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Two more stories

Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:31:30 GMT

The overflow of my Yuletide writing roll, I guess.

I didn't sign up for fandom_stocking, but I signed up for the call for volunteers to help fill them. I only managed to write one ficlet, though:

On Folly Bridge (1555 words) by ariadnes_string
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch, X-Men (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Charles Xavier, Thomas Nightingale, Isis
Additional Tags: Crossover
Summary:

Oxford 1962: Late one night, Charles sees something new.

And this I really wanted to write as a Yuletide treat, but I ran out of time:

Open hand or closed fist (would be fine). (1060 words) by ariadnes_string
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Honourable Woman
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Atika Halabi/Nessa Stein
Additional Tags: Captivity
Summary:

For a moment, Atika gives Nessa her body back.

That's probably it for the season. I have an urge to write some shameless, old-fashioned h/c, though, so if you want to ~~enable me~~ give me an excuse, suggests some characters/tropes in comments!

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A Study in Madder (Sherlock/Merlin--the shows, not the characters)

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:38:52 GMT

Here's the fic I wrote for crossovering. It was hard as hell to write, and I'm not sure it was worth it. But I've now posted more Sherlock fic to AO3 than SPN fic, so there's that.

A Study in Madder (6974 words) by ariadnes_string
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Merlin (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, Anthea (Sherlock), Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Uther Pendragon (Merlin)
Additional Tags: Episode: s01e01 A Study in Pink, but in Camelot
Summary:

When John Watson returned to Camelot after a long absence, he made three vows.

The first of these, to turn his face from violence, he broke almost immediately. Mere days after re-entering the kingdom, he found himself standing once more over a dead body.

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Crossovering!

Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:14:43 GMT

Hi! I have been lurking for weeks (months?), partly because I decided to finish my fic for this crossover exchange, instead of sensibly defaulting, and it ate up all the time I could reasonably devote to fandom (and wasn't really worth the effort, either). Anyway! The archive opened last night, and if you enjoy crossovers, you should check it out .

I received two lovely, really different, fics:

Rediscovery (3017 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Supernatural, X-Men (Movieverse)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, John Winchester, Bobby Singer, Impala
Additional Tags: mention of suicidal thoughts, Mutant!Dean
Series: Part 1 of Sentience and its Uses
Summary:

She'd always known that her human was special. After all, Baby knew him best. It just took the others a little while to figure it out.

I haven't had much to do with SPN fandom for a while, but I'm always so glad to read about Dean--and this story makes his mutant abilities make so much sense.

Diagnosis: Murder (231 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: House M.D., Hannibal (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Greg House, James Wilson (House M.D.), Hannibal Lecter
Additional Tags: crossovering treat
Summary:

Food and conversation.

I adored this snippet of (im)polite conversation, and wanted it to go on forever!

More soon about other stuff--hope you're all doing well!

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Dear Crossoverings Writer

Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:16:05 GMT

First of all, thank you so much for writing a story for me! Any crossover in the fandoms I’ve requested would make me happy, so please just write what seems fun and interesting to you!

If it’s helpful, here are some things I like:

( optional prompts )

Have fun!!

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Pirates! In an Adventure with an Ex-Seminarian (gen crossover fic)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:28:40 GMT

Posting my intoabar fic before I take off for a week. The prompt was "James Hathaway walks into a bar and meets...the Pirate Captain."

Thanks to everyone for the help and encouragement with this! And apologies for the cheapness of some of the shots.

Title: Pirates! In an Adventure with an Ex-Seminarian
Fandoms: Lewis and Pirates!In an Adventure with Scientists
Rating: g, gen
Word count: 1,903
Spoilers: mild spoilers for the entire run of Lewis, sorry
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit.

Summary: What if Hathaway had joined the Pirate Crew instead of Oxford CID?

Pirates! In an Adventure with an Ex-Seminarian

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Jumpers and Hundjagers: Or, Sixty-Three Hours in Portland (Grimm/Sherlock, gen)

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:50:27 GMT

Just re-posting my xover_exchange fic.

Title: Jumpers and Hundjagers: Or, Sixty-Three Hours in Portland
Fandoms: Grimm, Sherlock
Rating: PG
Word count: about 4.5K
Spoilers: Story takes place somewhere in the middle of Sherlock 2x01 and sometime after Grimm 1x18 and before the events of the S1 finale.
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: Grimm and Sherlock belong to their respective creators
A/N: thanks to alizarin_nyc and garry_owen for the beta and encouragement—all remaining mistakes are my own.

Summary: Mycroft sends John and Sherlock on a diplomatic mission.

