Title: I Fear No Fate
Rating: R
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: About 8,500
Episode Spoilers: Set post season 1, but no specific ones
Warnings: A scene which could possibly be tricky for those with self abuse triggers.
Summary: Time travelling Merlin, with some romance and growing up thrown in too.
A/N: Thanks to freedomdarkness for a great beta read. Blame for any remaining mistakes rests with me. The title is by e.e. cummins from the poem i carry your heart. (Inspired by this beautiful icon by gogo_didi though.)

( I Fear No Fate )

So...I get home from charity run and find my boyfriend in tears on the sofa. I drop my bags, run across the room and get a frantic, "DO NOT WATCH TORCHWOOD!" in response.

My boyfriend is not fannish. He does not even like Torchwood, the amount he has mocked Torchwood is, well, lets just say it's a lot.

WHAT THE FUCK HAS HAPPENED?????

I can't watch it now, because I'm out tomorrow night and if it's horribly tragic I can't watch episode four without seeing epiosde five and how it's been fixed straight after.

It is going to be fixed right?

Don't spoil me because I don't think I actually want to know but it must be really, really, really bad right?

So I've been thinking, which is always a dangerous move. It's been started by all the recent interest in the Star Trek reboot, Spock and Kirk were the original slash pairing right, back in the sixties, but that was forty years ago and how many other pairings have there been throughout the intervening years that have been virtually forgotten or lost?

It's sad because I bet people loved them passionately, created beautiful fic and art and now they've sort of slid from most people's thoughts.

It's not even just really old fandoms, Queer as Folk US was my, I suppose the show I most truly loved. The one that drew me back to writing and creating and it's so low key these days I'd go so far to say that the majority of people getting into fandom now would never even hear of it and that's fine, tastes move on, but I like the idea of it being recorded somewhere central that this show was really loved once, treasured.

So my idea, a livejournal community with the goal of recording every fandom that's ever been. With a summary of what it was, what the key pairings were, links to the classic fics if possible, and then in the comments on each post people can add their favorite stories, favorite moments.

But this kind of thing will need tonnes of contributors a high profile and much pimpage, so does anyone think it's a good idea? Would you be willing to pimp? Would you want to right an entry for a fandom?

I haven't decided whether it's worth the time and effort to do it yet, but I kind of want to...

Title: Awash With Love
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: About 6,000
Episode Spoilers: Set post season 1, but no specific ones
Warnings: None, aside from exposure to my sense of humour.
Summary: “I give him this gift Uther. He can only marry for the truest and deepest love. Both on his part and the part of his wife.” When Arthur is cursed the whole of Camelot is determined to find him a bride. Well, all but one person.
A/N: Thank you so much to the fabulous freedomdarkness for a great beta read. Any remaining mistakes are all my own.

( Awash With Love )

Hi flist, my normal beta reader is internetless at the moment so I was wondering whether there might be anyone else out there who wouldn't mind taking a look at my latest story? It's a fluffy fic with romance, magic, idiocy and unfortunate match making. Hopefully it's vaguely funny. If there is such a one among you I would be extremely grateful! The story isn't too long, only about 5,000 words. Oh and Merlin/Arthur, as if it could be anything else at the moment.

Thank you! X

So on Monday I find out whether I'm being made redundant. If I am, then I'm out of a job by the end of March. And I'm just, well, gutted.

I want to post this whole spiel about the shitty circumstance and how fast its happened and how I actually like my job and I'm not quite ready for it to end yet. But for some stupid reason I can't bring myself to type that. I just want it on record, even if it's not a record anyone who works for my company will ever read, that this is absolutely gutting.

EDIT Today (Friday) we were told and to my intense surprise it wasn't me who was laid it off, it was my friend though and I feel awful for her. And relieved for me. And after this absolute arse of a week kind of an emotional wreck!

Spent yesterday in the company of lovely, loony Merlin fans! The work of staggering genius that is the round robin can be found here.

For anyone on my flist who loves Merlin and hasn't heard about this, the fabulous krazykipper is running Pendracon, a full blown Merlin convention, in July. Although it isn't for awhile it would probably be a big help to have some guaranteed money in the pot and you don't want to miss out on the chance of a ticket. All the details are here - I think it's going to be fantastic!

Because I feel frazzled and in need of distraction, a great meme gakked from solar_cat, consider yourselves tagged flist!

Post a single sentence from each WIP you have (or as many as you want to pick). No context, no explanations. No more than one sentence!

1) “Perhaps I got the question wrong, why am I here?”

