crabby_lioness | Entries tagged with merlin

After metaphorically turning up my nose at the idea of writing one for years, the mental gears are starting to turn towards a Merlin AU. Inequality and social chaos lie at the heart of the Arthurian tales. There's greater inequality now than there was then, and the social chaos is building.

ETA: Just added this line to my notes Morgana will be the voice of reason and compassion in a woman's body. Therefore it will be imperative for the bad guys to destroy her credibility.

Happy Birthday Skeller! I've been working on some stories about an immortal Merlin in modern times, complete with 1500 years worth of Issues. This is one of them. In honor of you being old enough to be offered a drink, here's a story about Merlin being offered a drink. Hope you enjoy it.

Fic: Baggage
Author: CrabbyLioness
Pairings: Merlin/OC, background Merlin/Arthur
Summary: Merlin gets offered a drink, but there are complications. Modern times, immortal!Merlin
Rating: PG
Word count: 210
Disclaimer: Don't own them. Not making a penny

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Current Mood: cheerful

(I still lack auto-formatting. Grr.)

Merlin Hunt!Fail: Introduction (Note to Fanon) and Physics 101

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Sorry to be late with this. Life's been extremely bus lately. Owl is crawling and standing up for whole seconds at a time and basically getting into everything, and on top of that I have Uther-fic crowding into my brain which must wait until after I've watched the last episode. On with the meta....

We all realize by now that the Pendragons are a dysfunctional family. Since Daddy Pendragon is also a Dark Age King a.k.a. absolute military dictator a.k.a. tyrant, that means Camelot is a dysfunctional kingdom. This episode focuses on the methods used by both his offspring and his subjects to cope.
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Current Mood: excited

"That's the best unicorn story I've ever seen," my husband said when the credits rolled. This episode examined Arthur in a story rich in Early Western European religious symbolism.

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Current Mood: busy

Confession time: I've always hated teen shows that revolve around sex and/or high school. One of the reasons I enjoy Merlin is because it breaks that mold. But just because there's no school doesn't mean there are no tests.

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This episode packed a lot of punches into a very short time, so this essay has a lot of play-by-play. Sorry about that.

We begin with Nimue turning a dead knight into a zombie. Cut to Arthur's 21st birthday party and investiture as Crown Prince, which if I remember correctly means he will no longer have to have a Regent appointed when his father dies but can assume the throne directly. Why do I feel an inappropriate birthday present coming up?

(Geez hon, most people settle for a bottle of whiskey or a blow-up doll.)

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"That's the darkest thing we've watched in a while," my husband said. I agreed. This episode rivaled the darker episodes of Torchwood.

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Title: Merlin Won't Sleep in Arthur's Room.
Author: CrabbyLioness
Summary: UST
Disclaimer: The Arthurian Legends belong to the ages. This retelling belongs to the BBC and Shine.
Rating: PG
Word count: 62 Less is more.
Spoilers: I've only seen through Episode 8.

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Current Mood: calm

Now we're rocking again.

Remember what I said about events taking certain shapes in Episode 4? Go back and reread it if you like, because in the second episode by The Poisoned Chalice writer Ben Vanstone it's starting to happen.

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Current Mood: rushed

Title: Arthur's Favorite
Author: CrabbyLioness
Summary: Arthur and Merlin's relationship as seen through various eyes. Might be seen as a sequel to A Change on the Wind, but it doesn't have to be.
Disclaimer: The Arthurian Legends belong to the ages. This retelling belongs to the BBC and Shine.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 505
Spoilers: I've only seen through Episode 7.
Warning: there might be a sequel to this story after I finish watching S1. You have been warned.

Any group of five or more people runs on gossip, including castle staff. A favorite topic downstairs at Camelot Castle lately had been the unusual relationship between the young Prince and his new manservant.

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Current Mood: creative

A clever plot disguises a massive exposition dump, but has a weak ending.

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Current Mood: discontent

There are over one hundred characters in the full-blown Arthurian Legends. In my opinion the most difficult by far to write well is Lancelot. If Arthur and Merlin are the foundation, then Lancelot is the keystone. His strengths and virtues bind together the soaring arch of Arthurian Chivalry, and his weaknesses bring it crashing down. So it is absolutely essential that any retelling establish at Lancelot's introduction his strength, his courage, his valor, his selflessness, his beauty, his kindness, his respect and utter adoration for Arthur, his love of Guenevere, his desperation to do anything to prove himself, and his fatal willingness to let those he cares about talk him into doing things that he knows are bad ideas.

Current Mood: busy

Now we're starting to rock.

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Current Mood: sleepy

Title: A Change on the Wind
Author: CrabbyLioness
Main Characters: Merlin, Arthur, Uther
Summary: immediately after The Poisoned Chalice.
Disclaimer: If I owned them, they'd have different plot holes.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 769
Spoilers: I've only seen through Episode 4.

( Arthur looked around slowly, carefully schooling his face into an expression of calm to mask his growing unease. )
Semi-sequel: Arthur's Favorite

Current Mood: sleepy

Now that the final reviews are in and the Christmas flu is winding down, I finally have time to watch Merlin. I've seen the first three episodes so far, and I haven't been disappointed.

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