Aletheia

Three crossovers:

1. Like an Onion Inside Out (The Doctor, the Queen, and the TARDIS Remix) by spiralleds
(Narnia/Doctor Who, The Doctor/Susan Pevensie, PG-13)
Summary: Sometimes endings are just the beginning.
Spoilers: Inclusive of the entire Chronicles and through series 4 of the new Doctor Who.
Warning: character deaths, talking animals

Author's meta

Includes Nine, Ten and Thirteen. And it WORKS. Also, even though it's character death, it's Narnia, after all =3

2. Congrats, You've Met Your Match (The Space Captain Remix) by roga
(ST:XI/SGA, Kirk/Sheppard, R, 3000 words)

Ridiculously hot even without the sex. The original reads as the missing sex scene ;-)

3. Ten Synonyms for Sensational (The Dragon/TARDIS Overdub) by nopejr (Doctor Who/HP, Ten, Draco Malfoy, PG)
Summary: The Doctor pouted. Draco wasn't impressed.

Cuuuuuute *_* And funny. With fanartzes!

And three non-crossovers:

1. Still Waters (Hypothetically Speaking Extended Dub) by cimness [LJ]
(ST:XI, gen, mentioned Spock/Uhura, implied Kirk/Spock, PG)

Author's meta

The original is an always-a-girl!Spock genderbend. The remix is Jim's pov, and his finding out (via his slutty ways myriad charms) that Spock is practically royalty. I love how the remix shows the differences of the Kirk/Spock dynamic when Spock's male instead of female.
tl;dr: Am deeply impressed, read it!

2. Art Appreciation (Boxed Wine and Crackers, or the Decline of Public Funding, Remix) by eyebrowofdoom (Smallville, Clark/Lex, PG)
Summary: If you can do this, you must be morally old enough for a drink.
Spoilers/Warnings: adult themes.

Leeeeeex, you're so cute. Only Lex would have a fantasy life as a starving art student X-D

O/T: In other news, Michael Rosenbaum's Adina/Adam is the only 3-D character in Sorority Boys. I wasn't expecting anything but a stereotypical slapstick comedy (w/ bonus crossdressing Rosenbaum!), so his acting really impressed me =D (believable character, inner conflict, repress repress repress, deny deny deny)
Also, he looks SO YOUNG in that movie.

3. Free Range Subjects (The Scientific Method Remix) by suaine
(Merlin, Merlin/Arthur, R)
Summary: No one ever said science was easy, and alien scientists are only human, after all.
Spoilers and/or Warnings: non-con (an alien made them do it)

It's an AMTDI fic from the aliens' pov =DDD \o/

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

"You're such a romantic," Jeremy said, straightening up.

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ETA 6 p.m.: Happy birthday, sequinedfairy!

Fic-changing meme gacked from herohunter:

Pick one of my stories and tell me a point in the tale that you'd change -- something tiny or big -- and I'll tell you how that one difference would have altered the course of the entire story.

Most of my fanfics are AU anyway, but have at it! =D

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ST: XI recs:

1. Fanart: GQMF Colour by jbadgr
Spock inna suit MMmmmmm <333

2. Star Trek - I Love the World, Boom de yada yada fanvid by BigMamaG
Kirk's "I love real dirty things" & Nero's "I love arachnids" = X-D

3. Your mom is illogical...
Aaaaa Chibi Trek *_* Chibi Sulu (& Chekov!) is soo cute (read: suave and good-looking), but not as ADORABLE cute as Chibi Spock! =DDD

3*. Ahahahahah kappa!Spock X-D

4. Eyes Like An Impossible Storm by waldorph [@ LJ]
2,108 words, slight Kirk/Spock, PG, angst, outsider POV (Winona Kirk)
Summary: "She thinks that maybe in another universe, one where ships didn't come out of lightning storms in space, she would have had a brown-eyed, steadier child"

5. Vid: Circus (Star Trek XI; Kirk) by butterfly
You have to d/l it, but it's worth the effort.

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

Last day to vote for your three Merlin/Arthur favourites!
(There's a three-way tie for #1 right now)

My personal fav.s are:

1. tentacles, 3. French revolution
7. Salem witch trials, 11. pleasure slave, 13. transgender!Merlin
15. pirate!Merlin, 17. stowaway!Merlin
28. India, transgender!Merlin

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Offer still open indefinitely: Throw me a character name or two!

