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Ok I’ve been a little busy but wanted to get this out so here’s the basic line up and a small rundown of the characters
It’s going to be under the cut because man this list is crazy long
Jon- Jack Skellington
This is kinda obvious they are both the MC’s of their own story. But more than that, they both have that untapped curiosity and need to know. I mean Jaco had a whole lab set up in the movie. It could also tie back to Jon with his whole “unrelating need for knowledge and distain for boredom” that he talked about having as a child. In this AU I imagine he didn’t grow out of it quite as much as he did in TMA. Although I would still argue that he doesn’t like being bored in TMA I mean while he’s supposed to be “lying low” he still goes out several times to interview people. He also still has some eye magic things like forcing people to tell him things and going all ceaseless watch. But it’s more magic than fear god and I think eyes are a pretty Halloweeny thing.
Martin- Sally
Listen I’m a Jmart girly all the way and I think he fits her storyline so well. He has her cleverness and ingenuity and I can so see him brewing up different poison soups, it’s just like tea. I can’t remember if it’s a cannon or fannon fact that he knits but I think that goes nicely with the whole seamstress thing sally has. I can’t also see him using the detachable limbs thing a lot more to his advantage. Also I think that both him and Sally are mischaracterized to softer versions of themselves and are way more devious than people first think. I would also change his background a bit so his mom is Doctor Finkelstein, but like she is mad at him for his help but still needs it. It’s complicated and I’ll got over it more in her section. But Martin is a complicated guy with his fair share of mommy issues but a good hear and is way smarter than people give him credit for.
Sasha- The Mayor
Sasha has a lot of big changes to her story. First off she is a very competent mayor working more with Jon kinda like a business partner than blind follower. She runs all of the day to day events and basics of running the town. She does all the business and Jon does Halloween essentially. She likes her job and is very good at what she does, and unlike the NMBC mayor she is pretty much the leader of Halloween town. Sasha’s other face the one she flips to is actually Not-Sasha. She looks and acts completely different but everyone still treats her like the same person. It’s a running gag that Non-Sasha looks a little different every time Sasha flips between faces but nobody ever says anything
Daisy- Zero
Yes I know I’m jumping out of order but it will make sense soon. Daisy and Zero was one part actually story stuff and other parts i thought it would be funny. In terms of story she acts like her season 4 self. She’s Jon’s best friend ever since he he found her as a wandering sprit, vicious and more wolf than woman. Think season 5 daisy but if Jon was actually able to save her. Alongside the help of Daisy’s old partner Jon used whatever Halloween magic he has to pull Daisy’s humanity back to the surface. Im thinking they got stuck in the coffin again, I think that would be pretty funny and very fitting. Anyway Daisy is a werewolf shapeshifting spirit, think of her wolf form as a more muscular Zero. Her nose glows in her human form too :). She’s essentially who Jon confides in and calls him and idiot but then tries to help. She has more of a role than Zero did in the film since she can speak. Daisy was also not very impressed at being the one to lead the sleigh but she did it anyway because Jon’s her best friend and she loves him.
Ok so Tim, Melanie and Basira are going to be grouped together because they are the trick or treaters.
In this case the story was changed a lot so the. Characters were picked not really for personality or relations. But more for continuity so they are all more or less themselves just kinda in Halloween town
Tim- Lock
Tim looks good in Red let’s be for real. He would also make the “devilish good looks” jokes you know he would
Melanie- Shock
Melanie gives off the vibes of someone who would dabble in Wicca, like she definitely owns tarot cards. And besides “ the blind witch” is metal as hell and I think she would appreciate it.
Basira- Barrel
I’m not sure what exactly Barrel is but the bones thing he has going on creates a nice tie back to Jack. Which in turn creates a connection between Jon and Basira which could tie back to the two of them saving Daisy. Basira also sees things for what they are, a sort of “bare bones” logic if you would.
Anyway so the reason the 3 of them are listed together is because in this AU they do still work for Oogie Boogie but it’s not consensual. They are all tied to him via a contract and are forced to do his bidding. Tho they often half ass it as a way to get back at him. Melanie is the one to figure out how to leave and that’s when she blinds herself to get out. I’ll go over the implications of this and what it does later in another post.
On to the villain: if you think the whole contract thing sounded familiar you’d be right
Elias Bouchard- Oogie Boogie
He’s mean he’s green, and Elias would love having a gambling aesthetic let’s not kid ourselves. Elias is also the main character villain of TMA and I think it’s fitting that he also gets the main villain role here as well. I imagine his lair to be less giant roulette table and more bureaucratic mansion. Essentially he built his own Magnus institute in the outskirts of town and people can come and test their luck. More of a poker style table than a role of the dice. He acts all fair but instead of eating people he traps their souls in contracts. He is also made of eyeballs instead of bugs and the ones in his head are called Jonah Magnus.
