Alex Blaine Layder

THIS IS ALL I EVER WANTED EVER IN MY LIFE EVER

2009-12-19T18:32:51Z

O___________________O

I'll just go lie over there and twitch for a while if that's okay with everyone.

NGH

derryere @ 2009-12-16T15:27:00

2009-12-16T14:28:03Z

Okay, last entry? In bad taste. Never mind that. Apologies all around and carry on as you were!

*fidgets*

SPORADIC POST IS SPORADIC

2009-12-15T23:06:05Z

I have things to do and I don't want to do any of them and everything sucks and WHY DOES NO ONE UNDERSTAND ME didn't I expressively state I wanted the RED M&MS TAKEN OUT OF THE BATCH BEFORE YOU GOT THEM TO ME god now I have to wait and watch you flail and make a mess of everything WHICH IS REALLY NOT HOW I WANTED TO SPEND MY ME-TIME, YOU KNOW. GOD.

Or, you know. Something like that. POOP, guys. When is this week gonna be OVER. UGH.

Diiiiistractions. Gonna tell you about a dream I had! Because I need something to do that isn't staring at me from a word doc. THIS GOES FOR YOU, TOO, FIC FROM HELL. And don't give me that WHAT WHAT I'm just an assignment project document! face, NO ONE'S BUYING IT. Please X yourself within the coming ten seconds or I'll have to do it myself.

Anyway! Dreams. Freaky shit, dreams. The other night it was something about--me, my sister and my dad living in a centre parks like cabin in the woods, only. Yeah. My sister was a ghost and my dad was addicted to--WAIT FOR IT--WEREWOLF PILLS. Which, you know. Made him a WEREWOLF. And I disapproved, but it made him so happy and what else could I do, right? Well, one time something went wrong and he was sort of stuck in that ecstatic dog-like state of mind, and I had to go to a pharmacy to get the anti-werewolf pills, but the only pharmacy was in the next village (visited often by Kate Winslet. I DON'T EVEN). SO WE WENT THERE, but there was this--huge fair thing going on, and the pharmacy was on the street behind where the roller-coaster was, and there was no way around it. SO WE HAD TO CLIMB THE TRACKS, because the cars were only for people who actually went IN the attraction, like Kate Winslet, and it was all very bothersome and I got very annoyed.

ANOTHER ONE! From two weeks ago or something. It was--well, the main story was about me being crap at school and failing everything (ah, don't you love these?), but it was a universe with a different literary canon. AAAND the biggest work of fiction of this century, like. THE novel, THE Oprah Club jewel, was this book about a guy who'd proven God didn't exist. He'd found THE ultimate evidence, indisputable, like, the end. No more doubt, no question to it, GOD DID NOT EXIST. The story itself takes place five years later, after he'd published all his works and been on the news and talkshows and everything, aaaand he wakes up one morning, looks in the mirror and there's this. FLECK. In his eye. Like, his iris. A black FLECK. AND, UM. It's Jesus. The fleck is Jesus, and it starts talking to him. Just, random things. "Hi man, this is Jesus. How are you doing? Hey! By the way! Congrats on your big--you know, the, scientific, yeah, I don't know you guys' speak for that, but man! Awesome. Good for you. GOOD FOR YOU!"

YEAH I DON'T KNOW. There wasn't more plot that I can remember, because I fell asleep (in the dream) and then got woken up by a teacher who was sitting next to my bed STARING AT ME and screaming, 'READ READ READ!'

Hey, what could that POSSIBLY mean!

So, in conclusion, everyone should not indulge me when I'm procrastinating and head over to camelotsolstice and check out the collective awesome posted there. Go! Go and I'll catch up in a week, yes. I'LL SEE YOU THERE IN A WEEK, YES.

Oh, and HERE. Have the best Christmas song EVER. All I want for Christmas? Is a--GETTIN' CRUNK.

it's lean, mean giffin' machine

2009-12-13T03:36:11Z

Hey, did anyone else ever end up watching the last ten minutes of Hole in the Wall before Merlin comes on? Isn't it a horrible show? Aren't those outfits a crime against humanity? Doesn't anything think there should really, REALLY be some serious Joe/Austin fic out there?

Just sayin'. I mean.

They're in silver BODYSUITS, for Christ's sake. TOUCHING. Being SNARKY. Riding each other like HORSES (<- actually happened, I believe.) It's not like I'm even TRYING here. It's just--come on.

SILVER BODYSUITS, GUYS. SILVER.

Anyway, while all of you are off writing me Jaustin fic, I'll give you some gifs from 2.12 :3

Longest gif I've ever made. 250 FRAMES, JFC. Took over an hour. SO WORTH IT, THOUGH.
"AW A WEETLE BATTLEWOUND IT'S SO CUTE ALL IT NEEDS IS A PWETTY LITTLE BOW."
Merlin: *not amused*
"COME HERE AND LET ME WRAP YOUR WEETLE BOO BOO IN A RIBBON. DON'T YOU LIKE RIBBONS? DOESN'T THE BABY LIKE THE PWETTY RI--"
Merlin: *holds out arm* "Shut up and get the fuck on with it. Asshole."
Arthur: *kisses the boo boo*

Preeeeettyyyy faaaaacceeee iiissss preeeeettyyy iiiinn sllooowwwmooootiiooon toooo~~~~

"WHOA WHERE DID THAT FALLING WALL COME FROM!"
"Uh. the. uh. ceiling?"
"Oh yeah okay that makes sense. For a second there I thought it was magic or something, ha ha!"
"Yeah... ha... ha..."

