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Every time I rewatch The Godfather, I LOVE IT EVEN MORE. Augh, I can totaly trace my love of motherfucking Pendragons and motherfucking firebenders to my hearteyesing at the Corleones. The TIES THAT BIND, the sacred bonds of familyyyy, an honor full of hubris (or a hubris full of honor??), and don't turn your back on the family EVER AGAIN omg. Their power is ubiquitous, as generous as it is terrible. Their loyalty is dangerous, and their balance of power complex. NOW IF WE'RE DONE PLANNING MURDERS AND BRIBING FEDERAL JUDGES, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND MY DAUGHTER'S WEDDING. MOTHERFUCKING CORLEONES <3333

I have Top Fives.

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fahye: top 5 fictional battles, which was difficult because I'm not a battle scene kind of person, but voila anyway!

1. Hot Fuzz, at the end, because it is HILARIOUS.

2. Prince Caspian, at the end, with awesome surprise!crater.

3. Planet Terror, at the end, because it is also hilarious. Also: ZOMBIES.

4. Uh, then I start to blank out. Did Hero have a battle scene? Kill Bill Vol. 1 at the end was pretty cool. I also like the Gangs of New York one, although this may be because I recently rewatched it.

5. The Warlords

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mrinalinee: top 5 crossovers that I want written, which was difficult because I want crossovers of everything ever. I'm going to treat Merlarnia as a given.

1. Merlin/Avatar. Arthur and Zuko hanging out being noble warrior-princes trying to grow into their kingship, dealing with tyrant fathers and scene-stealing sisters. They learn things about themselves and each other, and have many Moments.

3. Disney/Warnes Bros. Donald and Daffy hanging out, hating on people with big ears, griping about anti-feather prejudice.

2. "Real World: Cryptic Mentor Figures." Yoda, Dumbledore, the dragon, Aslan, Professor X, and the Oracle (and whoever else), all in one house, bickering over whose turn it is to do dishes and who keeps hogging the phone.

4. Johnny Maxwell/Narnia, because Johnny and his gang would be hilariously genre-savvy about it.

5. Captain Planet/RPF. The Planeteers work together with world leaders to better the planet, but navigating the world of international politics is harder than they thought. The multilaterals bully them, human rights groups hassle their environmental conservation plans for not considering the livelihood of peasants, and Greenpeace is just wack, man, totally wack. Ma-Ti wonders if he should use his Heart power to influence politicians.

Bonus 6. X-Men/Captain Planet. Wheeler and John, feisty fireboys together living it up in New York.

top 5 X-Files crossovers, which is QUITE TIMELY as I have been binging myself on X-Files episodes for the past couple of weeks

1. Narnia. Scully tries to come up with a scientific explanation for a forest in a wardrobe, and before she can stop him, Mulder dons a fur coat disappears into the woods. So, she goes too. (MAYBE SAMANTHA IS IN HERE.) Another possibility is Mulder and Scully investigating Susan Pevensie for some reason, maybe something to do with magic boat pictures and wardrobes. Mulder and Susan can have sibling angst together.

2. Merlin. This can be tackled a number of ways. One possibility is reincarnation fic wherein Mulder and Scully investigates a telekinetic/pyrokinetic who claims he is trying to find the once and future king.

3.

bedlamsbard created a post-TLB Narnia 'verse I played around in for a while, wherein Susan is immortal and joins the FBI, then Peter is somehow raised from the dead and also joins the FBI. I would cross the X-Files over with this, and develop an OT4.

4. Harry Potter. Mulder and Scully investigate weird goings-on that, unbeknownst to them, are caused by foolhardy Death Eaters.

5. Captain Planet. Mulder and Scully investigate a group of kids who appear to be able to control the elements.

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allothi: top 5 fictional places for a talking chicken to do an internship

1. UNCRC (United Nations Chickens Rights Council)

2. Narnia, 'cos what better place for a talking animal?

3. In Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University library, under the tutelage of the Librarian.

4. An apprenticeship with Death, of any fandom. If Discworld can have a Death of Rats, why can't there be a Death of Chickens?