What I wrote yesterday (3 X 100 words):

- The last dream Dog had [Good Omens]

- Four people Chekov never fell in love with, and one person he did [Star Trek: XI]
<-- Awkward sentence construction is awkward.

- Three facts about Spock from my personal canon/fanon [Star Trek: XI]

No Kirk/Spock yet because they're 100 words each. I'm a drabble writer, not a miracle worker. (Except if I skip several years ahead in the timeline, I suppose.)

for the rest of your life."

"Mm," Jeremy said, loading the little sound with so much meaning that Simon sped up to avoid it.

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Happy birthday, zed_pm! =D

In the absence of Pintoliciousness, have some random Star Trek: XI recs:

1. hounds_morrigan: The Hounds of Morrigan (Uhura/Kirk/Spock, NC-17)
Summary: Radical AU. An alternate world without a federation. Nyota Uhura is a scary BAMF with an even more terrifying matched set of hunting hounds on her leash.
Warnings: Slavery, non-con, d/s without the safeguards.

The barely legal Kirk in that universe looks like this. Apply scars as needed.

2. st_au_drifters (Kirk/Spock, AU WIP, 7/?, R so far)
st_xi_kink prompt: Post apocalypse, mirror world. Featuring pirate/bandit/bounty hunter with dubious morals Kirk and serene/beautiful/cruel bottom!Spock who kills with his brain. Real Spock and Kirk don't even have to show up, but bonus points if they all meet up at some point and the crew is equally horrified and turned on/shocked by the all that sexy evilness. Let alone the fact that Kirk and Spock are together.

3. hollycomb's Now Disappear (Sulu/Chekov, R)
Summary: Chekov develops amnesia during a mission and can't remember the past five years of his life. Sulu is heartbroken.

4. Closer v.2 (Kirk/Spock FanVid, NWS lyrics, R-rated m/m nudity)

5 a. hamano_ayumi's Star Trek doodles
5 b. jbadgr's fanart icons (with bonus Tribbles!)

Recs #1 (Merlin, HP, GO)

Calvin & Hobbes rec: Transmogrification, by hyperfocused
Remix: Transmogrified (The Mother's Love Remix) [Calvin & Hobbes, 100 Words, Rated G]

House M.D. recs:
1. Remix: Four Men Allison Cameron Slept With, and One She Never Did (The Coin Flip Remix) by sabinelagrande
[Cameron/Foreman, Cameron/Wilson, Cameron/House, Cameron/Chase, Cameron/Joe, 100 Words, Rated PG-13]

2. Remix: Chicken (The Die Hard Remix) by iamsab
[House/Stacey, 100 Words, Rated PG]

3. Remix: Addiction (The Methadone Remix) by melodyunity
[House/Wilson, 100 Words, Rated G]

4. Remix: Concerto for the Left Hand (the Duet Remix) by 2ndary_author
[Allison Cameron, Gregory House, 100 Words, Rated G]


Bandom rec: Remix: Let Me Be Your Voice (The As Close As They’d Ever Get Remix) by trascendenza
[Pete Wentz/Patrick Stump, 100 Words, Rated G, AU]
* The original is a Brokeback AU

Narnia rec: Remix: Grey Skies of Britain (Being Foil to the Just King Remix) by blueyeti
[OC, Edmund, 100 Words, Rated PG]
* It's from the OC's pov

Supernatural rec: Always Remember to Never Forget, by 2ndary_author
Remix: Remembering Then and Now (The Always Remember to Never Forget Remix) by donutsweeper
[Sam Winchester, 100 Words, Rated G]

The O.C. rec: Those Soft Skin Boys, by hyperfocused
Remix: Those Soft Skin Boys (The One Year Gone Remix) by theswearingkind
[Luke/Seth, Luke/Ryan, 100 Words, Rated PG-13]

Heroes rec: Remix: Remember by visiblemarket
[Elle, the Haitian, 100 Words, Rated PG]

Jeeves & Wooster rec: Remix: The Bother or Boon of a Bad Back by verus_janus
[Jeeves/Wooster, 100 Words, Rated PG]

Attention, Americans! Two Merlin eps. airing tonight! (NBC?)

