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The Shiny Happy Comment Ficathon!
Winter is coming; daylight is fleeting; for the students among us, end-of-semester hell is just about to rear its ugly head. What better way to combat such woes than with a super-cheerful comment ficathon?
Ergo:

The Rules Are Thus:
1. Cheerful prompts! I feel like there's not much regulation here in terms of pairings: almost every ship or pair of characters is capable of a fluffy/happy/silly moment, and if they're not in canon, then why can't they be in fic? However, any prompt involving, say, lyrics from Eminem and Rihanna's "Love The Way You Lie" is probably not appropriate in terms of tone. Unless it's the "guess that's why they call it WINDOW PANE" line, which will never stop being hilarious.
2. Prompt format should go thus:
Fandom -- Pairing or characters -- prompt
3. For the fic you've written, please put the following in your comment's subject line: 'Fandom -- pairing -- title.'
4. Be nice!
5. Spread the fun, if you are so inclined!
6. Go forth and have a merry happy good time. :)
Ergo:
The Rules Are Thus:
1. Cheerful prompts! I feel like there's not much regulation here in terms of pairings: almost every ship or pair of characters is capable of a fluffy/happy/silly moment, and if they're not in canon, then why can't they be in fic? However, any prompt involving, say, lyrics from Eminem and Rihanna's "Love The Way You Lie" is probably not appropriate in terms of tone. Unless it's the "guess that's why they call it WINDOW PANE" line, which will never stop being hilarious.
2. Prompt format should go thus:
Fandom -- Pairing or characters -- prompt
3. For the fic you've written, please put the following in your comment's subject line: 'Fandom -- pairing -- title.'
4. Be nice!
5. Spread the fun, if you are so inclined!
6. Go forth and have a merry happy good time. :)
MASTER LIST
(in rather sloppy chronological order;
this will probably be maintained rather poorly, my apologies!)
Merlin - Merlin/Morgana - it's not easy having yourself a good time bydollsome
30 Rock - Jack/Liz - How Jack Donaghy Got His Groove Back, With Whales bydollsome
How I Met Your Mother - Barney/Robin - Operation: Stake It To Ted bynoteasilywon
BtVS/AtS - Buffy/Spike & Cordelia/Angel - Midnight in the Olive Garden of Good and Evil byangearia
Merlin - Arthur/Morgana - Well, this is awkward bycopperiisulfate
The Mummy - Rick/Evie - Reading Is Sexy byvega_ofthe_lyre
Gilmore Girls - Rory/Jess - I'm Dreaming of a bymiraxcorran
True Blood/BtVS - Franklin & Spike - An Abundance of Window Pane bydollsome
Glee - Rachel/Jesse - I'll Never Tell bylettersandliars
Supernatural - Sam/Jess - Darling, we'll go a-drowning bytaintedlove
Doctor Who - Amy/Rory - Worker Bees bylettersandliars
Glee - Brittany/Santana - "I'm just mad for you, and I'll always be, but naturally--" byamazingly_me
Twin Peaks - Cooper/Audrey - Hey girl, you've got a fine laugh, and I think that I can get used to that bylyssie
Being Human - Annie, George, Mitchell - "Annie, you can't keep the kitten. What if George eats it?" bynonky
Sherlock - Sherlock/John - Less than Clandestine byamazingly_me
HIMYM - Marshall/Lily, cast - it's not what i thought it would be (but what really is?) byportland_rain
The Office - Michael & Toby - Don't Go Breakin' My Heart byfirthgal
Supernatural - Castiel - Heaven wasn't always hell byoceansex
BtVS - Buffy/Angel - Love is forever, right? byangearia
Dollhouse - DeWitt/Dominic - We Slay Dragons Together byderevko_child
The West Wing - Toby, Sam, & Josh - A Distinct Lack of Gravitas byamazingly_me
Supernatural - Anna/Ruby - Devil Meaning Well byoceansex
Anne of Green Gables - Anne/Gilbert - We should have a breakfast nook! bytaintedlove
Legend of the Seeker - Richard/Kahlan - Just for tonight, darling, let's get lost bydollsome
The Vampire Diaries - Tyler & Caroline - TOGETHER, THEY FIGHT CRIME bynonky
Community - Jeff/Annie - O brave new world bydollsome
Glee - Brittany/Santana - You don't know how far I'd go byanthimeriate
Angel - Fred & Cordelia - Of Friendship and Tacos bysuperkappa
The Office - Jim/Pam & CeCe - Everyone's a Critic byfirthgal
Community - Britta/Troy (and the gang) - El tango de sexual tension bydollsome
Glee - Kurt & Finn - Life is too short for traffic bystorypaint
The Vampire Diaries - Caroline & Stefan - The Pros and Cons of Sparkling bylaw_like_love
Dollhouse - Topher - Aced The Tests, Never Did The Homework bykay_obsessive
Glee - Rachel & Kurt - Detour a Bad Day bystorypaint
Lost - Kate/Sawyer - Just Like New Times byfragmentedsky
Doctor Who - Eleven/Rose - Top Hats Optional bylaeria
The Vampire Diaries - Caroline, Elena, & Bonnie - Slumber Party bydranime203
The Vampire Diaries - Stefan/Elena/Damon - They say it's your birthday byausten
Battlestar Galactica - Adama/Roslin - carpe astra bypocochina
Merlin - Arthur/Merlin - Just One Hug byniftywithan
Harry Potter - Harry/Hermione/Ron - every stone you stood upon shifted, except for me bymollivanders
Doctor Who - River/Doctor - You're very pretty, you know. You're very rare, you know. bylyssie
Alias - Jack/Irina - A Murder Free Dinner byderevko_child