5. The chicken mafia, shipping illegal feed and trafficking hens, extorting protection fees to terrorize other chickens during the Bird Flu scare. I guess this is more an apprenticeship than an internship, if anything. The work's tough, but the pay is great and you meet all sorts of interesting people!

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animus_wyrmis: top 5 things I want to see in the Dawn Treader movie

1. Peter & Susan in some form. Either in the beginning/end, or maybe in flashbacks. Not that this is going to happen, apparently.

2. hot actors and compelling characterizations for Drinian and other crew members, to encourage fiiiiic

3. buttloads and buttloads of chemistry between Edmund and Caspian, whether antagonistic or otherwise. Maybe they challenge each other's kingship, or maybe Edmund ends up guiding and supporting Caspian, because Edmund has much experience being "the other king".

4. references to how things Used To Be

5. the star's daughter having a name

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miakun: 5 things Will would have done if he'd gone to Camelot, which is more a solidification of the comments section here. When I write my "Will lives!" AU, the following things will totally totally happen.

1. surprise Arthur by being rather competent at hunting. Much more so than Merlin, who relies on magic than actual skill when it comes to hunting. Merlin is excused from future hunting excursions, much to Merlin's relief, and Arthur and Will get bonding time.

2. share Merlin's room. It was meant to be a temporary arrangement, but they get used to it.

3. recognize Morgana's magicalness without anyone needing to tell him. Will grew up seeing Merlin struggle with the same kind of thing, and he knows the signs.

4. is one of the people struck down by the Old Religion in the finale when Merlin bargains for Arthur's life.

5. seamlessly become Gaius's other son-figure because it's demand-and-supply with Will's own father issues.

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You know, I've never actually seen any of the Godfather movies. It's one of those culturally relevant things I still haven't caught up on.

2. "Real World: Cryptic Mentor Figures." Yoda, Dumbledore, the dragon, Aslan, Professor X, and the Oracle (and whoever else), all in one house, bickering over whose turn it is to do dishes and who keeps hogging the phone.

God they need to do that as an episode of Robot Chicken.

Ma-Ti wonders if he should use his Heart power to influence politicians.

It might be possibly the only time he used it for anything useful. I can't begin to say how glad I was as a child that a chick hadn't gotten that power.

Bonus 6. X-Men/Captain Planet. Wheeler and John, feisty fireboys together living it up in New York.

Also, omg. Want. It would be torture for everyone else involved and just mayhem. Delicious mayhem.

When I write my "Will lives!" AU, the following things will totally totally happen.

God, you have to. I would so be all over that, like white on rice. So exciting! It makes me want to use multiple exclamation points!

and Arthur and Will get bonding time.

OVER KILLING THINGS. BECAUSE THEY ARE BOYS. <3<3

Oh god, I want to see all those things happen. My heart hurts a little that they won't, because he is dead now. Especialy Merlin/Will SLUMBER PARTIES which probably involve a lot of kicking and "oh god why haven't you cleaned up your stuff yet? WAY TO NOT HIDE THE MAGIC BOOK!"

And your list made me want to see Morgana and Will hanging out. They're probably the least likely out of everyone else (save Gwen) to not be a complete dumbass in a terse situation, so they could bond over it.

OMG Godfather! If you watch it, suddenly 95% of all mafia references/portrayals in pop culture make more sense.

ROBOT CHICKEN & HEART IS NOT A GIRL <3. And can't you just see John sort of eyeing Wheeler's ring, wanting it for himself, 'cos a zippo is fine, whatever, but the ring never has to refuel. Wheeler catches John staring, so he puts his hands in his pockets warily. For shits and giggles, sometimes Wheeler says, "Fire!" but it's John who manipulates it, making it dance around them.

I WILL. AT SOME POINT. Either when I have time or when the desire to finally becomes overwhelming. Probably the latter! I have a tendency to commentfic Will all over my friend's commentpages, so at least some of it will just be consolidation.

BECAUSE THEY ARE BOYS. Actually I see the initial bits of Will/Morgana to be sort of like that. 'Cos I mean, EVERYONE thinks Morgana is hot, but Merlin is too busy saving things to care that much, Arthur can't find Morgana TOO hot because she would totally give him shit for it (and also she's kind of his sister or something), and Gwen is Morgana's BFF. Will is the only one who comes along and is like, "DAMN, GIRL." And Morgana's kind of amused by his play at irreverence, so, y'know. To Will's surprise, Morgana flirts back.

