Evil Overlord, Inc. by Footloose (Art by Mushroomtale)
Word Count: 137,922 / Rating: Mature
Summary:Â Merlin is a recent graduate with a double doctorate in metaphysics and physics. Arthur is a low-level paper pusher with a desk in the sub-basement of MI5. They live in a world with ridiculous laws and restrictions against anyone who might be supernatural in any way, shape, or design.
Merlin has huge debts looming over this head, a few quid left in his bank account, and no job prospects. Arthur is pushing thirty, in a dead-end job with no chances of promotion to fieldwork agent, and is thoroughly bored with his life.
One ill-advised Craigslist advert, five pushy mates, one nosy all-knowing sister, and a hacked email account later, Merlin and Arthur take the world by storm.
(Or, more precisely, they take over the world.)
Comment: This yearâs ACBB! Look, Iâm on time and everything? (Hey, I donât always have time to read 100k+). This fic was not what I was expecting, which I should have known better because footlooseâs 100k fics are usually odd-concepts-executed-wonderfully. I canât even begin to explain the world, but the story is intriguing as well as being hilarious at times and nerve-wracking at others.
