Just a shower thought, but modern AU Straw Hats doing secret santa - Sanji is all on board, thinking it could be the opportunity to draw your name and hand you the best gift of all time - until he doesn't. He got Franky.
He approaches every single one of his friends, trying to glean who picked your name (more or less obvious and to varying degrees of success) - and, as fate will have it, it's Zoro. Fuck.
Valiant knight that mosshead is, he refuses to give up that little piece of paper (that stupid freak was only going to gift you inappropriate shit anyways - no one wants to see lingerie or fucking sex toys at the holiday bash. Not to mention that he already has the perfect gift in mind.)
And so Sanji nags. Insults. Fights. Begs him - all to no avail, Zoro does not budge. It takes days for Sanji to accept defeat - and he only does it because he's got a new plan: He's going to get you a gift anyways. (And of course, he won't forget about Franky.)
The holiday party rolls around and there are two gifts for you under the tree: one book you've been wanting since pretty much forever and an elaborately decorated cake. It starts a whole new fight between Zoro and Sanji (with Luffy butting in from time to time because you getting food AND a gift is a grave injustice) that ends up in them duking it out while the rest of you share the cake. (But you do patch Sanji up later on so maybe it was all worth it in the end...)
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just so you knowwwwwww I probably won't be very online over the holidays ♡ I have a handful of asks to awnser, but probz won't get to for a while since I'm quite busy with all the holiday preparations, decorations & celebrations!!! hehe! ^^🍪☃️❄
but.... before I take a little break I want to say I just watched the best gift ever!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!! 🎁❄
It was AWESOME!!!!! there's so many fun moments in here and the songs were just wonderful ^^🎵 definitely a special to rewatch every year! I know there are some shorts to go along with it so I'm checking them out later! favourite moment has to be twilight saying P U D D I N G! I died of laughter 🤣🌟 oh the whole special was just so much fun!! 💖💖💖 just a little sad that discord & shining armor had the wrong voice in the dub so I look forward to watching it in english so I can hear him be his funny & chaotic self as usual haha, shame Niklas Gabrielsson must've been unavailable when they dubbed it, he's such an awesome discord! (and shining armor too ofcourse^^)
I'll try to stay offline for a bit now but who knows I might still go on here and reblog stuff or something, you never know
have a great hearth's warming everypony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
♡ sfw interaction only ♡
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Insert Holiday Pun Here
Well folks, the holidays are upon us, and I’ve been too busy to attempt to be funny. SO, I thought I’s treat you all to something a little different.
[This joke would be funnier if my name was actually Gina]
I’m going to go through the holiday (read: Christmas, because let’s be honest: Hearth’s Warming is a Christmas expy) episodes and give my thoughts on each. This will not include the Equestria specials because I haven’t seen them (but I have read the IDW 2014 holiday comic and oh boy, that’s a post of its own). I’m not going to recap them (much) because it would take less than two hours to watch them all. Take a break from Charlie Brown and Rankin Bass to appreciate some true holiday classics.
Hearth's Warming Eve, Season 2 Episode 11
I don’t like it.
It’s hard to be the first of anything. You’ve got a lot to set up and only twenty-two minutes to establish lore and tell a complete story. I didn’t care for the Nightmare Night episode the first time I saw it, but upon rewatch it held up better than I remembered. Plus, it had the benefit of being really funny. This only has a few moments that gave me a sensible chuckle.
What a shocker! An earth pony with no ideas.
Ostensibly, this is a very important episode because it introduces the holiday and gives us some Equestria history, but I never expected this show to have such a mean-spirited holiday episode. And I don’t just mean the pony summit that is supposed to show animosity. The beloved Mane Six begin the episode by grousing with each other.
The holidays stress me out too, and I wouldn’t have a problem if they resolved this by the end of the story, but they don’t. The name of the show is “Friendship is Magic.” This grinch’s heart should be growing three sizes, not reminded of family gatherings that turned into verbal brawls.
