What I want for Christmas

[aleathiel]

I don't normally do memes, but since it was Angie who asked...


Ok, this is how it works: The player (me) must list 3 things that I would love to get for Christmas. Then I must list 3 things that I definitely do not want to get for Christmas. Then I tag 5 friends and list their names. The people I tag need to write on their LJ about their Christmas wishes then tag 5 more people.

What I want for Christmas:
1. Inspiration for the module 2 assessment. Or just motivation to get it done.
2. Someone to write a fic exploring Merlin's magic, and why sometimes he needs to use words, but sometimes he doesn't.
3. Someone to volunteer to make pretty banners/cover art for my fics/fics yet to come

What I don't want for Christmas:
1. Merlin to be cancelled
2. To spend the entire two weeks at home worrying about point 1 above.
3. To put on weight.


I'm not tagging particular people. If you want to do it then please do!

Comments

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

I'm a member of the Merlin RPS comm, but there isn't really much on it.

And yes, combining might be a genius plan. I've actually done that before (it was Troy, back before that was a disaster and the film actually came out) and it was fun. I don't know anything much about Bradley and Colin though.

YES that might work. Thank you so much. I've just been completely stumped on how to even begin to make that pairing work.

The slash dragon is on the writing staff. I'm sure.

When inspiration calls you really shouldn't deny it :P

[matan4il.livejournal.com]

There's one already? :D Yay. And I'm sure there will be... My first foray into RPS in the LotR fandom was caused by a drought in FPS fic, so I'm sure the same will happen here.

I don't either, but I'm sure that once the complete series is out on DVD, we'll have plenty of material to feed the RPS slash muse with. And you did? I'd love to read that! I'm sure your fic is ten times better than the movie. At least.

My pleasure, I'm so happy if I can help. :)

He's probably one of the two Julian's, hiding his secret identity. Can't you just see him walking into the BBC offices to hand in his scripts, dressed in a rain coat, claws neatly tucked away and the latest copy of DETAILS tugged into his suitcase?

Damn you. :| I've started writing. Damndamndamn. I really need my sleeeeeeeep! D:

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

There is. It's very inventively called merlinrpf

And yes, that's true. YAY for extras. And yes, the entire Troy fandom was made up of fic that was vastly superior to the film. In fact, ironically, the film actually coming out pretty much killed the fandom.

THANK YOU

I love that image. I almost spluttered tea on my screen.

Sleep is vastly overrated. You really don't need very much of it.

[matan4il.livejournal.com]

*snorts* Then again merlinxarthur isn't the most original comm name either, is it? ;) It's good that all the creative juices in thsi fandom flow towards the fics.

Damn. :| Now there's a literary crime if I ever came across one. I actually went to see the movie with my (gay and fabulous) Ancient Greek Literature professor. It was so amusing to see him mock it. And then when we agreed, he said he doesn't know what we're complaining about because the movie obviously delivered - Brad Pitt was very pretty in it. The fact that he can't act was irrelevant. I miss the prof. so much!

*pokes* Any chance for a link to your fic?

*lol* I almost made you splutter tea? And now I know I AM going to hell! XD *squishes*

*curses* I started out just typing that one sentence, now I have two paragraphs and a general idea of the structure. DAMNIT. The kids will SO discipline me instead of the other way around tomorrow... D:

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

No. The only original name I've seen is the Merlin/Morgana comm (infide_manentia). Well, and faces_of_bradley, which just amuses me.

And yes. The film was very pretty. Just BAD.

General index (mostly up to date) is here.
Fic with RPS and FPS together is No Aphrodite (although actually there's another two part one on the index that is also a mix of RPF and FPF and very odd as it's written from a long list of prompts)

Don't mock me. :P

Glad to hear that fic is EATING YOUR BRAIN. It does that to me.

[matan4il.livejournal.com]

Yep, no prob with the code. And yay, am not the only one struggling to type at this hour!

I can see why you'd like the latter. ;p And the one for Merlin/Morgana actually is creative. Does it influence the fic creativity, I wonder?

Yay, thank you! :D I'll look the other one up as well and read both tomorrow (right now, I can't read anything because of this damn bunny, so this is really all your fault).

*chuckles* Perish the thought! I'll merely poke you verbally a bit. ;)

Isn't it wonderful in a really-annoying sort of way? *g* Damnit, now I have the last line of the fic as well. *wonders what keeps bunnies away, at least 'til morning*

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

No, you aren't. Although I mistype at the best of times (that said mistupe the first time!)

And perhaps it does :P There isn't much Merlin/Morgana fic. Which is kind of a pity really, since that is pretty. I've written it a little, twice, and might do so again. If I write the fertility ritual fic, it really is going to need to have some het in it, or it won't make any sense at all.

And yes. What is most annoying is putting out the light and going to bed and then having my head go into overdrive and compose the most brilliant scene ever for the fic I'm working on. Most of which I can't then remember in the morning if I don't get up, put the light on, and write it.

[matan4il.livejournal.com]

That's better than mine, I regularly type 'gay' instead of guy which, outside fandom, if way more embarrassing than you'd think. *points to icon* There's a reason why I needed to make it. ;)

I'd think there would be some, but the truth is Merlin/Arthur and Gwen/Morgana are so strong, I guess it gets in the way of seeing other possibilities, in a sense. I'd ship them (M/M) if only in honor of the actors' Irish accents! ;D And yeah, I guess unless Merlin grows a womb, it would need a bit of het.

*NODS* That is PRECISELY it! I've started keeping a notebook by my bed for just such occasions, but I can now say that I both think and type way faster than I write. Which is all sorts of annoying, because it means you have 3 options when that perfect scene starts writing itself in your head, and all of them bad in some way.

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

ugh, it appears I can't type. But I guess you can understand even with the messed up code.