Firstly, this makes them sound like a married couple:
Secondly... this is just *perfect* lmao
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Firstly, this makes them sound like a married couple:
Secondly... this is just *perfect* lmao
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sometimes the best fanfics are written by middle aged adults with years of writing experience who simply know how to craft a good story. but also sometimes the best fanfics are written by a sixteen year old girl with something deeply wrong with her
#fandoms need both
#biodiversity
trade secret, the middle aged adults with years of writing experience are just the sixteen year old girl with something deeply wrong with her but all grown up
sixteen year old girls who feel deeply fucked up: weāre your future. you make it. you get some therapy, get some meds, find new fandom friends, and keep writing. hang in there.
And Like The Cycle Of the Year, We Begin Again
Begins moments after the Merlin Series 5 Finale āDiamond of the Dayā. Canon Compliant. In Character. An āArthur Pendragon Returnsā story
When Arthur stumbles from the Lake of Avalon 1,500 years after his death, he finds a world unlike the one he knew. Faced with the loss of everyone he loved, and the threat of impending prophecy, Arthur must learn what it means to be not just a king, but the Once and Future King.
Merlin does all he can to guide his king, even as he struggles himself to hide his love for Arthur, fight his fear of losing him once again, and keep control of unknown magical forces throwing him, and the world, out of balance.
Story includes sass, banter, horseplay, and True Love.
#HappyEnding #SlowBurn #PGUntilLaterChapters #Merthur
LINK: http://archiveofourown.org/works/6092269/chapters/13964185
for the DVD commentary thing:
āDid you ever?ā Arthur asked.
Merlin lifted his gaze to the top of the canopy. Right, he thought.Ā Heād promised he wouldnāt lie anymore.Ā Why in the hell had he done that?Ā Oh, thatās right, because he was the worldās biggest idiot.
āIn Camelot?ā Merlin asked.Ā āNo.ā
Arthur made a brief humming noise that sounded to Merlin like approval, which was both worrying and confusing, because heād not shown any sign of disapproval about Gwaine and Percival.Ā So why should he be different?
āMe neither,ā Arthur said.
Merlin felt his eyebrows raise.Ā He couldnāt remember the last time Arthur had volunteered anything of such a personal nature. Heād always had to drag such things out of him.
āCrown Prince⦠then Kingā¦āĀ Arthur shrugged his shoulders.
Crown Prince and then King what, Merlin wondered.Ā But Arthur didnāt elaborate.Ā
āWhat about not?ā Arthur asked.
āNot?ā
āWhat about not in Camelot?ā
The crisp ātā sounds on his words made Merlin wonder how drunk and how sleep-muddled Arthur really was.Ā
āNot in Camelot,ā Merlin repeated.Ā
āYes.ā
āI⦠Thatās⦠personal,ā Merlin said, feeling more like a coward than he had in centuries.
āThatās a yes, then.ā
Merlin closed his eyes and tried not to hyperventilate.Ā āYes.ā
āYour friend Will?ā
Hearing that name after so long was so startling that Merlinās gaze snapped to Arthur. Arthurās brows were pulled together over his closed eyes, his lips pressed thinner than they should be if he were relaxed.
āWill?ā Merlin repeated.
āYou seemed⦠close.ā
āWe were. Yes.Ā But not⦠not like that.ā
He watched Arthurās features relax.Ā Saw his small nod against his pillow.Ā And that same small humming sound of approval.
āAfter Camelot, then,ā Arthur said.Ā As if that was fine.Ā But the idea of Will was not.Ā
āYes,ā Merlin said, without really thinking, because he was too busy being perplexed by Arthurās reactions. āYou know he wasnāt a sorcerer, right?Ā That was me?Ā What happened in Ealdor?āĀ
āYes,ā Arthur said. āI know.ā
āRight,ā Merlin said.Ā So that wasnāt it, then.Ā Arthurās problem with Will.Ā It wasnāt about magic. And why would it be?Ā Heād seen how Arthur reacted to his own magic.
