17 Bookmarks by Classicalwitch
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i barely see you through my tears by journalofimprobablethings
Fandoms: Babel - R. F. Kuang
19 Oct 2022
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When Robin sees Ramy every part of him stills, his eyes wide and lips parted like he's seen a ghost. It's an expression of such shock and devastation that Ramy's mouth goes dry.
What could have possibly happened, to make Robin look at him like that?
Ramy takes a single, tentative step toward him, and Robin flinches.
"Birdie?"
And at that – just one word, just his name – Robin's expression crumples.
After the fall of Babel, Robin wakes up back at Magpie Lane. Then Ramy knocks on the door.
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04 Sep 2025
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A map of the Kingdoms of Albion, based on show data, canon maps, historical maps, and a bit of fudging to get it all to fit together nicely. Canon-compliant and based circa season 2. Includes chapters on: demographics, travel on foot/by horse, and known locations.
Now contains a detailed map of the Kingdom of Camelot!
Please feel free to use this as a fannish resource!
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- English
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- 5/5
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31 Aug 2025
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Morgana is the Once and Future Queen who will unite the land of Albion.
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29 Mar 2025
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Arthur lies to get out of marrying a goblin, and things spiral from there.
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23 Mar 2025
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Arthur hadn't really given his soulmate much thought, until he beat a peasant with a broomstick and every blow hurt like he was hitting himself.
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21 Mar 2025
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Arthur is cursed to obey Merlin’s orders.
Obviously this has very little impact on their lives, since no servant would ever dare give orders to a prince.
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“They say Emrys tamed the great dragon of Camelot and sired the white dragon of Albion-”
“Sired?” Gwaine interrupted “This Emrys fellow is going around siring dragons? How exactly is that happening? Sex with other dragons?” He asked and despite the situation, Merlin flushed. The man in question blinked, looking equally baffled by the question. From the corner of his eye, Merlin could see Arthur pinching the bridge of his nose.
“Uh…I actually don’t know.”
“But you’re Emrys,” Merlin reminded the imposter with a sigh “You don’t remember siring any dragons?”
“I said it was an off day!” The man complained, trying to cross his arms despite being upside down. Merlin took a long breath. Lancelot had already walked away, but that did nothing to hide his howling laughter.
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The knights keep hearing various (dramatic) rumors about the great and mighty Emrys. Everyone is such a gossip. Merlin is trying not to have a heart attack. Lancelot is loving life.
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21 Mar 2025
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Merlin doesn’t do it again, at least not for a while. It was understandable, especially after Arthur reacted so drastically at his first attempt at closeness, but Arthur still couldn’t help but spend another few sleepless nights regretting his reaction.
Because he was the prince of Camelot, and if Merlin - irresponsible, reckless, sarcastic Merlin - wasn’t willing to touch him, then no one was.
So when the second time came - when Merlin, most likely without thinking (“when does he ever think?”), went in for a hug, Arthur hugged back.
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Or: Arthur is touch starved, and Merlin has too much love to give.
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- Part 1 of Merthur ficlets
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17 Mar 2025
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Merlin’s a tactile person. He can’t help it; it’s merely how he was raised. He’s used to falling asleep to his mother running soft fingers through his hair, slinging his arms around Will whenever he pleases. It’s simply the way things are in Ealdor: the village is small, its people close-knit and affectionate.
To say Camelot has been a culture shock is an understatement.Bookmarked by Classicalwitch
17 Mar 2025
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When Olivia finds out that Antonio is pining for her husband, she knows they're meant to be. They just need a little push. Fortunately, a brigade of matchmakers is on the case!
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12 Jan 2025
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as we drifted towards the storm by Muir_Wolf for samskeyti
Fandoms: Twelfth Night - Shakespeare
19 Dec 2012
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It’s happy, but it isn’t the ending. His sister returned to him, and yet sometimes she is a stranger at the edges, shadowed and uneasy in the half-light.
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12 Jan 2025
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Literally one of the most beautiful things Ive ever read. Feeding my ever present obsession with twelfth night.
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Arthur gave Merlin his cloak thinking only of the warmth it would offer in a snowstorm. He never thought his manservant may be mistaken for him and snatched by bandits. Nor did he expect his dashing rescue of Merlin to turn his world so utterly on his head.
Because the bandits hadn't kidnapped a prince. They'd snatched a sorcerer, and now captivity is the least of anyone's problems.
A golden age awaits, but can they claim it together, or are they doomed to fail?
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01 Jan 2025
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Screaming and throwing things this was perfect
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Jason takes a deep breath: “So what you’re saying is that because of a fertility ritual that’s a thinly veiled excuse for an orgy, which has in any case probably been rigged to keep me away from Ariadne – who, incidentally, I am not interested in – I end up having to marry Pythagoras?”
Hercules thinks a moment. “More or less."
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30 Dec 2024
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The Rose and the Serpent by Atalan
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
15 Aug 2020
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AU, retelling of “Beauty and the Beast”. Quite honestly, sending Aziraphale off into the forest to be held hostage by a giant snake in a cursed castle isn’t even the worst thing Gabriel’s ever done to him, and at least it means a change of scene. But then neither the snake nor the castle turn out to be quite what he’s expecting…
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05 Mar 2024
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Snowy Nights [Comic] by YamBits
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
11 Jan 2020
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Sam stays over when it snows. (Multi short chapter comic)
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- Part 1 of Snowy Nights
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06 Jan 2024
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on the same page by Chekhov
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
15 Sep 2020
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Aziraphale Z. Fell is a rising star of the spiritual literary genre - the next Eat Pray Love guy - and his version of Chicken Soup For the Christian Soul is flying off the shelves. It's not that he's not grateful, but it's one thing to enjoy a career in writing and another completely to be pigeonholed into a specific genre, so much so that you are almost forbidden from writing anything else.
So yes, maybe he has a bit of a secret. An outlet for his less... appropriate urges. And yes, if his typical readership got word of the sort of paragraphs he could put out on a particularly inspired night, they might suffer some form of heart attack typical for their age.
But all of that is well hidden, and there is absolutely no way anyone would ever find out about his Arrangement with A.J. Crowley - the most debaucherous romantic fiction author of the decade.
That is... until they have to pretend to be married to each other.- Language:
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- 15/15
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01 Jan 2024
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In which people keep mistaking Crowley and Aziraphale for a couple, and Aziraphale starts to wonder if there might be something to it.
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Bookmarked by Classicalwitch
07 Jul 2023