5 thoughts on “Episode 23: Fanfiction “Early Fics””

1. A Modern Manservant does an AMAZING job of incorporating the show into a modern setting and the characters are amazing and it’s just…. such a good fic

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2. I went through my old folder with fanfics I copied years ago from lj posts and picked some of my big favourites:

   “To You I Pledge” by beren – https://archiveofourown.org/works/377019/chapters/615227
   Merlin lays his life on the line to save Arthur yet again, only this time there are witnesses, lots of them. Only Arthur prevents him going to the headman’s axe straight away, but Arthur alone cannot save him. That is up to both of them.

   “Not Now, Not Ever” by JulieGee – https://archiveofourown.org/works/68445/chapters/90293#workskin
   Merlin and Arthur discover their destiny through words and deeds.

   “An Unshakable Desire” by riventhorn – https://archiveofourown.org/works/163197
   Arthur meets a boy in the rain. A dirty, poor, insolent peasant. A common whore. But Arthur can’t stop thinking about him…

   “Fulcrum” by beren – https://archiveofourown.org/works/67341/chapters/88994
   (Merlin/Harry Potter crossover)
   AU from end of HBP. There are some things that are just not supposed to happen, some wrongs which should not occur; these are the things Merlin knows he and Arthur were created to prevent. Then of course there are also some things that would make things better if they happened and folly or stupidity has stopped them from occurring; Merlin likes to put these back on track as well; Arthur calls that part meddling.

   “The Great Winter” by halfhardtorock – https://archiveofourown.org/works/2119092
   It’s the Little Ice Age. OR. The Great Winter, when the Pendragons are forced to bed down for a month under furs until the weather is warm again. Arthur’s only seen the Great Winter in babyhood. Now, he must find a proper Royal Bedwarmer to share his Winter’s rest with.

   “Recovery” by Demon Faith – https://demon-faith.livejournal.com/214168.html
   Arthur can barely stand and Merlin can’t stand to wait. A holiday from Camelot is in order.

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3. Also, this is the archive where I read my first fics: http://merlinfic.dtwins.co.uk/index.php
   (I read pretty much everything there was at the time, even the really trashy fics, totally amazed that something like fanfiction exists)

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4. “Practical Adventures and Auspicious Pursuits” by Stillane – https://stillane.livejournal.com/69628.html
   podfic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/464441
   It might be good to be the king, but some days it sucks to be the prince.

   “The Lee” by Heavenly_Bodies – https://archiveofourown.org/works/278362
   …inexplicable as it was- Merlin didn’t get hurt. So turning to find his dark haired servant collapsed, unmoving on the ground with a hideously grinning man looming over him had sent foul shivers like he’d never known through Arthur’s body.

   “From Darkness Comes Light” by beren – https://archiveofourown.org/works/376997/chapters/615196#workskin
   When dark creatures that prey on the living, taking their blood and causing the dead to rise from their graves are reported in Albion it is Arthur who is sent to destroy them. Some things, however, do not fall to the sword and Arthur learns this the hard way. Merlin is faced with giving up more than his secret to save his friend.

   “With All That I Am” by isis-sg1 – https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6507016/1/With-All-That-I-Am
   Merlin and Arthur live two different lives, one in the basement, the other on the top floor. It’s up to Arthur to teach Merlin it’s okay to ask for help and for Merlin to teach Arthur there’s more to life than money

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