Warlocks, Vampires, and Gwaine, oh my!

So I know I posted relatively recently, but I had to go here, lol.

‘k, Mom got me a gift cert for Amazon yeah, and I went prowling. Grabbed a new cord for Colin Bastards keep telling me it’s the MP3 itself and not just an accessory so they won’t fucking deliver it here *GRRRRRRRRRRRRR*, and the 2 newest Lincoln Rhyme books, thought about getting the 2 newest Pratchett books, but figured I actually know a store where I can get them, unlike the Deaver novels. Anyway, had a good chunk left and remembered I’d wanted to look at a couple Elrod books, and well BLOODY EFFING HELLS!!!!!!!!!!! I mean, my, what prices! …haven’t you ppl ever heard of doing more than one run or reprints??? Esp for a series THAT popular, I mean seriously! Needless to say, I’m rather fond of my body parts- dysfunctional as they are, and would rather not sell my soul for these particular books. *shakes head* Anyway, this didn’t stop me from looking up the other book I wanted (this one I might consider selling body parts for) and well, I found it, I hope, secondhand, *crossing my fingers it’s one of the groups that lets you use the certs* YAY!!!!! It’s the 3rd in the Lord Richard series. :D
Now, I doubt any of you, or anyone actually reading this has ever heard of this series, but I love it. It’s a collaborative effort between Nigel Bennett and P.N. Elrod, so DUH it’s about vampires or a vampire in particular. Point is that the series has a really soft spot for me, or I have a real soft spot for it rather, whatever, it’s late and I took my meds and ‘m just waiting for my net to come back up so I can attempt to place this bloody order! (Update: Woot, they accepted it! Siege Perilous will be mine soon. *cackles madly*) Like I said, soft spot. And well, -here it comes, you guys know it’s coming so don’t even act surprised- I want to cross it over with Merlin!!!!! Why, you ask, since we all know Mys isn’t big on x-overs, and she sure as hells isn’t big on crossing those kinds of story lines, but that’s where you miss the important part of Lord Richard’s history, see he’s like over 1500 years old and he wasn’t always Lord Richard, he used to be a knight, the First Knight to a king even… come on, you know where it’s going… *nodnodnod* yeah, he went and got himself vamped after betraying Arthur!!!!! I don’t remember exactly why (I haven’t read it in over 7 years) it was some sort of self-imposed penance or some such. Anyway, I just want to write that with our Arthur, et al, maybe as a Future King, portion of Once and Future type thing *cackles* I so want! Unfortunately, Elrod is one of those authors who won’t let you fic their characters/verses and much as it annoys me no end, I’ll respect that. Damn-it, vampire Lance trying to convince Arthur and Merlin he’s not all evil and of how badly betraying Arthur buggered him up. *wibble*

Okay on to the second item of business- GWAINE!

I have recently come to the realization that I NEED, like bone deep NEED Gwaine to know about Merlin’s magic. I want to say I don’t know why, but the more I think about it the more I want to understand it. I think, I could be wrong, but I think I need it because Gwaine is Merlin’s friend first and foremost, whereas Lance’s duty is to Arthur. I don’t mean by that that I think Lance is gonna turn his back on Merlin or betray him or anything, merely that I think Gwaine is gonna always put his friendship first without hesitation. To me Gwaine would be a facilitator, not in a bad way or anything, just Gwaine takes the bull by the horns, if something needs done he does it, or drinks it, lol. I want to see Gwaine find out and be the one Merlin goes to when he needs to see both sides of a path, or when he needs a way to get something done under Arthur’s nose- I know Lance showed his ability to do this in 3x13, but to me Lance would always be putting Arthur first, consciously or otherwise. And I think Gwaine wouldn’t keep Merlin’s secret just because it’s ‘right’, but because he cares about Merlin and respects him. Anyway, I need Merlin to have that kind of friend in his life. I need him to see the wilder side of things- I don’t mean I want Gwaine taking Merlin out and getting him in drunken brawls on a regular basis or anything, but Gwaine can show him the world in a different light and Gwaine’s doesn’t have that perfect mindset that Lance has. He needs that in his life, someone who’s not perfect, but true to himself and his ideals (such as they are), and he needs that with someone who knows about him.
Of course, I’d also love to see Gwaine and Lance both being protective of Merlin and his abilities. *purrs* (shhh, depending how they handle Gwaine and Lance, I may start not-so-secretly shipping them, lol. There’s just such possibility there :-} )


And on a completely random note, did anybody see the Selby/Carter game today??? Gods my boy kicked ass and MY GODS I haven't seen him play that well in ages!!!!!!!!


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