#the questing beast

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

The exact moment that Merlin tells Arthur he’s going to be a good king for the first time, Arthur looks like this.

That boy never had a word of praise growing up, he’s way too surprised by someone believing in him even after he “failed”/got injured.

Also, just that face on his face whenever he’s looking at Merlin.

It’s usually only there in softer moments in season 1. Like in episode two where Arthur believed Merlin about the snake shield, or in episode four where Merlin drank poison and Arthur defied his father and risked his life to save him, even against Gaius’ advice, Merlin’s uncle, because of how dangerous it was. Or the Lancelot episode. Or the Ealdor episode. Or the unicorn episode. You get the idea.

There’s a lot of these moments, but this one is kinda where I pinpoint Arthur realising how much Merlin means to him.

Also because in season 2, Arthur goes back to picking on Merlin and trying to keep him at arms length. I think he got scared of his feelings towards Merlin - whatever you want to say they are, romantic, platonic, or otherwise - and tried to distance them. Cedric showing up was just convenient with the timing before the whole Sigan thing. It gave Arthur a chance to panic, push Merlin away, and then reaffirm his fears until later on in season 2.

This scene is also the reason why Merlin not joining Cedric/Sigan with the whole “It doesn’t matter how Arthur treats me, he’s a good man” thing makes sense. This is the last time they interact in season 1 and it wraps up everything they’ve been through up until this point really well.

I can go more into how and why the timeline of season 1 and 2 are really important to how the show was going to progress if people want that. The character development in BBC Merlin is brilliant. It’s not as good as atla but not even its own live action could compete so that’s fine. Honestly, I think Merlin is as heartbreaking as it is because it’s more believable than a happy ever after, because of how things were set up in the first two seasons.

Anyway, I just feel like I’m rambling though so I’ll leave this here before the coherency leaves entirely.

[lackadaisycal-art]

my special little giraffe

[fiotrethewey]

Gallifrey. Ancestral home of the Time Lords. Some have lived there all their lives, some have adopted it as their own. Allies, thrown together by circumstance and strife, have forged lasting friendships in the furnace of politics, alternate realities, and the Last Great Time War. 

Gallifrey is constant, but its inhabitants must change to survive. Perhaps none more so than Narvin... 

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I've been keeping this under my hat for so long, but I'm afraid Holmwood isn't the only writing partnership that @georgiacooked and I have been working on this year. We wrote the second story in this up and coming boxset - The Questing Beast!

The Questing Beast by Fio Trethewey & Georgia Cook, read by Miles Richardson  Battling the Lord Burner, Braxiatel is separated from his friends as they fall through a multitude of alternative Gallifreys. He arrives in a realm where science is magic and there is a Dragon to be slain... 

Find out more at the link below!

[sword-fighting-hermit]

[Quest]ing Beast

That time Arthur met The Questing Beast

For @mortiscausa‘s March to Camelot

[oneshoulderangel]

Finally! Too long have I neglected my boy Palomides. Now he finally has an official portrait. A victory in my book.

Now I should probably get back to work. Or I could redraw Brangaine’s portrait.

[queer-ragnelle]

Young Guinevere by Robert D. San Souci | More quotes at Arthuriana Daily

[rainbluealoekitten]

um sorry to inform you but... "the head and neck of a serpent, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion and the feet of a hart" ...i believe your "questing beast" is simply a giraffe. what it is doing in the great of britain i cannot tell you but that is really just a nice giraffe you've got there

[gwalch-mei]

if rhe questing beast has thr head of a snake whqt kinda sbake do u yhink it is,,,,,, personally i thibk it would be really fhnny if it was like. a corn snake. just a little guy not at all dangerous

[sickfreaksirkay]

spending a decade searching for the questing beast in the hopes of capturing it and keeping it as a pet but when i find it i immediately get cuteness aggression and accidentally kill it with a single blow

[adhd-merlin]

is king pellinore meant to be funny or is it just me. random dude shows up and goes "dude did a strange beast pass this way?" and arthur's like, "yeah, what the fuck was that??" and pellinore goes "THAT IS MY LIFE'S QUEST. give me your horse, mine's dead" and then he just. he just takes the king's horse and fucks off. I think he's hilarious. also he's chasing a giraffe

[dollopheadedmerlin]

I am constantly trying to come up with ideas for Questing Beast anatomy

[andalon-historian]

Sir Palomedes encounters the Questing Beast

Lion of St. Mark

I'm never sure how weird to get with the questing beast. I've always loved the idea of it just being a giraffe, but *acting* like a snake and a mythical creature; visually just a giraffe, but wrapping around tree trunks as it slithers from branch to branch, freely coiling its long neck and body.

