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Giraffe's Eye View: Christmas Specials Special (2023) | A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. Mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again. All the dogs in the neighborhood somehow learned to bark Jingle Bells in sync. Yet retail workers are still more annoyed with Mariah Carey. Snow is getting shoveled, tossed, and formed into sentient beings leading parades without permits. It makes for an excellent distraction as the Krampus abducts children for bad behavior. Fruitcake is exchanged only to find its permanent home in the garbage. Terrorists have hijacked the Holiday office party right before your boss can give you a Jelly of the Month Club membership as your bonus. And of course, the Turducken has returned to wreak its fiery vengeance upon an unsuspecting world! If all this doesn’t put you in the Christmas spirit, perhaps these following Holiday specials will!

Greetings people of today and robots of tomorrow! It is I, Santa Clark, your geeky giraffe friend with a deep love of Christmas! My obsession for the yuletide is rivaled only by Maleficent’s hatred for it, which is saying a lot considering she once teamed up with Mad Madam Mim to kidnap the literal Spirit of Christmas. Yes, that really happened. I know this due to my annual pilgrimage to the Island of Misfit Specials, home to obscure or nerdy festive media ranging from movies, TV episodes, and comics. It’s no easy journey. Constantly I find myself confronted by sinister snowmen, genocidal gingerbread men, and worst of all, crappy commercials. Getting stabbed in the foot by a candy-cane wielding cookie is one thing, but I swear I’ve seen that ad for Wilbur’s White Elephant Gift Emporium more times than I’ve seen Miracle on 34th Street! Sometimes at night I catch myself reciting that jingle. Wilbur’s White Elephant Gift Emporium: Where Christmas meets Convenience! Huh, maybe Maleficent had a point.

Nah, my deep-rooted appreciation for this time of year can weather even the most moronic marketing! It helps that most of the merry media I’ve seen have put me in the perfect Holiday mood! Examples include the time a Ninja Turtle found himself trapped in a truck full of stollen toys, a drunk department store Santa stumbling onto a wish-granting magic bag, Big Bird nearly becoming a popsicle, Gwenpool waking up in a world where Galactus took the place of jolly ol’ Saint Nicholas, a terrifying tree stump trying to slaughter some saps over a stupid ship war, and the year when Death gave the Little Match Girl the greatest gift of all. Needless to say, I thought I had seen it all. That is, until I took my friends on a trip to the Island, tasking them to find me new, strange, seasonal specials to review! Some of them were fair, finding me festive favorites as comforting as coco in front of the fireplace. Others were fiendish, wanting to feed off my misery like Gremlins after midnight. Regardless of how naughty or nice my companions were, I’ve compiled all of their suggestions into a makeshift advent calendar! So stay tuned everyday until Christmas to see how badly my buddies can shred what little sanity I have left.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my buddies gave to me...

Freddy Mercury once said the show must go on! It’s a credo that The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society takes to heart. For better or worse. You can bet your butts that any production they undertake is bound to be a disaster. Actors will be injured, props will be destroyed, the set will randomly combust at least once, and grandmas will get run over by reindeer. Or more accurately, foes of Doctor Who will get run over by elderly aunts. Still, the one thing you can say about a Cornley Drama play? They’re anything but boring! It’s why the Goes Wrong brand of comedy has become so beloved over the last decade. Much like the Simpsons before them, Mischief Theater began entertaining audiences with their own chaotic Christmas capers before airing two bonkers specials on the BBC. Said specials adapted both Peter Pan and A Christmas Carol, my fellow Figment fan Hannah (princessofDisney27) requesting I look at the latter. Thankfully both can be found for free on YouTube so long as you don’t mind ads. Who’s more miserly: Ebeneezer Scrooge or the folks running YouTube? You make the call! In any case, let’s look at A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong to see what they get right.

A lot, obviously. Starting with the fact that these British bozos have hijacked the show. Turns out the channel best known for Fleabag didn’t want these misfits back after botching Peter Pan last year. I don’t see what the big deal is! Just because Peter’s shadow caught on fire, Tinkerbell nearly got electrocuted to death, and Captain Hook hijacked a Teletubby doesn’t mean these talented actors shouldn’t be given a second shot. In case you’re wondering, yes, all that actually happened. Have I mentioned these programmes are insane? This one is no different as the cast try to retell this Charles Dickens classic. 

Making up said cast is Chris Bean (Henry Shields), portraying the main miser much to the ire of his louder and larger costar Robert Groves (Henry Lewis). Not contempt with playing the non-speaking Ghost of Christmas Future, the egotistical maniac makes it his mission to completely incapacitate Chris. In the process he falls through the floor in Scrooge’s home, shoots renowned screen actor Derek Jacobi in the neck with a blow dart, smashes a large crate over poor Tiny Tim (Ellie Morris) before assuming the role himself, and generally proves why he’s my favorite member of the ensemble. Seriously, Robert might be the biggest reason my cheeks began hurting from laughter. It’s true what he says, anything you can act he can act LOUDER! Even his phantom persona is loud. Whenever this creep cadaver hits its head on the set you can hear Robert going, “Ow.” By gosh is genius!

Besides the constant bickering between Henry and Henry, Dennis Tyde’s (Jonathan Sayer) Bob Cratchet is frequently forgetting his lines. The recurring gag is used to epic effect here, the nervous nitwit having to utilize the surrounding set to recall his dialogue. His colleagues best hope none of the backdrop is turned around or blocked, otherwise Dennis has no hopes of remembering even the simplest lines. He has no coins in his coin purse or a clue as to what’s going on. Uoy sselb! It’s certainly frustrating for Sandra Wilkinson and her boyfriend Max Bennett, portrayed by then real-life couple Charlie Russel and Dave Hearn. No idea if they’re still together, but it makes for cute on-screen chemistry. Especially when it’s a case of opposites attracting, Sandra the screen-loving Miss Piggy type while Max is a doofus unclear on the concept of ‘fiction’. He at least makes for a great Ghost of Christmas Present despite weeping over a false presumption that his love plans to dump him once the story’s over. Look on the plus side buddy, at least that’s one less gift you have to wrap! 

I joke, but honestly all the emotions land perfectly, both humorous and heart-felt. All of these weirdos are way more interesting than Whatsherface from Power Rangers. Blame that on a balance of witty writing and amazing acting. There’s more members of the company I’ve yet to mention who all kill it whenever on screen. Like when Annie Twilloil (Nancy Zamit) gets a prop gun stuck to her hand after an unfortunate glue incident, Jonathan Harris (Greg Tannahill) learning why Jacob Marley hated his chains so much, or technical director Trevor Watson (Rob Falconer) raining pizza down on London before wrecking it like Godzilla! It’s too funny for words, I’M DYING!

