#holidy

[dk-thrive]

Is any vacation worth the anxiety that precedes it? When did travel become such a torment?

Once we arrived at the airport, the disembarking process was as cumbersome as the boarding and equally demeaning. Unfortunately, the special requirements dictated by my new condition only accentuated its indignity. At Heathrow I was jolted into the real world. After six weeks in the hospital and rehab, the frenzied terminal was an assault on my nerves. It was a snake pit of manic confusion. Faces strained and contorted. Couples arguing. Kids being screamed at. Is any vacation worth the anxiety that precedes it? When did travel become such a torment? When I was a boy, leaving from Waterloo train station to go on holiday with my parents had been the happiest—and calmest—day of the year. No passports. No airport security. No body searches. We simply bought a ticket and breezed onto the platform. The joys of unhurried travel.

— Keith McNally, I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir (Gallery Books, May 6, 2025)

[skywing206]

Happy holidays

[th4n0s-wrld]

Jae

Jae it’s international women’s day. Say happy international women’s day to me RIGHT NOW /SILLY

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY HUZZAAAAHHHHH‼️‼️🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥

[bepomepo33]

MERRY CHRISTLMAS!!!

And happy holidays to you who celebrate others!!!

[artful-browniebites]

Gyftrot!Dess believers rise up!

[foursidecity]

Wait aghh calendertown updates on halloween that's so funny I wish I planned ahead for that dang...

[watch-out-it-bites]

Eek.. only little doodle for today. I kept trying to make it, but this was the best I could get it I like this drawing anyway...,, :-)

also this which I don't really like so I'm shoving it under The Cut... it's not bad or anything, just crhrimas

[yagirlyubnub]

I LOVE APPLE CIDER‼️‼️

I LOVE PUMPKIN PIE‼️‼️‼️

INLOVE THE FACT THAT THEY BOTH WORK FOR FALL AND WINTER‼️‼️‼️

[polygamousfistingchaos]

Discord crashing out, day and life ruined

[eurrdyce]

cant believe its christmas already😭😭hello??

[hawkesoutdoor]

Looking for something special with a #holiday #gift ? Bring them by Hawkes Outdoors, and let them try before you buy. 16135 College Oak, San Antonio, TX 78249. 210-251-2882

[kurokmask]

work is slow after the holidys so ive spent my shifts coming up w a thee terror coffee shop au LMFAOOOOO these here are the uniforms!

general au information under the cut: (keep in mind this is 80% a joke)

takes place in northern Canada, modern day

bougie, expensive ass coffee. very tacky nautical theming. better than starbucks, but not worth 7.50 CAD for a medium black coffee

customer base is mostly pretentious white ppl that dont mind spending money on overpriced shit. many regulars formed personal relationships with Franklin when he first opened the cafe

FRANKLIN: store owner. created Terrebus Coffee after leaving the navy in 2008. DIES. turns out the cafe was in extreme debt and was barely making a profit the entire time it was open, and was in the red by the time he died. hid how bad everything was from the staff (crozier and fitzjames knew some stuff, but not everything)

CROZIER: 51. store manager who was (shockingly) promoted to store owner in Franklin's death. uncovers the true state of the cafe. been in coffee since the 90's. has worked at terrebus for 7 years. (sophy got him the job!) stressedddd. whiskey in his (3 sugar) black coffee. trans man who transitioned after leaving the navy in in 2001. lets his employees yell at rude customers.

FITZJAMES: 35. family friend of the Franklins. in marketing. token cafe transfem who's keeping the fckin shit locked DOWNNN (started transitioning 2 years earlier). was hired as a co-store manager without Crozier's knowledge, despite having limited experience actually managing a real cafe. you can image how he reacted.

HICKEY: barista. takes smoke breaks every 30 minutes. always has to do drains/floors. ends up getting loudly fired by Crozier in front of everyone and spends the rest of his time trying to bring the business down. totally sets up a rival coffee van in the parking lot that's just him and a keurig

SILNA: goes there bc she doesn't know anyone there, and she can get her work done. most the time she brings her own food and uses their hot water to brew her own tea bc shes not paying all that money. she ends up befriending goodsir and crozier who give her free stuff all the time.

