In today’s episode, MissSnowfox and Momo continue to talk about the biggest ship in fandom, Merlin/Arthur, aka Merthur.
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This episode turned out to be SO LONG that we had to split it into two parts. This is the second part of this episode. The first part can be found here.
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News:
Kinks of Camelot – the Merlin Kink Meme
The Merlin RPF Promptacular Fest of 2018
Reel Merlin mandatory check in
Merlin Winter Olympics – Claiming Open
Merlin Holidays Wrap Up
Mentioned Fanworks
[not necessarily in the order they are mentioned.]
Prove All My Hypotheses, written by minor_hue, podfic by lunchee
Pairing Pendragon/Merlin written by Anon, podfic by lunchee
Every Story is a Love Story, written by lady_ragnell, podfic by carefultread
Coffeeshop Muffins, written by skellerbvvt, podfic by beccadearie | podfic by momo
Lord Drake’s Bequest, written by Pennyplainknits, podfic also by Pennyplainknits
The Student Prince, written by FayJay, podfic also by FayJay
Intended, written by new_kate, podfic by lunchee
The Pendragon Guide On How Not To Date, written by definewisdom, podfic by lunchee
Mending Wall, written by frantic, podfic by erica_schall [Note: The link redirects directly to the podfic. The text is no longer available online.]
Drastically Redefining Protocol, written by rageprufrock, podfic by RevolutionaryJo | podfic by lunchee
WeAreDestinedStudios
Statistics
[as of 21st Dec 2017, Archiveofourown.org]
Top 5 by Kudos
- Student Prince by FayJay
- 145,222 words, Mature
- Posted: 03 June 2010
- 11,401 Kudos
- Post-It Note Romance by fuzzytomato
- 9,963 words, Mature
- Posted 27 May 2012
- 8,279 Kudos
- No Matter How Far Away You Roam by lady_ragnell
- 11,537 words, Explicit
- Posted 04 Dec 2013
- 7,516 Kudos
- Dying to Return by StormDancer
- 19,869 words, Teen
- Posted 18 Feb 2013
- 7,484 Kudos
- That’s His Name by ZairaA
- 6,834 words, General
- Posted 05 May 2013
- 6,672 Kudos
Top 5 by Comments
- Student Prince by FayJay
- 1,808 comments
- A Bird of Paradise by versaphile
- Part 4 of the Falconry series
- This part: 354,326 words, Explicit
- Posted 29 Sept 2013 (Finished 01 Mar 2017)
- 1,539 Comments
- Heart in a Headlock by SweetAndSharp
- Part 2 of Sociomega series
- This part: 287,019 words, Not Rated
- Unfinished
- Posted 01 Oct 2013 (Last Updated 30 Aug 2015)
- 1,393 Comments
- Frayed by Pelydryn
- 127,570 words, Explicit
- Unfinished
- Posted 29 May 2017 (Last Updated 06 Jan 2018)
- 1,219 Comments
- The Heart of the Wolf by SPowell
- Part 2 of The Heat of the Wolf series
- This part: 145,300 words, Explicit
- Posted 31 July 2013 (Last Updated 13 Oct 2013)
- 1,140 Comments
Oldest
- Old Chinese Proverbs and Other Wisdom by facetofcathy
- 2,537 words, Mature
- Posted 15 Dec 2008
Newest
- Maybe by bunnysworld
- 1,029 words, General
Longest
- The Journey Begins by JayColin
- 465,709 words, Explicit
- Unfinished
- Posted 16 Aug 2012 (Last Updated 04 Jan 2018)
Shortest
- Soft to the Touch by sabriel75
- 20 words, Teen
- Posted 13 Jul 2010
Recs/Favourite fanworks
Only But a Dream, by littleskrib
MERTHUR
Arthur returns by Zeiruin
Stories by sirmerlin
The Knights Have a Thousand Eyes, written by stakeaclaim, podfic by beccaleelee
But It’s a Good Refrain, written by lady_ragnell, podfic by striped_bowties
Three Tasks, written by syllic, podfic by pennyplainknits
Merlin & Arthur // Disgusting by danluvu
You’re an asshole but I love you! by 0o0Vanilla0o0
what about now? by lovelydreams2x
Bringing Kingdoms to Their Knees by MsLyraGW
look what we’ve got….. by Lozzeh13
Far Away by yulivee94
Shattered by yulivee94
inside my head by Specialisyou
I Will Not Back Down by Lozzeh13
Thanks for lots of reading for a weekend! (Or a month…) 😀
I just wanted to say that when you talk about Merlin being too tiny to be the one to save Arthur from physical dangers, all I see is season 5 Merlin and that one wasn’t tiny at all. 😀 So I guess it really depends on which kind of Merlin you see.
To be honest, what totally broke me and pretty much changed how I write Merlin in most of my fics is The Living and the Dead. Ever since I laid my eyes on half-naked, buff, beardy, straight-backed, confident Nathan, my Merlins are buff, confident, and dominant. 😀