lately, i've been thinking

GO SIGN UP. Apparently I did? because I'm crazy Because amphigoury made me. and threatened me with hockey sticks. and a lifetime in the penalty box. :D:D:D

I'm so excited! :D

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The Basics
TITLE: Haven by Chance
AUTHOR: Eurydice
RATING: NC17
WORD COUNT: 88k (complete)
CHARACTERS/PAIRINGS: Arthur/Percival, Gwaine/Merlin
SPOILERS/WARNINGS: None, modern AU
DISCLAIMER: Oh, how I wish they were, but no, they are not mine.
NOTES: Written for the KMM prompt, Arthur/Percival and/or Gwaine/Merlin, modern day AU, Sweaty, dirty dancing at a club. Paired off or all together, all I know is I want it.
SUMMARY: Percival Chance looks like he might have it all, but his shyness and insecurity cripple him from any kind of real relationship. Until he meets a gorgeous blond at a club one night and decides to take a chance. When he finds out his hook-up is none other than Arthur Pendragon, one of the most powerful businessmen in London, he's convinced he's made a terrible mistake. It's up to Arthur to convince him otherwise...

Why I love it.
Okay so. This fic, you guys. This fic. I know it's been finished for a few days over on KMM, but I've been holding back and waiting until Eurydice de-anoned to make my official rec post.

Those of you following me on Twitter and who've had the "pleasure" of speaking to me on the phone or skype know that whenever updates of this fic came in I'd squeal, squee, shriek and keysmash to no end. This fic kept me going through the week, pushing me from Monday to Wednesday to Friday, giving me something to look forward to for so many weeks. It had me laughing and crying and raging and sitting on the edge of my seat wishing for the next update. I've reread it a stupid amount of times, usually at least once a week before a new update, just to get caught up and back into it. Obviously as it began getting longer that wasn't possible, but I reread the whole thing last night (thanks to the lovey Eurydice who linked me to the full thing ahead of time ♥) and my heart. It sang.

So. Beyond the obvious that is it my OTP, Arthur/Percival (with the lovely addition of Merlin/Gwaine) this fic felt like it was written specifically for me so many times, I felt like a crazy person and held back all my comments about that (TIL NOW! oops?). So, let me just list the things that I loved more than anything and basically felt were taken straight out of my brain and headcanon for this flawless ship: top!Arthur who only bottoms for Percival (HOMG YES), Percival with a big cock, shy Percival who isn't stupid, the boys bringing out the best in each other in a slow push-pull kind of way, angst, Elena being BAMF and silly and adorable and friends with both Percival and Arthur, the D/s dynamics between Arthur and Percival (omfg every time he called Arthur a cockslut. I died).

Beyond those silly little things that made me want to smish the author forever, I thought the relationship between the boys was written brilliantly, in a very grown-up way. I loved that they were both autonomous and strong and able and successful in their own ways. I loved the mutual respect and the building of trust and the realism of so many of their issues. I loved how Eurydice developed Percival, how we could see his past (which I won't spoil) being part of all his choices and why it took so much for him to trust Arthur.

As far as stylistic choices go, I loved the prose, and just everything about it. I love how it flowed, how descriptive it was without being overly flowery, how well the male voice came through. I also couldn't get enough of her scene setting, the way she wrote actions around the dialogue like in the scene where Gwaine goes to Percival's flat, and he paces, I just love little things like that, the extra descriptions, being so well placed in the characters' POVs, even with the switching ones. I especially appreciated that toward the end, when we just absolutely needed to know exactly what they were all thinking, to be there with them in that hard situation, to understand their actions, reactions. Everything.

This fic is everything.

Now, okay, before you all think I'm nuts (lol you already should), obviously this fic isn't perfect and there were times when I doubted Eurydice (then anon) and her choices, when I wanted a bit more or something, but you know what? I have never ever before been so emotionally involved in a fanfiction and so wholly taken with the characters, so any little imperfections don't matter, really, not when the sum of all parts is 88k of the most amazing story A/P could've ever asked for. ♥

Aka a shameless excuse to post some more Soccer Six pics. :D


( this time with more Eoin and his haaaair! )

Hope those were at least a bit inspiring for you all to go to the Football Fest and WRITE STUFF <3

How are you guys getting through this week? Is it dragging? Breezing through? Hope it's good regardless ♥

sometimes. today's okay tho. THERE ARE THINGS.

1. I really like this picture of Colz:


2. Kittens and Merlin are doing well, they're meowy, and she keeps leaving them and being all "ugh not this again" but then she cuddles them and cleans them and just genuinely loves them so much. AND I GET TO SEE IT ALL! :')

3. This is my current desktop and it makes me happy beyond happiness. Just in case anyone needs a warning (which, if you're on my flist you shouldn't probably): It's a photo of THop from Facebook. Don't click if that's not your thing.

( OH THOP Y U MAKE ME LOVE U SO MUCH?! )

4. Based on the success of the Paperlegends chats on weekends, there is also a Mon-Thurs general Merlin Fandom Write-Chat happening from ~5pm EDT - whenever us North Americans call it quits! This info is stolen from cruentum's post, because he hosts these things:

Merlin fandom write chat/word war.
http://chat.mibbit.com
Room: #merlinwritechat

Join for 30 minute writing sprints, everyone welcome

http://www.twitter.com/merlinwritechat.

5. I already have a couple people being epic and helping me out with my reem, but I've recently realized I'm a special snowflake who needs handholding so if anyone else has seen Adrien Lyne's Lolita (the one with sexy Jeremy Irons) and read the book and wants to talk about it~, lemme know!

6. Yesterday rebeccaann08 basically made my life and sent me this as a birthday present!


In case you can't see, it says ArthurxPercival FTW!!! :') BEST MUG OF LIFE.


Hope you're all continuing to have a fantastic week. ♥

OMG YOU GUYS. SO. kinkme_camelot has been open for a couple days now and the FIRST FILL just got posted. AND IT WAS TO MY PROMPT Leontes/Merlin, when you're losing the one you love most, the only one you can turn to is one who knows exactly what you're going through.

OMG. IT'S SHORT, BUT SO SWEET AND PERFECT OMG <3

GO READ IT.


Oh. Also. I've signed up for reel_merlin to do a M/U version of Lolita.

And erm, have been signed up to rpf_bb for a Bradley/Tom thing. HM.

I'll complete at least one of those. I have to.

Merlin's still pregnant. Ugh.

HAI FLIST HAI!

I've been all over the place fandom wise, but you know. There's good things and bad things...bad things first.

The bad

- My laptop charger like exploded. There are 3 weeks of school left. WTF WTF WTF

- There are 3 weeks of school left. Ew. But this also means that the end is near? =x

The Good

- hs_merlin started posting today. TWO WEEKS FILLED WITH STORIES! I AM EXCITE!

- I er, may have possibly signed up for merlin_melee? WAT. Er...we'll see how this goes, but wordcount-wise it seems doable...

- paperlegends cheerleader match-ups have been posted! *\o/* I have the great pleasure and honour to cheerlead for the lovely rebbeile, hfleming8 and derryere. You guys have no idea how excited I am! SRSLY! That's just the official sign-ups, and isn't counting all the other perfect amazing flisties who've also asked me to cheerlead. So, I know I haven't been around at paperpushers (I'll change, I swear!) So, this is my cheerleader offering #1 (which also explains why I'd never sign up to be an artist at pl :P)



Hope everyone's doing well! Tell me what's good flist! ♥