TOZER AND GIBSON: Hickey's inner polycule feeding him insider information/executing his plans of sabotage

SOPHIA: Crozier's ex girlfriend that he's still whipped for. they dated on n off in the 2010's, before she broke up w him for good in 2018. they just went different places in their careers. as said before, got him the job w franklin as her last favor to him. currently working her 2nd PHD. moves back to deal with Franklin's death; Crozier tries to start things back up with her. he wants her to wait for him to leave, he'll do it this time, he swears-- "i don't wait for anyone, anymore, francis."

SHIFT LEADS: Little, Jirving, Hodge, Gore (quits early on), Dundy, Blanky (immediately promoted by Crozier), Jopson (promoted by Crozier, later)

BARISTAS: Hickey (eventually fired), Gibson, Collins, Tozer, Goodsir, Peglar, Hartnell, your favorite white boy i didn't mention but don't worry he's definitely here

REGULARS: Silna, Bridgens, Stanley (always orders an extra dry cappuccino and complains every single time that its not dry enough even though its already 90% foam and its a fucknig rush and he INSISTS on it being remade sorry maybe im projecting) other white boys you want there

ASSORTED PLOT DETAILS:

show "deaths" are now firings/quitting/injuries/ect.

before franklin died, he and crozier got in a huge fight, where crozier threatened to quit. (he did this often, but this time franklin sounded serious about holding him to that.) fitzjames, dundy, hickey, and jopson overheard.

fitzjames got the job after getting let go (gasp) from a cushy marketing job and needed something to fill space while she looked for a second job... how's that going, jamie?

the cafe grew a reputation as being hostile/unfriendly after franklin's death bc crozier was not afraid to yell at customers/kick people out for being rude. turned off amny previous regulars. this infuriates fitzjames "you're ruining our reputation!" "i don't care about the opinions of people who'd pay 7.50 for dishwater."

when crozier goes on leave for treatment, fitzjames becomes store manager

bottle episode where the closing crew get snowed in overnight. hickey is there and he has a knife

franklin never knew crozier was trans. he had known fitzjames for many years before she transitioned and in typical boomer fashion misgendered her frequently bc he's known her "so long". bc she didn't want to upset him she'd stopped correcting him. this bothered crozier a lot

peglar and bridgens have a 2015 tumblr barista/customer slowburn romance in the background as the cafe falls apart

tuunbaq is silna's giant white husky, ofc

goodsir discovers their coffee distributor is the cheapest on the market and has had several lawsuits about contamination problems and probably has lots of carcinogens. he brings this up w crozier who tells him if they were to switch distributors he would be forced to layoff staff, and since no one has complained he wasn't going to do anything abt it. lol.

this is the terror so this story is a tragedy. the store is not saved. hickey probably burns it down. crozier repatriates the money left to the local community n spends the rest of his life doing community service or something

ok thanks for reading this wall of text. im crazy. ask me questions pls

[missmaymaple]

ONE SCENE FROM EVERY EPISODE OF POKEMON

Christmas special: Holidy Hi-Jynx

[tellmegoodbye]

Things I'd sell my soul to have in s5

(now that we're in September and s5 is truly upon us)

TK doing an impromptu rescue while off duty (similar to in 1x10 or 3x08)

Tarlos working as a team to solve a case or rescue someone. Bonus points if TK is in danger!

5x05 spicy scene: I need angsty reunion sex with LOTS of tears

New terms of endearment including at least one in another language. Other than that I would kill to hear either of them say "my love"

Flashbacks of Carlos' past, maybe even a full begins episode dedicated to him*

Carlos collapsing in TK's arms and breaking down after he finds Gabriel's killer

Gabriel's killer having something to do with Carlos' past (I have a little more in depth spec on this if anyone is interested 👀)

A heart to heart between Carlos and Andrea including all of the conversations he wasn't able to have with his dad

A dash of the holidys. Not necessarily an entire dedicated episode, just sprinkle them in somewhere

Nancy backstory

Owen and Andrea shenanigans and hijinks

And last but not least...

Carlos is falling into his obsession again? Give me the angst. Give me a scene that breaks my heart. Give me something akin to 2x12 and 3x03, but with even more emotional tension. Let them scream at each other. Let them cry. Let them feel helpless and lost......and THEN make it all better. But I need them to go through it first. I apologize for nothing.

* I use the term "begins" loosely. To me, it's just a general term for learning more about a character. Lone Star has experimented with different styles of utilizing flashbacks that don't mimic OG and I really like that!

Feel free to add on!!

[chongoblog]

Why the fuck is Ebenezer Scrooge in your inbox

Holidy theming I guess

[glass-arches]

hey Guys happy octobe💜its almost holidy (halowene)