#deancas merlin au

[imnotleavinherewithoutyou]

so since i picked up that 20k mystery project like a month and a half ago (jesus time goes by so fast now???) i guess i've added something like 15k and figured out chapter headings and subheadings and there's like structure and shit

think it'll be 10 parts total - 8 chapters plus prelude and postlude (i did not know that was a word btw)

pre-humongously-long writing hiatus i'd written prelude plus two chapters and the start of chapter 3. now i'm 1500 words into chapter 5, in the middle of an owwwwy scene

really, ow

:(

[dcbtv]

Title: Sweet is the Dream that Leads Me to You

Author: Say_It_In_Enochian

Artist: Scarlettmichkat

Song: Today Was A Fairytale

Posting date: September 16th 2023

Rating: Explicit

Any archive warnings: No Archive Warnings

Top 10 main tags:

Alternate Universe - Medieval, Fairy Tale Elements, Virgin Castiel, Comfortably Bisexual Dean Winchester, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Mutual Pining, Dean Winchester Teaches Castiel About Sex, Falling In Love, Happy Ending, Tooth-Rotting Fluff

Summary:

From a crumbling fortress hidden in a deep green wood, Castiel watches a world he is destined never to join. It’s a solitary existence, but he is for the most part content. The companionship of his friends, the wolf, and the crow is enough.

At least, it has been, for as long as he can remember. Until one night the unthinkable happens and a strange man finds his way into Castiel’s sanctuary. A man whose presence makes his heart seem to beat for the first time…who makes him begin to question everything about his strange secluded world.

As one of King Arthur’s most trusted warriors, Dean’s future was bright and his path clearly laid out for him. He would be knighted, then married, fulfilling his obligation to his father and the destiny John had chosen for him.

It seemed a perfectly good plan, until the night Dean dreams of a young man with full lips and kind eyes….eyes that make him want to cast destiny aside and live in his dreams.

Can Cas convince Dean he’s not just a dream? Can Dean defy his father and choose his own destiny? And can they both solve the mystery of Castiel’s curse before it threatens their love and Camelot’s future?

Author tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/inenochian

Link to Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49465972/chapters/124839889

Artist tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/scarlettmichkat

Link to Art:

https://www.tumblr.com/scarlettmichkat/728584544794689536/sweet-is-the-dream-that-leads-me-to-you?source=share

[mediawhorefics]

hií 💗 for the ask game, what's your favourite fanfic of all time?

oh god i read in so many fandoms this feels like an impossible question dhjfjfdg i'm gonna cheat. is that okay? can i cheat? there's no way you're getting just one. sorry not sorry djbkndkjgbd

i guess if i'm answering 100% honestly, it would prob. be not easily conquered which, for those who don't know is a stucky fic and one of the most beautiful pieces of writing i've ever read. some of the quotes from this fic are seared into my brain and i fear will never leave me.

in the 1d fandom tbh it's still tif. i think to me tif is a perfect romcom. i've never read a better one. it's funny, its heartwarming, it's genuine, the miscommunication is handled very well and that quote that describes trying to explain something traumatic that happened to you young as 'like a fish trying to explain what water is' stayed with me for over a decade. it's exactly that. that's exactly what it feels like... i love this fic sm. it's just as good as everyone says and i think its criminal that some newer fandom peeps haven't read it. i can only aspire to be that kind of writer.

i recently went on a spuffy binge read ad discovered summerfrost's works and i have been in absolute awe of their characterization ever since. their writing knocked me the fuck out. nothing safe is worth the drive (follow you home) is prob. my fav but everything i've read from them has been a masterclass in character study.

the poet dean fic is another work that i think is a game changer. if you're remotely interested in deancas/spn this fic is stunning and it features original poetry by the writer that is just.... gorgeous. it makes me want to write poetry and god knows i am not good at that rip.

cinderwings is another spn fic that's ..... incredible. it's such a creative au that perfectly mixes elements from canon and from fairy tales to create something totally new that feels fresh and different. not to mention i've never read a character pov of a quote unquote creature that actually felt like i wasnt reading a human character. it's done so well.

four letter word for intercourse . its the best smut heavy fic i've ever it. its deancas. end of.

i recently started reading good omens fics and Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach ??? w o w. just.... w ow. if you've read the book/watched the show and loved crowley just a little bit... read this. it's an outsider pov and it is so compelling, it's almost impossible to put down. which is a pretty herculean feat imo considering it's all through the eyes of a stranger. its basically crowley in therapy through the eyes of his therapist. incredible.

