Christmas in July er, January
So, let's take a little break from the gritty anti-heroes and enjoy some Christmas fluff HMLIS style ! I had a great time crafting this story and it was nice to revisit the HMLIS gang. I promise I'm not scratching my brain to come up with a Valentine's themed story...
So just to recap....
Setting: Eastham College, Eastham, Massachusetts
Jonah Morrow 19-year-old violinist trying to live up to having a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist for a father, record breaking (but slacker) triathelete for a brother and a deaf-blind musical prodigy as a friend.
Abigail Winters - Avid Poetry reaser who spent a year in a coma after being pushed off a bridge by her depressed ex-girlfriend. With the help of Corinne and Jonah she is back into her own body.So, not much of their backstory is going to come up in this Xmas story, but just thought I'd do a recap.
- 1- Little Christmas Tree by The Jackson 5
-2- Let it Snow by Jessica Simpson
-3- Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande ( This is the titular song, but I had a dyslexic moment which is why the serial title is different)
-4- All I Want for Christmas by Mariah Carey
-5- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Sam Smith
Thanks for all the shout outs ! This was so much fun. I think my favorite was
ReplyDeleteknow people coming back from the dead is kind of tired but I don’t know I’m kind of into it--,”
*sigh* old times. I got the Sigma Gamma Iota becuase that was a name I was going to use but the other one stumped me for a second. Also all I could think was Sera would not hesitate to take down a disabled girl if she flirted with her crush.
IDK, M I think this is the funnies thing ever.
Delete“What about that big guy who ran screaming from that moth?,”
Thanks ! I could not figure out how to get Sera in there. (;
DeleteThis was the cutest thing ever! I loved the Jonah/Corrine part. I totally need a sequel now.
ReplyDeleteThanks, but I think I'm officially out of HMLIS material now. I think...
DeleteWow, Jonah. That is the perfect sweetest gift ever. So perfect. I bet Oliva J is glad she has you on her bandwagon. #romanticforever
ReplyDeleteI just do not get to do enough romance-y, relationship-y stuff in my serials so this was really fun.
DeleteAt first I was like this is so cute and wintery. Then I was all - Alan . .. wait what ?
ReplyDeleteI was originally going to play it straight and do a quick 500 word thing, but then once I found the Secret Santa generator I couldn't resist.
DeleteFor some reason hacking Thermostats made me lol !
ReplyDeleteIt was the best I could do
DeleteFor some reason hacking Thermostats made me lol !
ReplyDeleteIf Abigail is going to enroll in the spring why is she allowed to put her name in ?
ReplyDeleteOkay, I had to do a lot of handwaving to make this work...like Abigail also gets a gift, but if you notice she never gave one because I couldn't fit it in.
DeleteOne ticket to this party please ! I was hoping Darcy might show up, it made me sad all over again.
ReplyDelete"There aren’t enough years between the numbers." ):
DeleteSo, my logic with this was to keep the characters as they were at the end of their serial so, no Darcy. That sad stuff kind of came out of left field.
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ReplyDeleteHe hands Juliana a drink and then takes her hand, it’s a protective gesture and I notice they are wearing either engagement rings or promise rings.
Maybe even wedding rings.
COME ON SHV ! GIVE ME SOMETHING HERE !!
This is me showing just how indecisive I am about everything.
DeleteBreak out the eggnog again, this made my Post-Christmas haze.
ReplyDeleteCheck the expiration date ! *still chugging champagne* (:
DeleteI thought the most cannon-relevant thing we were going to get wa that Ehtan gave Jonah his car, which I thought was very brotherly !
ReplyDeleteThis should have been called Christmas Suprise ! How as it writing the old characters again ?
It was soooo hard. I had to let myself have fun with it and not try and get every detail right. Like I had a really hard time with Julianna and Rhett because they exist so tightly in their own worlds I didn't know how others would perceive them...if that makes sense ?
DeleteShawna, this is way more fun that our Christmas party in Greta's basement, where I might have eaten catnip by mistake. . . I wish someone would just give me free bottles of Vicodin. That usually only happens when I vacation in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteUm, thank you...
DeleteJessica Simpson's Let It Snow is such a great song ! I'm ready for Christmas again !
ReplyDeleteI set Spotify to Pop Christmas and just waited for something I could use.
DeleteI love the idea of a character with a Shakespeare quote on their arm
ReplyDelete*Maybe I should get into this serial thing*
YES YES YES ! You need to Corriander, it would be amazing !
DeleteAlso, I just needed a reason to let you know it was Hippolyta-inspired
Alan seems a little possessive here. . . I guess this is Compulsion!Alan.
ReplyDeleteThe Vice/Veritas characters are kind of a mix of their two versions. I was just trying to show the weird push-pull relationship Jean and Alan have over Minnow.
DeleteVALENTINE'S DAY PARTY
ReplyDeleteOr a restaurant that is overbooked for Valentine's Day ?
Delete@Ft. Life - I can't even tell you how much I like the idea of something like this.
DeleteI'd love to see a HMLIS graduation . . .
ReplyDeleteHmmm, *keeps in back of head*
DeleteWhat was the oddest pairing the Secret Santa Generator came up with ?
ReplyDeleteYou tell me, here are the pairings it created. The ones I didn't use I just couldn't really figure out how to make work
DeleteCorinne
Slate
Jonah
Alan
Matty
Julianna
Julianna
Abigail
Minnow
Alex
Alan
Matty
Alex
Minnow
Slate
Rhett