#my friends guess starkid characters

[youofsomesong]

Friends Describing Starkid Characters (part 6)

thats a richie if ive ever seen one (nah that was his old roommates character)

gollum and voldemort (wrong names but at least one of those fandoms is right)

thats spongebob, of course (askdfjh just from this i know the rest of this is gonna be great)

thats an overworked (but sassy) barista (she is!!! and i love her so much)

crissandra

thats a buck

wilma flintstone and betty rubble

“thats a rob or something” (he sent his girlfriends response who has seen part of this musical so idk why she was wrong) (im also gonna send these to her, she should not be answering on his)

sebastian (maybe i was still reeling at his gf not knowing paul after watching part of tgwdlm but i burst out laughing at this)

white ru paul

zoltar (i was prepared for jafar again, i like that it wasnt jafar)

ludo

mrs. princess

satan and his girlfriend, satan (at this point his gf texts me telling me i brought this upon myself and i know, i wanted funny)

fredonia baggins

i meant frodo, but that works

greaser johnny (honestly...from lore from nmt, he does work on cars if he follows his dads footsteps so...)

thats the same guy (FINALLY!!! EVERYONE ASSUMED THEY WERE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS!

thats andy warhol with contacts

thats a nameless background character from a local theatre adaptation of the film “animal house” (asjdhfjksah he had a name dude. we have a cult for him. i have a cameo from him)

thats peter parker if he never became spider-man (whats with my friends this time and thinking this is either spider-man or a spider-man actor adfkjhas)

bames jond

NPMD SPOILERS AFTER THIS POINT!! LOOK AT YOUR OWN RISK!

michael jacksons character in the “thriller” music video

adam and eve (hes close enough for someone who hasnt seem it)

you drew a picture of her (i did :) its on my instagram (youofsomesong) and my art account on twitter (dontdosadnes))

she looks like that girl from the movie “clueless”

but with more of a 2014 thing going on

ernie

millennial peter pan

neon joe (this dude should be asleep so hes loosing it rn)

akihabara

pokemon gym leader

sportacus

he looks like an evan

[showtoonzfan]

Anyways I want to talk about Nerdy Prudes Must Die real quick, Starkid’s recent Hatchetfeild musical. I love the show, it’s amazing in so many ways, I can’t say much about it that others haven’t already said so I won’t be really vocal about how good it is, at least yet. That’s why I really want to share just a few criticisms or nitpicks I have, cause I don’t see a lot of people talk about that and I’ve personally been itching to get these out lol. Keep in mind I love the musical to death and I just want to see if other fans have the same opinions I do or not, if you disagree that’s fine! Spoilers for the musical!

- My biggest complaint is that I feel like Stephanie doesn’t get enough screen time. Not that she’s not developed or fleshed out, but after rewatching NPMD a million times you’ll know that the two main characters that get the most screen time are Grace and Pete. (Especially Grace cause she steals the show, not in a bad way tho). However, Steph is supposed to be a main character but to me she kinda feels like a side character pushed to the back. I’d say this starts when the kids plan to prank Max, and moving forward she eventually goes from someone being at the front to a follower until the near end where they have to summon the lords in black. I will say of course it does make sense, for a cast like this you have to move main characters to the back to leave room to develop others, that’s fine, but I still can’t help but feel that Steph lacked more.

I think of all characters she should have gotten her own song too, I was disappointed to hear that she actually DID have one and even a reprise until it was cut. Jeff had said it was about her being a popular kid and how she struggles with that, and I think it would have been really interesting to see, it would have added more. Though of course cut songs are cut for a reason, Jeff had said it didn’t fit or add anything but it’s still something I wish we had.

- Some fans have already said this, but it is distracting how glossed over the deaths of the characters are, mainly Ruth and Richie. Max’s death makes sense here, because he was a jerk and the theme of how the town and the kids didn’t care for him when he died and glossed over his death was done on purpose, but for Ruth and Richie…the characters they were actually friends with didn’t seem to care. For starters after Richie dies no one notices he’s gone, and when the gang do find out he dies, nothing really comes of it other than a “wait Richies dead?” Then the characters just move on, Ruth dies and the same thing happens to her, only a “wait she’s dead?” line and that’s it. Pete was the closest to these two and we don’t even get to see him mourn, or a simple line indicating that. I don’t blame the characters themselves but if you asked me if I thought the writing for the musical was just a teensy weensy rushed, I’d say yeah.

- That also leads to my other problem, “If I loved you” feels misplaced. The song itself is good but it takes place legit right after Ruth dies, a character who got an amazing send off. There isn’t time to process it at all because now Pete and Steph are arguing over their relationship, and after that Grace bursts in to kick off them leaving. I feel like “If I loved you” should have been placed before “Just For Once”, that would have been slightly better.

- Okay so this is just a nitpick but I didn’t like “Best of You”. For a horror musical (especially for Hatchetfeild) it feels VERY forced and preppy and it just threw me off I’m so sorry. That’s why I was thankful “Dirty Dudes Must Die” was the true ending because that fits more with the universe and the tone of the show. I guess it makes sense though because Jeff had revealed “Best of You” was an in universe pop song that the students were just singing, so after I heard that it made perfect sense on why I thought it was so cheesy lol because it wasn’t supposed to be a song for the show itself.

Still like some others have said, the way everyone is so happy in the ending throws me off. I get that they establish a few weeks had passed but after ALL of the hell the characters went through only to cut to them carefree at prom it’s….off putting. Like Steph is literally an orphan now and Pete’s friends are dead. And it doesn’t get addressed or acknowledged AKSKKSSM 😭

And that’s pretty much it regarding issues I had with the musical. It’s damn near perfect, I just think the script is a little rushed and the pacing is kinda all over the place. Other than that? It’s amazing and I’ll definitely talk about it more soon. Feel free to disagree with me!

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I do drama, media and art in my school! My main subjects, and in my schools drama club.

I'm a professional tea drinker 🇬🇧 ☕

I like to write stories, too! These are mostly fanfictions of my fandoms, and typically wacky goofy silly crossovers! :3

My favorite music artists are: Lydia the Bard, RIProducer, JT Music, Jann, and Maretu! There's a lot more of course, but I can't remember them. Had to strain my 2 brain cells for those 5 alone 💀

I often make commitments and then never finish them. For example, my massive fan fiction I spent 10 months planning is rotting in my notebook pleading for release. update tho I've actually started working more on it on a Google doc... 16 pages so far and that's just world building!

I love angst, any story or roleplay I do has to have some kind of angst. If I ever write a happy wholesome story, I have been replaced by an alternate.

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[hamcakevaletguy]

RPF Angela headcanons/scenarios with a pinch of angst because I’m procrastinating on my actual fics

(Feel free to use any of these as prompts)

(Also, sorry in advance for over explaining)

Platonic/General

Angela found out her love language is being known and being roasted for things that are unique to her (Tiny Car mukbang). She loves when people make fun of her and actively tries to make it easy for everyone to recognize her (ex: continuing to give Anthony chances to guess her on his “guess who slapped me” even after he felt her cast and didn’t know it was her, most of her top threes in Shayne guesses having joke answers to make it obvious that it’s her) because she’s not confident that any of them actually know her enough

Angela gets annoyed at how unoriginal some comments can be (in Pit Theater videos only referring to her voice or verbal typos that she makes because of her natural lack of filter/dyslexia) but still making jokes in the same strain because she knows everyone will laugh at it (ex: making typos on purpose in Patently Stupid, but also sometimes doing it on accident because she’s dyslexic) putting other people’s enjoyment over her own discomfort

Angela always laughs/apologizes after she “insults” anyone no matter how obvious it is that it’s a joke because she doesn’t want to be thought of as mean. She also spirals/immediately takes it back when she thinks she hurt someone (ex: Ian’s style in the Hot Ones: Truth or Dab video & telling Shayne he dances like a towel in the Black Beopardy stream)

Angela immediately refusing to “yes, and” bits about her not liking her coworkers (ex: staring contest stream, Shayne “she doesn’t laugh at my jokes” “omg, no! that’s so sad” & April fools smoshcast “it’s not funny to joke about” when Chanse says Amanda doesn’t like Angela) because even the idea of it makes her sick

Angela doesn’t want to just be herself on camera sometimes (her episode of Perfect Person Podcast) because it’s fine if people don’t like her characters, she can change those at the drop of a hat, but if people don’t like her as a person…

Angela’s busy all the time working on Smosh, Starkid, several sketch/improv teams, producing and starring in short films, making time to still see her friends, and has almost no time for self care. She’s constantly loading herself with caffeine to stay up because people need her (she’s a people pleaser, she can’t help it). One particularly busy month, she gets more and more tired as the days go on and no one notices until she passes out mid shoot

Romantic

(Anyone) Angela falls in love with one of her close friends/co-workers, but decides not to pursue it/speak about it at all because she wants to keep their friendship above all else (from the infamous Agree to Disagree video: friendship breakups are hard for her; she’d rather have them stay in her life as a friend than risk losing them for a chance at something more)

(Anyone) Angela’s not good at recognizing when someone’s flirting with her. She’s also not aware of when she’s flirting most times (she says a lot of things before her brain can process and fully catch up) She’s the type to not realize her feelings before it’s too late and the other person has already moved on

Sub-headcanon: At some point, most people she’s come in contact with (that’s attracted to women) have had a tiny crush on her. Her winning prom queen in high school (1, 2 Switch) wasn’t just because she was the one who organized prom; it’s because 90% of the student body was in love with her. (She was in a performing arts middle school and high school. Most of them were probably bi theater kids. You’re telling me that the most popular kid at that school wouldn’t be Angela? The same Angela who was part of the student council, is an incredible performer, very friendly and enthusiastic about everything, and attractive to boot?)

