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Fortitude Greengrass · December 1, 2023 – 3:46 PM

Give me your favorite Hallmark Holiday movie meet cutes. It's for a thing.

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Tycho Dodonus · December 1, 2023 – 3:54 PM

Here's a list for your list.

Fortitude Greengrass · December 1, 2023 – 3:59 PM

(December 1, 2023 – 3:54 PM)Tycho Dodonus Wrote: Here's a list for your list.

Literally the list in my other tab rn xD

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*Melody Crouch* · December 1, 2023 – 3:59 PM

(In no particular order)
1. Character a and character b decide to fake date through the holidays to survive family parties.
2. Character a and character b meet in an awkward job setting. Have a whirlwind romance throughout the Christmas season.
3. Character a and character b exchange anonymous letters through a notebook left in a shop.
4. Character a inherits an inn/shop/ house and moves to a small town. Character b services that inn/shop/house and feels as though character a inherited unfairly.

Sisse Thompsett · December 1, 2023 – 4:17 PM

Ooo
I love having to fake date, bonus points if they have to travel and that's why they are faking it
Also totally about the royalty in disguise troupe

Thank you Bee <3 Your magic has made Sisse bloom

*Jessamine Parkinson* · December 1, 2023 – 4:23 PM

I have no movies for you, but here are some possibilities based off real things that either happened to me or someone I know personally:

01. Muse A goes ice skating and despite not being good, they try to show off, Muse B is a medic and comes to help because they end up breaking something.

02. Muse A and Muse B are playing romantic interests in a Christmas play at a local theatre and by the end of the run, they have fallen for each other.

03. Muse A is stuck in a shop because a blizzard hit and they have been snowed in, Muse B is a tired shop worker who really doesn't want to hear you complain about being stuck there so they try to keep you entertained.

04. Muse A used to live at Muse B's address and so Muse B keeps getting their mail. During the holidays it gets worse due to all the packages and they finally confront Muse A because enough is enough. Muse A finds it all hilarious.

05. Muse A and Muse B are both parents, or have children they care about, and are literally about to throw hands in a shop over the last Toy of the Year™

Fortitude Greengrass · December 1, 2023 – 11:53 PM

The General Premise

A well-established author releases a romance novel every winter. These are often gifted between women during the holiday season and this author is very well known within those circles, but nearly unheard of outside of those circles (think Julia Quinn!) A fan has decided to celebrate the release of her newest book by making the season a little more festive for everyone - by magically trapping people into acting out the opening scenes from her previous books!

This is place based magic which will impact the first two characters that stumble onto the scene to trigger it - the pairings are not predestined in any way and the people involved may not actually be suitable romantic interests (eg they might be male-male pairings, or one party might be married, etc). [they should all be adults though, please, for my personal ick factor :P I don't have a magical IC reason for this, just I make the plot I make the rules] The characters will find themselves compelled to play out the scenario at least thematically, but there's no forced emotion or memory magic or anything at place.

Let's try an example, shall we?
Suppose the premise was: Muse A goes ice skating and despite not being good, they try to show off, Muse B is a medic and comes to help because they end up breaking something.

Reuben Crouch answers the thread first and decides to be Muse A. Outside of this thread he's a pretty graceful athlete, but for reasons he can't understand he's suddenly acting super clumsy! CRASH! Juliana Ainsworth enters the thread as Muse B, sees this take place, and says "Let me help! I'm a healer!" She then thinks to herself why the hell did I say that? I'm not a healer. She proceeds to bat her eyelashes at him a time or two while she bumbles about trying to heal him, despite remaining asexual and entirely uninterested in him romantically, and despite her growing confusion over what the hell she's doing here. Et cetera.

Are your characters going to end up romantically involved after this? I mean, anything could happen, but there's no magical incentive for them to get along / be attracted / anything, so just play it by ear!

Can we tweak the premise a bit? If you're joining the thread, you should be prepared to play the prompt out as written. Once both characters are 'taken' by someone, feel free to adjust as you please so long as your thread partner is game!

You didn't include my favorite meetcute but I like this idea: Feel free to start your own in this same style/vein and link back to this post!

The Premises

END OF THE LINE. Muse A and Muse B are both parents, or have children they care about, and are literally about to throw hands in a shop over the last Toy of the Year™ JOIN IT HERE
GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT. In a fit of jealousy over all their siblings' accomplishments for the year, Muse A told someone in their family that they are engaged. Now their family is expecting to meet their fiancee at an upcoming family dinner / holiday party, and Muse B has reluctantly agreed to play the part with the intention to "break up" after the holidays. JOIN IT HERE
WHAT'S IN A SHOP? Muse A comes to town to take over a shop they have inherited from a distant relative. Muse B manages the shop and feels as though character a inherited unfairly. [Note: neither of these characters need to have any actual connection to the shop]. JOIN IT HERE
RESTING GRINCH FACE. Muse A spends hours each day building elaborate snow/ice sculptures in the park. Each night, a disenchanted Muse B destroys them on their walk home. One night, Muse A camps out to catch Muse B and confront them. JOIN IT HERE
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. Muse A's carriage breaks on a snowy road and they're in danger of freezing in the falling snow if they can't get it fixed. Muse B stops their own carriage to try and help, and eventually offers them a ride when the carriage cannot be repaired. JOIN IT HERE

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Desiderius Morgan · December 16, 2023 – 10:48 PM

Muse A has just settled into a horse-drawn sleigh when a prankster hit the horses behind with a snowball, causing it to run off with Muse A unwillingly along for the ride! Muse B comes to their rescue. Desi here is Muse B and is in need of his Muse A! Thread is here!

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