However, where it fails is in the actual adaptation part. Like most iterations, the devil’s in the details. Some incarnations fare better than others when streamlining the story. Not so much here, mostly in regards to Scrooge’s visits by the spirits. His past is almost entirely skipped over, sole focus placed on the break up with Belle. Eh, I’m sure his crappy childhood, deceased sister, or first job at Fezziwig’s isn’t important. Luckily they make up for these failings by giving the Cornley cast their own spin on the story. Chris is ready to move on and leave his troupe behind, though not before selfishly stabbing them in the back first. Upon seeing his character’s grave he realizes how selfish he’s been, apologizing to his amigos before finally letting Robert play the part. Rather a clever subversion, actually. Though really, even if you’re like me and are hung up on changes by that, you’ll be too busy busting a gut to notice. Compared to other Christmas Carols this is by far the funniest. Make up your mind Bob, are you gonna give to charity or not? WANG!

Though if your taste for brilliant British comedy isn’t satisfied yet, feast your eyes on The Nativity! In this second season episode of The Goes Wrong Show, the BBC has finally cut funds to these twits, hence why the birth of Christ is sponsored by Brookshaw Corporate Finance. Even Jesus loves cash! Blessed be the writers who thought up this running joke. Later when the Three Wise Men visit Joseph (Hearn) and Mary (Russel) in the manger they’re given gold standard accreditation, frankincense-ible advice on all their financial interests, and low-cost myrrh-gage rates. Badum tish! Fear not; for behold, it’s more than just painful puns. We also have the piano catching fire during a performance of Silent Night, desserts in place of a desert, an idiot innkeeper, nine wise men, John the Baptist, and Robert Grove as the Archangel Gabriel. All I need to say here is: Halo! On top of the cunning comedy, the set design is stupendous! It’s made to look like a pop-up book, pages turning to reveal a new location full of new mistakes to be made. I’d go on about other yuletide offerings by these professional screwups, but really I should save them for future reviews. For now I’ll close the book on the Cornley Drama Society and turn the page to reveal a familiar frog.

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For this year's Sprout Fight, I used the Honey Bee palette and the prompt "Soil" to create a new character; a geeky, klutzy adventure archaeologist giraffe who keeps stumbling into magical adventures and battles for the fate of the world when she'd really much rather be at home writing an article. One of her least favorite parts of exploring ancient ruins is the low ceilings. Maybe she should invest in a hardhat.

[paolo-and-rotpr-kid-ask-blog]

Quick headcanon so you can understand the contex of the last ask:

Back then when the zoos lost founder went on a luxury safari, an injured Geeky-Giraffe, Pepper was the first animal he ever discovered.

Feeling empathic, he sneaked her into his luxury safari lodge and even found her a little oxpecker to tend to her needs.

With a cool-looking stable and an energetic best friend, all was going well for Pepper…. until the founder brought an injured hippo from his last safari.

Pepper first remained positive to her new stable-mate at first until ALL the attention went to him. The got all the food, all the enrichment, even worse, the oxpecker-friend found out a chill and hip-opotamus was funner to hang out with than a clumsy-awkward giraffe.

But the final nail of the coffin was send the founder found out he wasn’t only to keep one but TWO ANIMALS in his care, giving him the idea of bringing his two pets back to Baltimore and start a zoo, a zoo which the visitors favor hip-hippos than awkward giraffes.

Lmao! I love to imagine the guard saying they all love they own animal equally but secretly have a favorite (and they main favourite is obviously tony ofc!)

But also damn. I actually do low-key feel bad for pepper tho. Like imagine being taken in and love by your care taker (or rescuers if you wanna say that) just to be overshadowed by a hippo, because Your rescuer would prefer to hang out with someone chill and funny then some clusmy-akward person. So then now your rescuer just treat the hippo much more better then their had treated you. Pepper deserve so much better in this episode honestly😔

(Also corrected me if I say any mistake!)

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When (Loki/Jade/Reader)

Jade is finally home. You and Loki begin to understand something important.

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She's home. Jade is home. The feeling of walking into the house she's come to know and love so well brings the teenager to tears. You and Loki had Thor watch the younger ones – not wanting to overwhelm Jade upon her return home. The two of you walk your eldest daughter back to her room, and she eagerly grabs her stuffed giraffe – Biscuits – hugging the stuffed animal to her chest and crawling onto her bed.

"Do you want to get a shower, my love?" Loki asks Jade – keeping his voice soft.

Jade nods her head.

"I feel disgusting," she says through sobs – sitting up and looking at the two of you. Her face is expressionless – the exhaustion clearly taking over. A few seconds later, she gets up and walks to the bathroom – turning on the water and letting the room fill with steam while she lets her body relax in the warm water.

You sigh as you and Loki sit down on your daughter's bed – your lover holding Jade's beloved stuffed animal in his hands. You look from the toy to Loki's face, and you instantly notice the tears rolling down his cheeks. You wrap your arms around his neck and pull him to you.

"It's okay," you comfort him. "She's home...she's safe."

Loki nods and continues to stare at the stuffed animal. "I know," he acknowledges, "but to think a single second went by where she wasn't safe..."

"Is the worst feeling imaginable," you finish softly.

You finally see a smile grow on the god's face. "Do you remember when she got Biscuits?" he asks with a slight chuckle at the memory.

"I do," you say – kissing him on the cheek. "You got it for her the day after we brought her home. She was immediately attached to him – I don't think she's left him behind once."

Loki nods – his attention clearly somewhere else. "I knew she didn't run away," he whispers. "Because Biscuits was still on her bed. A part of me wishes she had run away..."

"Dad...," Jade's voice calls out from her door. "This wasn't your fault."

Jade winces a bit as she walks towards her bed. Her dark hair is wet and clean, and she's changed into a pair of comfortable pajamas. "It wasn't either of your faults." The exhausted fifteen-year-old climbs into her bed and pulls her cover up – prompting the two of you to get off. Loki hands Biscuits back to Jade, who immediately takes the stuffed animal and places it beside her.

"How are you so brave?" Loki asks your daughter – kneeling down to kiss her cheek.

Jade gives the two of you a small smile, and you take your turn to kiss her. "My parents taught me to be brave."

Thor brings the little ones back home once Jade is asleep, and they promise to be as quiet as they can. To your and Loki's relief, they keep their word and play quietly in their rooms. Mia, who had been napping when her uncle brought her home, wakes up after an hour. The little girl is hungry, so you pick her up from her crib and carry her to the bedroom where Loki is reading a book. He sees the two of you coming, and he sits up – allowing you to lean back against him while you feed Mia.

Loki kisses your head and rubs Mia's back while she feeds from your breast. He rests his left cheek on the top of your head, while his other hand rests against your thigh.

"It wasn't my fault," you whisper – almost to yourself, but Loki hears it.

You feel the vibrations in his chest from his hum. "What wasn't?"

"Valarie."

You can feel Loki's smile as he places a kiss on the back of your neck.

"Who's fault was it?" he asks – hoping you'll answer him honestly.

"No one's," you answer – nodding your head to get the words to stick to your own brain. "Valarie's death was no one's fault, and Evan is the one responsible for hurting Jade."

Loki kisses your shoulder and nods his head – almost like he's trying to convince himself he did nothing wrong by letting Jade go to school that day – repeating his own words to himself. "I...I'm beginning to believe that it doesn't really matter how we view ourselves about how good or bad we think we are at being parents...The most important thing, to me, is hearing our children say that we're the reason they know how to survive. I care about how they view us."

