Title: No Fate But What We Make
Author(s):
clea2011Artist:
dead_pendragonPairings/characters: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: 15
Word Count: 50k
Warnings: Minor character deaths
Summary: Ever since his first death it had only been twenty, thirty years at most, and then Arthur would be back in the world. Back with Merlin.
At least, until that fateful day in 2015.
It had been 127 years since Arthur vanished. In all that time, Merlin had never given up on him. As a regime of dark magic users tightened their hold on the world, Merlin knew he had just one chance to stop them. But he would need to go back in time…
A Terminator fusion.
Disclaimer: Merlin is owned by the BBC and Shine. No copyright infringement is intended and no profit is being made. Don't send us to the dungeons.
Author's notes: I’m so relieved that this is finished! Massive thanks to
deinonychus_1 for taking on the huge job of betaing this thing and to her and Celeste9 for putting up with months of my flailing about it, and to
fififolle for helping with research. Thanks, too, to the mods for keeping ACBB going, you do an amazing job, and to the Chatzy crowd for all the support and putting up with my flailing and panics. And of course huge thanks to the lovely Pan for the fabulous job she’s done with the art. There are two covers, because I couldn’t bear to give up an earlier version and felt the world should see that one too, so it’s sitting at the very end of the fic.
Artist's notes: Huge thanks to
RedBird_TD and
5leggedcricket for betaing. Thanks to everyone on chatzy for being so supportive and listening to me whine. You guys are the best! Special thanks to
rowanbrandybuck who I think bore the brunt of my whining and insecurity. I would have probably dropped out of the fest if it wasn't for you. <3
Thanks to Clea who wrote this wonderful fic and let me make art for it. Your writing was awesome and inspiring and I wish that I could have made more art for this brilliant fic. Thanks so much for being patient with me when real life was being mean to me. I had a lot of fun collaborating with you. <3<3
And last but not least, thanks to the amazing mods of
aftercamlann for hosting this fest.
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