The Shiny Happy Comment Ficathon!

[dollsome]

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!

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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 by dollsome

30 Rock - Jack/Liz - How Jack Donaghy Got His Groove Back, With Whales by dollsome

How I Met Your Mother - Barney/Robin - Operation: Stake It To Ted by noteasilywon

BtVS/AtS - Buffy/Spike & Cordelia/Angel - Midnight in the Olive Garden of Good and Evil by angearia

Merlin - Arthur/Morgana - Well, this is awkward by copperiisulfate

The Mummy - Rick/Evie - Reading Is Sexy by vega_ofthe_lyre

Gilmore Girls - Rory/Jess - I'm Dreaming of a by miraxcorran

True Blood/BtVS - Franklin & Spike - An Abundance of Window Pane by dollsome

Glee - Rachel/Jesse - I'll Never Tell by lettersandliars

Supernatural - Sam/Jess - Darling, we'll go a-drowning by taintedlove

Doctor Who - Amy/Rory - Worker Bees by lettersandliars

Glee - Brittany/Santana - "I'm just mad for you, and I'll always be, but naturally--" by amazingly_me

Twin Peaks - Cooper/Audrey - Hey girl, you've got a fine laugh, and I think that I can get used to that by lyssie

Being Human - Annie, George, Mitchell - "Annie, you can't keep the kitten. What if George eats it?" by nonky

Sherlock - Sherlock/John - Less than Clandestine by amazingly_me

HIMYM - Marshall/Lily, cast - it's not what i thought it would be (but what really is?) by portland_rain

The Office - Michael & Toby - Don't Go Breakin' My Heart by firthgal

Supernatural - Castiel - Heaven wasn't always hell by oceansex

BtVS - Buffy/Angel - Love is forever, right? by angearia

Dollhouse - DeWitt/Dominic - We Slay Dragons Together by derevko_child

The West Wing - Toby, Sam, & Josh - A Distinct Lack of Gravitas by amazingly_me

Supernatural - Anna/Ruby - Devil Meaning Well by oceansex

Anne of Green Gables - Anne/Gilbert - We should have a breakfast nook! by taintedlove

Legend of the Seeker - Richard/Kahlan - Just for tonight, darling, let's get lost by dollsome

The Vampire Diaries - Tyler & Caroline - TOGETHER, THEY FIGHT CRIME by nonky

Community - Jeff/Annie - O brave new world by dollsome

Glee - Brittany/Santana - You don't know how far I'd go by anthimeriate

Angel - Fred & Cordelia - Of Friendship and Tacos by superkappa

The Office - Jim/Pam & CeCe - Everyone's a Critic by firthgal

Community - Britta/Troy (and the gang) - El tango de sexual tension by dollsome

Glee - Kurt & Finn - Life is too short for traffic by storypaint

The Vampire Diaries - Caroline & Stefan - The Pros and Cons of Sparkling by law_like_love

Dollhouse - Topher - Aced The Tests, Never Did The Homework by kay_obsessive

Glee - Rachel & Kurt - Detour a Bad Day by storypaint

Lost - Kate/Sawyer - Just Like New Times by fragmentedsky

Doctor Who - Eleven/Rose - Top Hats Optional by laeria

The Vampire Diaries - Caroline, Elena, & Bonnie - Slumber Party by dranime203

The Vampire Diaries - Stefan/Elena/Damon - They say it's your birthday by austen

Battlestar Galactica - Adama/Roslin - carpe astra by pocochina

Merlin - Arthur/Merlin - Just One Hug by niftywithan

Harry Potter - Harry/Hermione/Ron - every stone you stood upon shifted, except for me by mollivanders

Doctor Who - River/Doctor - You're very pretty, you know. You're very rare, you know. by lyssie

Alias - Jack/Irina - A Murder Free Dinner by derevko_child

BtVS/Veronica Mars - Buffy and Veronica - girls in a gun store by mollivanders

Veronica Mars - Wallace & Veronica - shooting some hoops by polychromic

Battlestar Galactica - Gaius/Caprica Six - What's in a name, anyway? by mini_miss