Mia finishes eating, and after changing her and putting her down for her afternoon nap, you walk back into the bedroom where Loki is still lounging. You close the door and make your way towards the bed – carefully climbing in and straddling Loki's lap. He grins at you with his perfect teeth and ocean-blue eyes while his hands hold both your hips. You lean down and kiss him – exploring each other's mouths for about a minute before breaking away. "I can't forgive myself, Loki," you quietly say – caressing his cheek with your hand. "I can't forgive myself because I did nothing wrong."

Loki copies your movement, but he instead holds either side of your face with both his hands – his eyes searching yours for some sort of giveaway of a lie, but he is unable to find one – the sincerity of your heart pure and true. Once he's certain that you're being honest with him, he gives you a big smile – pulling your lips back to his. "Just say when."

"When."

[thegirlfulloffandoms]

Ok keeping the boggie brainrot train rolling on down the hill:

Boggie and ~crimson~

-beau from the server lol

okay this was so fun to write! i hope you absolutely love it!

Reggie and the red suit

Reggie had been in the dressing room for ages, Luke, Alex and Bobby may as well be waiting for a hurricane in spring when it came to Reggie being ready for a gig in time.

'Bobby, why don't you check on him?' Luke glanced up from his pint of ice with a side of cola, nudging a drumming Alex who sat there zoned out on one of the customers on another table.

'he's probably fine Luke,im sure he'll be down soon' he reassured, mostly too nervous to go up in case he found himself falling in love for the 5th time that day with his best friend.

He had been crushing on Reggie since they started high school; the geeky kid with the star wars lunch box and the coordination of a baby giraffe at the best of times. Bobby was in awe of pretty much everything Reggie did, a smile would send him stumbling over his words without a moments notice.

'Bobby if you don't I will and I don't really plan on missing our biggest set of the year to deal with golden boy' Luke kicked him under the table,' fine! fine! I'll go!' Bobby put his hands up in defence, shaking his head in response, before standing up from the table and heading up the stairs behind the bar which lead up to their dressing room.

'Hey Reg are you-' he pushes the door open, beginning to speak suddenly losing his train of thought when he saw Reggie turn around to face him, wearing a crimson suit embroidered with little black butterflies around the bottom of the jacket, his dark hair framing his face in the dim-lit dressing room.

'Woah' Bobby audibly mutters, his mouth dry, his heart playing a mid-song rapid drum solo, he was sure his knees were stable before.

'something wrong Bobster?' he spoke concern in his eyes as he looks over at his best friend who currently looked like he had seen God himself appear before him.

'huh? oh OH yeah I'm fine? at least I think I am just you know fine old, good old Bobby Wilson' he stumbles out, his cheeks growing redder by the second not sure where to look other than directly at Reggie, the cause of his now flustered state.

Reggie walked over a smirk on lips, a chuckle ringing out once he's stood in front of him. 'guessing you like the suit then?'

'i urm it's really nice' Bobby stuttered out as he looked up at Reggie, quickly regretting his decision when he saw joy glowing in his eyes, and the way his lips curved so perfectly into his classic cheeky smirk, Bobby was falling hard for Reggie at that moment, cursing his expression for giving it away so willingly.

Reggie lifted his head with his finger, his expression a soft smile as he looked in Bobby's eyes, 'I'm glad you do, I was worried it was too much you know'

'Reggie' he says taking a breath to help compose himself,' it's perfect, really really perfect' he smiled reaching up a hand and placing it on his chest,silk-like material under his fingertips.

Reggie chuckled again,' and I thought I was the one in love'

Time seemed to stop, Bobby could feel himself taking Reggie's hands in his as if it was natural muscle memory. The phrase setting in both panic and relief into his brain about the feelings being very mutual.

'so did I until right now' he blushed, the two of them now inches away from each other.

'We should probably get downstairs before Luke starts complaining' Reggie smiled leaning in and kissing him on the cheek.

'Luke can take his complaints and shove them where the sun don't shine' Bobby muttered pulling Reggie in by his shirt collar and kissing him passionately.

Reggie peters- 1 win and a kiss

Bobby Wilson-0 and a potential boyfriend.

(feel free to leave an ask in my ask box if you loved this oneshot!)

[drawing-way-outside-the-lines]

Malou (’Mia Mayhem’) Jensen *Main character

Voice Claim:(Olivia Wilde) https://youtu.be/bV6cC-rUMCs?t=1m13s (Right click on links and open in new tab)

Partner(s): Dalton. Parents: None. Kids: None. Age: 37 (Year 2020) 26th of May. Height: 173cm Body type: Slim. Eye color: Light blue/gray Human: Immortal.

About: Caring, Individualistic, Generous, Passionate, Creative, Adventurous, Sarcastic, Charismatic, Clever, Compassionate, Sensitive, Freethinking, Friendly, Helpful, Sharing,  Humble, Self-critical, Understanding, Witty, Open-minded, Absentminded, Emotional, Brooding, Skeptical, Stubborn, Shy, Introvert, Observant, Anxious, Cautious, Genuine, Awkward and Clumsy. ~ Straight, but loves to watch gay porn. Is borderline Asexual when it comes to straight sex. ~ Has several tattoos on her body, mainly Geeky, representing some of the fandoms she’s in. ~ Her favorite tattoo is the unicorn she has on her left hand. ~ Colors her hair electric blue. ~ Is a writer/artist. ~ Currently learning to write song lyrics/sing/play guitar. ~ Lives with her roomie, Dalton. ~ Used to attend a design school where she would sew clothes all day, now she can’t stand sewing by machine, and only does things she can sew by hand. ~ HUGE cat lover. - Has 3 of her own, Oliver, BMO and Bunny. ~ Used to be very skinny and hated when people assumed she had an eating disorder, or called her names like giraffe or spider legs, when she actually had a very large appetite and always ate a lot. ~ Always smells like burned incense and wood. ~ Hates most artificial smells, loves earthy tones. ~ Loves to collect creepy stuff. ~ Atheist. ~ Has a pretty dark sense of humor. ~ Drinks almost nothing but tea. ~ Is probably made of tea? ~ Dislikes society. ~ Flannel/tartan addict. ~ Super power = anxiety. ~ Believes in unicorns and magic. ~ Strong-willed. ~ Stomps around in big boots. ~ Once kicked a taxi cause the driver was an ass. ~ Hates when people repeatedly sticks their nose in her business. ~ Orphan. ~ Pretty good cook. ~ Fills her bed with plushies to make up for the fact she hasn't shared her bed with anyone half a decade at least. ~ Lonely. ~ Melancholic. ~ Romantic at heart though she never fully admits it. ~ Cares too much for her own good. ~ 100/10 would do anything for the people she loves. ~ Is very honest, if you can’t handle the truth, don’t ask for it. ~ Was abused physically and mentally as a child, as result she sometimes suffers from anxiety, Depression and bad nerves. ~ Can be rather pessimistic. ~ Hates freezing. ~ Uncomfortable around people. ~ Loves her friends, her cats, Rock music, chillout music, pandas, unicorns, owls, wolves, ravens, deer, bears, foxes, Deadpool, watching movies, plushies, licorice, writing, being creative in any way, light chains, grungy stuff, neon lights, Christmas, Halloween, Halloween-type decor, Hello Kitty, 90′s stuff, spearmint, finding deeper meaning in stuff around her, stickers, Anti-Heroes, collecting penis decor, spooky stuff, anything made out of raw wood, flannel, daydreaming, weird/cute/extraordinary mugs, leather wristbands, gay porn, dancing to loud music, Rick & Morty, coloring books, cozy blankets, strange backpacks, gemstones/crystals, nature and scented candles. ~ Her style changes with her mood. One day she wears bright colorful stuff with rainbows and unicorns. Next day it’s black clothes with witchy/creepy symbols/prints or dirty jeans and oversized flannel shirts. ~ Can be pretty grumpy, but it’s usually nothing more than just that. Malou’s tag Malou’s house/home Malou’s moodboard Handwriting/ask answer pic:

One Gif to describe her:

One song to describe her:  Mumford & Sons - Hopeless Wanderer Personal playlist: 1. Incubus - Drive 2. D-A-D - Laugh 'n' A ½ 3. Godsmack - Serenity 4. Jack Johnson - All At Once 5. Damon Albarn – On Melancholy Hill (acoustic) 6. Tim Christensen - Whispering At The Top Of My Lungs 7. Linkin Park - Papercut 8. Nirvana - Plateau 9. Gorillaz - Tomorrow Comes Today 10. Serj Tankian - Left Of Center 11. Korn - Freak On a Leash 12. The White Stripes - Hardest Button To Button 13. Gorillaz - Aries ft. Peter Hook & Georgia 14. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop 15. Madrugada - Sirens 16. Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning 17. Gorillaz - Amarillo 18. Jewel - Absence Of Fear 19. Angels and Airwaves - Secret Crowds 20. Blur - Girls And Boys 21. Gorillaz - Saturnz Barz (Spirit House) 22. Cigarettes After Sex - Sweet  23. Jewel - Deep Water 24. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static 25. Damon Albarn - Lonely Press Play 26. D-A-D - Empty Heads 27. R.E.M. - Drive 28. Incubus - Promises, Promises 29. Chris Cornell - Billie Jean 30. Blur - Colin Zeal 31. Puscifer - Momma Sed 32. Heartless Bastards - Only For You 33. Gorillaz - El Mañana 34. Angels & Airwaves - Breathe 35. The Beatles - Come Together 36. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up 37. Gorillaz - Momentary Bliss ft. slowthai & Slaves 38. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me 39. Blur - Mirrorball 40. Incubus - Black Heart Inertia 41. Limp Bizkit feat. Method Man N 2 Gether Now 42. 2Pac - Changes ft. Talent 43. D-A-D - Bad Craziness 44. Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea 45. Blur - Ong Ong 46. Angels and Airwaves - Do It For Me Now 47. Right Said Fred - What A Day For A Daydream 48. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots 49. The Human League - I’m The Law 50. Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity 51. Linkin Park - A Place For My Head 52. Blink -182 - Down 53. 3 Doors Down - Duck And Run 54. Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket 55. Savage Garden - The Animal Song 56. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue 57. Incubus - Dig 58. Green Day - Basket Case 59. LP - Lost On You [Live Session] 60. D-A-D - Sleeping My Day Away 61. Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier 62. Beth Hart - Delicious Surprise 63. Extreme - Hole Hearted 64. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al 65. Jack Johnson - Breakdown 66. Damon Albarn - Photographs (You Are Taking Now) 67. Sticky Fingers - Cyclone (The Village Sessions) 68. Blur - Star Shaped 69. Serj Tankian - Empty Walls 70. The Dead South - Diamond Ring 71. The Kills - U.R.A Fever 72. Godsmack - I Stand Alone 73. Queen -  Bicycle Race 74. Alanis Morissette - Ironic 75. Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Hidden War 76. Nirvana - About A Girl 77. Damon Albarn - Mr Tembo 78. Savage Garden - To The Moon & Back 79. Alannah Myles - Black Velvet 80. Jewel - Down So Long 81. Tep No - Swear Like A Sailor 82. Youssou N'Dour - 7 Seconds ft. Neneh Cherry 83. Gorillaz - Broken 84. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road Trippin 85. Jewel - Good Day 86. Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road 87. Gorillaz - The Valley of The Pagans ft. Beck 88. Green Day - When I Come Around 89. Tim Christensen - Lay Down Your Arms 90. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood 91. The Pretty Reckless - Zombie 92. Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow 93. Blackfield - My Gift of Silence 94. Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Love Me a Little 95. Damon Albarn - Heavy Seas Of Love 96. The Paper Kites - Bloom 97. David Bowie - Heroes 98. The Beatles - Day Tripper 99. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. 100. Faithless - Mass Destruction 101. Limp Bizkit - My Generation (Uncensored) 102. Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite 103. Jennifer Brown - Alive 104. Of Monsters And Men - Sloom 105. Panic! At The Disco - New Perspective 106. Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff(Explicit) 107. Blur - Lonesome Street 108. Sort Sol - Holler High 109. Jacob Lee - Demons (Philosophical Sessions) 110. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 111. Nina Simone  Feeling Good 112. The Human League - Darkness 113. Gorillaz - Strange Timez ft. Robert Smith 114. Des'ree - I'm Kissing You 115. Meredith Brooks - What Would Happen 116. Dan Black - Symphonies ft. Kid Cudi 117. The Kills - No Wow 118. Gorillaz - Fire Flies 119. Guns N' Roses - Patience 120. Incubus - In The Company Of Wolves 121. The Dead Weather - Will There Be Enough Water 122. Hooverphonic - Mad About You (Live at Koningin Elisabethzaal 2012) 123. Blur - The Universal 124. Sort Sol - Let Your Fingers Do The Walking 125. Roy Orbison - In The Real World 126. Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night 127. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (Henri Pfr & Hësling Edit) (Cover By Victoria) 128. Hollow Coves - These Memories 129. Beth Hart - Favorite Things 130. Catching Flies - Quiet Nights Bonus: Yello - Oh Yeah Double Bonus: Meredith Brooks - Bitch Triple Bonus: Seal - Crazy Almost done I swear!: Wolf Larsen - If I Be Wrong Last but not least: Tim Christensen - Enjoy The Silence

[clarktooncrossing]

Giraffe's Eye View: Christmas Specials Special (2023) | From All Of Us to All Of You

Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost is nipping at your nose. Mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again. All the dogs in the neighborhood somehow learned to bark Jingle Bells in sync. Yet retail workers are still more annoyed with Mariah Carey. Snow is getting shoveled, tossed, and formed into sentient beings leading parades without permits. It makes for an excellent distraction as the Krampus abducts children for bad behavior. Fruitcake is exchanged only to find its permanent home in the garbage. Terrorists have hijacked the Holiday office party right before your boss can give you a Jelly of the Month Club membership as your bonus. And of course, the Turducken has returned to wreak its fiery vengeance upon an unsuspecting world! If all this doesn’t put you in the Christmas spirit, perhaps these following Holiday specials will!