Poor Morgana, all that gallantry so no one ever talks about how hot she is. It's such a shame. I love Arthur's face in episode one when she walks in (I watched the first four episodes on my ipod on the drive home from the beach and then the battery died before Lancelot and I sobbed) and Arthur's all, "HOLY CRAP HOT" on his face, but schools it the second she comes around again and I think insults her, but the episodes blend, he does that once a show so it's probably right.

God, I want to read Arthur and Will hunting so bad.

I was also like thinking about it today and just like Merlin would obviously be trying to prove that the Monarchy is not all bad, Camelot's different! And then like he'd get stocked for some stupid reason (probably dealing with Arthur) and Will would just like lean against the stocks and be smug.

STOP MAKING ME WANT MORGANA/WILL.

I feel like the first many episodes were just the writers just threw in all the ships they could at the wall to see which one sticks. Like, towards the end of the series, you barely see any Arthur/Morgana or Merlin/Gwen vibes anymore.

And then like he'd get stocked for some stupid reason (probably dealing with Arthur) and Will would just like lean against the stocks and be smug.
XDDDDDDDDDDD bestest!

The rough draft of Will and Arthur hunting, originally spammed to

mrinalinee's LJ, is like this:

In a stroke of genius/idiocy, Merlin cuts a hunting trip and Will substitutes as in his place. This is a surprise for both Will and Arthur. Merlin has always hated hunting, and Will has always enjoyed this sort of thing more anyway. Maybe Arthur and Will can sort out their differences while they kill some defenseless woodland creatures, and Merlin has the afternoon off to practice magic some more. Perfect!

Arthur finds Will surprisingly competent. Eventually, they forget to bicker. As a team they track deer, and when Will goes "shh!", Arthur takes care to avoid dry leaves, and when Arthur tells Will to go slowly, he does.

Before they make their way back to Camelot, they stop to rest in a clearing. Arthur says you're pretty good, and Will says yeah well, we actually had to catch our own food, you know, back in Ealdor. Wasn't just a game to us. And Arthur gets this sort of gutted look on his face, and maybe goes on a spiel that touches upon Camelot, and his people, and the love he has for his country, and the duties of a king. Will is like, Oh no, here we go... But to Will's surprise, Arthur actually seems to believe in the stuff he's saying. When Arthur talks about the things he'll do as king, he actually seems... sincere.

Okay, then they go back to Camelot, and Merlin finds them and is like, "How was the hunting?"

"'S all right," Will shrugs. "'Cept for how his majesty here makes as much noise as an elephant stomping through the underbrush."

"Oh is that so, Sir I Am SURE The Deer Went Left?" Arthur retorts.

"Well, maybe I would've been able to concentrate better if you weren't making such a ruckus."

"Excuses, excuses."

Merlin beams. "So it went great, then!"

Then for the rest of the afternoon, Will teaches Arthur how to set better snares and traps or whatever, and debate the finer makes of a crossbow.

EVERYONE SHOULD WANT MORE WILL/ANYONE.

Maybe Arthur and Will can sort out their differences while they kill some defenseless woodland creatures, and Merlin has the afternoon off to practice magic some more. Perfect!

Hahaha. Defensless woodland creatures. <3

And Arthur gets this sort of gutted look on his face, and maybe goes on a spiel that touches upon Camelot, and his people, and the love he has for his country, and the duties of a king. Will is like, Oh no, here we go...

Ahahaha oh god, aww. I love them both to bits.

God they're both adorable, and the bickering of course doesn't stop. And then Merlin doesn't have to go hunting anymore! Of course the next time something like a Unicorn comes up, the Kingdom is of course, doomed. Because Merlin will be humming and practicing spells to make his socks dance in his room, while Will and Arthur are trying to see who can get the MAGICAL CREATURE's hoof off first.