[warnerswilsons]

Assigning the YDKJ hosts my favorite Starkid musicals.

Starting off, I’m assigning Nate The Trail to Oregon. I feel like many of the hosts have the same energy as the Father, but Nate just sticks out to me, probably partly due to being the original host. I can see him liking the opening number especially, and I think the fact that the audience gets to choose the characters’ names like in the original game definitely played into why I chose this show. (Also I kind of want to make an au now-. That sure would be fun)

The show I assigned to Buzz was also pretty easy to decide on. I feel like he’d be a fan of Twisted. Based on his reputation, and how he was treated during The Ride, I think he’d connect with that version of Ja’far. On top of that, I think he’d really like the title number of the show, as well as the many references throughout it overall.

Cookie’s getting The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals. The musical alien hivemind that keeps expanding in the show does seem like it would be familiar to him. Like, this one is less so about favorite musicals, and more about experiences, and Binjpipe’s role in Full Stream reminded me of the Apotheosis when thinking about this. So, I guess that would make Cookie fill Paul’s role?

Schmitty’s getting Holy Musical B@man. It’s been a few years since I watched the proshot, but from what I remember of the plot, and after rereading the synopsis, it feels very fitting. Batman’s quest to find a friend on top of the clever jokes and portrayals of the villains and various supporting characters also played into this decision. Also, revisiting the plot made me think of Schmitty and Cookie filling Batman and Superman’s dynamic in the show, but that’s for another time.

Guy’s was probably the hardest for me to choose. I’ve been going back and forth between Starship and Nerdy Prudes Must Die, but I think I’m going to go with the former. I just think he’d like the plot and the characters, and the songs are just a lot of fun to listen to. I don’t have much else to say, because like Holy Musical B@man, it has been a while since I’ve listened to the Starship soundtrack.

And I guess that’s it! I enjoy making posts like this, so maybe there will be more to come!

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[this-is-fox-speaking]

hi i’m late to the hatchetfield lore but i just wanna rant about smthn really quick.

what did mr president whatshisface (i cant remember his name like ever, last names aren’t my strong suit for characters) make a deal for?

at first me and a friend assumed it was the same deal stephanie had to go through: sacrifice the thing you cherish most. we assumed he had sacrificed his wife/stephanie’s mother for his position of power, perhaps. but that doesn’t actually make sense, when you think about it a bit more. because there’s a difference in both stephanie and her father’s cases, if this theory is true in any capacity.

if the president sacrificed his wife for his own gain, that’s a selfish act. stephanie sacrificing peter was a selfless act, for the greater good. the first being a selfish act means his wife wouldn’t be what he cherished most. what he cherishes most would be himself.

the lords in black are sadistic creatures. the epitome of knowing they can do whatever they please to these humans, and make them bend to their will. if anything, i imagine they specifically make whatever deal they feel at the moment. this is supported by the christmas list line from wiggly, himself, to me. it’s a good reference to black friday, sure, but think about it. a christmas list is something temporary, an at the time list of things you want at the moment. so it’s simply a scene of wiggly saying “what do i want most at this time?” because he knows he can get whatever he wants. so do all the other lords in black.

they could’ve easily made an entirely different deal with the president. what’s interesting about the president, too, in comparison with the lords in black, is that he doesn’t care for anyone but himself. truly, he’s what her cherishes most. he’ll do whatever he can, and force others to do whatever he wants em to (like forcing stephanie to act like a good daughter for his image and nothing more) at any cost. well, almost any cost. see, despite all of this of his character he is afraid of the lords in black. they took something from him so drastic he refuses to ever make a deal with them again, and pushes this new deal into stephanie specifically. so it isn’t a question of mr president working for the lords in black. he asked for something, and gave something in return. but with all of this, there’s nothing i can really guess at this time of what it could’ve possibly been. i could be reading too deeply into all of it, but at the same time.. starkid’s hatchetfield tales (specifically nightmare time) have never been ones to miss or forget details easily.

so with all of this, it’s impossible to guess. the president only cares about his image, will do anything to keep it- especially to his own daughter, to the living lives of others even- but will not make another deal with the black lords ever again. he’s only done it once. he clearly does not work for them. he, himself- his position, his ego, whatever you can count specifically- is what he cherishes most. wiggly doesn’t need anything to be powerful, he simply toys with the humans who dare call his and his brothers names. the president is not selfish enough to make another deal with the black lords.

what kind of deal did he make with them?

edit from fox fully caught up on nightmare time and seeing the notes: IM AWARE I GOT HIS NAME WRONG I DONT THINK ABOUT THE MAYOR MUCH. OR AT ALL. SORRY YALL

[sadsongsandstories]

I want a Percy Jackson musical series

Show me all of them

Percy's full progression into the ultimate hero

With leitmotifs and reprises to wrap it all together

Because there's no rules to say that musicals have to be a once off spectacle

Although funnily enough I don't think that there's ever been a sequel musical

Except mamma Mia 2, but that doesn't count

I'm talkin stage shows

And I don't think that there's any with a sequel

Which is a shame

Because there's no real reason why not

It would work fine

I guess you don't want to limit your audience because of money

And if you're going to show a sequel, and the original is not being performed, people would be stuck

But surely, for an old enough show it would be okay

Or at least a spin off, like starkids hatchetfield musicals

The guy who didn't like musicals and black friday

Which are two separate shows, but would make an amazing joint title

Turns out that there have been some, but they're all for older shows

Falsettos apparently used to be a show and a sequel, which were then combined into one show

Which I guess explains why the lesbians from next door don't show up until act 2

And why the end of act 1 is so weird

I fully didn't understand it at first

But the history and context makes me appreciate the show so much more

Like I said, it's a shame that you can't make a sequel for a Broadway show, with extensions on the motifs and ideas, but tlot does make sense given the live nature of the medium and the resulting limitations. Without the original being readily accessible, a sequel is simply impractical. In a way, it does make the form of a musical even stronger, where each piece has to be a complete and entire story, with a brilliant book end with the opening and closing number

There's no witty setup for a sequel, or questions left unanswered

It's a beginning, character introductions, two hours of interactions and conflict and set up and resolution and growth, and then a brilliant ending song to tie it all together. The characters are complete, that's all we get in one perfect product

It helps the show to have a sense of scale and weight

Where, you can change or add songs, but there's no what if. The journey is complete

And you can do that for other media, books and movies and things

But the possibility is always open for a seuqel

Because money is a thing

And the original is readily available

Yoooo my waiting zone has an ensuite bathroom

This is da beeest

Maybe that's why the ending of the Percy Jackson musical feels so strange

Because the book is absolutely setting up for a seuqel

It's the ultimate setup

Establishing a new plot twist reveal antagonist at the very end

The kind of twist that, I might note, is so well set up that it's less of a haha gottem, and more of a wooooooah... Wait what?!? Oooh okay that makes sense

Strong character, established as a friend and mentor

With long history and familiarity with the main fleet of characters

Grover and annabeth

And everyone at camp

Everyone except for Percy

And so we trust him

Because they all so and why wouldn't we

And I don't remember how it's done in the book, I think he gives Percy a tarwnchika or somtehring

But in the musical I was unsure why he doesn't kill him

But this production makes it very clear that it was all and always annaberh

Which is really cool, and feeds well into the ending of the series

Which we don't get to see as a musical, but audience who knows will know

Like, in this one, it was so very obvious that luke can and would have killed percy

Posed above him with his sword at his throat

He's a really cool kind of villain

He doesn't want to be a villain

He believes that he is right

But he's not exactly a moral or even grey villain

Because choosing to kill a child after you reveal your schemes to them is never justified

And it is like 17 and 12 at this ooint

No self defence

No other thing that could justify murder

It's just murder

And murder isn't cool

Even if you are hot and blonde

Him and annabeth are really meant to be

And the overly nice Luke we got in the musical was perfect

The show does a great job of justifying him and his hatred for the gods

I wish they made that make sense for the ending

Where it's like "we can't just sit around here and wait, let's go and fight" which doesn't make a whole lot of sense

I guess it's like a "we can't just hide here all of our lives"

But that doesn't make a whole lot of sense

I think pick a side was meant to a cutaway back to camp song

Which works great, and it's a great song

Gets some more insight from some of the other main but not main main characters

Those outside of the big three, you could say

Provides some context and weight for the mission, so that those people don't just disappear

The entire quest does have quite a montage feel to it

Which I don't really like

I know time was an issue and there's a lot to stuff into one two and a bit hour musical

But it feels like a speedrun of the book at times, which seems like a disservice

Before abruptly slowing down for a character moment or significant event to the overarching plot