Greetings people of today and robots of tomorrow! It is I, Santa Clark, your geeky giraffe friend with a deep love of Christmas! My obsession for the yuletide is rivaled only by Maleficent’s hatred for it, which is saying a lot considering she once teamed up with Mad Madam Mim to kidnap the literal Spirit of Christmas. Yes, that really happened. I know this due to my annual pilgrimage to the Island of Misfit Specials, home to obscure or nerdy festive media ranging from movies, TV episodes, and comics. It’s no easy journey. Constantly I find myself confronted by sinister snowmen, genocidal gingerbread men, and worst of all, crappy commercials. Getting stabbed in the foot by a candy-cane wielding cookie is one thing, but I swear I’ve seen that ad for Wilbur’s White Elephant Gift Emporium more times than I’ve seen Miracle on 34th Street! Sometimes at night I catch myself reciting that jingle. Wilbur’s White Elephant Gift Emporium: Where Christmas meets Convenience! Huh, maybe Maleficent had a point.

Nah, my deep-rooted appreciation for this time of year can weather even the most moronic marketing! It helps that most of the merry media I’ve seen have put me in the perfect Holiday mood! Examples include the time a Ninja Turtle found himself trapped in a truck full of stollen toys, a drunk department store Santa stumbling onto a wish-granting magic bag, Big Bird nearly becoming a popsicle, Gwenpool waking up in a world where Galactus took the place of jolly ol’ Saint Nicholas, a terrifying tree stump trying to slaughter some saps over a stupid ship war, and the year when Death gave the Little Match Girl the greatest gift of all. Needless to say, I thought I had seen it all. That is, until I took my friends on a trip to the Island, tasking them to find me new, strange, seasonal specials to review! Some of them were fair, finding me festive favorites as comforting as coco in front of the fireplace. Others were fiendish, wanting to feed off my misery like Gremlins after midnight. Regardless of how naughty or nice my companions were, I’ve compiled all of their suggestions into a makeshift advent calendar! So stay tuned everyday until Christmas to see how badly my buddies can shred what little sanity I have left.

On the thirteenth day of Christmas, my buddies gave to me...

Being a Disney fan today is hard. The parks have been ravaged, their films flop on arrival, their continued downplaying of animation is annoying, and don’t even get me started on how they handled this year’s Writer / Actor Strike. Not to say there’s no diamonds hidden in the rough every now and again, but for the most part the buzzards running the Mouse House believe in profits not pixie dust. Worse, they have forgotten the most crucial ingredient to any creative undertaking: risk. Go big or go home, make a splash or stay dry, spending money makes money. Perhaps no one knew this better than Walt Disney himself. The man mortgaged his home to finance Snow White, nearly drove his company to bankruptcy to build Disneyland, and embraced television when the rest of Hollywood cowered in fear of it. He understood that television could be a powerful marketing tool that could help his brand grow in the long haul. Ironic, innit? Uncle Walt became a beloved figure through the small screen, hosting the Disneyland series and making a brief appearance at the opening from From All Of Us to All Of You. Premiering in 1958, the seasonal special proved so popular that it airs along with a sampling of various shorts to this day in other countries. Including Sweden, home to the rambunctious robotroll SIM-N (Finjix), himself having fond memories of watching it with his family. Being a classic Disney fan myself, I was actually eager to see if the hype the malicious machine was peddling was valid.

A pity it’s not on Disney+! First the Star Wars Holiday special, then Snowed in at the House of Mouse, and now this!? You advertised everything would be on there, Bobby Boi. What gives!? Thankfully where you fail, the Internet succeeds! Let’s just say I found a copy well archived on a specific site. It also had One Hour in Wonderland, Walt’s original Holiday offering from 1950. Sadly it was nothing special, just the Magic Mirror from Snow White showing clips from several projects to Kathryn Beaumont, Bobby Driscoll, Edgar Burgen and his iconic puppet pals. Aside from Walt’s daughters Diane and Sharon making a brief cameo, this trip to Wonderland is only notable for how many times it promotes Coca Cola. Man, is anybody else thirsty for a Sunkist?

Let’s pop a cold one and we can check out From All Of Us together! 

Walt, now the same size as Tinkerbell, welcomes us to the program. He wishes everyone at home a Merry Christmas before  turning things over to the real musical Masters of Ceremony; Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards) and Mickey Mouse. Together on piano the cartoon celebrities sing a rousing rendition of The Little Drummer Boy mixed with Peace on Earth! Or rather Jiminy just shows off his collection of Christmas cards. Each card cues up a segment from a beloved animated feature that’ll already has or will be unnecessarily rebooted in live-action. Which features depend on the version you're watching, this recreation including Bambi, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, along with two additional short films, Toy Tinkerers and Santa’s Workshop. The former features famous foul Donald Duck (Clarence Nash) comically dueling against Chip and Dale in toy warfare, the latter showing Santa prepping at the Pole for his annual sleigh ride. It also features an unfortunate bit of blackface, something I hope is cut from reruns. At least they didn’t show an entire segment from Song of the South like One Hour did. Remember folks, Disney’s most controversial film was once endorsed by Coca-Cola!

Overall, From All Of Us is decent blend of Holiday warmth and Disney magic, a warm cup of cocoa laced with a pleasant amount of pixie dust. However, I feel like it’s unnecessary in this modern age. Call me crazy, but why watch this clip show when I’ve seen these movies in their entirety via VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, or streaming? For SIM-N, the answer is comforting nostalgia. While I might see it as regifted film scenes with barely any new material, SIM-N sees it as an excuse to get together with his family and watch the moments that made us realize magic was real. Knowing that makes this special a yuletide treasure in my book. Still, if you want some comforting Christmas capers centered around Mickey Mouse, I can do you one better. Or should I say three better?

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Japan, EXPLAIN THIS TO ME.

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Video of the Day: Steam Powered Giraffe's 'Shattered Stars'

Video of the Day: Steam Powered Giraffe’s ‘Shattered Stars’

The new single from Steam Powered Giraffe (one of geekdom’s favorite bands in the whole world, steampunk genre or otherwise) is out, and it’s called Shattered Stars.

