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insomniphic · 6 months

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I HAVENT BEEN REALLY POSTING HAVE I? LMAO

Look @beartitled and @braisedhoney! I scroogied the brothers up! :D

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onebadnoodle · 5 months

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merry christmas!

were you visited by three ghosts?

#merry christmas #sorry its a little late #christmas carol #ghost of christmas past #ghost of christmas present #ghost of christmas future #ghost #character design #illustration

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puppetdaily · 3 months

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The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come from A Christmas Carol at Chichester Festival Theatre

#the ghost of christmas yet to come #the ghost of christmas future #a christmas carol #charles dickens #theatre #chichester festival theatre

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bakedbakermom · 6 months

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txf + text posts (5/?)

#very s6 heavy and i make no apologies #txf #txf gifset #txfedit #txf edit #txf + text posts #liwl makes a gif #triangle #the truth #how the ghosts stole christmas #sein und zeit #milagro #dead alive #fight the future #txf s6 #txf s8 #txf s9 #txf s4 #demons

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fictionadventurer · 6 months

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What was the point of Scrooge's trip with the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come? On a structural level, it makes sense--three is the fairy tale number, and you can't visit the past and present without also including the future--but on a character level, it doesn't quite seem necessary. Showing a man that he'll die alone, unloved, and unmourned seems like the strategy you take as the last-ditch effort to convince a guy that he needs to change his ways. But that situation doesn't apply to Scrooge. He started softening immediately after he first arrived in his past. By the time he finished with the Ghost of Christmas Present, he was fully onboard with the need to reform, so the Ghost's vision of his future seems like unnecessary cruelty. Why show him all this when he was already planning to change his ways?

A few things come to mind. One is that this vision of the future wouldn't have affected Scrooge unless he had already changed his ways. A cold, hard businessman could have seen his lonely death as just the way of the world, might have viewed the people who stole the clothes from his corpse as just people doing what's practical in this world. He needed to relearn the value of the intangibles--human connection, respect for others--to see the true horror of the lonely death and the vultures who defiled the dead man.

But why the horror? Can't he reform without being threatened with doom? It's possible--but it's also possible such a reform would be temporary. After all, Scrooge started as a friendly, loving young man, but retreated into himself and his business out of fear of poverty and fear of the way the world looks down upon poor people. Even if a reformed Scrooge started on a course of Christmas charity, there was always a chance that the enthusiasm would fade, and the worldly fears would start creeping back in. The only way to beat those fears is to give him something to fear that's even worse than poverty. He needs to see the horrible end that his selfish ways would lead to, so he won't be tempted to slide back into them.

There's also the fact that seeing his death makes him ecstatically happy to find that he's alive after the Ghost is gone. Had Scrooge been spared the vision of his future, he might have been happy to find himself on Christmas Day, but his joy would have been nowhere near the manic glee he experiences after coming back from the future. Now, he doesn't just get a new start--he gets a second chance. Coming back from his own grave makes him mindful of his death, but it also makes him hyperaware of the fact that he's still alive. He isn't in the ground yet. He still has time to do good and make connections with others so he doesn't die alone.

Seeing the past reminded him of the innocence he'd lost. Seeing the present reminded him of the people whose lives he was missing out on. Seeing the future reminded him that death is waiting, so it's important to live virtuously while we can. All three are important because all three brought him outside of himself and taught him to value the wider world, just in time to live through another Christmas Day.

#a christmas carol #charles dickens #once again i've ponderously worked my way to the explicitly stated moral of the story #but i had to work my way there because stave 4 left me unsettled #had i been scrooge that trip probably would have squashed any desire i had to reform #the ghost *doesn't say* whether or not the future can be changed #what if this is just proof he's doomed no matter what so why bother changing?#fortunately scrooge was much better than i was about logic #namely: no reason to show him this future if it *can't* be changed #the point of these ghosts is to save him from marley's fate #plus we did have the ghost of christmas present's implications that future shadows can be changed #it's kind of interesting when you step back from familiar stories that just go this way because it's how they're supposed to go #and really dig into 'wait a minute. why did it go like this?'#it usually winds up with me figuring out that the writer knew what they were doing #but it's also nice to see the scaffolding that got us to the story

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zal-cryptid · 2 months

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What are the three ghosts of Christmas like in the other world canon. I believe jacob Marley worked tooth and nail to get them to help Scrooge and Is the ghost of Christmas yet to come an aspect of death

I call them the "Three Santas" in my Otherworld canon.

The Ghost of Christmas Past is the spirit of Saint Lucy, chosen due to her association with light and sight, as well as her holiday being in mid-December.

The Ghost of Christmas Present was always going to be obvious. Dickens based him on Father Christmas, an English folk figure that evolved from pagan traditions who later merged with Saint Nicholas.

And finally, keeping with the theme of choosing saints, it only made sense I find one that personified death in some fashion in order to represent the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The mexican folk saint Santa Meurte seemed like a perfect, albeit somewhat out of place, fit.

#ask #tales of the otherfolk #my art #saint #saint lucy #saint nicholas #santa muerte #folklore #worldbuilding #mythology #a christmas carol #ghost of christmas present #ghost of christmas past #ghost of christmas future #ghost of christmas yet to come #santa claus #christmas #christianity #paganism

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savage-rhi · 5 months

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Heya. It's Kreestmass Eve. You're probably feeling a lot right now. Good and bad. I want you to sit with those feelings. Sit with them for a good 20 minutes or an hour if you need it. Comb through them, address their concerns, break bread with them, etc.

