Lighter
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Both words in one sentence
- Merry Christmas in Gotham is when the tone of a Darker and Edgier series becomes Lighter and Softer, usually due to Executive Meddling resulting in a holiday episode.
Source: Merry Christmas in Gotham - Then Falstaff did get his own play, eventually, in the lighthearted comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor, which is way Lighter and Softer than the history plays, and isn't even classified with them.
Source: Post-Script Season -
There's also a couple of male versions - the three hunters: Legolas (blonde), Aragorn (brunette), and Gimli (redhead); and the four Hobbits: the fairly strawberry blond Sam and Merry, the dark brunette Frodo, and the lighter golden brunette Pippin.
Source: Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
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