Merlin Prompt Post

[aleathiel]

There are two types of prompt that I would like:

1. Word prompts.

ie: turbulence
luminescence
frogs

2. Scenario prompts.

ie: Uther is Merlin's father
Magic is not forbidden
Merlin has wings


In both cases, this is not a fic request because I can't promise that what I write will bear more than a tenous connection to what you said (although a scenario prompt is bound to slightly more...) but they are starting points for me to think about.

(note: I don't really want to write modern AUs of any kind at this point. AUs insofar as the canon has been altered in some way are fine)

Please post as many times as you would like!

Comments

[fortassetu.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE CLEARLY CRAZY.

And obviously Merlin has a rubber duck that he uses in his bath. Arthur exploits this... weakness.

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

Hai, I read your prompt and thought: Sorry, you think I am the crazy one? :P

[danegen.livejournal.com]

Merlin hit by sex pollen. Or Arthur hit by sex pollen. Or both. I'm not picky.

[cinderlily.livejournal.com]

1. brilliant, justice, vilify

2. Merlin has a child back home.
Both were heterosexual before meeting. (Sorry, this is my biggest shameful kink.)
Decades later Merlin playing with Arthur's children.

Feel free to ignore them all, I was just throwing them out there. ;)

[fortassetu.livejournal.com]

I know. I know. I have a rubber duck on my desk. I've OD'd on chocolate. I must go write sparklepire porn to calm down.

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

Sparklepire? LOL

[mariana-oconnor.livejournal.com]

Merlin wakes up one day to find he has a magic long white beard of awesomeness.

And, because that one is cracktastic:

Scatter.

[fortassetu.livejournal.com]

I know, lulz. It's so much shorter than saying glittery vampire porn...

[givemethebook.livejournal.com]

rosewood
socks
adrenaline

[witheredsong.livejournal.com]

Abjection.

[bright-blonde.livejournal.com]

just pitching in...

hunting, thoughtless

and: arthur sees merlin doing something sweet for someone, reconsiders his opinion of him. =)

[cain1999.livejournal.com]

1. heritage

or

2. Merlin trapped in an Oak Tree/ Cave/ Crystal ... whatever (as in not future!AU)

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Invisible!Merlin

:D

[(Anonymous)]

JUST SO YOU KNOW, you are awesome for that prompt.

[(Anonymous)]

Both were heterosexual before meeting. (Sorry, this is my biggest shameful kink.)

And mine.

[(Anonymous)]

(I am hoping anon prompts are okay?)

roses, bones, rabbits, vampire, masquerade, theater, plague, manticore, float, language

Another king (not Uther) is Merlin's father.
Gaius is a werewolf.
Merlin turns himself (or someone else) into a giant.
Merlin does magic better when he's naked.
Arthur can do magic.

[cyber09.livejournal.com]

Merlin has a child back home.

Decades later Merlin playing with Arthur's children.

Just had to say the idea of these two made my heart melt. *o*

[cinderlily.livejournal.com]

If I could write Merlin I would write the first one. I even have a back story of him being more afraid of the kid showing magic then Arthur finding out he HAS a kid... and a little girl with Merlin's big eyes and pixie cut hair and.. Yes. I have no skills with British writing and even less with historical but really. BABIES.

(This is kind of a motif in my life. ;))

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

Yes, I am very tempted by the first one. It's a lovely idea :)

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

Anon prompts are fine. And the prompts are great.

[neverseenthesky.livejournal.com]

Drummer Merlin/Shakespearian actor Arthur AU.

Ahem.

[selfinduced.livejournal.com]

Merlin figures out/accidentally spells himself some form of telepathy or telempathy and hijinks ensue. (my favorite trope in this fandom tends to be pining!Arthur and oblivious!Merlin, with a bit of denying/jealous/possessive!Arthur for good measure, so any scenario where that can be incorporated it would be cool!)

also, i see all these modern!AUs and some Merlin-time-travel ones, and it makes me wonder--what would happen if the boys (or the girls, or all four of them) popped up in a modern setting? (blame some magic device+accidental spell.) would they all immediately look at Merlin? not realize that he's magic without him confessing and freaking out? how long before they figure out how to get back? what would they discover first and what would they remember? etc etc.

[abbyleaf101.livejournal.com]

... CUDDLING. I want to read about Arthur being nervous and hesitant about cuddling with Merlin, and the hugs and stuff.

[aleathiel.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am absolutely writing that into my epic!fic. It fits really well with the relationship between them anyway.

It might go in something else sooner than that too, because it's very cute.

[burkesl17.livejournal.com]

Merlin has to lick Arthur's spine. I'm sure there's a sensible, potentially canonical reason in there somewhere.