I think that they actually included more percabeth moments than were in the original musical

Which I really appreciated

Percabeth is always welcome

Like the motorcycle moment

With a spotlight right on them

Which was both hilarious and adorable and perfect for both of their characters

With Annabeth driving and Percy with his hands wrapped around her waist

In fear and love

The kids being kids was so well done

Percy's fidget spinner was perfecta

And the baggy clothes were great

Because of course Percy would wear his one baggy blue hoodie every day

With big old pants that don't fit quite right

He's a 12 year old boy and he's awkward and gangly and grisubg

And I should prond look where I'm going

Instead of writing

Foot traffic be wild

At this point of the story he's not yet a hero, only a hero to be

And the acting absolutely reflected that

Which is great, because far too often heroes start off feeling like heroes

Cough cough Rey cough cough

Instead of the whiney little brats they should be

Dragged into adventure kicking and screaming by their wizard uncle dad teacher mentor

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#5

like. yeah, okay, the ot3 is never going to be canon. we know this. we accept this. it's already a lot more than i thought we'd ever get in this day and age

BUT EVEN SO

eliot is just? so CLEARLY a part of the parker-and-hardison unit? they're a FAMILY! he and parker join breanna in teasing hardison! he and hardison have mandated Stealing Practice with parker! he had matching halloween costumes with them, for god's sake!!

like, yeah, the ot3 is never going to be confirmed as Fully Romantic, and that's a bit of a bummer. but these characters are a family anyway. parker and hardison's romantic relationship NEVER comes above their relationships with eliot. he's part of their unit! and that's so special

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99 notes - Posted March 5, 2022

#3

i love rewatching firebringer because you can hear the audience get dead silent for the chorn part. all the laughter after that part is either slightly quieter than usual or much more hysterical than usual (because of the leftover shock of chorn). can you imagine. you spend months excited to watch starkid's newest musical about prehistoric society and in the last ten minutes it very briefly becomes a beautifully sung scifi opera before it IMMEDIATELY dovetails back into the emotional arc of the show. i would lose my shit.

150 notes - Posted November 14, 2022

#2

also just like. more and more, i am convinced that the way i headcanon cosette's personality isn't just interesting for me but is actually canonically supported? like, yes, she's the most classic Blonde(tm) i can think of, but also i think she's always aware of her situation and how she can affect it in a way that marius, bless his heart, just isn't. and i have receipts!

[tried to make this a bulleted list but tumblr mobile apparently CANNOT handle those anymore so! guess we're doing this formatting now]

first off, the entirety of in my life. "what's the matter with you, cosette?" shows a self-awareness that i wouldn't expect from her if she were just her archetype. immediately after, she laments how she doesn't know what her situation is, and it's making her antsy. later, she questions her father about his past, and he blows her off in a way that implies she's asked these questions before. she also criticizes him for seeing her as a child, which he ignores. (specifically i'm thinking of the way she says "i'm no longer a CHILD, and i long for the truth that you know!")

secondly, the general theme in a heart full of love of marius representing doubt and cosette representing stability. see: "i am lost" / "i am found", and "do i dream?" / "i'm awake". later, she actually seems to lead marius to realizing this is real, beginning the "and it's not a dream" line and then letting him join in.

then there's the attack on rue plumet. which, okay, we know i am obsessed with, but also the cosette characterization implied there FASCINATES me. let's go over the events of that song and the previous one from her perspective, shall we? she meets her idiot love-at-first-sight at her gate and has a beautiful duet with him. then, while she's gazing soulfully into his eyes, they hear a scream. he appears to recognize it, identifying the screamer as his friend éponine, who's trying to warn them that someone's coming. (ignoring the possibility that she recognizes the name as her childhood friend's,) marius disappears and immediately her father shows up, panicked about the scream. cosette, without hesitation, shifts tunes to a comforting song, claims that it was HER scream, and then uses her childhood melody to slip in the fact that it was three men she saw that he should look out for.

it's my theory that she does this -- literally and musically aging herself down -- to calm him down, because there's no way she did it out of the joy of her heart: she literally SAYS several songs earlier that she doesn't enjoy being treated as a child. the only reason it DOESN'T calm him down, why it instead makes things worse, is because she accidentally trips over his javert feelings, something she also told us she doesn't know anything about.

and then, of course, there's a heart full of love (reprise). where marius is drowning in his sadness and unanswered questions and cosette tries to pull him out of it. she starts off with their love melody (a heart full of love) and then reminds him, "and it wasn't a dream", which marius actually! starts off with her, instead of her having to pull him into it! she sees how he's feeling, sees how to pull him out of it, and does it successfully! i am a big fan of looking at when characters use leitmotifs and whether they're doing it "on purpose" -- i don't think valjean and javert, for example, use each other's tunes on purpose, i just think they're similar. but cosette is definitely someone who would be aware of what leitmotifs she uses, or as "aware" as a character in a musical can be, and i like that a lot about her!

158 notes - Posted March 20, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

oh ALSO i recently realized for the first time that hades challenging orpheus to not doubt eurydice on their way back to the surface is... him challenging orpheus to be better than hades himself. just like orpheus will always turn around, hades will always grow jealous again. hades let persephone go to the surface because people were starving but now cannot bear to have her leave him to go to the surface... orpheus lost eurydice to the underworld because she was hungry but now cannot believe she might follow him in the dark again...... i am thinking INTENSELY

194 notes - Posted August 22, 2022

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[arielmagicesi]

3, 6, 17, & 29 for the AO3 wrapped ask?

I have been so sick and forgotten to respond to this lol... ok let's see:

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

It'd probably have to be "we'll never have problems again". I love my Marwa series in general and that one focuses the most on Marwa and her character development. It was just really fun to take this incredibly minor background character and imagine a whole story for her set in the silly sitcom universe I know and love.

(I also love "if you ever need a favor in twenty years, call a camp kvetcher girl" which is my CXG/Community crossover, but that has less of an audience due to it being a crossover of two shows that are both no longer airing)

6. Favorite title you used

Obviously I loved using Crazy Ex-Girlfriend song titles a bunch loooool so probably just all my CXG song title fics. I also thought "Good Night, Staten Island, and Good Mental Health" was a fun way to combine the two fandoms in that crossover. Oh and I liked using a Starkid song lyric for "now my only wish is that our plots may intertwine". Idk can't decide

17. Your favorite character to write this year?

Oh I can't decide... Probably Nadja because she's just such a treat to write. She also showed up in my fics the most.

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

Oh I have a huge ego when it comes to my writing and I wrote 12 fics this year so there's not a chance I'd be able to choose that... I did really love the scene in "i'm the villain in my own story" where Laszlo comforts Guillermo after his breakup with Freddie- it was maybe a bit more serious than the tone of the show merits but I put a lot of my own feelings into that and it was interesting to explore the relationship between those two characters. Same deal with the passage in "we'll never have problems again" where Marwa ruminates on what she learned from her mother and father- again, too serious for the show, but I also borrowed from thoughts about my own family. I guess it's short enough to share here:

Her mother, during these evenings, would shuffle back and forth from the kitchen, carrying hot and heavy plates of rice and kebab, silver bowls of nuts and fresh fruit. She always smiled, and when Marwa’s father asked her to sit down a while and listen to his stories, she would always oblige, lounging peacefully and laughing along to his jokes. At night, though, once everyone was asleep, she became something else. Marwa had seen it once, when she’d gotten up in the middle of the night and thought to get herself a glass of water, and seen her mother, skirts hiked up and hair tied away from her face, on her hands and knees scrubbing the floor with a ferocity Marwa never would have guessed of her gentle, people-pleasing mother. Then she’d stopped, wiping her forehead, and Marwa had gotten a glimpse, for just a moment, of her face- tired, worn, bitter.

Just as she listened to her father’s stories and riddles, she listened to this lesson, too.

and in terms of funny passages, this one from "the one with the secondhand embarrassment" is probably my favorite:

“When did you meet this new guy?” Nandor said. “Why haven’t you told me about him? I thought friends tell each other these things.”

“I haven’t really told anyone,” Guillermo said. “It’s still sort of new, I met him in London, so I haven’t even told my mom. I mean, she’s still sort of shaky about the gay stuff- I do want to tell her, though, eventually- But I guess if I’m going to tell anyone first, I’m glad it’s you guys. At the end of the day, you really are like my family-”

“Yeah, great, who gives a shit,” Laszlo said. “How big is his package? Stop me when I reach it.”

He started spreading his hands apart.

Guillermo sighed.

“I actually should probably go check on Colin,” he said. “Thanks for, uh. Being so supportive, I guess.”

He headed out of the room. Laszlo, whose hands had now extended to about a yard apart, raised his eyebrows.

“The chap’s got quite an impressive wang,” he said.

And yeah I have a bunch of other passages I'm proud of because like I said, I'm very fond of my own writing lol, but I'm not gonna share all of them. Anyway. Thank you for the ask!

