#regulusrules

[regulusrules]

MASTERLIST + FAQ

— FICS IN PROGRESS

My breaths are run by your compass [T] [50K+] (bbc merlin) — julius caesar AU. post-dotd, golden age. Merlin stabs Arthur but it’s all Arthur’s fault.

— COMPLETED FICS

I will turn your fear into a handful of dust [G] [1K] (bbc merlin) — Growing old together fic. 5 times Arthur asks Merlin, “Do you fear me?”

My heart is readily yours [T] [11.7K] (bbc merlin) — s05e03 the death song of uther pendragon divergence. Ghost!Uther stabs Merlin in his heart, and Merlin collapses in Arthur’s arms. (my forever favourite creation)

To you I swear my solemn oaths [G] [3.8K] (bbc merlin) — s04e03 the wicked day divergence. magic reveal right before Arthur’s coronation.

In the Air We Breathed [G] [1K] (the last hours) — Will’s POV of James’s wedding while Jem was playing the violin.

Veiled Emotions [T] [50K] (harry potter) — separate one-shots of the marauders era, mainly Sirius and Regulus-centric. You can also find them posted separately here.

— MERLIN FIC RECS

I literally live to recommend the beautiful works of my fellow writers. It’s mostly Merlin fics, but sometimes you will find other fandoms. You can either follow my blog or go directly to this tag → #regulusrules recs

— METAS

If you’re new here, first thing, welcome! You’ll find me rambling 99% of the time about scenes, tropes and general fandom things. You can find all these in this tag → #regulusrules metas

— ASKS

I’m VERY open to asks! I love tumblr moots. Find all rambles, ask games, metas about my fics, or just random asks in this tag → #regulusrules answers

— FAQ

Do you accept fanart for your fics?

Yes! Fanarts are more than welcome. I will even feature them inside my fics. And if you want to create a cover/specific fanart for any fic, you can contact me through asks or messages and I’ll provide you with extra information about my personal reflection on it.

Can I add your fic on another platform?

No. If I wanted to, I would have. Do not add my works to any website. (Wattpad, Goodreads, Storygraph, etc.)

Do you accept translations for your fics?

Yes. Translations are more than welcome, but must remain on AO3. Also, apparently this needs to be said now, but I only accept human-made translations. Do not feed my work into AI machines to translate them. I do not approve of ANY use of AI in connection with my writing.

Can I download/bind your fics?

It’s up to you, but preferably please no. I don’t want these fics to be everywhere, but I can’t totally refuse because I understand the value of these fics to you. However, if you are binding them, 1. let me know and 2. bind them only for yourself. I do not allow any monetary profiting of my work. If you find someone selling my fics, please contact me.

Can I follow you if I’m one or any of the following: antisemitic, islamophobic, zionist, jkr-supporter, genocide-approver, racist, sexist, homophobic, disrespectful-of-any-human-being-for-any-reason?

No.

Can I call you by your name? And what pronouns do I address you with?

Yes, you can call me LJ! My pronouns are she/her. I’m more than happy to get to know my readers and fellow writers, so feel free to swoop in and contact me anytime.

welcome to the wonderworld of regulusrules✨

[queerofthedagger]

Sending you a boop since I came late to the boops last night and missed booping all my favourite people! 💓

awww booping you back! <3

[rapha-reads]

Ooh I love the title At the Crossroad of the Stars so much! Peek?

Thanks, it's one of my favourite thing to write! It's a Torchwood/Doctor Who fic that fixes basically Owen and Tosh's deaths and the entirety of Children of Earth. I'm writing it in French, because it's a story that's important to me and despite my fluency in English, my native language is still the most natural for me. At the Crossroad of the Stars = A la Croisée des Etoiles (and it's actually a reference to His Dark Materials, which in French was translated to A la Croisée des Mondes, "at the crossroad of the worlds"). I had the idea when I was on Erasmus in Glasgow and listening to some Big Finish audio stories, and I've been slowly writing it for three years or so (and by slowly I mean that sometimes I don't add a single line for months). I can give you a peek, sure, but if you don't read French, it's not going to help!

“A la Croisée des Etoiles”, c’est le nom de l’établissement. 

Il s’affiche en lettres lumineuses sur la devanture du bâtiment, mais aussi à l’entrée du spatioport où il y a toujours un quai de débarquement disponible pour ceux qui arrivent en vaisseau. Il est aussi présent sur les panneaux de signalisation, les pancartes et les affiches qui parsèment les jardins et les avenues des parcs s’étendant à perte de vue et les murs et les allées du quartier environnant le grand bâtiment de pierres roses et de briques rouges qui contient la bibliothèque, le bar et le café, la piste de danse et tant d’autres merveilles. 

Certains disent que le Centre (c’est le nom donné au bâtiment principal, d’après une très vieille légende sur ses origines dont plus personne ne se souvient) est vivant et infini. Les mémoires les plus anciennes racontent qu’au tout début, il n’y avait que le Centre, et que peu à peu, au fur et à mesure que les visiteurs de passage et les habitués sont arrivés, la station s’est agrandie pour devenir A la Croisée des Étoiles. Les Étoiles, comme on l’appelle plus souvent, un complexe connu à travers les temps et les univers pour la qualité et la particularité de son service et de ses employés, pour les événements hors du commun qui s’y déroulent parfois, et pour les myriades de vies irrémédiablement changées par leur séjour dans ce lieu sans pour autant impacter la trame de l’Univers et du Temps.