back in the old days i read a lot of merlin fics and the student prince still has SUCH a special place in my heart as a comfort fav... it's so funny and heartwarming. the perfect magical uni au. it also has an amazing podfic read by the author.

wastelands is probably my favourite star wars fic i've ever read. it's only 9k and ft just before the sequel trilogy leia crash landing on some abandoned world and getting help from a force ghost to repair her ship only to realise it's anakin. it's just.... a beautiful beautiful character study and a look into their relationship and it ties in with some kylo stuff.

you could dress this wound is a tsn fic where mark starts seeing pain as light on people and develops some empathy/starts seeing the world (and his relationship to eduardo) differently as a result.

best practices in workplace relationships is nothing special. except its heartfelt and funny and i've read it countless times over the past ten years. so many times. it's the assistant wardo fic. it's fun. i love her.

also anything that @helloamhere writes but ESP the anakin/padme/obi fic she wrote partly because of me.

i think thats it... like... off the top of my head today right now.

oh and i guess.... if it's not arrogant to say it ? maybe tts ? just... i'm very very proud of it and it's very special to me. i dont think its better than any fic ive listed here but it is one of my all time favs because it was a big labour of love from me.

[quotidian-oblivion]

@the-ballad-of-deancas Haven't written much progress on that specific fic but I do have something in the same AU ;)

"Oh really? For that, you can go muck out my stables." Merlin opened his mouth to shoot back a reply but stopped. His eyes widened in amusement and he struggled to contain his grin. "Muck out your stables?" he repeated.  "Yes, that's what I said, didn't I?" "Of course." Merlin bit the inside of his cheek to hide a grin. "Of course. I would love to muck out your stables, sire." Merlin bowed.  Arthur frowned, but then realization dawned and his eyes widened. "Wait." "It would be a shame for these court sorcerer robes to get dirty mucking out the stables, but the king's orders must be done." Merlin gave a fake heavy sigh and turned on his heel.  "Wait."  "Anything my king wishes is to be done at once!" "Merlin!"  Merlin bolted. He laughed when he heard Arthur running after him.  "Merlin, no, I order you not to—" "Will do it right away, sire! Mucking out the stables right now!" "Merlin!" Merlin laughed again as he ran through the hallways.  "Merlin!" 

<3

Want to share an excerpt from one of my wips for no reason Pt 3:

"I thought of you as a friend. Trusted you more than I have anyone else in my life!"  His vision blurred with tears and Arthur hurried to rub his eyes to get rid of them.  "It is only those years that are holding me back from killing you right this instant. I'm risking everything, everything my father built, everything my kingdom stands on, all the laws, all the people, just for you."  He swiped at his eyes again.  "So take it. Take the chance and go. Leave. Stay in Ealdor, I won't send anyone after you. Don't come back."  Merlin was shaking now, his eyes shining before they released more tears.  "I can't," he said again. His voice was quiet, but fearful determination was infused in every word. "I can't leave you."

[laurelcrown10]

I am going to be at your side like I always am. Protecting you.

A Destiel/Merthur crossover AU where Castiel, a young warlock in a land where magic is banned, accidentally saves the life of the charming (but arrogant) future king of Camelot. As a sign of his favor, King John grants Castiel a position as a knight and assigns him to the Royal Guard. Little does Dean and his father know that the same abilities that the warlock has used to save the young prince is the same thing that will get Castiel killed if he is ever found out.

I couldn’t find the artist behind the edit of Cas in armor to give them credit for their work, so please inform me if you know who it is and will provide a link to their blog or other page. 

[good-things-do-happen-dean]

As we're approaching the end of the year, would you mind sharing what were your greatest fanfic read of 2020?

accidentally answering in 2021 oops

yes i would LOVE to share my faves from last year! here’s a fun list! some of these are Fandom ClassicsTM but i was away from spn and tumblr for several years so i just read them all like march-june 2020 haha (clown college may recognize this list lmao)

spn canonverse: deancas

so says the sword by komodobits (if we’re talking required reading, i mean. this is required. can’t believe i just read it last year.)

the cost of a thing by @wanderingcas (ADORE this one, need to reread!)

the most important thing by northernsparrow (major claire emotions)

forgotten by northernsparrow (essentially any and everything by northernsparrow. you won’t regret it)

pwp: pie without plot by majorenglishesquire and orange_crushed (soft and sweet bakery!!!)

