Reveals and guessing poll results!

[merlin-hols.livejournal.com]

A million thanks to all of our amazing writers, artists, readers, and commenters who made this merlin_holidays one of the best yet! And one more special thanks to our pinch hitters digthewriter and lullabylily for helping save the day.

Just a reminder that if you haven't yet thanked your gifter, please do so ASAP! And remember that even though the holiday season has come to an end, all of this great fic and art will still be here waiting for you to enjoy it. So if you haven't had time to make it through all the fantastic works here, there's still plenty of time to read and leave love for the writers and artists!

And now for the reveals!

ART

When You Needed Saving by altocello for kriadydragon [Gen, Gaius, Merlin:G - canon] also on AO3.

Ready? by amphigoury for tink_sky_reid [Arthur/Merlin:NC17 - modern!AU].

Corsets and libraries by puckboum for lyryk [Merlin/Arthur, Morgana/Gwen:PG13 - modern!AU].

Walking Into Fire With You by bend_me_baby for lizzietothet [Arthur/Merlin:G - canon] also on AO3.

Leather Jacket and Bonus Surprise by raphaellover for zairaalbereo [Arthur:G]

fly like great birds by fuckyeah for merlin_holidays [Arthur/Merlin:R - canon]

Twelve Minutes to Midnight by silver_falcon24 for awyvern [Arthur/Merlin:G - modern!AU]

The Merlin and Familiar by kriadydragon for merlin_holidays [Merlin:G - canon]

The Vision of Escavalon by crimsonswirls for fuckyeah [Arthur/Merlin:G - AU]

A Christmas Tale by spacealtie for viennajones [Arthur/Merlin:G - modern!AU]

Good Clean Fun by alby_mangroves for gwylliondream [Arthur/Merlin:NC-17 - canon]

FIC

Falling Slowly by viennajones for bunnysworld [Merlin/Arthur:G:3.6k - modern!AU]

Hidden Light by destina for malu_3 [Merlin/Arthur:PG13:9.4k - canon, AU after S4]

Hold On To What We Are by giselleslash for xthursdaynextx [Merlin/Arthur:NC17:11.5k - modern!AU]

Opening Doors by lizzietothet for alittlecastiel [Merlin/ Arthur, Gwaine/Percival:R:6k - modern!AU]

Snapshots (Dearly Beloved) by bohemia86 for camelittle [Arthur/Merlin, Gwen/Lance:PG13:23k - modern!AU]

Hunting, Medieval Style by lyryk for raphaellover [Arthur/Merlin:NC17:3.7k - modern!AU]

When I Lifted My Eyes to Your Name by tu_es_mi_amour for emjayelle [Elena/Mithian:G:2.1k - modern!AU]

The One Where Arthur Doesn’t Like to Share by lawgoddess for eledhwenlin [Arthur/Merlin, Merlin/Gwaine:NC17:5.1k - modern!AU]

Just One Thing I Need by alittlecastiel for bend_me_baby [Arthur/Merlin:R:18.1k - modern!AU]

And This Is How I See You by emjayelle for giselleslash [Arthur/Merlin:PG13:17k - modern!AU]

True Love or Whatnot by fleete for destina [Arthur/Merlin:NC17:2k - canon]

Welcome to the New Age by tink_sky_reid for eurydice72 [Merlin/Gwaine:NC17:16k - modern!AU]

Welcome to The Family! by ca_te for bohemia86 [Arthur/Merlin:PG13:2.2k - modern!AU]

Something's Brewing by camelittle for wrecksfic [Arthur/Merlin:NC17:15.6k - modern!AU]

Take to the Sky by rotrude for doctoraicha [Merlin/Arthur, Elena/Gwaine, Vivian/Arthur:NC17:37k - modern!AU]

Rattling the Bars by eurydice72 for le_rameau [Arthur/Gwaine:R:13.7k - modern!AU]

