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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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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.
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*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?"
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.