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I wonder if I've once more hit that special place in fandom where all I can stomach is crackfic. I have so much RL crap to do that I can't invest myself otherwise. Were it otherwise, I'd love to do up some Mordred/Morgana fic where he is her sort of mentally unbalanced bodyguard, and maybe some Cedric fic (then it turns out Suaine already wrote it anyway, and quite wonderfully), and maybe I want to write some Lancelot fic (but not really), but I've already got

camelotsolstice to deal with anyway. I let the deadline for the Crossover Exchange slip by, but now I am being teased by

tobreakthespell, which is like Reel Merlin but with fairy tales instead of movies. To which I say: fjdsklfjskld \o/!

allothi and I were totally talking about this ages ago! Uther Seadragon!

OMG WHICH FAIRY TALE WHICH. Maybe I can figure out some way to subsume Mordred/Morgana into it. YES.

NO, LASS, WRITE FOR YULETIDE INSTEAD.

NO, LASS, WRITE FOR BOTH.

Bah.

1. "He's not my brother," Morgana yells at the servant, at the same time Arthur yells, "She's no sister of mine."

2. It was Arthur who invited everyone over, Arthur who went into panicked “we don’t have enough alcohol!” booze-buying frenzies fifteen minutes before people were supposed to show up, and Arthur who then sent Merlin to Store24 because he forgot to buy cups.

3. “I remember that you were no good at holding your liquor either. Do you remember breaking your maidservant’s foot trying to dance with her?”

4. With Peter gone, the chains of comparison are heavier and more clearly defined. Absence has allowed abstraction to solidify, and Edmund has in his mind a muddled image of a High King and a pilot and a sword and a gun and a plane and a throne and the way winter melts into spring.

5. The seatbelt light winks off, and the stewardess distributes packets of peanuts and plastic cups of water. Nimueh declines them both. Airplane water tastes the way air-conditioners smell, she says, and she's always hated nuts.

6. “Don’t be thick, Remus,” said James. “You’re dead. Fancy a Butterbeer?”

7. “What does he want with you?” Germany demands, and subsequently falls into the despondent nostalgia that Japan has learned is typical of him.

8. For the sake of some misguided notion of national cohesion, the language is crippled, and so magic is crippled. Imagine how much magic will be lost because your children won’t know the words to conjure it: Chinese charms, Indian transfigurations, Arabic divination. All of it, gone.

9. He had addressed entire nations once, but now he just feels like a fool. It doesn’t sink in that he is a child, not a fool.

10. When Edmund reappeared once more in his suite of rooms, he saw that the bodies of his guards were gone, leaving nothing but dark stains on the floor.

11. “It’s called the Floating Market,” Edmund heard his father explain to Caspian, “because it changes location every time. This time it’s in Croydon but, all things considered, it won’t take us long to get there.”

12. “No one thinks any the worse of you for that here,” Peter replies, smiling back at Arthur when the prince glares at him from across the table. “And she’s not his sister here anyway.”

13. Mary smiles, and Susan smiles back. Far below their feet are the peaks of the Pyrenees. Above their heads are their parasols, and then sky.

ETA, because I forgot: 14. Draco may carry many lives in him, magical or otherwise, but he has spent the past two decades living this one, and he is still his father's son.

What the hell is that dildo-thing Merlin is carrying on his shoulder.

THESE RED CLOAKS. Won't do anyone a bit of good.

Morgana twirls her sword too! Pendragons love sword-twirling!

Morgana's last look in Gwen's direction before she runs! <3

MERCIANS AGAIN. Oh those Mercians.

GWEN IS MORE THAN MORGANA'S MAID

GWEN HAS BEEN MORE THAN A FRIEND TO ALL OF US

"I couldn’t disagree with father in public." <3 Damn straight.

I am... kind of surprised that Morgana isn’t going after Gwen with the rest of them, and I am trying to come up with all these reasons why. She ran off for Merlin in 1.10, after all. She ran off for Mordred! But for her own best friend, no. Is there something holding her up at court? Is Uther now extra-protective of her because she's been kidnapped twice? Morgana, what's up with you.

