Title: Ten Things Everyone Should Know.
Author: this beautiful thief.
Story Type: Merlin fanfiction.
Rating: R.
Genre: Romance.
Status: Oneshot.
Reason for reccing: This piece also won first place in my most recent contest because it is absolutely beautiful. There's absolutely nothing wrong; it's so well-written and so emotion and honestly, just so completely wonderful. Whether or not you've ever seen Merlin (I hadn't), you should read it.
Summary:
i: what makes them come alive.
ii: where their quiet spot is.
iii: how to accept a compliment.
iv: their favourite scent.
v: who they look up to and why.
vi: when to listen.
vii: to remember to really make a wish on their birthday.
viii: that they are beautiful.
ix: the things that make them happy.
x: that they’re going to be okay, someday.
Excerpt:
i: what makes them come alive.
There’s nothing in heaven or earth like the feeling of magic pulsing through Merlin’s veins as it pours out of him in a spell or an enchantment, gentle or furious or frustrated or calm depending on the circumstance. It’s always painful, almost like he has to rip something out of himself to make it work, but it’s always beautiful too, the way chaos is beautiful when it’s moulded into shape.
How can this be wrong? How can something so glorious ever be considered wrong? but he thinks he understands, sometimes. It’s not magic that’s wrong, it’s the people who use it to do wrong. They’re the ones who deserve the condemnation, not the pure, visceral joy of the energy and the power burning in his heart.
People have a habit of ruining beautiful things, Merlin’s found.
Author: this beautiful thief.
Story Type: Merlin fanfiction.
Rating: R.
Genre: Romance.
Status: Oneshot.
Reason for reccing: This piece also won first place in my most recent contest because it is absolutely beautiful. There's absolutely nothing wrong; it's so well-written and so emotion and honestly, just so completely wonderful. Whether or not you've ever seen Merlin (I hadn't), you should read it.
Summary:
i: what makes them come alive.
ii: where their quiet spot is.
iii: how to accept a compliment.
iv: their favourite scent.
v: who they look up to and why.
vi: when to listen.
vii: to remember to really make a wish on their birthday.
viii: that they are beautiful.
ix: the things that make them happy.
x: that they’re going to be okay, someday.
Excerpt:
i: what makes them come alive.
There’s nothing in heaven or earth like the feeling of magic pulsing through Merlin’s veins as it pours out of him in a spell or an enchantment, gentle or furious or frustrated or calm depending on the circumstance. It’s always painful, almost like he has to rip something out of himself to make it work, but it’s always beautiful too, the way chaos is beautiful when it’s moulded into shape.
How can this be wrong? How can something so glorious ever be considered wrong? but he thinks he understands, sometimes. It’s not magic that’s wrong, it’s the people who use it to do wrong. They’re the ones who deserve the condemnation, not the pure, visceral joy of the energy and the power burning in his heart.
People have a habit of ruining beautiful things, Merlin’s found.
August 28th, 2011 at 10:12pm