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ostara is coming up soon! ostara is a sabbat that celebrates the vernal (spring) equinox. this sabbat is usually around march 20-22! here are some ways you can celebrate!

•plant seeds/bulbs/flowers

•go for a nature walk

•dye eggs

•gather flowers/herbs

•press flowers/herbs

•bake an ostara recipe (hot cross buns, honey cake)

•pull an ostara themed tarot spread

•decorate your home/altar

•make some spring crafts (suncatchers, wreaths, candles)

•do some spellwork!

•clean your home/altar/supplies

•write in your grimoire

•leave offerings

•open windows for fresh air

•buy yourself flowers

•do some gardening

•catch up on any work/projects

•go to your local farmer’s market

•bask in the sun

•feed the birds

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Goes to those sad monthly diners with Bab’s parents

Tries to keep the mood light and happy to help Nance

He just wanted Nancy to stop drinking and get home safe

Drives to Dustin’s house to deal with the monster dog. 

Walks into the basement because Dustin is scared. 

Dating, emotional and fashion advice all in one

Heavy work to bunker up the bus

Turns himself into bait for the monsters

Stands in front of Max when a monster is climbing down into the bus

Makes sure everyone gets into Hopper’s car before getting in

Stands in front of the kids with his bat when the house is attacked

Volunteers to babysit

Just wants the kids to stay home and be safe

Fights Billy (and does damn well until that little shit cheats)

Gets his ass beaten protecting the kids from a bully

Goes into the tunnels with them

Leads said adventure to make sure they’re not attacked by anything

Goes back for Dustin after the plan spits on him

And for Mike when he gets stuck

Shouts “get behind me” like a million times

Blazes the vines while the kids stand at a safe distance

Helps everyone out of the tunnel knowing damn well he’ll be last

Hugs Dustin as the monsters run by (even lifts him off the ground)

Pre Snow Ball Pep Talk!!!

Steve: *doesn’t leave Dustin alone to deal with the lizard problem*

Steve: *doesn’t blame/leash out on Jonathan after his breakup with Nancy*

Steve: *had plenty opportunities to start a fight with Billy, but didn’t do it bc he doesn’t give a shit about his “King” status at school*

Steve:  *the only time he actually fights with Billy is to stop him hurting children*

Steve: *call’s himself a babysitter and doesn’t think it’s a girly thing to do* 

Steve: *acts like a Big Brother™ with Dustin*

Me:

Actual line from the players guide. Samus is canonically not afraid of looking silly.

2016 felt like the year that would never die. 

LETS PLAY A GAME. It’s called: Who directed it TIM BURTON or HENRY SELICK

We’ll start with the 2009 Laika film Coraline based on the novel by Neil Gaiman. Do you know who directed it? Burton or Selick?

Did you guess yet?

If you guessed Henry Selick, you would be correct. Tim Burton actually had absolutely nothing to do with Coraline at all in anyway ever. Reminder: Tim Burton has NOTHING to do with Coraline. At all. But that was an easy one. Let’s go to the Walt Disney Pictures adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel, James and the Giant Peach next.

Think you got it? Are you sure? Better double check…

Oh, look. It’s Henry Selick again! Tim Burton actually interacted with this project, though only as a producer. Bet that was tricky… Next one! Let’s go to the Disney/Touchstone Pictures film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Have you guessed it correctly? Have you really?

Yep that’s right. Even Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas was directed by Henry Selick. Though Burton wrote the poem and created the characters in which Nightmare was based he didn’t have much interaction with the project beyond that. At the time he had already signed off to direct the film Batman Returns and did not want to be involved with the “painstakingly slow process of stop-motion animation.”