EEEEEEEEEE LANCELOOOTTTTTT <333

lol cagematch

Interesting musical variation on the Arthur/Gwen romance theme for Lancelot/Gwen.

Sexy scar on Lancelot’s cheek. SEXY DISILLUSIONMENT OF IDEALISTIC LANCELOT <3. But then I guess Gwen re-enchants him or something.

MERLIN/ARTHUR BERRY FIGHT/FLIRTATION

"They say love make men do strange things." TOO EASY, WRITERS. STOP THAT.

Merlin is great at giving Arthur false hope. Remember how he was the world's worst wingman for Arthur/Sofia? Now he's being the world's worst wingman for Arthur/Gwen, and I kind of find it cute. Oh Merlin, so powerful and yet so inept.

Gwen is... great at having crushes on every boy. I'm trying to come up with reasons why. I think it's pretty interesting actually, putting this aspect of her personality right next to her sensible and capable nature. I think fanon Gwen tends to come off as being self-actualized and already quite grown-up, but this crushing-on-everything thing shows that she's still got some growing up to do herself. I think?! Not that grown-ups are people who have no feelings for anyone or anything, but maybe the worst of Gwen comes from the same place as the best of her: she can see the best in everyone.

Re: Merlin climbing the wall. This was when I thought Arthur should really have brought Morgana along instead of Merlin. But then I guess this shows how much he trusts Merlin. He knows Merlin can do it. Or that he can do it with Merlin at his side.

AUGH, Arthur and Lancelot working together!! Yay! The first of many, yes?!

And I guess that's about it. I was relieved when Morgana finally fought, and I was kind of disappointed when none of the girls did any more fighting. I'm intrigued by Morgana and Gwen keeping secrets from each other. As much as I love the OT#, I'm just as interested in the ways they are apart and fall apart.

Now I get to reading so I can watch The Tudors guilt-free later.

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LALALA SKIPPING OVER THE SPOILERS TIL I HAVE TIME TO WATCH

Have I mentioned that this is my favorite meme ever? re 1 and 6: moar plz?

Fairy-tale Merlin?! I am on that like snakes on Samuel L Jackson's plane.

1 is from a 1sentence fic I started about Arthur/Morgana, but I lost my mojo not even a quarter of the way through. It's the closest I came to writing motherfucking Pendragons fic. A few more:

#12 - Wait
"This is Morgana," his father said, and the girl mirrored Arthur's expression of wariness and curiosity.

#14 - Command
Morgana catches his wrist and repeats his name, softer, slower.

#22 - Mad
"You cannot be so thin-skinned Arthur," Uther sighs.

And as for #6, I actually posted this before in a previous meme. Believe it or not, it was going to be part of a multifandom afterlife crossover, then it got too complicated.

2. OMG STORE24. Way to bring back my Brown days.

6. YOU'RE WRITING POTTERFIC? I CAN'T WAIT.

7. This amuses me.

I, too, was disappointed that Morgana was not part of the rescue team, but I think it was probably because the writers couldn't figure out how to write her into a plotline that was supposed to be about manly heroes saving Gwen. I'm kind of annoyed.

They don't have Store24 anymore! Now it's like Tedeschi Food Corps or some shit.

No, it's the same Potterfic that I wrote last time for the same meme. It was originally part of Narnia fic, the one with Edmund and Caspian in Aslan's country, then it became a big multifandom afterlife crossover, which got too complicated, so now it's just... nothing much.

HETALIA: ultimate anthropomorphized country crack

I guess for Morgana to disappear for a third time would've been trying on Uther's nerves anyway. And she would know that.

For the sake of some misguided notion of national cohesion, the language is crippled, and so magic is crippled. Imagine how much magic will be lost because your children won’t know the words to conjure it: Chinese charms, Indian transfigurations, Arabic divination. All of it, gone.

