World Comes Tumbling
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | World Comes Tumbling |
| Author(s): | lady_ragnell |
| Date(s): | 06 April 2011 |
| Length: | ~26,000 |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Merlin |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | World Comes Tumbling (AO3) World Comes Tumbling (LiveJournal) Melt You Down (AO3) Melt You Down (Russian translation) |
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World Comes Tumbling is a Merlin/Arthur story by lady_ragnell. The story is a sequel to Melt You Down (~1,200 words)[1] which is set in the same universe but happens two years before World Comes Tumbling. Melt You Down was written for the kinkme_merlin prompt "Arthur holds a gun to Merlin's head"[2] and the story has been translated into Russian by ninaza.[3]
Summary: Arthur Pendragon is working with a group of sorcerers that plan to take his father's company apart, but when a rescue attempt goes wrong and he's forced to go into hiding, he goes to a safehouse run by Merlin, the sorcerer who started his defection in the first place.
Cast of Characters
The story is set in a modern Albion where Uther is evil and runs Pendragon Corp which officially searches for a cure for magic but unofficially incarcerates magic users and experiments on them. Morgana is Arthur's sister (code name "Fay"), Freya is Merlin's sister, Mordred is a kid with telepathic abilities they rescued from Pendragon Corp, Morgause and Gilli are active in the magical underground, Lancelot is a childhood friend of Merlin and married to Gwen, Gwaine is living in Ealdor and Leon is someone working for Pendragon Corp. Some of the people imprisoned are Gaius, Nimueh, Balinor and the Dragon.
Comments
Your world-building is first-rate, the progress of Merlin and Arthur's relationship is brilliantly and convincingly done, and I love the way you've slotted everyone into this universe. Utterly satisfying and original.[4]
I am a huge fan of rebel/freedom-fighter!Merlin and this just hit the spot SO well! And Arthur was just lovely![5]
In a way, it's like an AU of the Merlin I want to be watching, where Arthur is on Merlin's side almost immediately and Morgana gets to be subversive without being evil, etc etc. But, yes, I love it. I love the idea of Gwen and Lancelot taking care of Mordred, and of how connected Arthur and Merlin are from the moment they meet, and all it's all dystopic future wonderland![6]
I 'm so happy that you continued this story and expanded the wonderful world that you created. It's amazing how well you capture all the different aspects of a world so harsh but full of hope, and even the minor characters stand out. The relationship between Arthur and Merlin mirrors just how magic and non-magic can meet, and I love the idea of both of them being affected by something that transcends even magic, and how both of them are changed by it. Wonderful read![7]
References
- ^ lady_ragnell. Melt You Down, 26 March 2011. (Accessed 04 March 2012)
- ^ Melt You Down, 19 March 2011. (Accessed 04 March 2012)
- ^ Melt you down, автор lady_ragnell, арлин, modern-AU, 22 March 2011. (Accessed 04 March 2012)
- ^ lamardeuse. Comment, 09 April 2011. (Accessed 04 March 2012)
- ^ lachatblanche. Comment, 12 April 2011. (Accessed 04 March 2012)
- ^ lilyfarfalla. Comment, 20 April 2011. (Accessed 04 March 2012)
- ^ capricornucopia. Comment, 21 April 2011. (Accessed 04 March 2012)