[youofsomesong]

Friends Describing Starkid Characters (part 7)

part 6s girlfriend

thats knock off troy bolton

dobby and that one guy who ran the russian school in goblet of fire (i mean...correct fandom)

timmy

she gives stephanie energy (reminder, shes watched part of tgwdlm, idk how she didnt get emma. pete i get cause his name wasnt revealed yet in tgwdlm)

dundee

barb and sue

pete (no. youve watched this. this was also as i was testing her bf, she did it the next day so she had a day to figure it out)

PAUL (she cheated by looking it up but ill give her half credit)

sanka

trixie matel before she got famous

thats the akinator AI from like 2010

thats the love child of hagrid and trelawney

aribella

oh thats jasmine and jafar

but like in a low budget live action (its the best version what do you mean??)

rita skeeter after she grew out of the puke green phase (if only lauren played rita skeeter and i wouldve given her points for that)

that is jack harkness but like extra closeted gay

i cut out the other image of ethan since when i told her bf that someone finally realized they were the same guy i didnt remember she was sat right next to him

troy sivan

but like, before he came out (how do you forget hidgens?????)

that is tyler oakley

he looks like andrew garfield

but i shall name him steve (cant blame her for not knowing his name but how can you forget the loveable homeless guy?)

why is farris bueler in this? (KJDSHFKASJH)

NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT! CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

hes from the disney original movie zombies

but like an unnamed background character

thats luke and clarisse (can you tell im reading percy jackson lmao) (yeah, i can tell dfkjha)

thats a britney if ive ever seen one

thats cisco before his graphic tees phase (and here i go on a tangent about how carlos was in starkid before he was on the flash and went to college with the sks and how joey replaced who was playing the hot chocolate kid in tgwdlm. yeah i know im a nerd)

thats stingy from lazy town

jeffree star

when he has attempting to have a music career

teenage strawberry shortcake

calum hood in the dont stop music video

andre

is that not the tyler oakley guy again? (nope. but it is the same actor. same actor as paul too, howd you not catch that afsjhs /lh)

this one is phil

[axolotlquestions]

My friend @starkidding-around who has never seen Gravity Falls guessed characters

Also context: I told them Weird Al was in this show beforehand

They knew Mabel, Dipper, Stan and Bill. I did them as a test.

Soos and Wendy: ok i know the second one that's wendy shes like the cool lesbian that works for stan. the first one i do know. his name is on the tip of my tongue give me a second. hes like weird hes a weirdo but like hes cool. SUESS

Waddles and Gompers: :0 cutie. thats mabels pig right ive seen art of her holding him. uhhh. his name. is. oinkers. honk man. thats weird al /j. thats uh girlboss the goat. GOATGIRLBOSS. goatgirlboss and malepigwife

Ford and McGucket: wait is this stans brother u mentioned. uh. thats dan. dan and stan. his name is gran. for grandma hes stans grandma. oh thats uhh. old man joe. is that one weird al /j

Tambry, Robbie, Nate, Lee, and Thompson: ok i know the second one thats robby. i saw a meme about him once 😩. the first ones kathrine but she goes by kitty. third one is uhh. skull. 4th is,,,,, idk thumb ig. last one is stephen.

Pacifica: OH I KNOW HER my friend talked ab her once pacific 💔. shes the daughter of that gay mayor right

Toby, Tyler, Manley Dan, and Lazy Susan: ok the first one is gilbert he just wants to find love in this crazy town. second guy is gilberts brother. uh. brian david. third guy is sir wendicus the lumberjack. 4 is erica shes gilbert and brian davids overbearing mother

Blendin and Time Baby: umm thats elias the scientist (sceliantist). and baby. their name is just baby theyre a baby.

Grenda and Candy: the first one is wanda and the other one is uhh. barb. mabel wanda and barb. besties for life. i care them so much. i bet she can carry a lot of food at the same time with fork hands

Probabilitor: THATS WEIRD AL ISN'T IT! WEIRD ALBERT YANKOVITCH THE WIZARD

[reginaofdoctorwho]

if anyone wants to recommend musicals to me I would fucking adore that. Until then, here are some suggestions:

Love in Hate Nation-- LET’S GO LESBIANS! 1960s sapphic love story taking place in a girls’ reformatory. Also, trans girl played by trans actress!!! Some of the amazing songs are “I Hope” and “Oh Well”. Susannah Son wants to be a singer, her performative activist boyfriend is gross and also wants her to marry him so he’ll have better options politically. Sheila Nail is so fucking cool and I love everyone in this. My brain cuts out about this I’m so sorry babes. There is not a cast recording but there IS an original cast bootleg on youtube.

Holy Musical B@man!-- If you liked the goofiness of 1960s Batman and Robin, but think “man, these guys should’ve been able to swear! And also should have had a candy themed villain!” this is the musical for you. Also if you’ve heard of the very queer Harry Potter musical that JK herself tried to sue over, it’s made by the same group <3. As usual with Team Starkid, whole thing is up for free on youtube by the creators.

Firebringer-- Speaking of the same group... Cave people sapphics who I think are bi or pan. I love them and they’re all so dumb. Also, if you’ve seen the “I don’t really wanna do the work today” vine, that comes from this. I do not remember any of the second half other than one of them taking the ring the other is proposing with... to propose. And the “*blows kiss*” “fuck no, Zazz” “duly noted”. Kind of like a shitpost musical. Once again, free by creators. Actually, check out any of their musicals.

The Prom-- In Indiana, Emma just wants to take her girlfriend to the prom, and in response, the PTA cancels it. With some help from some broadway actors looking for good publicity, they manage to pull it off. So, to summarize, teen lesbian gets gay uncle who knows what she’s going through!! This musical makes me cry every goddamn time. There is a movie now, and I’m very happy about that because *high profile gay rep on netflix*, but I personally did not like the direction they took with it. They put a weird amount of emphasis on biological rather than found family in the movie, and were a little too forgiving when it came to trauma from family for being gay. Also, they took away Emma being butch. This was sadly (loosely) based on a recent true story from I think 2012. Also, was the first gay kiss in the Macy’s parade. You know those movie musicals the straight girls in theater like? The music is similar, but gayer, and for some reason that makes me so fuckng happy. I think it’s because non-queer people have had musicals for so long, and those normally have a 60s vibe, and the music in this does too and it feels more classic?? Sapphic promposal song (het at the beginning). “Unruly Heart” and the end of Act 1 will break you. Please ignore the bad wigs.

Spies Are Forever-- GAY SPIES GAY SPIES GAY SPIES!! Curt Mega (played by... Curt Mega) lost his partner Owen during a mission. Now, he’s just trying to get back into spying like Owen would want. I fucking weep every time. Also, a song about comphet (at 6:36)!! And here is a video essay on how it relates to the Lavender Scare. I want you all to know that everyone also headcanons the femme fatale spy in it as either a lesbian or aroace, which uh, makes sense. Also high quality videos put up by creators. They had Jewish people making fun of Nazis while writing this, but “Not so Bad” is... kinda bad. “Torture Tango” has so much goddamn sexual tension and becomes devastating.

Hadestown--  If you know the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, it’s like that, except capitalism part 1. Orpheus is a poor musician, Eurydice dies, just like the myth. Except, the Great Depression post-apocalyptic setting that works better than it probably should. There are actually 3 soundtracks: the concept album, off-Broadway, and Broadway. I personally don’t like the concept album purely based on vibe. Off-Broadway has an absolutely gorgeous sounding Orpheus, and if you’ve heard of the disaster that was Spiderman: Turn Out the Dark, then you’ve heard of surprisingly amazing Broadway Orpheus Reeve Carney. The Fates are gorgeous and I’ve decided they’re queer. Tony’s performance link here. Explores relationships, with Hades and Persephone’s aging relationship mirrored by Orpheus and Eurydice’s relatively new one. Anyway, unionize.

Jasper in Deadland-- If you know the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, it’s like that, except capitalism part 2. Jasper is a teen who’s best friend Agnes is pretty much the one good thing left in his life. His mom left, he got kicked off the swim team (he’s manic pixie dream boy in this, especially for swimming), and Agnes dies at the beginning trying to show Jasper that she’s brave and he should be too. So, he bravely ventures into Deadland to find her, meeting Gretchen the tour guide along the way. He also finds out that since he’s still living, he can bring memories back to the dead. Songs like “Stroke by Stroke” (he’s uh, definitely a teen, guys) and “Living Dead” (I shared a prinxiety animatic of that on here a while ago).They blend Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Christian, and whatever Dante’s Inferno counts as together to create Deadland. Story’s kinda hard to follow from the soundtrack, so if u wanna learn how it all ties together message me.

Death Note Musical-- Okay babes, here’s where it gets tough. It was written originally in English, and there is a spectacular English concept album, but the only productions have been in South Korea, Japan, and I think Taiwan. Listen to it anyways, find a bootleg of it with english subtitles. It has so much gay tension and also a truly ethereal character who seems to be a lesbian who is also either demisexual or demiromantic. If any of y’all saw the anime like me, it kind of cuts out the arc after episode 26. I personally thought it was actually a better story for it.