Yes. I have a friend who's area of study is language preservation, and it's an interesting field.

“No one thinks any the worse of you for that here,” Peter replies, smiling back at Arthur when the prince glares at him from across the table. “And she’s not his sister here anyway.”

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS ARTHUR IN NARNIA LASS.

Morgana twirls her sword too! Pendragons love sword-twirling!

Ahahahahah. I totally noticed this and loled.

I was relieved when Morgana finally fought, and I was kind of disappointed when none of the girls did any more fighting.

Likewise. I wanted there to be more kickassishness!

LANGUAGE PRESERVATION! How fascinating. Does she specialize in particular languages? A region?

It's still the same Narnia/Merlin crossover Bedlam and I started forever ago. We have not worked on it in months and months. I kind of doubt it will ever be finished? At least not soon, 'cos never say never.

Does she specialize in particular languages? A region?

I know she's worked with a Native American tribe in Louisiana and she's currently in Nepal doing some research there. I think it's more like language revitalization rather than preservation, but I'm a bit vague on the specifics to be honest.

I kind of doubt it will ever be finished?

D: D: D: D:

That's awesome.

D: D: D: D:
I know, I know, laziness is not awesome. :(

Uther Seadragon!

Oh man, I'd completely forgotten about that. *nostalgia*

I'm always tempted by challenges, but then I remember that my WIP list will kill me and so far I've managed to be strong. I am impressed that yours is limited to 13. I mean, theoretically, mine is limited to, uhm, five, but that's only because I'm pretending an awful lot of things don't exist. For the sake of my sanity.

So, um. Completely unrelated to anything except possibly one of those WIPs, but. What do you think druids do all day?

It is now 14 because I forgot one. It's 14 only by acknowledging the things I'm pretending doesn't exist. And I bet there are things forgotten too. Bits of commentfic that, if collated, might make a pretty decent WIP. I have bits and pieces of a Will AU floating around all over LJ, and also there is the Merlin/Morgana that I keep on meaning to turn into something (was that in a thread with you?).

Hmm, train younger druids? Tend their herb garden and goat flocks? Argue about Uther Pendragon, whether they should rise up or just leave, a matter of pride vs. survival. Question Aglain's authority. Question Mordred's presence. Fear Mordred, or place too much hope in him. Tell stories! Dream of distant lands? Dream of distant times.

Er, possibly? I lose track. x_x

*takes notes* Herb garden! YES! And goats, obviously, I bet there was a thing where they decided it had to be goats, cows would be insensitive to that one lactose intolerant druid. And stories, obviously there should be druid stories, almost everyone has stories. About where magic came from and where their people came from, and why they prefer earth tones to a more vibrant colour palette. And the old druid heroes and the heroes who came after that, who were less heroic, who lost their way or who saw their loved ones die and couldn't save them -- the more real kind of heroes, whose stories blur with the old tales handed down of druid history, who are weak like people but strong, somehow, in spite of that.

And the druids have heated debates over which kind of hero story is better. The great, shining heroes make great inspirational role models for the young! And their stories never make you feel unhappy! But the tarnished heroes feel more real! Their stories are about life, and their heroism feels more achievable!

"Yeah," says Diviciacus, "but druid hero Hildewulf killed all his family in a fit of madness. What kind of impression is that going to give to young Mordred?"

Yeah yeah! And kids competing with each other to who see who can outmagic the other. There are also wise old elders who know how the real stories happened, the true and different version. What is a druid hero anyway? What constitutes one? Is he, like, a warrior? Is he a prophet or a wise man? What wars do druids fight? How do they fight their battles?

And how do druids get ostracized from the clan? What taboos are in place, besides the obvious flouted the socioreligious rules? Consorting with a non-druid? Treason?

And how often does seeing the future emerge as a special power? I get the impression this is a rare thing. I wonder if Mordred has this too, it isn't made explicit. So far all I've seen of Mordred's powers is being creepily cute and killing people with sonic blasts.

