One of my discord servers recently had a PowerPoint party, and I gave a presentation on how the Merintosh fandom just kind of cropped up out of nowhere in November 2015 and
now I kind of want to post it because I had so much fun making it
I am absolutely back on my bullshit
I might post the PowerPoint to my main blog, though because here I am just shouting into the void versus all my ouat followers follow me on main
i know you don’t know the ship, so you don’t have to read it(in fact it will probably be odd and strange if you didn’t watch the exactly two episodes of once upon a time brave was in) but thanks for the prompt @funnefatale
prompt: one of them brings home a black cat
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bad luck
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The kittens had been either abandoned by their mother in the stables, or the mother had died that particularly cold winter, but Merida had a kind heart and brought them into the castle, and ignored any chattering and teasing about Merida getting soft. The funniest reactions were from the council room, when she brought one of the kittens, the smallest and most sickly, when a room full of grown men through an entire fit over their queen bringing a black cat into a meeting.
“He’s a wee chit--a bairn. He’s no harm t’ anybody.” She laughed as one of the elder lairds physically jumped at the sight of it.
“A black cat!” He yelped, alarmed. “T’is bad luck!”
“Ye are a Laird of the highlands, a warrior, and a part of the council. Wouldnae think ye’d be scair’t of a wee cat.” Merida mused, raising an eyebrow.
“Ye’ve brought an omen of ill into a war room my Queen,” Another laird murmured.
Merida rolled her eyes, turning to Macintosh, hoping for a voice of reason. She was surprised to see that even he looked a bit wary, though he hadn’t said anything yet.
“Laird Macintosh, come ‘ere.” She said, crooking her finger at him. He glared at her, feeling like she was about to make an example of him. She smiled sweetly, he was right of course, but he wouldn’t dare not take a direct order from his Queen, especially not in front of the council. He stood and moved solemnly toward her.
She resisted the urge to roll her eyes at him once again. “Macintosh, hold out ye’re hand.”
He obliged but he was still glaring daggers at her, she gently placed the small kitten into his hands, cupping his hand and guiding him to give it some scritches under its little chin. The black kitten began to purr so loudly, she knew the whole hall could hear it.
“Now,” She said, smiling, “look at him, what a dark omen, aye? I ken he’s very big and scary, he might even claw ye’re eyes righ’ out.”
She hadn’t realized her hand was lingering on his until his very blue gray eyes landed on hers and she felt her heart constrict.
“Aye,” He said softly, turning away from her as she dropped her hand abruptly, “T’is jus’ a wee cat, can we get on with the meetin’ now?”
Merida found it hard to concentrate on the meeting after that, not just because of the kitten and the murmuring lairds.
IT’S MY FRIENDS ACCOUNT WHERE SHE’S TAKING PICTURES OF MERIDA WHILE WE’RE IN SCOTLAND AND IT’S ADORABLE AND I’M TRYING TO HELP HER GET SOME MORE FOLLOWERS SO I’D LOVE IF YOU FOLLOWED HER!!
Also side note- If you’ve read my old Merintosh work I just posted one of them to AO3 so look for A Needed Conversation by super_heroine_addict
I’ve apparently become a Merintosh shipper in the Once Upon a Time universe and I don’t know how or why. Macintosh is in 2 eps of the show with one of them being where he (along with others) kidnapped the triplets and nearly killed them to get Merida to give up the throne. Majority of his scenes is him showing how he doesn’t accept/respect her until the end where they have a tiny moment and he’s seemingly has become one of her biggest supporters and I’m left shipping these two? I don’t understand the things I do but here I am thinking of them.
After all this, you still want me to be your queen?
You were willing to give up your crown for the good of the kingdom. Give up your life to get that helm. I only ever saw one person make a sacrifice like that and it was your father. If you’re not fit to lead the clans. No one is.
Thank you to all who voted. There were 8 themes that people voted for. The themes that had the most votes are: Soulmate, Land of Untold Stories Arrives, and Wedding. The others only had 1 vote each: Dark!Merida/Dark!Macintosh, Fake Relationship, Modern, Pregnancy/Children, and Macintosh came with Merida to Storybrooke.
Since 5 of them only had 1 vote, I chose two of them for the understudies.
The Merintosh Week schedule is (drumroll please):
Sunday, July 23 - Macintosh came with Merida to Storybrooke
Monday, July 24 - Land of Untold Stories Arrives
Tuesday, July 25 - Soulmate
Wednesday, July 26 - Wedding
Thursday, July 27 - Pregnancy/Children
Friday, July 28 - Modern
Saturday, July 29 - Free Day
The two understudies are Dark!Merida/Dark!Macintosh and Fake Relationship. If the theme of the day doesn't work for you, you can use the understudies.
For Merintosh Week, you can make whatever you want: fanfiction, videos, puppet shows, your choice. And it's alright if you post late. We all have lives, and I don't think anyone would mind. Our ship doesn't get much love, so your creation will be welcomed whenever it's posted.
hey uhh.... i’m avoiding homework in an effort to not have a full blown mental breakdown, anyone wanna send me merintosh prompts to write for the next couple of hours?