where the weeds take root by deathbanjo (GOSH. just...gosh)

measure of thigh love by almaasi (for your thick thigh-ed cas needs)

soft summer series by @joharvele (simply ADORE. i think about fish face dean ALL THE TIME STILL!!! also continued in a soft winter series that is ongoing <3)

spn aus: deancas

genie in a bottle by thursdayswaywardwriter (kind of aladdin-esque?)

evangelist by @valleydean (good GOD read this one if nothing else)

luminescent by saltnhalo (SO FUN scientist dean and creature cas!!!)

spn canonverse: deanbenny

wayfinding by @cherryberrynice (THEE deanbenny fic. first part in a two-part series!)

no mistakes in tango by @joharvele (oh i just love this one so much)

breakfast in bed by @joharvele (because this one was a gift to me <3 and it’s perfect)

merlin fic that nobody asked for but i’m going to rec anyway so y’all don’t forget i love that dumb show too:

and like the cycle of the year, we begin again by katherynefromphilly (simply. you must read this if you like merthur in any way, shape, or form. accepted as canon by me <3 i definitely read this before last year, but i read it again last year because i read it annually haha)

favorite by astolat (know your fandom roots!!!)

stars above, stones below by destina (lovely lovely lovely. another classic gem!)

merlin: kingdom come (changed me as a person tbh)

the scroll and the sword by elizabeth (nEED to reread this one it makes my library-loving heart so happy)

drastically redefining protocol by rageprufrock (we all love a modern royalty au with these fools <3)

also everything from the scruffy pendragon fest!

[imaginetonprincecharmant]

I posted 12 467 times in 2021

23 posts created (0%)

12444 posts reblogged (100%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 541.0 posts.

I added 9 955 tags in 2021

#supernatural - 2258 posts

#marvel - 2227 posts

#dean winchester - 1099 posts

#movie - 850 posts

#castiel - 763 posts

#fanart - 746 posts

#the 100 - 595 posts

#cast - 553 posts

#deancas - 483 posts

#bbc merlin - 381 posts

Longest Tag: 114 characters

#i mean instead of making hope the hero why not make rafael be useful for once and not just be background character

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

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#4

10 of my favourite fictional women for women's history month

Thank you to @together-is-my-favourite-place for tagging me 🥰🥰

1. Clarke Griffin [The 100]

2. Bonnie Bennett [The Vampire Diaries]

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#3

i miss destiel and the days when i was so sure they would be canon

19 notes • Posted 2021-07-23 22:05:27 GMT

#2

2020 Year in Review

Rules: answer some questions about 2020 and tag some people!

Tagged by @together-is-my-favourite-place thank youu so much and again happy new year to you ♥♥ ! 

Top Five Four Films you watched in 2020:

1. The Croods 2. Inception  3. Tenet 4. Clueless  5. Secret Society of Second-Born Royals

Top Five TV Shows in 2020:

1. Julie and the Phantoms 2. Avatar : The Last Air Blender 3. Merlin 4.How to get away with murder (the final omg 😭)  5. Supernatural (beacuase i choose to ignore the last 2 epsiodes ugh) 

+ mention special to the 100 one of my fav show but s7 make it so atrocious 😭

Top Five Songs/Albums of 2020:

1. Before you go by Lewis Calpadi 2. A lot of Miley Cyrus’s songs (like angle like you, never be me, hate me) 3. Julie and the Phantoms album 4. A lot of Taylor Swift’s song (like nobody no crime, exile, cowboy like me)  5. Lonely by Justin Bieber 

Top Five Books of  i read in 2020:

1. Destiny by Cecelia Ahern  2. Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan 3.  Cursed by Thomas Wheeler And that’s it 😭😭

Top Five Ten Fanfictions of 2020:

I especially read a lot of AU on twitter about spn and the 100 but here some fanfiction i’ve read on ao3 or wattpad :  1. French version : De la poésie pour les Poissons by Saturne (spn) English version : Poetry for fish by Saturne (spn) 2. Ensemble pour briller by StellaMuscia (soy luna) 3. Cap ou pas Cap ? Qui gagnera la partie by MickarolLumonFics (soy luna)

And i think that it! 

Five good/positive things that happened to you in 2020:

1. I completed my second year of law school :) !!   2. I celebrated my birthday with my friends on july that was fun 3. I helped one of my best friend to organize her birthday on september  4. I met one of my best internet friends and we live ont he same city ! 5. My little cousin was born in january ♥ he’s so cute ! 