The heroes are the people the stories are about. Categories only come later, when the druids themselves are part-history, part-story, and the scholars in what was once Camelot decide to study what is left.

Druid laws:

1. They look after all their own. If someone magical comes to you for help or hospitality, you cannot turn them away.

2. But if you come to the druids in this way, you must accept their laws and their ways. They are your people now, and they must come first with you. Everything you have belongs to them, and everything you know of magic must be shared, to be written down in the druid library. [1] Also, you will learn to enjoy lentils. And goat's milk.

3. No drinking of cow's milk. It makes some of the druids ill or uncomfortable in their stomachs. Also, goats are hardier than cows and, all in all, a far more practical choice.

4. Love is free, but no still means no. The great druidesses of the past were very specific on this point, and instituted a secret handshake which all druids would have to perform before engaging in any sexual activity with one another. [2]

5. If you kill someone, you'd better have a damn good reason.

[1] There are seventeen books, the newer ones more and more closely-written, and three blank books left; from the times when druids were not banished to the forest, but some of them lived amongst ordinary men, lived their kind of lives and ultimately secured their people's downfall.

[2] Heated debate ensued upon the arrival in the clan of Bretta, the handless druidess. Eventually, it was settled upon that a kind of foot-shake was also acceptable.

HANDSHAKES AND FOOTSHAKES make the druid world go roooouuuuund! \o/ You got your triple-pass bi-axle spin handshake, that's good enough for a first date usually. Or if you're adventurous, then perhaps the aerial double-spin half-wheelie splurge.

More people are treated in the infirmary for broken fingers than they are for venereal disease.

I like the idea of only having 20 books. Is this just a supply issue, or is there some deeper meaning of time and destiny going on there?

And you have to be extremely careful of what you're doing with your thumb during a normal handshake, to make sure you don't send some very inaccurate signals. (Half the reason Aglain was so friendly with Morgana was because of that thumb-forefinger positioning when they shook hands -- not shown on screen because that slight bend of her thumb was just too wild for a prewatershed audience.)

It started off as a supply issue. The earliest three books were filled in before the time when magic was banned, and are the records of a handful of scholar druids, of whom only one now survives -- the others have all been killed by Uther's regime. The druids managed to take twelve blank books with them when they fled into the forests. And in the two or three years following, when their people were more numerous, they managed to steal five more. They have managed to create their own ink and pens, with a little magical aid, but good paper is difficult. There have been experiments with spells, but none of them particularly successful. And now, it is true, the druids are growing quite attached to the idea of exactly twenty books. It feels right to them, somehow. Twenty books, and all the knowledge of magic in the world to go in them. They wonder what will be written in the twentieth.

I see Gwen as a little lonely and not at all sure of her own self-worth (she didn't even think Merlin would be sad if she were executed). She does have growing up to do. The show sort of explored this by accident in the last episode in Gwen's scenes with Hengist. This could all be just fanwank, but I thought him needling her about how no one's coming for her and how worthless she is really hit home for her. She's afraid of being expendable, abandoned, unloved. I think she really fears that. Plus yeah, she does see the good in everyone, and I think all of that feeds into her giving her heart easily.

Also, also, when she sees things as impossible, she's the type to try and put them out of her mind and move on. She did that with whatever mild feelings she had for Lancelot in series one, and I think she was trying to do that with Arthur - who I'd say she had a crush on but was still very confused about and wary of and besides, they've both acknowledged that it can't happen (by the way, it still must hurt to hear and accept that you're not good enough, certainly not for Uther to accept but also not for Arthur to try and do something about his feelings regardless). I think her tendency to sublimate her desires and fears and anger and pain could easily cause new feelings to sneak up on her and tangle with the old ones and make things confusing.

IDEK if that makes a bit of sense, but I've been rambling about this all over, I should stop now.

