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end of the year ask meme!

Spoilers for all of Merlin S2, and AU to the end of 2.08, "The Sins of the Father", in which Merlin does not lie to Arthur. He opened his mouth, a denial on the tip of his tongue, but the words wouldn't come out; in the back of his head he could hear a litany of voices saying traitor, traitor, traitor over and over, and he didn't know whether they meant Uther or himself.

It’s no bother at all! You can watch the whole episode here. They come out around 7:30 :)

And for anyone who hasn’t seen the first video that @fiercynn mentioned, go watch it now: Side by Side by Susan Blackwell: Zachary Quinto of “Angels in America”

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This paragraph (and the one currently after it, previously before it) actually TORTURED THE FUCK out of me as I was writing Presque Vu. I think I've talked about this before, about how I wanted to close the story -- which is a heavy, oftentimes dark thing, for all that it let me write some completely fantastical fantasy -- on a note that felt exuberant, energized, joyful, and most importantly wide-open, optimistic, huge. And I struggled for ages trying to figure out whether this paragraph or the other was best at conveying that sort of dizzy elation. When I initially posted it, this was the closing salvo for the story -- after I stupidly accidentally deleted it, and found myself reposting, I swapped them, and I'm so fucking glad I did. I love this paragraph. I love the domestic sentiment, the sweetly anticipatory nature of it, but it made so much more sense for me to close the story with the word "free," which is something that Arthur had wanted from the first and will to the last, I think.