Embryo of Philosophy

I've been reading the reactions to Merlin 2x04 "Lancelot and Guinevere." Some squee, some criticism, which is normal and as it should be. But I thought I'd respond to some of the criticism that I don't find fair. I don't expect this to turn anyone into OMG GWEN/LANCE FOREVER!!, just to offer evidence that the relationship makes sense. (Well, as much as anything in this show makes sense.)

( Spoilers for 2x04, obviously )

Also, an unspoilery complaint: The smushed paring names must stop. First there was Merthur and Arwen, one of which sounds moronic, while the other is a Lord of the Rings character. That was bad enough, but now we have Gwencelot. It has to end, people. I can't take the madness.

Title: Consequences
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Merlin/Morgana
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Graphic sex; the most minor, inconsequential spoilers for 2x03
Length: ~850
A/N: Written for Vagina Fest: Round Two. I have a mountain of other things I need to write, but what can you do?

( 'You should have been honest with me,' she bites out. 'The second you knew, you should have told me.' )

Title: For Remembrance
Fandom: Merlin
Characters: Hunith, Merlin
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~1200
Spoilers: 1x10
A/N: This was supposed to be my matrithon fic, but uh, that didn't work out. (Note to self: in the future, remember your damn prompt.)

( Hunith's mother once told her that memories were the province of the old... )

Title: Five Times Will Really, Really Loved Merlin
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Merlin/Will
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Episode ten, "The Moment of Truth"
Word Count: ~2740
Summary: Merlin and Will, from the beginning to the end.
A/N: Written for the five things challenge over at merlin_rarepair. Many, many thanks to b_hallward, who helped me whip this into something actually worth reading.

( They were six years old, and Merlin and Will had known each other their entire lives... )

Today is the International Day of Femslash! A celebration of, well, you can guess. For more information you can go to the website or the livejournal community, femslash_day. To celebrate, I have fic.

Title: Ladies of War
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Gwen/Morgana
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Graphic Sex
Word Count: ~1600
A/N: Written for kink_bingo, for the prompt "uniforms/military fetish." This was betaed by the the marvelous wordsofastory

( 'I have a surprise for you,' is the first thing that Gwen tells Morgana upon waking her... )


For more Merlin femslash fun, head over to gwenmorganabbc, where they're holding a kink meme all weekend long. Any and all Merlin femslash pairings are fair game. Request! Write! Have fun!

I am, of course, referring to trying to round up all of my drabbles and ficlets that have been posted to various communities, but not to my journal.

Interestingly enough, everything's been either Count Cain or Merlin.

Count Cain stuff:

Title: Simple Intentions
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Crehador/Cain
Spoilers: For Godchild volume six
A/N: This was written for slashthedrabble for prompt #212: 100 Greatest Classic Rock Songs (Take the Money and Run)

( Simple Intentions )



Title: The Joys of the Flesh
Rating/Warnings: R
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Cain/Riff
A/N: Written for slashthedrabble prompt 85: David Bowie Song Titles (Sex and the Church)

( The Joys of the Flesh )


Title: Thaw
Pairing: Cain/Riff
Rating: PG
Word Count: 313
Spoilers: For "The Sound of a Boy Hatching"
A/N: Written for comment_fic

( Thaw )



Merlin Stuff:

Title: Guinevere Leodegrance: Private Eye
Pairing: Gwen/Morgana
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
A/N: I do so love really wild AUs.

( Guinevere Leodegrance: Private Eye )



Title: Equilibrium
Threesome: Igraine/Nimueh/Uther
Word Count: 100
Rating/Warnings: PG
A/N: Written for drabble_a_trois, prompt: #21: Balance
Spoilers: For episode nine, "Excalibur."

( Equilibrium )


Title: Truth in the Lies
Pairing: Merlin/Morgana
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
A/N: Written for of_the_moon100, prompt: #6: Truth

( Truth in the Lies )


I hope that that's everything.

Comment to this entry and I'll pick three of your fandoms. You must (or rather, if you want to) then update your journal and answer the following questions:

01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?


dancing_serpent gave me Count Cain, Merlin, Yami no Matsuei.

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More specifically, it's my first full length Merlin fic. *Throws confetti*

Title: Swimming Lessons
Fandom: Merlin
Pairing: Gwen/Morgana
Rating: R
Warnings: Sex and nudity (Yay!)
Word count: 1,007
Summary: Gwen, Morgana, a hot day, and a little pond. Oh, and sex.
A/N: Written for comment_fic, but it, uh, became a little too big.

( 'My lady, I really don't think that this is appropriate.' )

Right, remind me to do a non-fandom post soon.


Title: Before Mine Eyes
Pairing: Morgana/Gwen
Rating: G
A/N: For femslash100's prompt 189: watch. I wrote this to prove that I could write not depressing Gwen/Morgana.

