2010-11-14 02:02 am

You hear that, Mr Anderson? That is the sound of ineffability.

Episode 3.10, in which the plots continue to baffle and hurt my tiny brain *whimpers*

Merlin 3.10 spoilers )
2010-10-26 07:25 pm
Entry tags:

Chest contest, Merlin RPS, NC-17

Title: Chest Contest
Fandom: Merlin BBC RPS
Pairing: Bradley/Colin/Eoin
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 5.5K
Disclaimer: this is fiction.
Many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] miranda_skye and [livejournal.com profile] marguerite_26 for lightning-fast beta, and to [livejournal.com profile] devikun for enabling my squee with visual references like this. Also much love to [livejournal.com profile] ninja_orange for her lovely picspams which are invaluable for, uh, research.

So, Eoin, welcome to the fine ship Merlin )
2010-10-23 08:53 pm

Merlin 3.7

Cmon, the episode finished ages ago, why is it not at all indicated all over my f-list??

It was really all kinds of awesome. I'm sure there was enough fail but I can't see it right now underneath all the awesome sauce on top.

spoilers )
2010-10-17 11:52 pm
Entry tags:

My thoughts on Merlin 3.06, let me show you them

Title: Disenchanted
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Rathing: PG-13
Pairing: Elena/Vivian
Wordcount: 2K
So unbetaed. Hey hey do we have a merlinplace to pimp femslash? I don't even know.

spoilers for 2.10 and 3.6 )
new_kate: (purpose of writing)
2010-10-04 03:54 pm
Entry tags:

Dead Poets' Detective Agency

Hey hey hey [livejournal.com profile] lady_ganesh!!! Do you remember this? I thought about it last week and, because I love you in an utterly ridiculous way, I thought you might enjoy this! Sorry it's not drawn by Higuri You.

Title: Dead Poets' Detective Agency
Fandom: historical RPS (rofl)
Rating: NSFW
Word count: 3K
Many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] ghost_guessed for betaing and [livejournal.com profile] andmydog for enabling :D
Summary: crack Walt Whitman, Lord Byron, and Oscar Wilde, pulled from the afterlife by an Unknown Force, team up together to fight supernatural crime.

Read more... )
2010-10-04 03:36 pm

Can't. Stop. Laughing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11457795

Senior druid King Arthur Pendragon, told the BBC News website the organisation had had to "jump through hoops" to meet the commission's requirements.

Although he runs his own druid order, he said the Druid Network's achievement was a celebration for all members of the faith.

He said: "We are looking at the indigenous religion of these isles - it's not a new religion but one of the oldest."


Mr Pendragon, of Stonehenge, said he would not be seeking charitable status for his own order - the Loyal Arthurian Warband - as it was a political wing and therefore had no need to be recognised as a charity.
2010-09-26 01:32 pm

Merlin 3.03

Okay so I love this show and make excuses for it all the time. Thus I came up with a new theory.

Spoilery )

That said, this show desperately needs a kick-ass, competent female character who's not evil. Incidentally, when I just started watching we had THREE of those, so it's not like the writers don't know how it's done. Come onnn.
2010-09-24 03:12 pm

Arcane Asylum 16/16 (last part!)

Title: Arcane Asylum
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: NC-17
Warnings for this part: smut!
Summary: Modern AU. For the last twenty two years Uther Pendragon had been waging war on magic. Now his son Arthur has been framed for a magical crime and sent to the prison for magic users. Arthur is instantly targeted by the inmates, but mysterious top dog Merlin takes him under his wing. They form a bond, and Merlin decides to help Arthur clear his name.
Originally written for this prompt at [livejournal.com profile] kinkme_merlin
Many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] devikun and [livejournal.com profile] ghost_guessed for betaing!
Word count: 6K for this part.

Many, many huge flaily thanks to everyone who's been reading this as a WiP! Your comments and support were so precious to me. You guys are awesome <3


First part
Chapter index

Asylum 16: Isle of the Blessed


Read more... )
2010-09-24 03:01 pm

Arcane Asylum 15/16

Title: Arcane Asylum
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin and a bunch of less true pairings mentioned in the flashbacks.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings for this part: smut! Highlight to read spoiler warning: sort of temporary character death but not really
Summary: Modern AU. For the last twenty two years Uther Pendragon had been waging war on magic. Now his son Arthur has been framed for a magical crime and sent to the prison for magic users. Arthur is instantly targeted by the inmates, but mysterious top dog Merlin takes him under his wing. They form a bond, and Merlin decides to help Arthur clear his name.
Originally written for this prompt at [livejournal.com profile] kinkme_merlin
Many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] devikun and [livejournal.com profile] ghost_guessed for betaing!
Word count: 9K for this part.



