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Of Wizards, Kings, and Frozen Peas

Jan 25, 2011 15:16

Title: Of Wizards, Kings, and Frozen Peas
Word Count: 4,540
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Merlin doesn't realise he's, you know, THE MERLIN until he runs into Arthur in the Tescos frozen food aisle.
Notes: Written for this prompt at kinkme_merlin. Translations to the Welsh phrases are available by hovering your mouse over the coloured dots. I am only learning ( ( Read more... )

fandom: merlin, !crackfic

Comments 15

alexi_lupin January 25 2011, 06:26:15 UTC

I kind of adore that Arthur and the Queen don't get on, and that he calls her Liz XD And Arthur and Hunith! :D :D

And the little translation dots! THAT IS A COOL IDEA.

mcgooglykins January 27 2011, 15:08:17 UTC

Of course Arthur and Her Majesty don't get on. She thinks he's a young upstart who is trying to take away her job - her birthright - and he thinks she's a rude, selfish old bint who won't give him his crown back. Neither of them believe the other wants what is best for the people of Britain, even though they both do.

It also miffs her greatly that Prince Harry gets on like a house on fire with Arthur and Merlin.

And of COURSE he calls her Liz. For a start, he doesn't like or trust her. For another, Merlin calls her Liz, because he is irreverent and his attitude to the monarchy (Arthur not included, of course) is modelled exactly on my Grandads - she's not his queen, thank you very much. If Merlin calls her Liz and sees no reason to defer to her royal judgement or pay her any extra attention, neither does Arthur. His double standards work for him, so he's not going to change them.

alexi_lupin January 28 2011, 00:35:03 UTC

Prince Harry probably gets on so well with them cos he reminds them of Gwaine a little :P

beizanten January 25 2011, 08:56:17 UTC

So funny, great story. Love how merlin hoist them into the air and force them to shake hand and then force Arthur to be polite to the Queen

mcgooglykins January 27 2011, 15:09:07 UTC

Thank you!

Honestly, it was the only way Merlin was going to get their attention.

bananedaiquiri January 25 2011, 09:30:22 UTC

Loved!! I wish I could push people out of the way with trolleys when I'm putting stock out. Retail would be so much better without customers.

I would love so much for Morgana to imperiously turn someone into a frog on the show. Such a classic.

And how fancy are you with the little dots. I didn't need them for some things though. :D

mcgooglykins January 27 2011, 15:10:35 UTC

I often thought that retail would be the perfect job if not for customers.

I like to think Morgana sometimes practices turning things into frogs, which makes Gwen despair because why frogs? Couldn't it be something adorable but equally useless like kittens or bunnies?

zafra January 25 2011, 15:27:48 UTC

Ha! Oh, this was just great. :) I love that Merlin is working at Tesco - the parallel with being a servant hiding the most powerful wizard was hilarious.

And I echo that the buttons rule! I didn't 'need' them for some of it, but I looked just to make sure. :D

mcgooglykins January 27 2011, 15:12:02 UTC

Glad you liked it, and that the dots helped, even just a little :)

whereyouwalk January 26 2011, 03:52:08 UTC

This was great! :) I loved it. Wonderful job, Patricia! <3

mcgooglykins January 27 2011, 15:13:02 UTC

Thank you :) I'm glad you enjoyed it. The prompt was just so darn fantastic that I had to write this.