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Look At Me I'm White and Possess Wisdom by Elisif
Fandoms: Mesopotamian RPF, Mesopotamian Mythology, Weird Al Yankovic (Musician)
20 Jul 2025
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An Akkadian (Ancient Babylonian) translation of the first part of Weird Al's "White and Nerdy"
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- Part 34 of Akkadian Translations
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23 Jul 2025
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“I would never…” Arthur’s hands flew up, finally pushing past his own nervousness to grab Merlin’s face. “I would never let that happen. I needed to get you out of there as soon as I could. I’m sorry I caused a scene, I just…” Arthur brushed his thumb along Merlin’s sharp cheekbone, soothing the ache in his own chest. The skin under his fingertips simmered the heat he had felt for weeks, he had no idea how a man could feel so soft—so beautifully soft—to the touch.
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4 times Arthur’s jealousy got in the way of his feelings and 1 time he finally did something about it.Bookmarked by badmaggie
26 Jun 2025
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When Merlin is injured at work, Arthur rushes to the hospital, half out of his mind with worry over his fiance's condition. It turns out he's right to be worried, but for a different reason than the one he's expecting.
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24 Jun 2025
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(Updated 5/16 with a text transcript of the images!)
If you've read "And Like The Cycle of the Year We Begin Again", and its sequel "Our Destinies Our Own", you'll enjoy this little text exchange, in which Merlin and Arthur share the news of their engagement with their friends in Avalon...
... with some unexpected -- and humorous -- consequences.
Well. Perhaps not so humorous for Heath. But that's what you get, when you mock a sorcerer. :)
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- Part 4 of We Begin Again
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11 Jun 2025
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A hand grasped his arm, sending a brief thrill down Merlin's nerves as he was forced around to face the person behind him. Armour gleamed in the firelight: supple chainmail glinted, and the solid iron of a pauldron curved lovingly over one broad shoulder. The length of a sword blade separated them. The point hovered, steady and sure, over Merlin's heart, braced to run him through, but he did not care about any of that. He was too busy drinking in the sight of the man before him.
He could never forget him, no matter how many centuries had passed.
'Arthur?'
When Merlin ultimately fails in his destiny, the fading remnants of magic that linger in the modern world fling him not just back in time, but sideways as well. He ends up in a Camelot where all his friends are alive, well and aware of his magic.
He ends up in a Camelot where his alternate self died almost a year ago.
Can he, Arthur and their friends still forge the golden age he was once promised, or will grief and suspicion tear them apart?
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- Part 1 of Hiraeth Universe
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- English
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- 507,440
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- 100/100
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- 16
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07 Jun 2025
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"It was not new, this exquisite desire. It had painted Arthur's days and haunted his nights for far too long, but he had never dared to act upon it. Yet with the turning seasons, it only seemed to grow in strength, intoxicating and full of promise."
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07 Jun 2025
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Loneliness is an insidious thing. When Merlin looks at Arthur, he sees not just a prince waiting for his time to rule, but a young man struggling to find his place in the world, with little help from anyone else.
The truth is, Arthur needs more than the friendship Merlin can offer. He needs people he can trust: men and women who will become his court and his confidants, and if he is going to survive to take the throne and lead Camelot into its golden age, he needs them sooner rather than later.
Finding loopholes in Uther’s laws is no easy feat. Court life is a dangerous game, but it’s one Merlin has every intention of winning so that Arthur can have knights of his choosing by his side.
And then there is the matter of his magic…
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- 85/115
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06 Jun 2025
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'Magic is as much part of nature as the earth, sea and sky. Other sorcerers who sought out the circle found that their power developed certain affinities. Their abilities became tied to the cycle of the year. There would be one season at which their power was at its peak and another where it lay almost dormant. They became more closely connected to the natural ebb and flow of the world.'
'But?'
'But they were not Emrys. His strength is beyond anything in living memory, and the heights he could reach are, as yet, unknown.' Aglain spread his hands, his shoulders rolling in a graceful shrug. 'I can only tell you that the Tir Na Lei means no harm. Three is the number: the ritual is set. The circle will not call on Emrys again.'