HOLD ON ARTHUR DON'T MOVE I THINK IF I STARE ARE YOU MOUTH ONE MORE TIME I'LL FIND THE ANSWER TO THE CURSE. ...NO OKAY ONE MORE TIME. ...JUST ONE MORE. ...OKAY I'M DONE. NO I'M NOT. THIS IS THE LAST TIME I PROMISE. OKAY I LIED.

DHKSJFH VSKJDFHV SDFJVHKDSJFHVSDKF VDSKFJVH :D

I love how Bradley's, like, making to grab FOR HIS HAND and then goes, 'oh whoops ON CAMERA RIGHT SORRY'. I know you're thinking that's not Colin's hand he's aiming for, but I've capped this step by step, and I'm sorry to disappoint you pervs. But he was trying to grab his hand. BE HAPPY OKAY, IT'S SERIOUSLY TIME FOR YOU TO GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE FILTH INTO THE TINHATTED SUGARY FLUFF I'M OFFERING HERE.

Now, for some older ones:

If you can't see the point of this gif, then you're fired from the internet.

"LET'S HAVE SEX!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Now all I want is a 2.12 outtake with sleepy!Arthur and sleepy!Merlin where they're confused and blurry and at some point, in between all the running and the hiding and the dragging of the king around the castle on a SLAY OF SHEET, Arthur's being vaguely sleepy!concerned, trying to check Merlin's ~battle wound~, and actually does end up kissing the boo boo. Doesn't that sound like a fun little fic, flist? MAYBE EVEN, SAY. COMMENTFIC, FLIST? DOESN'T IT? DOESN'T IT, FLIST? *nudges*

:O

2009-12-12T18:45:15Z

:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ETA, and that, kids, was badassedness at its ASSENDEST. ASSED--ASS...ST...whatever YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. There are gonna be some haters this time around, which I totally get, but today? Today I'm a lover. I'M A LOVER, KIDS. A LOVER OF THE BADASS. AND SWEAT. AND THE GASPING. WHICH WAS HOT. DON'T DENY.

!

2009-11-28T14:34:40Z

I'm not sure how exactly I survived this week, BUT I DID. WHICH IS AWESOME. Two essays! DONE! THREE HOURS OF SLEEP COUNTERED BY AN UNINTERRUPTED FOURTEEN! YES.

Okay, so, on my way out, because The Dodos are in town and I have tickets and while I know--I KNOW--roadtrip and WOOING and everything, but. Y'know. THE DODOS. Men! FABLES! THEIR SONGS ARE M/A FICS WAITING TO HAPPEN, so all in all, I'm still keeping the shippy spirit alive. Also, dragging zarathuse with me. ALSO, having dinner at the King Arthur's. SO. DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT. This is not bailing out. THIS IS GIVING THE NIGHT ANOTHER DEGREE OF AWESOME, OKAY.

...But I'm also expecting you to keep me updated. ALL THE TIME. IN THIS POST. So reply with links to the good stuff, bbs. Posts, reviews, squeefests, whatever. JUST LINK ME TO IT, so I can come back and gatecrash all the parties once they're over :D

In exchange I'll give you fic.

(ALSO RAS YOU ARE FIRED FOR NOT KNOWING. SAME GOES TO MIA. I talked to you about it MOMENTS before I posted. MOMENTS! DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THE WHINE! THE TEARS! HOW COULD YOU NOT HAVE KNOWN! So yes. Fired. I mean, come on. IT HAD HYPHENS. Who else uses more hyphens than commas? Who? ...FIRED. But rehired, because I love yous. DAMMIT.)

At Our Best When It's From the Hips | M/A | NC17 | ~13K | Merlin goes to a brothel to get rid of that virginity thing and runs into Arthur. From there on, it's all madness. Originally posted here at kinkme_merlin. Don't know why it's so long, it's all porn and angst, but there you go. WRITTEN FOR ras_elased, WITH ALL MY PORNY LOVE ♥

and it's not even saturday yet

2009-11-24T22:12:35Z

I AM WRITING TWO ESSAYS AND FICS AND SHIT BUT KIDS,

KIDS.

SIT THE FUCK DOWN AND LISTEN THE FUCK UP BECAUSE
COLIN MORGAN AND BRADLEY JAMES WENT ON A MOTHERFUCKING ROADTRIP.

BAM.

BAM.

Now go write me fic about why Colin shaves off his scruff on the first night. OR, you know. ABOUT ANYTHING ROADTRIPPY AT ALL.

derryere @ 2009-11-21T22:03:00

2009-11-21T21:03:55Z

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME

WHAT THE FUCK

IS THIS

MY JOB IS TO WOO!

2009-11-21T18:52:33Z

SWEET. MOTHER. OF GOD.

