Merlinfic: Misdirection

[whitefox_69]

Title: Misdirection
Rating: G
Word Count: 2k
Warnings/Spoilers: None; S2, particularly 2x02, "The Once and Future Queen".  
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur preslash, one-sided Arthur/Gwen, Gwen&Merlin friendship
Summary: In which Arthur's not quite as emotionally constipated at the end of 2x02 (or, arguably, is even more so), and Gwen heads him off at the

Comments

[whitefox_69]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for the kind words. :)

[archaeologist_d]

I liked how Gwen was finally able to tell Arthur that it was not really going to work out. Well done.

[whitefox_69]

Yeah; realistically, I feel like it wouldn't have. Thanks for reading!

[owensheart]

Great work with this, lovely character study.

[whitefox_69]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. :)

[darlulu]

Wow, this was really lovely. Gwen's voice came through loud and clear, and quite honestly fit more with the character she had been in S1 and early S2 than where they actually went with her in canon.

[whitefox_69]

Yay, glad you liked it! Personally, I prefer to think of post-S2 Gwen as completely different person - makes more sense to me that way. :S It felt like the writers realized they'd made her too interesting or unique or something, and had to strip away her personality to make her fit her "destiny"...

[minavox]

Well, why didn't we get to watch this in the actual series??? I'd have enjoyed this Gwen and this Arthur so much more than their forced romantic-by-numbers!

Thanks for writing this!

[whitefox_69]

I know! It was like watching them try to force square pegs into round holes.

Thanks for commenting!