First part
Chapter index



Part 15: Power to be Powerful

Read more... )
2010-09-24 02:53 pm

Arcane Asylum 14/16

Title: Arcane Asylum
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin and a bunch of less true pairings mentioned in the flashbacks.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings for this part: smut!
Summary: Modern AU. For the last twenty two years Uther Pendragon had been waging war on magic. Now his son Arthur has been framed for a magical crime and sent to the prison for magic users. Arthur is instantly targeted by the inmates, but mysterious top dog Merlin takes him under his wing. They form a bond, and Merlin decides to help Arthur clear his name.
Originally written for this prompt at [livejournal.com profile] kinkme_merlin
Many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] devikun and [livejournal.com profile] ghost_guessed for betaing!
Word count: 9K for this part.

First part
Chapter index


Asylum 14: Lady of the Lakes

Read more... )
2010-09-22 08:22 pm

zomg PODFIC!!! \o/ Completed!!!

Podfic of Steam performed by [livejournal.com profile] pennyplainknits is completed!

Download from her journal

Gah it's so amazing.
2010-09-17 06:04 pm

Arcane Asylum 13/16

Title: Arcane Asylum
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin and a bunch of less true pairings mentioned in the flashbacks.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings for this part: rather horrid dub-con (not M/A) idk how this happened D: in my defence, it's canon.
Summary: Modern AU. For the last twenty two years Uther Pendragon had been waging war on magic. When his son Arthur is framed for a magical crime he's sent to the prison for magic users. He's instantly targeted by the inmates, but mysterious top dog Merlin takes him under his wing. They form a bond, and Merlin decides to help Arthur clear his name.
Originally written for this prompt at [livejournal.com profile] kinkme_merlin
Many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] devikun and [livejournal.com profile] ghost_guessed for betaing!
Word count: 10K for this part.

First part
Chapter index


Part 13: Road Trip.

Read more... )
2010-09-17 05:47 pm

Arcane Asylum 12/16

Title: Arcane Asylum
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin and a bunch of less true pairings mentioned in the flashbacks.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings for this part: smut, violence, minor character death.
Summary: Modern AU. For the last twenty two years Uther Pendragon had been waging war on magic. When his son Arthur is framed for a magical crime he's sent to the prison for magic users. He's instantly targeted by the inmates, but mysterious top dog Merlin takes him under his wing. They form a bond, and Merlin decides to help Arthur clear his name.
Originally written for this prompt at [livejournal.com profile] kinkme_merlin
Many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] devikun and [livejournal.com profile] ghost_guessed for betaing!
Word count: 10K for this part.

First part
Chapter index


Part 12: Cathedrals

Worst mode of transport ever )
2010-09-14 09:49 pm

Return of the PODFIC!!! \o/

Who's the sex machine with all the podfic? [livejournal.com profile] pennyplainknits! Damn right!

Third part of Steam podfic performed sublimely by [livejournal.com profile] pennyplainknits is -

HERE!!! All three parts are in the zip.

Hell yes!!!! <3 <3
2010-09-12 12:40 am

Steam podfic part two has landed!

Moar podfic! I just can't deal with how awesome this is.

Second part of [livejournal.com profile] pennyplainknits's podfic of Steam is up!!! \o/

Parts 1 and 2 here

What an excellent day: squee and cake in York with my girls, Merlin 3.1 sitting prettily on iplayer, and, omg, this. Dammit, life, why so good. Don't change.
2010-09-10 10:32 am

PODFIC!!! \o/

(Okay okay, self, breathe, breathe.)

Right.

PODFIC!!!!!!! OMG! ugh there's not enough capslock in the world, I've been a headless flaily chicken since this happened.

[livejournal.com profile] pennyplainknits!!! Is recording a podfic of my Big Bang story, Steam!

The first part is here and oh, oh. It's pefect.

I'm thisclose to happiness-induced coma. Hearing my story read like that, with such skill and imagination, I seriously can't describe how wonderful it feels. Also, god, once again so grateful to my beta [livejournal.com profile] deadwoodmt for being so thorough and good and unpurpling my prose. I'm rather sure [livejournal.com profile] pennyplainknits would make my clunky draft sound good anyway, but, GUH.

