When I Wake Up I Find You're Gone, part 3

May 03, 2012 16:59

Author: MarInk (MarInk1485 in the English fandoms)
Title: When I Wake Up I Find You're Gone
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin
Genre: Angst, Drama
Rating: R
Summary: Written as a fill for this prompt at Merlin kinkmeme on LJ: Arthur/Merlin, established relationship. Merlin ends up on a wheelchair and at first Arthur is very sweet and caring with him. When he ( Read more... )

when i wake up i find you're gone, fic, merlin bbc, arthur/merlin

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legion11 May 3 2012, 21:41:40 UTC
That was unbelievably AWESOME!
I was fully prepared to hate Arthur, but you did miracles with this prompt. You make me understand him, and I cheered him when he was fighting to have Merlin back. You did such great work to show his pain and turmoil when he was trying to make a new life, how long it takes till he understand fully his feelings,...OMG.

I usually prefer Merlins POV, but this fic - line, hook and sinker!

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marink1485 May 4 2012, 12:54:41 UTC
Thank you! :) I'm truly thrilled to know that you loved this story so much. And I really had it in mind while writing - that it's easy to hate Arthur in such situation and many readers will expect to have to do just that, but we are all humans and each of us can be understood no matter how awful and unforgivable is what he or she did. I'm glad I managed to do it right; I read your comment in the morning, before going to work, and it made me smile all day no matter what else happened! :)

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lullabylily May 9 2012, 21:05:03 UTC
I followed this story on KMM and I remembered that I hadn't commented on the final parts, so I went back to change that, and then I saw that you had de-anoned! So now I can congratulate you here on completing this amazing story! It was quite a ride! It's really lovely how Arthur realizes what is worth fighting for and convinces Merlin to trust him again, even though he hurt Merlin really bad by leaving. A lot of raw emotion and not an easy journey for the characters but it was great to read! Congrats again!

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marink1485 May 10 2012, 12:39:59 UTC
Thank you for coming to comment on the story! It really means a lot to me :) I'm glad you liked both the amount of emotions I put into the story and the way I chose to tell it. Thanks again, your lovely comment is the highlight of my evening :)

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magpie1600 May 11 2012, 20:31:05 UTC
God what a mess Arthur was. Nim was a jerk. But at least they can be together and hopefully Merlin will trust him enough to marry him

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marink1485 May 12 2012, 12:23:06 UTC
We're all a mess, each in their own way, why Arthur'd be an exception :)
Yeah, hopefully Merlin will trust him fully again one day.

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angelqueen04 May 11 2012, 20:41:22 UTC
Oh my goodness, THIS! THIS THIS! *flails*

I... there are no words that can describe how fantastic this story is! I was fully prepared to hate Arthur like legion11, but you portrayed him so well that I actually began to understand him. What he did to Merlin was wrong, yes, and cruel, and yet one still sympathizes with him. And you portrayed his redemption so well! He really had to work to regain Merlin's trust.

So incredible! Thank you so much for sharing this!

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marink1485 May 12 2012, 12:28:34 UTC
Thank you for all the compliments! I'm really glad that you still sympathized with him even if he was cruel to Merlin. I hoped for such an impression when writing this story so it's truly satisfying to know that I did exactly what I wanted to do :) Thank you once again! :)

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marink1485 June 18 2012, 09:08:05 UTC
Thank you for reading and loving it! I'm glad that every component of the fic clicked right and worked for you just fine :) And I'm feeling rather smug and proud of myself here cause you had to go grab tissues after reading :))

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