being forced to close or face limitations.

The transition to internet distribution channels gave premium chocolate businesses the chance to communicate with customers directly and maintain sales. Businesses who sold chocolate online or swiftly transitioned to e-commerce were better positioned to lessen the effects of the pandemic. Additionally, the epidemic raised customer awareness of health and wellness. As a result, people started to favour healthier and more useful eating selections more and more. As some consumers became more aware of their sugar intake and sought healthier substitutes, this change in consumer behaviour had an impact on the market for premium chocolates.

Recent Development

A subsidiary of Morinaga Nutritional Foods, Inc. announced the purchase of Turtle Island Foods Holdings, Inc. on February 10, 2023. Plant-based food items are produced by Turtle Island Foods. Turtle Islands Foods will join Morinaga Nutritional Foods, Inc. as a full subsidiary as a result of this transaction. This will present a chance to make nutrient-dense chocolates for the market for premium chocolate.

The expansion of Lindt and Sprüngli's Olten cocoa mass production required an investment of about USD 80.95 million in 2021. It is regarded as the biggest and most significant cocoa mass production facility in the world.

Market Segmentation

Global Premium Chocolate Market is segmented into Type, Product Type, Inclusion, Nature, Category, Cocoa Content, Flavour, Packaging, Distribution Channel. By Type such as Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, White Chocolate. By Product Type such as Regular/Plain, Filled. By Inclusion such as With Inclusion Chocolates and Regular, No Inclusions Chocolate.

By Nature such as Conventional, Organic. By Category such as Standard Premium, Super Premium. By Cocoa Content such as 50-60%, 71-80%, 61-70%, 81-90%, 91-100%. By Flavour such as Flavor, Classic/Regular. By Packaging such as Plastic Wrap, Gift Boxes/Assorted, Pouches, Board Box, Sachets, Others. By Distribution Channel such as Store Based Retailer, Non-Store Retailers.

Regional Analysis

Global Premium Chocolate Market is segmented into five regions North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa. A growing awareness of the benefits of rowing machine goods in the area has led to Germany dominating the global premium chocolate industry in terms of market share and revenue.

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List of Numerous Key Players

· namely Mars,

· Incorporated and its Affiliates

· Mondel?z International

· The Hershey Company

· Ferrero

· Nestlé

·  General Mills, Inc.

·  Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.

· Lindt & Sprungli AG

· Barry Callebaut

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6 April 2023: The Merry Christmas Album, Babybird . (self-released, 2023)

I've posted here numerous times about the handmade releases of the prolific Stephen Jones, who does business as Babybird. Jones and Babybird were household names for a bit in Britain during the '90s, and he continued to make traditional studio albums for quite some time after a chart hit and related successes; in these modern times, he has found a home at Bandcamp and cranks out physical releases at an alarming pace. Somewhere out of thin air I decided I needed to get on this train, and I've bought a stack of 2020s Babybird product; here we have yet another.

My purchase date of April 6 may seem strange for a Christmas album, let alone a new-release Christmas album, but that's down to the vagaries of the UK's Royal Mail, who, shortly after Jones put this item on sale back on the day after Thanksgiving 2022, apparently put international mail on hiatus, at least for private citizens. I don't know the particulars, but Jones sent out endless messages to his followers ranting about this. By the time the postal woes were sorted out, Christmas had long passed. I know Jones was infuriated by this, wanting his fans to have it in their hands for the holiday season. It finally arrived the following April.

Even though it was past Easter 2023 when I finally started listening to this Christmas 2022 release, I enjoyed it. It's got Jones's customary sardonic and cynical take on Christmas, Santa, and Jesus, themes that have been constants for him going back nearly 30 years. He's got Christmas songs on regular albums that otherwise have nothing to do with Christmas! If I've not made it clear, these are original songs. Good King Wenceslas or Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer he is not doing. "Santa, you're my favorite Jesus," goes one of Jones's choruses here. I should also note this isn't the first Christmas album he has done in the Bandcamp era; it's impossible to correctly codify his discography, but I know he did one in 2019 called Jesus Loves You: The Christmas Album. And if I've still not been clear, perhaps you can tell by now that all these Jesus references are not out of reverence or religion.