No, what you say def makes sense.

him needling her about how no one's coming for her and how worthless she is really hit home for her.
I didn't notice that, but that is a characterization I can roll with. And especially if you take into account that her dad just died recently (how much time passes by between episodes and seasons anyway?), then she's extra vulnerable. It's funny, this episode especially towards the end where's she's just the girl stuck in the middle between two guys, and all three of them are kind of awkward about it. I hope Gwen gets some sort of storyline to herself though. Having people just be parts of a triangle might get boring.

And that's totally true, about the moving on. Lancelot left, then Arthur sort of dumped her, so what is she to do? Then Lancelot valianted off AGAIN (ARGH I WANT HIM TO STAY), and it's just this frustrating thing.

I was wondering if maybe Morgana stayed behind figuring she could distract Uther (wow, that sounds dirtier than I meant for it to- though given the way Uther was holding her/looking at her in that one scene in 2x04...) and give Arthur more time to get away. He'd notice sooner if they were BOTH gone.

I was wondering if maybe Morgana stayed behind figuring she could distract Uther
I think this is a large part of it. I mean, if she runs off with Arthur and Merlin again, then that's 3 times in 2 episodes that she disappears from Camelot and gives Uther a heart attack. So, there is definitely logic in her staying behind.

I totally know what you mean about only stomaching crackfic. Fandom is an escape and a creativity outlet, I don't have time for lengthy deliberations or atmospheric meanderings or whatever. but I do still like fluff sometimes.

MODERN MERLIN AUS FTW
this is re both 2 and 8. OMG 8 LASS REMEMBER HOW GREAT THAT UNIVERSE WAS fasljdsflsdf stupid school. I find myself thinking about Revolutionary Merlin because I am reading a Che biography for class. I think that whole class is going to be like "now imagine Merlin or Lancelot in the midst of this!" in my head. but yeah. <3333333 youuu

also I was rewatching Hetalia and I did not even notice how much Germany THINKS about Japan! they just WATCH EACH OTHER IN SILENCE. whoa. So I would love to see 7. pleeeeeeease.

Edmund has in his mind a muddled image of a High King and a pilot and a sword and a gun and a plane and a throne and the way winter melts into spring.
this line melted ME.

Yeah, I'm very finicky about the fic I read these days. I just don't have the time to settle into something that doesn't immediately grab me, so I go for a) shock value, b) ship/theme that I like, or c) mindblowing quality. I mean, that's when I go into anything at all. I have barely been reading fic. I haven't even finished Wyrm's Narnia Exchange fic yet! And a whole bunches of others.

DOES HE REALLY?! That is WONDERFUL. It makes sense. They have to be allies of stoicism in the face of Italy's utter ineptitude. I totally want to write 7, and hey the plot's already all there, seeing as it's just a remix of your fic. I just... need to get to it.

JDDJASKL. HOW GREAT WOULD LANCELOT!CHE BE. (CONFESSION: I first typed Lancelot/Che, which would also be hilarious!) I see your Motorcycle Diaries icon. Are fandom AUs just an excuse to write about the sociopolitical movements of the 20th century? This is what happens when I cannot separate school and RL and fandom. But... now it's like why would I want to??

I managed to get through all the Narnia Exchange fics, I think the last one was posted about the same time school started. But anything else... there are a couple WIPs I'm following on my flist but other than the small rarepair communities that post rarely that's all I'll read.

yes! the ep where Japan gets introduced, like 4 or something, and the next one where they start chilling on the beach, they like watch each other and Germany describes him in like internal monologue or whatever.
Sometimes knowing what's going to happen in a fic sucks all the energy out of writing it :/ I hope that doesn't get you.

LOL OH MAN so all this reading about Fidel and Che's special relationship is totally making me wonder if there's Fidel/Che anywhere out there. I'm definitely not the first person to think of it. But yeah omfg Lancelot!Che and Lancelot/Che would be AWESOME XD Lancelot could be like Che too! Except he is far humbler and not all upper-class educated. aw lance <3

Are fandom AUs just an excuse to write about the sociopolitical movements of the 20th century?
YES
that and roadtrips
and (post)modern aesthetics
But essentially yeah, 20th century sociopolitical movements. and I wouldn't have it any other way :DDD

There a couple of good ones I definitely want to get to, and there are a couple on the narnia_fiction comm that I've bookmarked, so yeah, at some point. Someday.