Tagging and wishing Happy New Year 2021 with a lot of hapiness, healt, sucess and prosperity to :  @omniavincitamor @saveyoua-seat @reggietheghost @geekyogicheese @edwardalric @darkmisstressofunknown @cursedbycastiel @samwwinchester @kittens-and-skeleton-hats @i-heart-tyrus @ccstiel @bloodysteel @beth-cassidy @madisonreyes @multifandomfinex @robertsbarbie-archive @somewherewebelongg @octaviaskairipas @taylor-morley @you-are-important-nina @captain--steve--rogers @kingjackless @star-light-child @proudtobeadepphead @jory826 @superchocovian @isabellaskyliner @themoonandstarsinhereyes @aureganemerryl And i hope i don’t forget someone omg, thank you all for this year on tumblr ♥ !

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[merlin-fic-server]

Check the Pocket

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35827615

Title: Check the Pocket

Recipient: @the-ballad-of-deancas

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Fandom: Merlin

Additional Tags: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Modern AU, Christmas, Sort of Fake/Pretend Relationship, Friends to Lovers, Pining, Fluff and Angst, Christmas wedding, Mistletoe, Smut, Porn with Feelings, Background Relationships, Flowers, POV Arthur Pendragon (Mostly)

Summary: Arthur sighed and he finally decided on a film, Kingsman. “At this rate, it would be easier to just go together.” He had been joking, he didn’t think Merlin would take him up on it. Merlin snorted, “Yeah alright let’s do it.” - Arthur and Merlin decide to go to their friends' wedding together and maybe have a bit too much fun being each other's date.

Author’s Note: Hey Athena! I loved all your trope prompts but in the end I decided to focus on friends to lovers with a good sprinkle of smut and porn with feelings. I tried to slip in as many ships as a could so hope you enjoy my humble gift ❤️

[official-wayward-keener]

happy ffwf!! i don’t have a question this week (bc when do i ever lmao) so use this as your pass to talk/vent/whatever about one of your WIPs :D

Not me working on a bunch of secret projects currently. Ummmm so currently I have like two special projects for July for some mutuals. I also am working on a irondad remix as I am a pinch hitter for the event (my other one should be posting in June). I am also working on SM:HC rewrite soon. I'm very excited about working on that. So far me and my co-writer have talked notes and I will be writing sometimes in June. I got five fics planned for Thank You.. fics series... might redo what plans I have for one of the fics.

I'm very excited for the bingo cards. I got to write two of the fics for the parkner bingo card. I'm excited to receive more request. I got five others open currently so I'm going to talk about my favorite prompts from each cause I'm in a ranting mood. Sorry for the rant.

Irondad Bingo card: I'm excited to write a supernatural au cause I got so many ideas on this one and I can't wait to write one. Its why the prompt was added. I also am excited for the guardian angel au. I know it will be post endgame if that gives you any hints to what is coming with this one hehehe

JPH^2 Bingo Card: so one of my favorite parkner fics is 21st century burnout and so I wanted to do a street racer fic. I plan to have mechanic Harley and mechanic johnny involved. It will be interesting to have a street racer Peter fic.

Merthur Bingo Card: So I have been watching Merlin again and so one of the prompts was based on a what if. What if Merlin was raised in Camelot by Gaius when his mom realized he had magic. What would happen. The other prompt I'm excited for is my knight Merlin fic cause I just really want this fic so much and yeah.

Deancas Bingo card: I'm really excited for the parents prompt. I just can see them raising a kid together with Dean teaching them about hunting and Cas teaching them about bees.

Captain Swan Bingo card: I'm just excited to write a fic for this ship that isn't a drabble. Like all these prompts are good. I'm excited to write most of these!

[mediawhorefics]

It's really nice that you're expanding this blog beyond 1D. Like I feel like in some ways I know you more. At first I was shocked (dumb I know) that you liked spn?? But now you maybe like Merlin too??? ACES tbh

omfg anon !!! first of all that is so fucking sweet of you to say???  i’ve been kind of careful not to ‘overwhelm’ people with the vast variety of my nerdy interests but i guess me blogging about just one thing on this specific blog does mean there is a lot of my fandom life that you just..... don’t know about. 

well, let me reiterate, my bio says ‘fantasy hoe’ and that is 110% true !!!!!!!

