Forum Advent Calendar 2022

[tehta]

Thanks wave! It's nice to see (some of) the boys cooking and the girls relaxing. (In my family, the opposite was pretty strongly enforced until a few years ago.)

[dmeck7755]

I did not include tha apology because ...well, I didn't feel one was warranted? 
It was an awesome story, and I could practically hear the Mission Impossible-style background music as Lalli apprised the situation and came to a plan.

I agree it is an awesome story.  The other Gävle Goat is a very different story.  Both are entertaining. 

Lalli is most clever

[dmeck7755]

Wave,
I love the drawing.  Poor Onni with his red nose and tears.  That is a mighty big onion he is grating Looks like it could be a storage onion. (Which makes the tears worse.  Unless he let it sit outside for about 15 minutes.)

My mom uses to make these all the time for us (a real treat).  She'd serve with sour cream, and apple sauce on the side.  Being little we went for the apple sauce

If I am in a hurry, I buy the frozen bag od shredded potatoes to make them.  (Though you really need to squeeze the water out.  Fresh potatoes are best.). I have even made them with leftover mashed potatoes. 

Everyone looks to be happy to be together (Even teary Onni in some way).

Oh wow now I need to make some ...

[dmeck7755]

And a Latke link

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/the-real-history-of-potato-latkes-will-surprise-you/?utm_source=Nosher_Maropost&utm_campaign=Nosher&utm_medium=email

[Róisín]

Happy Hannukah! The story and the drawing both are delightful! And I make pretty good potato pancakes myself, though the Irish recipe is a little different.

[wavewright62]

Spoiler: open the door • show

Please join Keep Looking in a moment of reflection.  We remember.

Spoiler: go farther in lightness • show

Keep Looking comments, "This is a poem for Tuuri. I've done a lot of hard things this year and have had to try and hold in balance grieving for the way the world has hurt those around me, but also still trying to see the wonder and beauty the world contains. "Go farther in lightness" and such."

Can you love the thing that kills you
The wonders of a world to learn?
A world so harsh not meant to hold you
The brightest light, the fastest burn

He told you that the world would kill you
He faced it all with doubt and fear
In every corner monsters chase you
Tearing all that you hold near

Yet in the place he said would kill you
Were wonders - buildings, books and art
Knowledge that could lift or crush you
Crewmates to hold close to heart

And even as the night ensnared you
Your courage kept the fires on
Coaxing engines to obey you
To carry friends away from harm

You thought the world would surely spare you
You held your hope until the end
A spark snuffed out as ocean claimed you
Carried far from kin and friend

He was right and so we lost you
Yet maybe he was also wrong
Would a cage have ever kept you
Seeker of the wide world’s song?

Was this journey worth it to you
Even though it ended here?
Would adventure still have called you
Knowing what you had to fear?

We live inside a world that kills you
It must be brave to see the spark
Among the things that bite and tear you
The wonder held despite the dark

[Róisín]

That poem is so beautiful! Thank you!

[Jitter]

Hauntingly beautiful! Thank you Keep!

[dmeck7755]

Keep Looking,
That had me sniffling.  It was beautiful and felt very fitting for Tuuri.  She was the bright light

Thanks!! 

[Mirasol]

tehta, to quote Red from OSP: Most tropes are tropes because they work. And "Emil and the Gävlegoat" happens to work very well. (The actual goat is still standing!) It might be a prompt I´ve come across before, but I mean we see in various events how different the interpretations can turn out for the same topic.

Happy Hannukah, Wave, and to the others who celebrate it! Lovely illustration, but now I´m hungry... I should try latkes perhaps. They sound delicious! (EDIT: haha, turns out as I was writing this, my mom was cooking Swiss´ potatopancakes with scrambled eggs. So I did in the end get something similar :'D)

Keep, that was indeed beautiful! I keep rereading it!

[Keep Looking]

Jitter, another exciting instalment in your saga of the players! If only they could make some christmas luck stick...

Grey, I love your illustration! In a rather unromantic turn of events, my first kiss was with a friend in high school when I was 16 out behind some buildings in the back part of the school where nobody went. I had no romantic attachment to this friend and it was just out of curiousity (I wanted to see what kissing felt like). In all honesty it was kinda disappointing - I think the lack of any feelings or attraction makes the sensation of kissing rather unappealing.

Tehta, your story was a wild and entertaining ride! As others have said before me, I think Emil and the Gavle Goat is a timeless trope full of potential for lots of shenanigans, and you certainly delivered! I also felt the characterisation really came through.

Wave, your illustrations are as expressive and entertaining as always! If I ever want to try my hand at making Latkes, I'll be sure to follow your recipe - they sound delicious. Happy Hannukah to all who are celebrating!

And thanks to everyone who liked my poem. I think it was something I needed to write for the end of the year.

[thegreyarea]

I'm still neck deep in work, so it's been hard to catch up with so much awesomeness! Well done friends!

Meanwhile...

Are Dmeck amd Grey’s are a continuation? Find tree, bring home, decorate with lights, snuggle?

Well, it wasn't supposed to be the boys' first kiss but...

(shipping warning: Don't click on the spoiler if you're not* on the EmiLalli bandwagon)

Spoiler: show

Why not? 

 

*: Is there really anyone not in that bandwagon? I'm still to meet that person.

*EDIT* : The above comment does not mean, by any way, a critique to anyone who has a different opinion/view on Emil/Lalli's relation.

[JoB]

Is there really anyone not in that bandwagon?

Yes, but that likely speaks more about myself than anyone else, fictional or not.

[thegreyarea]

Yes, but that likely speaks more about myself than anyone else, fictional or not.

Sorry JoB. Of course you have every right to feel whatever you want to feel about their relationship, or any other. It's just that E+L became so common on our talks and fics and stories here at the Forum that one tends to forget different sensibilities might exist...

[wavewright62]

I have to admit that I am also, not a shipper.  Like JoB, romance doesn't suit my personal tastes.  I occasionally include acknowledgement of ships in my works but as background only. That said, I remember the fallout from the ship wars in the early days of the fandom, and have learnt to live & let live.  I am a reformed anti-shipper.

As far as Emilalli goes, I have more sympathy with those works that portray Lalli as reticent and inward with his feelings, given to small gestures of affection, rather than full-blown PDAs.