I don't think it's that. It's just finding the time for me to sit down and commit myself to this mental endeavor without feeling guilty about all the other things I have to do. And I slacked off on my thesis all last week because I was in MA so I have to do that, and also I need to step up my job search.

FIDEL/CHE. omg what is this special relationship like?! Tell me mooooooore. IS IT LIKE MARX/ENGELS.

Bahaha, I am... currently typing up Durkheim quotes that remind me of fandom and am figuring out how to present them. If I should just leave it as "passages the Pevensies highlighted" or if I should plaguerize further and work it into drabbles.

Awwww, yeah. the busy life. that is the reason it's taken me two weeks to watch two hours of those tv shows I want to catch up on.

It isn't quite like Marx/Engels - but if it were, Che would be Marx. Surprisingly, Fidel wasn't even communist till like years into governing Cuba, but Che was the whole time, and it was Che and Raul Castro that swayed Fidel. Fidel was the people person, and Che was sort of the blunt guy who did what Fidel told him to do, but he had the education and ideology and big world vision. They hit it off right away! and Fidel trusted him with a lot right off the bat. They were very clooooose! It was Fidel who convinced Che to join the Cubans in Mexico. They did get into some fights but what can you expect, they were pretty different styles and personalities. but they both had a lot of charisma.

Drabbles would be sweet! If they lend themselves to it. And if you decide you have time. o time, so scarce, so fleeting.

XDDDD Oh wow, why are revolutionaries always so gay for each other? It's wonderful. Fights over what exactly? What are their styles?

It's funny, how we've been talking about the lack of time in our lives, because WHERE THE HELL DID THESE TEN PAGES OF MERLIN CROSSOVER COME FROM. Christ. Did I really end up writing this instead of sleeping. Christ, I thought I was over this.

Fidel is charismatic and that natural leader, not an ideologue but a politician, really bent on survival (clearly it's worked). Che was the idealist and avowed communist, with a single driving plan. Che was ascetic, Fidel not so; Che was irreverent but super organized unlike most of the Cubans. Fidel was all Cuban nationalist, and was super charismatic, loyal to friends, but politically he was a snake. He encouraged his friends to stay out of politics and it was really a lot better to be his friend than even his political ally, because if you ever came in handy for him he wouldn't hesitate to use you. He once told someone that the foreigners in Cuba, even the revolutionaries, were mercenaries, and said he'd send Che to Santo Domingo "and see if Trujillo kills him." But he didn't send him off like that at all. He sent him around the world on diplomatic ventures, but Che was restless and adventuresome, and useful there. They sort of had an understanding about that I guess. But yeah, while they were fighting in the mountains, Che rose to second in command pretty damn fast. And I think there was a line about how Raul was jealous? So BFF.

!!! WHOA
Over this? psssshhhhh. I thought I was over fandom once. It just sucks you back in and takes over your life, attacking when you least expect it, leaving you in the middle of the night with a compelling fic idea and halfway through writing something cracked the fuck out. Did you not sleep at all? Dang. You should nap or something.

RAUL WAS JEALOUS XD. Okay, so then I googled Fidel/Che for the hell of it and found Che's farewell letter to Fidel (http://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/1965/04/01.htm). <333 (SO IN LOVE)

I just woke up from a nap. From a sleep? Oh lord. This is the wonderful and horrible thing about having class on only one day.

Only one day of class! Wow. I dunno if I can imagine life like that. It seems weird.

LOOK LOOK

Che is walking with journalist Franqui in Paris:

"It was then, in the heart of the Latin Quarter, that Che gave vent to a feeling which would soon lead him away from his closest friend and dearest companion-in-arms: 'With Fidel, I want neither marriage nor divorce.'"