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FYI: I compiled this rec on Saturday, before the authors' reveal. Posting it after the reveal because I want to have the author names included. Recs #2 tomorrow.

Drabbles to write before remixthedrabble round 7: more Good Omens, try some Calvin & Hobbes, Jeeves & Wooster

Merlin recs:
1. Faded by amory_vain
Remix: Fading (The Prelude to Incest Remix) by sophinisba
[Uther/Igraine, 100 Words, Rated PG-13]

2. Remix: Sweets for the sweet (The Ophelia Remix) by xsmoonshine
[Gwen/Morgana, 100 Words, Rated PG]

3. Unnamed, by sophinisba
Remix: The Once and Future Wizard (The Dreams of the Seer Remix) by aralias
[Morgana, Merlin, 100 Words, Rated PG]

4. Bedtime Stories, by xsmoonshine
Remix: Meddlesome (The Who Needs Ketchup Remix) by wojelah
[The Dragon, 100 Words, Rated G]

More Merlin remixes, including kernezelda's Melt In Your Mouth (Anachronism Remix), which was better written than my original flopsy "Delicacy."


Harry Potter rec:
1. Freckles, by lilian_cho
Remix: Freckles (Mirror Image remix) by penknife
[George, 100 Words, Rated G, spoilers for book 7]

2. Remix: The Magic's Gone (The When Dreams Don't Come True Remix) by benebu
[Petunia Evans, 100 Words, Rated PG]

More Harry Potter remixes.


Good Omens rec: Reading Omens in Harry Potter, by lilian_cho
Remix: It Started With An HP Box Set (The Footnote-Happy Remix) by benebu
[Crowley/Aziraphale, 100 Words, Rated PG]

ETA 06/14/09: SPOILERS in the comments. Proceed with caution.

1 a. YES YES I got almost everything right AHAHAHAHA >=D
1 b. Finished The Demon's Lexicon yesterday; couldn't drag the reading any longer, all good things must come to an end *sulks*

2 a. Love the one easter egg sarahtales dropped in the book =)
Suddenly made me see two of the characters in terms of Maya's HPverse.

2 b. I'm not the only crazy fan who contemplated the possibility of a TDL/FMA x-over/pastiche, yeah? Just think: homunculus, the philosopher's stone and automail in TDL-verse. *whimpers at the thought of Alan outfitted with automail*

2 c. There are ENDLESS pairing possibilities between Nick/Alan/Mae/Jamie. Nick/Alan, Nick/Mae, Alan/Mae, Nick/Mae/Alan, Nick/Jamie, Alan/Jamie, Nick/Alan/Jamie...you catch my drift.

3 a. Love how the second and third book will come out in 2010 and 2011 YESSSS \o/
3 b. This would mean me spending $45+ every year for the series. (~$30 for the Japanese translation and ~$15 for the UK cover.)
3 c. I need to buy a book cover for the uber-pretty Japanese translation.

4. Only had five hours of half-sleep this morning (criminally low number for me). Kept on having vague dreams/impressions about Nick. And possibly [SPOILERY main antagonist's name].

5. If I use random Japanese The Demon's Lexicon quotes for my post subjects, that won't be spoilerific to you guys, will it?
If any Japanese readers on my F-list want to read TDL and haven't, please let me know now.

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

As seen everywhere:

01. Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their LiveJournal.
02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!

Doing it three times, because I have too many gears & I'm connected pretty much 24/7 =P

Mildmay, my personal laptop ( Read more... )

Pon farr Parr, shared laptop ( Read more... )

Archer, my T-mobile G1 ( Read more... )

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

and is currently running for his life," Ethan said, and now his voice was so incongruously pleasant as to be grotesque.

