Mistletoe meme

[renrenren3]

Have you got any idea how difficult it is to get a good image of a sprig of mistletoe? Seriously. Try looking on Google, over half the hits you get for "mistletoe" are actually images of holly. I even tried in Italian, no luck. I'm no plant expert myself and even I know the basics of the age-old kissing tradition:

✔ white berries	✘ red berries
✔ rounded leaves	✘ pointy leaves
✔ mistletoe	✘ holly

See? Idiot-proof. I suppose if it's just for the sake of a snog it wouldn't matter if it was a cabbage, but I want to do this properly. So I went and yanked this nice little image from Subeta (of all places) and now that we're all set we can start!

multi-fandom kiss under the mistletoe
Prompt me any two characters from a fandom of mine and I will write you a ficlet in which they kiss under the mistletoe.

I suppose you know my fandoms anyway since I subject you to my fics all the time but here's a non-comprehensive list.
TV series: Glee, Merlin, SPN, The Vampire Diaries, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sherlock, Gossip Girl, The Big Bang Theory, Castle, Psych
Movies: Inception, (almost) any Disney movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings
Books: Gentleman Bastard sequence, Discworld, Good Omens, Temeraire, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes
Anime/manga: Axis Powers Hetalia, Baccano!, Bakuman, D.Gray-Man, Durarara!!, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gundam 00, Gundam Seed, Karneval, KHR, Kuroshitsuji, One Piece, Saiyuki, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic (and most other CLAMP series too)
Wow, I have a lot of leftover anime/manga series. And I probably forgot some too. Aaanyone if fair play, even if it's two characters I don't like together or some crackpairing or a crossover. I mean, it's just a kiss under the mistletoe, not twu wuv. Hint: don't give me the easy option like Arthur/Merlin, it's boooring. Give me some rare pairing or pairing I've never written, so you can watch me squirm. Bring popcorns.
I make no guarantee as to the length, though I'll try to make it at least 200 words, aiming for 500 words. Unless inspiration strikes and I decide to write some epic saga, and knowing me it might well happen. No idea how long it'll take either but I hope they will all be done at some point in 2011.

gallifreycalls - Gwaine/Merlin
hiza_chan - Locke/Tharkay or Granby/Crowley
bizarre_esque - Meeko/Percy (I regret nothing)
sheswatching - Locke/Bug or Lukas/Don Salvara
batgurl88 - Freya/Vivian or Arthur/Gwaine
darkmagic_luvr - Damon/Lenore or Vivian/Will
imyourheroine - Minion/Minion or Arthur/Merlin but that's just Pat trolling
~THE NEXT ONE COULD BE YOUR CRAZY PAIRING!~

Comments

Re: Gwaine/Merlin

[gallifreycalls.livejournal.com]

That is awesome! :)

You capture everyone's voices so well. I love that the knights see Merlin as one of their own, and Merlin's able to have a good time. Of all the knights, it doesn't surprise me that it's Lancelot who welcomes Merlin to the table.

Gwaine's logic...I like how his brain works.

Merlin/Gwaine and some fun camaraderie between the knights and the sweet scene with the mistletoe = lots of win.

Thanks for the excellent fill! (And happy new year!)

Re: Gwaine/Merlin

[renrenren3]

Thank you! :)

I think what Merlin really is missing is a friend. Arthur said it himself, if he wasn't the prince they could be friends... but as it is now they're not equals. Now that Lance and all the others are in Camelot I want EHPEEK FRIENDSHIP between the knights and Merlin.

And happy new 2011 to you too!