#i watched fanvids and now i'm emotional again no one touch me

[queerofthedagger]

No but it's about how Arthur not only grew up with the indoctrination of magic being evil, of it corrupting its users, but how that notion seemingly got confirmed again and again - not only in the manner of attacks against him, his family, and his friends, but when he gave it a chance, too.

It's about how a sorceress seemingly used the memory of his mother against him, after she had, to his knowledge, already died by magic's hand. It's about how his sister, who he has known to be always kind and just, seemingly turned against everyone she loved once she started using magic, confirming the belief that magic corrupted even the kindest of people.

It's about how a sorcerer who was promised freedom for his whole kind in exchange for saving his father's life, seemingly killed him anyway.

It's about how he saved a druid child and an old sorceress and stopped the persecution of magic user's once he was king, how these things weren't enough, of course, but a step in the right direction, despite experience seemingly teaching him the opposite, again and again.

It's about how, every time he came to a point where he questioned those beliefs further, something happened to seemingly prove them right again. How, when he finally had proof that they weren't, couldn't be right, it took him all of two days to accept it.

It's about how, if he had the chances and the time to actually learn, things would've been different. It's about how the whole tragedy of it all is that this time and these chances were cut short.

#arthur pendragon #merlin meta #i watched fanvids and now i'm emotional again no one touch me #i especially feel like the whole thing with morgana tends to get brushed over a lot #because how was it supposed to look from Arthur's perspective? From a perspective where magic is a choice? From a perspective that didn't - #- know about all that led up to it? #like idk man it's just so easy as the viewer with Merlin's perspective to brush all this aside but how are you supposed to learn if there- #- are no reliable sources available to you?? #like you can coun't the actual positive encounters Arthur had with magic on one hand #drowned out by like 10 negative ones #it's not like he could've googled it or whatever #okay i'm starting to talk nonsense anyway #mona's rambling

[meetmeatthecoda]

Everything you write is so beautiful and I LOVE IT! I was SO HAPPY when you posted the next part of Prison Possibilities it was GORGEOUS! I love the alternating POVs and how it all melted together in the end and I'm SO EXCITED for more and the productive summer you're planning on having! 💖💖💖 Everything is so perfect and I can't express how much I love this little sweet blurbs and it's just AMAZING! UGH! PERFECTION! And if you're still taking them: november, tomorrow, yesterday. Much love, Gab

OMG 😭😭😭 You are so AMAZINGLY KIND, thank you SO MUCH!!! 😍😍😍 I’m SO GLAD you loved Injected!!! 👏👏👏 I’m happy the alternating POVs were successful, I wasn’t sure it was worth it LOL and I’m glad the ending wasn’t too cheesy!! I wrote the first half months ago when the ep originally aired and only picked it up again after Temporal was done so I was afraid there would be a disconnect 😂😂 And YAY I’m so happy you’re so excited for what I’m planning to get done!! Let’s just hope I can actually do it now 😂❤️ And wow, wow, wow YOU’RE SO SWEET, THANK YOU SO MUCH 😭😭😭 And yes, absolutely I’m still taking them, thank you! I’ll answer them below 😊 I hope you’re having a wonderful start to your summer vaca btw, my friend! 😄 Much love, Coda ❤️

november: do you have any rituals or requirements for getting in the mood for writing?

Good one!! Well, I prefer to write late at night, and it’s best when I have literally everything else done that I want to do before bed, so I can focus only on writing and then sleep when I’m done for the night! I also like a certain kind of music, depending on the genre I’m writing. Sometimes it’s instrumental and usually it’s a more light, electronic sound like Broods, Purity Ring, or Lapsley. And, when I’m completely lacking inspiration, I just have to watch some fanvids and The Feels come back to hit me full force! Lately though, I’ve been branching out from that strict routine. I’ve found sometimes I focus better without music and I’ve also taken to writing on my phone during my commutes, just cause I wanna get stuff written whenever I can. So, it varies 😊

tomorrow: favourite ways to write fluff?

Hmmm, I’m not actually sure what “ways to write” means but I know with fluff I like to get in touch with the characters’ softer sides (duh) and really just portray them as Idiots in Love™ cause, to me, that’s what fluff is all about. So, if it gets a little sappy, eh, whatever. I’m cool with it 😂

yesterday: favourite way to write angst?

Oooh, angst is my jam. With angst, I like to get as close to “eternal, undying love” as I can without it getting gag-inducing. I also try to make as many connections to canon as I can, (usually in the form of parenthetical additions), to try to heighten the emotional power of it as much as I can. That’s kind of my secret weapon to writing hard-hitting angst. Whether it works or not for the reader, I couldn’t tell you 😂😂

fanfic questions themed around time

#The Blacklist #Lizzington #mine #fanfic #injected #prison possibilities #fanfic questions #ask #anon #Gab #thank you dear friend!! #:D #i hope you're doing well!! #:) #much love to you!! #<3