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Merlin fucks up the booze run

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5000+ words on the college roommates AU and I have no idea where I'm going with it. I don't want one ship to triumph over the other, and it feels anticlimactic for everyone to say "oh let's just be frenz". It's just that I've mostly been writing this thing as cathartic brain-vomit. I don't get into the fic-constructing frame of mind for it. I go with the flow and don't wonder as much if Arthur would really do that. I worry less about allusions and phrasing, more about taking advantage of momentum. It is sort of like my vacation from my usual style? That said, who wants to take a look at it and bounce ideas with me about where it could go. I'm looking for maybe a few people. To entice you: more excerpt, this time from the very beginning--

And so Lancelot ponced off on study-abroad to the Philippines to study environmental sustainability, and Merlin and Arthur had one more bedroom in their three-bedroom apartment to fill. (“Not cool, mate,” Arthur had grumbled. “We’ve already paid the deposit. You’ve already paid the deposit!”

But someone had dropped out of the Philippines program last-minute and Lancelot was bumped up from the wait-list. He celebrated by going out to the mall and buying a Lonely Planet guide and an English-Tagalog dictionary.

“You’re already studying abroad!” Arthur pointed out peevishly. “Last I checked, America isn’t actually British territory anymore.”

Lancelot went through the books highlighting useful words and tourist sites of particular interest. They would have spring break in late March, and he reckoned he would either go to Boracay or Sagada. What did Arthur and Merlin think? Beaches or mountains?

“Beaches,” Merlin said. “Definitely.”

“Who will be our third roommate?” Arthur demanded.

Boracay it was. Hey, didn’t Arthur own a pair of flippers? Would he mind if Lancelot borrowed them for the semester?

“Yes!” Arthur said. “I fucking mind!”)

And this was how Will became their roommate.

I wonder if this is what writing original characters would feel like. Relying more on your instinct rather than nitpicking their motives, that is. I haven't written originals in such a while, I have forgotten. So let's try something: prompt me for original fiction?

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...sorry, my mind's just hung up on the image of Lancelot flouncing around on Borocay. Mmm, sunburn.

I really, really cannot wait to see more of this au (or of any of your projects, for that matter!) I say go with a Merlin/Will/Arthur threesome. Has that ever even been done in this fandom?

You can bounce ideas off me if you'd like. Though my idea of how love triangles should go is possibly influenced by Kdramas and involves the word RHOMBUS (though thankfully not CANCER except with the precursor, PLEASE NO).

I've started something about the four doomed sorcerers from To Kill the King. It's great. I barely have to worry about canon at all, their canon personalities are that they hold swords, Tauren likes his shiny stone, and they all get killed.

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Barric! Ector! Rion! Why did ya do it, Merlin? WHY? Mr "My destiny does not involve murder! Pow! Kaboom!" :(

prompt me for original fiction

Missing chocolate? Bread-making? A vegetable garden? Iranian-style rice?

Er. I should probably eat lunch.

First of, haha I want to read the whole thing now! Ehehe.

Secondly, original fic-wise - erm, I don't know any of your characters or anything, so I'll go with situations. XD Locked out of the house. Piano lesson gone awry. "Damn it who called the police/guards/military/figures of authority?" If any of those can work, lovely. If they won't, give me the basics of the world-type and I shall try again. <33

Original fic prompt: conference calls, and ways to make them slightly less mind-numbing. Let the corporate hilarity ensue.

Sometimes when I have nothing to write I say, "What did some author get WRONG?" and then I write original fic on that. So what does Narnia get horribly wrong that you could write about? Like, what would really happen if you/someone normal stumbled into a magical world? Or back out? Or can you make True Love At First Sight work out?

Also, fairy tale retellings are fun 'cause they're sort of in between, you know?

As for your fic, I say go with a threesome. Or go with no relationship really, but kinda sorta there being one with the three of them. Uh.

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