Merlin Recs

[marguerite_26]

From merlin_games:
[ART]
Looking for Solutions to the Impossible by anon @ merlin_games [Team Canon] Gen: Merlin, Gaius [WS]
Summary: In which Gaius and Merlin do what they always do when they are presented with an impossible problem; they research it.

[FIC]
The Reclaiming of Memory by anon @ merlin_games [Team Reincarnation] Arthur/Merlin [PG] (2.6k)
Summary: Merlin watches Arthur remember.

I love the journey the author takes us through, and the idea that Merlin and Arthur repeat this journey of recovering their memories, each in different ways, time and time again. Merlin’s perspective sold me as he sat helpless each night. It is so beautiful and sad and full of hope, their lives and memories entwined together. This is how reincarnation fics are for me, bitter-sweet but always wrapped in the joy of yet another life together.

from merlinreversebb:
As Falling Snow by i_claudia Arthur/Merlin [PG] (5k)
Summary: [Mine] Arthur deals with his issues the only way he knows how: by going hunting in a snowstorm with Merlin and not talking about it.

First, this bit of artwork is stunning: Art Masterpost by steam_pilot. Second, I adore this fic. While it’s a canon future!fic, it carries forward so many of my favourite things about canon. Arthur is stubborn and caught in his own thoughts. He’s frustrated and yet not putting words to what is going on inside his head, instead he broods and trudges through the snow and snaps at Merlin. Merlin snarks and waits it out. It’s very much the canon we know, but there a layer of complication with the years that have passed between them, many things revealed, and many things still left unsaid. A really lovely read.

Comments

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

"As Falling Snow" was lovely. I love how these men are changed but still themselves several years on.

[kathyh]

I loved "As Falling Snow". Many thanks for the Merlin Games recs as I haven't got round to looking at anything from it yet!