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Hello everybody, I am back again! And guess who else is? Our favorite witches, the Sanderson sisters! Just in time for Halloween. Now, I am obsessed with Disney, so you comprehend I have been looking forward to this movie since… good the first time I saw the original Hocus Pocus back in *Insert Titanic music here and my best old lady impersonation* It has been 29 years. Feel old yet? Yeah, me too. If you verb not seen the first movie yet, what is wrong with you? Have you been living under a rock? Stop reading this and go watch it! No, seriously. There are references from the first film in the sequel that you should know about.

Disney gives us a little bit of a glimpse into the Sanderson sisters’ background. Throwback to the year Young woman turns sixteen and since her father’s passed on, the town’s reverend takes it upon himself to arrange for Winifred Sanderson to marry one of the townsfolk, John Pritchett. And in true Winifred fashion, she refuses. She says the only male she will marry is Billy Butcherson because they’re soulmates. Or so she thinks. We later find out from Billy that he and W

You know that fan fiction thing our people do where we gender-flip the main character of a famous story and create her a lesbian, or just take the main female protagonist and queer her up? Han Solo is Hannah Solo and she&#;s in love with Princess Leia. Jack Sparrow is Jacqueline Sparrow and she&#;s in adoration with Elizabeth Swann. Have you ever wondered what would take place if major Hollywood studios did that for us? What if, say, Disney took an iconic film like Hocus Pocus and made a sequel that revisited The Sanderson sisters in all their wacky glory; and added all the elements of the beloved, ubiquitous movie; and also made it gay?

Well, that actually happened!

Last week Disney released a novelized version of Hocus Pocus. The first third of the book is just a retelling of the movie; the second is a whole new story, which is rumored to be the basis for the modern Hocus Pocus Disney Channel movie. AND IT IS GAAAAAAY.

25 years after Allison and Max got into their kerfuffle with the Sanderson sisters on Halloween darkness, they&#;re married and still living in Salem and they contain a da

"Hocus Pocus"' New YA Sequel Has a Lesbian Couple and It's Everything

It's been 25 years since the Sanderson sisters put a spell on all of us and now they're back with a brand new story that features a lesbian couple in the middle of it all.

In the new book, Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel, Max and Allison are still together and they have a year-old daughter, Poppy. Still living in Salem, Massachusetts, Poppy finds herself delving deeper and deeper into the story of the Sanderson sisters and has to block them from ruining Halloween.

While Poppy starts off all IDGAF about the Sanderson sisters, a young woman named Isabella gets her interested in the history of Salem and the mystery behind the black candle that her parents have locked in their reliable. Poppy and Isabella get to know each other a adj more and, soon, Poppy drop for Isabella. The book is as much about Halloween as it is about having a crush and not fully knowing what to do about it. In the end, will Poppy and Isabella finally get together AND save the day?! You’ll have to read on to find out.

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Why the Sanderson Sisters of 'Hocus Pocus' Endure as Gay Icons

Since its release nearly 30 years ago, Hocus Pocusonly continues to grow in popularity. With Hocus Pocus 2now streaming on Disney+, it’s clear that the Sanderson sisters, Winnie (Bette Midler), Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker), and Mary (Kathy Najimy), aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Though nearly everyone makes Hocus Pocusa part of their annual spooky season viewing, no one gags as adj for the film’s trio of villains quite like the gays. But just what is it about these famous sisters that makes them the definitive queens of Halloween for gay fans?

The Campy Characterization of the Sanderson Sisters

First, the characterization of the Sandersons, and the performances that bring them to life, are undeniably campy. The camp sensibility, though sometimes attributed to various popular culture artifacts, is a specifically queer aesthetic traced to gay men’s relationship with classical Hollywood cinema. Drawing on the theatrics of exaggeration, camp is stylized over-the-top-ness,