Featuring lead vocals by Zer0 (Bryan Barbarin) that can only be described as a rich, velvety gravel, the tune is a geeky, evervescent song of love and hope. Band originals Rabbit and The Spine (Isabella Bunny Bennet and David…

[rainofaugustsith]

I was tagged by @cyrraluu! Thank you so much! ^_^ Rules: tag 20 followers you’d like to get to know and wrangle them into answering the questions below. (If you’re up for it) Nickname: Here, it’s Rain. Offline, oddly enough, I usually don’t have nicknames with most people.  Gender: Female. Astrological Sign: Scorpio Sexuality: Bisexual, although I’m about 99% sapphic. Demisexual. Mostly aromantic.  Hogwarts House: I usually test out as either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, but prefer the former.  Favorite Animals: Cats (housecats or big cats!), specifically cheetahs, lions and tigers. Bats. Spiders. Giraffes.  Number of blankets: A lot. At least two or three at all times, even in the middle of summer.  Where I’m From: Going to refrain from answering this one. :) Dream Trip: Egypt, Rome (I’ve been there but would not turn down a repeat visit), Tahiti. When I started this account: I think July 2017? Or September 2017? I don’t know now.  Why I started this account: I really wanted to have a place to get to know other wlw SWTOR fans and talk about SWTOR and other geeky stuff Tagging: You! 

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LALISA MANOBAN | CISFEMALE | SHE/HER | ASEXUAL - GAMON CHAROENSUK is a TWENTY-ONE year old SECURITY GUARD AT SEATTLE RIDGE ARTIFACT / LAW STUDENT that moved into apartment G5 a good NINE MONTHS ago. the CAPRICORN has been in town for ELEVEN YEARS overall and is well known around seattle ridge for being SELF-AWARE and CREATIVE, but has a reputation of being ANTISOCIAL and ECCENTRIC. guess that’s why they call them the THE BUFFOON around these parts!

it’s a me passing by with a small 5am rework (but mostly just a new fc) ! a lot of what’s below is copied and pasted, but there are a few nerfs, buffs and details added that’ll make her a bit different overall;;

—  p  a  s  t;

she was born at dawn in bangkok on january 2nd

she’s an only child to anchara, an aircraft pilot, and niran, a university professor since eleven years ago

she was an average child until she discovered her dad’s piano in the family house’s basement on a stormy night. she was trash at first. whatever it was that she tried to play there woke her parents up, but as she practiced for hours every day and learnt fast, she started to develop a skill that’d eventually make them proud

she was a complete derp as a child and walked around the classroom with short, messy einstein hair and refused to wear anything but superhero t-shirts and oversized hoodies with either, atoms or cringey geeky quotes on them. she wasn’t popular material behavior-wise, but she was surprisingly well liked due to her strange nature. she got away with saying and doing things no one else would, just because she was gamon. kids loved teasing her and watching her reactions, all in a friendly manner, just because she was so unskilled socially and did the unexpected without fail. she spent most of her time locked in and playing her instrument, but she acknowledged her communication flaws and tried to do baby steps whenever she was around people

when she wasn’t playing, she was switching between various material arts. that led her to be more fit than she should be. she even won a competition once and brought home a medal

after a few years of a stable life, her dad ended up reaching his two dreams both at once; moving to america and finally becoming a professor. the whole family moved to seattle ridge when gamon was ten

she was apathetic towards the change. it was unfortunate she never picked up english, but at least she had more time to think up melodies during lunch breaks

she started picking up graphic design, digital art and chess. chess had quickly become one of her main hobbies. at this point, she took a boxing class at noon once a week and drifted away from material arts completely

soon, with her inability to get good at the language, she shifted all of her focus towards her hobbies and her usually good grades started to drop rapidly for the next two years. she was having a hard time and was giving up on learning something so difficult and uninteresting to her. but, she figured she couldn’t take the risk of relying solely on her piano skills and found her admiration for lawyers. she decided to play it safe and try to become just that, for now, to gain motivation for school again

—  p  r  e  s  e  n  t;

she stays up late and runs on 2 hours of sleep, all of that time spent switching between trolling forums, studying, playing, and trips to the fridge

she has an opinion on everything

she drinks milk from the bottle and gets down ten cups of coffee a day

she speaks insanely fast, but not a lot

her fashion taste’s still the same, except she’s switched to metal dad hoodies

she’s really observant, focused, and in the present moment

she’s still socially awkward. all she can do is be sarcastic, even in the most inappropriate of situations, and wouldn’t know how to react to anything if that was taken from her

triple the sarcasm, she really responds to everything with it without a care about coming off as rude. being considerate hurts her brain 

buT, she’s a soft soul despite and cries everytime she’s playing, writing a song, or listening to a touching one. she pours everything she’s keeping down into music

she lives near her parents and skypes them every other day

she can’t hug

she has a sphynx kitten called hamburger that she bought a week ago

she’s pretty edgy and wants to get her back tattooed one day. she’s only got the back of her arm thus far, and it’s a small dragon. she just thinks it’s neat

she loves ninjas, superheroes and lara croft

she’s made a thousand huge steps towards improving her language and has vocabulary close to a SAT level, but she can properly pronounce about a quarter of them and still carries a heavy accent

she’s a gAmEr

—  f  a  v  o  r  i  t  e    t  h  i  n  g  s;

flowers

baby blue

giraffes

ballads

noodles

swimming

--- i’ll be adding more as i go, but click here for a few wcs !! 

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Science Facts For Kids That They Didn’t Know

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The natural curiosity of our children makes them sponges for information. Enjoy some science-related entertainment with them! Check out these unique science facts for youngsters, which cover anything from strange bug phenomena to fascinating space knowledge to intriguing features of the human body.. Your lunchbox notes have just become geeky!

Did you know that your heart beats 3,600 times in an hour.

The number of cells in the human body is around 100 trillion.

Carbon dioxide is exhaled and oxygen is inhaled by humans. Carbon dioxide is absorbed by plants, who then turn it into oxygen.

Baby teeth and adult teeth are present throughout a person’s lifetime in almost all mammals, including humans. However, reptiles can have a lot more sets—a crocodile, for example, can have 50 sets of teeth and then develop 3,000 new ones!

The temperature of the Earth’s inner core is 10,832 degrees Fahrenheit, while that of its outer core is just 6,872 degrees.

The length of 3.35 lightsabers is ten feet. A stack of 16 “Harry Potter” volumes, a tower made of 318 Lego bricks, and a giraffe with a 6-foot neck can all fit inside of it.

The weight of 1,600 human eyeballs, 5,465 balloons used for celebrations, and 412,375 bees are all 100 pounds. Do you wish to learn more? You’ll have a tonne of fun with the weird units converter from the Omni Calculator Project. You can type in different weights, heights, and distances to get the equal of random things.

In 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard of Apollo 14 played golf on the moon! He travelled with a golf club, two golf balls, and other accessories. The club is currently on exhibit in the Liberty Corner, New Jersey location of the USGA Golf Museum and Library. Still on the moon are the two golf balls.

The element phosphorus is present in several minerals and rocks in addition to the faeces of birds and bats. And it has a garlicky odour.

As a distinctive bottom feeder, the tripod fish (Bathypterois grallator) consumes food from the lower layers of its habitat, or the ocean floor. The pelvis and tail fins of the tripod fish have rigid rays that serve as stilts. It positions itself on the stilts so that it is facing the stream, opens its mouth wide, and consumes all that is in its path!

The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules), according to scientists, is capable of lifting up to 850 times its own weight. A Hercules beetle can theoretically lift 255 pounds because it typically weighs between.28 and 0.30 pounds.

