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• executrix: Meta: Femslash ToTTBoTB? - So my question is, is there a lot of discourse about Who Tops in femslash? -
  
  (tags: femslash fandom sexuality)


• penknife: Apparently, my ability to handwave only goes so far. - My own thoughts on why AUs without homophobia usually don't work for me: -
  
  (tags: homophobia fanfic trope reading)


• eumelia: Gay People are Real, Slash is Meta - As a queer woman who reads fiction that is more often than not written by other women (queer and not) about men who are sexual with each other... in a society that tells me that that is not so legitimate, I feel stronger. -
  
  (tags: fandom slash sexuality)


• fiercelydreamed: [in queerlygen] Soon, this place is gonna be a party, and you're all invited. - Drawing a line in the sand between "slash" and "gen" erases the fact that many of us live our daily lives aware of our identities and experiences as queer or genderqueer people. It's not something we only think about when we're falling in love, getting our hearts broken, or getting off. -
  
  (tags: fandom sexuality gen)


• thingswithwings: slash/gen: I would like to ship it - het/gen, the slashing of het and gen, het and gen making out with each other, is a system that reinscribes heterosexuality as the norm and as normal, a system that excludes queer sexualities from representation, from general interest. -
  
  (tags: fandom sexuality homophobia)


• morgandawn: PSA: Submitting vids to vidorama & Mediawest and other conventions - As a bit of historical context*, Mediawest (a media based fan run convention) has - for decades - segregated slash vids from the main vid show, offering to show them in a separate show 'after hours." They have explained that the reason they do this is because they are a 'family friendly' convention. -
  
  (tags: vidding cons homophobia)


• sockkpuppett: Vidorama, a personal opinion - I don't know the moderator(s) of vidorama, but I believe that there is a better way to seek out specifically-themed vids than creating a homophobic fannish community. That's like inviting the swim team out and then closing the pool. -
  
  (tags: vidding slash homophobia)


• cryptoxin: Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a copyright lawyer! Except for the doctor part. - In this light, fannishness counts against you: in rejecting the parody defense, the judge reasons that "60 Years' plain purpose is not to expose Holden Caulfield's disconnectedness, absurdity, and ridiculousness, but rather to satisfy Holden's fans' passion for Holden Caulfield's disconnectedness, absurdity, and ridiculousness..." -
  
  (tags: prowriting copyright transformative_work law)

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• merlin100: Prompt: Loyalty
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Fannish Chatter

• franticsga: recap: 1x03, The Mark of Nimueh

Drabbles

• givemethebook: Detective!AU (Parts 110-116) - Merlin/Arthur
• lilian_cho: Shared Breath - Merlin/Arthur
• mideltone_one: Three Words

Fanfic Completed

• [H] kepp0xy: Dawn Surprise - Arthur/Gwen (PG; 1104 words.)
  Gwen always wakes before Arthur. But not today.
• [S] vensre: Secret Art - Merlin/Arthur (G; 431 words.)
  Of course Arthur already knows about Merlin's hiding spot.
• [S] fiercynn: drink their poison too - Merlin/Arthur (R; 1104 words.)
  Somehow, Merlin had assumed that the secret of his magic was the hardest part to break, that if they got...
• [S] What are you watching? - Merlin/Arthur (PG; 1,609 words)
  Arthur realises he's being watched. And the thing is he quite likes it.
• [S] beren_writes: Differences - Merlin/Arthur (PG; 1,686 words)
  Since his encounter with the questing beast Arthur has been noticing things about Merlin. Things are not quite the same...
• [S] solanyxe: The brilliant plan 06/06 - Merlin/Arthur (PG13; 3,500 words.)
  Arthur comes up with another brilliant plan to bed Merlin confess to Merlin.
• [S] beeteedub: bit of a moonlit stroll - Merlin/Arthur (NC17; 4600 words.)
  Merlin doesn’t like it when pretty ladies visit. Features jealous!Merlin.
• [S] magog_83: Dear Idiot - Merlin/Arthur (G; 5,278 words.)
  Modern AU featuring Immortal Merlin and loosely based on one of my favourite childhood novels ‘Daddy Long Legs’ by Jean...
• [S] prfctdaze: The Unusual Suspects - Merlin/Arthur (R; 6134 words.)
  Arthur suspects something is not quite right between Merlin and Morgana.
• [F] sangerin: What I Can, I Give Her - Morgana/Gwen (R; 533 words)
  Morgana knows Gwen is there to hold her up, to guide her forward, always within reach.
• [?] vnilla: blanket girls (PG; 427 words)
  Morgana's dreams grow worse. Gwen helps her cope.
• [H S] eos_rose: Shatterglass - Arthur/Gwen, Gwen/Lancelot (PG13; 823 words)
  In the aftermath of Gwen and Lancelot's betrayal, Arthur breaks down. Merlin offers what comfort he can.
• [F S] heartofoshun: Are You Lonely Tonight? - Morgana/Gwen, Merlin/Arthur (PG13; 1,408 words)
  Arthur and Gwen get married; Morgana and Merlin try to cope.

