To start with...
Oct. 1st, 2013 10:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sally_mariaTwo stories from this summer's Merlin Big Bang. I'm still reading, so there may be more later.
What Have Kings by antonomasia09.
"Arthur is the king of Camelot, but his hold on power is tenuous at best due to an injury that won't properly heal. Merlin is a druid slave whose life Arthur saves on a whim. Together, they embark on a quest to reclaim the legendary sword lost by Arthur’s father, and to restore faith in the Pendragon name. Fusion with The Eagle."
A very clever fusion of ideas and themes from Merlin and The Eagle. I love canon-era AUs, and this really works in giving us the characters we know and love in a slightly different setting.
Awake by Cori Lannam.
"King Arthur sleeps in Avalon, waiting to return at the hour of Albion's greatest need. But once a year he awakes and spends a single day with Merlin, who will never, ever leave him."
This made me smile, made me cry, and left me convinced that Merlin and Arthur had performed the task that fate had set for them, and could look forward to a happy life together, for however long it would last.
It's a truly satisfying exploration of the reality of an Arthur sleeping until Albion's Greatest Need - there have been so many, how do you pick one?
What Have Kings by antonomasia09.
"Arthur is the king of Camelot, but his hold on power is tenuous at best due to an injury that won't properly heal. Merlin is a druid slave whose life Arthur saves on a whim. Together, they embark on a quest to reclaim the legendary sword lost by Arthur’s father, and to restore faith in the Pendragon name. Fusion with The Eagle."
A very clever fusion of ideas and themes from Merlin and The Eagle. I love canon-era AUs, and this really works in giving us the characters we know and love in a slightly different setting.
Awake by Cori Lannam.
"King Arthur sleeps in Avalon, waiting to return at the hour of Albion's greatest need. But once a year he awakes and spends a single day with Merlin, who will never, ever leave him."
This made me smile, made me cry, and left me convinced that Merlin and Arthur had performed the task that fate had set for them, and could look forward to a happy life together, for however long it would last.
It's a truly satisfying exploration of the reality of an Arthur sleeping until Albion's Greatest Need - there have been so many, how do you pick one?