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Star Trek XI recs:

1. midnight_city's [fanart] - star trek stuff

It's cute like a v. v. cute, LOLarious thing X-D
Guess the movies! (Hint: both by Pixar =3)
Kid!Spock in a Starfleet summer camp get-up is the BEST THING EVARR <333

2. hollycomb's Sulu/Chekov fics, which I'm totally all over, once I get over the reflexive tic of "Hikaru no Go! Touya Akira!" whenever I read Chekov calling Sulu "Hikaru" ^^;;

2a. Trouble Sleeping (Sulu/Chekov, R)
Summary: Sulu and Chekov sleep in the same bed, but they're never in it at the same time.
How they got together in the end. Sulu PINING. V. sweet <3

2b. Space Sickness (Sulu/Chekov, NC-17)
Summary: Chekov is sick, Sulu is lost on an alien planet, Kirk is a cockblock.
Established relationship. Sweet and h/c and atmospheric and just right *_*

2c. Theoretically (Sulu/Chekov, NC-17)
Summary: Sulu makes Chekov watch the classic American Terminator movies. Chekov has some thoughts.
I wanna watch the new Terminator movie because Anton Yelchin's in it, but apparently it's even more awful than T3? ^^;;

2d. If I Didn't Care (Sulu/Chekov, NC-17)
Summary: Kirk and Chekov have a harrowing experience together on a dangerous planet, and Sulu is definitely not jealous.

If you only have time to read two, read the first two. If you only have time to read one, read "Space Sickness."

Sulu pining *_* Chekov seducing Sulu >=D

3. rageprufrock's new WIP: Discourses in Management (Lab), pt 1/? (PG-13, for language)
Summary: “How’s it going?” the instructor asks, her voice a harmony, hovering nearby. / "Futilely,” Spock volunteers at the same time Jim says, “Shitty.”

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

Several of my post titles since April are quotes/snippets that have compelled three of you to wonder, "Who's Simon?"

Simon 'Templar' Drake is from Shadow of the Templar series, which some of you probably have heard about from libby_drew's rec last year. The series follows an FBI team and a world-famous jewel thief in a series of cases. The main pairing is Simon Drake (FBI team leader)/Jeremy Archer (thief). Banter, random geekery...oh and Archer is British =P What's not to love? ;-) ( Read more... )

Simon Drake aka Templar 29 y.o., 6'3", team leader, defender of the free world, an all-American middle-class boy from the Midwest.
* Good-looking and knows it >=D
* Repeatedly tell Archer point-blank that his job and his team members are way more important than him. Ouch. IDK why Archer doesn't just dump him. Oh right, because he is SO FINE.

Jeremy Archer aka Shadow aka 'James Crown', and dozens other aliases
27 y.o., 5'10", criminal, adversary, pain in the ass, British. ( Read more... )

Nathan 'Nate' Waxman aka Specs 28 y.o., 5'9", tech (hardware), bomb disposal, all-around mascot, a nice Jewish boy from New Jersey.
Has a crowbar with "Speak Friend And Enter" etched down the length of the grip. ( Read more... )

Michael 'Mike' Takemura aka Honda aka 'that crazy bastard' aka 'the loose cannon'
27 y.o., 6'1, undercover work, combat/tactical driving, general muscle, crazy
The Brooklyn-born son of a first-generation Japanese-American father and a mother of Hispanic descent.
* I just LOVE that his nickname is Honda. Not as bad as Toyota, but still. ( Read more... )

Sandra 'Sandy' Leone aka Springheel 28 y.o., 5'7", second-in-command, undercover work, general muscle
Came from old New England money. The best martial artist on the team. Have kicked Mike's ass so bad on numerous occasions.
* The only woman on Simon's team, but she doesn't feel like a token female character at all. ( Read more... )

Jonathan 'Johnny' Pilgrim aka Texas 33 y.o., 6'0", weapons wrangler, general muscle
Started his law enforcement career with the local police force.
* I like his interaction with Specs, mostly. So awesome protective =3 Like his jibes at Honda too. ( Read more... )

Richard 'Rich' Story aka Specs Two, 30 y.o., 5'6", tech (software), hacker-of-all-trades
A computer genius par excellence (and a nerd in the most classic socially-awkward sense). Native Seattleite.
* Total jerk to Archer, but you can't help but like him. ( Read more... )

I see that Chris Pine was in Princess Diaries 2, and my first reaction is:
"I want an AU where Spock is a Vulcan Princess =DDD"

Haha.

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Kitty!Arthur likes to pretend he's a pirate.



Kitty!Merlin just likes licking his nose.



