Author: Footloose and mushroomtale
Rating: Mature
Setting: ModernAU
Word Count: 147k
Summary: Merlin is a recent graduate with a double doctorate in metaphysics and physics. Arthur is a low-level paper pusher with a desk in the sub-basement of MI5. They live in a world with ridiculous laws and restrictions against anyone who might be supernatural in any way, shape, or design.
Merlin has huge debts looming over this head, a few quid left in his bank account, and no job prospects. Arthur is pushing thirty, in a dead-end job with no chances of promotion to fieldwork agent, and is thoroughly bored with his life.
One ill-advised Craigslist advert, five pushy mates, one nosy all-knowing sister, and a hacked email account later, Merlin and Arthur take the world by storm.
(Or, more precisely, they take over the world.)
Comment: What can I say? This story takes such silly premises and just goes with it and makes it something so dynamic and serious and funny and interesting. I love the fact that both Arthur and Merlin are super smart. I love how the word is full of different people with different abilities and all most of them of supernatural origin. It’s just great. Also Mushroomtale is such a talented artist, I just love their style and its worth to just go into their acount and gaze into all of the art.