WinterKnights: A BBC Merlin Winter Holiday Fest!

Winterknights - Anonymous Masterlist

The winterknights fest had an amazing total of 39 fanworks! There were 15 pieces of art, 23 stories, and 1 fanmix!

Thank you to everyone who participated and supported the fest on its second year!

Please continue to enjoy and share your love for the fanworks created for the fest! Reveals are scheduled for January 7th!

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( FANMIX )

( FIC )

Title: Welcome Changes Ahead
Author: ANON
Pairing(s): Arthur/Merlin
Prompt: “Arthur/Merlin – Merlin is a run away, that ends up choosing Arthur's porch as a spot for to shelter from the New Years's Eve weather. Arthur, getting home late hides him and decides he needs to help.” (Link)
Word Count: ~8,300
Rating: PG-13
Contains (Highlight to view): *slight amount of swearing*
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: First of all: A huge thanks to Momo for being such an awesome beta! This fic wouldn't even be half as good as it is, without your help! <3 Secondly: I didn’t go with the prompt 100% (Merlin not being a run away per say and by that probably a lot older than intended), and I’m so sorry about that! I hope the prompt-writer still likes the result! What I wrote was my first inspiration from reading the prompt and I just couldn’t help sticking to it. >//<
Summary: Arthur gets home late after celebrating into the New Year. He finds a homeless stranger hiding in his porch, and – drunk as he is – decides to let him stay in his guest room for the night. Over the next day Arthur slowly gets to know the man, Merlin, and chooses to help him as much as he can.


Read it on AO3

( Welcome Changes Ahead )

Title: From the Leodegrace-Pendragons
Author/Artist: ANON
Pairing(s): Morgana/Gwen
Prompt: none
Word Count/Art Medium: watercolour/ink
Rating: G
Contains: no warnings
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: A last-minute entry, but an entry nonetheless! Thank you to the Merlin fandom for making winter great year after year, and here's to many more years to come. (Except, you know, that finale. But we don't talk about that.)
Summary: Years pass and times change, but silver foxes Morgana and Gwen manage to enjoy Christmas every year. (Or: an excuse to draw pinup!older!Morgwen.)




( From the Leodegrace-Pendragons )

Title: Snowy Solitude
Author/Artist: ANON
Pairing(s): None (Arthur/Merlin if you want to squint at the summary)
Prompt: N/A
Word Count/Art Medium: Digital art, Paint Tool SAI
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Huge thanks to Winter Knights for allowing me a late entry and for running such a wonderful event for everyone!
Summary: Another winter come, another year gone, and still Merlin waits patiently for his king's return. The snow is cold but his magic and fond memories of his friends are always a welcome warmth.






( Snowy Solitude )

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(Apologies! I really would have sworn that I had posted the 3rd round-up, but I don't see it, so I'm (re)posting it now along with the 4th!)


ART:

♥ A ‘little’ joke [Merlin/Arthur - G]
Cursed Mistletoe is all over Camelot Castle! Anyone stuck under it must kiss before they can pass.

♥ A Merry Muse [Merlin/Arthur - G]
Arthur should've expected to end up here after telling his father that he wanted to be a photographer, not help him run Camelot Mall. Snot-nosed brats and garish decorations were far from his preferred subject matter... What Arthur never would've expected was for a cheeky elf to bring him inspiration... along with some holiday cheer!

♥ Skating Date [Merlin/Gwaine - G]
Merlin and Gwaine go on an ice skating date.


FIC:

♥ Late Night Sexting [Merlin/Arthur - 7000 - NC-17]
That one time Arthur went online looking for a release...

♥ Cooking Up A Storm [Merlin/Arthur - 3000 - PG-13]
It's Arthur and Merlin's first Christmas together, and in a moment of madness they offer to cook Christmas dinner for family and friends…

♥ The Longest Night [Merlin/Arthur - 2282 - G]
They’re lost, the sun is setting, the horses have bolted, and they’re both soaked to the bone from a mishap with some thin ice and a stream, but at least they don’t have to contend with bandits.

 “Just a quick trip, Merlin,” Merlin sing-songs in his prattiest voic“We’ll bring back more meat for the feast, Merlin.” “Shut up, Merlin,” Arthur stutters, his teeth clacking together.

♥ Sweet Dreams of Mistletoe [Merlin/Arthur - 13452 - PG]
What could be worse for Arthur King of Camelot than to have to entertain the visiting King Olaf and his still-entirely-smitten daughter Lady Vivian over the holidays? Doing it during an outbreak of magical mistletoe all over the castle, of course!

♥ Good Cheer [Merlin/Arthur - 2300 - PG-13]
Arthur Pendragon learns there's always room for good cheer.


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Title: Merthur in a box
Author/Artist: ANON
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: no prompt
Word Count/Art Medium: Digital Art
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Merry christmas to lovely Merlin fandom ♥
Summary What are your wishes for christmas? How about Merthur in a christmas present box?



( Merthur in a box )

Title: Newlywed Christmas
Author/Artist: ANON
Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: n/a
Word Count/Art Medium: pencil crayons
Rating: G
Contains: fluff and slow dancing and wedding rings
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Summary Merlin and Arthur celebrate their first Christmas together as a married couple and get caught up slow dancing instead of decorating the tree like they were supposed to be doing.




( Newlywed Christmas )

Title: How to win the girl by singing off-key
Author/Artist: ANON
Pairing(s): Elena/Mithian
Prompt: Prompt #19 (2016)
Word Count/Art Medium: 3600
Rating: PG13, teen
Contains: no trigger warnings, bad singing
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended
Notes: Thank you winterknights for this fest and for giving me a million extensions so I could actually finish this little thing. Big thanks to Irene for having a look at the story and for actually betaing that clusterfuck of a grammar nightmare; without you this story would be unreadable. All remaining mistakes are mine and mine alone.
Summary Elena hates winter but meeting Mithian’s caroling group might just change that.


( How to win the girl by singing off-key )

Title: Skating Date
Author/Artist: ANON
Pairing(s): Merlin/Gwaine
Art Medium: Digital
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Merlin and Gwaine go on an ice skating date.




( Skating Date )

Title: A Merry Muse
Artist: ANON
Pairing(s): Merthur
Prompt: None. My own idea.
Art Medium: digital drawing
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Many thanks to WinterKnights for keeping this fandom so enjoyably festive this time of year! I thought up a modern AU with a Christmas-loving Merlin and a Scrooge-ish Arthur... It honestly could be the plot of a cheesy (made for TV) Christmas movie, haha! Hope everyone enjoys this short comic!
Summary Arthur should've expected to end up here after telling his father that he wanted to be a photographer, not help him run Camelot Mall. Snot-nosed brats and garish decorations were far from his preferred subject matter... What Arthur never would've expected was for a cheeky elf to bring him inspiration... along with some holiday cheer!






( A Merry Muse )