When your time is up, look them in the eye and say "this was a pleasant time. We addressed a lot, and now it's time for me to go. If y'all are still feeling worried, we can book another hour later today or tomorrow, but not right now."

Then I want you to practice some self care. Whatever that looks like for you. Get to your good. Nothing else matters. Not your obligations to a holiday or whatever preconceived expectations others have for you. You matter.

I love you.

It's going to be okay.

We're gonna be okay.

I'm going to give myself a chocolate mustache with my hot cocoa and pretend I'm a dignified gentleman of great importance and speak in a terrible English Cockney accent. I hope you join me because you're also a dignified gentleman of great importance (with a better Cockney accent to boot...). Even when your feelings tell you otherwise.

Remember, there is no obligation. You don't owe anyone anything (...but I do think you'd look rather dashing with a chocolate mustache. Just sayin'. *cough*).

*kisses your forehead*

Merry Chrysler, honey. I'm overjoyed because you're still here 💙🫂

#mental health #christmas #christmas eve #depression #chronic pain #self care #fibromyalgia #sending everyone love cause many need it this time of year #myself included #family #hot cocoa #i love you #lgbtq community #lgbtq #nonbinary #also may every billionaire get visited by the ghosts of Christmas past present and future and it scares the Benjamin's outta them

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knoxrobbins · 5 months

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Here's my Holiday piece for the year, as comfortably well-off top executives warm by their Christmas eve fire and eat their bisque… but soon each one will be haunted by three spirits. In the case of the current leader of a teetering film studio, his is the haunting of The Ghosts of Christmas Write Offs. Past, present and future. Expect the first tomorrow when the bell strikes one.

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stuffy-just-doodles · 2 months

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Lil guy ^u^

#the walten files #twf #boozoo's ghosts #twf mortality #mortality #analog horror #modeling clay #stuffy doodles #the first one was taken yesterday the other two i just took -#i sure love the idea of having a Christmas ghost that represents the future and is basically a jolly version of the reaper! :D #in a plush look on my desk fhfjvjcu

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bellytheaxolotl · 6 months

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#vhs christmas carol #vhscc #starkid #jacob marley #ghost of christmas present #ghost of christmas past #ghost of christmas future

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greenfutures · 2 years

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Via.

#mr. lovenstein #comics #climate change #ghost of christmas future

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vhshistory · 5 months

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Happy 40th anniversary, Mickey's Christmas Carol!

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jameszmaguire · 1 year

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The Ghost Reveals (+ that one time Scrooge tried to ignore Marley)

VHS CHRISTMAS CAROL: LIVE! Choreographed by James Tolbert Written by Clark Baxtresser Directed by Corey Lubowich

#starkidedit #Starkid #Team Starkid #VHS Christmas Carol #rewatchers2000 #VHSCC #my gifs #the way Marley is the closest of all of them to Scrooge #his younger self and Belle crowding him for the reveal of the ghost of christmas past #while people are far removed in the shot with christmas present and completely gone from the ghost of christmas future #corey lubowich the director that you are

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lancelotslair · 4 months

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"Listen to your heart!" "No."

Last creation of the year WOOHOO

#Art #a christmas carol #ebenezer scrooge #jacob marley #ghost of christmas past #ghost of christmas present #ghost of christmas yet to come #“christmas future” bah... ytc SLAYS!!!#YTC is a thylacine you cansense the reasonin im sure #present has double the teat count he should but soooome werent happy when i went to erase some

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thewritehag · 1 year

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Scrooge could be redeemed, so he got three ghosts to remind him that he was human. People like Musk, Bezos, Rowling, etc are beyond saving, so they should only be visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present who would proceed to beat the shit out of them

#gif warning #ghost of christmas present is hardcore #ghosts of past and future are sympathetic in comparison #christmas carol #charles dickens

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cluelessrebel1988 · 1 year

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A not at all comprehensive list of the details/plot points/things that I liked about Netflix's Scrooge: A Christmas Carol in no particular order (spoilers ahead if you care):

They managed to turn 'Happiness' from one of the most forgettable songs in the musical (imo) to one of the better numbers by doing one key thing differently: Making it a duet between Scrooge and Isabel

'I Like Life' fucking slaps and I don't think I need to elaborate on that.

'Begin Again' also slaps

The designs for all the ghosts was phenomenal, as were their entrances

I love Past's dynamic with Scrooge. It's probably one of my favorite depictions of Scrooge's interactions with the ghosts, not just in this adaptation but in any adaptation.

Literally everything about the 'Later Never Comes' sequence

Changing Scrooge's plea to "sponge out the writing" on the grave to refer to Tiny Tim's marker and not his own, and having him place his desire to save Tiny Tim at the forefront of his promise to change

The Ghost of Christmas Present admitting he can't see what will happen to Tiny Tim

Making Marley older than Scrooge and a mentor/boss rather than having them be about the same age. There's nothing wrong with the latter, but the former is a different interpretation that I found interesting.

While this isn't the first adaptation to add in the detail of Scrooge's sister dying in childbirth on Christmas day, it is, as far as I'm aware, the first to directly hint at that being at least part of the reason behind Scrooge's disdain for both his nephew and Christmas.

I don't know why they did it, but I thought it was an interesting decision to have the first person Scrooge talks to post-redemption not be a child as in the original story, but instead just some guy shoveling snow on the street.

#scrooge: a christmas carol #netflix scrooge #ebenezer scrooge #ghost of christmas present #ghost of christmas past #ghost of christmas future #jacob marley #just a few of my favorote things

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