āSo those companions of yours then.Ā After Camelot.Ā Them.ā
Merlin frowned up at the canopy, unable to begin to imagine why Arthur was asking all of this.Ā āNot- I mean- Some of them were⦠men.Ā Yes.Ā But not all of them.Ā I just⦠after living so long, I guess, Iām just⦠open minded.ā
āLike Heath,ā Arthur said.Ā
āYes.ā
āBut not Danyl.ā
Merlin lifted himself up onto his elbows, frowning down at Arthur now.Ā āWhy are you asking me this?ā he asked, because he couldnāt help himself.
āSeemed relevant,ā Arthur said.
For context, hereās the definition of āDVD commentaryā from the original prompt and reblog: āwhat i was thinking when i wrote it, why i wrote it, whatās going on in the charactersā heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else youād expect to find on a DVD commentary track.ā
Oooooo this is a good choice. Thank you for submitting this one. I wrote so many words in We Begin Again but I definitely remember being very, very intentional about this scene.
This scene could be entitled āThe One In Which They Finally Talk About Their Sexuality ā Sort of. Except not really. LOL.ā
In my head, I always imagined that Arthur had known about same-sex activities. He knew the knights had sex with each other on battle campaigns to work out their nerves or ease sexual frustration. Even the Romans did that, under certain circumstances, depending upon social rank and age. Arthur would have heard about that too.
Arthur though, could never engage in those activities himself. Could never even let himself entertain those thoughts if he had them. That path was always closed to him. Thatās what his comment of āCrown prince⦠then kingā¦ā means. First as Crown Prince, he had to maintain a pristine reputation as an eligible bachelor, and then as King, he was already in love with Gwen, and his focus was on her, and the kingdom, so there was no opportunity.
(Oh, and by the way, Arthur is totally not as drunk as heās acting. Thatās why the ātā is landing so hard when he speaks. Heās a bit tipsy, yes, but heās dramatizing it a bit to get a pass for his line of questioning.)
Anyway.
Merlin in this scene is terrified of Arthur rejecting him once he finally tells the truth about his own sexuality. Not only that heāll be kicked out of the sleeping-together-but-not-sleeping-together, but that it will damage their friendship. Itās a big deal for him to tell the truth here, so of course I made it as painful as possible for him to do it. He doesnāt understand why Arthur is focused on Camelot ā but Arthur is actually only curious if Merlin acted on his same-sex attractions during the time theyād known each other, because that would be one more thing Merlin had to lie about.
(Plus, okay, Arthur is a teensy weensy bit jealous, imagining Merlin with anyone heād known.)
Mostly, though, Arthur is honestly trying to understand his own sexuality, and the various types out there, through the lens of people he knows. He hasnāt yet become Master of the Internet, or looked up the words that help us all define who we are at a particular phase of our lives. So heās holding up examples in his head, and thinking āAm I like Heath? Am I like Danyl? And what is Merlin, exactly, after all these years?ā
I thought a long time about how Merlin would answer that question. Arthur wants to know. And Merlin wants to tell him. But Merlin is not a ālabelsā guy, and heās lived so long, as a man and a woman, being with all sorts of people, that āOpen Mindedā was where I landed. Arthur would understand that, especially not yet having been on the internet.
āWhy are you asking me this?ā Merlin asks, and heās panicked here, and ready to be kicked out of bed.
āSeemed relevant,ā Arthur says, meaning himself, and his own feelings, and the people heās seen around him.
Merlin of course immediately freaks out right afterward, thinking that Arthur means āseems relevant to my letting you sleep in my bedā.
But Arthur of course comforts him, saying that there are no labels for them both, except the ones they make. And Merlin goes to sleep dazed but in his kingās arms. You know. As best friends do.
;)
Thanks for the ask!
