OMFG, you're the fastest reader in the universe!! But I'm glad you are, because this comment made me so happy when I logged into LJ this morning :D Thank you so much, I'm really, really glad you enjoyed my story! ♥
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is my pretty much my favorite piece of Arthurian literature-I can't wait to write my BA thesis about it next year. :D It took me some time to figure out how to work it into the Merlin 'verse; I wanted it to really fit in and not just be some pasted-on fake storyline. It makes me so happy to hear that that worked out exactly the way I wanted it to! And really, I can't say it often enough-I'm just so relieved to hear that the story drew you in, because that's something I wasn't sure it would do, with its word count and all. XD; Thank you so much, once again!! ♥♥
It took me two days to finish this story, but I was anxious every time I had to get away from the computer -- I so desperately needed to finish this.
This story is... quite possibly the best Merlin fic I've ever read. It has everything I want in a good story and more.
Ever since 3x13 and all the promo shots, I've been dying for knightly interaction with Merlin along for the ride. This group of men fascinates me endlessly and you portrayed them all so well, even the ones we hardly know anything about.
The plot is positively genius; lovely, lovely use of the Green Knight and a chilling possibility of what might have happened to Morgana had her sister really died that day.
The group's journey was incredibly well-described; I loved that you took your time to describe each village, each person they met, and finished all their storylines in one way or another.
Arthur shone in this story. It must be incredibly hard to find the perfect balance of honor, arrogance, prattishness, loyalty, determination and princeliness, but you pulled it
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Oh my God. :') Honestly, when I logged into LJ this morning I never would have expected to find such an amazing, amazing comment in my inbox. I'm still reeling-you should see the size of my (admittedly slightly tearful) grin right now!! Just, thank you so, so, so much for saying so many kind things about my story. I was so nervous about posting it because there were so many things that I wasn't quite sure about, and just now you've pretty much reassured me about every single one of them
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I'm so glad my comment made you happy; I feel leaving small essays is the least I can do in return when I read a particularly brilliant story. ;D
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That's really just the best experience you can ever get as a writer, I think-having people tell you exactly what they liked in a fic. :D I try to do that as often as possible too, because I know firsthand how helpful it is and what a long way it goes towards bolstering a writer's self-confidence!
Haha, yeah-I absolutely agree, heroes without flaws are boring and no fun to watch/read about! I've always found the use of the theme of failure so interesting in SGGK, because, well, it's Gawain who fails, who is basically a shining example of moral perfection and chivalry throughout Arthurian literature. I can't wait to write my BA thesis about the poem next year. :D I think Gawain ended up being a lot more ashamed than Gwaine was, but I think that it would be easier for Gwaine to accept his faults in the end because he knows he has them. I mean, in the show, we don't really see him trying to live up to a high moral standard, do we? xD Which of course doesn't mean that he doesn't have one, just that he's probably more aware of the fact
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Oh, wow, Ali, thank you so, so much for this fantastic comment!! :D I blushed pretty much all the way through from all the nice things you said about my story-I'm just really, really happy that it worked for you so well! ♥
Let me tell you, I'm so relieved that "my" Gwaine was believable to you from start to finish-I was a bit worried what people would say about him, because you're right, I did want him to reach a middle ground between himself and his counterpart from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I wasn't sue if I managed to pull that off, and it makes me beyond happy that you think I did
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I know you already have like a million comments from me for this story, but I felt the need to leave one final comment *nods*
You do know how much I love this fic and the way you've written it. Your style is just so unique and even though your stories do get quite long it's never even anywhere near rambling. Every word seems to be carefully put there to be added into a greater picture near the end of the story. I just really adore your writing style - ever have, always will ♥
Okay, on to some story plots. First of all is of course Lancelot. No, just kidding, though I loved the way you wrote him! He was loyal and so full of chivalry that it almost hurt me. Which is good, cause that's exactly what happens to me while watching Merlin too! Sometimes he is just so honest and submissive and I think you wrote that just perfectly! Wow, now I really do have spoken about him LOL Well, I guess he deserves that. As well as all the other knights you decided to put in. Even though I don't have a very good idea of how Elyan and Percival could be
