Title: Summer Freeze
Author: elirwen
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Genre: hurt/comfort, fluff
Word Count: ~1200
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: mentions of mpreg
Summary:
Merlin takes Arthur with him for his monthly trip to 'commune with nature' as Arthur calls it. He doesn't know he's walking straight into a trap.

A/N: I don't even know... :D

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Title: From Red Screams to Black Silence
Author: elirwen
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Genre: mpreg, emotional hurt/comfort
Word Count: ~500
Rating: PG
Warnings: mpreg, SPOILERS FOR Game of Thrones 3x09 Rains of Castamere!!!
Summary:
Arthur and Merlin, pregnant with Arthur's child at the time, watch an episode of Game of Thrones. Both of them are deeply affected by its ending.

A/N: I've read ChellsBells's Sterek fic "Unsettled" where Derek isn't aware of Stiles pregnancy when they watch the show and I wondered if things would be different if he knew. I changed fandoms though. Because as much as I love Sterek, Merthur is still closer to my heart and it's easier for me to write them.

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Title: Away on Business (2/2)
Author: elirwen
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Genre: mpreg, hurt/comfort, modern!AU
Word Count: ~1800 (both chapters)
Rating: PG
Warnings: mpreg
Summary: Arthur left for an urgent business trip, leaving seven months pregnant Merlin in Gwaine's care. Three days later, Merlin gets a call that sends him into a panic attack.

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Title: Away on Business (1/2)
Author: elirwen
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Genre: mpreg, hurt/comfort, modern!AU
Word Count: ~1800 (both chapters)
Rating: PG
Warnings: mpreg
Summary: Arthur left for an urgent business trip, leaving seven months pregnant Merlin in Gwaine's care. Three days later, Merlin gets a call that sends him into a panic attack.

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Seriously, this is probably the most fitting song for canon Merthur I've ever heard.



Dark Paradise by Lana Del Rey

All my friends tell me I should move on
I'm lying in the ocean, singing your song
Ahhh, that's how you sang it
Loving you forever, can't be wrong
Even though you're not here, won't move on
Ahhh, that's how we played it

And there's no remedy for memory your face is
Like a melody, it won't leave my head
Your soul is haunting me and telling me
That everything is fine
But I wish I was dead

Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side

All my friends ask me why I stay strong
Tell 'em when you find true love it lives on
Ahhh, that's why I stay here

And there's no remedy for memory your face is
Like a melody, it won't leave my head
Your soul is haunting me and telling me
That everything is fine
But I wish I was dead

Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you

But there's no you, except in my dreams tonight,
Oh oh oh, ha ha ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight
Oh oh oh oh, ha ha ha ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight

There's no relief, I see you in my sleep
And everybody's rushing me, but I can feel you touching me
There's no release, I feel you in my dreams
Telling me I'm fine

Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you
I'm scared that you won't be waiting on the other side
Every time I close my eyes
It's like a dark paradise
No one compares to you

But there's no you, except in my dreams tonight,
Oh oh oh oh, ha ha ha ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight
Oh oh oh oh, ha ha ha ha
I don't wanna wake up from this tonight

Seriously, all the feels. At first, I listened to it just because I loved the melody, but then I concentrated on the words and omg, it blew my mind.

And there's even a short reincarnation vid for this song.



(It looks the best when you download it and set the playing speed at 10% slower than the original.)

I found this on tumblr. It should be Colin in his Ariel costume. I so much want it to be a mistake.



Please, please, please, tell me it's not true.

EDIT: IT'S NOT COLIN!!! Omg, I'm so relieved.

Title: Ember
Author: elirwen
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Genre: mpreg, hurt/comfort, canon!AU
Word Count: ~1400
Rating: PG
Warnings: mpreg, breastfeeding, omega!verse
Summary: Merlin’s still pale and weak, even three days after Ember’s arrival into the world, but he shines with happiness as he looks down at the small bundle in his arms.

A/N: I'm gifting this fic to lydiamaroon for being such a great mpreg fan. :)
This is something new for me because all my mpregs so far have been about pregnancy and birth while this one is set after the birth of the baby. :)
The omega!verse sort of happened. It's just a mention anyway.


