merlin_holidays | Merlin Holidays Reveal Post! (Reply)

Well, let's get right to what you've been waiting for, shall we?

ART

amythystluna drew Mistletoe for joteismiles [Arthur/Merlin]
scatter_muse drew Prince Arthur and the Peanut Gallery for teaboytoaliens [Gen]
reni_m drew Sunset Flight for dk323 [Arthur/Merlin]
eloquent_toast drew Dark of the matinee (a night much less ordinary) for giselleslash [Bradley/Colin]
emerald_dragon8 drew and wrote Crossfire for curia_regis [Arthur/Merlin, Arthur/Gwen]
zephre drew Exclusive: Software Wizard Beguiles King of Screen for corilannam [Arthur/Merlin]
vicky_v drew Always My Duty (And My Pleasure) for zephre [Arthur/Merlin]
jungle_ride created You Just Keep On Getting Closer [Merlin/Morgana] and What A Wicked Ground [Arthur/Gwen] for dollop_head
mustbethursday3 created Maybe tomorrow I'll find my way home for jungle_ride [Gwen]
madnessisreal drew First Meetings for thisissirius [Arthur/Merlin]
waltzing_mice drew We Were Once Friends for amaranthine_7 [Gwen/Morgana]
amythystluna drew byrne for piscaria [Merlin]
ravyn_ashling drew Stay, Stay for emerald_dragon8 [Arthur/Merlin]

FIC

hermette wrote Driving Lessons for wordsdiminish [Arthur/Merlin]
corilannam wrote Same as It Ever Was for emilyia [Arthur/Merlin]
leviathans_moon wrote Some people are gay, but no one knows for madnessisreal [Bradley/Colin]
ann7x wrote Time, Truth, and Hearts for chicaintcheap [Arthur/Merlin]
emeraldsword wrote Questing for eloquent_toast [Gwaine/Merlin]
emilyia wrote trois (will all our sins be justified?) for leviathans_moon [Arthur/Merlin/Morgana]
tourdefierce wrote Picture Maker for shippouzrus [Arthur/Merlin]
teaboytoaliens wrote Swimming with A Raincoat for purely_distel [Arthur/Gwen]
shadecat wrote Of Fate and Fireflies for hermette [Arthur/Merlin]
reiya_wakayama wrote From the Mouths of Children Come Truth for faynia [Arthur/Merlin]
eldee wrote That Night At The Club for okydoky [Arthur/Merlin]
curia_regis wrote Ripples for pepperlandgirl4 [Arthur/Merlin, Arthur/Gwen]
okydoky wrote Just Dance for tourdefierce [Arthur/Merlin]
doylefan22 wrote Weight of Conscience for merlin_holidays [Morgana/Morgause,Gwen/Morgana]
rotrude wrote True Love's Curse for venivincere [Arthur/Merlin]
thisissirius wrote You're on Solid Ground for bananahater336 [Arthur/Merlin]
sabriel75 wrote We Could Be Epic for waltzing_mice [Arthur/Merlin]
riventhorn wrote Of Cabbages and Kings for rotrude [Arthur/Merlin]
amaranthine_7 wrote Until the colours would wash away the grey for doylefan22 [Arthur/Morgana, friendship]
wordsdiminish wrote Both Sides for fuzzytomato02 [Arthur/Merlin]
purely_distel wrote She Knows for mustbethursday3 [Arthur/Gwen]
shippouzrus wrote The New Tutor for eldee [Arthur/Merlin]
pepperlandgirl4 wrote How We Swallow the Sun for ann7x [Arthur/Merlin, Merlin/Mordred]
kate0404 wrote When the World Stops Spinning, Time Rushes On for scatter_muse [Arthur/Merlin]
bananahater336 wrote To be Worthy of Merlin's Books and Bed for kate0404 [Arthur/Merlin]
faynia wrote All Things Red, Gold, and White for vicky_v [Arthur/Gwen/Lancelot]
joteismiles wrote The Little Things for ravyn_ashling [Arthur/Merlin]
dollop_head wrote Careless Guidance of an Inadequate Englishman for amythystluna [Arthur/Merlin]
jungle_ride wrote Sitting on the Dock of the Bay and From the Dark for dollop_head [Merlin/Morgana]
chicaintcheap wrote A Moving Target for emeraldsword [Arthur/Merlin]
fuzzytomato02 wrote We Cannot Live Unbruised for riventhorn [Arthur/Merlin]
giselleslash wrote When the music changes, so does the dance for ayane_tsurugi [Arthur/Merlin]
cassie_black12 wrote Showmance for sabriel75 [Arthur/Merlin]
dk323 wrote Rowan for reiya_wakayama [Arthur/Merlin]
ayane_tsurugi wrote Going Once, Going Twice for cassie_black12 [Arthur/Merlin]
venivincere wrote Collared for shadecat [Arthur/Merlin]
piscaria wrote The Cup and the Dagger for reni_m [Arthur/Merlin]

Thank you!

Thank you to my co-mods in crime, all of whom volunteered their time and talents when the idea first came up:

clevermonikerr,

dreamdustmama,

itachitachi, and

marguerite_26. I never knew how many details existed behind the scenes of an anonymous exchange fest, seriously. I love you for tolerating my bossy, fussy nature. ♥

Thank you to everyone who left a comment on any work in this fest. Every bit of fb is appreciated and loved!

Thank you to the five pinch hitters who not only produced, but did it in as little as three weeks (and less)!

piscaria,

hermette,

giselleslash,

pepperlandgirl4, and

amythystluna (who was also a participant!) You saved us a lot of stress, believe me. <3

Thank you to the writers and artists who signed up and followed through. You made this fest happen! I adore you all. ♥

My sincerest apologies go out to two writers for this fest. An incorrect edit was left in the first paragraph of

dk323's story, Rowan.

shippouzrus's story, The New Tutor, was missing a large section of part two when originally posted. Both stories have been corrected and both authors were extremely gracious and understanding. Thank you.

Here are some fun stats!

♥ Arthur/Merlin dominated this multi-shipping fest by far. Out of fifty-two works, thirty-eight of them were Arthur/Merlin. The remaining fourteen consisted of: one Arthur/Gwen/Lance, one Arthur/Merlin/Morgana, one Arthur/Morgana, two Bradley/Colin, three gen pieces, three Arthur/Gwen, one Gwen/Morgana, one Merlin/Gwaine, and one Morgana/Morgause.

♥ Only five people dropped out of this fest. \o/

♥ Top guessers from our guessing poll:

yue_ix with 8

waltzing_mice with 4

vicky_v was the most recognizable artist

tourdefierce was the most recognizable author

merlin_holidays will definitely run next year! There will be a few changes to make things easier on us behind the scenes, and I've taken some ideas from

hd_holidays. The biggest change will be 50 available author spots but unlimited artist spots.

We'll start earlier next year too!

Thanks for creating and commenting. See you in October!

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