BtVS/Veronica Mars - Buffy and Veronica - girls in a gun store bymollivanders
Veronica Mars - Wallace & Veronica - shooting some hoops bypolychromic
Battlestar Galactica - Gaius/Caprica Six - What's in a name, anyway? bymini_miss
Friday Night Lights - Coach/Mrs. Coach - Lazy Saturday afternoon bymollivanders
Caprica - Lacy & Barnabas - Emergence byodyle
Merlin - Arthur/Morgana (+ kind of ot4) - Objectivity byfragmentedsky
Harry Potter - Remus/Sirius - The Old Fablemakers byamazingly_me
The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do byamazingly_me
Community - Britta/Professor Duncan - Alternative Lifestyles in Modern Discourse bynonky
The Vampire Diaries - Tyler & Caroline - TOGETHER, THEY FIGHT CRIME bynonky
BtVS - Spike/Drusilla - Callooh, Callay bymarketchippie
Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Ben/Hannah - Best Friends with Wandering Eyes bynonky
Pirates of the Caribbean - Jack/Elizabeth - Winning is worth it bybellonablack
Battlestar Galactica - Kara/Sam - I'll sleep when I'm dead bynonky
Castle - Castle/Beckett - The Serenade of Romantic Doom bynonky
Modern Family - Mitchell/Cameron - Two Approaches To Baby-Naming bypolychromic
The Vampire Diaries - Salvatore brothers & co. - Surprise is Not Only for the Living byohwaluvusbab
Pirates of the Caribbean - Anamaria - What shall we die for bycaffeineandink
Batman - Harley Quinn/Batman - I have dreams of orca whales and owls byclockwork_jo
AtS - Angel/Cordy, Connor, the team - Icy Peril bymuseofspeed
The Vampire Diaries - Damon/Elena - The Timeless Taste of Cracker Jacks byamoenavi
The West Wing - Sam/Ainsley - Deep Fried And Extra Fatty bymagisterequitum
Lost - Dan/Charlotte - Keeping still to move byvalhalla37
Skins - Freddie, Emily - And I won't let you choke byclockwork_jo
BtVS - Buffy/Spike - Her Dark Place Is Also Quiet byohwaluvusbab
HIMYM - Barney/Robin - I know you get me (so I let my walls come down) bydollsome
BtVS - Spike & Dawn - The Cons of Anarchy byohwaluvusbab
HIMYM - Ted/Victoria - Social Networking byceridweyn_lin
Harry Potter - Tom Riddle/Bellatrix Lestrange - All is loneliness before me byamazingly_me
The West Wing - Ainsley - Last Friday night, yeah we danced on tabletops byamazingly_me
Lilo & Stitch/Calvin & Hobbes - What I Did On My Summer Vacation byamazingly_me
Pushing Daisies - Ned/Chuck - Loophole bypolychromic
Glee - Brittany & Finn - Hip-hop and Hippos bypolychromic
The Vampire Diaries - Damon/Elena - Get Thee Behind Me, Temptation byredbrunja
The West Wing - Sam/Ainsley - Baby, it's cold outside bymagisterequitum
ER - Ray/Neela - Edge of Desire byxmarisolx
The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (1/2)
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"I officially give up," Josh says.
"Hnrghffle?" Donna says.
"I mean it. I'm never going to understand this country. I'm supposed to help run it-- that is my job, isn't it? I'm pretty sure that's my job-- and I haven't the foggiest notion about what anyone in it is thinking. I'm--"
"Josh?" Donna says faintly. There is a brief silence.
"I did it again, didn't I?" Josh says.
"Mmhmm," Donna says.
"So it's, uh-- I mean, it can't be that late, I was just reading some of the late editions before I went home and--"
"It's two o'clock in the morning, Josh," Donna says in a tone which, rather miraculously, does not speak of immediate and painful dismemberment. "Which means that whatever fatal, nationwide crisis you have unearthed can wait until later. Unless it's the zombie apocalypse. Is it the zombie apocalypse, Josh?"
"No," Josh admits.
"Good night," Donna says.
Josh hangs up and goes back to staring at his computer screen with a potent and terrifying mixture of awe, disgust, and sleep deprivation.
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"I mean, here's the thing," Josh says. Donna groans and slings her coat over her arm.
"You had to meet me at the entrance, really? Morning Bill," she adds as she moves through security.
"Good morning Ms. Moss, Mr. Lyman," Bill says.
"Glenn Beck is this country's death rattle personified, Bill," Josh says.
"Whatever you say Mr. Lyman," says Bill.
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"He spends a lot of time shouting," Josh says, "which is just kind of ridiculous. Does he not realize he's, you know, wired for sound? At what decibel level is he assuming his version of truth will just vibrate into fact?"
"I'm sorry, I couldn't quite hear that over the ringing in my ears from the last time you took a phone call from the House minority leader," Donna says. "Were you saying something about vocal modulation, Joshua?"
"That's different! I don't shout at a national television audience!" Josh says.
"You would if you could," Donna says. "I'm going to pick up some bagels from that place down the street, do you want anything?"
"An explanation for the deterioration of this country's taste in television," Josh says. "Whatever happened to Gilligan's Island? At least I knew where that was going."
"One onion bagel with cream cheese," Donna says. "Got it."
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