ART: Darkest Before The Dawn (After Camlann Big Bang)
Here are two pieces of art that I created for Rocknvaughn's fic "Darkest Before the Dawn"
Big thanks to my trusy betas altocello and alby_mangroves for their fantastic advice. Hats off to the mods of ACBB for keeping the Merlin Big Bang tradition rolling. You rock! Finally, thanks and hugs to Rockn! We did it!
WARNINGS:
None, aside from whump and angst.
MEGA STORY SPOILERS
****Please do NOT repost these anywhere without my permission. They can be found on tumblr (1 and 2) and deviantART (1 and 2) ****
First up!
Title: Give Me One Good Reason
Click for LARGE version
And then Merlin bowed his head in submission, awaiting Arthur’s judgment.
Arthur stared down at his manservant with incredulity. “Are you really just going to kneel there and let me lop off your head? You’re a sorcerer!” Arthur grabbed a handful of neckerchief and tugged at it so forcefully that it made Merlin’s head snap back and his teeth rattle. “Fight back, dammit!” he growled menacingly, sliding the blade up to kiss the pulsepoint in Merlin’s neck.
Secondly!
Title: The Cuffs of Isernhæft
But unlike Uther and the guards, Merlin’s body was not still. Instead, he was thrashing about on the stone floor in what looked to be some kind of seizure. And it was no wonder, for Merlin’s entire body was limned with arcs of crackling static so bright blue-white that it hurt Arthur’s eyes, even through the smoke-filled haze. Merlin’s mouth was open in a silent scream, and one of his long-fingered hands clutched at his heart. Branches of the unnatural lightning filled his open mouth and made his eyes--which were rolled back so far into his skull that all Arthur could see was the whites of them--glow that same eerie colour.
Bonus!
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I went through many different expressions for Merlin's face in the first piece, and one of my favourite ones was more "shit himself in fear" than "submissive" - it still looked pretty neat though, lol!
****Please do NOT repost these anywhere without my permission. They can be found on tumblr (1 and 2) and deviantART (1 and 2) ****
Big thanks to my trusy betas altocello and alby_mangroves for their fantastic advice. Hats off to the mods of ACBB for keeping the Merlin Big Bang tradition rolling. You rock! Finally, thanks and hugs to Rockn! We did it!
WARNINGS:
None, aside from whump and angst.
MEGA STORY SPOILERS
****Please do NOT repost these anywhere without my permission. They can be found on tumblr (1 and 2) and deviantART (1 and 2) ****
First up!
Title: Give Me One Good Reason
Click for LARGE version
And then Merlin bowed his head in submission, awaiting Arthur’s judgment.
Arthur stared down at his manservant with incredulity. “Are you really just going to kneel there and let me lop off your head? You’re a sorcerer!” Arthur grabbed a handful of neckerchief and tugged at it so forcefully that it made Merlin’s head snap back and his teeth rattle. “Fight back, dammit!” he growled menacingly, sliding the blade up to kiss the pulsepoint in Merlin’s neck.
Secondly!
Title: The Cuffs of Isernhæft
But unlike Uther and the guards, Merlin’s body was not still. Instead, he was thrashing about on the stone floor in what looked to be some kind of seizure. And it was no wonder, for Merlin’s entire body was limned with arcs of crackling static so bright blue-white that it hurt Arthur’s eyes, even through the smoke-filled haze. Merlin’s mouth was open in a silent scream, and one of his long-fingered hands clutched at his heart. Branches of the unnatural lightning filled his open mouth and made his eyes--which were rolled back so far into his skull that all Arthur could see was the whites of them--glow that same eerie colour.
Bonus!
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I went through many different expressions for Merlin's face in the first piece, and one of my favourite ones was more "shit himself in fear" than "submissive" - it still looked pretty neat though, lol!
****Please do NOT repost these anywhere without my permission. They can be found on tumblr (1 and 2) and deviantART (1 and 2) ****