Jumpers and Hundjagers: or, Sixty-Three Hours in Portalnd (link goes to AO3)

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Exchanges!!

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:14:44 GMT

The xover_exchange fics are being posted! About 5-6 fics a day in a multitude of fandoms. Check it out if you like xovers!

Yesterday, I received an awesome Sherlock/White Collar fic: Life's a Play; We're Unrehearsed by daymarket. Sherlock meets Mozzie--do I really need to say more? Okay, I'll tell you that Mozzie introduces Sherlock to the Gospel according to Mel Brooks. The fic is wonderful--it has a lot of heart as well as hysterically funny parts.

The exchange isn't anonymous, so I can tell you that my fic, a Sherlock/Grimm xover, is up, too: here.

also, because I am weak and I enjoy writing about Jews, I've signed up for this again.

A multifandom ficlet/art exchange focusing on female or Jewish characters,
and also some evil viziers.
Sign ups end on the night of Feb 3rd.
Rules, FAQs, and sign ups here!

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Happy Hanukah! And a SH/H50 fic

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:14:55 GMT

Happy Hanukah, everyone!

The latkes this year were crispy on the outside and cooked on the inside. That doesn't happen every year. Hopefully it was a portent.

Also, there was the Once-a-Year Kugel:

( kugel )

I am trying again to post fics for each night of Hanukah. Tonight, the second chapter of a fic I started last year for Hanukah. I'm somewhat startled that I've finished it. It is now the second longest thing I've ever written.

The Adventure of the Tattooed Fighter

H50/SH xover sent in late nineteenth-century London. Pretty much PG-13, but with establish H/W.

Hope everyone's had a festive Saturday of one sort or another!

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City of Iron, City of Tears (SPN/XNFC) 2/?

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:31:27 GMT

Title: City of Iron, City of Tears
Authors: calamitycrow and ariadnes_string
Fandoms: Supernatural/ X-Men First Class
Rating: PG for this part.
Warnings: none
Spoilers: Basically a mid-twentieth-century AU for early-season SPN and a kind of missing scene for XMFC.
Word Count: ~3.4K for this part.
Disclaimer: not ours, no profit.

Summary: The Second World War is over, but the Cold War is just heating up. In a divided Berlin, Capt. Dean Winchester of Army Intelligence and Agent Sam Winchester of the newly-formed CIA come up against forces even they have never imagined.

Part One

( City of Iron, City of Tears 2/? )

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City of Iron, City of Tears (SPN/XMFC) 1/?

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:46:14 GMT

calamitycrow and I have been working on this one for a while, and we've decided the time has come to give it a nudge out into the world.

Happy third night of Hanukah, folks!

Title: City of Iron, City of Tears
Authors: calamitycrow and ariadnes_string
Fandoms: Supernatural/ X-Men First Class
Rating: PG for this part (probably won't go higher than an R, if that).
Warnings: none
Spoilers: Basically a mid-twentieth-century AU for early-season SPN and a kind of missing scene for XMFC.
Word Count: ~5.3K for this part.
Disclaimer: not ours, no profit.

Summary: The Second World War is over, but the Cold War is just heating up. In a divided Berlin, Capt. Dean Winchester of Army Intelligence and Agent Sam Winchester of the newly-formed CIA come up against forces even they have never imagined.

( City of Iron, City of Tears (1) )

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The Adventure of the Tattooed Fighter, 1/2 (Sherlock Holmes/H50)

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:32:58 GMT

I'm hoping to post a bit of fic for each night of Hanukah. This is the first night, and the first fic, in a slight change of plans, is the first half of a long-overdue auction fic. Sherlock/Jewish!Lestrade will commence tomorrow.

Happy Hanukah, folks!

Title: The Adventure of the Tattooed Fighter (1/2)
Rating: PG-13
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes (Ritchie ‘verse), Hawaii Five-O.
Pairings: Holmes/Watson established relationship
Warnings: drug use.
Spoilers: none.
Word count: ~5.3K this section
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit.
a/n: this is an extremely late fic for the wonderful, patient, talented tailored_shirt for her generous donation to help_brazil. With any luck the second half will arrive before the end of the year.
a/n: thanks to calamitycrow for the speedy, helpful beta!

Summary:
“Who is he?” Watson asked.
“They call him the Tahitian,” Holmes replied, eyes fixed on the bout.