Alice by Heart-- Okay, this one makes me fucking cry every goddamn time. In WW2, these poor goddamn kids are all alone in the Tube System (is that what y’all call it? genuinely asking here) with none of their parents but still some grownups. Alice’s best friend Alfred is dying of tuberculosis, and to try to have one last thing together they start reading Alice in Wonderland, only for Nurse Hart to rip it apart to try to separate healthy Alice from dying-from-TB Alfred. It doesn’t work, and Alice proclaims she “knows it all by heart”, She tries to linger in the story with Alfred to have more time with him, he keeps trying to move it along because he’s dying and wants to finish it one last time. Themes are growing up and grief I guess.

Last I checked, there is a bootleg for all of these on youtube. Have fun!

[avengersfluff02]

Get Back Up, Don’t Go Rogue

This is my first fic, and some feedback would greatly appreciated.  I know that I switch between first and third person a lot, I just find it easier to write in first person.  I also apparently don’t know how to change the formatting back now

I’m also very bad with titles, and I don’t think anyone’s actually going to read this.  Oh well, at least I can be anonymous and let my somewhat creative side out here.

Word Count: 1,295 words

For as long as I can remember, I have been friends with Team Starkid.  When I was seven, my parents took me to see A Very Potter Musical, and the Starkids must have seen something special in me.  A year later, I got a call and was asked if I would like to participate in A Very Potter Sequel as Hermione Granger’s sister Roxanne or Roxy.  Needless to say, I accepted and got very close to all the cast.

Fast-forward to now, and we were getting ready to go on our second tour, which we named the Apocalyptour.  We had already been rehearsing for a while, and tonight was the night of our first show in Chicago.  As a ten year old, I guess I should have been more nervous, but I didn’t think that I had anything to worry about. Boy, how wrong I was.

I was dressed in ripped jean shorts, combat boots, a white tank top, with a short sleeve jean jacket, my mic pack hidden under my jacket, and my mic over my ear. I was holding a tiny monkey, and looking at Jamie in curiosity while she read from the “cryptic Mayan tablet”.  The next thing I knew, I heard Jim growl into his mic “STARKID”, and let me tell you, I was not prepared for that.  I basically backed into Brian Holden and Jamie with genuine fear in my eyes, shaking.  Very subtly, Jamie rubbed my arm, but for the rest of the show, I was on edge.

The minute the show ended, I ran off stage, got changed back into my street clothes, and waited for Julia to take me back to the hotel room, while everyone else was going to “have fun” at the hotel bar.  What I didn’t realize was that Jamie was going to talk about what happened with me with everyone.

“Hey everyone, did Y/N seem off to you guys earlier during the show?  Before ‘Get Back Up’, I think that she was scared of seeing you in costume, Jim, and hearing your character for the first time.  I actually felt her shaking when you came on stage after I read from the tablet,” Jamie finished.

“Now I feel bad,” Jim said, hanging his head.  “What should we do to cheer her up?” asked Joe, who was still wearing Jamie’s short shorts.

Jamie had a positively evil look in her eye as she explained her plan.

Later that night, around 2:00am, I was awoken by hushed voices around the king-sized bed that I was sharing with Julia, a full size stuffed animal dog, and four beanie babies.  I started to turn in my sleep until I crashed into a solid object, which I proceeded to try to hug in my half-awake state.  When that object suddenly poked my side however, I let out a mutter of discomfort and started to roll over to my other side.  To tell you that my brain took a few minutes to fully comprehend what just happened would be a lie.  It took a minute, and by that time, it was too late.

“Well, look at what we have here”, Dylan mocked, as I tried to remember if we were having a sleepover or not.

“Uh, guys, I think she’s still half-asleep, so let’s just cut to the chase,” Julia whispered.  “This will be over soon, I promise,” she murmured to me.

Lauren immediately turned on the lights, and I instinctively moved my hands to my eyes to shut out the light, but to my utter shock, found that I couldn’t move my hands or arms at all.  I looked up and saw Brian Holden (Brolden) and Meredith each pinning one of my arms to the bed.  I lifted my head as much as I could, and saw Dylan and Joey down by my feet, Brian Rosenthal (Brosenthal) and Joe each lightly pressing down on my calves, and Julia (with reluctance in her eyes) and Jim poised above my thighs.  I was wondering where Jamie was, when I saw her and Lauren perched on either side of the bed with their fingers resting on my hip and ribs, respectively.

“Ready to kick things up a notch, fellas?” Jamie smirked as she began counting down.

“Wait, what’s happening, no, this is not what I wanttedd to haphpen!” I started to giggle, as they began to tickle me, literally having no idea why this was happening in the first place.

“Really, because I heard that you were on edge tonight, and we need to get your spirits back up,” Lauren chirped as she started counting my ribs.

“Yeah, we wanted to make sure that you knew who was in charge here, and to fear us with every fiber of your being!” Dylan spoke in his “Pincer” voice, laughing as I tried to move my foot away from his wicked fingers.

That, with the combined knee scratches and squeezes Julia was alternating between, Brosenthal spidering my calf, and Joey scratching my heel were enough to drive me crazy, but not at the level of laughter that the cast wanted.

“Thihs kinda feehls nice, but like also amateurs couhld do bethter than this!” I mocked, my laughter going up an octave.

“You want professionals kid? We’ll show you!” I didn’t even need to move my head to hear Jamie’s evil “Neato” voice.

I don’t know what part of me thought this was a good idea, but I decided to be cheeky. “I’m noht scared ohf you!  Gihve me youhr worsht!” I cried.

Suddenly, one of my armpits was being poked, and the other was being scratched at.  I instinctively bucked my hips and legs upward, and accidentally threw Lauren off of me.  If that wasn’t bad enough, Jamie decided to straddle me, and dig into my hips.

“We just wanted to make sure that you don’t fear the almighty ‘Ma’au Guurit’ and her minions” Jim growled as he dug into my right thigh.

“AAAAHHH, what YOHU DHO THAT fohr?” I cackled out, not quite ready to tap out yet, but almost to that point.

“We just wanted to make sure that our prisoner is getting cheered up, and not so scared for the rest of the shows!” Joe smiled as he continued to spider his fingers all over my soles.

“I PROMIHSE TO BE HAHPPY AND LEHESS SCARREDD FROHM NOW ON! UNCLE UNCLE UNCLE!” I shouted, accidentally hitting Brolden’s leg trying to tap out.

“I’hm sorhry that I was scahred of your character,” I let residual giggles out, with a yawn interrupting my sentence.

“Uh, Y/N, can you let me go now?” Meredith questioned, turning to face me just to see that I had fallen asleep.

“Well, I guess we’ll stay here then tonight,” Joey whispered as he got on the floor next to Lauren.

The next day, when I woke up, I was very confused to find the whole cast in the room, but luckily, Julia was already up and had gotten me Starbucks, so I put that thought out my mind.  

It wasn’t until I was getting dressed for the show, and Meredith poked my side, that I remembered what had occurred the night before.  I decided to go up to Jim, and hug him.

“Sorry for getting scared of your character yesterday,” I mumbled as I hugged him.

“It’s okay, it was your first time hearing me use that voice, and we should have told you earlier, but now we know how to cheer you up if we need to!” He winked at me.

“Or if I’m being annoying,” I smiled as he laughed.

“Let’s go save the world!” I told my fellow Starkids, as the music for Me and My Dick/Ready to Go started.

[maxer-blaster]

Fantasy High characters as Tin Can Bros/Starkid songs

1. Kalvaxis- Our Doors Are Open.

Notable lyrics: "Give us your fucking money, give us your fucking cash, give us your fucking money, it's where it's at. Oh I (I I) love to touch (touch touch) my money! "

2. Aelwyn (season 1) - Adore Me.

Notable lyrics: "...It gets exhausting everyone looking at me, jealousy has a bit of a stench. ... Why would you give when you can get? Never forgive never forget. Take what you want, return what you get, no matter the cost, idyll the threat"

3. Aelwyn (season 2)- Monsters and Men (reprise). Notable lyrics: "... Make a solum vow to become your best self now. "

4. Arianwyn - Wiggly

Notable lyrics: "I see his kingdom and his plans laid out for me...I will wiggle wiggle wiggle my way to his side and all will know when darkness comes over Wiggly's kingdom, that I'm the one who wronged what's right"

5. The Nightmare King - Nightmare Time

Notable lyrics: " I'm in your head and you know it, nothing you can do about it... You can run but are you fast enough? You can hide but I will find you... The trail of tears that you will leave, will lead me straight to those who fear me. You can run if I don't catch you but the nightmare time is gonna get you."

6. Fabian and Aelwyn - Doing This

Notable lyrics: "I guess we're doing this, see that look in your eye. How could I resist? I'm a girl, I'm a guy...just go with it and don't ask why, I guess we're doing this... we're not doing this. We're better as friends... It's great to know that we don't have to pretend... But let's never do this again"

7. Fig - Not Your Seed

Notable lyrics: " And if you wonder what lead your daughter astray...well daddy wasn't here to stay. I'm not your seed. I'm not your perfect teen...at least I was before you left me. Why does it hurt to love you? Why am I in pain? Why does it hurt to know you? You've let me down again... How dare you let me bleed? "

8. Gilear - If I Fail You

Notable lyrics: "If I fail you one more time the punishment won't match the crime. Because there's no pain that could ever explain how I let you down... I failed you once but I won't fail again. "

9. Adaine - What If Tomorrow Comes

Notable lyrics: "Do you all see what I see, what I know, what I see... What if tomorrow comes to break the dawn and there's no one to stay?"

