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Hello! I interrupt my regularly scheduled being too lazy to post because OMG.

Lunchee has recorded a podfic for my story Intended

This podfic - okay, so the story is 17k long and spans 4 years in time, and is mostly dialogue, and sometimes there are three people talking, and I am stingy and/or lazy with dialogue tags, and you'd think this would be absolutely impossible to podfic. But lunchee somehow did it, with great flair and finesse, humour and feeling. The character's voices she creates are so distinct and real, and even my crazy-ass dialogue seems to flow effortlessly, and, oh god, Arthur. Lunchee makes him so pitch-perfect throughout, he grows up and his voice changes as he does, even before it "breaks" when he's 17, and - you know, I could gush about it forever, it's just weird because it kind of is my story, even though it feels completely new in her reading. So. Give it a listen. It's a beautiful performance. Leave her love. 

Intended - Podfic by Lunchee

Merlin/Arthur, Explicit
Warnings: teacher/student relationship, age difference (18 and 27)

Title: Men for All Seasons
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Summary: Reincarnation story set in 1940. In Albion's hour of need Arthur is brought back from his rest in Avalon. He learns that the world is at war, and that the enemies have dark magic at their disposal. With the help of the mysterious Vril society the invaders are about to gain air superiority and become unstoppable. Only Merlin could fight the new magical threat, but Merlin has been missing for a long time...
Written for paperlegends Merlin Big Bang 2011.
Pairings: A/M, implied past A/Gwen.
Word count: 56K
Rating: R
Warnings: Violence, war, torture, disturbing historical references, implied character deaths in the past, mental disorder. Also flying saucers.

(I feel like I should explain about the flying saucers so here's a link though it will probably only increase the level of WTF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_flying_saucers )

Notes: many, many thanks to my heroic beta ghost_guessed, who wouldn't give up on me despite my constant flailing and was a delight to work with, as always. Also to lolafeist, ella_bane, scribblemoose and gilli_ann for their support and invaluable advice and for holding my hand through all of this, and to louiselux, puddingcat, daegaer and toscas_kiss who read this in Tallin hotel room in between sharing beer, game and adventures with me.

Huge thanks to the_muppet, for being a wonderfully supportive mod and for hooking me up with the inimitable amphigoury.

amphigoury agreed to pinch-hit the art at the last minute, read 50K of terrifyingly rough draft in one go and magically conjured three magnificent pieces and also the gifs embedded throughout the story. I don't know how, okay. It's a miracle. Thank you! It's been such a privilege to work with you and to get to know you.

Art masterpost: http://amphigoury.livejournal.com/16103.html

AOO link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/246860
All parts are tagged

Click for full version of the cover

( Arthur felt solid ground beneath his back and opened his eyes )

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Men for all Seasons, Part 5

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( They went down to the sewers again )


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OMG I never actually posted about this, have I? And literally it's been a month since

Last month, as a part of podficbigbang, sophinisba created a fantastic podfic for my Merlin story Little Wooden Boy and The Belly of Love!!! Sooo goood.

It's here: http://sophinisba.dreamwidth.org/337089.html

And also!! yue_ix made art. Which is just, it's scary how perfect her choice is. It's amazing.

Look look: http://yue-ix.dreamwidth.org/126242.html

Just, guh. I can't describe this feeling. It's a good feeling :)

I'm off to Estonia for my fabulous holiday trip. Back on 28th, and by then I shall be relocated to Manchester.

Guys, who's in Manchester? Let's do lunch!

This be the week for slutting around in different fandoms.

Title: Slave
Fandom: Eagle
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 2K
Warnings: slavery, violence, all that good stuff. Pretty much gen.
Summary: Esca's story.
Many thanks to onelittlesleep for betaing!

( Mother kneels at Father's feet, lifts her face to him, smiles )

Okay so it seems camelotsolstice is actually done for reals so here we go with the deanoning. This was posted way back in January. Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments! <3

Title: Little Wooden Boy and The Belly of Love
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 14K
Written for faorism for the camelotsolstice fest.
Summary: Modern AU. Arthur moves to a a different city to start a new life and become a new man. On a whim he decides to share a flat with an attractive stranger, and quickly gets drawn into Merlin's odd little world.
Warning(s): Mild drugs and alcohol use, pegging, mention of mental illness, transgender issues (one of the characters is pre-op ftm).
Betaed by puddingcat

Posted on AOOO

Oh hell yes.

C'mon guys, sign up and then we'll stress out together, and cry on each other's shoulders, and write our long long stories, and talk about our stubborn characters not doing what they were supposed to for the plot, and spaz out about the pretty art, and it will be so, so great.

Warnings: I posses neither a scanner nor eraser.

( Merlin's New Year's resolutions list turned out pretty short )