( The Adventure of the Tattooed Fighter )

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eight million stories out there and they're naked (White Collar/H50, gen)

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:09:17 GMT

Re-posting the xover_exchange fic I've been whining about. I don't like it as much as the stabs I made at the same xover here and here. But, unlike those ficlets, it has a plot of sorts :)

Title: Eight million stories out there and they’re naked
Fandoms: Hawaii Five-O, White Collar
Characters: Kono, Chin-Ho Kelly, Danny, Steve, Peter, Neal, Diana, Jones.
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Word count: ~8K
Spoilers: none (pre-S3 for White Collar, pre-S2 for Hawaii Five-O)
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: White Collar and Hawaii-Five O belong to their respective creators.
a/n: written for jedibuttercup for xover_exchange 2011.
a/n: title from Jay-Z, “Empire State of Mind”
a/n: many thanks to norbelulah for the beta and to the xover_exchange mods for their patience!

Summary: “We were supposed to go spear fishing this morning,” Chin said. “Steve never showed. Not answering his phone, either. Car’s in the driveway but there’s no one home.”

( eight million stories out there and they’re naked )

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Coattails (Sherlock/Whitechapel, gen)

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:17:46 GMT

This is for alizarin_nyc, who unleashed the dogs of war, or unlocked the bunny hutch, or something, on this particular combo. It's not really a fic, more of an extended riff of the "what if x met y variety." No plot to speak of, just me feeling out the Whitechapel characters.

Title: Coattails
Fandoms: Sherlock, Whitechapel.
Rating: PG, gen, no pairings
Warnings/Spoilers: no--no plot spoilers for either show.
Word count: ~1.8K
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit.

Summary: Sherlock didn’t make friends, but every once in a while—every once in a great while—someone befriended him.

( c'est n'est pas une fic )

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H50/WC ficlet: take two: in which Neal and Kono surf.

Sun, 01 May 2011 03:58:28 GMT

Finally, a continuation of this. Still no idea where it's going, if anywhere. What's the next step down from a WIP?

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A Catch (White Collar/ Sherlock fic, pg-13)

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:59:19 GMT

So. I left this prompt on the sherlockbbc kinkmeme back in July. No one took it up, so in about October, I started working on a fill myself. Here, finally, is the finished product.

Title: A Catch
Rating: pg-13
Warning: some mature themes, in an oblique way.
Fandoms: Sherlock/ White Collar
Word count: ~5K
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit
a/n: Take place early S2 for White Collar, and between The Blind Banker and The Great Game for Sherlock, although it may not match up with either canon perfectly.
a/n: Thanks to innie_darling for the extremely helpful beta. All remaining problems purely my own!

Summary: “Here’s the thing. You know how you like to say that you’re the only person who’s ever caught me? Well, it might be more accurate to say that you’re the only person who’s ever caught me and sent me to jail.”

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Five Times Walter Bishop Met an Angel (and one that never happened) (Fringe/SPN fic--gen)

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:13:40 GMT

Title: Five Times Walter Bishop Met an Angel, and one that never happened.
Fandoms: Fringe/Supernatural
Characters: Walter Bishop, Peter Bishop, Olivia Dunham, Dean Winchester, Castiel.
Pairings: none
Rating: pg-13 (for drug use)
Word Count: ~4.2K
Spoilers: through the middle of S5 for SPN (with two gratuitously quoted lines from S6); through S2 for Fringe. Specific spoilers for Fringe 2.16 (“Peter”) and 2.23 (“Over There, Pt. 2”) and SPN 5.04 (“The End”).
Warnings: recreational drug use.
Disclaimer: Fringe and Supernatural belong to their respective creators.
a/n: many thanks to dotfic for the extremely helpful beta! All remaining mistakes my own.
a/n: the main action of the story takes place between 5.02 and 5.04 for SPN, mid-S2 for Fringe.
a/n: quoted text, and one unmarked allusion from T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland and Little Gidding.
a/n: the idea that angels can move between alternate universes stolen from His Dark Materials, although that story has nothing to do with this one.
a/n: written for ozmissage at the multifandom xover_exchange and originally posted over there.

Summary: Castiel’s search for God brings him into Walter Bishop’s life—again.

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We Hitch an Awesome Ride (SPN/ Percy Jackson and the Olympians Fic)

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:33:48 GMT

Title:We Hitch an Awesome Ride
Fandoms: SPN/Percy Jackson and the Olympians (book ‘verse)
Rating: PG-13 for language.
Genre: Monster-battle-gen-fluff. What? That’s a genre!
Word Count: ~4.5K
Warnings/Spoilers: Not really. Set vaguely in SPN S5, but no plot spoilers for the season. No plot spoilers for the PJ&O books, except for vague mentions of backstory.
Disclaimer: All characters belong to their respective creators. Not mine, no profit.

a/n: Feel free to imagine Logan Lerman et. al. in this, but it’s set pretty firmly in the PJ&O book ‘verse. Which isn’t all that different, except that the kids are a little younger, and Annabeth is blond. Consider this a rec. for the books, though: everyone I know who starts reading them to their kids ends up sneaking off to finish them themselves.

a/n: for waxbean, who requested PJ&O fic at the help_haiti event back in January, with a big thanks for her generosity, patience, and willingness to let me try something I’ve wanted to do for a while!

