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Title: A Visit from Guybrush
Fandom: Monkey Island
Characters: Guybrush, Stan, Elaine, Boybrush
Rating: General
Words: 523
Summary: Terrible Toybox posted this cute holiday image on Twitter:

I chuckled at the stockings full of limes and it made me think of the famous poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", a.k.a. "'Twas the night before Christmas", so here we are. With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore.
Additional Tags: Christmas, Christmas Fluff, Parody, Humor, Poetry

Signups are open for this year's fandom_stocking!

I have allowed my recs bookmarks folder to get way out of control. So beware the recs list of DOOOOOOOOM!

It's possible I have recced some of these before, yet they reappeared in the folder due to syncing mismatches between three installs of Pale Moon (Firefox), but whatever. If they were worth it once, surely they're worth it again. ( Read more... )

Whew! What was that, 20? I dunno, I only sort of counted the number of times I pasted in my rec template. I have a few Yuletide recs in other fandoms, but I'll save those for a different post.

fandom_stocking signups are open on Dreamwidth! You can sign up here.

edit: apparently this crosspost to LJ failed. apologies to those who see it more than once on DW and IJ.

I've been building these up for a while (there are... 17?), so I'm omitting the quotes from the fics I would usually give.

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http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6706085/tv-valentines-day-cards:



... ummmm.....

but you... with the... but...

um.....

XD

I hate to be a bandwidth vampire but I don't think there's any way I could write suitably enticing text for a mere link to this wonderful little piece by someoldcat:


(at http://someoldcat.insanejournal.com/171566.html)

I also recommend Young Punk and her art for this year's holiday cards, On the Naughty List, No Doubt.

The Mistletoe Incident by naadi
(Harry/Draco, PG-13, may be NWS depending as it includes some suggestive nudity)

Draco parks himself beneath some mistletoe and will neither clear out nor kiss any of the hopefuls. Harry Potter to the rescue! (with a bit of a surprise ending.) Sort of comic format - text on pictures - done in sort of limerick rhyme scheme.

Harry leaned close to his old nemesis
His lips just a breath from the kiss.
He moved closer still,
Said in whispered ill will,
"I am so going to kill you for this."

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snapelyholidays - The Crystalline Cold of Christmas Air
(Tom Riddle, with appearances from Abraxas Malfoy, Gellert Grindelwald, and Severus Snape)
Alchemia asked for a sympathetic Dark Lord. Here he appears as a boy under the shadow of another, as a man who has assumed his own pride of place, and as a lord bestowing a Christmas gift.

My comment: "That's just so amazing! I love Tom's voice and the echoes of people's colors and placements down the generations."

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mini_fest - Delighting in Your Company
(Severus/Sirius, PG-13, 1300 words)
The most beautiful present is not under the Christmas tree, the most beautiful present is having the love of your life on your arms and knowing that for ever they will be there.

Pretty schmoopy in the end, but also has a few of the barbs we so love this ship for:

"I got you a dish that says 'Fido'."
"Git. I got you a whip."
Severus's mouth opened, but no sound came out.
"For eggs and things."
"A whisk, you idiot."

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mini_fest - Legend of the Accursed Fruitcake of CamlannM
(mostly gen humor but with some Harry/Draco, Albus/Gellert, PG-13, 3537 words)
The Accursed Fruitcake of Camlann was said to have been a rejected Christmas present from Morgana to Merlin, forever doomed to pass on from wizard to wizard, bringing its curse upon all who dared regift it. This is its epic story over the ages and how one brave wizard finally defeated the Accursed Fruitcake’s evil spell.

Summary kind of says it. This was a silly delight. I highly recommend a dramatic reading for no doubt soon-to-be-confused significant others or friends.

Malfoy’s poorly thought-out plan went roughly like this:

1) Fruitcake is cursed.
2) Give fruitcake to Potter.
3) ???
4) Profit!

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mini_fest - A Christmas Wish
(Severus/Harry. Artist rated PG-13 but as far as I can see it's straight G, so it makes me wonder if I'm missing some saucy detail.)
Prompt(s): 29. "All I Want for Christmas" - Harry makes a Christmas Eve wish that Severus was still alive. and 31. Snape as Jack Frost.

The frosty coloring and spiky hair and eyebrows suit Severus surprisingly well. Harry's gloved fingers touching the corner of Severus's smile is very sweet.

I love the totally devious expression on this: "Snape Under the Mistletoe" (totally WS)

It probably says something about what I think of Severus that my first expectation for a piece titled "Snape Sends Up The Dark Mark" was some kind of twisted comedy ("send up" in the sense of "spoof"), and not a serious comic page of a young Death Eater. oops.

(xpost on snape100)

Title: Precision
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Characters: Severus Snape
Challenge #208: Mistletoe


Severus considered the candidates clinging to the oak trees' bare, icy limbs. When his eyes lit on the perfect choice, he smirked and waggled his wand at it as if it had been a very, very naughty ball of mistletoe, then carefully looked away. This year, for sure, Severus thought.

One, two, three frosty breaths, then -- swish -- he severed the mistletoe's roots with a silent charm. Return stroke, swirl -- a white cloth appeared on the ground.

Severus finally turned to look when heard the rustling fwoomf of the landing.

The leafy ball lay perfectly centered in the cloth's glowing rings.