Friday Night Lights - Coach/Mrs. Coach - Lazy Saturday afternoon by mollivanders

Caprica - Lacy & Barnabas - Emergence by odyle

Merlin - Arthur/Morgana (+ kind of ot4) - Objectivity by fragmentedsky

Harry Potter - Remus/Sirius - The Old Fablemakers by amazingly_me

The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do by amazingly_me

Community - Britta/Professor Duncan - Alternative Lifestyles in Modern Discourse by nonky

The Vampire Diaries - Tyler & Caroline - TOGETHER, THEY FIGHT CRIME by nonky

BtVS - Spike/Drusilla - Callooh, Callay by marketchippie

Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Ben/Hannah - Best Friends with Wandering Eyes by nonky

Pirates of the Caribbean - Jack/Elizabeth - Winning is worth it by bellonablack

Battlestar Galactica - Kara/Sam - I'll sleep when I'm dead by nonky

Castle - Castle/Beckett - The Serenade of Romantic Doom by nonky

Modern Family - Mitchell/Cameron - Two Approaches To Baby-Naming by polychromic

The Vampire Diaries - Salvatore brothers & co. - Surprise is Not Only for the Living by ohwaluvusbab

Pirates of the Caribbean - Anamaria - What shall we die for by caffeineandink

Batman - Harley Quinn/Batman - I have dreams of orca whales and owls by clockwork_jo

AtS - Angel/Cordy, Connor, the team - Icy Peril by museofspeed

The Vampire Diaries - Damon/Elena - The Timeless Taste of Cracker Jacks by amoenavi

The West Wing - Sam/Ainsley - Deep Fried And Extra Fatty by magisterequitum

Lost - Dan/Charlotte - Keeping still to move by valhalla37

Skins - Freddie, Emily - And I won't let you choke by clockwork_jo

BtVS - Buffy/Spike - Her Dark Place Is Also Quiet by ohwaluvusbab

HIMYM - Barney/Robin - I know you get me (so I let my walls come down) by dollsome

BtVS - Spike & Dawn - The Cons of Anarchy by ohwaluvusbab

HIMYM - Ted/Victoria - Social Networking by ceridweyn_lin

Harry Potter - Tom Riddle/Bellatrix Lestrange - All is loneliness before me by amazingly_me

The West Wing - Ainsley - Last Friday night, yeah we danced on tabletops by amazingly_me

Lilo & Stitch/Calvin & Hobbes - What I Did On My Summer Vacation by amazingly_me

Pushing Daisies - Ned/Chuck - Loophole by polychromic

Glee - Brittany & Finn - Hip-hop and Hippos by polychromic

The Vampire Diaries - Damon/Elena - Get Thee Behind Me, Temptation by redbrunja

The West Wing - Sam/Ainsley - Baby, it's cold outside by magisterequitum

ER - Ray/Neela - Edge of Desire by xmarisolx

Comments

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

The West Wing, Josh/Donna, Josh watching Glenn Beck

[daisysusan.livejournal.com]

I have your prompt to thank for the water all over my computer screen right now. That is what the mental image of Josh watching Glenn Beck causes.

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

SERIOUSLY. I need Aaron Sorkin to bring back The West Wing RIGHT NOW so I can get my fill of Josh taking on the Tea Party. PLEASE AARON PLEEEEEEASE.

[daisysusan.livejournal.com]

That would be amazing. I would die happy.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

As of this moment, my entire mission in life is to make this happen.

The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (1/2)

[amazingly-me.livejournal.com]

It's more "Josh and Donna" than Josh/Donna, I'm afraid, and exists at some nebulous point on The West Wing's timeline which never actually existed. Title is from a Benjamin Franklin quote! :]

----

"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.

----

"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.

----

"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."

----

The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[amazingly-me.livejournal.com]

"He jumped out of his seat, made some screechy noises about the downfall of our great nation, and then started crying," Josh says. "I don't understand."

"People want to be comforted, Josh," Donna says in what Josh has privately started to call her well look who thinks he's a special little snowflake today voice.

"Couldn't they make some hot chocolate and watch Hugh Grant movies or something?" Josh asks. Donna drops the file onto his desk and blinks at him for a moment.

"Really? Hugh Grant is your go-to for comfort? Not that I can fault your taste or anything, Josh, but it's probably going to impugn your reputation as Mr. Scary Political Operative when I tell the entire secretarial staff of the West Wing that British accents and winsome grins make you swoon."

