Thoughts of a late night knitter

Fandom: Merlin
Character: Arthur, Merlin,(pre-slash) Gwain
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 300
Comment: I wrote something! Only a drabble, but something. Very much influenced by a small scene in the last episode of Merlin and stuck in second person POV as usual.

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“It’s Gwain!” Merlin says, with that happy lilt in his voice and you roll your eyes in exasperation.

You know he will not pay any attention to your caveats. He never does. He just goes merrily on his way trusting everyone that he talks to.

At least Gwain seems better than most. He is courageous, can fight well and though you do not entirely trust him, he appears to be loyal.

You are well aware however, that his loyalty is not really focused on you. You are just an adjunct. The man is devoted to Merlin.

And Merlin…though he never greets you as he does Gwain, will follow you anywhere; do anything you ask, summon up all his ridiculous courage and lay down his life for you. So while you resent, to the very fibre of your soul, Gwain’s appearance at Merlin’s side; you will rely on it.

Because should you be absent, should your manservant get himself into serious trouble, you know he will be protected and cared for. Gwain is a formidable opponent and will pay no attention to legalities or rights and wrongs. You believe him aware of Merlin’s abilities, (really how could anyone ever miss them? Merlin is far from subtle) even if he does not speak of them. Love does strange things to a fellow. No matter how much he tries to avoid it.

Shrugging, you accept Gwain’s offer to assist, and exchange glances with him behind Merlin’s back. You are both relieved and regretful when he nods, you dislike sharing Merlin’s attention with anybody; particularly someone who could take him away from you. But you would dislike Merlin hurt even more, so you swallow your pride, nod back in acquiescence and hope that your manservant never has to turn to anyone...other than you.

I'm out, after round #3 of merlin_ldws. But I'm fine with that, there was some awesome drabbles this week. I was just pleased I actually got my fics in on time and wrote something.

It kind of encouraged me :) So I've signed up for reel_merlin. *wibbles* Last year when I got sucked into the Merlin fandom, the reel_merlin fics were some of the first I read; and I was seized with the mad desire to write a Merlin/Arthur version of Totall Recall!!

The idea has been kicking around the back of my brain ever since - and now I've signed up. I've got till the end of May to write the draft and stunningly I already have some notes written. Let's hope I can keep it up...

Wish me luck! :DD

Title: Realisation
Characters: Merlin, Arthur, pre-slash
Rating: PG
Word count: 112
Notes: Written for merlin_ldws. The challenge was to write about Arthur discovering Merlin's magic. As you can see I'm still stuck in the 2nd person POV :)( Read more... )

I actually survived the first round of merlin_ldws, a drabble writing competition! And better still I managed a second drabble O__O

So go check out the Voting and vote for your favourite!

Ooops! I had a bit of a hiatus there! 4 days without more than a few words written :( And I had all day off from work yesterday too *sighs*. But at least I've got something down today - 400 more words of the big bang fic and another 410 words of what is supposed to be a Merlin crack fic. Except I'm not sure of the crackiness of what I've written!

So here it is, 410 words of possible Merlin fic...( Read more... )

The fandom isn't really 'Inglourious Basterds' is it? Please that spelling just makes me wince.

In other news - as a result of the blank brain crisis I missed the notification that my extra userpics were running out and half my icons are missing!!! My Jayne LOL icon that I've had since time immemorial has vanished as has about 70 (slight exaggeration here) Jaylee icons. I think this is a signal for an icon overhaul...

My Season one, Merlin DVDs have arrived at the post office! I was too late home tonight to pick them up, but I'll be there tomorrow for sure. Of course I have to wait till Sunday to actually watch them because this weekend is all surf club stuff, but that's ok :) I've truly been sucked into this show and I love it. Season 2 starts airing in England next week - anyone know where I can download it?? *begs*

A mixed bag of icons this time. Firefly, Angel, Merlin and Jewel Staite. As usual textless icons are not bases and all Icons are available to snag, just remember to credit if used :)

Teasers:

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