like hell YEAH i love merlin. it’s one of my favourite shows!  i actually think, no matter how sad it was, merlin’s final episode is one of my favourite finales ever.  like.... tragedy done WELL yk? @ edgy tv writers who write sad endings just for the sake of it take note !!!!!!! you can write sad stories/tragic endings where the heroes’ goal is unfulfilled but the story still honours the main characters and their relationships while leaving your audience with a sense of hope and possibility for the future. while ALSO giving fandom a LOT of room to play post canon with what remains a relatively open ending despite tragedy. @ got @ spn you seeing this shit ???????? it can be done when men don’t let their egos get in t he way!!!!!  (sorry im mad about the spn finale still)

i do want to stress the spn thing IS new.... ish. (i was a fan ten years ago then dropped it (for obvs reasons mainly that the writing is racist, sexist and homophobic) but we live in a post nov. 5 world now and the spn fandom is having a blast atm. so how could i NOT join in ????  esp. when the deancas thematic implications are literally *chef’s kiss* also, dean winchester was and remains everything to me so it was easy to fall down that slippery slope... rip my sanity and taste, i love it here in the trash) 

but yeah, there’s a lot i’m lowkey holding back from blogging about because i have a personal blog anyways and its like... the people who read my fics don’t necessarily want to see 10 posts in a row about anakin skywalker yk ?? (yes, i’m huge star wars nerd too. the fact that the ‘sw au’ isn’t as popular as the ‘hp au’ in fic writing circles is one of the banes of my existence tbh). 

still, it’s nice to know that some of y’all are curious about the other fandoms i dip my toes in. and there are many, rip. (anyone here loves big finish’s torchwood stories? bedause i’m a big slut for those). so yeah, i’m sorry i just went on such a tangent but your message was so sweet it got me excited haha 

[imnotleavinherewithoutyou]

Hey! Not trying to be pushy or anything but I was curious about your writing schedule for two sides of the same coin. I'm afraid to get sucked in but I did just finish Merlin and then I found your story and I was like whaaaaaat.

oh gosh

i wish i could say that i have a schedule, but right now i really don’t :(

short answer: i’m kind of hanging on by a thread as far as writing goes, so i’m not sure when two sides of the same coin will be finished.

longer answer: work is pretty much nuts right now, and i’m studying for a big exam coming up in june (i know it’s kinda far out but i have 1500+ pages of study manual to get through plus another 200 pages or so of practice exams so i’m a bit terrified)

that said, two sides of the same coin is p much at the top of my priority list. it and my soa au are the two biggies that i actually have pinned on my taskbar. the rest of them come and go as inspiration comes and goes, i guess.

thanks for asking!

[imnotleavinherewithoutyou]

there’s these kids at the table next to me trying to do calculus problems and i really don’t think they know what they’re talking about omg

i’d offer to help but it would probably be creepy

also i’ve got my own studying to do

oh well, good luck to them

[imnotleavinherewithoutyou]

i’m writing kind of the culmination of everything in the deancas merlin au and it feels like such a hot mess rn like there’s way too much going on and i need to parse it down so it’s not such a mess

it all makes sense in my head but i’m worried that it’s just gonna come across all jumbled goddammit

[imnotleavinherewithoutyou]

diminuel replied to your post “so i may have somehow reached the climax of the deancas merlin au i...”

!! I have to catch up on that AU!! ♥♥ I remember reading the first two (three?) chapters and absolutely adoring the story!

squee! well i’m glad you liked what you’d read so far, hah. i think it’s stopped at a non-cliffhanger-y moment bc i held myself back for the past two chapters, bc i’m worried about stopping at a cliffhanger and leaving you guys hanging for another couple of months, meep x.x

[imnotleavinherewithoutyou]

so i may have somehow reached the climax of the deancas merlin au

i mean i thought that this arc would probably be the climax but i don’t think i was prepared for it to ACTUALLY bring us to the climax. shit’s going down, guys

shit is going down

[imnotleavinherewithoutyou]

When you see this, share three random lines from 3 WIPs

two sides of the same coin (deancas merlin au) [on ao3]

Off the path, the trees grow quickly denser, and Castiel has to ride low to avoid getting swept off his horse. Ahead, Dean doesn’t slow his pace, but the branches become thicker, lower, and Castiel opens his mouth to shout a warning, but—

Damn Dean and his recklessness.

reapers (deancas soa au) [on ao3]

When Cas gets home, he notices Amelia’s van parked at the curb. The Impala is still in the driveway, though, so that means Amelia—and Claire?—might have stayed here with Dean last night.

That, or someone has taken Amelia and Claire, and this is a warning.

i’m cheating on this one but i have 40k words of it lying around sue me for not trimming it down to 3 sentences

They could have done it, together. They could have—Castiel almost laughs at the thought—had it all. Rolling in the deep, his mind supplies, and then he does laugh. But when it comes out, he can’t tell whether it was a laugh or a hiccup or a sob, and he’s just—so tired.