Drabble: An Image in the Mind (Merlin/Morgana, "power")

[b_hallward]

AN: for blincolin.

An Image in the MindIn visions she's seen him call down lightning and level whole forests, seen him kill in anger, for Arthur, for revenge. She's seen her hands bloodstained, confused images of a dark wood and a deep silvery moat, has felt the awful give of his mind as she forces her way into his dreams, the years Merlin will spend

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[samescenes]

Oh, this is exactly what I wanted. They're drawn together, despite the fact they're so opposite. This is so perfect! ♥

[b_hallward]

Thanks! I think the way they are--or might be--drawn together is so sexy; inextricably drawn together and then pushed apart with equal inevitability. Plus they are both so pretty and there is a vast potential for sex-magic which I would total support.

[p_zeitgeist]

Oh, so very beautiful, and so very, improbably, right. Suddenly this doesn't seem like such an improbable pairing -- all the affection that exists between them now comes pouring through, all the more poignant for the tragedy to come.

Also, you're back! Congratulations on surviving winter-quarter finals. And I haven't forgotten I owe you further beta comments. The timing is good, since I had what I hope is my last dorm building meeting for the foreseeable future yesterday.

[b_hallward]

Merlin/Morgana is one of my favorite pairings--they will never work out, of course, but there is a period where their coming together is so overwhelmingly right.

I survived! And only one more set to go--and the writing comp--and I'll be done with 1L. Naturally, I'm delighted to hear that the evil of building meetings has retreated for the moment--it's a fate I would think twice before wishing on my enemies.

I have so many Important Things to do over this break and all I really want to do is write. And I feel rather awful asking, since you do so much betaing for me already, but would you mind if I send you yet another drabble cycle sometime?

[p_zeitgeist]

If you don't mind the way I sometimes take forever and a day to figure out what I think about something, I'd be honored to do any and all beta-ing you'd like. Seriously, honored.

I can only wish you didn't have Important Things to do, and that you could take the whole time to write. After all, I'd be a major beneficiary. But I suppose the Law of Time and Pressure would only take over, and if all the other things were to magically vanish you would realize you had a compelling need to learn to make sculptures in spun sugar or something, and be instantly bored with everything you'd wanted to write a mere hour before.

Or at least, that's the sort of thing that would invariably happen to me.

[marycontraire]

Oooh, this is delicious, with Morgana how much it's going to hurt them, but going for it anyway.

[b_hallward]

Thank you!

Morgana how much it's going to hurt them, but going for it anyway

For me, I think, that's part of the appeal, how they have to know this isn't going to last.

[marycontraire]

Yeah, I'm glad I forgot a participle in there...

[b_hallward]

I actually didn't notice, but then I'm not a champion typo-catcher--I'm pretty much happy if I can keep them out of my fics.

[bewarethesmirk]

Mmmm, this is my het guilty pleasure in this fandom. Gorgeous, as always.

[b_hallward]

Thanks! And I know exactly what you mean by het guilty pleasure. *g*

[wordsofastory]

Oh, this is really nice. I adore the imagery.