Morning Merlin Recs!

[marguerite_26]

ART
Dawn Has Come and Shake n' Bake! by amphigoury Merlin/Arthur [WS]

FIC
The Pact by corilannam
Merlin/Arthur [Nc-17] (17k)
Summary: The ancient Albion Pact demands that the Prince of Wales must take someone magic born as his soul-bonded consort by the time he is 30 or face death. Before he was a Detective Inspector Warlock, Merlin Emrys was young and in love and made a promise to Prince Arthur -- and now Arthur is calling it in.

*dolphin noises* I really loved this fic. I loved that it was really different from a lot of modern royal AUs because first, MAGIC! but also that magic is an essential part of the verse and well known and second, Merlin and Arthur having a history together that they’ve both basically been denying because MAGIC blurs consent sometimes. So this is a mix of the following tropes: post-breakup, royal au, soul-bonded, forced marriage... and it just works.

Comments

[k-nightfox.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this one is frickin aweseome!

[alba17.livejournal.com]

Just downloaded this one. Always love her fics.

[lullabylily.livejournal.com]

Every time I read the summary I'm like 'Why haven't I downloaded this to my kindle already?!' But then I see the 'genderbending' tag and that's what stops me... Girl!Merlin really isn't my kink, but if you say I should read thsi all the same...

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

The art was gorgeous.

[bohemiabythesea.livejournal.com]

Oh my, that first art post. I love it.

[ant-power.livejournal.com]

I am super sick today and this sounds like exactly what I need to perk me up, thank you!!!

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks so much for the awesome rec! I made dolphin noises when I read it.