cherryice's Unsteady Ground, which works off the premise of Morgana as a seer. What the vid did effectively for me was to underline her vulnerability as a magician/sorceress in Camelot. She is, in a class sense, relatively privileged compared to Merlin (one likes to think that Uther would hesitate before executing her) but that's offset by the lack of ( Read more... )

Goldfrapp - It's Not Over Yet

As heard in Charmax's amazing vid. And, while I'm here:

Kate Rusby - My Young Man
The original CD track contains a hidden track, but I trimmed it for this mp3. Somber and starkly beautiful, as befitting a song inspired by a grandfather who suffered from emphysema as a coal miner.

Stan Rogers - The Maid on the ShoreI ( Read more... )

If you're a fan of Morgana, Nimueh and femslash, or any combination of the three: get thee to this vid by Charmax. And while you're there, have a look at her other vids too -- the Life on Mars and Torchwood ones are my particular favourites (though nothing, nothing will ever equal my love for this TW vid).

Hilarious meta: Merlin as a tabletop RPG.

Most of the Merlin fics for Yuletide were really rather good, but my favourites are (in no particular order):

• Reasons Why -- good Morgana voice, though I would have liked for it to have the time to take a deep breath and slow down, and let itself unfurl.
• Four Kisses -- a nicely worked foursome, and ( Read more... )

Someone has written a Merlin tentaclefic for Yuletide. \o/

I don't know who you are, but I think I love you.

(Still making my way through the fics. Merry, merry Christmas indeed.)

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I don't know what's more embarrassing: that I've been lured out of my tiny, hidden niche by Merlin or-- well, actually, there isn't anything more embarrassing.

I suppose... I should stop lurking now. Oh god, I hope no one thinks I'm a creepy troll.