Jones really wanted this to look like a Christmas card you'd get in the mail from a loved one; he even hyped it as a card you could put on your mantel.

Above we see both sides of a full-color insert. It's not a booklet, it's just a square insert, but it's the only place the full title "The Merry Christmas Album" appears.

Just as he promised, it did arrive in an envelope addressed to you like a friend would do; see below.

Along with the insert, inside the envelope is a folio containing the CD. Here are the front and the back of that folio that replicates a Christmas card.

And here is the CD, held by a spindle on the inside of the folio.

Being that the postal system got this to me months after Jones's intention, and that it took me another seven months to post about this release, it's almost time to hear it again!

[daimonclub]

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day Parade Thanksgiving Day, history, quotes and typical food. In the United States it is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November each year and marks the beginning of the holiday season. Thanksgiving Day for the year 2022 is celebrated/observed on Thursday, November 24th. Thanksgiving Day in the United States is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November each year. Traditionally it is a time to give thanks for all the sacrifice and hard work done for the harvest. In modern times people take time off work (4 day weekend starting Thursday) and spend time with family and friends over a large feast held on Thanksgiving Day. It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it. There are some things in every country that you must be born to endure; and another hundred years of general satisfaction with Americans and America could not reconcile this expatriate to cranberry sauce, peanut butter, and drum majorettes. Alistair Cooke (1908-2004, British broadcaster, journalist) It is when we stop thinking about what we don't have or what we lack, and become grateful for who we are, that we can gain access to true unlimited inspiration. Frank Arrigazzi A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen. Kin Hubbard (1868-1930, American humorist, journalist) On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - half-time. Author Unknown Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season, and represents food, family and moments of sharing and professing gratitude. Sarah Moore Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labour when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain. Alexander Pope Thanksgiving is a time to give, a time to love, and a time to reflect on the things that matter most in life. Danielle Duckery

Thanksgiving Day, History, Celebration, Food and Quotes Thanksgiving Day is an annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Similarly named festival holidays occur in Germany and Japan. Americans generally believe that their Thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the English colonists (Pilgrims) of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people. The American holiday is particularly rich in legend and symbolism, and the traditional fare of the Thanksgiving meal typically includes turkey, bread stuffing, potatoes, cranberries, and pumpkin pie. With respect to vehicular travel, the holiday is often the busiest of the year, as family members gather with one another. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well. In the English tradition, days of thanksgiving and special thanksgiving religious services became important during the English Reformation in the reign of Henry VIII and in reaction to the large number of religious holidays on the Catholic calendar. Before 1536 there were 95 Church holidays, plus 52 Sundays, when people were required to attend church and forego work and sometimes pay for expensive celebrations. The 1536 reforms reduced the number of Church holidays to 27, but some Puritans wished to completely eliminate all Church holidays, including Christmas and Easter. The holidays were to be replaced by specially called Days of Fasting or Days of Thanksgiving, in response to events that the Puritans viewed as acts of special providence. Unexpected disasters or threats of judgement from on high called for Days of Fasting. Special blessings, viewed as coming from God, called for Days of Thanksgiving. For example, Days of Fasting were called on account of drought in 1611, floods in 1613, and plagues in 1604 and 1622. Days of Thanksgiving were called following the victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 and following the deliverance of Queen Anne in 1705. An unusual annual Day of Thanksgiving began in 1606 following the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and developed into Guy Fawkes Day on November 5. Plymouth’s Thanksgiving began with a few colonists going out “fowling,” possibly for turkeys but more probably for the easier prey of geese and ducks, since they “in one day killed as much as…served the company almost a week. The New England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating “Thanksgivings,” days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought. The U.S. Continental Congress proclaimed a national Thanksgiving upon the enactment of the Constitution, for example.

