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Thursday, February 26th, 2009 09:38 pm
comforting merlin recs as required
In thematic celebration of my life as a germ incubator and wishing for less congestion now, kthx:
Merlin recs! Yes, you can see how I would very naturally go this direction.
Sick Leave by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
waldorph wins for Best Portrayal of Miserable Sickness and How It Should Be Dealt With Like, Ever. I do not envy Merlin at all whatsoever. Not even a little. Lucky bastard.
The Route to Advancement bymagog_83 for Most Fun Use of a Sort Of OC and Bonus Drunken Merlin FTW, because this is adorable and I need to wallow in adorable like you have no idea.
Oh look! And here is more!
As If You Have a Choice byfadagaski, who wins for Most Freaking Adorable Balls of Light In the Literal And Non Metaphorical Sense Ever and Oh My God How Could This Be More Adorable Unless It Involved Yarn and Kittens Frolicking In the Background. Seriously. Usually my comfort fic involves mass murder. I am pleased to report today my comfort fic is actually, y'know, adorable.
Maybe it's the congestion? IDK. Stay tuned during my slow and inevitable decline. By Sunday, pretty sure my usual ficcish homicidal tendencies will return and Merlin will take like, Gaul in Arthur's name or something. Don't say you wouldn't like it. I like just thinking about it. And Iceland. Can't forget fucking Iceland. As I continue to ponder why the fuck would anyone conquer Iceland? I'm not saying it's not a great country and all, but strategically speaking, how does one look at a map (why would Iceland even be on the map?) and say, I know, Ireland, Wales, Gaul, Spain, ooh, Iceland! Let's get that one too! In tiny boats! We have enough geometry and astronomy to not get lost and find India! Not like we don't have interior plumbing or regular baths anymore, we can totally pull off that kind of trans-Atlantic trip for a country that is by Greenland that we dont' know exists yet!
I'm sorry, this just bothers me. Take that as you will.
Merlin recs! Yes, you can see how I would very naturally go this direction.
Sick Leave by
waldorph wins for Best Portrayal of Miserable Sickness and How It Should Be Dealt With Like, Ever. I do not envy Merlin at all whatsoever. Not even a little. Lucky bastard.The Route to Advancement by
magog_83 for Most Fun Use of a Sort Of OC and Bonus Drunken Merlin FTW, because this is adorable and I need to wallow in adorable like you have no idea.Oh look! And here is more!
As If You Have a Choice by
fadagaski, who wins for Most Freaking Adorable Balls of Light In the Literal And Non Metaphorical Sense Ever and Oh My God How Could This Be More Adorable Unless It Involved Yarn and Kittens Frolicking In the Background. Seriously. Usually my comfort fic involves mass murder. I am pleased to report today my comfort fic is actually, y'know, adorable.Maybe it's the congestion? IDK. Stay tuned during my slow and inevitable decline. By Sunday, pretty sure my usual ficcish homicidal tendencies will return and Merlin will take like, Gaul in Arthur's name or something. Don't say you wouldn't like it. I like just thinking about it. And Iceland. Can't forget fucking Iceland. As I continue to ponder why the fuck would anyone conquer Iceland? I'm not saying it's not a great country and all, but strategically speaking, how does one look at a map (why would Iceland even be on the map?) and say, I know, Ireland, Wales, Gaul, Spain, ooh, Iceland! Let's get that one too! In tiny boats! We have enough geometry and astronomy to not get lost and find India! Not like we don't have interior plumbing or regular baths anymore, we can totally pull off that kind of trans-Atlantic trip for a country that is by Greenland that we dont' know exists yet!
I'm sorry, this just bothers me. Take that as you will.
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From:(Also, zombie fic the second FTW!)
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From:*blinking*
Wow, he's pretty.
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From:[swoons dreamily at icon]
And look at this one! I got them here (http://community.livejournal.com/gravityicons/6343.html#cutid1)
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From:This icon is actually made from a photo of the tattoo I have on my back. It's huge, covers my whole shoulderblade, and it's black. But that's an unaltered photo of my tattoo, which I adore. So thank you twice!
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This is entirely random, but . . .
From:Ahem. Anyway, thanks for the recs! Sorry you are ill. Also sorry if you haven't a fucking clue what I'm talking about, which is likely because it's sort of ridiculous.
I suppose this will serve as well as any other awkward, gushing introduction, so hello. I friended you for your Merlin fic, which is lovely. I am just now getting around to saying so because I am bad at doing things.
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Re: This is entirely random, but . . .
From:Also, welcome and hi!
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From:Thanks for the recs! Off to read about kittens.
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From:Iceland was settled ca. 875, by settlers from Norway (and a few from Ireland and Scotland). There was no one there at the time (and only shaky evidence that there had ever been permanent residents, as opposed to random people transiting through). Iceland wasn't insular--its people were seafaring and it was customary for the ambitious to spend years abroad trading and fighting. Iceland also wasn't pagan for very long; it officially converted in the year 1000, although of course such official conversion hardly meant the end of all pagan practices.
Not sure what year the show claims to be set in, but Arthur is usually dated earlier than that.
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From:Anyway, Iceland is relatively easily accessible by sea from the British Isles (there are tales of travel back and forth, and one of the major figures of the Laexdala Saga is reputed to be of royal Irish descent). If you were assuming that Arthur ruled that whole area, and you didn't actually know any Icelandic history, Iceland would be a natural inclusion in his conquests. In Geoffrey's time, the Icelanders had a fairly good reputation as warriors, so of course you'd want Arthur to have beaten them.
But, still, no mystic insular people huddling over a deep magic. No people at all! There are stories that some Irish monks dwelt there for a time, if you were compelled to write a story I suppose I'd pin it to that.
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From:I am shocked to hear this. You mean the chronicles weren't one hundred percent true? I need my smelling salts. *sighs*
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From:I WOULD LIKE IT VERY MUCH THANK YOU *makes gimme hands*
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Interjecting to say
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I like complimentary interjections! (...wow, that sounds sort of... open to misintrepretation)
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From:As I continue to ponder why the fuck would anyone conquer Iceland?
Maybe it was an early version of the Icelandic banking crisis and the Icelanders had run off with their money. Or Merlin went a little OTT with a magical wind and they ended up there by mistake when heading somewhere else. Or maybe they were attacked by really really early Icelandic Vikings. Once you start to think about it all sorts of crackish possibilities emerge *g*.
Hope you don't mind if I friend you as I'm starting to embarrass myself with my stalkerish tendencies.
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