#violette_royale

YEAAAAH... looks like violette_royale did a big purge :/ It's always kind of a bummer when this happens. Makes me appreciate ao3's "download" feature.

Let this be a lesson, folks: if there's fanfics you're in love with, go download the zip file of them right now through AO3. Get a OneDrive account or something. The internet is forever, and also impermanent.

It looks like lots of their Merlin fics are still up, but orphaned. These can be found in the violette_royale tumblr tag.

But of course, you're probably here for Thistledown, which they have fully scrubbed from the internet. It's bad to speculate, but given the quality of the work, I suspect they're pulling an E.L. James and querying it to publishers with altered names. I've seen it happen in the h*tl*a fandom. If any fanfic deserves it, it's DEFINITELY that one. Fingers crossed for them!

There are two threads on Livejournal right now dealing with this fic, but you will need to leave a personal email. Both of which have been updated within the past 2 years -- young in internet time. You might have a shot. I might go leave my email address and pray, too. HAHA

Thread A

How Arthur attempted to hide one creature of magic in his cupboard, only to end up with another one in his bed.

Or the one where pretty everyone knows that Arthur knows of Merlin's magic and that Arthur has a baby dragon in his chambers (except Merlin), Gwen is a plotting hussy, Leon has a particular horror of dragons (even tiny ones), Gwaine is a cheeky sod, Aithusa truly fails at sonnets, Merlin is clueless and a little heartbroken and Arthur is heartbroken and a little clueless.

Rating: Explicit

Summary: Merlin finds it terribly embarrassing to talk about sex. After some research, he decides to try to do it in total darkness, whispering his fantasies into Arthur's ear as they lie cuddling in their bed after sex. He still finds it too difficult to talk about himself and Arthur, so instead he tells Arthur his fantasies of a young servant and a handsome Prince.

Written for this KMM prompt: Arthur/Merlin Arthur teases Merlin because he can't say words like "cock" and "fuck" or even "sex" without blushing furiously. The truth is that Merlin gets really, really embarassed when he has to say these sort of terms out loud (...)

Rating: M

Summary: The one were Ealdor is a hippy village where everyone knows everyone (in every sense of the word), Hunith worries about her son not being sexually active, Merlin sends an ill-fated text to Gwen on the eve of his deflowering and there are all sorts of rites of passage being celebrated.

Based on this KMM prompt: When Merlin finally loses his virginity to Arthur he only tells Will because of the bond that the two friends share. He'd never meant to make it a national case... (But I exchanged Gwen for Will).