Thanksgiving Day Turkey Yet, after 1798, the new U.S. Congress left Thanksgiving declarations to the states; some objected to the national government’s involvement in a religious observance, Southerners were slow to adopt a New England custom, and others took offense over the day’s being used to hold partisan speeches and parades. A national Thanksgiving Day seemed more like a lightning rod for controversy than a unifying force. In the United States, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is traced to a sparsely documented 1621 celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts, and also to a well recorded 1619 event in Virginia. The 1621 Plymouth feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest. Pilgrims and Puritans who began emigrating from England in the 1620s and 1630s carried the tradition of Days of Fasting and Days of Thanksgiving with them to New England. The 1619 arrival of 38 English settlers at Berkeley Hundred in Charles City County, Virginia, concluded with a religious celebration as dictated by the group's charter from the London Company, which specifically required "that the day of our ships arrival at the place assigned ... in the land of Virginia shall be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God." Thanksgiving Day did not become an official holiday until Northerners dominated the federal government. While sectional tensions prevailed in the mid-19th century, the editor of the popular magazine Godey’s Lady’s Book, Sarah Josepha Hale, campaigned for a national Thanksgiving Day to promote unity. She finally won the support of President Abraham Lincoln. On October 3, 1863, during the Civil War, Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving to be celebrated on Thursday, November 26. The holiday was annually proclaimed by every president thereafter, and the date chosen, with few exceptions, was the last Thursday in November. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, however, attempted to extend the Christmas shopping season, which generally begins with the Thanksgiving holiday, and to boost the economy by moving the date back a week, to the third week in November. But not all states complied, and, after a joint resolution of Congress in 1941, Roosevelt issued a proclamation in 1942 designating the fourth Thursday in November (which is not always the last Thursday) as Thanksgiving Day. As the country became more urban and family members began to live farther apart, Thanksgiving became a time to gather together. The holiday moved away from its religious roots to allow immigrants of every background to participate in a common tradition. Thanksgiving Day football games, beginning with Yale versus Princeton in 1876, enabled fans to add some rowdiness to the holiday. In the late 1800s parades of costumed revelers became common. In 1920 Gimbel’s department store in Philadelphia staged a parade of about 50 people with Santa Claus at the rear of the procession. Since 1924 the annual Macy’s parade in New York City has continued the tradition, with huge balloons since 1927. The holiday associated with Pilgrims and Native Americans has come to symbolize intercultural peace, America’s opportunity for newcomers, and the sanctity of home and family.

Thanksgiving Day Celebration In Canada the origins of Thanksgiving are sometimes traced to the French settlers who came to New France in the 17th century, who celebrated their successful harvests. The French settlers in the area typically had feasts at the end of the harvest season and continued throughout the winter season, even sharing food with the indigenous peoples of the area. In 1879 Parliament established a national Thanksgiving Day on November 6; the date has varied over the years. Since 1957 Thanksgiving Day has been celebrated in Canada on the second Monday in October. Thanksgiving is generally not celebrated in Australia. However, on the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the last Wednesday of November, similar to the pre-World War II American observance on the last Thursday of the month. This means the Norfolk Island observance is the day before or six days after the United States' observance. The holiday was brought to the island by visiting American whaling ships. As millions in the US engage in the annual Thanksgiving day traditions of eating and shopping, it's worth remembering that not everyone celebrates the event. Back in 2015 a group of Native Americans revealed how they feel about the holiday in a series of powerful videos. Among the words they used were “sadness”, “slaughter” and “lies”. Asked about Columbus, people were invariably negative and dismissive. Most of the reactions were negative, with some referring to Thanksgiving as "a slaughter", and most saying the term redskin was racist. Some of those who took part cursed or raised a finger in anger. One termed the explorer “the first terrorist in America”. “It always was weird to me to have that day off in celebration of somebody, like, we don't have a day for Hitler, but it’s the same thing,” said one participant. Others said they were bewildered that he was even considered an important figure in history, given he “didn’t discover anything, and instead got lost”. “As indigenous people, we’ve been taught by our elders to give thanks every day,” she said. “We are a people who have survived genocide. People able to gather with our families is very important to us.” The turkey is the symbol for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner for American families. When the Pilgrim Fathers left Europe to settle in the colonies, they landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620 and found their new home there. Persecution in the old continent had been harsh, but neither the long journey on board of the Mayflower to cross the Atlantic Ocean, nor the cold winter helped the new settlers, whose life, at the beginning was more than a struggle.

