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They make me push the pram a lot.
Prince Arthur = fanon Draco? He's not a bad guy, just an asshole with an angst-ton of daddy issues who is full of himself. He's a little misguided, having a sociopath for a father, but he's not stupid and his heart is true. Really, all he needs is someone to help redeem him and guide him, someone who calls him out on his bullshit, and also some buttsex, and he will do great things.
OKAY SO. Was it just that I had been drinking all night before (and, uh, during) watching THE BEGINNING OF THE END (omg), or was the plot actually... compelling? Arthur's face (OMG HIS FACE <3333) isn't even the only redeeming thing, nor was the hoyay redeeming, being KIND OF NONEXISTENT. BBC WHERE IS OUR GAY. BUT. On to the hooray. Threats to kill dangerous children! Morgana kicking so much ass! Arthur being all noble and taking care of kingly business, and also saving people (who aren't even Merlin)! Capable and valiant Arthur is my favorite!
I was watching it with my friend, to whom I had been building up the hoyay sooooooo much. I felt fairly cheated when, AGAIN, IT WAS NOT THERE. But then she brought up a good point: "I'm feeling lots of Uther/Morgana here." UH, YEAH. It is kind of a creepy ship, but since when has being creepy ever stopped me doing anything. Uther/Morgana and its power games and mindfuckery, oh I would read it.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT. MERLIN/MORGANA. ALL OVER THE PLACE. I... think I like it?! Merlin and Morgana, fighting injustice and keeping their boundless magical powers a secret OR ELSE THEY WOULD DIE. 'Kay, I don't do official recs anymore 'cos ya'll should just check out my delicious, but while we're on this subject, there is awesome Merlin/Morgana fic this way.
Arthur/Morgana/Merlin: best thing or BESTEST THING?
My friend called the kid being Mordred. I kind of didn't figure it out until ten seconds before the revelation. Ya, even with the episode title and all.
Can we really not escape our destinies? This show is so fucking campy, I have a hard time imagining the tragic endgame that we all know is to come.
Why are my best-beloved fandoms British-esque and set in the past? "Write what you know", I'm doing it wrong.
The internet gave my computer herpes because I was superdumb and looked for Episode 8 in some seriously sketchy sites. A typo-ridden message keeps on offering to download spyware for me, and sometimes it starts to before I'm like OH NO YOU DON'T. I think have gotten rid of everything except the .dll file, because I can't delete it if it is in use... YEAH, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE. So I guess I'm going to the IT helpdesk tomorrow.
ETA: I've changed my Merlin icon for completely superficial reasons.
Son of ETA:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
kingandward, an Uther/Morgana community. THAT'S RIGHT.
OKAY SO. Was it just that I had been drinking all night before (and, uh, during) watching THE BEGINNING OF THE END (omg), or was the plot actually... compelling? Arthur's face (OMG HIS FACE <3333) isn't even the only redeeming thing, nor was the hoyay redeeming, being KIND OF NONEXISTENT. BBC WHERE IS OUR GAY. BUT. On to the hooray. Threats to kill dangerous children! Morgana kicking so much ass! Arthur being all noble and taking care of kingly business, and also saving people (who aren't even Merlin)! Capable and valiant Arthur is my favorite!
I was watching it with my friend, to whom I had been building up the hoyay sooooooo much. I felt fairly cheated when, AGAIN, IT WAS NOT THERE. But then she brought up a good point: "I'm feeling lots of Uther/Morgana here." UH, YEAH. It is kind of a creepy ship, but since when has being creepy ever stopped me doing anything. Uther/Morgana and its power games and mindfuckery, oh I would read it.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT. MERLIN/MORGANA. ALL OVER THE PLACE. I... think I like it?! Merlin and Morgana, fighting injustice and keeping their boundless magical powers a secret OR ELSE THEY WOULD DIE. 'Kay, I don't do official recs anymore 'cos ya'll should just check out my delicious, but while we're on this subject, there is awesome Merlin/Morgana fic this way.
Arthur/Morgana/Merlin: best thing or BESTEST THING?
My friend called the kid being Mordred. I kind of didn't figure it out until ten seconds before the revelation. Ya, even with the episode title and all.
