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Mainly writing...
OMG! I haven’t touched my AiA fic in days. But I have been writing. ( Read on. )

Current Mood: anxious

Latest Dose of Merlin Silliness
I usually get defensive when someone pans Merlin, but this time I couldn’t help but laugh. Brent Hartinger of AfterElton was not crazy about episode six (not one of my top ten either). He complained about the plot, didn’t think the girls had anything to do (they didn’t), and opined that the only UST was between the over-50 Gaius and Uther (and so what’s bad about that—old people need love too!).

But his funniest line was the closing one, which if I didn’t already know the show would keep me coming back:

”And I noticed for the first time what a great nose Colin Morgan has, especially in profile.”

Please remember that you saw it here first (the nose in profile that is). Recall my Colin as Findekáno icon? That with his eyes and cheek bones, and those lovely long fingers . . . I know. I’m making a fool of myself again.

Stolen from a few people on my f-list,
because I like pic-spammy memes too.

• Post ten of any pictures currently on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive.
• NO CAPTIONS! It must be like we're speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words.
• They must ALREADY be on your hard drive - no Googling or Flickr! They have to have been saved to your folders sometime in the past. They must be something you've saved there because it resonated with you for some reason.
• You do NOT have to answer any questions about any of your pictures if you don't want to. You can make them as mysterious as you like. Or you can explain them away as much as you like.

Theme of these is randomness of what's on my harddrive. (Virtually all click larger.) ( Pics here. )

Happy Birthday,chaoticbinky
Hope you have a wonderful birthday!

Happy Birthday, jael_beruthiel
Sorry I'm late to the birthday celebration! (I was offline for a couple of days handling the big birthday bash for Baby Fingon--I hope you will forgive me.)

Hope it was a lot of fun. Saw

ignoblebard's birthday fic for you. That was terrific!

BBC Merlin fandom – Recs, Musing and Meta

just_ann_now asked for BBC Merlin fic recs yesterday. I went strangely blank. I’ve probably read most of the Merlin/Arthur stories–the good, the bad, and the ugly. I am nothing if not compulsive. But I hardly know where to start. Here are a few that popped into my mind without even doing a search to refresh my memory. ( Read on. )

Happy, Happy Birthday, rhapsody11
It's still not tomorrow here yet. So I am not late yet! Hope you had a great day and got treated like a High Princess of the Noldor on a begetting day before the flight. (

ignoblebard and Celegorm said happy birthday too!)

Celegorm and Huan by Tuuliky
Click for much, much bigger and a link to her website.

Cloaked in Shadows
Book: The Persian Boy
Characters: Bagoas, Alexander/Hephaistion
Rating: R
Notes:: Don’t know if I ever posted this here. Re-posted to

maryrenaultfics for inclusion of challenge/comment fics into a re-vamping of its fic archive. (Originally posted in response to the 2008 Second Annual Halloween (spooooky) Fic Challenge.)
Summary: Not exactly a horror fic, but one with fear and dark shadows, inspired by speculations in the chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Persian Boy as to whether or not there was still a physical side to the relationship between Hephaistion and Alexander after Bagoas. (A drabble and a half—150 words.)Cloaked in Shadows

Are You Lonely Tonight?
Title: Are You Lonely Tonight?
Author: Oshun (

heartofoshun)
Rating: Teen
Spoilers: Nothing specific.
Length: 1,370 words
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin, Morgana/Gwen assumed, with a touch of Arthur/Gwen and Merlin/Morgana
Warnings: None, except that it might be darker than it looks on the surface.
Summary: Arthur and Gwen get married; Morgana and Merlin try to cope. (In thinking about my fantasy of keeping the boys together when Arthur marries Gwen, I found that it probably could not remain simple and straightforward. I may have to write more in this universe to handle all the issues it raised for me.)
Disclaimer: The myths and legends surrounding Arthur and Merlin belong to the world. This particular interpretation is based upon the characters as presented in the series Merlin, which belongs to the BBC and Shine Limited.
( Are You Lonely Tonight? )

Clearing the Decks
I took the day off (On Strike! I told someone already today) from moving things, unpacking, clearing out the old place and setting up things at the new one in order to try to work on my AiA fic. Anyway, I am just so sick of moving. Also, I now need some brawn again and do not know whence that will be forthcoming at the moment. (The Avari, little sh*t that he is, has become strangely silent and very busy. Close to half of things I have thrown out so far belonged to him.)

