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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 ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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/! ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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.
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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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.
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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??
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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!!! 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.
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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.
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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*
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ALSO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS PICTURE: http://www.uoregon.edu/~caguirre/fidel_che.jpg
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<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.
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