Merlin recs -- all Merlin/Arthur
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Where I End and You Begin (The Sky is Falling In) by
suntipped [NC-17] (25k)
Summary: In which Merlin is Arthur's best friend's younger brother.
Catapult by
lolafeist [PG-13] (6k)
Summary: Merlin gets his first taste of war when he helps Camelot's army fight magical beasts.
Arthur's Christmas Carol by
clevermonikerr [NC-17] (15k)
Summary: It's Christmas Eve, and a ghost shows Arthur what his life could have been like had he made different choices.
Also:
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Summary: In which Merlin is Arthur's best friend's younger brother.
This fic has age disparity so I was all over it. *g* Arthur is uni age and Merlin is 16 (and Lancelot’s little brother). It’s a great angsty tale of emotionally stunted Arthur whose been seriously messed up by his absentee father. He’s incredibly lonely and insecure, despite all his bravado. The triangle of the Arthur and Lancelot friendship (and the importance of that friendship to Arthur) and the Arthur and Merlin (lust/love/need) is really well played. A lovely achey sort of fic with some damn hot moments.
Catapult by
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Summary: Merlin gets his first taste of war when he helps Camelot's army fight magical beasts.
A wonderful post-S3 future fic, taking place a year after 3.13. Excellent characterisation and I love the style used here, a series of short scenes with varying points of view made this fic fast paced and tight, without compromising the action and emotion of it. Well done.
Arthur's Christmas Carol by
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Summary: It's Christmas Eve, and a ghost shows Arthur what his life could have been like had he made different choices.
Originally I assumed this fic was a true ‘Christmas Carol’ with the three ghosts and great details of what a shitty life Arthur has lead which sounded very depressing, but instead it was more of a “The Family Man” type of story with a few great twists. I really enjoyed it.
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Date: 2011-01-06 02:00 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-01-06 02:23 pm (UTC)OMG
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Date: 2011-01-06 02:58 pm (UTC)Oh, I hope you write a big bang. :) I know the plot in my head COULD reach 30k easily, but I'm squishing it into 10. /o\
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Date: 2011-01-06 03:11 pm (UTC)...You're writing long fic? *peers over your shoulder in a nosy, nosy fashion*
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Date: 2011-01-06 03:14 pm (UTC)Arthur/Elena!!!! How awesome!!! I adore that pairing. :D
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Date: 2011-01-06 03:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-06 03:22 pm (UTC)And that GIF!!! ahahha! I'm not a cat person but that is unbearably cute. :DDD
I must stop staring though! I need to type in 15 pages today of my epically HUGE 10k fic. :P
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Date: 2011-01-06 02:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-06 02:55 pm (UTC)And THANK YOU for the lovely v-gift! <3 Happy New Years! *squish*
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Date: 2011-01-08 09:19 am (UTC)and THANK YOU for recc'ing Where I End and You Begin... just finished reading it, *sigh* such a lovely, heart aching (in a good way)story
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Date: 2011-01-06 11:56 pm (UTC)