And then there’s the play. Obviously, the personalities of Pinkie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity get turned up to an eleven in their respective roles, but it just rubs me the wrong way. Especially since the other three are depicted normally. The three heroes bond over how much they hate their bosses. This is a relatable notion, but a weird choice for a children’s program. In the beginning, the three races of ponies were divided by hate, and now they’re being brought together…by hate. Talk about your mixed messages.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I don’t like it when they fight unnecessarily.
2/5
Hearthbreakers, Season 5 Episode 20
It was a long wait for another holiday episode, and it was worth it. This one delves into a topic that I don’t see too many shows acknowledge: that different families have different traditions. And more importantly, that someone else’s traditions aren’t bad or wrong just because you might not enjoy them. It should be an obvious lesson to respect other’s differences, but the amount of people who lose their minds when told to have a happy holiday is any indication, it bears repeating. This time of year can be difficult for blended families or people coming together for the first time, and it’s especially relevant for this changing world. It stands to reason that the very stubborn Applejack would be a stickler for tradition and have difficulties being flexible.
How rare it is to see Pinkie Pie be the peace keeper?
4.5/5
A Hearth's Warming Tail, Season 6 Episode
This one is a mixed bag for me. I am a big fan of A Christmas Carol and I do enjoy when shows do their own version. The story itself is fun, with the added twist of higher stakes than the original, but the framing devices gives me pause. Twilight freaking out because Starlight doesn’t want to celebrate a holiday is a little over the top. No one should be pressured to celebrate a certain way or celebrate at all if they don’t want to. Maybe someone has bad memories with the holiday and doesn’t want to be reminded of past events. Maybe they can’t stand the over consumption and commercialism of this time of year. Maybe they belong to a religion that doesn’t celebrate Christmas and are very tired of being constantly ignored. Maybe they work in retail. The reason doesn’t matter.
It’s such an easy fix. Maybe instead of being indifferent towards the holiday, Starlight’s nervous that she’s going to be in such a big group and worried that she’ll mess things up. Twilight gives her the book to show that you can’t really ruin Christmas Hearthswarming because blah blah blah togetherness. I don’t know.
Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but this episode aired a year after people lost their minds over a red paper coffee cup, so my concerns aren’t unfounded.
3.5/5
The Hearth's Warming Club, Season 8 Episode 15
It was like the writers saw inside my brain and realized the issue with only recognizing one holiday that gets celebrated in the pony equivalent of December.
The set up for the Breakfast Club-esque story has some issues, but I'm willing to look past them because I enjoy the episode. The best things that come from the magic school storylines are the exploration of the non-pony lore.
We had to wait eight years, but there was finally an acknowledgement that other holidays exist.
4.5/5
Best Gift Ever (aired between seasons 8 and 9)
The gold standard by which I’ve held all the other episodes. Everyone is perfectly in character. No one had to resort to stupid “Gift of the Magi” BS that they could have easily done.
I’ve never seen a kids show display so succinctly how stressful the holidays are, while simultaneously expecting you to have a good time. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? Why aren’t you having fun? What do you mean you don’t have time to clean, decorate, bake, wrap presents, send out cards, do crafts, mail gifts, and spend time with loved ones while also working/going to school/ continuing to be a human being?
I have been in this exact position, spending an hour inputting packages, and explaining that the delivery times were not guaranteed.
But this friend group really needs to discover the magic of waiting until after Christmas to have your get-together. It lessens the stress and gives you something to look forward to. Plus, you can snag those post-holiday deals.
I have pulled a Pinkie Pie and ignored the rules of a White Elephant exchange because I had already gotten everyone a gift. No one seemed to mind.
Forget the magic anthropomorphic horses, the most unrealistic thing about this show is how easy it is to make friends as an adult. It's trite to say that friendship is the greatest gift of all, but I am going to see my friends after New Years, and after not being together for over three years, I really couldn't ask anything better.
A totally heterosexual explanation for this image exists.
The chef’s kiss of holiday episodes. I will even forgive them for airing it in October. I will be watching it again this year while the rest of the family watches Die Hard.
5/5
Shoutout once again to whoever posts the images on the wiki gallery. You remain the funniest person on the internet.
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