To Bring Her Back (Merlin Flashfic Bad Magic Challenge)

[exlibris_tenisu]

Again, just posting this over here for posterity; my fic for the merlin_flashfic Bad Magic Challenge. And I admit that it was in no small way brought on by the fact that Giles can totally rock the Dark Magic in Buffy. >>; It actually was not very hard to write KING GILES Uther, I found... I'm not sure if I should be frightened by this fact or not. ^^; Very slight

Comments

[starlightstorm]

waugh king giles ;_;

Again, I like it. I particularly like the descriptions -- "cape flashing behind him like a sharp-edged shadow" and "each instant carving out a little more of his heart" particularly stood out for me (why, I don't know); on the whole the words you use make the scenes feel tangible and solid. Nice use of show-not-tell.

Nice reinforcement of the give-and-take law; reminds me of other things where people 'come back wrong' (or think they have, as with Buffy). Uther does seem like a tricky character to write overall but I think you've managed him pretty well, for the story that you want to tell.

[ad_exia]

I know, it made me feel bad for him! ;_; (Actually, I feel bad for him a lot, nowadays. D:)

Thank you, though~ I'm really glad you enjoyed it. And I know it's kind of an overdone story, but I could kind of just see him, in this moment of denial, being so sure that he could bring her back. :x (I guess maybe it's overdone because people just don't like loss, so...)