I thought I could resist...
Oct. 16th, 2008 08:20 pmFive weeks ago the BBC started showing a new family-friendly TV drama in the Dr Who Saturday evening slot. This programme is called Merlin.
It's a deliberately unconventional version of the Arthurian legends with Merlin, Arthur (*points to icon*) et al as young adults.
I was not going to write in this new fandom. I really wasn't.
But then, four episodes in, Merlin started writhing around on the bed in fevered dreams calling out, "Arthur.. Arthur!... Faster, go faster!"
Any ability to not write them was gone.
And so, because this is a baby fandom of just four episodes (five is on Saturday) and there are many people on my flist who haven't seen it (Go download! It won't take long to catch up!) I present you with a bit of background with caps ready for the likely influx ofporn fics:
( Here be dragons )
It's a deliberately unconventional version of the Arthurian legends with Merlin, Arthur (*points to icon*) et al as young adults.
I was not going to write in this new fandom. I really wasn't.
But then, four episodes in, Merlin started writhing around on the bed in fevered dreams calling out, "Arthur.. Arthur!... Faster, go faster!"
Any ability to not write them was gone.
And so, because this is a baby fandom of just four episodes (five is on Saturday) and there are many people on my flist who haven't seen it (Go download! It won't take long to catch up!) I present you with a bit of background with caps ready for the likely influx of
( Here be dragons )