(I'd say this was my favourite ep, but I already know next week's will be THE MOST AMAZING MOMENT IN SUBTEXTUAL GAY TELEVISION EVER. DHSJFH NOW, NOOOWWW I WANT IT NOOOW D:)

eta, random thoughts. Too lazy to type them up, so! C/p from a convo I had w/ ras_elased:

I loved, loved loved the whole infatuation plot. It was so adorably inappropriate and so obviously just, TEENAGE AND BLIND and unrealistic, with the whole, 'we'll leave Camelot together!' without thinking about ANYONE but himself--and it's exactly what I think Merlin would do. 'LOL MAGIC AND MONSTERS WHO CARES LET'S HAVE SEX IN THE DUNGEONS!'. And yeah, he has his ~destiny~ with Arthur and all, but. I mean. HE IS JUST A KID, AFTER ALL. Those weren't genuinely DEEP feelings, were they? It was just the thrill of having found someone, of being able to be with someone, and--let's be honest. How he treated her? The way he talked to her? It was pretty much exactly how he wishes the people he loves could treat him. OR, AS I SEE IT, 'I WISH ARTHUR WOULD BE LIKE THIS W/ ME BUT HE WON'T SO NOW I'LL GO AND PROJECT ON THIS GIRL :('

Basically. Plus other things. YES, FLAWS, WEIRD SCENES--half naked chick running through castle? But, to be honest, nothing in this ep bothered me like certain details did in previous eps. I say 'bother', but that's a big word too. I WELCOME MOST CANON. More to play with, right? AND FREAL, never expected this show to make much sense. In the meanwhile, we have cross-dressing jokes and MERLIN KISSING. I'm happy. Are you happy? It's okay if you're not. I'm almost completely sure next week will make you happy.

You know why?

BECAUSE ARTHUR'S JOB IS TO FUCKING WOO.

:DDD

FINAL EDIT, Bradley and Colin went on a roadtrip together. Someone is doing SOMETHING on purpose, I am certain of it. THESE THINGS DON'T JUST HAPPEN. AAH *breaks*

SNIPPERTSSS bored

2009-11-20T23:39:42Z

Snippets from unfinished fics! Haven't actually posted anything ACTUAL fic-like ever since the 'Bang, so this is sort of me trying to seem productive. WHICH I HAVE BEEN! Just. Also very flaky :3

ANYWAY. Onto the ficcage!

(AND NOW it's like, what? 30 minutes later? THIS IS HARD. I can't choose passages. And I'm cold. WANT TO POST EVERYTHING AT ONCE. GAH. Why am I hungry upstairs and when I go down I'm good again? WHY? WHY IS THIS?)

M/A, an unfinished something for Bina :) Awkward!Merlin + Horny!Arthur, yay!

"Merlin,"

M/A, RIDICULOUS MODERN AU OF RIDICULOUSNESS. Gwen leaves Merlin, the chem teacher, for Arthur, the martial arts teacher at the local gym. Merlin gets drunk, challenges Arthur to a duel. Hilarity ensues.

bitch!

—Oi!

You

stu—

not

wrenches

what the shitting hell just happened?

this?

It's you!

You!

stole

You stole her from me!

happen!

And,

friend.

not the ex-boyfriend

week

Shut up

Me,

I'm good for her.

SERIOUS!

won't be so good for you when you're crawling your way back, ha ha

Morg/Gwen, Modern AU snippet for puckling :D Started writing this one while waiting for the 'Bangs to be posted. THIS IS WHAT NERVES DO TO ME, YOU SEE. Weird POVs and shit D:

story

"Who do you think you are?"

Geel

what is wrong with you?

M/A, 'nother modern AU, this one written for KMM. The life of secretly!gay Arthur and his dick of a father. THIS IS MY BABY <3 I've been writing it for ages, snatches here and there, and whenever I'm bored I just faze out and think up scenes to fill in the blanks of this fic. AS IN, 'hmmm how can I get more PORN into this super emotional scene of major importance?' Because, you know. Don't have enough of that.

great.

parties

invited

'That's one scary dad you've got there.'

Pa-boom, pa-boom, pa--

hate

"Fag!"

M/A, another unfinished KMM prompt. Wanking over the battlements, I think? Never even got to the battlements. HDSKJF WHY DOES THE CASTLE AND GUARDS AND SHIT ALWAYS DISTRACT ME, IDEK D:

Insider,

Look what the boredom made me do!

Aaaand more that I can't post because that's against the rules and also I have a few ~surprises~ which I'll definitely ruin by blurting out everything if I keep talking for a second longer. SO SHUSH, CHILDREN. Let's instead watch Ezra Koenig sing in a video instead of living IN MY PANTS :C ETA, I meant Ezra. In my pants. NOT CHILDREN IN MY--WELL. YEAH. God that whole sentence really fucked itself up somewhere between my brain and the keyboard XD

derryere @ 2009-11-20T15:40:00

2009-11-20T14:40:23Z

I would really, really like to explain the last couple of weeks, but I CAN'T. I mean, not as in, 'if I tell you I'll have to kill you!/the N key on my keyboard is broken and my story is about bananas!', more like, 'THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY OF PUTTING THIS INTO WORDS.'

Not in a bad way. OR A GOOD WAY. Just genuinely strange and alarming. If I had any way to use twitter, it'd look something like this:

@xDerryEre87x

Exams over!
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BDAY! This is a nice restaurant. It's called King Arthur's. We're inside King Arthur. 'S. They serve Bradley tea.
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#bdaynight Why am I not this drunk enough to misspell this? What is happening? ARE WE AT A GAY BAR? WHO ORDERED THE FRIES?
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Did not finish hw. Am going to say something in class and hope no one will notice all I ever did for this was read sparknotes summaries.
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#class PEOPLE NOTICED. People ON THE STREET noticed. PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD NOTICED. LOL.
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Will I go lasergaming? ABSOLUTELY I WILL GO LASERGAMING.
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@LastTrainHome: nooooooooooooo :O
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Waiting seven hours for first train back. This city is strange. There are people dressed as dinosaurs.
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Some Irish dudes are dragging a guy around by his ankles. Using their belts. Singing. Are there laws against this? Why?
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UHM. http://i33.tinypic.com/20qi8hi.gif
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A mouse in a bagel shop! IN A BAGEL SHOP!
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@Mother: once again, for the love of all that is holy, i am NOT joining a jewish dating site. NOT.
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@Bed: NO I HAVE NOT BEEN SLEEPING ON SOMEONE ELSE. I'm just very busy. And my phone as off. IT WAS A THIN MATTRESS OKAY IT MEANT NOTHING TO ME~
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Talk Solstice to me! Or, in other words, SOMEONE PLEASE SCARE ME INTO WRITING MORE. I know some people on my flist are already done (you impossible little creatures D:), but I am almost certain there are still a few around who are flailing around every time they open their doc. And weep at the sight of their wordcount. SHARE YOUR PAIN, PLEASE. MY MISERY IS HOT FOR YOUR COMPANY.

Ugh, plus all the other unfinished shenanigans. Not even talking about the WIPs commentfics. I mean the real stuff. I want to do the snippet meme, only minus the part where you go, 'I won't ever finish this one ANYWAY!' because I can't do that to the babies. Am way too good at having delusional notions of accomplishments to even try. I WILL DO THAT LATER TODAY OKAY. First this one:

Pick a paragraph (or any passage less than 500 words) from any fanfic I've written, and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that you'd expect to find on a DVD commentary track.

FUN! ...FOR NO ONE BUT ME, probably. Oh wells. DO IT ANYWAY *prods*

derryere @ 2009-11-05T22:51:00

2009-11-05T21:51:45Z

sandi_wandi!

Happy birthday, beautiful. I know we don't talk a lot anymore, and that I'm all over the place and also nowhere, but I miss you like burning and jsyk, JSYK, you're one of the best people I've ever met. The best kind of friend I've ever made. AND YOU SUCK FOR LIVING SO FAR AWAY, or maybe I suck for living so far away, OR PERHAPS WE BOTH SUCK IN GENERAL FOR OUR GEOGRAPHICAL IMPAIRMENTS. But, just. You're amazing, baby. GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT I'D BE WITHOUT YOU, RIGHT.

I hope today was good, I hope tomorrow will be good too, and OVERALL WELL BEING IS WISHED UPON YOU FOREVER OKAY. I love you, Pops!

(NOW GET OVER HERE AND WE'LL LIVE IN POVERTY TOGETHER. LIKE, NOW. NOW-NOW.)

!

2009-11-04T17:39:40Z

~22~

Resolutions:

Here's to another one 'round the sun, peeps!

derryere @ 2009-11-02T00:42:00

2009-11-01T23:56:19Z

Heading to bed (exam tomorrow, ohmyfuckingod I am so not ready), but before I do I just wanted to share this:

Watch the fingers. Watch the cheek stroking.

Ngh. It's getting too easy *_*

this week I read my first Drake&Josh RPS so now I can finally use this icon as a bonafide shippah

2009-10-21T00:58:36Z

Oh, look, it's random schoolwork sneak attack time again. Don't you just love those? One week you're lounging back, not changing clothes (oh, please, CLOTHES? They're pyjamas and you know it) for three consecutive days, eating crumbs off your sleeves and watching That 70's Show's NEVERENDING GODAWFUL RERUNS--aaand the next your up to your eyeballs in work that you're almost definitely sure wasn't officially announced by any one of your teachers. Almost.

It's a good thing I am ridiculously clever. You should've seen me today! My brain was on FIRE. And by 'on fire', I mean, 'I didn't fall over potted plants and managed to get out three sentences without suggesting my own chemical imbalance, YEAH!'

Also, someone shouted 'OMG YOUR SHOES! YOUR SKIRT!' at me today, on the street. Okay, yes, she WAS trying to sell me something, but let's ignore that for a second and just accept the compliment for what it is. Because, seriously. MY SHOES. MY SKIRT!

A few weeks back I was out w/ lady ZThuse, and some guy made a seriously EARNEST confession that went, 'You have nice legs, pretty eyes, and you smell GREAT.' Like, he was FROWNING. This was the most IMPORTANT MESSAGE he EVER had to communicate, and would not relent until I heard him out. This is understandable. In the context of that night, or at least what I remember of it, it was a remarkably sharp contribution. REMARKABLY. ETA, I forget to mention that this was hilarious mainly because he was standing on the OTHER side of the sidewalk and was probably a few good meters shy of being able to sniff THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, let alone me. Shit, I don't even think Z, who I was carrying on my back (no, but wouldn't that have been BRILLIANT?), was able to smell me. I choose to believe this is a good thing. Idk what the dude smelled, but it wasn't me. All the same, I TOOK THE COMPLIMENT AND RAN WITH IT. Literally. Because it was also creepy. The end.

Anyway, I'm done with this mickey mouse bullshit in two days. THEN I have a relatively laid back two weeks (save for Halloween, HDAKSJDFH), and then it's exams. OR, well, exam. Singular. AND THEN BIRTHDAY YAY I CIRCLED THE SUN YAY~

Until then, dumpage.