Fanfic WIP

• [S] fatherbananas: No One Was Saved - Merlin/Arthur (NC17; 577 words.)
  Arthur's addiction forces Merlin to the dark side.
• [S] optimisstic: A dream undone 1/? - Merlin/Arthur (PG; 2566 words.)
  Merlin fights to change the course of a dream which foretells the death of a Prince.
• [S] troygirl68: No Greater Punishment Than Jealousy - Merlin/Arthur (NC17; 4488 words.)
  The Gates of Avalon AU. Arthur and Merlin are already in a relationship when Arthur saves Sophia and Aulfric from...

Graphics

• ptelefolone: Beauty and the Beast - Merlin/Arthur
• auroraevenstar: Icons
• kate_angel: 50 Merlin icons
• robinmarian: Icons
• solanyxe: Merlin/Arthur icons - Merlin/Arthur
• conclusivelead: Icons and Banners

Resources

• gealoch_ros: Camelot Tour 2009 - France, a castle, my kingdom for a... [part 1]
• phoenixacid: Round four begins now!
• wikked_angel_78 in merlin_tv: Merlin Screencaps in HD: Valiant(S1 E2)

Vids

• jadestartsriots: Merlin - Caramelldansen

Miscellaneous

• merlinkeepsite in merlin_us: Introducing Merlin's Keep

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  Gen - Completed
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  The Grave Memorial Of A Life Unlived by andrealyn (Kirk/McCoy, Spock/Other; R; Star Trek XI)
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  Burn The Maps by robanybody (Sulu/Kirk; PG-13; Star Trek XI)
  Kinetosis by canis_takahari (Kirk/McCoy; NC-17; Star Trek XI)
  Not That Bad by griffinmaxwell (Kirk/Chekov; NC-17; Star Trek XI)
  Consequences by griffinmaxwell (Scotty/Chekov; PG-13; Star Trek XI)
  Liar, Liar by griffinmaxwell (Kirk/Chekov; PG-13; Star Trek XI)
  5 Times Kirk Met Chekov by griffinmaxwell (Kirk/Chekov; R; Star Trek XI)
  Sentinel by guardgal4eva (Reaper!McCoy/Kirk pre-slash; PG-13; Star Trek XI, crossover with Doom)
  Better left unsaid by eonism (Kirk/McCoy; NC-17; Star Trek XI)
  Beauty Secrets by inell (Kirk/McCoy; PG-13; Star Trek XI)
  Medicine's Not for Everyone by stormatdusk (McCoy/Kirk; Adult; Star Trek XI)
  Yours For the Asking by zinfic (Kirk/McCoy; PG-13; Star Trek XI)
  Above All, a logical being by cards_slash (Spock/McCoy; R; Star Trek XI)
  This Cunning Plan by noxie (Kirk/Spock; NC-17; Star Trek XI)
  Mission To Gamus by spirktrekker42 (Kirk/Spock; Teen; Star Trek XI)
  Five Messages Sent While on Shore Leave by solar_cat (Kirk/Spock; G; Star Trek XI)
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  Dear Savas, by jessofthebugs (Joanna/Savas; PG; Star Trek XI)
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• rm: Oh Noes! There's Gay People In My Fandom! - Real, live queer people exist out there in the world and real, live queer people exist in fandom. And I am sick and tired of us being either something merely fetishized or relegated to a genre either appealing or not. -
  
  (tags: fandom sexuality)


• beatrice_otter: Meta: Fandom as a Safe Space - I mean, sure, the shows/movies/books are awesome, and we all love the characters and the actors who play them (or at least love to hate them), but that's not what keeps us in fandom over the long haul, keeps us moving to new corners of fandom as old ones slow down from cancellation or whatever. -
  
  (tags: fandom safespaces)


• cofax7: bad news - a United States District Court has ruled that an unauthorized sequel doesn't qualify as transformative if it's not a critical parody. -
  
  (tags: prowriting transformative_work copyright fair_use law)


• merricatk: If only there were some way to take authors out of the equation . . . . - In the zine days, I would have been happy to have traded my writing for something to read. But in the internet days, I'm trading my writing for rules and regulations that I have no say in. -
  
  (tags: fandom warnings fanfic)


• ficangel: On being nice. - However. The "it takes five seconds to not trigger someone"--fraught with its own problems as it is--has been taken over in way too many fucking spaces with, "It takes five minutes to add this warning in exactly the way that I want you to, what's fucking wrong with you, don't you want to be nice? // Arguments towards social utility are no longer necessary; "nice" and the fact that it honestly wouldn't take much to comply are rhetorical tools with which to bludgeon dissent into quiet without the necessity of having to have any kind of argument at all, because who doesn't want to be nice? Only assholes, obviously. -
  
  (tags: warnings)