Peter Lukas- Santa
Yes yes I know what this implies but it’s funny. Also I didn’t know any TMA character that would properly fit this role so why not give it to the guy who probably looks like him. I also think Christmas is partially a conduit of The Lonely. I mean what’s lonelier than spending Christmas by yourself. I don’t even celebrate Christmas and I do feel a little left out sometimes hearing how everyone gets together with the their family and I’m not. What I’m trying to say is Christmas makes a lot of people lonely and I can see the Lukas’ taking advantage of that. It’s also really funny to imagine an Oogie Santa divorce going on. Like I’ll give them more scenes because I can imagine the tension and it’s so funny.
Others 
Martin’s mother- Doctor Finkelstein
This one is more due to character circumstances but I think it’s a very complex dynamic. We know from TMA that Martin’s mother hated the fact that he had to take care of her and I wanted to play on that here. In this world she made Martin this the help of a lab assistant who then ran off after an accident leaving her sick and mostly alone ( yes I know sally has a different backstory in long live the pumpkin queen but I haven’t read the book so I’m sticking with just the movie cannon and my own thoughts). She needs Martins help with taking care of herself mostly but she hates him for it. Yelling and belittling him. But she also knows that without him she will probably die so she holds on to Martin tight. Getting mad when he runs off, guilt tripping him into coming back. She eventually does make a new assistant but Martin cuts off all contact with her. He makes a choice for himself and stands up to her and leaves.
Georgie- human?
Georgie was literally the hardest character to come up with because there is no good character to match her with that is majorly important to the plot but Georgie is a big character in TMA so she had to be here. So I came up with the idea of her being human paranormal investigator ( like in TMA except her podcast is her going out to explore places) and winding up in Halloween town. There is a side plot where she meets up with Melanie and helps her escape Elias’ contract. She has no fear due to the transference between worlds and as such is welcomed into Halloween Town. Although she finds herself starting to change and she isn’t sure if she’s still completely human.
All the other denizens are background TMA characters, or other holiday rulers like Nikola as the Easter bunny ( that one wasn’t a mistake capturing her, Tim just wanted a bit of revenge because she stole his brother. Danny isn’t dead just an egg painter now.) I’ll assign more people later
Since it’s getting into the holiday season I’m thinking about my Nightmare Before Christmas TMA au.
I’ve got nothing but a head full of ideas and I don’t know if anybody want to hear about it
But it’s going to be in the back of my mind for most of December
Dude todays TBHK chapter was really something
First off I feel so bad for Teru I know I haven’t really expressed it before but as an older sibling I can’t imagine the amount of pain he’s going through right now. And the fact that his mask is nearly fully broken in this chapter. The anger he shows isn’t masked behind pretty smiles anymore. He’s furious and he’s showing it. I think he’s also scared, like he’s been scared before but he doesn’t show it but now, now the worst has happened. He literally pushed Akane out of the way to protect him because he can’t lose anybody else. Dude
Also Amane smiling as he says that he “forgot” that he killed Kou… that was such a punch to the gut like I also wanted him dead
But on a brighter note AOI!!! Coming in clutch with the sword. I saw so happy for her. I hope she gets to kick some supernatural ass in the next chapters like she was killing it this chapter and I’m so happy for her.
Also the confirmation that Mitsuba was also in the well. Man at least they died together …. Maybe…. Does that make it any better…. Probably not. I’m also glad that there was only 1 shot of the well. Like I prefer that we don’t know the extent of what happened to Kou and the others. It really keeps the horror aspect because I’m sure I can imagine something far worse that what can be drawn. But also the well shot we did get was pretty bad like all those people down there… horrible
But yeah overall, good chapter way WAY better than last month. This time I felt a fleeting moment of serotonin instead of cold hard dread the whole time. But man this series really loves rippig hearts out.
TBHK fans
How we feeling today
Hyped for tomorrow’s chapter?
Terrified for tomorrow’s chapter
A weird combination of both those feelings and then some
Yeah me too
Stay strong everyone, we’ve got this
Since it’s getting into the holiday season I’m thinking about my Nightmare Before Christmas TMA au.
I’ve got nothing but a head full of ideas and I don’t know if anybody want to hear about it
But it’s going to be in the back of my mind for most of December
I know people have been making horse girl Ragatha jokes since she mentioned missing her horses
But I think we’re all sleeping on the concept of cowgirl Ragatha
Like just picture it for just a minute
I love taking finals while sick
There’s truly not quite as beneficial for your academic career than walking into the testing room in a fugue state, taking that final exam and then walking out being all like
What the fuck just happened
Nothing feels real
Also I remember nothing about that test
Truly the academic experience of all time
make it wild. make it fun. make it thrilling. make it unpredictable. make it tense. make it hurt. make it everything. make it nothing.
make it delicious.
Do I have finals I should be studying for
Yes
Am I instead watching multiple POVs of the Wild Life series finale
Also yes
But man what a finale I had to watch like 3 people before I found out who won. But even then it’s was absolutely insane.
This whole season was peak
“I can watch stuff casually, it won’t take over my whole life” <- a MAJOR lie from a liar who lies
I have a confession
Every time I’m listening to the Magnus Archives and Oliver Banks is brought up I don’t imagine some hot guy. …..
