Cordazar Calvin Broadus would like you to get yours before his.

[whynot]

There are some things you should check out.

1. FIC: Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda by alice_pike. Narnia, Golden Age, Edmund/Lucy, PG13. BIOMEFIC. Which, okay, isn't a real term, but you know how 'and sometimes you hear the silence speak' is like, "Deserts!!" and 'The Light of a Different Sun' is all, "The tropics!" This fic is like, "THE ARCTIC," and it is so. Fucking. Incredible. You guys. Edmund and Lucy are Arctic explorers, just read it.

2. THINGATHON: All hail the Gwen/Morgana Thingathon (Week 1)! Before you can post a prompt, you must answer a prompt, and it doesn't have to be fic. It can be icons! It can be fanart! Whatever!

3. SNOOP DOGG

4. CHEESE, EVERYTHING'S BETTER WITH

5. RAMADHAN: starts in like two weeks, and eid_ka_chand (and maybe eid_fic?) needs YOU to make some fic/meta/picspam/whatever about Muslim characters. I'm, uh, lapsed, but since Islam has informed who I am and is a part of my family and culture, I'll be playing in that sandbox when the time comes 'cos -- and I'm gonna quote dhobikikutti here -- "[c]elebrating Eid is personal for me because it is a festival I share with friends and relatives, but wanting to see more characters like them in fandom is political. Because I think that fiction has enormous possibilities for inciting change in how we define 'normal', and whom we learn to love and care for despite differences in culture."

The call to action! The list of Muslim characters! Set this on percolate, guys.

...Okay, so I'm scrolling down that list of Muslim characters and, under 'TV Shows', I SEE: THE ADVENTURES OF SINBAD. omg. WHO REMEMBERS THIS SHOW.

Quoth TV Tropes, "The story followed the adventures of a caucasian Sinbad, his older brother Doubar, Firouz the alchemist, the mute Rongar, and Celtic sorceress Maeve."


Where to begin.

So anyway, I totally read Adventures of Sinbad fic and shipped Sinbad/Maeve. MY DARK PAST.


IN OTHER NEWS. The "Will lives!" Merlin AU is bugging me to pay attention to it. Ask me questions about it or give me prompts or something, because I want to flesh it out some. THE STORY SO FAR: he returns with them to Camelot. Also, ask me questions/give me prompts about Gaius? Because he's been niggling too.

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[dirty-diana.livejournal.com]

WHO REMEMBERS THIS SHOW.

I DO.

It was part of the "omg too hungover to watch real tv" Saturday lineup. Sinbad, Hercules, Xena, Highlander.

[marycontraire.livejournal.com]

1. OMG THANKS FOR THAT REC. Ed/Lucy is a big guilty pleasure of mine, and well-written fics of them are rarer than... a very rare thing. Like emeralds. Or raspberry toaster strudels.

5. FOR THE LONGEST TIME, I have been wanting to write fic about Anwar and Maxxie in London together post-S2, and Anwar falling in love with Maxxie and having Issues because of his religion. But I am an extremely slow/un-dedicated writer. As you've probably noticed because of how long it takes me to respond to commentfic. Hopefully this will be the kick in the butt I need.

[westingturtle.livejournal.com]

How does Will fit into the hierarchy of servants? What does he officially DO (or, avoid doing, whichever way it works) and how does this get him around the others?

[puckling.livejournal.com]

2. Thingathon! WEEEEEEE! This reminds me that I owe you ninja!Merlin fic.

5. Dude, I try to keep track of most major religious holidays, but Ramadan always sneaks up on me. Tricksy tricksy.

Also, ask me questions/give me prompts about Gaius?

I have an awesome new Gaius icon! Ummmmm. Write about Gaius' own apprenticeship (either magical or medical).

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

Why does Gaius stay with Uther? Does the thought of being caught harboring a young wizard keep him up at night? What about Morgana's powers? Has he been to see the dragon, if so, what did he ask and what did he hear? Does he see the faces of the friends he watched get executed? Does he think he did the right thing, or the wrong thing, or the rightest wrong? Has he ever been in love? (with merlin's mom?) (how does he even know merlin's mom enough to have her be like "Here, risk your life for my reckless child"?)

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

BIOME FIC, FUCK YEAH. I think I am adding that to my lj interests :))

a thingathon sounds AWESOME. Maybe I should stop doing -athons, though. I always forget and procrastinate and they pile up.

re Ramadhan fic: I just wrote an Ender/Alai drabble and had to go check Ender's Game to reread Alai's Salaam kiss scene. This Alai thing is percolating fo sho (he becomes caliph when he returns to earth! HE IS SO COOL)

WILL LIVES! Where does he sleep, in Merlin's room? Does he just follow Merlin around for his job or I bet he gets one somewhere in Camelot - what did he do in Ealdor? farm? does he have a trade? I would love to see him have a conversation with Gaius. Maybe Will becomes his new assistant so Merlin can concentrate on attending to Arthur. Does he get to see the dragon, since he knows about Merlin's magic? I bet he has LOTS of fun with Gwen and Merlin's mutually affectionate awkward moments!

[allothi.livejournal.com]

For the crack: Will should be Uther's manservant. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO WRITE THIS! It would drive Will insane, and Uther would play a lowerlevel version of that infrequent-approval thing he does with Arthur, and maybe Will would just not get the subtlety, and then they somehow end up drunk together, drunk under a table, and semibond over being not really very brave. (Cause I swear, Uther is actually often a wee bit scared. It's why he's noisy.)

For the serious: there should be un-apologist Gaius POV of 1x07 -- him bringing Morgana almost all the way to yes you are a seer and then doubling back last-minute into no, it's better if you think you're insane.

[mrinalinee.livejournal.com]

oooh what about: we already know that Gaius's medical ethics are whack; is this something that is limited to the people he knows, like, he doesn't mind lying to Morgana because she is the king's ward and he sort of feels like it's his duty to protect her and the royal family or whatever-the-shit his justification is; or does it bleed into his everyday practice? And if it does, how far does it extend? I mean, if he had a patient who had non-magical Issues that were nevertheless delicate and potentially life-altering (idk what) would he act in their best interest without consulting them? Or is it purely a self-preservation thing? THAT PROBABLY MADE NO SENSE; I AM KIND OF TIRED.

[yue_ix]

Am randomly going through your entries, and the image caught my attention: OMG, THAT SINBAD.
I HAD SUCH A CRUSH ON THE SORCERESS; NOW THAT I KNOW ABOUT MY SEXUALITY, IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.

Do you still need poking about Will?