Commentfic and shenanigans from the past, uh, idek. Some unfinished, but I'm not the kind to give up (procrastination is so much better than failure), so I'm just declaring them wips :)

The One Where Arthur Sells Tongue B/C Being Rich Is a Bitch, PG13 from ras_elased's M/A kissing meme :3
Bath!hug, PG13, for the M/A hug meme. WEIRD HUG IS WEIRD.
M/A Sleepy!hug, PG. ART WOT ART? Art. Ish. Or something whatevs YOU KNOW I DON'T DO THIS.
Gonna Go Eat My Grape, PG. WIP :P For thisissirius's create-a-thing-day. M and A have an awkward post-kissing week.
W/A/M, or, Give It to Someone Special. THIS IS INSANITY. It started out as blah-blah'ing re: the awesome potential of Will/Arthur/Merlin, and then football and hooligans and then, well. STUFF. Also unfinished, but this is one I'm definitely updating at some point b/c I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS FOR THIS and no one will mind if it sucks b/c HI 2,5 PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO LIKE W/A/M *waves*
M/A Pornlet: leather, R. 600 words of sexin' over at the fleet :)
Arthur/MORGANA WHAT WHAT: X Away From Home, R. HAHAH IDEK. Blame the fleet. Again, weird ficlet is weird. *shrugs*
I am Aghast, Your Favourite Man, R. Arthur/Merlin, unrequited for a long while, over at the kinkme. Linking this in the hope that the public shame will embarrass me into FINISHING THE GODDAMN THING ALREADY. UGH. I CURSE YOU, DERRYERE! But I give you a bonus get-out-of-a-curse-free card because you seriously need to finish this and you can't do that if you're cursed.

That's all? I think? Either way, THIS IS WAY MORE INTERESTING. dollygrip asked for music, and in the spirit of dumping things, I'm posting this mix I made myself MONTHS AND MONTHS ago when I started writing the BigBang. So there are a bunch of older songs in there you probably already have by now, PLUS I ALSO POSTED A NUMBER OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY SINCE THEN, but ooooh well. I have a cover to go with it, so I'm posting. I'M POSTIN'!

MERLIN AND ARTHUR
BLAH BLAH BLAH
THIS IS A MIXTAPE

Speaking of music! AND GOOD THINGS! crazyboutremmy made this BRILLIANT mix for At Least It Would Seem, which I'm still baffled and insanely flattered over (baffled wins most of the time, b/c ohmygod that fic. MORAL FAIL, ANYONE? D:). And I know it sounds a biiiit biased coming from me, but seriously? HDSKJF THE MUSIC ♥ I would've flailed over the choices no matter what fic/story/ANYTHING inspired it. HOWEVER, it DOES so happen tha these songs fit the fic just about perfectly and, just, YES and YES and GO CHECK IT OUT, PEOPLE! ♥

Merlin/Arthur Hug Meme ♥!

2009-10-14T01:05:16Z

Who else needs this like burning? Tuesdays are just extended versions of Mondays and everyone knows it. I NEED A HUG. Merlin needs a hug. Arthur needs a hug more than anyone. And I have a feeling that you, friend, won't say no to a hug as well at the moment.

Totally and completely ganked from ras_elased, who hosted the jshgd brilliant kissing meme a while ago :D And also, just noticed they had a wonderful round of this at last week's fleet party (should really take a look over there if you have time, people. MULTISHIP HUGS THAT'LL WARM YOUR HEART, GAH ♥).

Now,

♥ Merlin/Arthur Hug Meme ♥

Hug meme! Make A and M hug. Is it a spell? Before a battle? A cuddle? The accidental expressing of emotions on escaping death? PUSHED TOGETHER BY MEDDLING KNIGHTS? Stuck in a hole in the ground? Everything works! As long as there are arms and limbs and the crushing of ribs, you're good <3

The rules:
1. Porn = allowed (WHAT WHAT), as long as it's still about the huggin' :)
2. Post your Merlin/Arthur hugs in the comments below.
3. No wank. Only love.
4. GLOMP EVERYONE ♥

Want to share? LO:

(w/o le colour:)

ETA!: we now have a hugs masterlist! ALL CREDIT GOES TO THE VERY KIND thisissirius ♥

I KNOW THE COLOUR OF YOUR SOUL OKAY?

2009-10-13T16:35:35Z

Mondays are GETTING to me this year. JESUS. Maybe it's not the Mondays that are getting worse, but the weekends that are just too AWESOME to deal with? Because the weekends are great. AND DEAR GOD YESTERDAY WAS AWFUL. I made such an ASS out of myself in class. I hate when that happens, when you embarrass yourself in a way that AS IT HAPPENS you're already aware you're gonna be thinking back to this and cringing for WEEKS/MONTHS to come. The trouble is, this time, is that while this HAS happened to me before, generally there are either friends around who can make fun of it and then it's not that bad--or you know the people in the class, and they know you, and they know that sometimes your brains function like ass and that you occasionally end up saying truly inspired stupidities. BUT THIS CLASS, RIGHT, I'm like a complete stranger to these people. I KNOW NO ONE, THEY KNOW NOT THAT I CAN'T BRAIN V WELL AT TIMES, and then it's just embarrassing and awkward and FUCKING ANNOYING BECAUSE I BLUSHED LIKE A THOUSAND BURNING SUNS.

And then on the train back I was in the same compartment as two people from my class, and they just went, 'Yeah, we're, just gonna...' AND THEN THEY TOOK OUT THEIR BOOKS AND READ. I cannot understand this level of SOCIAL REFUSAL. I don't care that you're a lit major, homeboy. There is no excuse for not even trying to have stunted conversations and painful silences before you give up altogether.

