Fic: cares we travail to content us (6/6)

[angelqueen04]

Title: cares we travail to content us (6/6)
Author: angelqueen04
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 30,430 (this part 3,769)
Characters/Pairings: Morgana/Arthur, Gwen/Morgause, Merlin, Nimueh, and a host of supporting characters
Warnings: hints of femslash, implications of torture (nothing graphic), eventual character death
Summary: It is a dark time for the galaxy.

Comments

[shan_3414]

I'm obviously ages late finding this, but I am ~ecstatic that I ran across it! You managed to fit everyone into the Star Wars universe seamlessly, without losing sight of their canon personalities; I love that you didn't attempt a character-for-character replacement because the dynamics you've created here were amazingly well done. You've got everything I love best about Merlin: the undertones of destiny, the friendships, the sense of past tragedies (I loved the little glimpses of the relationship between Ygraine and Nimueh), the banter -- and then there's STAR WARS, and how could the two combined not be amazing?

The nods to both SW & Merlin canon were perfect (I loved the Merlin/Freya reference and the well-placed Morgana dialogue), your takes on the Arthur/Morgana and Gwen/Morgause dynamics were so well done, and this was altogether one of the most satisfying and original reads I've encountered in this fandom! Let me know if you ever decide to tackle a sequel - I'd love to make some story banners or something for it, if you like that sort of thing. And friending you so I can keep up with future awesome!

[angelqueen04]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment! I'm always thrilled when someone replies to this story, and I'm delighted that you loved it so much! :)

I admit, when I started developing this story, I quickly realized that there could be no direct correlation between the two casts. For example, both Morgause and Arthur have elements of Luke Skywalker in them, and Merlin is clearly more than a sidekick/co-pilot. As for the Gwen/Morgause dynamic, that was one of the biggest shockers to come out of this fic. It was entirely unintentional. The path the characters took ended up throwing the two women together on a few occasions and I suddenly found that they had chemistry. When that penetrated my brain, I think I did a merry dance for a good five minutes. I love unexpected ships. :D

Thanks so much again for reviewing! :) I hope to do a sequel to this some day, but the muse isn't cooperating much at the moment, and seems much more interested in several of the other works-in-progress that are hanging about. Still, I hope to develop one some day. If I do, I'll certainly look you up. I'd be delighted to see art for this 'verse! :D

[shan_3414]

Unexpected chemistry is one of my favorite things in fic, so I'm glad you just let the characters take you where they would. :D It makes the journey that much more compelling.

I'll definitely be looking forward to whatever else you come up with!