Salt in the Wound

[weatherfeather]

Author: weatherfeather
Title: Salt in the Wound
Rating: PG13
Pairing/s: none
Character/s: Nimueh, Morgause, Emrys, mention of Morgana
Summary: Nimueh watches Merlin with a dark purpose.
Warnings: emotional torture, imprisonment
Word Count: 1070
Prompt: 423 Merlin by moonlight
Author's Notes: Merlin by moonlight :P

Comments

[addie71]

This is chilling and heartbreaking; beautifully set up.

I might never watch Merlin again. *shivers*

[weatherfeather]

Ily ty! I'm glad you like this fill for your prompt! Thanks for providing such fetching descriptors. :D

I can't decide if Emrys' torture is a price I'm not willing to pay to rewatch the show more. Where does that place me on the scale of good to evil?

[gilli_ann]

This was extraordinary. Such a simple seemingly modern AU set-up growing exponentially darker by the paragraph until the readers were left to squirm with unease, vowing to never watch the angstiest Merlin episodes again! Good idea, well written.

[weatherfeather]

Thank you thank you! I hope you didn't unbreakable vow yourself against watching again; not sure about you, but I'd have trouble resisting forever.

And, might I say, your comment has great build and drama to it. You would write excellent book jacket summaries, if that's not already something you do.

[archaeologist_d]

Oh, I loved that idea, that Emrys was trapped in Merlin, and reliving the bleakness over and over again. Great job.

[weatherfeather]

Thank you!

I love the hint of existential crisis dread your comment evokes. :) Sort of how Gwaine must feel going back to the Perilous Lands.