Right?! Episode 11 would've begun with Will being like, "No, YOU touch the unicorn hahaha," (SREIOUSLY, DID MERLIN TOUCH THE UNICORN BEFORE OR AFTER IT DIED?? I COULDN'T SEE) and Arthur replies, "What are you, twelve? LET'S JUST KILL IT." And when Arthur presents the horn to Uther, Will pipes up in the back being like, "I helped!" (And then, once it's discovered that this is the cause of the curse, he's like, "It's all Arthur, dude.")

So it's all three of them off to the maze, because Will does feel bad about being partly responsible for the whole curse thing. Maybe if he hadn't been so encouraging during the hunt. "Don't be stupid, it's not your fault," Merlin says, but Will is adamant. Will is more practical than Merlin, but he still does have that secret noble streak that makes him heel-face-turn from "run away!" to "sacrifice self for ex's new boyfriend". Oh Will.

Do you think in this AU that in the finale, it would be Will that goes to die on the isle instead of Gaius??

"No, YOU touch the unicorn hahaha," (SREIOUSLY, DID MERLIN TOUCH THE UNICORN BEFORE OR AFTER IT DIED?? I COULDN'T SEE) and Arthur replies, "What are you, twelve? LET'S JUST KILL IT."

AHAHAHA. <3 I WILL CHECK TODAY SINCE IT IS ON MY DVR RIGHT NOW. The Will episode too. It was on TV this weekend and my parents switched over and my dad was like, "Unicorns?" I was like 'OMG I KNOW RIGHT? I LOVE THIS SHOW" and he gave me a look, but stayed on the channel long enough for Arthur to go, "Stop being such a girl, Merlin" and then we all laughed.

All I remember from the first time is yelling at Arthur the entire episode going, "Omg, WHO SHOOTS A UNICORN?" and "SEE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SHOOT A UNICORN!" "CUTE, BUT DUMB AS A BRICK!"

Will pipes up in the back being like, "I helped!" (And then, once it's discovered that this is the cause of the curse, he's like, "It's all Arthur, dude.")

LOL, he WOULD. There would be more horn jokes too. Seriously. SERIOUSLY.

but he still does have that secret noble streak that makes him heel-face-turn from "run away!" to "sacrifice self for ex's new boyfriend". Oh Will.

Awwwwwwwwwwww. He'd probabaly also make comments like, "Can't we just cut through the hedges?" Merlin'd be like, "They're magic hedges." And Will would be like, "God, I hate you so much sometimes. Can't we ever have NORMAL THINGS. LIKE NORMAL HEDGES?"

Do you think in this AU that in the finale, it would be Will that goes to die on the isle instead of Gaius??

Oh god, probably. He'd probably be more efficient at it than Gauis. And maybe be quite surprised as to how hot Nimueh was. MERLIN FAILED TO MENTION THAT FACT OF COURSE, he always ignores the IMPORTANT DETAILS.

SREIOUSLY, DID MERLIN TOUCH THE UNICORN BEFORE OR AFTER IT DIED?? I COULDN'T SEE)

I just rewatched it in glorious HD (and made my mom watch it), it doesn't seem like he did. I was sad. He did come RIGHT UP TO IT THOUGH.

I want my dad to watch that episode, because it's such a boy episode with all the rat eating and bug eating, yet UNICORNS!

Mom went through the exact same reactions I did, which was hilarious, she was like, "Omg, I hate Arthur, what a jerk! Why would you shoot a Unicorn!" and then like kept ranting about how she hated him and then when he showed his true NICENESS she was like, "Dammit" and then all mad because he redeemed himself at the end. And I was like "SEE, SEE!"

I watched the Will episode alone though, my mom saw part, but I didn't force her through the death scene, because I got all sad. Kid plays a good death scene, actually. It's too bad it's one of the only ones that doesn't have a "HAHAH OH WAIT NOT DEAD" moment in the show.

There would be loooooaaaaads of horn jokes! The kind of nudge-winks that go over kids' heads but the adults guffaw at, because sometimes fandom makes me forget that 'Merlin' is a family show, seriously lolol.

NORMAL HEDGES. God, Will doesn't even know why he puts up with Merlin sometimes, he says. And Merlin just smiles, because Arthur says the same thing. (OR, ARTHUR SAYS THAT, AND MERLIN JUST SMILES BECAUSE WILL SAYS THE SAME THING.)