2) Merlin nodded and said slowly, “I was sent back in time by an evil sorcerer who was plotting to overthrow Camelot?”

3) Morgana tilted her head on one side, as though seriously considering it and then nodded, “A kiss would be acceptable.”

4) “You're sure you weren't just trying to catch me looking...um, dishevelled?”

5) “And the problem with that is, well in this situation, is that you might get some younger women thinking that he's their true love because he's, um, pretty...”

In conclusion, I have too many WiPs, how about you guys...?

Title: Dominion
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Episode Spoilers: Whole of series 1
Warnings: Contains references to acts of a dubious and non-consensual nature
Summary: Arthur doesn't sleep with servants, but why?
A/N: This story started life for the emo challenge at Merlin Flashfic, but life went crazy and I didn't manage to make the necessary revisions in time. It is a much better story that it would have previously been due to the beta skills of fanged_angel and unamaga, who spotted what was wrong when I couldn't. Thanks guys! Any remaining mistakes are all mine.

( Dominion )

I have committed Merlin and Arthur fic and it has gone to my normal beta reader, who is completely, fabulous and I'm sure will do a wonderful job with it, but I'm basically, really unsure about it and feel it needs a third opinion. If anyone could spare half an hour to give it a read over that would be amazing.

( More details under the cut. )

I have no idea if any of those on my flist live in Australia, but to any that do I sincerely hope you're alright, you're all too special to lose! For those who might have friends or family there, I really hope they're safe. *Virtual hugs go out to all!*

Well because I live in the UK, which is a country that has an excess of weather and yet can only cope with light rain and definitely not heavy snow, I effectively got a day off work! Woot! I 'worked at home' but you know, same difference.

( Cut for the wonderful 15 OTPs meme that's been floating around )

Title: Balance of the World
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: 3,000
Episode Spoilers: Le Morte d'Arthur.
Warnings: None
Summary: A belated episode tag for the last episode of series one. Arthur finds the letter Gaius wrote Merlin.
A/N: Thank you to the wonderful fanged_angel for beta reading, any remaining mistakes are mine.

( Balance of the World )

Title: Walks in Beauty
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: 9,766
Episode Spoilers: None.
Warnings: None
Summary: They all stared at Arthur's chest and that was when Merlin's brain really registered the thinner face, the smooth throat and he said feelingly, “Oh shit.” Gender switch, crack, true love, duels of honour and someone who really, really doesn't want to wear a dress.
A/N: Many thanks once again to my beta reader fanged_angel.

( Walks in Beauty )

Title: Blood Simple
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Word Count: Approx 4,000
Episode Spoilers: Very slight one for the Labyrinth of Gedref.
Warnings: Bit dark in places
Summary: A witch comes to Camelot to kidnap Merlin. Arthur goes to the rescue.
A/N: Many thanks to my beta reader fanged_angel. The title is from a Coen Brothers film.

( Blood Simple )

Title: Declarations
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: McShep
Summary: “You haven’t spent the last week listening to the whole city try and pair up your boyfriend with a pretend science floozy.”
Word Count: 2,541
Episode Spoilers: No specific ones, set middle of Season 4
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Surprisingly I don't own them

( Declarations )

Title: The Frost Showed It's Fires
Pairing: McShep
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word count: 1,214
Summary: Ice skating on an alien planet. Written for the McSmooch fest. Title by Ted Hughes from The Horses.

( The Frost Showed It's Fires )

I have a SGA John/Rodney ficlet over at McSmoosh - Frozen Light, PG, 494 words

Title: Sliding Through Space
Author: Burkesl17
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: McShep
Summary: Midway Tag, John and Rodney floating in space
Word Count: 3,750
Episode Spoilers: Midway specifically and vaguer ones for Outcast
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Surprisingly I don't own them
Author's Notes: Posted about a month ago on McKay/Sheppard Slash and archived here as playing in SGA seems to be an addiction.

( Sliding Through Space )

Belonging by Burkesl17
Title: Belonging
Author: Burkesl17
Rating: NC-17
Fandom: Torchwood
For: Jigot
Elements: Jack/Ianto, Ianto's family, Ianto's birthday
Summary: Ianto goes to visit his family for on his birthday
AN: Another old story being archived in this journal, originally written July 2007 for the Get Torchwood Laid community, it was therefore written before Season 2 and has subsequently been fairly jossed, I'm still quite fond of it though. Many thanks to my beta, the wonderful moira_fae11.

( Belonging )