OTPs in Merlin

[jelazakazone]

I know that most people ship Arthur/Merlin like whoa and I do sort of, but this season there has been a huge shift for me.  I now have a triangle going on in my head, or maybe it's some sort of parallelogram, thanks to

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[alby_mangroves]

Tra la la, just skipping through your journal, passing through, nothing to add really, tra la la la laaaaa

oh. and Mordred only ever belongs in the OT3, JS. A/M/M is like... writing itself, basically.

[jelazakazone]

OMG. Are you writing A/M/M? *grabby hands* I wants it now. Please? :D

I cannot stop thinking about Mordred, well, except when I'm quilting.

I am not for sure on whether I could ship Mordred with anyone, but he's not set in stone for me yet, like the others are.

::hugs:: I love you tripping through.

[alby_mangroves]

A/M/M is basically lodged in my frontal lobe like a lobotomy saw. I can't get rid of the possibilities, there.

I would like to see you quilt a little Mordred lap quilt. I would totally buy that. Just a little Mordred with his gorgeous head-scarf on, in the desolate snowy landscape. Then, you can think about him WHILE you're quilting. It would be heaven :D

[jelazakazone]

♥ Have I asked you to marry me recently? ♥

Uh, yeah. Um, no dice, sister. God, the thoughts that went through my head at the words "Mordred" and "lap quilt" together. *mind is melted*

Damn you. Now you've got me thinking about Mordred quilt. *shakes fists at you* Is this what happens to artists?

[dunderklumpen]

Yapp, that's the life of a fangirl:D

[jelazakazone]

LOL.

Yeah, Merlin is pretty much my main man, although you know Mordred is sneaking up on him in my head;) Merlin does have chemistry with everyone! It's crazy.

Ditto for me and Merlin/Lancelot. I see their relationship as very close friends though, not lovers.

Gwaine:( Poor Gwaine.

I don't know yet what to do about Merlin/Mordred. I mean, at the moment I'm having a hard time seeing that as a sexual pairing, but it could change. Much easier to see if Arthur is involved because he'd be the bridge.

[dunderklumpen]

Merlin/Mordred works only for me as hate!sex pairing like they can't stand each other and use the sex to blow off some steam - a bit of power control, frustration, sex as outlet but also a little bit of attraction because of they're to much like each other in many regards.

Otherwise I'm not there yet.

[jelazakazone]

The hate sex dynamic does not work for me. I'm trying to work out a new future for them right now:)

[jelazakazone]

LOL. I never heard that term, fandom bike. I think I know what that means.

Right, me too, for Gwen. You can do Arthur with Gwen? I have a very hard time with that pairing in this context, although I'm coming around to some weird thing with Gwen and Merlin and Arthur and Mordred. Not sure where that's going yet.

Ah, yeah, A/M. Who doesn't ship them, really? Ditto for me. If Arthur's name isn't mentioned, I can read Merlin with someone else.

Oh, I see your birthday is coming up. Want to throw me a prompt and I'll see if I can whip something out? :D

[jelazakazone]

LOL. Ok, got it. Yeah, I'm on that same page. I've tried to argue to people that I could even see Arthur as asexual, but no one else seems to buy that.

Hee hee. Really? I didn't know that everyone had a fandom bike. I thought it was OTPs that drove most people. Fandom bike=one character who really does it for you, right?

O. M. G. You are asking me for cliched and tacky? Oh god. I mean, I excel at tacky, not sure about the cliche. I need a little more than that. Can I do Mordred? I mean, you are going to get Mordred whether or not you want him because I've inflicted him on several other people too, but um, how do you want him served to you?:D Which cliche shall I use? Can I do another fic with Mordred pining after Arthur, Merlin being jealous, and Arthur being oblivious? ♥

[jelazakazone]

\o/ Go you! That's very open minded of you. I would have to go look, but now you've got me curious about the pairings I've done. Do Modern AU's count?

I've definitely done Gwen/Lancelot, Arthur/Merlin, Merlin/Gwaine, Gwaine/OFC, Arthur/Merlin/Mordred, Arthur/Mordred (hinted at, not explicit, yet;)), Morgana/Vivian, Morgana/Mithian, Freya/Arthur/Merlin, doomed!Freya/Merlin.

I did a three sentence fic about Alice and Gaius. Totally gen though.

Hm, interesting to think about. I've written fics about Elyan, but I guess I haven't paired him with anyone.

[jelazakazone]

Rock on!

Why is Elyan so resistant? I'd love to write something where he gets some love. Or read something where he gets some love. I was happy to see Mordred practically sitting in his lap in 5.03, I think it was?

I feel like the Elyan fics I've written have been really interesting, but you know, no one reads them because they are gen and about Elyan. :D

[rocknvaughn]

Okay.. so far I've only written canon (except for that one weird NC17 I did). That being said... I think that ideally, I want Arthur with Merlin and Gwen with Lancelot. I don't really get any M/M with the knights. Anyone besides Ygraine with Uther is...ick.

I haven't really considered Mordred with anyone yet.

[jelazakazone]

Ah, the ghostly NC17 story. Good stuff, lady:)

I'm pretty meh about the knights myself and I'm with you on Uther/Ygraine.

Really? *sob* I haven't turned you around on him even a smidge? :) ♥ Look at his beautiful face.

[rocknvaughn]

Oh, no... I didn't say I didn't like him. I just don't know who I would pair him with. I'm still kinda getting used to M/M pairings as it is. Perhaps I would pair him with Sefa?

I could kind of see a twisted Merlin/Mordred pairing, but their relationship is so adversarial that it seems too OOC for Merlin to me. I could see Arthur/Mordred with the way the show is playing it, but I don't like Arthur with anyone but Merlin...

[jelazakazone]

Hee hee:) I have been hanging around people who write and talk about m/m pairings for years, so the concept is not new to me.

So, you might pair Mordred with Sefa? I would have to see that to buy it.

I love Arthur/Mordred with a healthy side of very jealous Merlin:)