Fic: Merlin; PG-13; Here Lies Everything

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Title: Here Lies Everything
Fandom: Merlin
Rating: PG-13 for creepiness
Pairing/Characters: Morgana, Arthur, a little Gwen
Disclaimer: If I owned Merlin, then the Gwen/Arthur would not even be starting to emerge. It would only be a cover story. I don’t, it isn’t.
Warnings: Extreme creepiness, bleak, angst.
Spoilers: The Gates of Avalon sort of.

Comments

[mariana_oconnor]

It gave me shivers!
That was the reaction I was hoping for, it's the one I got when the scene came to me. I'm glad to know I conveyed it like I wanted to.

Thanks!

[missyvortexdv]

intense.

[mariana_oconnor]

Thanks. :)

[jeminisoul]

*Also shivers* beautiful! The descriptions as really vivid and creepily awesome.

[mariana_oconnor]

Thanks!

I'm glad you enjoyed it (if that's the word). I was aiming for something almost cinematic, it's good to know that I managed to make it vivid.

[tigger_01]

woah. *blink*
...
*shivers*
this was incredibly intense. but what i thought was brilliant - apart from the vivid and not-so-obvious descriptions, particularly of the colours ("shards of blue in a glorious world of gold") and their symbolism - was the way you managed to convey Morgana's total lack of sympathy, or grief, or... anything. She took her spoils of war, and surveyed calmly and proudly what she had done.

And as I read it again, the image of a bloodstained, heartbroken Arthur brought me to tears. God, I hope we never see this on the show or I will scream. And cry.

[mariana_oconnor]

Thank you for such a lovely comment.

I really, strangely, enjoyed writing Morgana like that. Her detachment from it all was what really came to mind. I'm glad I managed to convey it properly.

Thanks again. :) *hands over tissues* Sorry about that.

[iliana_1]

Beautifully written and incredibly haunting. Lovely!

[mariana_oconnor]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. :)