Please credit if taking, etc.
If only this kitten is black, I could've made a ton of kitten!Merlin icons =O

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Songs/fanvids I'm currently obsessed with:
✔ solanyxe's reincarnation fanvid: Just dance with the memories
Song: Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis - Just dance
Summary: Centuries later. Modern times. Merlin and Arthur are reborn. As they meet again, memories from their past lives emerge. (Club, restroom, magic.)
Length: 0:03:20

✔ Coldplay's Viva La Vida. If only this Arthur fanvid is longer.
* I'm glad that I'm not the only one who's reminded of Hugh Laurie =P (At least 3 of the YouTube commenters think so too)

✔ My favourite-st DDR song EVER: Plus-Tech Squeeze Box's Test Room

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Coldplay's Viva La Vida Lyrics ( Read more... )

( The turtle moves. )

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This was originally submitted as an answer to armer_gayms' ModernDay!AU challenge. Check out roflolmaomg's submission, 'tis epic! Whereas ifyouweremine slays you with baby cuteness =P

[ LJ | IJ | DW ]

"The ladies already love me," Simon informed his computer, deleting the email.

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HP drabblers, please fill out this poll on drabble trees @ slytherin100

1. The Janus Thickey Ward by et_tu_lj
(Molly, Gilderoy, G, 362 words)
Summary: Sometimes a little bit of happiness is enough.

2. Headmaster!Snape fanart by camillo1978
(w/ bonus painting!Dumbledore picking his nose! *g*)

3. genfic_hogwarts is up for adoption at hp_adoptme here.

4. Remix_Redux is back this year! And they're considering RPF and bandom, so you should go fill out their poll if you're interested.

5 a. The new writing_game board is here =D

5 b. slytherin100's Fly prompt is open until May 14th, 2009.
The Masks prompt is open until May 7th, 2009.

5 c. hpgen100's Masks prompt is open until Tuesday, May 12.
The nineteenth prompt, Secret, is open until Tuesday, May 5. Feel free to combine the two prompts.

(X-posted @ IJ)

( Merlin wants you to tick him! )

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Happiness meme - Day 8/8

* Why are there no Merlin/Narnia icons out there?

+ Finished writing for armer_gayms' Bro Code challenge and I like it \o/

* Speaking of which, would anyone be willing to beta? (Someone not in armer_gayms, of couse)
It's < 1K words, Merlin/Arthur PG-13.

+ Ep. 13 reaction: Hell, even I would have slapped some Emergency Het in after what amounted to a spiritual blowjob.
* It actually makes me want to watch it! Well, will watch it before Season Two airs, at any rate.

+ Warm kotatsu <333

(X-posted @ IJ)

1. ☆ "Late bloomer" & ★ "Fairy Tale" (Scorpius, Draco, G, 2 X 100 words)

Link seen at ajat:
2. [identity crisis] On Race, or Privilege, Or Just Being Human

Rights, I guess, equals entitlement, equals a demand for privilege. It's hard for me to think of a right to be free when I've grown up in a family and a society where my family members - and country members - have sacrificed everything they are (in "Western terms") for their family. Their time, all their income, every inch of their soul and being, in family. Their children are their assets, their stability is their bedrock. Whatever right one has to be something less than practical, to leave the family home, that right gets overwhelmed by other desires. Same as freedom. The desire to see parents happy, or the wish for a smooth life, even in exchange for doing what one loves.

Link seen at copperbadge:
3. Why Dreamwidth?

The question then is: why don't people click on ads on social media sites?
[...]
[W]hen you're browsing your Livejournal flist or Facebook feed, what you're not looking for is to purchase something. Not usually, anyway. Spending money is probably the farthest thing from your mind. You're looking to find out what your friends have been up to, browse your sister's vacation snaps, or read some fanfic. Buying something is probably the farthest thing from your mind.

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Happiness meme - Day 4/8

+ Currently writing "The Tome of Magical Delights" in answer to this kinkme_merlin prompt
* Kinda stuck right now and need some Kama Sutra inspirations.

+ Submitted my entry for the armer_gayms' ModernDay!AU, and I like it YESSS.

+ Scorpius, oh Scorpius <333 I'm starting to love my latest incarnation of Scorpius.

+ The idea of Merlin in floor-length silk robes IDK it sounds SO FUN.

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Happy Birthday, empress_jae! =D

( The rest of Maria Mena's 'I'm in Love' lyrics )

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In that new HBP trailer, what's that thing Draco holds up to the light? A dust mote? =O
Am referring to the cabinet scene.