But, okay, as objectively as I can say right now, this is a beautiful reading. I can't wait to listen to the rest of it, I'm dying to know how will [livejournal.com profile] pennyplainknits interpret every bit.
2010-09-04 05:23 pm

BFI screening here we go!

Hello Merlin fans! So who's going to the BFI screening? I'm in row C! I'd love to meet everyone I've been talking to online, and say hi to everyone I'd met last year at Pendracon. I'm so awful with faces, I probably won't recognise you guys in the crowd! Sorry! I'm setting off pretty much now, as I'm in Lancashire (hey, is anyone else in Lancashire? Still hoping to meet some fans locally). I'll still be getting emails, PMs and comments so let me know please if you guys would like to meet up before or after.
2010-08-30 09:46 pm
Entry tags:

Steam 5/5

Title: Steam
Pairings/characters: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 40k
Warnings: reincarnation, violence, captivity, deaths of minor characters, alternative history, bad science, extreme nerdiness, evil mecha.
Summary: It's been centuries since King Arthur united Albion and lifted the ban on magic. Ruled by Pendragon dynasty, the kingdom had prospered till a feud between the magicians and King Uther the Second drove the country to the brink of collapse. Now it's up to Prince Arthur and his Knights of the Engine to harness steam power to replace the magic Albion had lost, and it's up to Merlin to protect Arthur while he fulfils his destiny.
Author's notes: Written for [livejournal.com profile] paperlegends. Reincarnation story. Renaissance-era post-apocalyptic steampunk AU set 300 years after canon timeline. Betaed by the wonderful [livejournal.com profile] deadwoodmt
Art link: HERE ARE 3 (THREE!!!) AWESOME PIECES by [livejournal.com profile] aqualillium who also made beautiful icons and banners featured here.
Podfic!!!! Performed wonderfully by [livejournal.com profile] pennyplainknits, zip of all 5 parts is HERE!!!

Also on AOOO for all your e-booking needs


Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four

Part Five

One of the men had galloped ahead to announce their arrival )
2010-08-30 09:24 pm
Entry tags:

Steam 4/5

Title: Steam
Pairings/characters: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 40k
Warnings: reincarnation, violence, captivity, deaths of minor characters, alternative history, bad science, extreme nerdiness, evil mecha.
Summary: It's been centuries since King Arthur united Albion and lifted the ban on magic. Ruled by Pendragon dynasty, the kingdom had prospered till a feud between the magicians and King Uther the Second drove the country to the brink of collapse. Now it's up to Prince Arthur and his Knights of the Engine to harness steam power to replace the magic Albion had lost, and it's up to Merlin to protect Arthur while he fulfils his destiny.
Author's notes: Written for [livejournal.com profile] paperlegends Reincarnation story. Renaissance-era post-apocalyptic steampunk AU set 300 years after canon timeline. Betaed by the wonderful [livejournal.com profile] deadwoodmt
Art link: HERE ARE 3 (THREE!!!) AWESOME PIECES by [livejournal.com profile] aqualillium who also made beautiful icons and banners featured here.
Podfic!!!! Performed wonderfully by [livejournal.com profile] pennyplainknits, zip of all 5 parts is HERE!!!

Also on AOOO for all your e-booking needs


Part One
Part Two
Part Three

Part 4


Merlin lay in the bushes, trying to come up with a plan )
2010-08-30 09:15 pm
Entry tags:

Steam 3/5

Title: Steam
Pairings/characters: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 40k
Warnings: reincarnation, violence, captivity, deaths of minor characters, alternative history, bad science, extreme nerdiness, evil mecha.
Summary: It's been centuries since King Arthur united Albion and lifted the ban on magic. Ruled by Pendragon dynasty, the kingdom had prospered till a feud between the magicians and King Uther the Second drove the country to the brink of collapse. Now it's up to Prince Arthur and his Knights of the Engine to harness steam power to replace the magic Albion had lost, and it's up to Merlin to protect Arthur while he fulfils his destiny.
Author's notes: Written for [livejournal.com profile] paperlegends. Reincarnation story. Renaissance-era post-apocalyptic steampunk AU set 300 years after canon timeline. Betaed by the wonderful [livejournal.com profile] deadwoodmt
Art link: HERE ARE 3 (THREE!!!) AWESOME PIECES by [livejournal.com profile] aqualillium who also made beautiful icons and banners featured here.
Podfic!!!! Performed wonderfully by [livejournal.com profile] pennyplainknits, zip of all 5 parts is HERE!!!

Also on AOOO for all your e-booking needs



Part One
Part Two

Part Three

On the last day of the age of the magicians )