My first "Arrow" fanfiction - title: "Caught" - inspired by yesterdays promotion pictures

[dieastra]

Title: Caught
Author: dieastra
Beta: Many thanks to tardisjournal
Rating: T
Characters: Oliver Queen, Malcolm Merlyn
Word Count: 1,786
Spoilers: these pictures from the final episode
Notes: Yesterday evening the pictures I linked to above hit the internet, and instead of going to sleep like I should have my imagination went wild what this scene might be about. This is

Comments

[jedi_harkness]

You and I are of a mind; I've been thinking this is how the finale might turn out! We shall see... ;)

[dieastra]

It's the only possible explanation when we put together everything we have seen so far. I'd be sad to see Moira go though, I really like her. I can't wrap my head around what it would mean if Malcolm knows Oliver's secret. I clearly hope he will be still around in season 2! They would be mad to kill him off.

They are cruel, sending such pictures and then making us wait for two weeks... I could not sleep yesterday until I had scribbled this down. Thank you very much, glad you liked it! It's been a long while since I wrote something and I wonder if I have some sort of bad streak inside me, when Malcolm Merlyn can make my writing juices flow, something Jack Harkness never managed...

[jedi_harkness]

I'd also meant to say that I thought you captured Malcolm and Ollie's voices really well. :)

JB and the Arrow peeps have been really coy about whether Malcolm will make it to season 2. I also think they'd be crazy to kill him off, but at the same time I'm sure they want to have Tommy take up the Dark Archer mantle. I don't see why they couldn't have Malcolm for another season, because I think Tommy's slide to the darker side has been seeming a bit quick (one of the few flaws of the show in my opinion). I see it happening in two ways; either Malcolm spends the next season training Tommy, or Tommy disappears off the show and goes to the island (forgot the name) where Malcolm learned his skills. At any rate, the Merlyn story has been fascinating.

[dieastra]

Thank you so much for what you say about the voices! As I said above, dialogue usually doesn't come easily to me, and this story also has a lot of thoughts and musings, which I am best at. But of course you can't have a story without dialogue. When I came to it, it came quite naturally, and it makes me wonder why I can write Malcolm Merlyn so easy while I never managed a Captan Jack Harkness story in the past years LOL

[daria234]

This was great - I love the moment where Merlyn finds out it's him, how analytical Oliver is the whole time even with the fear, and the surprise of Roy coming for him too. I especially love the dialogue - like when Merlyn casually insults Oliver's father -really nicely done.

[dieastra]

Thank you so much for commenting

[daria234]

LOL I've seen a little Torchwood but I'm not in that fandom, but of course it's impossible not to love both Jack and John Barrowman.

Hee, bad guys are so much fun to write.

[dieastra]

Well, glad to hear that you at least know Jack. He's such a great character and has changed some people's life.

And I'm happy John found a new family with the Arrow guys, as it doesn't look as we will get more Torchwood anytime soon. Hope they'll keep Malcolm Merlyn around for a bit longer!

[revengerv]

Your is interesting and well-writing. Thank you for that. I hope Oliver won't be alone, when he'll faced his arch-nemesis.

[dieastra]

Thank you very much for commenting! Glad you liked it. We'll see how much I got right. And you are right, hopefully Oliver gets some help. He can't do this alone. Since I wrote this, some more pictures got released (at the same link) and so I am hopeful.

[hatorl]

Good job!
There are things here that I would have liked to see in the series like, Oliver shock when he found out about Malcolm, I mean he grew up watching Malcolm as the businessman and he suddenly is a super action man, and the fact that a part of him admires his abilities.
Also I like that you write Malcolm trying to convert Oliver "to the dark side", and his admiration for him too. They are very similar.
And Roy saving him, that was a good thing too, that would have been a good surprise.

[dieastra]

Thank you!
Yeah, I also wonder why Oliver wasn't more surprised.

I guess it was too early for Roy being the hero, he needs some training yet as well. If Oliver can't beat Malcolm, Roy certainly can't. He just got lucky in my fight.

[ageless_aislynn]

Ooo, I like the way you imagined this scene and so much of it ended up being in the basic spirit of when these two did meet up and Malcolm learned Oliver's secret! :D Yay for inspiration! :D

I also really liked Roy coming to the rescue. I'd love to see Roy really get the chance to be a helpful part of the team in this next season. *fingers crossed*

Anyway, I enjoyed this! :D ♥

[dieastra]

Thank you very much!

In a way I am sad that they put out those spoilerious pictures because imagine the impact if we hadn't anticipated it! I saw those pics even before the other episode, where Malcolm removed Oliver's hood and said "Oh no" so it really was not nice of them to spoiler us so much. On the other hand, I should be grateful, as it gave my my writing muse back. I had written a lot of Stargate stories, but then there was not much in Doctor Who or Torchwood. And then Arrow happened. Bamm.

I literally was not able to find sleep until I had let that out of my system.

Of course, you have to ask yourself how Oliver was not able to fight Malcolm but Roy was, but well, it made for a nice rescue ;)

I hope we will see much of Malcolm next season, he is such a great villain. And I don't say that only because I am a JB fan. He really created something special with this character and gained a lot of new fans. I love to read the IMDB boards.

PS: Have a look into your e-mail!

[ageless_aislynn]

Oh, I know what you mean, sometimes I wish they wouldn't reveal QUITE so much ahead of time, but at the same time, it's fantastic when those little teases get the muse going again! :D

Eee, thank you so much for the email!!! *hugs* ♥♥♥