okay, that Merlin fic I've been writing? It's clocking up the hits and kudos gradually, but the comments are... interesting?
You know me, I occasionally try to go a bit historical and 'try-to-work-out-how-it-would-work'. Merlin fandom is a fun and interesting place. You often see fic that examines political stuff and the vague historical period
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I'm still pondering whether in the epilogue I meant 'we only shagged when drunk once' in the 'and the birth control failed also due to it being Beltane, never risking that again' or 'we only shagged once. we were drunk.' Thinking it's more fun as ambiguous.
I'm still vaguely horrified at the people who think Uther would approve of Arthur marrying Merlin, even though he totally encourages the mistress thing and is *extremely* cheerful about the sprog. People. READ YOUR HISTORY. (and canon. look at the ep where Uther is utterly fine with Arthur shagging Gwen as long as he doesn't let it interfere with any marriage stuff.)
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I'm still vaguely horrified at the people who think Uther would approve of Arthur marrying Merlin, even though he totally encourages the mistress thing and is *extremely* cheerful about the sprog. People. READ YOUR HISTORY. (and canon. look at the ep where Uther is utterly fine with Arthur shagging Gwen as long as he doesn't let it interfere with any marriage stuff.)
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Sorry, very wordy way of saying: this reader doesn't see them that way in your (really lovely) fic, but I can see why people do?
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