Also, yay for pretty straight-haired brunette Katie! =D (Mainly for Drop Dead Gorgeous visualization purposes)

That unicorn-in-captivity tapestry in the background of Harry/Ginny? Totally on purpose. Because their love is SO PURE and some such. James, Al and Lily were products of immaculate conception MWAHAHAHA.
For some reason, I had a flashback to the second Matrix movie when I saw that scene.

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1 a. Am so crazy-obsessed with this fanvid:
Merlin - The Dance (LJ post) by mamoru22
Merlin/Arthur vid to Maria Mena - I'm In Love

1 b. Untouched by solanyxe
PG-13, 'Untouched' by The Veronicas, 00:02:55
Summary: Arthur and Merlin both feeling 'untouched'

Motivational posters by andropovka:
2 a. Ventriloquism: "Ooh yes, Arthur you're so strong!"/ "Mmm, Merlin, I need you now!"
2 b. Sweet: Son, men do not give each other flowers.
2 c. Kingship: We built this city on rock and roll. And dead magic people.
2 d. Unwise: When dealing with an aerial foe, get into a target-shaped-formation
2 e. Arthur fanboy: the lights are on but there is no one home. Mmm muscles...

3. otempora42's Ep. 1x05 picspam: I love how everyone just stands around while Arthur does all the fighting. Makes you wonder why it's so important to be of noble birth when you're just going to be Arthur's cheerleader.

seperis' listfics:
4 a. Three things that Merlin doesn't know about Arthur, but will do, eventually.
4 b. Five magical creatures Arthur didn't kill
4 c. Five ways Arthur almost found out about Merlin, but didn't.

5. Awesome personification of emotion as laid out in 1 Corinthians 13:
Of Anger and Love by Ras Elased
Summary: Anger is a false thing. It is never alone. Anger lies like a harlot with a multitude of other emotions, shrouding them in her bed linens to hide them from sight...Love, when it is true, is always alone.

(X-posted @ IJ)

1. Ficlets and drabbles galore. Sooo easy* to write them.

2. Merlin characters are v. v. easily transplanted into AU situations.

3. Present tense.
Are your English/Creative Writing teachers telling you to do this? Stop it, please D:

4. People are less concerned with Britpicking (compared to HP).
I still maintain that Merlin's referring to a donkey when he calls Arthur an "ass."**

5. Reverse print.
Why white on black, whyyy? =O Think about your poor readers' eyes!
?format=light*** to the rescue.

* Is this the case with all TV fandoms? It seems to me that SV was filled with epic-length fics.
** So "arse" should still be "arse." Or you can use "bottom" instead.
But in general it doesn't bug me, because Merlin/Arthur = hot. Shallow reader is shallow.
*** Even more annoying is the few people who changed their fonts on an html level, so that the font stays a funky shape/color/size even when using "?format=light" or "?style=mine." *cries*

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1. zed_pm's Top 10 favourite scenes from Merlin series one

2. lilithilien's picspam of Camelot Pierrefonds

3. lolmerlins:
3 a. mr. pratdragon r total hotass
3 b. i rly fink i needz impirical evidents okay

lonelyfajita's Merlin picspams:
4. I was watching this with my thirteen-year old cousin, and he was really into the whole Arthur-running-from-the-spiders bit and right after Merlin moaned "FASTER! GO FASTER" my cousin went, "YES! YES! HARDER, ARTHUR, TRY HARDER! DON'T STOP! DON'T STOP!"

5. 'Sophia may have been your first love, but she won't be your last.' Uther is trying to secretly remind him that he has already twice tried to convince him that he was in love, first with Merlin and then with Lancelot. He'd even started bonding with Merlin, trying to get to know his son's new boyfriend.

* Apparently Merlin also owns a red jacket? It matches the shade of Arthur's (expensive-looking) red jacket X-D

(X-posted @ IJ)

I would totally get into this fandom except I'm afraid of the inevitable Kings/Eragon x-over O_o
This will probably be like House M.D. for me--love the show, read fanfic only occasionally, write genfic if I ever get around to writing fanfic.
I'm def. buying the whole set once it's out on DVD. Which would make it the first TV show I actually want to own. It is _that good_, people.

