Fic: of princes, pig boys and perfect maidservants

[magog_83]

Characters: Arthur, Gwen and Morgana (I still love you Merlin!)
Rating: G.
Wordcount: 2416.
Summary: One take on how Gwen came to be Morgana’s maidservant.

A/N: Months ago Ven gave me a prompt - Scene: Camelot, 6ish years ago. Arthur encounters Gwen through dealings with the blacksmith and she insults him epically. He is somewhere between

Comments

[kookiety]

Absolutely lovely fic is lovely!

I adore, oh my heart, I adore Gwen in this. And the way she meets Arthur and her reactions. Absolutely adorable. Very, very much in-character too.

Morgana missing her dad and having decisions made for her. Sigh.

And Arthur, oh you great big softie.
Arthur had little doubt that attacking the heir to the throne with a broom, insulting him and very nearly starting an argument with him over a pig-boy would be a more than adequate qualification as far as Morgana was concerned
*ruffles Arthur's hair* My boy, he eez smart, he do good, he be good king.

Actually, I love how you've portrayed Arthur in this best. His little though processes - being insulted about Gwen getting worked up over pig boy and not over attacking the Heir To The Throne!, him trying to relate to Morgana with losing his mum but tis not the same thing, and him not wanting Morgana to be sad, seeing a bit of Gwen in her, doing nothing really - he's so insufferably adorable (as they all are) - the urge to pet him and hand him a cookie is strong.

This is very, very much like canon to me.
*mems*
<3

[magog_83]

Thank you so much! And apologies for the late reply, work has got a bit on top of me lately :)

I was saying to someone above, this was supposed to be a Gwen POV piece, to try and get into her head, but I am just too fascinated with Arthur and the way he thinks and puzzles things through, that it switched in the planning stages and became this instead :D I like to think he really is this much of a marshmallow sometimes, just REALLY SECRETLY (or not so secret in a certain Noogie Scene that shall go unnamed...) And I will never get bored of imagining him and Morgana growing up together either!

So yes, THANK YOU, I am so pleased it came across IC and you saying it felt like canon is the best compliment I could get :D