...But then again, then I get to come home and use awkward gangster speak in my lj posts and I guess the world really can't be all that bad. RIGHT. SHORTIES.

:D

What Merlin character am I most like?
MY THREAD
(jsyk, farmer#26 is totally acceptable, too. OR MORRIS. Shit, I'd love to be Morris. DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH THAT KID GETS TO ANGST? People throw knives at him! No one knows his name! He has to linger just outside of shots all the freggin' time! God! FHL!)

LOL, btw. LOL LIKE A MILLION LOLLERBLADES LOLLING DOWN THE LOLLEROAD: Arthur/Gwen/Lancelot/Merlin. SERIOUSLY. Take the bunch of them, put them in jeans and hoodies and tops and heels, and you'll get Arthur staying over (hiding out) at idk his bff? Merlin's friend's place (Gwen) because uhm some shit with his dad and a Polo match or something. Gwen is annoyed but hot, Arthur is 21 and a virgin and REALLY HORNY, they have some wine with dinner and make out a little. Flash forward next week:

Arthur: I LOOOOVE HER I CAAAARE ABOUT HER MORE THAN AAAAANYONE WE'RE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER I'VE NEVER FELT LIKE THIS ABOUT A PERSON EVER BEFORE SHE'S LIKE THE SUN AND THE MOON AND OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES THAT EXIST SOMEWHERE IDK BUT OH GOD HER BODY IS LIKE, IT'S LIKE THIS BEAUTIFUL ROSE BUT WITH TITS AND ASS AND--
Merlin: --Uhm. I. Stop, please, I--
Arthur: --THINK ABOUT HER ALL THE TIME WANT TO BE WITH HER AND LISTEN TO HER MUSIC AND--
Merlin: Dude I don't care go for it man, just please stop--
Arthur: NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND MY FATHER WILL NEVER ALLOW IT BECAUSE SHE IS A POOR PEOPLE PERSON IT IS ALL VERY TRAGIC AND I AM TORN APART AND MY HEART IT BLEEDS AND--

And then Merlin takes Arthur to a party where he knows Gwen will be and then Gwen is making out with Lance in a corner and Arthur locks himself in the loo and Merlin has to sit OUTSIDE the freaking door for hours and talk to him about fishes and seas and how Gwen's a nice girl but she was just the first and, well,

Arthur: NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SHE WAS THE ONE FOR ME I WAS GOING TO BUY HER A SMALL ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF SPAIN AND MAKE LOVE TO HER ON THE BEACH ALL DAY LONG.
Merlin: You don't even know her, Arthur.
Arthur: I KNOW THE COLOUR OF HER SOUL OKAY YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
Merlin: What's her favourite movie?
Arthur: SHUT UP. IT DOESN'T MATTER OKAY KNOW THE COLOUR OF HER--
Merlin: What's her last name?
Arthur: I--YOU--THIS IS NOT--
Merlin: How old is she, Arthur?
Arthur: ...but...the colour...of...
Merlin: Jesus. You're pretty desperate, aren't you?
Arthur: SHUT YOUR HOLE MERLIN WHAT WE HAD WAS SPECIAL I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO UNDER--
Merlin: If you come out now of there I'll take you to a stripclub.
Arthur: I don't WANT a strip club you TIT, I want DEPTH and LOVE and--
Merlin: It's okay, Arthur. Strippers have feelings too.
Arthur: ...They do?
Merlin: Yes.
Arthur: Oh. *PAUSE* Are you sure?
Merlin: Positive.
Arthur: ...Okay.

And then they go to a strip club and Arthur gets a lapdance from a girl called Clarice and falls in love again and writes her poems and waits her up after closing time and it gets so bad Merlin has to lock him in his room because he's a bottle of beer and a tiara away from getting a restraining order AND THIS KEEPS ON until some girl on the elevator recognises the music he's listening to and then he's forgotten all about Clarice and WHAT WHAT YOU KNOW ARTHUR IS THAT GUY. YOU KNOW HEH IS.

So obviously at some point Merlin has had enough of this mickey mouse bullshit and decides it has got to stop, and that Arthur needs to lose his virginity right freaking five hours ago for the SAKE OF HUMANITY IN GENERAL. What follows are a series of botched attempts to get a girl in A's bed, complete with comic relief background music and slapstick half-naked humour, and there is probably food involved. Arthur is down, whiny, and drunk and still horribly horny on Merlin's couch:

Arthur: IT'S DOOMED.
Merlin: It's not doomed.
Arthur: I WILL DIE A VIRGIN.
Merlin: You will not die a--
Arthur: CURSED! CURSED! Here I am, with the bone structure of a Greek GOD and the golden locks of a ... GOD WITH GOLDEN LOCKS, AND YET I AM DOOMED TO FOREVER BE A--
Merlin: SHUT UP. PLEASE. ARTHUR. I've been putting up with your capslock for the past HALF YEAR and I seriously--
Arthur: WHO WILL HAVE ME? WHAT IF NO ONE EVER LOVES ME? WHAT IF I WILL ALWAYS FALL IN LOVE WITH--
Merlin: Fuck it. *Puts beer on table with A DETERMINED AIR~~* Let's make out.
Arthur: .......FHkdjh?
Merlin: Yeah. Well. Shut up.
Arthur: --I--
Merlin: I SAID SHUT UP. And come here. NOW NOT TOMORROW NOW YOUHMFFdfh--

And then they make out. A LOT. And then some things happen, and Arthur's no longer a virgin. It's all very annoying, especially when Arthur tries to wake up him the next morning with the poem he's been composing while staring at sleeping Merlin like the creep that he is. But they work it out in the end. And Arthur loves him a lot. And Merlin puts up with it, somehow. Crazy kids!