[lightasthesun]

love is stored in consideration. it's stored in gifted snacks from your home country and your favourite soap pressed into the hands of a friend. love is stored in surprise hugs and pictures taken of yourself because you 'look cute' even if you personally don't think so. It's taking a break under a cherry blossom tree because you thought your friend might like to take a closer look at it. Love is stored in packing two duvet covers for your night in a hostel instead of one and it's stored in sharing memories and local recipes and reenacting stupid scenes from your favourite TV show. Love is stored in sharing food and linking arms and teaching each other how to say please and thank you and I love you in your native language before you teach them anything else.

[regulusrules]

Beauty in the Ashes of Our Lives

have you ever read a fanfic so good that you wanted to write a fanfic about that fanfic, but was too shy / too intimidated to ask for the author’s permission and too afraid that your writing wouldn’t be half as good as theirs and that it would be an insult to their work that was basically a literal masterpiece, so you just sat there fantasizing about their work and how beautiful it was and how you wished you could just eat it and how you wished canon could write your blorbos half as good as this writer did and how you just wanted to cry because you just loved that fic so much????

[regulusrules]

[remuscariad]

In honor of us TRENDINGG, here are five fics 💯 worth your time:

1. My breath are run by your compass by @regulusrules [20k+] [post-camlann fix-it]

This fic has torn and mended my heart at the same time; it’s what we deserve, what you deserve — the Golden Age after Camlann with a stab (in the heart, pun intended). But golden it is, I promise.

Need I say that this author is the same mastermind behind my heart is readily yours?

2. The Phantom of Arthur Pendragon by @clockwrkpendrxgon [15k+] [dark!arthur]

This fic is going to make on you on the edge of your seat 24\7, GUARANTEED. A mind-blowing plot twist and a new, sinister side of Arthur post-camlann. But we fix him, don’t worry, and it ends happily, I swear. Enjoy the ride!

3. hold me closer by summertimeroses [1k+] [touch-starved]

When I tell you I’m a complete sucker for touch-starved fics, especially when it’s Arthur, I mean it 100%. Short, sweet and so heartfelt. Our love needs to be held more, doesn’t he?

4. Sanctuary by LittleGreenGirlxx [3k+][domestic fluff]

Fluff. That’s it— fluff for our weary hearts. Winding down merthur fics will always be a top need for this fandom. We know enough pain. Complete idiots in love and soft Arthur POV.

5. and love, I find, has no considered end by @schweetheart [690] [sharing a bed]

I will never get tired of these two sharing a bed, especially when it’s winter. The softness. The warmth. It is moments like these that make us swoon over them over and over again.

[regulusrules]

In a world full of cenreds, I hope you will be my arthur

[regulusrules]

One of the most tragic things I believe Harry went through was this realisation that he can actually be vulnerable with Sirius. This moment of respite he was given, only for it to be so cruelly taken from him with Sirius's death. When he was finally able to let go, there was no one to catch him anymore. And he couldn't help but get back to never being vulnerable, because apparently the times he was vulnerable in ended up a prelude to the destruction of the people he loved.

And when we talk about Sirius, we talk about this fundamental feeling he instilled in Harry that Harry matters and that his pain is valid. That he's worth listening to. That "never mind me, I want to know how you are, what you're thinking about, anything you need."

Sirius made Harry safe, for the first time ever. He made him believe that he deserves goodness, and maybe that was the most tragic thing of all.

I swear I said I'll get over them someday, but it's just impossible

An underrated Sirius moment in Goblet of Fire where Sirius lets Harry talk and talk, and Harry lets out everything he's been holding in since he became an unwilling Triwizard Tournament champion.

[tansyuduri]

Nine People You Would Like to Get to Know Better

I was tagged by @viiisenyas and @arthurpendragonssassydaggers

last song: Uh Run Boy Run (Merlin Music Video)

favourite colour: I'm a pink Girly!

currently watching: Well I'm doing three rewatches of Merlin with different peoples. And on Queen Charlotte: a Brigerton story with another

sweet/savoury/spicy: Sweet and Savory for sure!

relationship status: Single

current obsession: Merlin (Couldn't you guess)

last thing you googled: It was either Tir Na Nog or Something about Lancelot, the knight of the Cart (>.> <.< these have absolutely nothing to do with fic writing, nope!)

@tiny-and-witchy @godmerlin @247merthur @thenerdyalien @catsconflictscopicsandchamomile @regulusrules @sexy-sapphic-sorcerer @star-rie @shana-rosee

[theconstantsidekick]

Got any good Merthur fic recs? I’m enjoying your story so much it’s pulled me into this hyperfixation again 😂

I gotchu, blud.