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Okay, what next? Right, the relationships in the story. There were so many, slashy and bromance and just normal friendships, but they were all so outstanding and unique and I enjoyed every moment of them. Among the knights there always seems to be some tension but all in all they do get along very well. For the time being I don't dwell on that for too long now, so I just concentrate on the most important ones. Gwaine & Merlin. I already loved their friendship in the series and I think you picked that up just perfectly! It was so nice to see how Gwaine always stood up for his friend and even shouted at Arthur to defend him. Even though he knew nothing about the magic-confession. And then, Merlin told him about his magic! I've wanted that for so long and you made it just perfect. Marvelous! Fantastic! Finally Gwaine knew and he reacted so Gwaine-like. Oh, which leads me to another quick thing about Gwaine: He really had the best lines and jokes in the whole story! As I said like a million times: You can always count on Gwaine to lighten
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I'm typing this on my iPod, so, regretfully, this comment can't be anywhere near as long as you deserve or it would take me hours to write, but I just had to say wow. Wow. This is such an incredible, epic story, one of the most fulfilling things I've read in any fandom, ever. Congratulations on creating and finishing this, you've done an amazing job.
Oh wow, thank you so much!! I'm so glad that you liked the story and that you found it fulfilling-I know the feeling, although I don't get it often, but when I do it's amazing! So it makes me doubly happy to hear that my fanfic did that for you. Hee, I'm all overwhelmed now. :) Thank you for your amazing comment! ♥
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This story is... quite possibly the best Merlin fic I've ever read. It has everything I want in a good story and more.
Ever since 3x13 and all the promo shots, I've been dying for knightly interaction with Merlin along for the ride. This group of men fascinates me endlessly and you portrayed them all so well, even the ones we hardly know anything about.
The plot is positively genius; lovely, lovely use of the Green Knight and a chilling possibility of what might have happened to Morgana had her sister really died that day.
The group's journey was incredibly well-described; I loved that you took your time to describe each village, each person they met, and finished all their storylines in one way or another.
Arthur shone in this story. It must be incredibly hard to find the perfect balance of honor, arrogance, prattishness, loyalty, determination and princeliness, but you pulled it ( ... )
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Haha, yeah-I absolutely agree, heroes without flaws are boring and no fun to watch/read about! I've always found the use of the theme of failure so interesting in SGGK, because, well, it's Gawain who fails, who is basically a shining example of moral perfection and chivalry throughout Arthurian literature. I can't wait to write my BA thesis about the poem next year. :D I think Gawain ended up being a lot more ashamed than Gwaine was, but I think that it would be easier for Gwaine to accept his faults in the end because he knows he has them. I mean, in the show, we don't really see him trying to live up to a high moral standard, do we? xD Which of course doesn't mean that he doesn't have one, just that he's probably more aware of the fact ( ... )
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Let me tell you, I'm so relieved that "my" Gwaine was believable to you from start to finish-I was a bit worried what people would say about him, because you're right, I did want him to reach a middle ground between himself and his counterpart from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I wasn't sue if I managed to pull that off, and it makes me beyond happy that you think I did ( ... )
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You do know how much I love this fic and the way you've written it. Your style is just so unique and even though your stories do get quite long it's never even anywhere near rambling. Every word seems to be carefully put there to be added into a greater picture near the end of the story. I just really adore your writing style - ever have, always will ♥
Okay, on to some story plots. First of all is of course Lancelot. No, just kidding, though I loved the way you wrote him! He was loyal and so full of chivalry that it almost hurt me. Which is good, cause that's exactly what happens to me while watching Merlin too! Sometimes he is just so honest and submissive and I think you wrote that just perfectly! Wow, now I really do have spoken about him LOL Well, I guess he deserves that. As well as all the other knights you decided to put in. Even though I don't have a very good idea of how Elyan and Percival could be ( ... )
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