A Breath Is Also A Sound by awyvern for ca_te [Merlin/Arthur:PG13:4.7k - modern!AU]

The Succession by malu_3 for merlin_holidays [Arthur/Merlin:NC17:14.5k - canon, AU after S4]

You Are Here by moiraes for lawgoddess [Arthur/Merlin:PG13:3.2k - reincarnation]

I'll Be Home for Christmas by sp_owl for spacealtie [Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Lance, Arthur/Gwaine, Merlin/Freya (past):NC17:25k - modern!AU]

Once Upon A Midnight Clear by le_rameau for fleete [Gwen/Arthur, Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Lancelot:PG13:10.5k - modern!AU]

A Sprinkling of Snow by gwylliondream for crimsonswirls [Arthur/Merlin, Leon/Morgana:NC17:5k - modern!AU - age disparity, dub-con because of teenaged character]

The Royal Camelot by captainlogic for rotrude [Arthur/Merlin, Gwen/Lancelot, Percival/Freya:NC17:102.7k - modern!AU - Past canonical minor character death. Implied past off-screen euthanasia]

A Better Version of Me by geekslave for tu_es_mi_amour [Arthur/Merlin:PG:6.5k - modern!AU]

What dreams may come by emptysock for amphigoury [Arthur/Merlin, Arthur/Others:NC17:5.7k - canon AU - non-consensual somnophilia, mind control, bondage, dubious consent]

Cleats, Christmas and Confessions by bunnysworld for aunt_agatha [Merlin/Gwaine:NC17:5.9k - modern!AU]

The Troublesome Reign and Triumphant Victory of Arthur Pendragon, Professor of History by aunt_agatha for puckboum [Merlin/Arthur:NC17:8.6k - modern!AU]

Timeless Circle by scotscookie for moiraes [Merlin/Arthur:NC17:15k - modern!AU]

Meet Me Beyond The Horizon by zairaalbereo for karuvapatta [Merlin/Arthur:NC17:15.8k - reincarnation]

The Decisions We Make by eledhwenlin for scotscookie [Merlin/Arthur:NC17:4k - canon AU]

Over You by xthursdaynextx for slantedknitting [Merlin/Arthur:R:5k - modern!AU]

Acts of Man by wrecksfic for sp_owl [Merlin/Arthur:PG13:5.1k - modern!AU]

Through Kindness and Obstacles by ragnelleloathly for geekslave [Merlin/Arthur:NC17:10.8k - modern!AU]

Sunrise Isles by karuvapatta for altocello [Merlin/Arthur:PG13:10k - modern!AU]

Denoument by slantedknitting for cassie_black12 [Arthur/Merlin:NC-17:16k - modern!AU]

Threads by corilannam for emptysock [Arthur/Merlin:NC-17:5.7k - canon!AU]

Christmas May Come a Little Late This Year by doctoraicha for ragnelleloathly [Arthur/Merlin, Gwen/Lance, Elena/Gwaine:G:8.5k - modern!AU]

What If I Told You? by cassie_black12 for alby_mangroves [Arthur/Merlin:NC-17:9.2k - modern!AU]

Overt Operations by digthewriter for silver_falcon24 [Arthur/Merlin:R:13k - modern!AU]

The Magic Touch by rocknvaughn for merlin_holidays [Arthur/Merlin:NC-17:12k - modern!AU]

It Didn’t Mean Anything by xfortytwo for captainlogic [Arthur/Merlin:NC-17:9k - modern!AU]

Reaching Out by lullabylily for rocknvaughn [Arthur/Merlin:NC-17:4.4k - canon]



The Guessing Poll Results:

Thank you to everyone who participated and guessed. :D Artists got the most guesses, and every artist was guessed correctly at least once!

Overall, alby_mangroves was guessed right the most at 13 times. Following that, amphigoury was guessed right 10 times.

For writers, giselleslash, destina, and emjayelle were guessed right 3 times each!