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I first started watching Merlin because...: I was there from the beginning. I was pretty excited there would be a fantasy tv show. My first reaction to Colin was 'oh, that's the guy from Midnight'. I remember how I waited every Saturday for a rip to be uploaded somewhere I could download it from. I think I completely fell in love with the show after the hurt/comforty 1x04 Poisoned Chalice. I wasn't even shipping anyone back then (I didn't even know what shipping is, to be honest). But then on a con, I watched a few Merthur music videos and met Merlin fanboy who is also very much in love with Bradley. And after the con I read my first fanfic. That's how it all started. :D
Favorite season of Merlin: definitely the first. I keep going back especially for the unicorn episode which is my comfort episode. I thing I watched it at least thirty times already. :D
Merlin OTP: Merlin/Arthur. It's canon after all. :D
Merlin second favorite ship: I don't really have one. I have just a bunch of sidepairings that I enjoy. Leon/Morgana (I have absolutely no idea why when it's absolutely nonexistent in the series), Gwen/Lancelot, Gwaine/Percival (and Gwaine/anyone)...
Favorite knight: I'll go with Leon because he's so calm and mature, but still so sweetly naive at times
Favorite female character: Morgana. But I like her more when she's not evil.
If I were a character on Merlin, I would be... I'd like to be Merlin because he has magic and gets to have Arthur. :D But I'd probably be more of a Gwen. You know, ordinary, has to work to survive, has younger brother, and falls for a guy who's very out of her league. Or maybe I'd be Mary, the barmaid from the Gwaine episode. We definitely share the physique. :D
Merlin fic I recently read & loved: k_nightfox's Drawn From the Heart
Merlin fanart I recently viewed & loved: puckboum's art that served as an inspiration for my reverse bb fic. It's really awesomely lovely. :) http://puckboum.livejournal.com/9292.html
Merlin comms that are improving my life: merlinxarthur all the way
Three Merlin LJ friends I recently made: I don't really know and am too lazy to look it up. :D
Last Merlin LJ post I wrote: With a Sweep of a Charcoal (Merlin/Arthur, NC-17)
Latest cast news that had me flailing: Probably the news about Colin in Tempest. :)
My feelings about Colin Morgan performing in the Tempest: flailing :D also, sadness I won't be able to go see for myself. I just hope there will be pictures. And that we'll get some barely clothed Colin. I wanted to see him shirtless for ages.
Here's a gif: yep, that one again... :D

Happy Valentine's day everyone! (or post-Valentine's day like it is here)

I re-wrote my Valentine's day Arthur/Merlin fic for you all. It was one of the first fics I've ever written and I'm pretty sure it's even better and fluffier now than it was before. You can read it here: http://elirwen.livejournal.com/1970.html or here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/684515

Title: Crying Into the Night
Author: elirwen
Pairing: Merlin/Arthur
Genre: modern!AU
Word Count: ~500
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Summary: Arthur sends his sincere thanks to any deity that made the central heating in the café where he works break down, resulting in closing four hours before official closing time. On Valentine’s day. The owner is anything but happy. Arthur on the other hand…

A/N: This is a re-written version of one of my first fics. I like to think it's better now. :)


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I really did it. I signed up!

I'll be writing a Merlin/Twilight fusion with Merlin as Bella and Arthur as Edward. I'd like to put my favourite moments from the book into the fic, but Merlin would be more than a pining teenager with nothing else to define him than his epic love for a sparkling vampire. (It's going to be sort of a huge extension of my last year's summer pornathon entry - Merlin/Twilight fusion a.k.a. Merlin Would Make Much Better Bella.)

Tell me it's a good idea. I think I made a mistake. God, I've never written such a long story! This is going to be a total disaster!

So, anyone interested in being my cheerleader and/or beta?

I'm making part of the program for this week's con in Prague and my chosen topics are "Muse music videos in different fandoms" and "Merlin music videos".

Yes, I have some already and it won't be problem to gather enough, but I was wondering if you had some favourites. :)