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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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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
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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!