Rec-cember #10
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eddishelenAnother rec-cember post! Making up for lost time. The theme for this post is Arthuriana
The Idylls of the Queen - Phyllis Ann Karr This is a fantastic book of Kay and Mordred investigating a mystery together:
Accolade by alto_clef_cryptid
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43385946
That was when I realized we had been joined by young man I recognized as being Sir Kay's current squire.
He had been sent to convey a simple and somewhat baffling message; Kay would consider participating in my knighting ceremony, but only after the two of us had held a proper conversation.
(Or; five conversations Mordred had just before his knighting ceremony, and one he had right after.) Kay/Mordred
Seen and Unseen by lightningwaltz
https://archiveofourown.org/works/53024350
It was an odd thing, Kay genuinely trying to keep bitterness out of his voice. Mordred was still young and untested, but it seemed clear he would command attention wherever he went. It was impossible to imagine Mordred vanishing into the minutiae of harvest schedules or bookkeeping.
Although, lately, Kay didn’t feel particularly unseen. It was as though Mordred wouldn’t let him be. Kay/Mordred
morbid tendencies by givemebaretrees
https://archiveofourown.org/works/76614966
I had often wondered what it was about my own attitude that, when I seemed to be making perfect sense to myself, often resulted in other men continuing to resolutely argue their point incessantly. I had a sense of it now: Mordred was afflicted with the same curse, his reason and logic maddening, my own mind churning like a dangerously flooded stream as I sought to find justification for the fact that reason did not ease my heart. Kay/Mordred
The Winter Prince - Elizabeth E. Wein
drain by ConvenientAtlas
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17478374
The cut has been infected, Medraut informs Lleu. Post-canon
To Thrive Despite the Cold by Assimbya
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2792069
Lleu works to understand his confused feelings about Medraut, and to build a new relationship in the wake of their days alone together. Set post-Winter Prince. Medraut/Llleu
Merlin (TV series)
In Want of the Wife by syllic
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7287
When Merlin first hears that Arthur has been betrothed, his ribs pull inwards with an odd little hitch, and he only allows himself a second—which he needs in order to coordinate spinning in place without falling on his face—before he’s running to Arthur’s chambers.
Accidental Memory in the Case of Death by derryere
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10582059
Tony O does not befriend losers. Tony O is not gay, not crazy, he is not particularly nice and he is most definitely not royalty. Destiny disagrees. Reincarnation in the modern day
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Green Year by Selden
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5459654
Learn to love, and leave all other.
Or: Lady Bertilak offers Gawain her body as well as her girdle. Here, he takes the first, but not the second.
Once and Future King - TH White
At This Late Hour by lilacsigil
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8837140
It must have cost Gareth much to go against his brothers and try to warn Lancelot, and even more to go to his old tormentor and beg for help. Tonight, the fate of Camelot rests on Kay's shoulders. Guenever/Lancelot/Arthur, getting a happy ending
Arthurian Mythology (general)
Fool’s Errand by Havisham
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23318572
“See what you’ve done,” Arthur said, his cold blue eyes boring into Mordred’s. “You are my son and murderer. I could never love what you are.” Arthur/Mordred
Yielding Place to the New by reine_des_corbeaux
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23603071
Arthur only wants to save his son. It doesn't work out. Arthur/Mordred
As We Lose the Lark in Heaven by reine_des_corbeaux
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22608673
It wasn't meant to be like this. Arthur/Mordred
The Idylls of the Queen - Phyllis Ann Karr This is a fantastic book of Kay and Mordred investigating a mystery together:
Accolade by alto_clef_cryptid
https://archiveofourown.org/works/43385946
That was when I realized we had been joined by young man I recognized as being Sir Kay's current squire.
He had been sent to convey a simple and somewhat baffling message; Kay would consider participating in my knighting ceremony, but only after the two of us had held a proper conversation.
(Or; five conversations Mordred had just before his knighting ceremony, and one he had right after.) Kay/Mordred
Seen and Unseen by lightningwaltz
https://archiveofourown.org/works/53024350
It was an odd thing, Kay genuinely trying to keep bitterness out of his voice. Mordred was still young and untested, but it seemed clear he would command attention wherever he went. It was impossible to imagine Mordred vanishing into the minutiae of harvest schedules or bookkeeping.
Although, lately, Kay didn’t feel particularly unseen. It was as though Mordred wouldn’t let him be. Kay/Mordred
morbid tendencies by givemebaretrees
https://archiveofourown.org/works/76614966
I had often wondered what it was about my own attitude that, when I seemed to be making perfect sense to myself, often resulted in other men continuing to resolutely argue their point incessantly. I had a sense of it now: Mordred was afflicted with the same curse, his reason and logic maddening, my own mind churning like a dangerously flooded stream as I sought to find justification for the fact that reason did not ease my heart. Kay/Mordred
The Winter Prince - Elizabeth E. Wein
drain by ConvenientAtlas
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17478374
The cut has been infected, Medraut informs Lleu. Post-canon
To Thrive Despite the Cold by Assimbya
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2792069
Lleu works to understand his confused feelings about Medraut, and to build a new relationship in the wake of their days alone together. Set post-Winter Prince. Medraut/Llleu
Merlin (TV series)
In Want of the Wife by syllic
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7287
When Merlin first hears that Arthur has been betrothed, his ribs pull inwards with an odd little hitch, and he only allows himself a second—which he needs in order to coordinate spinning in place without falling on his face—before he’s running to Arthur’s chambers.
Accidental Memory in the Case of Death by derryere
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10582059
Tony O does not befriend losers. Tony O is not gay, not crazy, he is not particularly nice and he is most definitely not royalty. Destiny disagrees. Reincarnation in the modern day
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Green Year by Selden
https://archiveofourown.org/works/5459654
Learn to love, and leave all other.
Or: Lady Bertilak offers Gawain her body as well as her girdle. Here, he takes the first, but not the second.
Once and Future King - TH White
At This Late Hour by lilacsigil
https://archiveofourown.org/works/8837140
It must have cost Gareth much to go against his brothers and try to warn Lancelot, and even more to go to his old tormentor and beg for help. Tonight, the fate of Camelot rests on Kay's shoulders. Guenever/Lancelot/Arthur, getting a happy ending
Arthurian Mythology (general)
Fool’s Errand by Havisham
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23318572
“See what you’ve done,” Arthur said, his cold blue eyes boring into Mordred’s. “You are my son and murderer. I could never love what you are.” Arthur/Mordred
Yielding Place to the New by reine_des_corbeaux
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23603071
Arthur only wants to save his son. It doesn't work out. Arthur/Mordred
As We Lose the Lark in Heaven by reine_des_corbeaux
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22608673
It wasn't meant to be like this. Arthur/Mordred