And maybe be quite surprised as to how hot Nimueh was. MERLIN FAILED TO MENTION THAT FACT OF COURSE, he always ignores the IMPORTANT DETAILS.
AHAHAHA

it's such a boy episode with all the rat eating and bug eating, yet UNICORNS!
AND YET UNICORNS <33. OH SHOW. Their TROO LOVE bringing unicorns back to life is, like, such a perfect summation of this show, I can't even.

because sometimes fandom makes me forget that 'Merlin' is a family show, seriously lolol.

Ahaha, seriously. NBC should be showing it at like 6pm, not 8pm, they're such morons. Then again, there's a lot of HEAD CUTTING OFF for the kids to consume.

(OR, ARTHUR SAYS THAT, AND MERLIN JUST SMILES BECAUSE WILL SAYS THE SAME THING.)

Ahahhaa. But never at the same time, or they'd both deny it and maybe hit him on the head. I love smug Merlin. He has to realize how awesome he is even without magic (although, god, the bit in the Will episode, there are so many little moments you catch on a rewatch, Gwen hands him a sword and he GRABS THE POINTY END and she just takes it away and gives him this 'You must have been DROPPED ON YOUR HEAD as a child' and shows him where the HILT is) - because he barely uses any magic in the Unicorn episode and he's still hilarious. Actually he gets kind of PWNED by Anhora in that episode. By MAGICAL HEDGES.

I bet Will would never let it go that Merlin got beaten by a bush. Mutilated fire casting sorcerer, no problem. BUT MAGICAL HEDGES OH NO!

AND YET UNICORNS <33. OH SHOW. Their TROO LOVE bringing unicorns back to life is, like, such a perfect summation of this show, I can't even.

I always mention the Unicorn episode when I'm telling people about the show. Which probably makes them think I'm slow, but it's just the best episode AND IT HAS UNICORNS.

I realized that no one else could have done Arthur as well, like when he sits down at the table for the ~~ripped off Princess Bride~~ drinking scene, and Anhora tells him the test and he gets all "WTF does that prove? THAT'S DUMB. YOU ARE DUMB" not many actors could have pulled that off and gone back to normal.

OH OH and I was thinking about what you said about Will getting bored when Arthur did his noble speeches and YOU ARE RIGHT. Because when Arthur is giving that fantastic speech to the people of Ealdor and being all noble and handsome, Will is in the background like ROLLING HIS EYES.

I never noticed that! OH MERLIN. Oh Gwen. You're the only sensible one of the whole bunch.

Whenever I tell people the reasons I love this show, it always feels like I'm telling them the reasons this show sucks.

Anhora tells him the test and he gets all "WTF does that prove? THAT'S DUMB. YOU ARE DUMB"
GOD, RIGHT?? Bradley James is pretty good at not letting ridiculousness slide past Arthur's radar. Like in the Lancelot episode where he was all, "Your name is Lance...a lot? Seriously?"

Will has little patience for distant royalty who take his loved ones away from him. :(

I never noticed that! OH MERLIN. Oh Gwen. You're the only sensible one of the whole bunch.

LOL, god I think I loved Gwen the most in "The Beginning of the End" when everyone's all crazy about Mordred and she basically has no lines the entire episode, but her face is full of "YOU GUYS ARE SO FUCKING DUMB BUT I AM TOO POLITE AND KNOW MY STATION TO SAY SO" the entire time.

Whenever I tell people the reasons I love this show, it always feels like I'm telling them the reasons this show sucks.

I know! It's like, they use cliches, sure, but they GO WITH IT and make them into something new. They don't shy away from the crack, they embrace it!

Like in the Lancelot episode where he was all, "Your name is Lance...a lot? Seriously?"

God, I need to rewatch that episode again. That's when the juice in my ipod died on the ride back home. But yeah, I like how even though he's sort of DUMB and Merlin is all magical, Arthur tends to be the logical one at points and doesn't like the WTF slide.

Also he's very, very pretty.

Will has little patience for distant royalty who take his loved ones away from him. :(

Awwwwwwwwwwwww. Ealdor must have been SO BORING without Merlin. I can't even imagine.

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STOP BEING SUCH A GIRL, MERLIN <3

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