DVD Commentary: "Your Body Lost in Legends" [BBC Merlin fic]

[non_island]

lady_ragnell requested DVD commentaries for two of my Merlinfics when I asked for people on Tumblr to give me things to occupy myself with, so here’s the first! My commentaries are in bold; the original fic is...not. The header applies to the commentary, not the fic.

“Your Body Lost in Legends” || DVD Commentaryrating: mature audiences
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Comments

[thisgirl_is]

Hi, I was link hopping and found this. I really loved the original, and I'm enjoying your thoughts on it.

"I don’t know if this works as a shock while reading the fic, startling to the reader as it was to Freya" Yeah, it worked. For me, anyway. Like, they've been quite formal and tentative with each other till now - as you do when you're basically strangers, with a mutually loved ex in common. And Arthur just puts this massively intimate and vulnerable thing out there, in the bluntest possible terms. Crimson paint is a great analogy.

"At some point I might also write the sequelish thing where that actually does happen, except with more emotions involved than there were originally going to be, because it’s a shame to waste the idea. It will definitely require less of a plot than the potential Arthur/Freya/Merlin sequel with possible apocalypse or whatever it is." Soooo, parts 2 and 3 then? *hopeful for all of the above*

"There was a lot of mostly-clothed fumbling and they both had a lot more fun than they’d expected to. If you were

[non_island]

I'm glad you enjoyed both the fic and the commentary! ♥ I can't make any promises about the sequels right now, but they're definitely both still things I want to write.

(Sorry it took me so long to reply! I am terribly behind on comments etc. these days.)