10. Kalina - Do You Want To Play.

Notable lyrics: "Do you want to play with me... Do you want some candy? ...Lets play some games, let's play some games today. Funny games, funny games today."

[companionjones]

Santa Claus Is Going To High School With Ethan and Y/n

Fandoms: StarKid, Black Friday, Santa Claus Is Going To High School

Pairings: Ethan Green x Reader, Chris Kringle x Reader

Summary: In the beginning, you were just a loner in high school who had a huge crush on one Ethan Green. You’re a big fan of escapism, and a certain kids movie brings you lots of serotonin. The teenage version of Santa Claus is more attractive than one might think. What happens when you and Ethan get sucked into the kids movie you’ve grown to love, and Chris Kringle starts vying for your attention? Will Ethan actually get jealous?

Warnings: This is long, cursing, speaking of cursed, I AM SO SORRY I MADE THIS

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    Ethan Green would have rather been at home, smoking weed. Instead, he was at Lakeside Mall with some kid he was babysitting. He took the job because he needed the money for his jalopy that was in the shop. He didn’t mind the kid all that much. The boy, a nine-year-old named Tim, was nice enough. The only problem was that Tim wanted to see a very annoying-looking kids movie in theaters called Santa Claus Is Going To High School.

    “Thirty bucks for two tickets? Are you kiddin’?” Ethan griped as he stood outside of the Cineplex. “Fine. But I want a refund if the kid doesn’t like the movie.”

    The half-asleep cashier responded detachedly, “We don’t do refunds here, sir.”

    Ethan groaned, “Yeah, whatever,” and pulled the kid inside.

    In Theater 4, the previews were still playing. All the seats were empty save for one. Ethan recognized the girl in it. He knew her from the hallways at school. It was you.

    Silently, you were thankful no one else was in the theater with you. That way, you couldn’t be judged as a teenager seeing a kids movie...for the fifth time. Yes, you were kind of obsessed with Santa Claus Is Going To High School. So what? That was your business, no one else’s. Or, at least, it was until--

    “What the hell are you doing, seeing this movie alone?” Ethan Green, the last person in Hatchetfield you wanted to sit next to you in that moment, decided to take a seat.

    At a loss for words, you were trying too hard to think of something to say. “Ethan! I...Um...I--”

    He chucked, “Relax. I’m not gonna make fun of you or anything. Just because something isn’t my style, that doesn’t mean you can’t like it.”

    Completely in shock that someone your age wasn’t going to judge you, you just gaped at him.

    Ethan didn’t notice. “Plus, it kinda rocks that you’re here. I thought I was gonna have to watch this movie with just Tiny Tim here. But it doesn’t seem so bad now with you at my side.”

    You cursed yourself for giggling. It was always like that with Ethan. You two would get paired together on a school project or something, and he would casually flirt with you like it was nothing. You would fall for it, you two would get really close, then the project would be turned in. After that, whenever you would go up to Ethan in the halls, it would be like the two of you had never spoken before. You hated it, especially after you developed a huge crush on him.

    And it was all starting again.

    When the movie began, you watched out the corner of your eye as Ethan fought to stay awake. He lasted ten minutes into the movie. Honestly, you were exhausted, too. You were just getting out of a double shift of waiting on tables. You thought you could get through the movie before crashing at home. You fell asleep not three seconds after the leather-clad boy.

    Ethan was woken up by a school bell ringing. He found himself sitting in a desk. Disoriented, he looked to his right to find you staring at him in alarm.

    “What the hell...” Ethan was able to mumble before the teacher called out to him and you to not be late for your next classes.

    He and you stumbled out into the hallway.

    Once out there, you whispered to Ethan in distress, “We’re in the movie. We’re in the fucking movie!”

    “No. Fuck. No,” Ethan adamantly disagreed, “We’re dreaming. This is impossible. This can’t be real--” Ethan immediately went to help you up when you ran into one of the other students.

    The boy you ran into beat Ethan to it, however.

    “Oh my god...” you voiced, completely in shock, as the stranger helped you to your feet.

    Right in front of you, holding your hand was the reason you came back to watch the kids movie over and over again. There was your #1 comfort character, your biggest crush since Ethan.

    He smiled warmly at you. “Hi there. Sorry about bumping into you...Say, you must be new here. What’s your name? I’m Chris Kringle.”

    “I know,” you blurted. Upon seeing Chris’ slight confusion, you backtracked, “I mean...You’re all people talk about around here. You must be the most popular kid in school, and you’re almost as new as I am.”

    Chris responded charmingly, “Well, that just means that you have a chance at becoming just as popular as I am, and probably even more so because you seem like you’re at the top of the nice list.”

    You felt your moth fall open and cheeks heat up from the flattery.

    Ethan cleared his throat in an attempt to get Chris’ attention off of you. He didn’t particularly like that Chris Kringle thought it was appropriate to be that friendly with you upon only just meeting you. Chris was also yet to let go of your hand.

    He didn’t let go when Ethan got his attention, either.

    Ethan had also gotten your attention. “Um, I’m Y/n, and this is my friend, Ethan. This is our, uh, first day.”

    “Oh, well you two probably need some friends around here, huh? You’re both welcome to come sledding with us. We’re heading off now,” Chris cheerfully invited.

    Ethan answered, “Uh, we actually have something--”

    “We’d love to!” you interrupted.

    Chris beamed, “Great! Let’s go! Oh, and don’t worry, people always bring extra sleds.”

    “What the hell are you thinking, Y/n?” chastised Ethan. “If this isn’t a dream, which I don’t think it is anymore, ‘cause you seem pretty self aware to me, then we gotta figure a way outta here!”

    “I don’t think we can get out of this until the plot of the movie plays out to the end, which is this Friday at the championship game against South Heights. I think all we can do is wait it out.”

    Ethan blanched, “Friday?! But I left Tim alone in that theater!”

    “Haven’t you ever seen a movie like this?” you questioned, “Jumanji? Teen Beach Movie? I’m almost positive no time will have passed once we get out of this.”

    “So what? You just want to go sledding with Chris Kringle until the game on Friday?” Ethan questioned.

    Lamely, you answered, “...Yes.”

    Ethan was rendered defeated by your hopeful eyes. He huffed out, “Fine.”

    Happiness overtook your face. “Thank you!” you celebrated.

    Ethan avoided your gaze due to how adorable he thought that was. Then, a new idea caused him to smirk, “Wait, how do you know how the movie’s going to play out?”

    “I...might’ve seen the movie more than once,” you explained. It was your turn to avoid your friend’s gaze. “...Four times, not including this one.”

    Ethan’s eyebrows shot up, “Four times?! Why the hell do you like this movie that much?” Just then, he followed your gaze to Chris Kringle. It clicked in his head. “Oh...”

    Your gaze dropped to the ground. You bit your lip, embarrassed.

    Both you and Ethan followed Chis to a large hill where a bunch of students had gathered to go sledding. You were able to borrow two extra sleds from a couple of students. After the first few trips down the hell, you and Ethan finally got used to the fact that the two of you were sledding in a Christmas movie with Santa Claus. Or maybe, you two had finally given into the insanity.

    You were standing at the top of the hill, waiting your turn with Chris when he asked you, “So, what’s the deal with you and Ethan?”

    “Me and Ethan?” You were shocked that someone besides yourself could see you and the Green boy like that. “Oh, no. We’re just friends.”

    Chris wondered, “Is there a chance at something more?”

    “Definitely not. Sorry. I guess I fucked up my Christmas wish, huh Santa?” Fuck. You did not mean to say that.

    Kringle panicked, “Wait, you know I’m Santa?!”

    “I, uh--Yes. I do, but you didn’t tell me, so Father Christmas’ spell is still intact. Tell Jingle and Jangle that before they freak out.”

    “YOU CAN SEE MY ELVES TOO?!”

    “NO! No, I can’t!” you assured, trying not to stress out Chris anymore.

    He furrowed his brow, still breathing heavy. “Then, how’d you know I’m...”

    “I...just got that vibe from you?” you lied, cringing because you couldn’t think of a better explanation than that.

    Somehow, Chris bought that, but he still had another question. “Then, how’d you know about Jingle and Jangle?”

    “Well, I see you talking to them all the time.” That actually wasn’t that much of a lie. Chris was pretty bad at talking his elves on the downlow all throughout the movie.

    Chris bit his lip. “Oh. Um, you won’t tell anyone about my secret, will you?”

    He had stepped closer, and your heart had sped up in response. You gazed into his eyes, a smile tugging at your lips. “Of course I won’t, Chris.”

    “Are you two going to actually sled, or just stand up here talking?” Ethan asked as he approached you and Chris.

    Chris, oblivious to the pissed off look on Ethan’s face, laughed and answered, “Sled.” He hopped on his sled and flew down the hill.

    “What the hell was that for?” You angrily questioned Ethan.

    He played dumb. “What are you talking about?”

    “Interrupting us like that? We were...in the middle of something, Ethan.” You were glad you stopped yourself from saying ‘We were having a moment.’ That would’ve been embarrassing.

