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[bookowl]

Title: Bleeding Truth 4/?
Rating: Pg-13
Warnings/Spoilers: Violence. Set in season 1.
Summary: Merlin is outed as a sorcerer and Arthur reacts violently. The Prince then tries to move on with his life but Merlin appears everywhere he turns.

Comments

[archaeologist_d]

I loved Merlin's personality shining through the Rolph disguise. I suppose it never even occurred to Arthur that Merlin might come back but if he'd payed attention, he might have. Loved the spell ball and the horror that would be in it. I can imagine that Merlin would be almost insane from the memories.

Great job.

[bookowl]

Thanks! You'd think I'd get over the posting nerves but they're there dancing up a bloody salsa in my stomach every time I post, so positive feedback makes my day ;) Thankyou for commenting and following the story this far!

[ailcia]

You HAVE to continue this as soon as possible because I really, really love it! Every new chapter has me on tenterhooks - very, very cool stuff. Thankyou!

[bookowl]

Thankyou very much! I know what I want to do with the next bit, so I'll start poking my brain into action ;)

[bramble_rose]

whew, I'm completely LOVING this story!! Every chapter has me tense and waiting for that reveal (that I'm hoping for but not quite confident of :-) Arthur's continued emotional growth is also very moving to see. I did especially enjoy Nimueh's pointing out Arthur's shortcomings as a friend and how dedicated and loyal to Arthur Merlin really was. I think that's an important part of show canon that gets glossed over too often in fic.

As for your butterflies, believe me, I completely understand! When I first got on the internet, I literally lost weight from sheer queasiness about posting the simplest comment. Now it's not so bad, but I still study every word before hitting enter. *g*

[bookowl]

*bounces* Wow, what an amazing comment! I was hoping Arthur's turmoil was going ok -I always thought it wouldn't be one of those 'You're magic? Oh that's ok then,' sort of scenarios given the depths of anger we have seen him display on the show. And their so-called 'friendship' really peeved me off in season 2 - it looked to me like Merlin doing all the giving and Arthur all the taking. Prior to doing this fic I was plotting ways to give Arthur the wake-up that he deserved, and I hope I've done that a little.

And yes, I study the words in my posts/comments every time! Silly, I suppose, but it's really putting yourself out there for others to see. Particularly since my view on the Merlin/Arthur relationship seems to be a little different to others on the community. So thankyou for leaving such lovely feedback, you have really made my day ;)

[wildmaera]

Hmm... interesting. I also like the name Rolph. I think it's a good name, and how he started off slowly, but now... now he's nearly Merlinesque.

Arthur's an idiot, but we already knew that.

Can't wait to see what happens next.

[bookowl]

Thankyou. I don't honestly know where Rolph came from - I just used it as a fill-in in the first chapter and then it was posted!

Next bit is churning in my brain.

[hermitknut]

*big wide eyes*
!
But - but - but -
...please tell me you're updating this soon? Flip, you really know how to write a cliffhanger!
I love Rolph!Merlin; and I loved the way you jumped around in time a little in this chapter. It's wonderfully and devastatingly ironic that Nimueh is the one who has to point out the truth to Arthur...
Great stuff! I can't wait for the next chapter!
HK

[bookowl]

Thankyou very much hermitknut! You have been consistently leaving such lovely encouragements and I'm thrilled I've managed to keep you interested. I have this big silly smile all over my face as I type this ;)
I'm a big Nimueh fan (she was much better then Morgause.) As soon as I decided to continue this story I started to pondering whether to use an original sorceress or Nimueh - and it took me all of about 5 seconds. Nimueh for the win!

Next chapter to come!