Fic: Not Even Slightly Dickensian (2)

[little_giddy]

Fic: Not Even Slightly Dickensian [2/?]
Chapter: because we are both idiots, I will be your lying liar for today
Rating: teen, light R, thus far mainly for adult themes and use of bad language
Spoilers: none, completely AU.
Word count: ~4700 (this chapter)
Summary: Merlin/Arthur, Morgana/Gwen. 19th century AU in which Camelot is on the edge of

Comments

[ghostrunner7]

Yay! I love this, I love it quite a bit.

[little_giddy]

Hee, thanks!

[betsyli]

YES YES YES.
From Morgana's utterly terrifying caracter (in a good way) to Arthur wandering around (stupidly) in the market by himself and Merlin being all sympathetic yet awesome yet stupid, you NAILED it. I lovelovelove the encounter in the Camelot market, Merlin's sleigh of hand, Arthur's prattishness. And that Your Majesty/Your Highness moment? Rocked my socks off.

Morgana would truly make a terrifying mother indeed.

[little_giddy]

*GLEE* Dude, you just made my day. Seriously. I was quite worried about this chapter (because let's face it, if your main ship in a story has their first scene and it sucks, it's really not a good thing).

Oh, she *so* would. Also, mothers tend to be bad enough as it is, but a mother who can actually see the future? *FEAR*

[betsyli]

WHY ARE YOU WORRIED? HAS MORGANA HIT YOU ON THE HEAD YET?
I think that this fandom is so...saturated by Arthur/Merlin that we're not one bit worried that you're taking the main ship slowly and choosing instead to focus on Morgana's awesomeness. At least, I don't mind one bit. And it's not like you could have prevented Morgana's awesomeness from barging onto the front scene and stealing the spotlight from the boys anyway... :D

Terrifying, really. She could ground her children for things that have not yet happened!

[little_giddy]

ONLY A LITTLE, BUT I THINK I'M OKAY. *G*

(Dude, I love that you put 'yet' in there. It's amusing me so much more than it should.)

Haha, it really is. I thought it was because I mainly hang around merlinxarthur but then I added the fandom newsletter and it really is all slash.

OMG. "Where's Mordred?" "Morgana's pre-emptively grounded him again." "... How does that even work?" "I don't know. Why don't you ask Morgana?" "Ha. I see what you're doing there. You're trying to get me killed." "Not really. ... Not entirely. Okay, maybe I was planning on hiding in a tree and watching, but really, it was meant with affection." I have no context for that, but it came into my head anyway *G*

[takeintoaccount]

This is seriously amazing. I, like someone else I see, somehow missed the first chapter, but when this popped up on my flist today, I went back and caught up. You have now successfully drawn me in and are in the process of stealing my soul. But that's quite alright by me. I can't wait to read more! :D

[little_giddy]

HEE! Thank you so much! I'm hoping to post roughly once a week, probably Friday/Saturday or Sunday at the latest not that I need discipline or I would slack or anything at all.

[meritjubet]

Hee :) Morgana has such a way with words. I am always laughing when I read her POV. And Merlin's first meeting with Arthur! Arthur really had no idea about the real world despite his protestations. ^___^

[little_giddy]

*does glee-dance* Thank you so much! She's a bit brutal, but I think I love her that way. Even if she occasionally laughs at a line and tells me it's crap, change it, please, because she doesn't want it coming out of her mouth. Hee, I have to say that it's not entirely Arthur's fault - he's been away at (an) Oxbridge with other Children of Privilege for the past three years and was kept in the castle pretty much all the time before that. Poor boy needs an education! *G* Thanks again!

[finkpishnets]

I am loving this so much. Your Merlin and Morgana are spectacular, and Arthur is wonderfully in character despite being, you know, not, and I adore them all immensely. Really, really awesome and I'm looking forward to the next part ♥.

[little_giddy]

Hee, thanks very much! It's always an interesting experiment, AUs, because the characters *can* change in the situation, or they can not, and I love seeing what way is most natural to write them. Thanks again! :D