Merlin/TW: Once and Future 2/2

[10leaguesbeyond]

Title: Once and Future
Author: Mad Maudlin
Fandom: Merlin/Torchwood (with one tiny reference to Sanctuary in there)
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Jack/Ianto, Merlin/Jack
Rating: PG-13
Length: 11,300
Summary: Four times Merlin Emrys met Jack Harkness (and one time he met Jack Harkness)

A/N: Thanks to misscake for the beta!

Link to Part One

Comments

[enderwiggin24]

I just got into torchwood, but you really had both of them, and their voices nailed down, even though I think, i need to reread this a second time to understand all :D

[mad_maudlin]

Thanks! Don't worry, the timelines make my head hurt a little too. Stupid time travelers and their stupid ontological paradoxes.

[betsyli]

This was a wonderful crossover. Brilliant work on combining all these fandoms and retaining the character's personality. I love how Merlin's linear timeline crosses at different times with Jack's not-so-linear one. And the beginning really being the end (for Jack) and the end rebecoming the beginning for Merlin and Arthur...what a lovely, lovely alpha-omega-esque concept. *happy sigh*

[mad_maudlin]

Thank you! One of my favorite things about time-travel stories is how events can snake in and out of linear time, and the process of assembling the puzzle pieces. Writing these guys at so many different ages is also a lot of fun.

[shinetheway]

Oh wow. I mean, I am speechless with wonder, and also laughing my ass off. What a brilliant concept, brilliantly done.

[mad_maudlin]

Thank you! Glad it makes sense outside of my weird head. :-)

[mad_maudlin]

Thank you!

[mad_maudlin]

Thanks! I often have trouble believing crossovers, since I'm so nitpicky about every little canon detail, but when I realized this was actually quite plausible...well, why not?