Oh god, I love Merlin getting excited about using his name as a profanity. I would too.
D’you remember my neighbor, Goodman Simmons? He accused everyone of witchcraft!
AHAHAHAHA. LASS ILU! ♥ (Will must have traumatized him so badly in that one life that it carries on through all the others)
I almost didn't read this, but it's you so I checked it out (because I find the idea of pretty noble Arthur being biggoted Draco Malfoy pretty ridiculous and I never quite saw the Harry/Merlin parallel in any form either) -- but it really worked. I'd say the Harry/Merlin didn't jive as well for me, since we didn't see inside his head and I think he was coming off very Merlin and not at all Harry (which sort of makes me sad for Harry, as I'm wont to do with reincarnation stories where they lose who they are).
I love Arthur fighting against it, because well, I think it's Draco fighting against it and that really worked. It brought a lot of issues to the surface about destiny and choices, but it's YOU SO WHY AM I SURPRISED. I do love that you touch on this type of thing, it makes me happy to read about it and give it some virtue and light at the heart of the matter. I liked the struggle dealing with it and the POV worked really well for both Draco and that hint of Arthur in the background.
ETA: I'm 80% sure this is a prompt on the kinkme_merlin, so you should totally post a link to this as a fill.
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D’you remember my neighbor, Goodman Simmons? He accused everyone of witchcraft!
AHAHAHAHA. LASS ILU! ♥ (Will must have traumatized him so badly in that one life that it carries on through all the others)
I almost didn't read this, but it's you so I checked it out (because I find the idea of pretty noble Arthur being biggoted Draco Malfoy pretty ridiculous and I never quite saw the Harry/Merlin parallel in any form either) -- but it really worked. I'd say the Harry/Merlin didn't jive as well for me, since we didn't see inside his head and I think he was coming off very Merlin and not at all Harry (which sort of makes me sad for Harry, as I'm wont to do with reincarnation stories where they lose who they are).
I love Arthur fighting against it, because well, I think it's Draco fighting against it and that really worked. It brought a lot of issues to the surface about destiny and choices, but it's YOU SO WHY AM I SURPRISED. I do love that you touch on this type of thing, it makes me happy to read about it and give it some virtue and light at the heart of the matter. I liked the struggle dealing with it and the POV worked really well for both Draco and that hint of Arthur in the background.
ETA: I'm 80% sure this is a prompt on the