Someone To Save Me
Title: Someone to Save Me
Author: geekslave
Artist: whimsycatcher
Pairings/characters: Merlin/Arthur, Lance/Gwen, Gwaine, Leon, Percival, Cenred, Agravaine, Gaius, Vivian, Hunith
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~70K
Warnings: Contains talk of mental illnesses, specifically schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, brief mention of past suicide attempt, dark thoughts, talk of prescription drugs and their effects.
Disclaimer: These characters are the property of the BBC and Shine. No copyright infringement intended.
Author's notes: Thank you very much to the mods for their infinite patience. This story is close to my heart and without their help, I wouldn't have completed it. Also, thanks to them for keeping this fest going! It's a great reminder of the great stories and art this community still can produce!
Also thank you to my artist, whimsycatcher, for being understanding and creating such a lovely cover and hopefully some more beautiful art to come!
Big, big thanks to my beta schweet_heart for working me through all phases of writing this. She also was great to brainstorm with and was so enthusiastic which was very encouraging.
Also, huge thanks to another beta and britpicker, patria_mori who did really thorough work and was great at giving me her opinion on the direction of the story and helping me steer the story right.
Thanks to my cheerleader elveatas for letting me bounce ideas off her and talking me down when I was worried certain things wouldn't make sense?
Also, thank you to reverie_indigo for his work on an earlier draft of this. He gave some great suggestions and beta help early on.
Like I said, the story is close to my heart for personal reasons. I have some experience with schizophrenia, but it doesn't mean I know everything. I tried to be as accurate as I could.
Artist's notes: I remember adoring the film "Benny & Joon" so Geekslave's anonymous summary very much caught my eye! What an interesting source of inspo for a Merlin AU, the way she's transformed the film to suit this fandom has resulted in such a unique and emotional story that I can't wait to fully enjoy from start to finish! For my art, I wanted to design a poster-like cover that portrays these four main characters... So, here's my first attempt at drawing Lance, woo! ^^ Well, I wasn't able to finish any scene illustrations - but I do plan to. My art post will be updated, so please stay tuned! (Thanks again to the lovely mods for handling another fantastic fest!)
Summary: Lance has had to take care of his mentally ill half-brother Arthur most of his life. Though he's had to sacrifice a lot, he would do anything for his brother and refuses to complain. But things are starting to take a toll and Lance has to ask himself what is best for Arthur and for himself. Arthur isn't any happier with the way things are and desperately needs a change. When Arthur "wins" Merlin in a poker game, he changes their lives in ways neither Lance or Arthur ever imagined.
Story link: On AO3
Art link: On LJ
Author: geekslave
Artist: whimsycatcher
Pairings/characters: Merlin/Arthur, Lance/Gwen, Gwaine, Leon, Percival, Cenred, Agravaine, Gaius, Vivian, Hunith
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~70K
Warnings: Contains talk of mental illnesses, specifically schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, brief mention of past suicide attempt, dark thoughts, talk of prescription drugs and their effects.
Disclaimer: These characters are the property of the BBC and Shine. No copyright infringement intended.
Author's notes: Thank you very much to the mods for their infinite patience. This story is close to my heart and without their help, I wouldn't have completed it. Also, thanks to them for keeping this fest going! It's a great reminder of the great stories and art this community still can produce!
Also thank you to my artist, whimsycatcher, for being understanding and creating such a lovely cover and hopefully some more beautiful art to come!
Big, big thanks to my beta schweet_heart for working me through all phases of writing this. She also was great to brainstorm with and was so enthusiastic which was very encouraging.
Also, huge thanks to another beta and britpicker, patria_mori who did really thorough work and was great at giving me her opinion on the direction of the story and helping me steer the story right.
Thanks to my cheerleader elveatas for letting me bounce ideas off her and talking me down when I was worried certain things wouldn't make sense?
Also, thank you to reverie_indigo for his work on an earlier draft of this. He gave some great suggestions and beta help early on.
Like I said, the story is close to my heart for personal reasons. I have some experience with schizophrenia, but it doesn't mean I know everything. I tried to be as accurate as I could.
Artist's notes: I remember adoring the film "Benny & Joon" so Geekslave's anonymous summary very much caught my eye! What an interesting source of inspo for a Merlin AU, the way she's transformed the film to suit this fandom has resulted in such a unique and emotional story that I can't wait to fully enjoy from start to finish! For my art, I wanted to design a poster-like cover that portrays these four main characters... So, here's my first attempt at drawing Lance, woo! ^^ Well, I wasn't able to finish any scene illustrations - but I do plan to. My art post will be updated, so please stay tuned! (Thanks again to the lovely mods for handling another fantastic fest!)
Summary: Lance has had to take care of his mentally ill half-brother Arthur most of his life. Though he's had to sacrifice a lot, he would do anything for his brother and refuses to complain. But things are starting to take a toll and Lance has to ask himself what is best for Arthur and for himself. Arthur isn't any happier with the way things are and desperately needs a change. When Arthur "wins" Merlin in a poker game, he changes their lives in ways neither Lance or Arthur ever imagined.
Story link: On AO3
Art link: On LJ