Merlin: Favorite (Merlin/Arthur) and a shameless plug!
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Favorite (13,276 words)
Merlin/Arthur, explicit and frequently (and if not more so it is not![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1)
julad's fault either! :P)
Excerpt: Arthur tipped back against the wall, his mouth open for breath and staring at the small arrow-slit window over Merlin's head, trying to work out how it could possibly be that good with Merlin, of all people.
( Read the story! )
Many many ♥ to julad and Mia and Terri and Dira and Ces for beta!
All fb loved as always!
(PS: speaking of fb, I am in fact thinking about a director's cut of Room 20, but uh, it is looking about 60,000 words long, so that might be a while coming. Um. sorry? :> )
Please support the OTW! Because we need --
We need our own archive-of-record, where everyone can back up their work no matter what other services they use, so fanworks don't vanish and recs don't go stale.
We need to preserve our own history and our own meta, because if we don't care enough, no one else is going to think it matters, and we'll have to watch ourselves get written out of the picture, or else written in unrecognizably.
To host these things, we need to own our own infrastructure, so someone else has to fight to make us take it down, instead of us having to fight to make them put it back up.
And to build and own all of this, we need an organization that can marshal our resources as a group, that asks us to all give our time and chip in a little, as and when we can, instead of being dependent on the superhuman efforts of one or two people who will inevitably get busy or sick or tired or bored. We need an organization that is not about making a profit, which is stable enough to get things done but still responsive to our community.
We need the OTW. Please check out all the awesome projects, and consider kicking in a little to help. Becoming a member is only ten bucks US!
And please consider passing on the word! (Look, we has many LOLcats!)
Okay -- so there you have my schpiel, and now here is candy! *grins*
Favorite (13,276 words)
Merlin/Arthur, explicit and frequently (and if not more so it is not
julad's fault either! :P)Excerpt: Arthur tipped back against the wall, his mouth open for breath and staring at the small arrow-slit window over Merlin's head, trying to work out how it could possibly be that good with Merlin, of all people.
( Read the story! )
Many many ♥ to julad and Mia and Terri and Dira and Ces for beta!
All fb loved as always!
(PS: speaking of fb, I am in fact thinking about a director's cut of Room 20, but uh, it is looking about 60,000 words long, so that might be a while coming. Um. sorry? :> )
I'm in shock at the hot like burning woah, and the funny omg and the wonderfulness. And also I have lost my English. And possibly thought.
Just. Amazing.
That started off almost like it was heading for deep crack territory, what with the complete inability to do anything but rampantly sleep with each other, but then...
Then it turned into something amazing and wonderful and oh my god the ending.
-stares in awe-
:LKGHA:LHHDg;LK.
Okay, so the title of my journal is "Their epic gay love founds empires" and THAT, THINGS LIKE THAT, were exactly what I was thinking about. If by thinking, you mean BEING DESPERATELY HAPPY ABOUT, which yes, yes I do. So much love for this fic. So much love.
it is looking about 60,000 words long, so that might be a while coming. Um. sorry? :>
\o/
THIS IS MY FAVOURITE. Ever. My favourite fic in the whole wide world, dammit. It's funny and sweet and I love the characterisations and Uther's cameo and holy holy the whole thing.
I am kind of squealing in my head right now. It's distracting but pretty much wonderful.
I loved this -- funny, hot, rollicking.
I haven't even seen this show yet, but I'm grinning like a loon.
You break people. We love you.
Guh. <3
HEE!!!!
"But if you do spill anything, I'll—buy you a present. A golden clasp, perhaps. It would look handsome with the cloak. I'll be sure to spend a good deal of time in the town looking for just the right thing—mention to all the tradesmen how special it has to be—"
Oh, Arthur, you are cruel to the poor boy! I just love Merlin as the opposite of a "real" mistress.
The only reason they didn't start contributing to the public snogging was because Morgana flipped the tablecloth up and kicked Arthur in the side until he rolled them underneath it.
Oh, dear GOD!
"You're not like that. And you are my king."
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Except he would: ridiculous as it seemed, what this boy wanted was no less than a High King; and for love, Arthur would become one.
"Very well," Uther said. "You had better keep him after all."
YES YES YES YES YES!!! I just love what you do with Merlin building Arthur's path to his destiny. This one and Onfindan. Yum.
ETA: And have joined OTW!
Edited at 2009-03-13 03:24 am (UTC)
(OMG ROOM 20. Okay, the capslock must stop and the italics. But God. Yes.)
Wow I said a lot for being speechless. XD
I don't know how you manage to be so consistently brilliant, but please, please never, ever stop!
Wonderful!
Firstly, you absolutely nailed the characterizations here: Merlin so adamantly fair-minded, even when it means he'll suffer for it; Arthur so realistic and practical and yet completely ridiculous about the situation; Gaius so subtly sardonic; and my personal favorite, Uther, who always puts matters of kingdom and power first, fortunately to the benefit of his son in this case.
Secondly, I applaud your ability to keep the sex, well, sexy and interesting, despite the fic primarily consisting of one sex scene after another. The interaction between the boys, their pleased, silly banter and so!obvious!adoration resonated emotionally and kept the whole fic glued together. And furthermore, the equality of their pairing--it's wonderful to read something that totally breaks the top/bottom rule.
Lastly, that last line just pwned me. Up until then it was fun and frivolous, and then BAM! crack!fic turns serious and meaningful. For love. High King. Oh man, I love this fic all over and all together and please let me be your ever-loving fangirl oh please please please?
(Also I was so distracted by your pimping of OTW that I clicked over there to join and totally forgot to read the rest of this post and only worked it out when it was recced later on).
(Also also directors cut of Room 20 omg my heart my explode from sheer awesomeness)