Many thanks to everyone for the positive thoughts about my mom. She's doing better, thank goodness. The drugs seem to have made the pain more manageable, though she's not a fan of the Cymbalta and how it makes her feel spacey. She has another doctor's appointment tomorrow afternoon, and we've all impressed upon her that she needs to bring up the ( Read more... )

Title:In Lieu of Cake
Author: Malu_3
Pairing(s): Arthur/Merlin
Rating: R
Word Count: 10,617
Warnings: Hurt/comfort, torture, aftermath of torture,
Summary: A kidnapping changes things between His Royal Highness Prince Arthur of Camelot and Merlin Wyllt, his irreverent valet

Why I loved it: Based on the hits and kudos, I'll bet a lot of Merthur ( Read more... )

Title:Raven Child
Artist: mushroomtale
Character Merlin
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Inspired by the concept of The Raven King, a human child raised in magic by faeries to become the greatest sorcerer of all time, from Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell -- as well as a plethora of other dark fables.

Why I loved it: This is just stunning artwork ( Read more... )

Title:They say that the bedtime for stories is the best time for master-servant communication
Artist: AlexandarCho
Characters: Merlin, Arthur
Rating: G
Warnings: Overwhelming cuteness (mine, lol)
Summary: The most caring manservant/manny of Camelot is telling his young master, the golden princeling, an intriguing bedtime story.

Why I loved it: I ( Read more... )

Just a couple Merlin fandom things...

There's a new mod at harlequinmerlin who would really like to revive the community in some way. So far, people aren't responding, but I find it hard to believe that there isn't *some* interest out there. If you're so inclined, head over and let her know.

I got my assignment for merlin-holidays and I have to say, I'm *really* excited about ( Read more... )

As challenging as I found camelotremix, I've been excited and anxious about seeing what would show up for me. Which story would they pick? What what would they do? Each time a new story went up, my excitement ratcheted higher.

My wait ended this afternoon.

The story is called Plans Rewritten, and it's a missing scene from my Gwaine/Percival fic, Imperfect ( Read more... )

Bullet points for today ( Read more... )

So...I'm debating signing up for camelotremix. The two things that are holding me back are the fact that I've never written a remix before and that I'm entirely unsure how people respond to it, meaning does there end up being a lot of hurt feelings, or drama, or anything like that.

If you've been involved, do you mind talking about your experience in the

I'm in a foul mood, so I'm trying to focus on positive stuff right now to keep from spiraling into blackness. So here goes ( Read more... )

We had a bit of a rough weekend. Alicia was sick on Friday, and by the evening, Craig and I were both coming down with it. We were pretty much flattened on Saturday, but surprisingly enough, everyone was fine on Sunday. One of those quick things, which I am not arguing with. I cannot afford to lose time being sick ( Read more... )