My heart is readily yours by regulusrules This one has a dialogue that smacks SO FUCKING HARD. Arthur says, "I trust his destruction more than mine." BROTHER WHEN I TELL YOU I CHOCKED. My god. @regulusrules is probably the reason why I started writing my own fic.

Reasons Why by Oriberry Short but oh so sweet. It was life changing reading this. I love it. So good, so fucking good.

Strangled by the Red String of Fate by idlestories Really nice cheeky bit of fun soulmate shenanigans which I absolutely adored. The banter is so good, it soothes my fucking soul. Honestly, just the balm I need every time I remember how the show actually ended.

I Could Recognise Him by Touch Alone by queerofthedagger This author has my heart, always. But this one hits me the hardest somehow. Arthur is so... open in this. There is a sort of vulnerability to him that I wish I could write. But yes. Good shit. Good fucking shit.

Sticks and Stones by schweet_heart Once again, an author whose Merthur fics do not miss. But this one has art, and a Merlin who is oh so fretful over his King who he may or may not be besotted with. It's a great read.

I have more if you want?

And if all else fails, re-read my fic again hehehehehehe. (shameless plug)

[gramnel]

Just a little fanart I really wanted to draw for @regulusrules fanfiction. And I strongly recommend to read it. It's beautiful

And thank you for your permission!

[regulusrules]

Alright but you guys realise the enormity of this in their dynamic, right? How Merlin never flinches back, never tries to step away and act demure when his king is furious. He doesn't move a muscle, literally doesn't even blink because he's not afraid of Arthur.

There was never a power imbalance between them, not because of Merlin's magic, but because of the equal foundation that their relationship was built upon.

bbc merlin - 04x11 The Hunter's Heart

this is why people can't be normal about them

[clockwrkpendrxgon]

WIP Wednesday ❤️‍🔥

Thanks @henryspearl for the tag!

A sneak peek from my fic for @aroyallybigbangrwrb 🤩 LOTS of action (and forced proximity 🤭)

“Give me your hand.” Alex puts out a hand which the other eyes before taking. It's smeared with blood and shaky and encompasses Alex's hand. “The doors aren't working, so, we're kinda gonna do this the hard way. Can you move?”

When the man nods, Alex reaches for his other hand. “On three,” he says before he takes a deep breath and the two young men break into the move.

Alex mentally prays that there are no hidden injuries underneath the suit the stranger is wearing or else this will be doing more damage than good. Halfway through his prayer the guy cries out in pain. “Stop, stop, stop!”

CAN YOU GUESS WHO “THE GUY” IS?????

tagging @inexplicablymine @anincompletelist @theprinceandagcd @remuscariad @regulusrules @kj-bee @thesleepyskipper + anyone who wants to join! 💗

[poisonedfate]

Merlin blog recs?

am i not enough for you?

kidding, of course. it all depends on what you're looking for, really.

a lot of good gifs come from people like @atdawn @gvaine @godmerlin

writing/analysis: @tansyuduri @thefabledpheasant @that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction @regulusrules

art: @merthurogies @irishyuri @noodles-and-tea @whamber (the others are currently escaping me)

blogs with a little bit of everything that are incredible (i gave up on categories very quickly, didn't i): @adhd-merlin @witchmd13 @sexy-sapphic-sorcerer @agapantoblu @centurieslove @aemelia @enchanted-blade @princess-of-morkva @floating-on-avalon @247merthur @merlinoutofcontext

all of them are wonderful and the more specific categories are only one side of what those blogs are about! beyond that, there are many other great ones out there!

[the-once-and-future-love]

25. Good Merlin Fics I’ve Read Recently (1/10/23)

 A Loyal Traitor by the_fandoms_have_risen

ask me why (my heart's inside my throat) by Scarlet_Ribbons

Because of You by Seravia

Deep In My Heart I'm Concealing by Cithara

Deliquesce by BeautifulFiction

Discovering Gratitude by alkimi

For King, Not Kingdom, Alone by skatesfullofsunshine

for wanting years and hours by delusional_apricotflowers

Frozen Heart by bgn_846

Glimmer by BeautifulFiction

Implausible Deniability by Excited_Insomniac

It Happens All The Time by LadyAuroraPendragon

Lenore, or The Lies of Emrys by high_queen

Medicine of Speech by ughtwigs

Mind Games and Bonfires by spritesandwich

Mine by Lola_Rose_Robins

My heart is readily yours by regulusrules

Reasons Why by Oriberry

Requiem of a Forgotten Prince by kairennart (Personaje), queerofthedagger

sacrifices (freely given; intolerable) by queerofthedagger

Some Sort of Conviction by justiceformerthur

Still I Surface in Morning Light by queerofthedagger

Tell Me We'll Never Get Used To It by 0zym4nd14s

Tender Loving Care by BeautifulFiction

The Price of Devotion by Robin_Fai

The Talent Discrepancy by salience

Those Things That Change Us by anna_zee

treacherous by lesbiansteddie

Wanted: One Merlin. Big ears. Memory of King Arthur optional. by watchriverdale

we lay here for years or for hours by eat_crow

Wolf Fur by SauraUnderscore

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