Fic: Little Wooden Boy and The Belly of Love

[new_kate]

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

Comments

[gilli-ann.livejournal.com]

I love this fic! It's so optimistic and compassionate, so lovely in its fond and unqualified acceptance of and warmth for each person you write about here, all quirks and unusual characteristics included, so positive in embracing originality and diversity and in showing how it's all good, as long as these're good people at their core. The characters are all of them so distinctly described, I feel like I've met them personally! I could go on but then I already have, so I'll limit myself to another happy yay! for this wonderful fic!

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

*flails like a crazy flailing thing*


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ILUSM

[gealach-ros.livejournal.com]

OMG, so much love for this fic, SO MUCH LOVE!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

I'm so glad I didn't read the warnings, so the 'reveal' rather got me by surprise - and what a beautiful surprise that was. It rarely happens that I fall in love with a fic, but it happened with this one.

Thank you so much for writing and sharing this gem. ♥

[onelittlesleep.livejournal.com]

THIS WAS. AMAZING. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WROTE IT.

You are brilliant. I don't think I've ever read anything like this in fandom. It was MUCH-NEEDED.

[hermette.livejournal.com]

Um. Holy shit. Be more talented.

NO WAIT DON'T. LEAVE SOME FOR THE REST OF US, JFC.

This was amazing, bb. Just so completely amazing. How unbelievably well done of you.

[giselleslash.livejournal.com]

Oh, god. I loved the HELL out of this when I read it at camelotsolstice. SO WELL DONE. Utterly amazing. The way you handled the subject matter and made it feel so real and perfect at the same time. LOVED it.

[deadwoodmt.livejournal.com]

This was so wonderful!

[liversan.livejournal.com]

My god, I loved this fic when it was posted. I'm seriously in awe of your world building but also ability to share those different worlds with us. Thanks for another amazing fic.

[ella-bane.livejournal.com]

I adored this so very, very much!

[sophinisba]

Oh, hooray! I loved this fic and I had guessed it was yours! I have some interest in podficcing it if that's something you'd be up for. :)

[mizufae.livejournal.com]

This was incredibly great.

I really need more of this Arthur idea, like, RIGHT. NOW. It's so compelling and such a wonderful angle to take and what a way to keep him in character but give him a secret of his own! This fandom definitely needs more nonmagical trans things. I feel really inspired now.

[zedabbler.livejournal.com]

Hi! I came here following the delicious scent of gang-sex (now that the knights are finally here to stay in S4, hopefully there'll be more of those in the fandom..please, please) and I ended up crying over this fic after plundering your whole archive. It's lovely and all kinds of warm things and I totally didn't see that coming and was literally screaming my house down, and laughing not because it's funny but just coz I was so overwhelmed by the revelation and then I was weeping. And it made me think of all sorts of things about life and how so many things are beyond the realm of my understanding, and that just because I can't understand them doesn't mean they'll go away and I keep thinking about the people who have to deal with them and how courageous they are... and you know, so many stuff whirling in my head on my drive to work (yes, I read it in the morning before going to work coz I'm that kind of a nut). In short, this story changed my life. Or it should, if I'm not a lazy bum who can't be bothered to change her ways.

I'm bracing myself to read the Merlin/Uther right now, but since I love all your stories, I think I'll end up liking that one too.

I just have one complaint, and that is... I want MOAR FIC. I'm bookmarking your fanfic tag in the hope of finding more shining gems (I love shiny stuff) in the future. Keep on writing~~

[hibem.livejournal.com]

I'm a million years late to the party and still only partway through S1, but~

But I have to say, this fic. Damn, woman. Simultaneously turned on and tearing up a little now. :shakes fist: How do you always do this to me?

PS: I blame you for the fact that I'm even watching Merlin now. It was worth it for this fic.

[tama_abi]

Just saying... I've already read this fic several times and recced it on my LJ a while ago but... I'm re-reading it right now and I can't tell you how much I love it.

Thank you again!

[shes-gone.livejournal.com]

Most overdue comment in the world - I listened to sophinisba's reading of this months ago while travelling and was just. Kind of weak with how much I loved it. I've reread it since then and linked a couple of non-fandom friends to it, and they loved it, too. We chatted about it and I was like, shit, I need to stop trying to think of something coherent to say and just go tell new_kate how fucking beautiful this fic is. Your name in my inbox this morning reminded me that I'm a big jerk who still hadn't. I still have nothing coherent to say, but dude. THIS FIC IS REALLY FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. It seriously haunts me a little. ♥♥♥

[miyurimi.livejournal.com]

This is the first I've read a ftm/mtf fic and it was beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Good job!