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This has turned into a "Spot that Biblical allusion!" game for me =P
(Typing this as I watch the show on NBC.com)
ETA 10:37 p.m.: Rewatching it a second time. Click "CC" on the bottom right for close captioning/subtitles.

My blow-by-blow (read: SPOILERIFIC) reaction to the awesome episode:

( If you need convincing to watch the show, read #21 )

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Happy birthday, morrighan_sai! =D
Hope you have a great one!
It's totally your fault thanks to you that I even heard of the show *g*

( The Ones Where Uther Scares Merlin (and dub-con may or may not be involved) )

This is usually where I ask for your recs, but I'm kinda scared what I'd get. For a change, why don't you rec me The Ones Where Merlin Scares Uther? (Or Arthur.)

Next Installment:
- The Ones Where Arthur Is a Spy
- The Ones Where Merlin and/or Arthur Is Dark/Evil

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1. This week's words that do not exist are brought to you by:
erastes - incalcitant
copperbadge - substantialiscious

2. I was sketching an HP character yesterday and thought to myself, "You know who's skinny? Merlin!"
I bravely refrained from transforming the sketch into a Merlin drawing. Aren't you proud of me?

3. We have Rentboy!Merlin, Merlin-in-a-dress, Waiter!Merlin and Barista!Merlin, but where's PoleDancer!Merlin and Bartender!Merlin, I ask you?
Or, you know, a fic where Merlin does a striptease/karaoke performance to "I don't want/ anybody else..."
Every fandom needs a striptease/karaoke fic. *nods sagely*

( The Ones Where Arthur is a Movie Star )

Next Installment:
- The Ones Where Uther Scares Merlin (and dub-con may or may not be involved)
- The Ones Where Arthur Is a Spy
- The Ones Where Merlin and/or Arthur Is Dark/Evil

And here's where I ask you for your MovieStar!Arthur recs =) (Or, MovieStar!Merlin which has its own special brand of crack <3)

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1. dsudis have solved the anachronistic tomatoes in Merlin.

2. Increments (Merlin/Arthur) by b_hallward
Summary: Ten times Arthur relied on Merlin's magic and one time he didn't.
* I wanna do this flashfic experiment thingy too. Maybe an HP fic?

3. Cute reader!Merlin fic by ingenius_inc.

4 a. hp_wishes March-April Request-a-thon is Draco Malfoy. Ends on April 4.
Go forth and request/fulfill comment!fic =)
* Um, I now want one for Merlin fandom. I haven't even gone over the anon kink memes yet =P *is greedy*

4 b. hd_smoochfest claiming closes on Tuesday, March 31st. My two prompts are so obviously mine (to the F-list) =P

5. Thanks mordyn4 for the rec! =D

(After I have an LJ, that is. Didn't bother saving links before LJ.)

Originally a tl;dr comment on syllic's post.

1. Don't you wish we have glasses that serve as a computer screen, and it tracks our eyeball movements so it scrolls down automatically as we read fanfic discreetly everywhere?
On the train, on the bus, in the car and on the road. In the market, on the run, in those meetings that're ho-hum.

2. I personally can't get into fanfic if I know zilch about the original source (Smallville and Merlin don't count because d-uh, everyone knows smth about Superman and King Arthur). Because fanfic always assumes some prior knowledge of canon.
And I need to know who is this Castiel guy and what is he doing sexxing up Dean, and is this Castiel person taller than Sam, older than sin, and have pretty pouty lips? And does he have wings? Is he an angel, a devil, incubus, what?
(Am not in the SPN fandom. Only watched the first four eps of SPN. Gave up.)

3. You should read Megan Whalen Turner's The Thief, The Queen of Attolia & The King of Attolia. It's children's book/YA/history-religious fantasy/THIEF. Because they are awesome (as awesome as Good Omens, in a different genre kind of way) and you can read them ON THE TRAIN/BUS/SUBWAY/PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

Multi-fandom recs grouped by fandoms: ( HP, Smallville, Good Omens )

Happy birthday, duco_lacuna! =D
Wishing you all the long blond evil-ness you may want.

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The following WIP would be more properly labeled as Arthur/Merlin/magic. I've always loved the idea of magic as a separate entity. There you have it, scorching hotness included.

