Reveals are up at
camelotsolstice.
My fics:
Let Go and Watch the Sunlight BendMerlin/Arthur, NC-17, ~15,500 words, written for
manisseta, based on the prompt,
riverIt’s the hottest summer in Camelot’s history. Arthur is confused about what he likes, Merlin tries to help him figure it out, but neither one of them has a clue what they really want.I feel like I have a lot to say about this, but it’s probably all ridiculously self-indulgent. When I first got the assignment, I decided I wanted to work with the river prompt. A couple months ago, I wrote
a little pornlet about Arthur and Merlin on the side of a lake. It was just a couple hundred words and didn't have any story to it, but that image stayed in my head, and served as a very loose inspiration for this fic.
I said in my year in review post that this was the hardest fic I wrote last year, and it’s absolutely true. There was a lot of angst, mainly because I really struggled with Arthur’s POV. It’s hard to write emotionally stunted boys when there is so much they don’t admit even inside their own heads D: But really,
leupagus basically saved the fic from terrible things with her insane skills. She managed to tell me what sucked and why I needed to change it
and she only made me cry a little.
The scene toward the end at the river was something that I had in my head before anything else, and I built the whole story around that. Writing that scene was really difficult because I had been picturing it in my head for ages, and I wanted it to come out just right. In the end, I'm happier than I thought I would be given the way I felt when I was halfway through writing and flailing around like a lunatic.
I also had a lot of help from
lamardeuse and
kelene with their amazing beta and Britpicking skills.
derryere was there with me almost every minute as I wrote, so I could ASDFGHJKL at her and ask increasingly ridiculous and inane questions like APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PARTICLES OF DIRT WOULD BE ON ARTHUR’S BOOT BUCKLES AFTER A DAY OF RIDING IN THE WOODS I MUST KNOW THE FIC DEPENDS ON IT and she always had an answer and never told me I was crazy ♥
Try to Stay BlindUther/Morgana, NC-17, ~1500 words, written for
firthgalUther is frustrated when Morgana ends up in his office again.Warnings: headmaster/student, age difference (all characters are of age in the UK)
I wrote this as a pinch hit near the end of the fest. Uther/Morgana is not a pairing I’ve written before, and that was a little difficult because I wanted to get the dynamic between them just right. It’s tricky because of all that happened in the second season with Morgana. I wanted to preserve the relationship between them and transfer it to the modern setting, but I also had to make it fit with the roles they had in the fic. ANYWAY THAT IS WAY TOO MANY WORDS ABOUT SUCH A SHORT FIC.
Everywhere We TouchMerlin/Arthur, NC-17, ~1800 words, written for
bewarethesmirkArthur returns to Camelot after a long journey away (this is perhaps the lamest summary ever; it’s just porn, really)
Warnings: light bondage, magic!sex
This was a pinch hit that I wrote at literally the final hour. I really loved all of
bewarethesmirk’s ideas and kinks, but unfortunately I was not able to work in as many of them as I would have liked because they would have required a lot more words than I had time for. Despite the tight timeline, I HAD SO MUCH FUN WRITING THIS. It just so happens that I know a little bit about what
bewarethesmirk likes, and that means I got to write some filthy rimming. AND WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT I ASK YOU.
Anyway, I had lots of fun with the fest this year, and I hope it continues for many years to come. Thanks to
faynia and
auroraprimavera for all of their hard work, and for being so understanding with extensions, and also to everyone who participated :D