ASF;LSFK

"his own frictions with Castro"

HAHA FRICTION *is twelve*

THEY ARE BUT TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN

ALSO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS PICTURE: http://www.uoregon.edu/~caguirre/fidel_che.jpg

I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF CHE CALLED CASTRO PART OF HIS DESTINY OR SOMETHING. HE WAS HISTORICALLY MINDED LIKE THAT.

<33333333 I LOVE THAT PICTURE SO MUCH. They are at the Mexican Immigration Detention Center, actually, so not the most romantic of places, but apparently it's the first known photos of them together. clearly they had a real connection.

I BET THEY CONNECTED ALL NIGHT LONG

Re: #4 HEY I RECOGNIZE THAT ONE.

Yeah, remember when I said I wanted to put together my parts of the OT3verse, polish it, then post it? Yeah. The thing has its header and title all ready, but I'm becoming increasingly ambivalent about it.

You're still one up on me; I neither read nor write fic at the moment. *dramatic sigh* (And I may have left a 150K WIP on a cliffhanger, too. Uh...whoops?)

YOU HAVE NOW INTRIGUED MEEE. I want 11 and 14! lots and lots!

ALSO. you and wyrm and me, we must finish that Mary Poppins and Susan Pevensie one! sometime! and get it posted. because it is just TOO AWESOME to leave hanging around in our inboxes, naturally. *wisenod* :DDD

We really should! It's def on my (EXTREMELY LONG) to-do list. We just need to be fearless about pulling it together.

14 is Merlin!Harry and Arthur!Draco, and it's kind of gratuitous crack. I lost heart because aww is it just another reincarnation fic? But I reckon I'll finish it at some point. 11 was part of 'Hereafter', which was originally going to be Edmund, Caspian, and Mr. Pevensie wandering all around Aslan's Country's London afterlife in a big multifandom crossover of dead people, but then it felt too big so I cut it.

I...fail at being on top of my flist.

1. OMG YES ARTHUR AND MORGANA HAVING ISSUES.

6. more afterlife fic? yes please!

8. the language is crippled, and so magic is crippled. Imagine how much magic will be lost because your children won’t know the words to conjure it: Chinese charms, Indian transfigurations, Arabic divination This is just gorgeous, Lass, I hope you continue it 'cause the words are just beautiful

Yeah, idk what was up with Morgana. Why so fail, Morgana? Go rescue Gwen yourself!

Hmmm, the crush thing. I think: Gwen is lonely, she has no family and no friends other than Merlin (Morgana kinda but there is always the class difference). Lancelot is like--he treats her like a person. Also he is hot and sexy and brave and wonderful. Then again, how much of crushing is about not growing up? Like, she's into Merlin and he's all oblivious, okay, so she moves on to Lance, who leaves, and then Arthur, who is all "...but this can never be!" so then back onto Lancelot as he rescues her from certain death and so forth, but then he leaves too. Maybe it's less that she loves so freely and more that she keeps getting left. Also, seriously, I wanted Merlin to hug her at the end there, in the woods, when she's been emotionally cut off by Arthur and physically abandoned by Lancelot.

13. YES YES YES

1. That's from a 1sentence fic I tried writing, but idk about Arthur/Morgana sometimes. I like them, but every time I try to ship them, I always lose momentum.

8. XD That's for Z's "Rewriting the Old Language" where I write Lancelot's letters to Gwen from Indonesia. Should tell HER to finish!

Come to think of it, I can see why she didn't though. If she had gone to get Gwen, that would make it, what, the third time in two episodes that she disappears from Camelot? And when Uther is angry because his little girl is gone against his express wishes, then it doesn't bode well for anyone, least of all that little girl.

Aww, Gwen keeps getting left :(. Sometimes I think Merlin is too wrapped up in his destiny to properly care about people. Like, even with Arthur, it's a big tangle of destiny and actual feelings.

13. AT SOME POINT, we will finish it!

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