Lionheart Library

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Author: JessicaMDawn

Rating: General

Setting: ModernAU

Word Count: 3k

Summary: While hiking to Arthur’s mother’s old cabin for a weekend getaway, his friends ask why Arthur hasn’t just married his boyfriend Merlin yet.

Comment: This story is wonderful, and I loved the addition of dragons to a normal, every day hike. I really liked the glimpses we got of Merlin and Arthur’s relationship, the dynamic between the two of them and how they are seen by their friends. I also liked that Merlin was the one to make a bold move (despite it giving Arthur a heart attack), and the different type of magic reveal this story covers.

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Here is a summer masterlist to enjoy whether you’re staying at home or reading on the beach. Artwork by the amazing  writingupsidedown.

CANON

Destiny With A Capital “D”

Fall from Grace

It Takes All Kinds

King of Summer

Let Go and Watch the Sunlight Bend

Pavlov’s Penis

Redemption

Summer Country

The Oak Tree

MODERN

A Summer in Delphi

A Summer Morning, in St Ives

All The Way Back (Where I Belong)

Amid the Pines That Stood

Aquamarine

As Summer Comes; As Summer Goes

And They Call It Summer Love

Complications (With Spiderman T-Shirts and Optimistic Outcomes)

Don’t Drown

Franglais

Knights Should Never Play With Dragons

Let The Immeasurable Come

Mistakes We Make

Oh Summer Days

Romance Imagery 101

Sew Your Heart to My Sleeve

Shapes in the Stars

Snapshots: Summer 1999

Summer Storm

Summer Time, Starry Sky

Tell Me You’re Strong

The Beach

The Brighton Ice Cream Parlour

The Sea

What We Choose

Your Love is Better Than Ice-Cream

[sermerlins]

Well….

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Merthur AU :  Arthur admitting his feelings for Merlin to Lancelot

[obrienses]

“Arthur won’t even notice I’m gone”

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King Merlin and his Head Knight Arthur

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Arthur gets to grips with modern technology, helped by Merlin’s post it notes.

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Author: SippingMyTea

Rating: General

Setting: CanonAU

Word Count: 7k

Summary: Merlin has these 'hunches' about upcoming events, or that's what he tells Arthur every time he is questioned. While Arthur finds it odd, he finds that it is best to listen to Merlin's 'hunches'. And one day, he finds out the truth, after he finds Merlin napping in his bed.

Comment: It was interesting how things changed slightly yet most of the series remained the same with Merlin’s intervention, I like that he couldn’t change everything. Arthur’s acceptance of it all was wonderfully written too.

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Author: 0hHeyThereBigBadWolf

Rating: Teen

Setting: CanonAU

Word Count: 2k

Summary: All it takes is a single act to sway the course of history. A little bit of kindness can go a long way to altering destiny.

Comment: Oh how different things could be if one thing was changed. It was lovely to see Merlin and Arthur so supportive and open in front of Morgana and to see how they could have worked together if things were different.

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Author: Fictionista654

Rating: General

Setting: CanonAU

Word Count: 1k

Summary: The real reason Arthur throws things at Merlin.

Comment: Well this was an amusing way to reveal magic; one I haven’t come across before.

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If you’re ever too nervous to comment on fanfics, please look at some of the absolute nonsense I leave people:

First there’s weird reactions to smut:

Sometimes I like to keep the author updated on how I’m doing while I’m reading the fic:

Other times I make astute observations:

Then there’s whatever the fuck this is:

Admittedly half of these weird comments are due to the fact that I like to drink wine and read fanfic at 2 AM, but the point is don’t be embarrassed to leave dumbass comments because I 100% guarantee the author will love it regardless. 

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Speaking as an author, these are the best comments. Quality A+!

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Author: 0hHeyThereBigBadWolf

Rating: Teen

Setting: CanonAU

Word Count: 1k

Summary: Melisande is lonelier than Arthur will ever admit, but thankfully, Mysaria doesn't care about differences in rank anymore than Merlin does.

Comment: I thought it would be a great time to read this story now that His Dark Materials is going to be on TV soon. I liked how playful and sassy Merlin’s daemon was, and how much Arthur and he daemon clearly need their friendship and affection.

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A Night Without Stars

Author: flowersheep

Rating: Mature

Setting: CanonAU

Word Count: 57k

WARNING: Non-con (alluded to but not described) and graphic depictions of violence.

Summary: A time of peace prosperity in Camelot is interrupted when Prince Consort Merlin falls suddenly ill. Discovering that it is the result of someone poisoning the ley lines, Arthur embarks on a quest into the far north in the hope of healing the damage before it’s too late. Meanwhile, other dangers loom on the horizon. War approaches and Merlin isn’t so sure Camelot will be able to withstand it.

Reader’s Comment: I really like how this fic throws everyone and everything into absolute chaos, and then rips just about every safeguard away from our beloved characters and forces them to really think and work outside the box, and to learn what battles to fight and which battles you just can’t win. 

[merlinsprat]

I could write it down or spread it all around, get lost and then get found And you’ll come back to me, not swallowed in the sea

[brolinskeep]

Five-Star Hospitality by A_Diamond

Arthur Pendragon, smug asshole businessman, somehow manages to be unlike any asshole businessman Merlin’s dealt with as the night manager of one of New York’s finest five star hotels. Something seems to be building between them, but just when it heats up, it all comes crashing down. Merlin’s left to pick up the pieces of a heart that shouldn’t feel so broken from just a couple weeks of flirting and a single kiss.

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Ashes, Embers, Flames

Author: unpossible

Rating: Explicit

Setting: ModernAU

Word Count: 65k

Summary: Merlin sees him across a crowded living room and promptly spills his beer down the back of the couch and over some hapless stranger’s neck.

Reader’s Comment: This wonderfully angsty story of infatuation-at-first-sight, the “I’ve got a spare room you can rent” trope, obsessive home renovations and antique talking, deep longing, profound sorrow, overprotective!Arthur, stubborn!Merlin, and both idiots have one huge secret apiece they’re hiding from one another.

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5 times Arthur shoots with Merlin and one time they forget about the camera.

for Merlin Reverse Bang and my dear author Audrey!