Black Friday Shopping feast Grateful to God, in spite of everything, they decided to praise Him on the last Thursday of November, establishing the Thanksgiving festivity. In America the day is celebrated with a rich dinner where stuffed turkey is the leading dish. What do we know about this big, strutting bird? Native to Central America, turkeys were prized in both Mayan and Aztec cultures and were an important source of food. The Spanish conquistadors who arrived in Mexico, quickly realized the value of the animals and shipped them back to Europe, where they were domesticated and raised in Italy, France and England by the 1500s. The Pilgrims brought them to New England, where they were crossed with the local eastern wild turkey population. With 25% less fat than chicken breast and 75% less fat than lean beef or pork, white turkey meat is a natural choice for the health conscious person. A 3 ounce serving of turkey breast has 120 calories, 1 gram of fat, no saturated fat and 26 grams of protein. Add the skin or choose dark meat and both the calorie and fat count increase. Turkey is a good source of vitamin B and the minerals, iron and zinc. An estimated 95% of American families eat turkey at Thanksgiving while 50% serve it for Christmas dinner. Globally Israelis eat the most turkey: more than 28 pounds per person each year. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day and the Friday before Cyber Monday in the United States. It is a busy shopping day and is a holiday in some states. Many people have a day off work or choose to take a day from their amount of yearly leave on Black Friday. Some people use this occasion also to make trips to see family members or friends who live in other areas or to go on vacation. Others use it to start shopping for the Christmas season. Shopping for Christmas presents is also popular on Black Friday. Many stores have special offers and lower their prices on some goods, such as toys. Black Friday is not a federal holiday, but is a public holiday in some states. Many people take a day of their annual leave on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Many organizations also close for the Thanksgiving weekend. Thanksgiving ideas and dinner recipes Blak Friday Day and Cyber Monday Giorno festivo del Ringraziamento http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFDSobNnfQs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZvtRytTUvc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NSQLMPUK-8 Read the full article

[theodorounicko]

Vinyl covers for "emeis_den" Collaboration with Giorgos Stathopoulos.

2022

In December 2021 Giorgos and I met as colleagues, since I started working at the office where he was already working. The daily friction in various projects and the fact of our close collaboration led us to discern each other's skills and inclinations as well as brought us closer on an interpersonal level. Thus, in addition to issues related to our work projects, we found common references in many of our interests, such as music, visual arts, graffiti as well as (perhaps due to our close age) and we quickly developed a way of direct and targeted communication.

The LP "COBRA" is our first joint experimental project with Giorgos Stathopoulos and came out of the need for personal expression and collaboration. So we created a fictional client, the music band "emeis_den", a name that came from puns and associations of our everyday working life.

We made it our goal to create an album cover for this fictional musical group, before every holiday leave from work (Christmas, Easter, Summer), as a closing ceremony of our working season.

The LP "KATADIOKSI", is our second joint work for this fictional band and was created a few days before our summer holiday break in 2022.

The idea, the names and the designs have all been done together with Giorgos.

[kotothewolf]

My Pokemon unite items.

I'm just listing all of the free event items in Pokemon unite that I got. Note: Some are currently unavailable. This will not include Battle pass stuff, because I payed for that. No shop items either.

Avatar clothes:

Custle set: Completing "Beginners challenge" event.

Sailor set: Obtained from "Energy rewards"

Sylveon set: Energy rewards

Unite Ranked set: Getting to ultra class in a specific season.