(BTW, wtf Trinity?! There are no words for the insanity that is this show. Basically, Merlin on viagra meets History Boys meets Mean Girls. NOW I WANT CHRIS COOKE TO COME ON MERLIN AS A SNOOTY PRINCE THAT EVERYONE LIKES SOMEHOW BUT ARTHUR HATES, and he's trying to steal Merlin away. SO BASICALLY A REVERSED CEDRIC, only hotter, because ♥♥♥CHRIS COOKE. Also, that would give people an excuse to write BJ/CK/CM rps triangle. There is only one reaction you can have to that mental image right there, and this is it: YES.)

derryere @ 2009-10-09T14:32:00

2009-10-09T12:41:22Z

Gone for the weekend!

HAVE FUN WITH THE MERLIN, EVERYONE.

(gonna be on a looot of trains these coming few days. Will have a looot of time to stare out the window and drool. OR! Write. I'll be checking my email as best I can (TINY PHONE SCREEN IS TINY), so if anyone wants to hurtle a prompt in my general direction, that'd be awesome :D)

ADIEU, PEEPS ♥

I AM THIS HELMET

2009-10-04T04:19:18Z

I AM RISKING MY LIFE TO BRING YOU THIS BECAUSE, AS WE SPEAK, derryere FUCKING ERE IS HOLDING ME (zarathuse FUCKING THUSE) AT SWORDPOINT.*

here is my vital message:

So, then, there's that one time Arthur and Merlin have the conversation about Merlin trying to be funny.

It's dinner -- venison again, dammit -- and Merlin livens up the meal with a wickedly amusing anecdote about an octopus and a serving wench he heard off one of the pages that morning.

Arthur is not wickedly amused.

"Merlin," he says, not bothering to look up from his plate. "We need to talk."

Merlin is vaguely concerned. "All right," he says earnestly.

"Sit down."

There's nowhere to sit. Merlin looks around and takes a single awkward step to the left. He hopes that's enough.

"Do you know," Arthur starts, gravely, "what you're not?"

"What?"

"Funny." He still hasn't looked up from his dinner.

"Oh," Merlin says. "Yeah."

"Don't try it again."

"Right." Merlin frowns. "Uh. Sorry."

Arthur smiles. He is pleased with the exchange.

THE END FUCK YEAH

*earlier she was polishing her sword and making pointed comments about externality. i fear for my virtue y'all. send help. or a jump rope and a tiara.

derryere @ 2009-10-01T02:36:00

2009-10-01T01:34:15Z

SEE NOW this is what happens when you've got a midterm in five hours. YOU WRITE FIC. Or something like it, anyway.

Super belated EP1 codas. I've got some for EP2, but they're not done, so. SO. Those will happen tomorrow, THESE are happening now.

I'm Bolding This So It'll Look Like An Explanation (But It's Not, Really, It's Mainly Bullshit Hurray For Bullshit! \o/): okay, so, here's the thing. The new season? I do not know whether to laugh or go 'WHAT WHAT WHAT' a lot. CONFUSED YET AMUSED. SO! I have two codas. One accepting BBC's interesting take on both Merlin and Arthur's characterisations so far (ADMIT IT, secretly, you all LOVE IT. SUPER EMO MERLIN, GOD, we've been waiting that shit forEVER), and another slightly more redeeming one. Redeeming for whom, you ask? EVERYONE. EVERYONE GETS REDEEMED. AWESOME.

Coda 201a goes out to zarathuse, who promised to record a dramatic reading of this and publish it as a podfic. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BAD I NEED THIS TO HAPPEN. PLEASE HARASS HER UNTIL SHE CAVES, FLIST.

201b goes out to, uuuuhhh, whoever wants it. Does anyone even wants it? It's GEN. RATED G. WHO WANTS THAT? leandergasped, I think this is perfect for you. GOOD, CLEAN FUN. PERFECT.

(Let it be known that this is the most gen thing I've written in three years. The last one was about Neville LBottom being stuck in a living bunker with Seamus, reading Nostradamus and decidedly not wanking. AND EVEN THAT ONE WAS AT LEAST PG13. SO. SO!)

Merlin 201a/b codas | G | M/A preslash | A) Emo Merlin, You Are Emo | B) Sit Down Child And Let Uncle Arthur Explain To You Why He's Such A World-Class A-Hole | Beta'd by the lady. YOU KNOW WHO. cherrybina. THE LADY.

201a – Emo Merlin, You Are Emo

Madness, this place. Madness.

I am the armour

The armour is me.

I am sort of like this vambrace,

Clingy.

Or maybe like this hauberk,

Often an unnecessary weight.

Perhaps it's the helmet.

Hollow, and all . . . head-shaped.

I have a head. I am this helmet.

Arthur doesn't care about the helmet,

Arthur lets anyone have a whack at the helmet.

job

again.

201b – Sit Down Child And Let Uncle Arthur Explain To You Why He's Such A World-Class A-Hole

hell

"Merlin."

not

servant

want

meant

Clotpole,

always

Fine,

In the meanwhile, this. I recommend going through those pictures while listening to this song, then gazing a good fifteen minutes at that last shot. WHILE PLAYING THAT SONG ON REPEAT.

If you don't see the love by then, baby, you're a lost case. LOST.