    Green argued, “Didn’t you say the plot of the movie’s supposed to play out?”

    “Yeah. So what?”

    He wondered, “Doesn’t Chris have a love interest somewhere?”

    “Her name is Noelle,” you answered.

    Ethan sighed, “Of course it is...Y/n,” he got your attention again. “Are you sure you want to get in the way of that?”

    Your mouth slammed shut and your jaw clenched.

    Chris got you to turn to him by shouting your name from the bottom of the hill. He motioned you to join him.

    Glancing between him and Ethan, you chose to ignore the latter for the moment. You sledded down the hill.

    You successfully steered clear of the leather-clad boy for the rest of the time you spent sledding.

    That annoyed Ethan, but he knew you couldn’t avoid him forever.

    When everybody headed back home late that night, you and Ethan didn’t have a home to return to. The two of you decided to head back to Northville High. You and Ethan got lucky. The window to the staff lounge was open. The two of you slid in, and the school was yours.

    “Okay, so we have to find a place that we can sleep in where nobody will accidentally find us tomorrow...” you thought out loud.

    Ethan was still hung up on your conversation earlier. “Are we not going to talk about--”

    “Can we just worry about where we’re sleeping tonight?” you urged.

    Ethan sighed, knowing that talking about it was also something you couldn’t avoid forever.

    Eventually, you and Ethan found the boiler room. Ethan agreed with you that it was secluded enough that no one would catch you. The two of you got lucky again when you found that there were enough sweaters and blankets in lost-and-found for makeshift beds.

    At one point, you asked Ethan, “You cold?”

    He was shivering. Ethan was probably the least prepared clothing-wise to spend hours sledding on a hill. He was feeling the effects of that then. Not that he’d ever tell you. “N-no. I’m g-g-g-good.”

    “Yeah, right.” You rolled your eyes before waling over to the boiler and turning it on.

    Ethan’s cheeks tinged in pink. “T-thanks.”

    “No problem, Ethan.” You approached your bed again and covered yourself in blankets. “You know, you’ve always had issues with asking for help.”

    “How the hell do you know that?” Ethan didn’t mean for that to sound as mean as it did.

    That didn’t seem to affect you though. “The school projects we worked on together,” you explained, “I always had to find all these covert ways to help you out ‘cause you wouldn’t let me do it directly.” A faint smile was playing at your lips, like you were remembering those things fondly.

    Ethan never noticed how much you’d helped him. He didn’t like to admit it, but he had a really tough time in school. As he thought about it, however, Ethan realized that when he did projects with you, the material he was learning didn’t seem as difficult as it normally was. You made things easier for Ethan to understand. That was really nice of you, he thought. He felt bad for never thanking you before for all you did. “...Thanks for turning on the boiler...” Ethan tried. He figured it was a start.

    “Any time, Green,” you smiled before turning away from him and settling into bed.

    The next morning, you and Ethan snuck into the halls when school started. Chris quickly found the both of you. He’d brought you both pumpkin spice hot chocolate.

    “Oh, wow,” you commented when Chris handed you the beverage. You were truly surprised and flattered. “Thank you so much, Chris! This is so nice!”

    He brushed it off. “It’s really no problem. I got them from the cafeteria. We’ve got pumpkin spice for days here at Northville High.”

    You actually giggled at that. Then, you promptly got lost in Chris’ eyes again. You would’ve been embarrassed if you were even paying attention.

    Well, apparently Ethan was. He scoffed, causing you to look at him, and he grumbled, “I guess I should leave you two to it. I...gotta get to class.” He practically stomped off.

    Your eyes followed Ethan as he went. You wondered what in the world was wrong with him.

    Chris got your notice again when he asked, “So, what’s your first period class? I’ll walk you to it.”

    “Um...what’s your first period class?” you asked quickly.

    He shrugged, “Statistics--”

    “No way! Me too!” you lied. “Let’s go,” you suggested before he could become suspicious.

    “So tonight, everyone figured we’d go ice skating. You wanna join us?” he offered, “Ethan can come too if he’d like.”

    “Uh...thanks! We’d love to go,” you smiled, cursing yourself in the back of your head for speaking for Ethan again. You bit your lip, knowing what you had to ask. You weren’t exactly looking forward to knowing the answer. “Is Noelle going to be there?”

    He furrowed his brow. “You know Noelle?”

    “Um, yeah,” you lied, “I’ve seen her...in the halls.”

    He believed it. “Oh.”

    “She’s um...pretty. Isn’t she?” You hated that you were talking up someone else to your crush, but you also knew that Chris was destined to end up with her.

    Chris’ eyes widened in slight realization. “Oh. I didn’t know you swung that way. Do you...like guys?”

    Huh. Santa’s an ally.

    “Um...” Shyly, you nodded. You felt your cheeks thinking about the implications of his question.

    He just smiled. “Good!”

    You spent the whole day following Chris to his classes. It was a dream. Chris kept freezing your desk with his powers and doodling little snowflakes and Christmas trees on it. It reminded you of Jack Frost in Rise of the Guardians. It was really cute too. The teacher had to tell you to quiet down several times because you were giggling too much.

    At the end of the school day, you ran into Ethan again.

    He’d spent the day mostly in the boiler room. He figured that he was spending enough time in regular school. He wasn’t about to spend more time in a fictional one.

    When he saw you again, and you awkwardly brought up that you had signed both you and him up to go ice skating, he said, “Whatever,” which meant he’d go. The main reason he agreed was because he preferred anything over the blank cement walls of the boiler room.

    He just didn’t consider one thing.

    “Ethan, do you know how to skate?” you wondered, skating over to the boy hugging the wall.

    “Psh, of course I do,” he lied shakily, tightening his grip on the solid, non-slippery surface. “I just, uh...like it better over here.”

    You laughed. “Come here.” You took his hand.

    Ethan panicked. “Whoa, whoa. What’re you doing?”

    “Relax. I’m not gonna let go of you,” you assured. “Just one foot after the other, like this.”

    Slowly, you started leading him around the rink.

    For a little while, Ethan felt like he was actually getting it. One bad step though, and he started to freak out again. “Whoa, whoa!” he shouted.

    “It’s alright, it’s alright!” you tried to say, but it was too late. You stayed true to your word, though. You didn’t let go of Ethan. You went down with him.

    He was mostly scared of the act of falling down, so after that part was over, he was mostly concerned with the pain in his backside.

    Ethan looked over to you to complain that you had let him fall, but he found you losing yourself in laughter. He forgot what he was going to say. Watching you, Ethan felt his heart speed up and a smile growing on his lips. Soon, both of you were laughing your asses off.

    Eventually, you and Ethan had gotten your shit together enough to stand up. The two of you went over to customer services at the rink to get ice packs for your fresh bruises.

    “Sorry, I guess I should’ve told you that I...uh...” Ethan trailed off.

    You finished for him, “You’ve never been ice skating before in your life?”

    “Yeah...” Ethan smiled because you started laughing again.

    “It’s fine,” you shrugged off. “I guess I should’ve asked you if you knew how to skate before volunteering you for something against your will...again.”

    Ethan was about to say he didn’t mind. He was about to say that the past couple days with you had been the most fun he’d had in a long time.

    But then, Chris approached the two of you. “There you guys are! I’ve been looking all over for you! Y/n, I was wondering if you’d like to skate, um...with me for a bit.”

    “Oh! Um...”

    There it was. Chris was going to come along, yet again, and sweep you off your feet. You were going to say yes to Santa Creep, and Ethan would be left alone for the rest of the--

    “Ethan and I are actually gonna head back home,” you replied to Chris, interrupting Ethan’s thoughts. “We’ve been skating for a while, and we’re both pretty tired. I’ll see you tomorrow though, okay?”

    Chris seemed a little disappointed by your words. Ethan tried not to become too happy from the look on Kringle’s face.

    “Oh...okay,” Chris replied, “I’ll see you tomorrow...”

    Back in the boiler room, Ethan was still stuck on what had occurred at the ice skating rink. “You know...you didn’t have to come back with me...”

    “Hmm?” You turned to Ethan and furrowed your brow.

    He went on, “You didn’t have to come back with me ‘cause I don’t know how to skate. I coulda come back by myself. You could’ve kept having fun at the rink...with Chris.” Ethan had to physically push those last two words out.

    “Nah, I didn’t really feel like it,” you answered with a shrug. “I’m probably not going to be skating for a while with these new bruises you gave me,” you teased, but your voice grew softer. “Plus, I wanted to spend more time with you.”

    Ethan’s heart stopped. He looked away from you in an attempt to hide the growing blush on his cheeks.

    “Goodnight, Ethan,” you bid before turning over in your makeshift bed, and laying down to rest.

    Ethan’s last thoughts as he fell asleep that night was how the four concrete walls of the boiler room didn’t seem that lifeless with you there.

    The following day was Friday. For the students of Northville High, it was the last day ‘til Winter Break, and the championship basketball game was that night. For you and Ethan, it was the last day of the movie. Santa Claus Is Going To High School was supposed to end after the big game against South Heights.