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In a Camelot where Arthur is king and magic is permitted once more, Merlin's power begins to change. Can he and Arthur overcome the challenges thrown their way, or will their relationship be forever changed by the ordeal?
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06 Jun 2025
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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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- 66/66
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05 Jun 2025
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Though his manservant is useless at most things, he is quite adept at lighting fires.
+ Merlin and Arthur, a love story told through the kindling of many flames.
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- English
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02 Jun 2025
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He saw Arthur burst from the forest, wide-eyed and pale-faced. Sweat plastered his hair to his forehead, and fear locked his expression in its clutches. One hand stretched out as if to grab him. So near and yet so far.
The moment fled. Gravity won, and there wasn't even time for Merlin to cry out as the bandit's weight dragged him over the cliff and into the stormy waters below.
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When Merlin is hurt during a bandit attack, Arthur finds himself torn between the longings of his heart and his duties to the crown.
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01 Jun 2025
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Merlin accidentally makes everybody in Camelot fall in love with him. Everybody except Arthur, that is.
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10 May 2025
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Written for a kinkme_merlin prompt. When Gaius retires a new physician takes over and quickly kicks Merlin out of his room and takes it for himself. Arthur finds Merlin sleeping in the stables...and it's winter.
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10 May 2025
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"The king sent me to get you," Merlin said, with a tone that implied strongly that he wasn't rolling his eyes where Arthur could see, but just wait until his back was turned. "He said you're to get changed into formal clothes and meet him in the Great Hall, there's a delegation coming from the Summer Court."
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- Part 12 of Astolat Sampler
- Part 11 of Merlin works
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- English
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- 24,339
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- 1/1
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10 May 2025
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As a serial killer hits the headlines, the police are out of their depth and the next victim is out of time. With faith in Sherlock Holmes at an all time low, this is a case which will push loyalties to the limit... WARNING: COMMENTS CONTAIN SPOILERS!
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07 Jul 2020
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[Podfic] Radioactive Trees in a Red Forest by Lockedinjohnlock (Podfixx) for Maribor_Petrichor
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
07 Nov 2018
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John Watson is what happens when a man can no longer see a reason to go on.
John Watson is what happens when a man starts to let go.
"It is what it is."
John Watson is what happens when what "it is" becomes too much to bear.
This is a story of the life, death, and resurrection of John Hamish Watson.
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23 Jun 2020
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John is entirely done with the milk situation and gives Sherlock a list of shit he's pissed about.
Sherlock sets out to make John happy.
John is happy.
Sherlock makes his own list.
They are both very, very happy.In which I use the word happy about sixty-three times. Probably more.
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04 Jun 2020
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'We had a complaint about noise. Fighting. You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?' Greg scanned the area with his torch, noting the delicate turn of the wrists at the jumper's cuffs. Skeletal. No meat on him at all. An addict, then, if Greg had to guess. He had that sallow, thin-skinned look as well, the one that came when the next hit meant more than the next meal. A bad state to be in. 'You got a name?'
The hesitation was just long enough for him to realise he wasn't getting the truth. 'William.'Or: Five times Greg met a man called William, and one he found a friend called Sherlock.
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03 Jun 2020
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[Podfic] Midnight Blue Serenity by aranel_parmadil for BeautifulFiction
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
17 Feb 2015
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“This was like nothing John had ever thought to associate with Sherlock: stubble, skin-tight jeans and three small silver rings gleaming at the crest of one ear. It was unbelievable, like stepping into an alternative universe, and John couldn't stop staring.”
When Sherlock infiltrates a club in order to track down a serial killer, his altered appearance is enough to make John question his assumption that Sherlock is beyond his reach. However, is he the only one who appreciates his flatmate's charms, or is Sherlock at risk of becoming the next victim? (Warning: reviews may contain fic spoilers)
Warnings (For Entire Piece): Graphic depictions of violence, murder, date-rape themes, drug-use, scenes of sexual threat and abuse, language, scenes of a sexual nature, dismemberment of corpses.
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03 Jun 2020
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"In your case, solitary confinement is locking you up with your worst enemy."
One month and three days, and what came after.
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- Part 1 of Another Country
- Language:
- English
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- 67,414
- Chapters:
- 16/16
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23 May 2020