I should be doing my chemistry homework right now.

[adeina_rhyddha]

Title: Fearless.
Pairing(s): Arthur/Merlin.
Warnings: Rambly and jumpy, so my usual style. I'm pretty sure the tenses are a bit screwed up, but other than that I don't think there is really anything to warn about.
Spoiler(s): Nope.
Word count: 2284.
Rating: PG.
Summary: Arthur is on the best first date he's ever had, with one Merlin Emrys.
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[book_worm_vicky]

Taylor Swift get in anyway? ;) I'm glad ;)

Brilliant summing up the the song, and despite the fact that you never use names -except for the awesome Morgana ;) - it's so clear who Arthur's talking about, you've really described everything brilliantly.

It's such a sweet story!! I loved it! The way it goes along with the song so exactly is wonderful, and I love how you've included the lyrics into it.

The picnic!!! *squee* There are no words for my adoration, Merlin splashing out on champagne, and tasting of it later on *squee* I'm going to have this image in my head everytime I listen to Fearless now, and what a wonderful image to have!!

[adeina_rhyddha]

My plot bunnies worship Taylor Swift, I swear. All her songs make me want to write fics.
Aw, thank you. I'm really glad you liked it. x3
Yeah, I ended up only using Morgana and Uther's names. I didn't set out to do that, really. I was going to use Merlin's name then I just couldn't find anywhere to fit it in, so I left it. I like to think it works better that way.
I've said this a couple of times, but a friend of mine has a live version of the song on her iPod, and before she starts playing Taylor says it's based on the best first date she never had. Therefore, I decided that it would work well with the best first date Arthur ever had. x3
Aw, I know. I love picnics, and it just seemed like a rather Merlin thing to do. Also, I love champagne. It's a really rather marvellous drink.
Haha. If you say so. x3

[book_worm_vicky]

LOL! She is an easy person for a plot bunny to worship; the story's already there. ;)

I decided Uther wasn't worth a mention :P ;D I think it does, despite not having seen it the other way ;)

Oh really? Aww, that's so sweet!! Yeah, it really does *nods*

Yeah, they're great. A very British thing too, I think. A picnic can sort of be anything, fun with friends, fun with family, or a romantic date. I love them

That it is.

I do say so *nods*

[adeina_rhyddha]

I know. Damn you, Taylor.
Lawl!! Fair enough. I don't really know why I put his name in there, to be perfectly honest with you. O.o
I didn't actually write his name in any version. I couldn't really see where it'd go, so I gave up. Yay for resilience!
Yeah. So I thought this would just work nicely and fit with that, y'know? Yeah.
Very British."Let's go for a picnic in the rain!" Gosh, I love being English. We can just be mental and no one really cares, 'cause we're English. xD

[jslvr4vr]

I like/love this. Great job!

[adeina_rhyddha]

Thank you.
I'm glad you liked it.

[woodsgal]

Nice little song fic, interesting that you didn't use any speech.

It's nice how you protrayed their relationship and STRAWBERRIES.

Ummm I'm no good at commenting on things ha ha but I liked it.

[adeina_rhyddha]

Yeah, it seemed to make sense when I was writing it.
But often, things that make sense IN my head don't seem to make all that sense OUT of my head.
Strawberries. I just can't help myself, what can I say. I was going to do some description with that, but decided not to in the end.
You are, now shush. x3
I'm glad you liked it, anyways.

[woodsgal]

XD what I meant was that I don't ever know what to say when I comment.

It was fine without the extra description. You should write more like this.

[adeina_rhyddha]

Lawl.
Neither do I, but I always manage just fine. x3
More dramatic monologues?
Maybe. I love the style, so I probably will. x3

[polychromator]

F YOU, GEOGRAPHY COURSEWORK. THIS WAS SO MUCH BETTER.
So so lovely. I just adore your style. It always makes me smile. Disjointed? Maybe. But it works so well ~
Like a memory. 'Cause when your reminiscing everything comes a once. <3
FFFF I still love your journal title.

[adeina_rhyddha]

Haha!!
Aww, thank you. I'm really glad you liked it. x3
I love writing in this style. I have this thing about dramatic monologues, what can I say. It's a really great way to explore the character, and yeah it ends up being jumpy, but it's their thought processes, so you can get away with it, which works well for me as I then don't have to go rearrange the whole thing. xD
Yeah, mostly 'cause they do tend to be memories. Memories or in the moment, when you are getting distracted by everything. It's why I love it so much. x3
Haha. So do I. xDD

[alba17]

Oh, I liked that! You don't often see things written in this POV, interesting approach. Very sweet and romantic. That's way more interesting than chemistry homework, for sure. XD

[adeina_rhyddha]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. x3
In Arthur's POV or the first person?
I have found that people tend to write a third person view, usually from Merlin's POV. Possibly because he's easier? I'm not sure. I tend to do it, too, so I can't really say much. x3
I just love this style so much, and find it more interesting to write it as this than third person, because I can explore the charcater more. I'm fairly sure my characterisation is all off, but still. xD
It is. I did get my homework done, though. It was depressing after writing this.

[alba17]

I meant 1st person. Oh, I see a lot from Arthur's POV too.
Probably people identify with Merlin more though. I see that in my other fandom, writers tend to identify more with a certain character and write from his POV. He also gets feminized a lot in the same way as Merlin. :)

I hated chemistry!

[adeina_rhyddha]

Haha. Yeah, people tend to write in the third person because it's so much easier to get other people's views in. I usually do, too, but this is more fun to explore. x3
Haha. Merlin does get feminised a lot. Poor guy.
I'm taking it at A level. Why I ever thought that was a good idea is beyond me.