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Oh my word. Oh my. Oh oh oh!!! I have just arrived back in Suffolk from our day trip to London to see the BFI screening of the Merlin premiere. I HAVE SEEN COLIN MORGAN IN THE FLESH. How can he be even more beautiful in real life than on screen?

Anyway. vissy and I were at the screening courtesy of loreley_se. We met up with her and rodneyscat and joined the squeeing mob. It was lovely to meet people I've known on LJ for so long - since the old LOTR days - and it was *so good* to have fellow fangirls to squee with, especially being able to sigh over Colin's lips with rodneyscat!

Apparently we walked right past Bradley at one point, but I missed him. I did get to see Colin settling into his autograph spot looking absolutely gorgeous; we lined up but alas we didn't manage to get an autograph, although we nabbed a few of the pre-signed cards they were giving away. We got within about 5 people of autographs - so close and yet so far!!! We managed to do some fangirl gossiping whilst waiting. Then it was off to the screening, and the cast were there watching it with us (up the back). I won't spoil here, but I thoroughly enjoyed the (double) episode and will have many things to say about it when it screens. The Q&A session with the cast followed. Katie was her usual spry and cheerful self; Angel was beautiful but very quiet; Tony was awesome and obviously having a ball; Richard was quiet but slyly amusing when he answered a question; Bradley was a bit quiet but looking gorgeous; and Colin was utterly charming and bouncy, laughing and smiling a lot and occasionally grinning and raising eyebrows over at the loudest and most innuendo-laden part of the audience.

Of course, I can barely remember what anybody said. I was too busy basking in it all. The joy of being in an audience with so many other people all there for the same thing; the lovely friends who made it possible for us to be there; and the lovely lovely cast. I am so happy right now.

Oh, photos? I didn't take too many because I was busy just being happy. Here are the best few; sorry they're crap quality, I'll post bigger versions when we get back to Australia. But loreley_se has much, much better ones anyway :)


Colin and Katie; as close as we could get to them in the autograph queue.


The masculine component of the cast (oh, and Angel).




BOYS!!!

1. Holiday update: Eurostar is now booked. All we have left is the car hire. We leave five weeks from Friday. Eeee!

2. EEEE MERLIN TRAILER! I don't know if we will go to the screening at BFI - we'll be in Bury St Edmunds, and it's on a Sunday which means transport will be tricky, and I've vowed never to pin my hopes on a celebrity appearance ever again. But I'm thinking about it.

3. We finally watched all of s2 and 3 of Ashes to Ashes. Quite, quite extraordinary. I was totally hooked, especially trying to work out what was going on in that final series.

4. Last night Rohan watched an episode of Mission: Impossible which featured Leonard Nimoy doing the worst Australian accent in the world. It went something like this:

NIMOY: Oi knoow a borss corck beck in ‘ong Kong…
ME: Boss cock. WHUT.
ROHAN: Do you think he’s actually going to say “Strewth”?
NIMOY: Beaut!
ROHAN: I wonder if he’ll use any actual Australian slang.
ME: Nah. All our real slang is too rude.

5. Maybe it's the post-funeral strangeness talking, but I got back to work yesterday and I honestly do not give a shit about a lot of the work-stuff I used to. It's as if I've suddenly realised that this is not my life, there is more to life, and it's important to bloody well live it and enjoy it and not worry about some member getting their knickers in a twist over trivial matters. It just doesn't matter that much any more.

6. Also post-funeral and post-clean-up: I am determined to clean up my damn house and throw out a lot of the crap I've been hanging on to. One clean-up project per weekend. Yayes?

Hey, Channel 10. Cutting two entire scenes from the s2 finale of Merlin = NOT COOL.

I'll be in Swan Hill and internetless most of the week, peeps, dealing with funeral and house-clearing. Be good and happy, not least of all to yourselves and one another. <3

Herein be YouTube of Colin Morgan on the 7 PM project. Please note this video does contain some spoilers for s3!



I apologise on behalf of my country for them having got his name wrong, although it is vaguely amusing

They just announced that there will be a "behind-the-scenes of the hit series Merlin" tomorrow night on the 7 PM Project! They had a wee snippet of Colin showing the reporter round Gaius' workroom and a snippet of a fight scene which looked as if it might be from season 3.

Why yes, I will be recording and uploading it. Glad you asked :D

Rohan had a good laugh at how excited I was. I don't care. :p

In the process of both reading and writing fic and also seeing some of the discussion round the traps, I've been thinking about Merlin show canon and specifically about magic. This is a post that's been months in the making, because I am slow :)

( Cut because of spoilers for season 2; also, long, and I mean LONG )

Dear friends, for the first time in nearly a week I am (almost) not limping, and it is WONDERFUL. Doing the stretching exercises is absolute agony on my bad leg for about two minutes but it's obviously working.

I cannot stop watching this video of Colin Morgan signing an autograph for a little kid. The high-five! The way he takes his time and really *talks* to the kiddie like he's the only person there! HIS HAND WHEN THEY POSE FOR THE PHOTO. OH MY GOD.

And there is a new Bradley interview which made me smile on the way to work today. And rebeccama has posted a rather awesome Merlin drinking game over at merlin_love.

And Rohan rescued a preying mantis from the laundry this morning with a glass and a bit of paper and took it outside and I got to say "And once again the balance is restored to nature" and it made me giggle a lot although poor Rohan didn't get it. But he tolerates my fandom-related silliness. <3

Title: The King's Trust
Author: andraste_oz/vanessarama
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Uther/Merlin (Arthur/Merlin pre-slash, if you squint)
Words: about 18,000
Spoilers: Season One
Warnings: Dubious consent, veering into non-con in at least one scene. AU, diverging from canon at the end of the first episode.
Summary: Written in response to this prompt at the Merlin kinkmeme: "AU. Rather than being made Arthur's manservant, Merlin is made Uther's concubine."
Disclaimer: These characters don't belong to me in any incarnation, and I am making no money from them.

Author's Note: This is my first piece of fanfiction in several years, so I apologise for any rustiness. Many thanks and much love to vissy, who originally pointed me to the prompt and asked: "Write this one for me" and who then became my partner in crime and general cheer team while this fic took on a mind of its own. And thank you, feedbackers at the kinkmeme, for giving me the inspiration to keep going. Feedback is much appreciated. I'd forgotten how much fun this can be.

Part One is here.

( The King's Trust, part two )