Can we really not escape our destinies? This show is so fucking campy, I have a hard time imagining the tragic endgame that we all know is to come.
Why are my best-beloved fandoms British-esque and set in the past? "Write what you know", I'm doing it wrong.
The internet gave my computer herpes because I was superdumb and looked for Episode 8 in some seriously sketchy sites. A typo-ridden message keeps on offering to download spyware for me, and sometimes it starts to before I'm like OH NO YOU DON'T. I think have gotten rid of everything except the .dll file, because I can't delete it if it is in use... YEAH, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE. So I guess I'm going to the IT helpdesk tomorrow.
ETA: I've changed my Merlin icon for completely superficial reasons.
Son of ETA:
kingandward, an Uther/Morgana community. THAT'S RIGHT.
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our icons are eyeing each other. peta says, bring it on, pretty boy. *bemused*
"petty thievery, morgana?" susan says from the couch.
"breaking and entering, susan?" morgana says, dropping her keys in the bowl by the door and letting the door shut behind her. she lets her purse fall to the floor and crosses the hallway into the kitchen, coming out with a pint of ben & jerry's and a pair of spoons.
"i must admit," she says, sitting down on the couch next to susan, "you aren't the last person i expected to see here. i mean, you weren't high up the list either, but you weren't the last."
"i was rather expecting merlin," susan says, taking the proffered spoon. "if it was going to be anyone, i mean. imagine my surprise when your name popped up in the fbi database."
"and what were you doing in the fbi database?" morgana inquires around a mouthful of phish food.
susan reaches into her pocket and pulls out her badge.
"oh," morgana says. "should i be knocking you out and making a run for it, then?" she lets the threat and the hint of magic hang in the air around them.
"hardly," susan says. "i'm not here on official business. just a social call, really." she takes the pint from morgana, eats a spoonful of ice cream, passes it back. "and i have a few questions."
"questions that the fbi can't answer?"
"questions i'd rather not ask the fbi, and questions i don't think they can." she twists the ring on her right hand; it has the air of an unconscious gesture, a nervous tick. "what do you know about raisings?"
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hagjfsdlg;'fdlg;fdkg;l;d
OMG
IS SHE FOR REALZ GONNA MAKE IT INTO HOLLOW VALLEY
uh that would be awesome, okay.
hey remember when you commentficced hollow valley way back and peter and susan were also bonding over ice cream. ice cream yay
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merlin is such a bad title for this show, because it's not all about him, really. not like buffy or angel. it's more of an ensemble act. CAMELOT. really.
huuuuhh. could be, but i was thinking act three, really. if act one is hollow valley, act two is batman, and act three involves this? and maybe supernatural. because the crazy winchester siblings have to meet the crazy pevensie siblings, and dean and peter can bond over having been brought back from the dead.
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OKAY
maybe i should stop here.
um.
i am THIS CLOSE to accepting it as canon that arthur knows merlin is magical but is just playing dumb, 'cos i mean, merlin is an utter failboat at being subtle and arthur's not THAT dumb.
damn, everyone and their supernatural!
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i feel that arthur is aware of it on an unconscious level, but until he has the facts shoved in his face he's not going to admit it, even to merlin. although at that point he's just going to be all, "what do you think i am, an idiot? THAT WOULD BE YOU."
though in some ways, i want the reveal to come when there's some, you know, supernatural horror stalking camelot and gaius and merlin are having whispered conversations and arthur walks in and is all, "so, merlin, how are you going to save us this time?" and merlin almost has a heart attack. or something like that. where arthur just throws it out casually and raises his eyebrows.
*pimps supernatural* pretty boys? plot? subtext like whoa? daddy issues? JENSEN ACKLES? also jared padalecki (mental casting for tirian's cousin vespasian! who is hitting on peter, or was) and jeffery dean morgan!
or we could just go back to immortal!susan and morgana. huh.
"raisings?" morgana says, raising her eyebrows. "why do you want know about those? planning on bringing someone back from the dead?"
"no," susan says. "but i know someone who has been. brought back, i mean. i just want to know if there are any...ill effects."