    You and Ethan ran into Chris in the cafeteria during breakfast. He had more pumpkin spice hot chocolate for the both of you. “Hey guys! I forgot to tell you last night, but since it’s the last day of school, there’s caroling in the halls today. Students who join don’t have to go to classes. Do you guys wanna carol with me?”

    To prevent yourself from immediately responding “Yes!” you bit your lip. You looked to Ethan. You didn’t want to speak for him again.

    He glanced to you, and it looked like he was about to reject the offer, but then he thought about it for a second. “You said it gets us out of classes?” Ethan asked.

    Chris nodded.

    Ethan sighed, “Yeah...okay.”

    A smile broke out across your face. You couldn’t help but hug Ethan. “This is going to be so fun!” You felt Ethan’s body stiffen, and to it to mean that he thought it was weird that you were hugging him. You quickly separated from him.

    You dismissed the pink painting his cheeks as you seeing things.

    The actual singing part of caroling was pretty boring. The group of students you were with would just stop at random places in the hallway for a song or two. People in nearby classrooms would come out to watch you guys and get a little time off from class.

    What made caroling so much fun though were Chris and Ethan. Between stops, the three of you would mess around in an effort to make each other laugh. Well, while you were trying to make both Ethan and Chris laugh, it had turned into a bit of competition between the two of them to get you to laugh. Personally, you didn’t notice any malice between the two of them, but you were too busy laughing to notice much anyway.

    Throughout the day, everyone held their own books that had in them all the carols everyone was singing. Chris stole your book, and you had to go through the whole song and dance (no pun intended) of trying to get it back. Chris easily dodged you every time you went for the book.

    At one point, you tripped over your feet while going for your book. Chris caught you before you fell, and for a second he just gazed at you with wide eyes. Then, something insane happened.

    Chris Kringle kissed you. The boy, the fictional character you’d had a crush on since his movie came out, liked you enough to actually kiss you. You were frozen to your spot.

    Kringle must’ve taken that as a negative reaction. He parted from you.

    “Y/n...”

    You heard a shocked voice behind you before you could say a word to Chris. You turned around and saw Ethan’s highly concerned face.

    Suddenly, the bell rang. It was signaling the end of the school day. The sound made you jump.

    “...I...I have to go, Y/n,” Chris told you. “Coach said he wants us in the gym as soon as the bell rings.”

    You were reminded of the championship basketball game. “Right. Go,” you encouraged.

    “Come to the game later. We can talk there,” he offered.

    “Okay,” you nodded.

    Chris left. You and Ethan were suddenly alone in the hallway.

    Ethan stated, “I can’t believe he just kissed you.”

    “I can’t believe he just kissed me either.” You exhaled for probably the first time since Chris’ lips were on yours. You couldn’t stop a small smile from forming.

    “You don’t want to kiss him again, do you?”

    The question made your smile vanish. You avoided Ethan’s gaze.

    “Y/n, you can’t want any of that. None of this is even real!”

    Your face started burning from embarrassment and anger, but you fought back anyway. “So what?” you shouted. “Do you have any idea how long I’ve been waiting for something like this to happen?”

    Ethan clearly hadn’t expected your voice to raise as well.

    “Dammit, Ethan,” you really didn’t care anymore, “I’ve liked you for such a long time, but you never noticed me! The only reason you sat next to me in the theater was because I was the only person there. You had no other option. But Chris, he had all the options! And he chose me! Do you have any idea how that feels?”

    You had shocked Ethan into silence.

    “Look, I’m going to the gym to watch Chris practice. Come, don’t come, I don’t care.” It was true. You didn’t care. At that point, you didn’t care that the movie was supposed to play out a certain way. You left Ethan alone in the hallway and headed toward the gymnasium.

    It took Ethan about a minute to even move. So many thoughts were running though his head. He was right to be mad at you, right? The movie had to end a certain way, or else you and him ran the chance of never going home. But then, there was the revelation that you had just unloaded on Ethan. You liked him? Like, liked him, liked him? The more he thought about it, the more obvious your crush became to him, and worse he felt about how he treated you in the past.

    Ethan also started to realize that, maybe he liked you like that, too. Maybe he wasn’t just worried about the movie’s plot. Maybe he was so concerned about Chris’ behavior around you because he was jealous.

    And that brought Ethan back to how he had acted around you in the past. Had he really been so bad? Yes. He’d been so concerned about his bad boy image that he pushed you aside whenever the two of you were around other students. He couldn’t imagine doing that after all you two had gone through in that movie. Ethan didn’t want to be away from you at all anymore, and that included right in that moment as well.

    Ethan knew he was going to have to admit a lot of things to you to get a chance at getting you back. He only hoped it wasn’t too late. He glanced up at a clock in the hallway and realized he only had ten minutes ‘til the game started.

    Meanwhile, you were looking at the same time on a clock in a hallway outside the gym.

    “Y/n.” Chris came jogging up to you. “Thank you so much for meeting me here.”

    “Uh...Hey, Chris,” you swallowed, dread filling you. You’d had some time to think since your argument with Ethan. You were still very angry with the leather-clad boy, and you still cared about Chris a lot, but Ethan was right about one thing. The movie needed to play out a certain way. You had no choice but to get out of the way of that.

    Chris noticed your unease. “Are you alright, Y/n?”

    You took a deep breath, preparing to let Chris down easy. “Um, we need to talk, Chris--”

    “Wait,” he interrupted you, “I know what you’re going to say. Y/n, I’m sorry I kissed you. It was pretty naughty of me to get in the way of the movie.”

    You blinked. Completely disregarding that ‘naughty’ line, you asked, “How’d you know that?”

    At that, he just smiled, “I’m Santa Claus, remember? It’s also how I know it was your Christmas wish to start dating Ethan.”

    “Wait, you’ve known this whole time that we’re in a movie? Why didn’t you tell me?”

    He chuckled, seemingly embarrassed. “I was trying not to mess up the plot. Stay in character, you know? I guess I really fucked that up, kissing you.”

    “Wow, I never thought I’d hear Chris Kringle curse,” you laughed.

    “You just came out of no where, Y/n. Quite literally. I had no idea I’d...like you this much when I brought you here.”

    Eyes nearly popping out of your head, you almost yelled, “You brought us here?!”

    There was an echo. It was Ethan, who had just arrived on the scene. “Why the hell would you do that?” he frantically asked.

    Chris just smirked, “You two will find out soon enough.”

    The buzzer in the gym sounded, signaling the game was going to start soon.

    Chris turned to you. “Y/n, I want you to hang onto my jacket for me.” He handed you his letterman. “Don’t worry about the plot of the movie, I’ll take care of it. I’m...really going to miss you, Y/n. Ethan, you got very lucky with this gift. Be very nice to them.”

    He kissed you on the cheek and ran off before you could say something in return. You absentmindedly put on Chris’ letterman and turned to Ethan. Your plan was to try and explain away Chris’ leading last words to Ethan, but before you could:

    “I really like you, Y/n,” Ethan blurted.

    Your words got caught in your throat.

    Ethan quickly continued, “I’ve only really noticed how I feel in the past couple days in this movie, but I’d be lying if I said I haven’t liked you for a long time. I’m sorry for acting like such an asshole. I really don’t know how you continued to be nice to me after all that...”

    He continued to ramble on, but some twinkling above your head caught your eye. You smiled when you looked up and saw it. “Hey, Ethan?”

    Your voice immediately shut him up as he gazed at you.

    “Look up,” you quietly prompted.

    Hanging above the two of you was a beautiful little mistletoe.

    “I...uh...” Ethan swallowed. “Does this mean you’ll forgive me?”

    You smirked, “Well, I guess that depends on whether or not you’re a good kisser.”

    Ethan’s face broke out in a grin as well. He hooked an arm around your waist and pulled you close enough where your heads barely had to move at all to kiss.

    You were woken up in the movie theater by the kid Ethan was babysitting—Tim, as Ethan had called him—cheering because Chris Kringle had successfully used the ‘Santa Swap’ to win the championship game against South Heights. At least, you thought Ethan had called him Tim. Did Ethan only say that while you and him were trapped in the movie? Was any of that real at all?

    Dread filled you when you started to think that Ethan had never actually kissed you, it had been a dream. That dread doubled when you realized that you had fallen asleep on Ethan’s shoulder.

    You slowly started to raise your head because you had a feeling that Ethan had fallen asleep too, and you thought maybe you could save yourself some embarrassment.

    However, as soon as he could, and at the same time Chris kissed Noelle in the movie, Ethan kissed you too. “I just had the most amazing dream,” he whispered to you once you parted.

    Several thoughts raced through your head. Was it a dream? Is it possible for two people to have the same dream? Yet, you quickly realized that it didn’t matter because Ethan had just kissed you. He liked you! You finally got your Christmas wish.

    As you and Ethan walked out of the theater hand-in-hand, Ethan asked Tim, “So, nothing seemed weird about that movie, kid?”

    Tim shrugged it off. “Nope.”

    “Huh,” Ethan turned to you, you guessed probably to ask you how much you remembered, but Ethan gasped when he saw what you were wearing. “Holy shit.”

    Following Ethan’s eyeline, you spotted what had freaked him out so much. “Holy shit,” you repeated.

    You were still wearing Chris’ letterman.

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