Not stupid at all, Sileas. You can't be expected to know all the history of the fandom, when you've just arrived. smile

There have been a lot of discussion threads posted about the subject of the Merriweathers and at least one poll, since their inception back in January of this year, so you could do a search of the Fanfic Related forum, which should produce most of them, if you are especially keen to catch up or interested in the history of this contest. laugh

Basically though, I think this is the first thread that was posted by M-Comm (Merriweather Committee), which sets out the basics of their aims.

LabRat smile


Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.

The Musketeers