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I mean yeah ok Gwen starts out as this young bubbly hardworking modest woman, who took care of her father and always saw the sun behind the cloud, but!! That's not how she ended! She came a hairsbreadth away from being executed. Her father was ruthlessly murdered. The person she was closest to in her whole life--very possibly her lover--turned against Gwen and stopped seeing her as a friend and instead actively tried to kill her. Gwen then fell in love with Lancelot, realized she had feelings for Arthur, and instead of either one of them saying 'hey I love you but this is your decision and I'll respect it no matter what' they decided by themselves. Then she was banished from the place she lived her whole life only to come back and marry king Arthur and THEN went through psychological torture and FINALLY had to rule the kingdom without him, and basically what I'm saying is that when you're making a mood board or an aesthetic or something, remember that gwen isn't cottoncandy pink and sprigs of lavender and happy little Disney songs and everything else that I've seen a million times, she's intelligent and sharp and empathetic and traumatized and wise. Gwen had nerves of steel and a brilliant mind and a steady, unshakable demeanor and I wish I'd see that depicted a little more
bbc merlin but make it medieval manuscripts!! bc i have zero chill :)
both of them are based off pages from 15th century manuscripts. the latin reads "in a land of myth at a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young man; his name, merlin." the english is less historically accurate but i did use a middle english translator for the spellings. done with water colour on paper with gold leaf for the gilded bits
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And like the cycle of the year, we begin again ~ Mini comic (part 1)
Hi !! I finally come with the promised comic š I started it several months ago, and although there have been days when I haven't known how to move forward, I have had a lot of support from @ineffablesbooks GRACIAS AMIGA!! We are both big fans of Merlin and especially of the INCREDIBLE fanfic that @katherynefromphilly wrote. I don't know what I would have done after finishing s5 without this story, so thank you so much, I love how you write Merlin and Arthur. Anyway, I hope you like this comic as much as I liked doing it. Stay tone, because this is only the first part!! So in a few days there will be part 2, I also don't rule out making more mini comics of other scenes in the future, so wait for it, I hope you like it and enjoy it!!
A digital study of a Merlin portrait (BBC)
Enjoy !
Another portrait of Merlin! I wonder if Iāll ever tire of drawing his face⦠Gosh, if Colin Morgan knew just how much time Iāve spent studying his features! >_> Anyway, this is pencil on Moleskine watercolour paper, with editing and texture application in Photoshop.Ā (MY ART TAG)
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There is a reason for this though!
The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixateāneurochemical signaling (I hope Iām using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)ā¦people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply.Ā
significantly:Ā the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady āreturn on investmentāāand this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we donāt have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual ālow batteriesā in that regard.
that doesnāt mean these stories are āsimple,ā or that they lack complexity or valueāonly that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low āupfront cost.ā these stories are onlyĀ āeasyā to read in the sense that the effort we put into them is rewardedĀ in a timely manner.Ā which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readersāthey are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).
the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. thatācombined with the shorter average length of ficsāmeans that fan fics very quickly start rewarding the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. thatās not a bad thing! and maybe itās something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.
Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. Iām glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you loveāthe way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail. The fact that you find joy in the process of reading (or listening!) to storiesāthatĀ is what matters.
I feel understood š„°
a bunch of people have reblogged this with the default āi feel called outā reactionā¦.and i know when we say that we mean it tongue-in-cheekā¦.but this comment sorta blew my mind & shifted my perspective up and to the left a little thank youā„
The bolt of clarity and understanding that this thread of posts has given me makes me want to cry. It has made me feel so much better about it all.
Thank you @veeaziel , @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses and everyone who has contributed to this thread of posts. Genuinely thank you for making me feel understood and accepted and for helping me to understand and accept myself a bit more.
And yes, can published authors please please please write in a more āfan fictionā format!!!!
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Honeymoon Impressions (A Selfie Remix) for Clea2011 Inspired by Leaving Las Vegas [Part 9 of Impressions] by Clea2011
Turns out theyād have a few more photos to show to Hunith when they got home..