we're all stories in the end

"This is my home and you are a guest in it! I know you are used to more luxurious quarters but that is not an excuse to be so rude! You claim titles don't matter to you but you behave like a prince and expect me to wait on you like a servant! Saying it means nothing if your actions betray you! Would it kill you to say 'Please' and 'Thank you' once in a while? ... My Lord."

( 'Is there anything else you'd like to add?' 'No, I think that's it.' )

Rec: Make Something Good by sweetestdrain (Gwen/Merlin/Arthur)
The course stays true

This evening I am squeeing over how pretty Angel is, and thought I should share.

( image & hotness-heavy. also some spoilers for 3x10 )

Gwen is amazing. She is made of flowers and sunshine and happiness, and Angel Coulby's performance lights up the screen. Unlike all the other major characters in Merlin, she has no powers or status to bend things her way - instead, her superpowers are reason, compassion, and a level-headedness frequently missing in the antics of her friends. She delights in the happiness of others, has a fierce sense of justice, and she's going to be a fucking awesome queen of Camelot.

♥

( picspam, because her face always cheers me up! )

+ Stories are submitted, cards are posted, presents are wrapped, I am prepared for Christmas! \o/

+ Which of course means I am giving myself a bunch of Yuletide plot bunnies, oops. A few notes on that - first off, writing Yuletide treats (which can be any length for any prompt) is open to anyone with an AO3 account. Get an account invite here. You can browse yuletide letters at the yuletide comm or in a very handy spreadsheet!

+ Also, a signal boost for Yuletide pinch-hitters via elynross:

Apparently Yahoogroups has changed some policy, and the wave of pinch hits sent out has DISABLED MY YAHOO ACCOUNT. I can't post to it to tell the pinch hitters why I'm not responding to claims. Of the 20+ groups I belong to or own, only 3 are displaying, presumably because the rest are on the email address that has been disabled. I... am not a happy camper.

At this point, I need to sleep, and there's very little I can do about this. If you want to claim a pinch hit, you'll need to *forward* or otherwise get the info to my personal email (elynross@gmail.com), and I'll work with that, and try and respond when I get up in a few hours.

Please boost the signal on this, to try and reach other people on the pinch hit list. I'm not sure how the second half of the pinch hits are going to go out, but we'll figure something out.

+ So, Merlin. ( spoilers & picspam )

I caught the Merlin S2 promo pictures when they surfaced earlier this week, and have been squeeing ever since. (I haven't really read any of the interviews etc, though, so no spoilers please!)

My thoughts can pretty much be summed up as OMG GWEN. ♥_♥

( picspam! contains a couple of stills from the first episode. )

You can see the rest of the cast's promo shots in spacefragments's post here.

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Also, there's a hug meme going on. There's me. I even uploaded my Martha/Jack hugging icon for the occasion.

Something Old, Something New
Merlin ; Arthur/Merlin, Arthur/Gwen, Gwen/Morgana ; PG-13 ; 3800 words
Uther had married for love, and Arthur has always believed he should do the same.

Written for lgbtfest, to the prompt of Any historical fandom, any characters, It's true that their marriage isn't a passionate one; one or both of them prefers the attentions of their own sex. That doesn't mean they're unhappily married. Many thanks to glass_icarus, woldy and avendya for their speedy and helpful betas!

"Sire, there is one more matter I would bring to your attention."

Remember Me As A Time Of Day
Merlin ; Morgana/Gwen ; PG-13 ; 1400 words ; amnesia!fic
In an open field, under a morning sky, two women sleep.

title from the Explosions in the Sky song of the same name.

( As the sun creeps over the horizon, she stirs. )

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art! - Illustration by hyel.