Three Gen Drabbles
Title: Put Away Childish Things
Author: glinda
Characters: Morgana
Rating: PG
Warnings (if any): None
Spoilers: Vague for season 1
Summary: Their 'childish games' may save her yet.
Morgana stands in the courtyard, blindfolded and surrounded by soldiers. There are many of them and so confident that they have her beaten that they have not even bothered to tie her hands.
She closes her eyes and remembers another blindfold, from a summer long ago. In this brief moment of calm she remembers hours spent with Gwen, secretly practicing fighting with wooden swords. Aping the knights’ training she was no longer allowed to attend.
Here and now, she steals the first attacker’s sword and spins, unseeing and elegant, unerringly cutting down all comers, Gwen’s proud laughter in her ears.
Title: The End Has A Start
Author: glinda
Characters: Gwen, Morgause
Rating: PG
Warnings (if any): Major Character Death
Spoilers: vague ones for the season 3 arc and specifically 3x11 (set some point in the future)
Summary: There are some things that Gwen can never forgive Uther for.
The forest floor is uncomfortable beneath Morgause as she bleeds out. The attack had been swift and unexpected, her magic useless against it.
Gwen watches Morgause die, cleaning her knife carefully and methodically.
“The worst thing about Uther,” says Gwen, “was the way he made people into reflections of himself. He taught Morgana to be like him; everything she despised. Didn’t even have the decency to be proud of that either.”
“You would destroy everything that my sister and I built; for his son, for Arthur,” Morgause sneers, breathing laboured.
“No, you never listen, do you?” responds Gwen, “For Morgana.”
Title: The Beginning is the End is the Beginning
Author: glinda
Characters: Gwen, Merlin
Rating: PG
Warnings (if any): none
Spoilers: vague ones for Season 3's arc
Summary: The time loop is a second chance (third, fourth, dozenth chance), to stop this all ending in darkness.
“It didn’t have to end this way,” says Gwen despairingly.
“I’m starting to think it did,” replies Merlin, “I really wish it didn’t and believe me I have tried so many times to change how this turns out, but I’m starting to think the dragon was right. We can’t fight destiny.”
Merlin seems far older than his thirty years, speaking of an unending time-loop created to give them all another chance at stopping this.
She cannot give up, so she takes on his burden and remembers for them all.
“It doesn’t have to end this way,” says Gwen determinedly.
Author: glinda
Characters: Morgana
Rating: PG
Warnings (if any): None
Spoilers: Vague for season 1
Summary: Their 'childish games' may save her yet.
Morgana stands in the courtyard, blindfolded and surrounded by soldiers. There are many of them and so confident that they have her beaten that they have not even bothered to tie her hands.
She closes her eyes and remembers another blindfold, from a summer long ago. In this brief moment of calm she remembers hours spent with Gwen, secretly practicing fighting with wooden swords. Aping the knights’ training she was no longer allowed to attend.
Here and now, she steals the first attacker’s sword and spins, unseeing and elegant, unerringly cutting down all comers, Gwen’s proud laughter in her ears.
Title: The End Has A Start
Author: glinda
Characters: Gwen, Morgause
Rating: PG
Warnings (if any): Major Character Death
Spoilers: vague ones for the season 3 arc and specifically 3x11 (set some point in the future)
Summary: There are some things that Gwen can never forgive Uther for.
The forest floor is uncomfortable beneath Morgause as she bleeds out. The attack had been swift and unexpected, her magic useless against it.
Gwen watches Morgause die, cleaning her knife carefully and methodically.
“The worst thing about Uther,” says Gwen, “was the way he made people into reflections of himself. He taught Morgana to be like him; everything she despised. Didn’t even have the decency to be proud of that either.”
“You would destroy everything that my sister and I built; for his son, for Arthur,” Morgause sneers, breathing laboured.
“No, you never listen, do you?” responds Gwen, “For Morgana.”
Title: The Beginning is the End is the Beginning
Author: glinda
Characters: Gwen, Merlin
Rating: PG
Warnings (if any): none
Spoilers: vague ones for Season 3's arc
Summary: The time loop is a second chance (third, fourth, dozenth chance), to stop this all ending in darkness.
“It didn’t have to end this way,” says Gwen despairingly.
“I’m starting to think it did,” replies Merlin, “I really wish it didn’t and believe me I have tried so many times to change how this turns out, but I’m starting to think the dragon was right. We can’t fight destiny.”
Merlin seems far older than his thirty years, speaking of an unending time-loop created to give them all another chance at stopping this.
She cannot give up, so she takes on his burden and remembers for them all.
“It doesn’t have to end this way,” says Gwen determinedly.