I suppose I sort of split the difference here. It looks more like a space alien than I might have realized.

[fiotrethewey]

2024 post!

Back in the days of LiveJournal, I used to do round-ups of my year, and then that went to Facebook, but as I have Tumblr, I decided to post here as well.

So, this year has been both amazing and stressful, and I thought it good to summarise it all to look back on...

WORK:

Work-wise, I was promoted just before the end of last year to Deputy Manager Cover, which was my role until October. Navigating a new work role was stressful, but at least I survived on a slightly better London Wage.

Unfortunately, that didn't become a permanent job as we hoped. Still, it did get me the respect of my peers and a recognition award at the end of the year, and now an opportunity to work with another team 1 day a week, so there's a lot to be thankful for and to look forward to seeing how that progresses next year.

CREATIVE WORK:

I had a short story 'In The Heart of Lads' published this year, which I wrote in 2018 for "Overdue: Mystery, Adventure, and the World’s Lost Books." It is about four boys who stumble across a missing Wilfred Owen—and a dangerous treasure hunter on their heels as they travel overseas to get it into safe hands. Thank you to everyone at 18thWall Productions!

There were two Big Finish releases this year, Twelfth Doctor Chronicles You Only Die Twice and the Gallifrey Echoes of Eternity Release - The Questing Beast. There's still a lot I can't talk about, but that being said, it's been an honour and privilege to work with Georgia Cook this year on @theholmwoodfoundation, which was our original audio project that not only meant we could work with some fantastic new friends and old friends, but we got to learn production as well as writing and how to successfully hit a very hard Kickstarter target so we could finish Season One, and tell the rest of this story!

Being part of the Independent Podcast Community this year and working with Karim C Kronfli and Sarah Golding has been amazing. Generally, I hope to be a force for good in the space, even though Georgia and I are incredibly new to the world.

MISC:

Here's a list of some of the stuff I did this year:

LOS ANGELES - Back to Gally One (cries in FOMO about not going next year)

I celebrated my birthday in style at Mirror Room at Rosewood London, where I had afternoon tea with Georgia inspired by famous artists!

I went to two Concerts! Hozier and Seth Lakeman!! And, of course, Doctor Who Proms!

I started learning the drums again. (This is parked for now until I can get my own drumkit in a permanent place!)

I saw Hadestown and The Stranger Things Play, and I went to the Globe for the first time, where I watched Anne Odeke's incredible Princess Essex!

I visited the family in Cornwall and went to the Fowey Regatta to watch the fireworks in August.

I've been participating in a TTRG Livestream - Explorers of Elsewhere!

I also visited the Eden Project for the first time since 2008

Three Conventions as Guests - DWAS Capitol Event, Big Finish Day and Whooverville. We also helped with Audio Hub PodFest and attended the Premiere of Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters, celebrating 90 years of Hammer!

TRANSITION:

Lastly, it would be amiss of me to not mention my transition, which at the end of last year saw me announce that I'm a transgender man. Well, this year, I was able to start Hormone Therapy - in my case, applying Testosterone or Testogel every day, which I've now been taking for almost ten months, and it's honestly been such an eye-opener to just how dysphoric it was to present in a feminine way. My new voice, my new hairline, my beard, and how I'm now perceived in public make a massive difference in my confidence and how I go about in the world. So much so that I was asked to talk about it at work, and I got a photo taken for our work newsletter and was on a podcast!

THE FUTURE:

Looking forward to next year, as Georgia and I are imminently moving to Manchester, to be able to survive a bit easier and live together in a little 2 bed flat we've found. We've got more Holmwood to make, and looking forward to a year where we get to make decisions together.

As always, I am incredibly grateful to friends and family for their love and support. I will take this opportunity to express my utter joy about starting to live with the love of my life next year. Every stressful thing has been manageable because my darling @georgiacooked has been there with me. Thank you for everything!

[primrose19]

A thing of sun, with teeth and eyes.

@carloabay

[starlight-kestrel]

[queer-ragnelle]

Nobody’s doing it like the Prose Tristan squad