My weekend in a numbered list...

[bluflamingo]

1. I am victorious over my packing (moving house on new year's eve, yay!), my laundry, my posting of christmas presents and my buying of furniture (including an amy moment* in which I acquired a chest of drawers that would have been £70 including delivery for only £30, because I went by a nice secondhand place). However, I have also packed all my

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[ionaonie]

YAY - You got caught by the Merlin bug *g*

It's a fun affliction to have, I can tell you.

I'm possibly slightly obsessed - probably more with Arthur than anything else *G*

[bluflamingo]

Yeah, Arthur's kind of interestingly messed up - I like the way he keeps doing the right thing almost against his will, like he really wants to be ruthless and like his father, but he's just too much of a good person to actually be.

[athousanderrors]

*delurks* Just curious - where did you find Merlin? I've been looking for it EVERYWHERE, having seen the last episode and getting curious as to where all my fandom faves have disappeared to...

[bluflamingo]

Merlin the show, or Merlin fic? The former at mininova.org, the latter via crack-van.

[athousanderrors]

I meant the show, but thank you for both!

My computer hates torrents, so I'll have to keep looking...*kicks ancient PC*

[bluflamingo]

Ah, then that doesn't help you much. If you know of somewhere I could upload it so you can just download it, though, I don't mind doing that. Everyone should be able to appreciate snarky Merlin and pretty Gwen and Morgana. Or handsome Arthur, if that's more your thing :)

[skieswideopen]

I'm glad to hear you're moving! I know you weren't fond of where you were. And good luck with the visit home. Will your grandmother be present at Christmas?

I know you don't write het, but I kind of want to read your story after what you've said about it.

I guess I may eventually have to download Merlin, just to see what all the fuss is about.

[bluflamingo]

And good luck with the visit home. Will your grandmother be present at Christmas?

Thanks! She will be present, yes, and it'll be the first time she's seen me since last Christmas, when she accused me of being just like my father (not a compliment, as much as I love him). On the bright side, my mum will be there this year (last year she was in hospital) and my sister won't, which will probably help (mainly because my gran will be stuck with only me to talk to).

I know you don't write het, but I kind of want to read your story after what you've said about it.

I really want to write it, but it's just got so much potential for coming off completely wrong, and making everyone decide I hate Keller. I think I need to find a really good beta reader, who'll happily tell me if it all goes horribly wrong.

Which will be fun!

[ninja007]

YEA!!

You're going to write about John, Cam and Alex!!!

You made my day!!

[bluflamingo]

3000 words in about 2 and a half hours - if only everything else got written that fast. Should be posting it sometime this afternoon.

[10pmpacifictime]

2) I've stayed away from Merlin, because my geeky medievalist is going to flail worse than when SG-1 did king Arthur.

3) I've always liked Nimue and I've always found Mallory's portrayal of her more complex than later authors giver her credit for.

4) Last week's Criminal Minds was freaking tragic. And that was even with out the gut wrench of the guy being played by Mitch Pillegi.

5) JOHN! CAM! ALEX! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I know they are all your work, but I can't help but feel like it's my universe just a little, and it's a warm fuzzy feeling every time it grows.

Can you recommend a good beta? I'm on page twelve of my epic Granger/Lorne fic and I need someone to read over what I've gotten so far and maybe help me through the rest.

*trundles off to make herself hot chocolate*

[bluflamingo]

I've stayed away from Merlin, because my geeky medievalist is going to flail worse than when SG-1 did king Arthur.

I think the best attitude for Merlin is to pretend it's set in some alternate medieval universe, rather than this one. I don't know a lot about medieval life, but even I know they don't go around saying 'ok'.

Last week's Criminal Minds was freaking tragic

It really was. I hate the ones where I end up feeling like it would have been better for someone if they had been killed :( The depressing thing is, it wasn't the plot that made me cry, it was the bit at the end with the team and JJ and the baby. There's no hope for me!

I know they are all your work, but I can't help but feel like it's my universe just a little, and it's a warm fuzzy feeling every time it grows.

It's definitely your universe a bit, you put the idea out there in the first place. I like that it's shared anyway, especially with dossier writing a bit for them as well.

Can you recommend a good beta? For something with Numb3rs, sadly no. The people who've ever