Merlin Art and Fic recs

[marguerite_26]

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Recs:

Keep Me Close by nachte Arthur/Merlin [NSFW, non-explicit, light bondage]
THIS. AJGKDFJGLDFJGFD SO HOT.

Moonlit Hours by achelseabee Arthur/Merlin [WS]
Made my heart flutter. *happy sigh*

Ocean of Secrets (NSFW) by amphigoury Arthur/Merlin [NSFW, warnings]
Reel_Merlin Prompt: Titanic (1997) so.... you know. mind your heart. but oh god, so good.

On The Beach by alby_mangroves Arthur/Merlin [WS]
The look on their faces... THEIR FACES. just... that’s my OTP right there. <3

And I’m still making my way through Merlin Big Bangs. :)

dreams for wings and wanderers by Etharei
Merlin/Arthur (66k) [NC-17]
Summary: Dragons are feared and mistrusted throughout Albion, and there are very few of them left in Camelot, for Uther’s long campaign against magic also included hunting down all the dragons in the wild. Now, Camelot is recovering from the invasion of Cenred and Morgause's army. Prince Arthur is the one in charge, and Merlin finds out that his secret regular visits to the covert haven't been very secret at all. There's a great deal of manly bonding with the Knights, inquisitive dragons being inquisitive, and a record-breaking number of near-death experiences for Merlin. And this is before he gets his very own dragon. (A Merlin/Temeraire fusion.)

I don’t know the fandom that this is fusioned with, but I LOVE this verse. DRAGONS. So many dragons with all different personalities and traits. The whole world of Camelot built with dragons used in battle now and the ‘lost’ history of how dragons were used before is really well done. I enjoyed seeing each character led itself to this new world. Fascinating read.

With lovely art to accompany the fic that isalso found here by reni_m. I particularly liked the chapter number dragons.

Comments

[k-nightfox.livejournal.com]

Isn't that drawing by Alby amazing? It's what made me read the story! I love her work so so much. I still can't believe I was among the lucky few she picked to work with on paperlegends. If you haven't checked out her work for that, you should. All of her work for the fest is FANTASTIC!! She did 4, that's right, 4 Big Bangs this year *boggles* and every piece was amazing!

Keep Me Close- Whoa! *fans self* Hot!

Gonna put Dreams for Wings and Wanderers on my "to read" list, that sounds very appealing to me :D Thanks for the rec!

*goes to off to look at the art she hasn't seen yet*

[wordflake.livejournal.com]

I've seen the dragon fic around before, but didn't save the link since it was a crossover with something I hadn't even heard about before. But from you it seems like one can read the fic and really appreciate it without knowing anything about Temeraire, yes?

[merlin-hols.livejournal.com]

I felt so. I actually forgot it was a cross over while I read it. Just a lot of worldbuilding and such that I enjoyed.

[wordflake.livejournal.com]

Good! *puts it in to-read-list*

[xpectopatronads.livejournal.com]

The Temeraire novels are very good, worth reading. This comes from someone who finds it very hard to read non-slash. They are well written and smart, and pretty action packed. Just a FYI :).

I've had that paper legends fic on my to-read list for a while, good to see its worth it for even a non-Temeraire fan!

[alby-mangroves.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that, I'm so glad you like them!! ♥