( Gwen watches Morgana more closely than anybody else... )


Title: Fool
Rating/Warnings: PG
Pairing: Merlin/Will
An/N: Double drabble. Written for slashthedrabble's prompt 158: fool(ish) (I have the most creative titles ever.) The world needs more Will fic.
Spoilers: Episode ten

( Will has always been the practical one... )

I was rewatching "The Moment of Truth," making comments in my head, and thinking that I should do a commentary of all the episodes one of these days. Then I thought, "Well, why not start now?" Now, this isn't a "Veleda processes and then comes to intelligent conclusions" type of thing. (But is it ever?) No, I'm going to tell you, "And then Morgana comes in, and I squeal out loud." Okay, there may be some (slightly) intelligent conclusions, since I have seen this episode before. But, uh, yeah. On with the show.

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You know, I was thinking about how neat it would be to have a mini Groundhog Day scenario, in which I got a day where nothing counted. I could do whatever I wanted, then when I woke up the next morning no one would remember, and I would relive the day again.

Then I realized that I would probably just spend the day goofing off on the internet. Sad but true.

I'm finally making progress on the Merlin/Morgana fic that I've been trying to write. It's amazing how much easier it is to write a story once you realize what it wants to be. I thought it was supposed to be sparse and minimalist, no more than a double drabble. Turns out that the scene I was picturing wanted to be more than two hundred words, and it wanted to be just one scene in a longer fic. The more you know!

I have been having some very strange dreams. There was the one where I was vaguely disconcerted by the possible expired tofurky in my fridge. (Maybe it was planning something, I don't know.) Then there was the one I had last night. I was living in a condo right across from a Boulder restaurant called The Sink. My mother came over to visit and was really angry when she saw what a mess it was, because as it turns out, it was the condo I'm living in now that belongs to her husband. I could be forgiven for not knowing this, since it looked completely different and was a completely different location. Anyway, I ended up having a nervous breakdown in a bathtub (which for some reason was in the kitchen) in which I began to believe that all the characters that I write fanfic about were actually real. Then my mother came in and was all, "Do you really have to have a nervous breakdown now?" so I tried to stop... and then I woke up. I believe that dream to be a mix of a desire for hamburgers, writing fanfic late at night, and recently cleaning the bathtub.

I'd tell you about the dream I had while I was napping earlier this evening, but any dream after which one wakes up and thinks, "But why was the bestiality there?" is probably not a dream which should be shared with the public.

I am currently amusing myself with McSweeney's Lists. I particularly like Footnotes, Endnotes, and Parentheticals That Cost Me Marks on My Thesis, Less Popular Alternatives to First-Person Shooters, The Lesser-Known Slogans of Political Moderates, James Bond Films for the George W. Bush Era, and Rarely Used Parenthetical Statements. Also, for b_hallward, Classes My Top-Tier Law School Should Have Offered as Warnings About the Profession.

La, la, la, I think that I'm done.

EDIT: Also, Things That Will Destroy My Heterosexual Marriage Long Before Gay Marriage Ever Will. Rabid dogs with chainsaws for tails: Indeed a serious threat to marriage.

Title: By Heart
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Pairing: Morgana/Gwen

( It's the last time they'll ever make love... )

The next two are slightly different than the original versions posted to communities, because it seems that open office has difficulty counting words.


Title: Reciprocity
Characters: Nimueh, Uther (Mentioned).
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers for episode nine, "Excalibur."


( Nimueh's teachers had taught her to revere life in all its forms... )


Title: And I'm the Only One
Pairing: Morgana/Gwen
Rating: PG
A/N: Title taken from Boulevard of Broken Dreams, because I'm a dork.

( Morgana wanders, lost in the labyrinth of her dreams... )

So, b_hallward is writing a series of absolutely gorgeous Merlin AU drabbles in which Merlin is Arthur's guardian angel. Go read them. Even if you've never seen Merlin, even if you don't like angels. They're masterpieces.

( Fandom talk )

Title: Illumination
Fandom: Count Cain/Godchild
Pairing: Cain/Riff
A/N: 250 words long (a kiss). Written for wishkisses on lj.

( Riff is reading by candlelight when he hears footsteps in the darkness... )

Title: Something Like Simplicity
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Pairing: Oriya/Hisoka
A/N: 300 words long (a french kiss). Written for wishkisses on lj.

( Oriya resents signs that he's growing older... )

Title: In the Line of Duty
Fandom: BBC's Merlin
Characters: Merlin, Arthur, the silly hat (What? I think it's a character.)
A/N: Merlin has sucked in so many writers; who am I to resist the siren call? Drabble and a half.

( Arthur was in a horrible mood, and for once, Merlin couldn't blame him... )