When a tomato plant is attacked by a caterpillar, the tomato plant starts to create methyl jasmonate, which really is poisonous to caterpillars.

The Malapteruridae family of electric catfish contains an organ that generates an electric protective shield that will zap any approaching predator. The shock is sufficient to kill smaller prey and discourage predators.

More than 20% of the freshwater on the planet’s surface is contained in the Great Lakes (almost 5,400 cubic miles of water).

Approximately 22,352 steps equal a distance of ten miles. Additionally, it is the same length as 24,759 baguettes (delicious!) and 8,794 elephant trunks laid end to end.

One tonne of carbon dioxide, or the weight of two large pianos or a sizable walrus, can be stored by a tree that is 40 years old.

A female sunfish (Mola Mola) has the capacity to produce up to 300 million eggs in her lifetime.

Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), a blooming plant, can reach a height of 12 feet. It only blooms once every four to five years, but when it does, the bloom smells like rotten meat (no wonder why it’s nicknamed as the corpse flower).

The majority of scientists concur that humans and dogs have been comrades in hunting for over 14,000 years.

The resurrection fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides), which can be entirely dried out for up to 100 years, can seemingly come back to life when moistened. (Anyone for a zombie fern?)

On Pluto, six million hours would be comparable to 2.76 years.

The largest bat on Earth, the huge flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus), with a wing span of up to five feet. But don’t panic, these large fruit bats prefer to sip flower nectar and consume fruits rather than blood.

The hollowed-out teeth of a rattlesnake are what deliver the poison to its prey.

The world’s softest mineral, talc, can break apart in your hands. The hardest mineral is diamond.

Scientists need a drill to pierce the exoskeleton of the ironclad beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani) even after it has died since the exoskeleton is so hard that predators cannot even bite through it.

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Biscuits

Summary: Jade's most prized possession goes missing.

Character(s): Loki, Jade, & Reader

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“Mom! Dad!” The sound of Jade’s frantic voice pulled you and Loki out of the relaxing state the two of you were in - her footsteps coming closer by the second. “Mom! Dad!”

Hearing the panic in her voice, you and Loki shot up from the sofa and met Jade as she walked into the living room.

“Jade, sweetheart, what’s wrong?” you asked with worry.

Your eldest daughter was crying, her breath was short and choppy, and you could see the panic attack building within her. “Come sit, darling.”

You guided Jade to the sofa, and she sat down - gasping for air and holding her chest.

“He’s gone!” the sixteen-year-old cried. “He’s just…he’s gone!”

“Jade, who’s gone?” you asked in a calm voice - doing what you could to help her come back down. “Look at me, sweetie. Deep breaths, okay? In...and out.”

“Biscuits!” she cried. “I wa-wa-was cleaning my ro-room, and he’s j-just not there.”

“Oh, sweetie,” you softly spoke - your heart breaking for your daughter. “Come here.” You wrapped your arms around your eldest daughter, and you rubbed her back softly - talking softly in her ear and trying to get her through the panic attack. “We’ll find him, okay, Jade?”

Jade tearfully nodded her head as she squeezed her arms around you. Biscuits, Jade’s most prized possession, and the item with the most sentimental value, had gone missing. The stuffed giraffe that Loki gave her the day after she was born never left Jade’s bed. Even at sixteen-years-old, she was unable to sleep without the small toy in her arms. Due to having a preservation spell on it by Loki, Biscuits always looked brand new, but the memories that the giraffe held were numerous.

“Loki, can you -,” you started to ask your husband, but when you turned around, he was gone. Knowing that Jade needed you, you opted to stay with her until she calmed down.

Jade felt her body grow cold, and you could hear her teeth clattering in your ear as you kept your arms wrapped tightly around her - rocking her back and forth slowly. You tried to hide your tears, but you were unsuccessful. Knowing how much Biscuits meant to Jade, your heart ached for her. Biscuits was sitting on the sofa in the first house you and Loki had when Jade took her first steps. When Jade was learning how to eat with a spoon, you and Loki “fed” Biscuits to show her what it was. Biscuits was the one that told you and Loki that Jade hadn’t run away those months ago. There was never a night in her sixteen years of life that went by where she didn’t have the stuffed giraffe in her arms. “I’m going to go look for him, okay?”

Jade nodded - still trying to catch her breath and calm herself down.

“Please, find him,” your eldest daughter pleaded - pulling a pillow from the sofa tight against her body as she lay down on her side.

You scoured the giant home. You had looked in every room there was, but you realized that you hadn’t seen Loki since earlier in the living room before he disappeared. You headed towards the last room you had to check and the only one that Loki would be in - Loki’s library.

“Loki?” you called out to your husband - slowly opening the large, dark, wooden door and walking inside - closing it shut behind you. He didn’t answer, so you began to walk around the large room, and finally, you saw him sitting on the black, leather sofa with the fireplace lit - his back towards you. He was still, bent over and looking towards the floor. You quickly made your way to him and placed your hand on his shoulder.

“Loki? What’s -,”

You were cut off when you saw what he was holding in his hands.

“It was just a prank,” your husband tearfully looked up at you.

The God of Mischief was holding the stuffed giraffe in his hands - tears rolling down his cheeks at the thought of the pain he had just caused his daughter.

“Loki!” you scolded him loudly - causing him to flinch. “Are you serious?! So, what? Are you just going to let our daughter spiral into a panic attack?! What the fuck is your problem?!”

Loki shook his head and screwed his eyes shut. “It was just a prank,” he repeated - no words able to justify his actions. “I...I didn’t mean to…”

“Yeah, but ‘cha did,” you tsked - snatching Biscuits out of his hands. “Now, I’m going to go give our daughter back the thing you stole.”

Loki quickly stood up from the sofa and grabbed your upper arm - stopping you in your tracks.

“Please....let me do it,” he pleaded - his blue eyes still glistening with tears.

Scowling at him and giving him Biscuits back, you turned and walked away - slamming the library door shut behind you. You went back to Jade, who was still trying to calm down from her panic attack; however, Frigga had come across the scene and sat down with her granddaughter.

“Your father’s coming,” you said - disgust in your voice as you sat down on the opposite side of Jade.

As if on queue, Loki slinked into the large living room - causing Frigga to turn and look at her son with confusion. You refused to turn around - sitting with your arms crossed over your chest and your leg crossed over the other - the foot on the floor shaking non stop as you bit your lip to try to keep your anger at bay.

“Hey...my love,” Loki called out softly to Jade. Your daughter looked at her father as he walked around the front of the sofa. He had his hands behind his back, and when he brought them around front, he conjured Biscuits in them.

Jade let out a cry, and she felt a wave of relief wash over her.

“Thank you, daddy!” she excitedly squealed as she clutched the toy to her chest. “Oh my God! Where did you find him?!”

“Yeah, Loki,” you scoffed. “Where did you find him?”

Jade and Frigga looked at Loki who was now standing with his hands in his front pockets and his eyes averted to the floor. When he looked up at his daughter, tears were falling from his eyes.

