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Merlin has a secret. Arthur, it turns out, also has a secret.
It's the same secret.
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Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
01 Jun 2026
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Ian's life is chaos.
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Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
30 May 2026
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Hook should, perhaps, have died in England and awoken in Hell. Instead, he died in Neverland and awoke in the trenches of 1916 France.
While trying to aid the boys of England, Wendy Darling found herself confronted with a man who had lost his right hand, his past, and his ability to dream.
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Robb Stark had swept his entire hand of cards off the table, and Tyrion couldn’t see how to make a single play at all.
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- Part 16 of Game of Thrones works
- Part 5 of Astolat Sampler
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The body of a Prince was not like anyone’s. His hand only ever held others in a firm handshake, and rarely without gloves. Sometimes he would raise the delicate hands of noble ladies to his lips for a brief kiss, but it was all out of propriety. He rarely touched others, but what was even rarer was others touching him. The only ones who dared were his knights, and even they only smacked his shoulder or patted his back in friendly roughhousing. Gripping each other’s arms before battle was the most heartfelt touch they exchanged. Lingering soft touches were not done. Any lingering touch on his person could be interpreted as political movements. After all, Arthur’s body wasn’t his own. It never had been. He was Camelot’s first and foremost. Even above his own needs and wants.
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Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
16 May 2026
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The deep satisfaction of having made the right choice; of having found a clear-flowing wellspring of true honor to protect.
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- Part 18 of Game of Thrones works
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Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
14 May 2026
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“Marry me instead,” Jaime said.
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- Part 2 of Game of Thrones works
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Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
12 May 2026
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He only meant to complain; you didn't take serving girls on hunting trips, and the alternative interpretation didn't even occur to him until Merlin said indignantly, "I'm not going to do that!"
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- Part 10 of Merlin works
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Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
12 May 2026
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Oh i REALLY like how realistically this one shows the life and attitude of a "well intentioned and good at heart person who has always had and always will have too much power". Arthur's perspective is just so well written, it's a little story written within its own context rather than the characters being sanitised and standardised into wishful-thinking modern and perfect charicatures.
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When attacked by bandits and a sorcerer out on a hunt, Arthur finds salvation from an unexpected source. Now, trapped underground with Merlin, he must try and marry the brutality of his father's teachings with the cries of his heart.
Can he forgive Merlin for his magic, or will hatred win out, trapped in the dark?
(For Kim)
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Unfortunately for Merlin, it’s getting terribly hard to get Arthur alone, these days.
(Or: Five Interruptions)
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So If You're Arthur and I'm Merlin, Who's Driving the Car? by watchriverdale
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
22 Jul 2023
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After a clobbering around the head, Arthur spends eight weeks as a farm boy. Sort of, anyway. It's complicated.
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- Part 2 of memory magic standalones
- Part 3 of author’s faves
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Perhaps he could have ignored the glittering motes of magic that danced through the room. He could have blamed this strange place of power for their presence, but he could not deny the truth that made itself plain before him, painted in blue eyes turned to bright, brazen gold.
Merlin was a sorcerer.
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When Sir Leon is gravely injured, Arthur, Merlin and the knights seek shelter in an old Sanctuary cave, but the magic within is far from powerless, and the goddess is always watching. Can they overcome their fears and find their way back to freedom, or will they be lost forever in their own enmity?
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Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
02 May 2026
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This was really well done, gave the characters a bit of nuance, neither simple resolution nor impossible overdrama. Love percival's pov especially, but yeah, i really enjoyed this one
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The next time Arthur doesn’t say thank you, Gwaine puts his hand on Merlin’s back, stroking down the long length of it, from the short curls of hair at the nape of his neck to the neat cinch of his waist.
“Thanks,” he praises, throwing a wink to an agape Arthur as he does. It’s wonderful.
So wonderful, in fact, that for the next fortnight, for every brusque word that spills from Arthur’s lips, Gwaine spills three sweet ones.
Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
29 Apr 2026
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the self is not so weightless nor whole and unbroken by cheschi
Fandoms: Circe - Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Odyssey - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
04 May 2021
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Odysseus meets many faces again when he journeys to the Underworld in search of the seer Tieresias. Some are more familiar than others.
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Everything that took place that time Patroclus broke his arm and skinned his knee, as seen by Achilles.
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The arrow rips through his back like fire, sliding through muscle like butter, his bones fragmenting and yielding- yielding so that the arrow might rip through vulnerable organs and soft lung.
Achilles does not curse his bones, nor his limbs for failing to deliver him from danger; he merely turns his head to the side so that he might gaze up at the sky, calmly blue above a world of red. He doesn’t want his last sight to be one of death and destruction.
All is well in the afterlife. (It's a feel good, well overdue afterlife reunion)
Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
20 Apr 2026
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Achilles' Master by littlelamblittlelamb
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, Greek and Roman Mythology
31 Mar 2015
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Patroclus is summoned by Odysseus to meet. It is only there, speaking with this sculptor of words, that Patroclus realises he has Achilles on an invisible leash - he is his tether to humanity to keep him from bounding away with hubris.
Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
20 Apr 2026
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Im obsessed with Odysseus's characterisation in TSOA, and there isn't enough content around for me about it.
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Briseis sees Achilles like a dragon, hoarding Patroclus like so much inanimate treasure.
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Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
16 Apr 2026
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After Patroclus’ death, Achilles begs for the chance to change the past. His wish is granted, but he finds himself trapped repeating the same day over and over as he tries and fails to save his beloved.
Character death but I swear this is a fix-it fic with a happy ending.
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Bookmarked by BaggedGenreNovel (dzen)
16 Apr 2026
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“In a way, all the people I met are my saviors—I just want to vanish without hurting any of them.”
— Sanji, ‘ch. 845’
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After Whole Cake Island, Sanji returns to the crew – happy to be reunited with his real family – but unaware that something very important is missing…