OKAY. Now I'll go spend a while pretending to study even though I won't process any of it, and then fall asleep on my notes. DROOLING. ~*THE GOOD LIFE*~

ETA:

♥ Merlin/Arthur Kiss Meme ♥

Go *_*

MERLIN 201

2009-09-19T19:19:52Z

zarathuse and derryere's INSTANTO REACTION:

"I DO EVERYTHING FOR HIM, AND HE THINKS I'M AN IDIOT."

WHORECRUX. INAPPROPRIATE UNCLE GAIUS TOUCHING. FOR EVERY 45 MINS OF GAY, 45 SECONDS OF HET. WEEPY MERLIN IS WEEPY. AND PRETTY.

FIRST THING CEIGAN CEDRIC CORNELIUS DIGGORY DOES ON RECLAIMING A BODY: GOES TO NEAREST DRAG QUEEN FOREST. KILLS 30 RAVENS. CAREFULLY ASSEMBLES EVIL CLOAK OF FABULOUSA.

MERLIN: I WISH I WAS THAT FABULOUS. *KILLS*

HELLO ARTHUR'S CHEST NIPPLE. NO HEAD NECESSARY. Z: "I'LL PROVIDE THE HEAD."

END SCENE: UNCLE GAIUS' ROOFIED PIZZA.

THAT IS ALL.

Off to make cockies. YA'LL HAVE AN AWESOME NIGHT.

It's morning now

2009-09-19T10:32:45Z

SO. Who else is listening to the radio?

Will probably take another hour, but HEY let's get together and FLIP THE FUCK OUT~

Things!

2009-09-18T20:20:23Z

HAPPY ROSH HASHANA, BITCHES! Which year is it? Tet, chet, shin, something? I HAVE NO IDEA. SERIOUSLY. I LOST COUNT SOMEWHERE MID-5K. dollygrip, HELP ME OUT HERE.
ER today. FREAKY SHIT. It was nothing big, just some stitches that needed reminding what they were there for in the first place, but it's all fixed and pretty now. Still, though. First trip to the the ER ever! Things To Do So You Have Stories to Tell at Parties #345: Rush to ER in a cab. CHECK. Cool.
I TOTALLY CALLED THIS. JUST SAYIN'.
Murrrrrrliiinnnnn tomorrroooowww ♥ zarathuse and I are gonna make cockies. And Dragon Balls. SWEET.
Sharing is Caring
For one week, recommend/share:
DO YOU KNOW, what I need to stop doing? Writing half a comment fic and never finishing. It's getting a bit pathetic. I haven't finished a fic in over two MONTHS. MONTHS! I've started, numerous times over. I HAVE THREE 10K+ FICS WAITING TO BE FINISHED, and hundreds of smaller things all over the place. THIS THIS NOT ON. SOMEONE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. IT IS GETTING OUT OF HAND.
Juliet, Naked. This is about fandom, about fans, about those who have to put up with fans, about the people we idolise and the people who are idolised. It's also just about people in general. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT YOU. GO READ IT RUN DON'T WALK.
Thoughts on Glee: Purk. Puck/Turk. YOU KNOW IT'S HOT.
ETA: HDKJFH UHM, YES. Don't know how I almost forgot, since it's basically made my week. leechunsa made an amazing soundtrack to Accidental Memory, and--just. AMAZING. The art, the songs, the THOUGHT that she put into it--TOTALLY blew me away. All of it. GO CHECK IT OUT AND GIVE HER SOME LOVE, PEOPLE ♥

No comments for me today. NO COMMENTS UNTIL I FINISH SOMETHING. ANYTHING. Be it Virgil or fic, I don't even care. AS LONG AS IT'S DONE. DAMNIT.

Gifs! I have them.

2009-09-07T22:39:49Z

ALL SNAGGABLE :D

Sleeeep *___*

derryere @ 2009-09-07T21:17:00

2009-09-07T19:43:08Z

Sharing is Caring

Day one: a song
Day two: a picture
Day three: a book/ebook/fanfic
Day four: a site
Day five: a youtube clip
Day six: a quote
Day seven: whatever tickles your fancy

PICTURE! My outfit today. Because it was pretty goddamn kickass. CAN I SAY THAT? Well I'm saying it. I'M SAYING IT.

Phonecam = crappy quality. But at least now I get to say: ~IT LOOKED COOLER IN RL I SWEAR~

SO, in other news. When are those promos coming, HUH. Also, just asking, are there any Merlin ppl from in/around Dutchland who feel like a S2 viewing partay? I HEARD THERE WOULD BE--wait let me find the exact wording. AAH, yes, "'Excalibur' cookies. By which I totally mean cock cookies. Cockies, if you will."

IS IT OKAY TO QUOTE YOU ON THAT TEXT, DUDE? I seriously inhaled a tonsil when I read it. MID-LECTURE. European lit history, man. No one bought the 'NO BUT AGAMEMNON CRACKS ME THE FUCK UP FREALS!' diversion, somehow.

Antigone for Thurs D: This is the worst class for someone who reads 12 pages an hour. If you'd rip out twelve pages and put them on the ground and then put a snail on the one end THE SNAIL WOULD GET TO THE OTHER END OF THE PAGE-PATH FASTER THAN I'D BE ABLE TO READ THEM.

FUCK!

(still catching up on comments, old/not so old/ancient, SO! Don't mind me. AGAIN. I'll just keep on until I feel emotionally ready to procrastinate again :3)