"like?" morgana asks, eating a spoonful of ice cream. she leans back on the couch and curls her legs up, puts her feet against susan's thighs.
susan glances at her, then down at her hands. "memory loss," she says. "is that -- should that be --"
"you know i've never actually brought someone back from the dead," morgana says. she's thought about it, gone so far as to gather the ingredients for the spell -- but she's never actually gone through with it. "it's very easy to get wrong."
"they didn't get it wrong," susan snaps, too quickly.
"are you sure?" morgana asks, offering the ice cream back.
susan pushes it away with the back of one hand. "i know him," she says. "it is him. it is. he just -- doesn't remember. what happened after he died, i mean."
"you know," morgana says, "if whoever it is actually got it right, it might be a first. i've never seen it done right. and maybe we're not meant to remember what happens after we die."
"do you really think so?" susan asks, and she sounds a little desperate.
"i don't know," morgana says, with a pang. "i really don't know. who did they bring back."
susan doesn't meet her eyes. "peter," she says quietly.
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THAT is the kind of thing we need more of! bbc writers!: if the hoyay is lacking, you are straying from the plot! keep this in mind!
when there's some, you know, supernatural horror stalking camelot and gaius and merlin are having whispered conversations and arthur walks in and is all, "so, merlin, how are you going to save us this time?" and merlin almost has a heart attack.
YES YES YES. THIS IS IDEAL. an awesome fic i read tonight that contains this very thing. (http://ariafic.livejournal.com/10398.html)
i can't remember, in the one about sidhe, when the branch falls on that thug in the beginning: did arthur actually SAY "huh, that was lucky?" or am i just imagining it. but yeah, i almost ALMOST feel like this is kind of KIND OF like the end of PC where edmund and lucy are like I'M SURE I'LL UNDERSTAND WHEN I'M OLDER.
merlin hasn't been picked up for a second season yet, but i can't imagine what only 11 episodes would accomplish, and with the ratings a second season MUST be a given... right?!
ooooh go on, i like this! a flash of emotion through morgana's eyes at the mention of peter's name but then it's gone again. she waits for susan to tell her more.
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arthur actually DID SAY that. and seriously: merlin, least subtle sorceror ever. arthur, morgana, and gwen have to be laughing at him behind his back while gaius panics and uther broods.
"i don't think i really ever understood what you are," morgana says.
susan laughs, a little bitter. "we're human, sons of adam and daughters of eve," she says. "from here, originally, a long time ago. well," she adds, mouth quirking a little, still bitter, "not so long."
morgana is silent, waiting. susan stumbles on, "he died in 1949, they all did -- ed and lu too, you remember -- and i...didn't. well, i wasn't there. and last year someone brought him back, and he's been with me ever since, and he's fine, he is, but i'm not an expert and no one at the bureau is -- he's working for them, with me, now -- and -- and i was just wondering," she finishes.
morgana puts the ice cream down on the end-table. "maybe i should see him," she says, testing, and susan nods.
AND THEN I DIDN'T STOP THERE
like, arthur is canonically what assholes become fanonically. out of fandom habits, i keep thinking he is a douchebag with more bark than bite. but, right there on the show, in-between bouts of being pompous, he keeps on saving everyone's lives and being a capable warrior leader-type. arthur <333333
okay NOW i'm done
Re: AND THEN I DIDN'T STOP THERE
hmm. have you ever seen farscape? because i think you might be into that. or friday night lights. (my interests! they are wide and varied.)
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i haven't seen either of those. i've heard of FNL but i don't know what farscape is about at all. have you ever watched 'early edition', which is the show the FNL coach was on before about a newspaper that came a day early? um, that was my favorite show for a time, heh.
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farscape is about an astronaut that gets shot through a wormhole and ends up in a distant part of a galaxy, on a living ship with a bunch of alien criminals. the crack is fantastic but manages to actually be GOOD. also, ben browder in leather pants with guns (http://www.ben-browder.com/fanlisting/fans.jpg).
i have not seen that, no.
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uhhhhh bed i am writing a wee 5 things merlin/arthur ficlet (of the non-crackover variety?!) and it was gonna be called something like "4 ways merlin is a crap servant and 1 way he's not", but i can't think of the one way he's not because he's pretty much a crap servant overall, full stop!
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well, merlin is pretty good at saving arthur's life, and also taking the blame when arthur does something stupid.
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wanna give it a onceover when i finish?!
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