Finished and posted a Swordspoint drabble that I had been sitting on for a while, almost but not quite finished, and also am planning in a little bit to post a Merlin fic, that I had finished a couple of days ago and

lilithlessfair had in her possession, just in case she wanted to veto something or push me to add something. She pretty much gave it pass, with some greatly appreciated supportive comments. The point of posting these other ficlets in other fandoms right now, I guess, is to clear the decks so that I have nothing in abeyance that is itching to be shown. ( Couple of pics under the cut. One personal, on fandom-related )

Made To Touch Me
A Swordspoint Drabble

Title: Made To Touch Me
Pairing: Richard St Vier/Alec Campion
Rating: R
Length: Drabble (100 words)
Summary: Richard adores Alec’s hands.
Time Period: Swordspoint
Disclaimer: Of course, Swordspoint belongs to Ellen Kushner, and there are mild spoilers here as well for her short story "A Wild and Wicked Youth," which, among other delicious details, tells us something about Richard’s mother.
Apologies: To

just_ann_now who told me she is contemplating a fic about Alec’s hands. (I’m sure that hers will be hotter, more poetic, more insightful, but this one would not leave me alone.) Made To Touch Me

Happy Belated Birthday, binkaslibrary
Hope you had a terrific birthday! Sorry to be so late.

Wanted very much to find a happy picture from one of your favorite parts of The Silmarillion, but that has not been so easy.
I’m settling for a pretty picture of the wilds of Beleriand.

I can’t write my own stuff right now but I can complain about others …
Too distracted and frazzled with moving to work on my own projects at the moment, but I certainly am capable of complaining. In this case about the reviews of the first showing of Merlin on U.S. TV. ( Read on. )

The New York Times Reviews/Previews Merlin
The New York Times review is definitely worth reading: Once and Future Sorcerer

It’s not a rave review, but then The New York Times rarely does rave reviews so by their standards it is a fairly decent review. ( Read on. )

ON THE SET

Since Merlin starts in the US on NBC on Sunday, I thought some of my f-list might want to look at this and get some idea of what I have been talking about for the last few months.

Personal and Writing

Denial and Culture Shock:

I have done very little concrete to prepare for my move. A lot of blathering with Laura about her end of it. Still thinking about the adjustment also. The following pics reflect a little of the culture shock I am trying to absorb.

First, the corner of the nearest business street near the old house:

( Read on. )

Personal nightmare: ( Read on. )

Writing/AiA fic/could use a Beta ( Read on. )

Five Totally OOC Transformations of Characters and Storylines in Mary Renault’s Novels.
(Alternative title: “Why Mary Renault Is Such a Great Writer and I Am A Shameless Hack!”)

Summary:

maryrenaultfics has been celebrating their fifth year anniversary, with a series of projects and challenges this month. This is my small contribution to one of those. My favorites fantasies of what might have been in these novels.

My contribution here.

Silliness: Imagining Findekáno
Everyone here already knows I am silly. I also spend a lot of time thinking about Fingon (Findekáno) and not always from the most intellectual point of view. For a couple of years I have been looking for a real life image of him of that suits my taste. ( Read on. )

Interstitial Arts Foundation (IAF).
NYC IAF to host Interstitial Salon: June 11, 7 - 10 p.m.
( Read on. )

Happy Birthday, lissas_elves!
All the best wishes to a great friend. Hope it has been a terrific birthday and hope you get this before it is late!