Summary: Percy and his friends get a lift from some guys who might know as much about monsters as they do.

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Sleepers Awake: an epilogue for the end of days (Merlin/SPN fic)

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:07:09 GMT

Title: Sleepers Awake: an epilogue for the end of days.
Rating: gen, pg-13.
Word count: ~6K
Spoilers: for ALL aired episodes of Merlin and Supernatural. And Arthurian legend.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit.
Summary: When Arthur left the cave, alive again after so many centuries, the first thing he saw was an angel..

a/n: a sequel to or time-stamp for Two Boys from Kansas in King Uther’s Court. I don’t think it’s necessary to have read that one to understand this one: just know that the S1 Winchester spent some time in Camelot with the S1 boys from Merlin, and encountered some demons while they were there. There are no plot spoilers for TBfK in this fic.
a/n: I had a lot of help with this one. Much love and gratitude for the generous and astute readings the fic received from callistosh65, calamitycrow and debbiel66--it is infinitely better for them! All remaining mistakes my own.

a/n: for anniehow, for winning a guessing game, and for giving me the much needed encouragement to finally finish this.

Legend tells us that Arthur did not die after the last battle. Instead, he cast his sword into the lake, and gave his body into the care of its Lady, who graced him with a profound sleep. Legend differs as to the location of his resting place: some say he slumbers still in Avalon; some that he sleeps under a hill in Wales. But wherever it is, there he lies: the once and future king.

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That WIP meme--and a contest

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:01:19 GMT

I still have a couple of hours of rl work to do, so of course I’m procrastinating.

I’ve been seeing a WIP meme a lot on my flist:

Post a sentence (or two or a paragraph) from as many of your WIPs as you want, with no explanation attached

So I took a look through my files, and what do you think I found? Four crossovers and one AU. Because apparently I am a one-trick pony. And I think everyone should meet the Winchesters. No really. Everyone.

Here are excerpts from each, in descending order of how likely it is that they’ll ever be finished.

Guess the fandoms involved in all four x’s, I’ll write you a xover ficlet of your choice (or a single-fandom fic) (if, y'know, you want a fic...)

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Recs: Because Everyone Should Meet the Winchesters, Gifts, and Merlin

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:57:54 GMT

I’ve been meaning to post these forever.

1. Everyone should meet the Winchesters

I didn’t have time to read as many of the fics posted for the xover_exchange challenge as I would have liked, but here are a few of the SPN crossovers I enjoyed. If you enjoy crossover, though, you should go check out the whole site—there are some amazing combos—ones that made me wish I watched more TV.

SPN/X-Files
Monsters vs. Aliens by strangevisitor7
Bobby and Mulder are old friends. If that isn’t canon, it should be!

SPN/Star Trek
Balance of Terror (and Zombies) by jaune_chat and brighteyed_jill
Authors’ summary: Sam, Dean, and Castiel encounter some mysterious strangers, one of whom is experiencing some scarily familiar symptoms.. I’ll just add that this fic goes a long way towards redeeming one of my least favorite SPN episodes.

SPN/Dollhouse
Stolen Soul by jaune_chat
Author’s summary: Dean is stolen and taken to the Dollhouse to prevent him from ever fulfilling his destiny. Sam has to try to find him while he and Castiel attempt to avert Apocalyptic signs from destroying the city. Meanwhile, the inhabitants of the Dollhouse find their newest member may have more to him than his story suggests.
I don’t know anything about Dollhouse except the premise, but this is a great SPN S5 fic.

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Fic: "Don't Care to Stay Here Long" (SPN/ Star Trek Xover)

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:14:00 GMT

Title: Don’t Care to Stay Here Long
Author: ariadnes_string
Fandoms: Star Trek, Supernatural
Characters: Sam, Dean, Kirk, McCoy, Spock
Rating: pg-13, for language, gen.
Wordcount: ~9K
Spoilers: Through SPN 4.10; takes place between 4.10 and 4.11.
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit
A/N: A huge thank you to calamitycrow, for the super fast beta (especially since I wrote a lot of this backwards), and for all kinds of other help with it as well. I owe you one, bb.
A/N: Title from a nineteenth-century hymn.
A/N: Written for brighteyed_jill at the xover_exchange. This version has been considerably cleaned up and smoothed out.