Bulbasaur set: Energy rewards

Unite Ranked set (Season 3): Make it to ultra class in season 3

Stakeout set: Energy rewards

Greedent set: Completing "Greedent missions"

Pioneer set: Completing "Frontier mission"

Unite Ranked set (season 4): Make it to ultra class in season 4

Decidueye set: "Decidueye event"

Unite Ranked set (season 13): Make it to ultra class in season 13

Unite Ranked set (season 12): Ultra class in season 12

Trainer outfit (Cynthia): Trainer showdown event for Cynthia

Unite Ranked set (season 11): ultra class in season 11

Unite Ranked set (season 10): ultra class in season 10

Unite Ranked set (season 9): ultra class in season 9

Paldea Region school uniform (Pokemon scarlet): Pokemon scarlet/violet event

Paldea Region school uniform (Pokemon violet): Pokemon scarlet/violet event

Unite Ranked set (season 8): ultra class in season 8

Trainer outfit (Leon): Trainer showdown event for Leon

Balmain fashion set: Balmain collaboration event

Unite Ranked set (season 6): ultra class in season 6

Pokemon hat (Eevee): Eevee day event

Ribbon headband: Log-in event

Pikachu hat: Pika party 2022 event

Lucario headband: Log-in event

Pikachu headband: Pikachu event

Pikachu mask: 2021 Halloween event

Pointed hat: 2021 Halloween event

Red hat: 2021 Christmas event

Zeraora hat: Christmas event

Ninetales hat: Christmas event

Blastoise hat: Christmas event

Charizard hat: Christmas event

Heart comb: Valentine event

Bandana: Valentine event

Pokemon day hat: 2022 Pokemon day event

Pokebuki hat: Pokebuki event

Sylveon hair (Pink): 2022 Pokemon day event

Talonflame hair (red): 2022 Pokemon day event

Eevee hair (brown): 2022 Pokemon day event

Pikachu hair(Yellow): Pokemon day event 2022

Special hair (e): 2022 Pokemon day event

Dragonite hat: event

Halloween mask: 2022 Halloween event

Cinderace mask: Halloween event 2022

Snorlax hat: event

Glaceon hat: Glaceon event

Stantler headband: Christmas event 2022

Red had 2022: 2022 Christmas event

Gengar hat: Event or store

Pokemon day shirt (2023): Pokemon day 2023 event code

Knit cardigan: 2023 Christmas event

Ruins cloak: Ruins event 1

WCS London shirt: WSC London event code

Pokemon day shirt 2022: Pokemon day event code

Knit hoodie: 2022 Christmas event

Holiday socks: Christmas event

Holiday shoes: Christmas event

Short boots: Christmas event

Egg basket: Easter event 2023

Glaceon backpack: Glaceon event

Tyranitar backpack: Event

Espeon backpack: event

Wreath backpack: Christmas event or shop

Lace gloves: event

Ruins gloves: Ruins event 2

Sweet bracelet: Valentine event

Red gloves: Christmas event

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Pokemon:

Venusaur: Log-in event

Pikachu: Starter Pokemon

Ninetales: Log-in

Dragonite: event

Gengar: Selection box

Mewtwo X: Mewtwo X event

Mew: Mew event

Espeon: Espeon event

Mamoswine: event

Gardevoir: Selection box

Glaceon: Glaceon event

Leafeon: Eevee box

Delphox: event

Hoopa: Hoopa event

Decidueye: event

Tsareena: Tsareena event

Zeraora: Gift event

Greedent: Greedent event

Zacian: Zacian event

Mewtwo Y: Mewtwo Y event

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Holowear:

Beach style Venusaur: Log-in event

Tuxedo style Venusaur: Event

Firefighter Blastoise: 1st anniversary event

Festival style Pikachu: Sign up event

Pastel style Wigglytuff: Easter event

Excavation style Machamp: Frontier event

Gardening style Slowbro: Event

Theater style Gengar: Event

Holiday style Gengar: Christmas event

Sweet style Blissey: Valentine event

Berry style Snorlax: Energy rewards

Bedtime style Snorlax: 1st anniversary event

Holiday style Dragonite: Christmas event

Tuxedo style Espeon: event

Knight style Mamoswine: Season 3 rank reward

Practice style Mamoswine: event

Holiday style Gardevoir: Christmas event

Scared style Absol: event

Stakeout style Garchomp: Energy rewards

Martial arts style Garchomp: event

Masquerade style Garchomp: event

Concert style Lucario: 1st anniversary event

Shrine style Crustle: Energy rewards

Tuxedo style Crustle: Pokemon 1st anniversary event

Piolet style Talonflame: energy rewards

Checkered style Sylveon: 1st anniversary event

Happi style Trevenant: Pokebuki event

Hip-hop style Hoopa: event

Tuxedo style Decidueye: Season 5 rank reward

Sacred style Tsareena: Victory by the dozen event (Twice)

Pokebuki style Eldegoss: Pokebuki event

Tuxedo style Cramorant: 1st anniversary event

Every Holiday style was free except, Wigglytuff and Urshifu holiday style.

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Emblem:

Mew(Bronze, sliver, and gold): Friend referral event (twice)

Mew platinum: Code event

Zacian Platinum: Twitch drop rewards

Mewtwo platinum: Code event

Pikachu platinum: Unite weekend event

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Stickers:

Bellibolt: Panic parade event

Paldean Tauros: Panic parade event

Flamigo: Panic parade event

Captain hat: Captain Log-in event

2nd cake: 2nd anniversary event

Party hat: 2nd anniversary event

Tinkaton: Panic parade event

13: season 13 master reward

Lechonk: Log-in event

Gold with Pink diamond: Log-in event

Pokemon unite Eeveelution: Eevee day event

Zorua: Ghost Log-in event 1

Kubfu: Ghost Log-in event 2

10: season 10 master

9: season 9 master

8: season 8 master

5: season 5 master

7: season 7 master

Batwing lollipop: Halloween event

Spiderweb: Halloween event

Candy pumpkin: Halloween

3: season 3 master

6: season 6 master

4: season 4 master

Charizard balloon: event

Eldegoss balloon: event

Pikachu balloon: event

Gengar balloon: event

Sylveon balloon: event

Gift: 1st anniversary

Party horn 🎉: 1st anniversary

Hat with egg: Easter event

Egg: Easter event

Magician hat: Pokemon day event

PokeBall bow: Pokemon day event

Heart glasses: Hoopa event

Heart balloon: Hoopa event

Championship series: event

Leon hat: Trainer showdown Leon event

Cynthia accessory: Trainer showdown Cynthia

12: season 12 master

11: season 11 master

Sprigatito: Scarlet/Violet event

Fuecoco: Scarlet/Violet event

Quaxly: Scarlet/Violet event

Zacian sword: Boss rush event

Tuxedo Zacian: Boss rush event

Bell cookie: Christmas event

Tree cookie: Christmas event

Gingerbread cookie: Christmas event

Christmas stickers: Christmas event

Pikachu pumpkin: Halloween event

Cinderace vs Buzzwole: event

Zacian stickers: boss rush event

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Background and frame:

It's hard to describe all of them.

Mewtwo X event frame and background.

Captain Log-in event background.

Halloween 2021 and 2022 frame and background.

Unite rank from different seasons(frame and background).

Special frames and backgrounds for Pokemon day.

Easter frame and background for Easter event.

Valentine frame and background for Valentine event.

Log-in event frame.

Garchomp background from Cynthia event.

Cynthia background and frame from Cynthia event.

Cinderace vs Buzzwole background and frame from hero vs villain event.

Christmas 2021 and 2022 frame and background.

Pokemon unite anniversary frame and background.

Leon frame and background from Leo event.

Charizard background from Leon event.

Pokemon scarlet/violet background from Scarlet/ Violet event.

Balmain background and frame from Balmain collaboration event.

Rose frame and background from Valentine event.

All of "win a battle this many times to get the background" event.

Lechonk frame from Log-in event.

I have some other ones that I can't describe myself, so I'll leave them out for now.

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Other:

Leon pose from Leon event.