I… I imaging licorice cookie for cookie run
Yeah this fucker⬇️
I am so sorry
Being Ace and sometimes experiencing physical attraction is such a weird thing.
Because 99% of the time I’m like “ I see your lust for your fellow man, and I am filled with nothing but confusion. For why do you desire the flesh of another, what within you crave this carnal pleasure. What do you see in the meaty lumps of another that make you feel the flame of desire?”
And then that 1% I’m like “ DAMN that girl looks good in that top, like a renaissance painting brought to life. Her curves are perfectly accentuated, and I am looking hard”
There is truly nothing like scrolling through tumblr sitting in the living room surrounded by your family yelling about football.
Truly the best thanksgiving experience.
It’s like a game of Russian roulette except instead of bullets it’s people asking you what you’re looking at.
And brother it’s a giant family gathering during election year so fire away
Reading witch hat atelier again and I am once again reminded about how much I NEED olruggio’s shirt
Like it’s not a want it’s a need and I NEED it so bad it literally the perfect shirt, it’s flowy and looks gorgeous. Aguh I will also never forgive society for making it so these shirts are not the standard. But if I had this shirt I would wear it all the time.
You have no idea what I would do to own this shirt the Geneva convention has nothing on me
Watching tumblr blow up about Hermitcraft and other Minecraft YouTube series is honestly so entertaining
Especially as someone whose only knowledge of this topic comes from the fact that I got a wild life smp video randomly recommended to me on YouTube last week
Like I watched it and was like “man that was highly entertaining and I recognize a bunch of these names, it seems popular I wonder what people are saying about it online”
Only to log in to Tumblr.com and be flavor blasted by insane amounts of lore
Like I am so confused but I like looking at art and everyone is super talented. It’s like being lost in a beautiful flower meadow but everyone around you are losing their minds and talking about poppies and lilacs and season? Also the Watchers??? What ever those are. I have no idea and no time to watch like 18 seasons of content but I’m definitely having a good time
Having friends is a wonderful thing and the joys of human connection are unmatched
That being said sometimes you can be talking with your friends and one of them can dead ass say
“Oh yeah in the time before Gay people were invented….”
And you just have to sit there staring at a full grown adult like they actually didn’t just say that the 70s invented Gay people
I think the fact that the magnus fandom subconsciously(?) decided to draw Gwen and Elias Bouchard like this should be studied
Why is The Magnus Archives trending???!!
What is going on??? Did I miss something or did everyone’s autism decide to sink up again
Horik more like Whore-ik
With the way Arthur talks about getting on his knees for him
Am I right folks…. No…. Alright I’ll see myself out
Dude Iruma-Kun Season 4 Announcement!!!!
I’m so excited for my favorite arc to get animated
Yall have no idea how long ive been waiting to hear Lilith’s red carpet. Like its all I’ve been thinking about since I read the chapters
I should have check up on these tags earlier I’m so excited
It is honestly a crazy week to be in multiple fandoms right now.
Like Sunday/ Monday we had TBHK ch120 come out and just rip the hearts out of everyone reading it.
And the today we get fucking Spirk cannon after 57 years
Like HELLO what is going on
My emotions can’t handle this extreme fluctuation
And the worst part is…. It’s only Tuesday
What else is approaching us
I did NOT just find out that K/S (Spirk) was cannon from a FUCKING Destiel meme, you have actually got to be kidding me.
765874 Unification - Short Film from The Roddenberry Archive, OTOY, William Shatner and the Nimoy estate, in commemoration of 30th anniversary of Generation being released.
You know the most fucked up thing about ch. 120 is that it reinforces Teru’s character. It reinforces the fact that he is an exorcist first, brother second. He struck with precision, even though he called his brother’s name he still struck. I wonder if he knew what he was doing or if it was all muscle memory at that point. If all he saw at first was a supernatural attacking a person and not his brother. Did he know in his heart that his brother was gone or did he hold out hope that he could break the possession. Do you think he’ll lay awake at night think more about what lies at the bottom of the well, or that he didn’t hesitate to strike his brother the one he gave up so much for.
Man the truth was really starring us right in the face this chapter. Going back there were so many signs about what happened to Kou. Like:
The way he knows that people have been killed and doesn’t elaborate, saying that he can’t turn back the world. His hand turning freaking TRANSPARENT!!! (That one I’m kinda mad at myself for not catching beforehand) it really just adds to the tragedy of it all. Like he was dead before any of us knew it, and the only way out now is to turn back the clock
Last day of inktober because the post limit >:(
And yes I do know how late I am with this but I had this done and just forgot to post it, saved it in my drafts and then forgot.
Finally getting out the last of my Inktober art, still can’t believe I forgot to post them. But here we are
Guess who forgot to post the rest of my inktober drawings. I had them done and everything man.
Anyway here’s Inktober 11-20
Why is The Magnus Archives trending???!!
What is going on??? Did I miss something or did everyone’s autism decide to sink up again