“Jade, I’m...I’m the one who took him,” he confessed - hearing Jade’s heart break immediately. “My love, I’m so so sorry…” Jade shook her head and backed away from her father - tears rolling down her cheeks once more at his admission. “Please, Jade, please listen to me...please. It was - It was just a prank.”

Jade scoffed and slammed Biscuits against her dad’s chest. “I hate you.”

Instead of staying behind, Loki ran after Jade as she sprinted to her bedroom - slamming and locking the door just as Loki reached it.

“Jade...please open the door,” Loki begged. He could hear his eldest daughter crying through the door, and he hated himself more than ever before at that moment. “Sweetheart...please...just let me…”

Jade swung the door open. “Why?” she asked - she wasn’t angry anymore, she was furious. “Why did you do this?”

Loki shrugged in defeat - looking at the giraffe in his hands. “I don’t...I don’t know, Jade,” he admitted. “I thought...I was just trying to mess with you.”

“Mess with me?” she scoffed. “So you take the one thing you know holds the most sentiment to me? You mess with me by making me think that the first thing you ever gave me was gone? Sending me into a full-blown panic attack? Making me feel like I was dying? That’s not messing with someone, Loki, that’s not mischief and pranks...that’s cruelty.”

“You’re right,” Loki tearfully nodded. “What can I do to get you to forgive me?”

Jade shrugged and crossed her arms - glaring at the stuffed giraffe in her father’s hands. “I don’t know,” she mumbled under her breath - wanting to forgive her father and move on from the horrible prank. “Do you regret it?”

“More than you know, my love,” Loki swore to his daughter - his eyes filled with hope that she’d forgive him. “I promise you...I will never do such a thing again. It...seeing you in that much pain...pain that I caused...I’ve never felt that horrible of a father before, and I am so incredibly sorry for hurting you like I did.”

Jade pondered for a moment - wanting to hug her dad and move on - having been through enough to understand how it causes more pain and heartache to hold on to such anger towards the ones she loves. Jade uncrossed her arms, and Loki looked down when he felt her hands on his - her fingers stroking the giraffe’s soft fur. Loki let go and let Jade take the toy from his hands. For a second, she looked at Biscuits and finally smiled - quickly throwing her arms around her dad and hugging him tightly.

“I forgive you, daddy,” she cried into his shirt.

Loki breathed a sigh of relief - closing his eyes and taking in the feeling of Jade’s arms tightly hugging him. “I love you,” her muffled voice said against his hair.

“Oh,” Loki sighed - hugging Jade tightly around her waist. “I love you too.”

[onealtr]

Daycare Chronicles: Giraffe my Favorite!

Lucas: “My name is Lucas and this is my giraffe. I put glue on the paper and I rolled it on the toilet paper roll. Then I put dots on it and I helped my mommy cut the legs. And I made a face and we put it on the giraffe.”

After school The Child said “I want to make a mama Giraffe, a bigger giraffe”

Guest post written by The Geeky Cat Lady

Guest post today because Trooper Daddy had to…

[whisperingphantasm]

Thanks for the tag, Odd! :D

Tagging @polaroid15 because they’re the only other person I know on here lol

Name/nickname: Jaz

Gender: cis fem

Star sign: Pisces

Height: 5’3

Time: 5:53pm (6:18 when I finished lol)

Birthday: February 26

Favourite bands: The Amazing Devil, The Altogether, Charming Disaster

Favourite solo artists: Panic! At The Disco and Owl City (I think they both count)

Song stuck in my head: I’m listening to music atm so nothing. The last song stuck in my head was (for some reason) God Help The Outcasts from The Hunchback of Notre Dame while I was at work yesterday.

Last Movie: The Green Knight

Last show: Taskmaster

When did I make this blog: I don’t remember. I only started using it regularly last year, though.

What I post: There is no theme. Will you get literature? Geeky stuff? A niche podcast reference? Vore? Who knows, not me.

Last thing I googled: good mousse for curly hair

Other blogs: None. I had one back in high school but I haven’t been on it since 2015.

Do I get asks: Nah

Why I chose my url: I thought it sounded cool

Following: 65

Followers: 30

Average hours of sleep: Not enough, I’ll tell you that. My sleep schedule is absolutely whack.

Lucky number: 26 (my birthday)

Instruments: I can play Toss a Coin to Your Witcher on the ukulele, and that’s it.

What I’m wearing right now: ua hovr running shoes, alumni socks from the university I graduated from in the spring, Hogwarts leggings, a blue shirt, a Deathly Hallows necklace, a moon phases fringe duster from Hot Topic, blue dangly earrings, sparkly nail polish, my Fitbit, and makeup which includes lipstick from Sephora (their lipstories collection is amazing, y’all)

Dream trip: I’m not really one for wanderlust, but I’d love to go back to Scotland one day. It was lovely.

Favourite food: tacos/taco salad

Nationality: Canadian

Favourite song: Honeybee by Steam Powered Giraffe

Last book read: the last one I finished was Howl’s Moving Castle (so good!!) and I’m currently making my way through The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton (which is also fantastic). I would highly recommend both.

Top three fictional universes: Middle Earth, Narnia, and the wizarding world in Harry Potter.

Favourite colour: Cerulean, but I’ve lately also been very into mustard yellow.

Tagged by @heymynameismolly-jk thanks!

Rules: answer 30 questions and tag 20 blogs who you’re contractually obligated to know better

Tagging (if you want) @iveneverbeenmorestressedinmylife @lbigreyhound13 @superherotiger @ratabethchase @whisperingphantasm @the-slythering-raven @jelly-pies @making-merry

Name/nickname: Odd

Gender: cis fem

Star sign: Aquarius

Height: I look taller than I am, but I’m actually kinda short

Time: 4:49pm

Birthday: February 4th

Favorite bands: BTS, Dreamcatcher, Carla’s Dreams, Bear’s Den, Vargas & Lagola (there’s obviously more than one of them in the last one so I’m calling it a band)

Favorite solo artists: Avicii, Owl City (solo I think)

Song stuck in my head: “Because” by Dreamcatcher

Last movie: Black Widow? I think?

Last show: The Mysterious Benedict Society

When did I make this blog: March 2020

What I post: Whatever I feel like, I guess

Last thing I googled: Whether Linoy Ashram got into any finals (of course she did)

Other blogs: I could share but I’m shy today

Do I get asks: Sometimes, from the friends

Why I chose my url: Visibly doing things online seemed like an odd idea. Also, my ideas are often odd, so it works for that, too.

Following: 124

Followers: 201

Average hours of sleep: like 6

Lucky number: 5 is my favorite

Instruments: I play piano sometimes

What I’m wearing right now: jeans, beige shirt with sparkles and a dragonfly, a kind of large silver-looking necklace in a weird shape from a video game

Dream trip: New Zealand, in general

Favorite food: anything with potatoes

Nationality: American

Favorite song: today it’s “I’m Fine” by bts

Last book read: Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi (or something like that) It’s a kids math picture book.

Top three fictional universes: Middle Earth, Narnia, I’m gonna say the mcu but I’m not sure if it counts

Favorite color: teal