OPEN | mistletoe? its august

[melocoton]

the mistletoe meme.
Congrats! You're stuck under the mistletoe with someone. Pucker up, buttercup. It could be forced, or it could be normal--it's your choice!

it's august and i'm sad, lets be self indulgent.

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[alphainforce]

[ She's been herself before, just not at her usual size. There's a smile in her voice, at least.

But she just likes stories in all forms. ]

No? It's a Nordic story. Balder once had dreams that foretold his death, and in response the Goddess Frigg took oaths from everything to ensure that he would be safe from all harm.

All the gods were pleased with this, except the mischief maker, Loki. So he went to Frigg in disguise, asking if there was anything that didn't make an oath. Everything except mistletoe, because it seemed to young to swear.

And so Loki used this newly acquired knowledge, took some mistletoe and made an arrow. Giving it to a blind god and asking him to attack Balder as all the other gods did.

The arrow struck true, thus Baldr died.

The gods made the mistletoe promise that it would never again do an uncharitable deed but would forever be consecrated to acts of happiness and usefulness.