When it comes to our eminent guessers, there are some impressive stats:

claudine was our most successful guesser at 31 correct guesses out of 53! Following not far behind was emjayelle with 19 correct guesses. We don't know how they did it, but we're impressed by their magic powers!

Thanks again to everyone for a great year! Love from your mods, marguerite_26, fuzzytomato02, xfortytwo, and corilannam

Comments

[lizzietothet.livejournal.com]

This is my first Merlin Holidays (in fact, it is my first fest ever!) and it has been so much fun! Thank you to the mods and my gifter especially and of course everyone else involved! I hope this isn't the last, I would love to be involved again :)

[merlin-hols.livejournal.com]

We're glad you've had fun! Thank you for participating :D

[scotscookie.livejournal.com]

I think The Decisions We Make was for me?

The Decisions We Make for scotscookie [Merlin/Arthur:NC17:4k - canon AU]




xx

[merlin-hols.livejournal.com]

Yes it was, sorry about the mix up!

[scotscookie.livejournal.com]

no problem - and I should also have said thanks for all the hard work running this fest - it's such a lovely one. I've been involved for two years now and just love it!

*hands you all big bouquets and bottles of bubbly (or your tipple of choice)!*

[minavox.livejournal.com]

And thanks to you all for organising so much fun for readers like me! Greatly appreciated!

[merlin-hols.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome :D

[eurydice72.livejournal.com]

Thank you for organizing all this! But...the details on the story I wrote are wrong (though the link is right). Rattling the Bars is Arthur/Gwaine, 13.7k. (The details in the story you have beneath it seem to be mine.)

[merlin-hols.livejournal.com]

Ah sorry, we had this copy/paste error on the round up and then we forgot to fix it for this. Sorry for the mix up!

[dirty-dreamer.livejournal.com]

I love this fest!! kudos to the mods, the artists, and writers (and everyone really from the Merlin fandom)! Let's keep the fandom alive! :D :D :D

[destina.livejournal.com]

Thank you mods, for all your work on making this thing happen!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!! :D

[fuckyeah.livejournal.com]

Thank you mods for all your hard work! This fest was a lot of fun and I have so many delicious fics to catch up on! :D

[gwylliondream.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, mods! You've done a wonderful job running this fest, making your efficiency seem effortless. Thanks for making this awesome fandom shine <3

[giselleslash.livejournal.com]

THANKS SO MUCH MODS!! This is always such a fun fest and I'm so thrilled all of you worked so hard to bring it to us again this year. ♥

Also, so many amazing fics and gorgeous art. WELL DONE, EVERYONE!

[clawdine]

Thank you all mods and fandom creators for making this fest so wonderful! I've had a lot of fun reading and commenting (and guessing XD). ♥

[frances-veritas.livejournal.com]

thank you so much, mods, for your hard work!! and to everyone who participated. a lot of these fics and art took my breath away. such an amazing and talented fandom. ♥

[malu-3.livejournal.com]

Another first-time Merlin Hols fest-goer saying massive THANK YOUS to all the mods for running this; it's really brightened up my holiday season and introduced me to some fantastic (new to me) artists and writers!

[zairaalbereo.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much wonderful mods for running this fest, it has been great fun writing for it and seeing wonderful things come out of it for me and everyone else to enjoy! All the kudos to your hard work! :)

[merlocked18.livejournal.com]

I am just absolutely floored by the amazing art and fics of this fest!! KUDOS TO YOU ALL. Please, keep this marvellous fandom alive for a very long time!! *huge hugs and sloppy kisses*

[spacealtie.livejournal.com]

This was really an amazing fest. To give and to receive, it's the best motivation to create something heartfelt !

[camelittle.livejournal.com]

Thank you so, so much to the mods of this wonderful fest. It was so lovely to be able to take part - my first fest too! I am humbled by the breadth and quality of amazing work. Especial thanks must go to my gifter, who is brilliant and deserves all the love. <3