Summary: Since when did demons start looking like demons?

( Don’t Care To Stay Here Long )

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Two Boys for Kansas...(Merlin/SPN xover fic): MASTER POST

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:03:49 GMT

MASTER POST

Title: Two Boys from Kansas in King Uther’s Court, 1-7
Author: ariadnes_string
Rating: pg-13, gen, no pairings.
Fandoms: Supernatural/ BBC Merlin
Characters: Sam, Dean, Merlin, Arthur and various canon BBC Merlin characters.
Word Count: ~36K, all part
Warnings/ Spoilers: Set Merlin mid-S1, no spoilers for S2; set mid-S1 for SPN, but very vague spoilers for S2; also, a version of a SPN canon character from S3-4 shows up eventually, with some very vague references to SPN 3.09; and there's a non-spoilery, blink-and-you-miss it shout out to SPN 4.18.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit
ETA: beautiful banner by ala_tariel

Picture Credit by: ala_tariel

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Two Boys from Kansas...7/7 (Merlin/SPN crossover fic--now COMPLETE)

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:42:30 GMT

Title: Two Boys from Kansas in King Uther's Court, 7/7
Rating: pg-13, gen
Word Count: ~6.6K this part, ~36K total (eep!)
Warnings: here with part one. Takes place S1 Merlin, S1 SPN. Also, some hurt!Dean in this section....
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit.

a/n: a huge thank you to calamitycrow for beta'ing the whole thing, along with sustained hand-holding, firm nudges to get the thing written, and assorted consults on things like Medieval wound care. You rock, bb!
a/n: a huge thank you also to anyone who's read part of this, or even *gulp* the whole thing. I never thought I'd actually write something this long, and while I wish it were better, it's been a blast, and an amazing learning experience, so, yeah, thank you!
ETA: beautiful banner by ala_tariel

Summary: The title pretty much says it all. And this:

“Thought we were doubling the watch tonight?” Dean said, after a minute.

“He nodded off.” Arthur gestured towards Merlin, who was indeed fast asleep, propped against his saddle, head canted back and mouth open. “Not used to hard marches. I’ll wake him in a bit.”

The darkness, or the isolation, or maybe what they’d seen together in the smallpox hut, seemed to have released Arthur from the shell of brusque arrogance he usually wore, and Dean could hear the warmth in his voice when he spoke of Merlin—a rough, protective affection that rang a chord in his own chest.

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Two Boys from Kansas...6/7 (Merlin/SPN Crossover fic)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:09:28 GMT

Title: Two Boys from Kansas in King Uther's Court, 6/7
Rating: gen, PG-13
Characters: Sam, Dean, Merlin, Arthur, assorted canon BBC Merlin characters
Word Count: ~7K, this part
Warnings: here with part one. Takes place S1 for Merlin, S1 for SPN. There's a lot of Arthur in this part--if that's something one should warn for. ;)
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit.

a/n: beta'd by the wonderful calamitycrow--thanks, hun!
a/n 2: more notes here.
a/n 3: there's a scene in this section--you'll be able to tell which one--that is more or less lifted from A Connecticut Yankee. It's a scene that made a big impression on me as a kid, and I wanted to see how it fit on this Arthur. Absolutely no disrespect meant to Mr. Twain. Quite the opposite, in fact!
ETA: beautiful banner by ala_tariel

As always, thanks for your patience!

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Merlin/SPN Crossover fic: Two Boys from Kansas...2/?

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:22:16 GMT

Title: Two Boys from Kansas in King Uther's Court
Rating: Gen--no pairing, just swearing
Characters: Sam, Dean, Merlin, Arthur, various canon BBC Merlin characters and a few OCs
Word Count: ~3K
Warnings/Spoilers: see part 1
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit.

A/N: beta'd by the wonderful calamitycrow
More notes here, with part 1

Thanks, everyone, for reading and commenting. This part is still mostly introductory, but there'll more action and plot in the next couple of sections--promise!
ETA: beautiful banner by ala_tariel

Summary: The title says it all. And this:
“So, you think we really—“ Sam took a deep breath and let it out slowly through his nose, “we really went back in time?”

Dean shrugged unhappily.

“And these guys are really Merlin and the Pendragons?”

Dean shrugged again, even less happily.

“It’s a little different than The Sword in the Stone, Dean.” Sam was working up a head of steam now.

“Hey, no one ever said Disney was historically accurate, did they? Loved that movie, though—when Mickey can’t stop all the little brooms with the water buckets?”

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