"First of all, I do not swoon over Hugh Grant-- no, you know what, scratch that, I do not swoon over anything."

"Let me guess," Donna says, leaning against the door frame. "Not manly enough?"

"I will have you know that I am extremely manly!" Josh says.

"The wild, I'm-a-seventh-grade-girl-at-the-Twilight-premiere flailing of your arms suggests otherwise Joshua," Donna says.

"I'm serious, Donna, he spends, like, one hundred and ten percent of his onscreen time crying," Josh says. "Now who's manly?!"

"Is this Hugh Grant or Glenn Beck we're talking about here?" Donna says. Josh groans and lets his head fall into his hands.

----

"He is a terrible human being," Josh says. "He just is! Are the other guys having this pumped directly into the brains of the voters? Because honestly, that is some sound goddamned political strategy. If even ten percent of this country believes the crap he's spewing, that's ten percent we are never getting back Donna, I'm not kidding around here--"

"Josh," Donna says firmly. She steps into the room. She closes the door. She sets a cup of what Josh strongly suspects is going to turn out to be decaf on his desk. "Yes. Yes, Glenn Beck is a terrible human being. You're right. And yes, a lot of people listen to him, and care about what he has to say, no matter how despicable it is. And yes, he cries enough tears, per week, to fill an Olympic swimming pool. He's not only terrible, he's hilarious. He's rapidly approaching self-parody. So why don't you stop hunting down YouTube clips of a deranged television personality and actually do your job?"

Josh sighs, scrubs a hand over his face, and takes a sip of his coffee.

"What's my job again?" He says.

"Providing policy alternatives to the weepy whackjob," Donna says cheerfully.

"Right," Josh says. "Yes. Okay. I can do that."

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[ppyajunebug.livejournal.com]

*hands you the Internet*

I may or may not be starting an entire religion based around you. So, if people start asking you if you know your awesome-meter levels, you know they're followers of your awesome way.

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[ninamazing.livejournal.com]

YOU WIN ♥

(hyacinthian linked me here. I wrote that as "licked" initially, jsyk. It is probably food-related as I just made red velvet cupcakes which I would give you like TEN of right now if I could.)

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[miss-mishi.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic. I can hear it being said. Like I can hear their voices saying this. It's really awesome.

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[pocochina.livejournal.com]

aaaah! Josh! Donna! perfection! I love this.

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[michellek.livejournal.com]

This is perfect. PERFECT.

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[magisterequitum.livejournal.com]

This is full of so much win.

I am right there with you Josh.

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[mini-miss.livejournal.com]

That was just so perfect! So in character i can hear them in my head! Fantastic job!

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[softly-me.livejournal.com]

At what decibel level is he assuming his version of truth will just vibrate into fact?

I AM USING THIS LINE FOR MY REAL LIFE RANTS

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[shutterbug-12.livejournal.com]

This is the funniest fic I ever read. Ever, ever. You, my friend? You win. This is not only hilarious, but features fantastic dialogue that is pitch-perfect for the characters. The way Donna approaches the whole rant from beginning to end is entirely appropriate for her, and Josh's rant is 100% true to Josh. I adore this. Adore it. This is just wonderful. I love it. <3

Oh, oh! And my favorite lines were the ones about Beck being "wired for sound". That whole exchange, actually, was my favorite part. =D

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[damelola.livejournal.com]

Amazing in basically all of the ways.

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[http://users.livejournal.com/spyglass_/]

OH, this is hilarious. I love it!

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[annapie.livejournal.com]

shutterbug_12 recced this, and oh my, this is so good! Both Josh and Donna are completely in character and the dialogue is spot-on. It is as if this was part of the series. And it's so funny. I love this :D

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[scullyseviltwin.livejournal.com]

I love you, I love you, I love you. This was brilliant, and true and amusing and just... I second the handing you the internet. For real.

Re: The West Wing - Josh and Donna - And Most Fools Do (2/2)

[magpieinthesky.livejournal.com]

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING. I wish West Wing were still on so this could be real.

[shutterbug-12.livejournal.com]

That is the best prompt ever. =D