Merlin Recs
Jun. 2nd, 2011 08:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The Avalon Band by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lolafeist [NC-17] (3k) Arthur/Merlin
Summary: Starforce Captain Arthur Pendragon sets out on a two-man deep space mission—on a ship fueled by magic.
A Knight To Remember byladyvader [NC-17] (6k) Arthur/Merlin
Summary: Merlin attends Gwen's hen night, and finds that the strippers are even more than he could hope for.
Off the Hook byleashy_bebes [R] (6k) Gwaine/Merlin
Summary: Gwaine thinks about battles and freedom and loyalty. But mainly he thinks about Merlin.
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Explorer byamphigoury Arthur, Merlin WS
As an aside... I love this artist’s work I have no idea how I hadn’t seen any of her stuff before last week but she also has some great art for riverthorn’s Knights of the Air... and lots more. Check out her Masterpost Though mind the warnings for character deaths and blood and stuff...
Thanks to the folks who commented on my What inspires you? discussion. I unexpectedly lost my internet access for most of the day yesterday so the 'discussion' ended up a bit one sided. :/ sorry about that. <3
The Avalon Band by
lolafeist [NC-17] (3k) Arthur/MerlinSummary: Starforce Captain Arthur Pendragon sets out on a two-man deep space mission—on a ship fueled by magic.
I love this wild AU. It’s sparse and yet the setting just ‘pops’, it’s just enough info to understand the characters and their places in the grand scheme of things and add texture to the wonderful interactions between Merlin and Arthur. A fabulous ride for just 3k, and one I won’t soon forget.
A Knight To Remember by
ladyvader [NC-17] (6k) Arthur/MerlinSummary: Merlin attends Gwen's hen night, and finds that the strippers are even more than he could hope for.
This fic is a bit crack-o-licious but it also somehow pulls on real emotions, so while the funny is outrageously funny, it also made me tear up and my chest ached and beyond that panty-melting hot. Really fun fic.
Off the Hook by
leashy_bebes [R] (6k) Gwaine/MerlinSummary: Gwaine thinks about battles and freedom and loyalty. But mainly he thinks about Merlin.
This is a delicate sort of fic. Hard to describe. It Gwaine being introspective about his own life and his choices while he watches Merlin bear the burden of Camelot’s rise to greatness. It’s not overly angsty despite all that, but very reflective, a man watching his love and wanting to protect him from everything but knowing it’s impossible. I loved Gwaine recognising the importance of Merlin's destiny and his relationship with Arthur in this fic.
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Explorer by
amphigoury Arthur, Merlin WSA beautiful comic, with gorgeous colouring and a lovely style. And the dialogue makes for a great canon Merlin and Arthur moment.
As an aside... I love this artist’s work I have no idea how I hadn’t seen any of her stuff before last week but she also has some great art for riverthorn’s Knights of the Air... and lots more. Check out her Masterpost Though mind the warnings for character deaths and blood and stuff...
Thanks to the folks who commented on my What inspires you? discussion. I unexpectedly lost my internet access for most of the day yesterday so the 'discussion' ended up a bit one sided. :/ sorry about that. <3
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Date: 2011-06-02 02:13 pm (UTC)thankyou so much... this just totally made my day *BEEEEEAAAAAMS & LUFFLES YOU* XD
...which bit made you tear up??? O_o
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Date: 2011-06-02 02:17 pm (UTC)I'm so thrilled you wrote Merlin fic!!!!!!!!!!!!
*twirls you*
Seriously DO NOT STOP.
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Date: 2011-06-02 02:21 pm (UTC)*twirls you back* Seriously, you and Cheryl are DIRECTLY responsible for all my clamouring A/M bunnies so ideally fic you'll have but MUCH OF THE BLAME also ;P
*HUGGLES MADLY*
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Date: 2011-06-02 05:30 pm (UTC):)
YAYAYAY!!! *clings* WRITE MOAR.
ps: there's this thing called a summerpornathon.... >.>
http://summerpornathon.livejournal.com/49216.html
Signups open until Jun 7th...
IDEK... but if you are interested check it out, yeah?
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Date: 2011-06-02 07:20 pm (UTC)Hmmmmmmmmmm..... PORNATHON you say... it is a LOVELY word is it not? ;) I'm mostly just trying to dig my way out of a no-writing funk but thanks, I'll definitely think about it! :D
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Date: 2011-06-02 03:05 pm (UTC)also... i signed up... oh god... you people and your peer pressure...
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Date: 2011-06-02 03:36 pm (UTC)(also thank you!)
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Date: 2011-06-02 05:32 pm (UTC)I haven't commented yet, because I suck. But DUDE. I totally loved the snippet you did for that um... comment fest thingy... I don't think I commented on that either... because I suck!
But Ah! this universe!!! SHIPS RUN BY MAGIC!!! the whole concept of a Runner? A++
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Date: 2011-06-02 05:36 pm (UTC)I can't even remember doing a snippet anywhere, so don't feel bad. Everything is a blur. I don't think I've done a comment fest snippet in like two months!
I sort of wanted this to be a longer story and then realized it would devolve into angst for like nine million pages so I ended with porn, as all things should end I suppose. Ahhhhh ha.
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Date: 2011-06-02 05:44 pm (UTC)Did I comment on your western? :/ That one I really meant to write a proper comment for because I had things to say beyond the rec... gah.
anyway way! I meant i loved the snippet of THIS fic that you did for that music fest. I remember loving it then and wanting more and I was thrilled that you gave use this. And I liked the length - I'm weird like that. But as much as the universe settle clearly in my mind, I liked that I wasn't dragged through the angst of it. them thinking this is it, they may arrive, but never return. :(((
So sparse and intense and thought provoking and hot like burning all wrapped up into 3k. Can't ask for anything else.
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Date: 2011-06-02 05:47 pm (UTC)Coming out of an angsty fic definitely made me less likely to drag the reader through the angst, though I did privately perv on the thought of Merlin becoming more physically drained and needing lots of extra cuddling and that resulting in kind of sleep-sex type stuff and la la la, my brain goes there hard. I think they get there, and that there is where they want to be.
I could never give Merlin and Arthur a sad ending.
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Date: 2011-06-02 03:08 pm (UTC)Also, that comic is so gorgeous.
I finally read Leashy's Dr Who/Merlin crossover on your rec, too, and I need to rec all three of these. So good!
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Date: 2011-06-02 05:34 pm (UTC)Must remember to rec it.
Leashy is fucking brilliant. God. her 11 voice??? *swoons*
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Date: 2011-06-02 06:33 pm (UTC)I'm sorta like DUDE, where've you been? How have I missed you? so I'm thrilled others are taking a look too. :)
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