An expression from Leon event.

Other expressions from events.

[jrpneblog]

Black Cats not so lucky for North End

The sight of a Black Cat is not a memory that North End will want to live long in the memory as Sunderland comprehensively beat North End in this final game of the season. The win took the visitors into fifth place in the division and a play off spot while North End had to suffer the embarrassment of Blackpool winning at Norwich to keep us in the top half of the division. I was angry and frustrated at the end of the game and it wasn`t for the first time this season, I can tell you. The usual end of season collapse occurred once again with North End just taking one point from the final fifteen on offer when we were right on the cusp of the play offs after the Reading game on Easter Monday. It was sickening to watch the Sunderland fans celebrating but only in respect of how it could have been us with a little more investment from the boardroom and tactical nous from the manager. If fact I would like to go on record to say congratulations to Sunderland and their superb travelling support who were easily the nosiest at Deepdale this season. I genuinely hope they win the play off just to show you can come from nowhere with an experienced manager and still make it into the top six.

North End made three changes to the side that were walloped at Bramall Lane nine days ago with Lindsay, Delap and McCann coming in for Hughes, Onomah and Johnson. The game started at a brisk pace with both sides playing at speed. North End more than held their own and for a while we were wondering why we hadn`t played like this all season. I thought the Sunderland defence looked nervous early on and North End had a couple of chance through Cannon and McCann. At the other end Freddie Woodman was earning his corn as usual but it was Liam Delap who missed the chance to put North End ahead in the game when he was clean through and beat the visiting keeper but his shot trickled past the post. It was to be our best chance of the afternoon but it was frittered away. The teams went in at the break after a very entertaining and even first forty five minutes, however, little did we know that North End had booked their holidays starting at half time.

No changes for North End at the break but Sunderland brought on Alex Pritchard at half time in a move that changed the game. The visitors had the first chance of the second half in the opening minutes and after nine minutes of the second period they were ahead when Diallo curved a beautiful shot past Woodman into the net. From that moment there was no way back as North End were lost in a sea of uncertainty as the visitors went from strength to strength. North End had a chance at the other end when Bauer had a header saved but the game was over a few minutes later when Pritchard calmly slotted past Woodman with the keeper rooted to the spot. It wasnt long before the Black Cats made it three and the home fans started to drift out of Deepdale with twenty five minutes of the season left. Just how many of those will come back next season remains to be seen. Clarkes third goal was a sickening blow and although no further embarrassment was heaped on a sorry looking North End the scoreline was certainly reflective of the ninety minutes as a whole with North End fans wondering just where the hell does the club go from here.

So now the inquest begins on the 2022/23 season as North End finish one place higher than last season. I hope to God that I don`t hear the word progress used to described this season because I haven't seen any progress anywhere. A couple of very good loan signings have probably propped us up but the inconsistency of the team and the level of performance, generally, at home have shown absolutely no progress at all this term. When we are good we are a decent side but when we are awful, we are very awful with a distinct lack of an effective Plan B obvious to those who watch at home and away. To be honest the away form has been very good with thirty five points collected on the road, but the twenty eight points at home is relegation form and that is something which must be address. Last Summer North End talked the talk and so did the manager but it was all to no avail with no investment in the playing squad and no improvement from the dug out either. The fans played their part last Summer but even the promised thank you for that has failed to materialise. Big changes needed at Deepdale both on and off the field if this club are to progress, because we all know that in the Championship a target of consolidation usually means relegation at some point. I think our final league position flatters us and to say I am worried about next season is an understatement unless there are some significant strategic changes at the football club.

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PRESTON 0-3 SUNDERLAND

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WOODMAN 7

STOREY 6 BAUER 5 LINDSAY 5

POTTS 6 LEDSON 5 McCANN 7 FERNADEZ 7

PARROTT 6

CANNON 6 DELAP 6

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Subs:

ONOMAH 6

WOODBURN 6

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MOTM: Freddie Woodman

Attendance 21,177

Preston Fans 15,463 (73.02%)