Ruairí MacEibhir

Tis the season for the_tammyawards once again, and there are some púca nominations on the ballot. Ruairí is quite amused to find himself up for Mature Hottie and Sex God, and very happy to hit the voting lists for Straight Couple of the Year (with abbytude) and Outstanding Family Relationship (with all four of the kids, thehorseman, fey_fire, gifted_hands and a_chaitlin). Feel free to check out his thank-you post, though Anraí and Rory would prefer that you ignore the Dream Cast Orgy category. Ruairí, Rory and Cait also wound up with a pile of honorable mentions for everything from Ass of Doom, Best Package and Ulitmate Object of Desire to Best Eyes, Smile and Mane. (Their mun is deeply touched by both the nomination for Action Writer of DOOM! and the honorable mention for Outstanding Roleplayer of Love, Sex and Ships.)

But Tammy Season is also Smiting Season, with bizarre things happening as a result. Hermes goaded Emma Frost into amusing herself by asking that Ruairí be turned into a mule for 24 hours. Abby, as you might imagine, did not take kindly to her part-time equine boyfriend being stuck in this shape, so she got a little payback by having Emma turned into ... well, a bitch. *cough* No connection to Abby's retaliation has been proven, but a suspiciously short time afterward, Cordelia Chase asked the Smiting Service to make Abby's next 24 hours a little more musical.

After the initial shock wore off, Ruairí has become quite accepting of the situation. After all, he's used to the feel of four legs, Abby and Cait have been very good about keeping him supplied with oatmeal and hay, and he can always bray to drown out Abby's singing. And everyone will be back to normal in time for the midnight kiss to ring in the New Year, though Abby will no doubt insist that Ruairí shower off the mule smell first.

Happy New Year to you all, and the púca clan and their mun wish you the very best in 2009. ^_^