:♥: Citrus 1a 1b 1c by skellerbvvt
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin, future OT4 (Morgana/Merlin/Arthur/Guin)
Kink, NC-17, slave!fic, mental revolutions, dub-con

Summary: The other bits of him, all little dust thoughts whirling around and him never quite catching them, never quite dwelling on them, they’re dancing attendance in his head, in his lungs, breathing them in and out as he works, as he watches, as he waits.

His magic was, and always had been, simply something he could do. Objects, all objects, wanted to move and he just let them.

[...]

His magic was ability: it reflected him. Now he was angry, extremely angry, with Arthur, enough to see some of the papers fluttering and the table jittering with the slightest tremors, begging to move. However, there, twirling through his veins, sitting in his mouth like the taste of cool, sweet plums, making the fire crackle and snap and rise, was something else. Something not him, something that made him hard and hot and something like hunger and something like thirst, and something like not enough.

skellerbvvt also wrote insane!broken!Merlin:

:♥: Penance (R, Dark themes, crazy Merlin, references to torture)
Summary: He had been...so...proud

( More Merlin recs: Harlequin's fics )

"The world is changed because you are made of ivory and jet. The curves of your lips rewrite history" <--I found this line in Maya's Drop Dead Gorgeous funny even though I didn't recognize the reference. (Until they pop up in another fanfic! In a different fandom!)

I'm a bad slash fan because I still haven't finished Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, and I haven't watched Velvet Goldmine =P

1. Someone should write a changeling!brunette!Arthur fic. Here's some pictorial inspiration, courtesy of zed_pm.

2. I so, so, want an online/interactive/flash Merlin and Arthur paper dolls that you can accessorize *__*
Arthur's Assets & Camelot Fashion by feilongfan

3 a. Man of the Month: MERLIN
Esp. love the "Mussed hair, lips, eyelashes, NEED I SAY MORE?" pic =D
And the fingers <333
3 b. Picspam: Merlin's ear!
3 c. For The Uninitiated: Merlin Episode 1 Picspam

4 a. Picspam: The Ring of James <--RPF writers, TAKE NOTE!
4 b. Picspam: Colin Morgan

lolmerlins:
5 a. HAZ U HRD ABOUT R JOHN?
5 b. irish peeples mite be mad at me, but is ttly worf it

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:♥: Penguin slash with bonus fanart!

:♥: Real gay penguins (news link courtesy of anthimaeria *g*)
Gay penguins expelled from zoo colony for stealing eggs are given their own to look after following animal rights protest (OR, longest news title evarr)

(X-posted @ IJ)

1. A Very Serious Business Story (a Merlin/Babysitters' Club crossover) by syllic
Logan!Merlin/Stacey!Arthur, one-sided Nimueh/Arthur, Claudia!Morgana/Gwen
Word Count: 8,500 words

My only complaint is: Isn't Logan supposed to be Mary Anne's boyfriend? Stacy you h0r.
Also: I can't believe I never realize the depths of Kristy/Mary Anne in BSC. Now someone just needs to write Kristy!Bradley and MaryAnne!Colin and the crack will have reached ITS FULL POTENTIAL OF CRACKTITUDE.

2. Love-Trap, aka No Invisible Worms Allowed by xsmoonshine (PG, 760 words)
Warnings: Merlin eats worms. (in other words, crack is the new black.)

It's cute like a v. cute thing *_* And funny too!

3. Ten drabbles over at merlin100 here. Mine's #4. My fav. is #2. Only the original 50 members can vote =)

4. armer_gayms sign-ups close tomorrow.

5 a. merlin_flashfic's current challenge is anachronisms. Open until Friday 13th March.
5 b. merlin100's 15th prompt, Mask, is open until 13th March.
You know you want to write about the evil bunny mask on Gaius' desk >=D

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Everyone has seen Draco in shabby muggle clothes Tom Felton with floppy hair.
Let's relive his uber-cute 12 y.o. self and his ickle!w00bie-ness, shall we?

Also, Tom's twitter is a thing of beauty:

- writing songs in my pyjamas!
- In bed watching The Truman show, freaked me out a bit,starting questioning everything!? Early morning tomorrow, night world x
- i'm sitting in bed reading a new script...interesting stuff :) why does reading always make you so sleepy?!
- p.s i love tweeting! :) is that really sad?

(X-posted @ IJ)