Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin

Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin is a Merlin/Arthur AU by an anonymous author on kinkme_merlin.
Prompt/Summary: Arthur is a BNF and Merlin is his prized beta.
The story is set in the fandom for Starz Camelot,Starz - Camelot, official page. (Accessed 12 February 2011) which didn't air before April 2011, so it's not only a Modern AU with Merlin and Arthur writing fanfic about their namesakes, it's also a fandom futurefic.
==Reactions==
Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin was written as a WIPanon in kinkme_merlin. Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin, first part posted 15 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011) and immediately reccedhermette. Rec: Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin, 16 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)sophinisba. Fic rec and other squee, 16 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)pandarus. Insta-rec (but it's a WIP), 18 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011) as something not just for Merlin fans:rodneyscat. Most useless rec in the history of recs (and a WIP to boot)..., 17 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)
:This is killer funny meta/social commentary (regardless of what fandom you are in). Like reading a fanfic about your life on lj writing fanfic. *diez*marguerite_26. Merlin Stuff that is MADE OF WIN!!!, 16 Janaury 2011. (Accessed 11 February 2011)
Up to part 24 (Jan. 17) the story was posted to kmm where the enthusiastic response became some kind of unintentional interactive performance art. The finished story was posted two days later (Jan. 19) to the kinkme_merlin mod journal and was heavily recced insidemarguerite_26. HAPPY FUCKING DAY!!!, 19 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)hermette. Rec: Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin, 19 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)ella_bane. Research/Beta Thoughts/Rec, 19 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)pandarus. Insta-rec (no longer a WIP!), 20 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)mesmorizee. This post contains 1 meme, 2 fic recs, and one picspam, 23 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011) and outside of Merlin fandom.sevilemar. Meta-Fic, 20 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)bethbethbeth. When there's an anonymous story on a kinkmeme (Merlin's, in this case) that's being recced by everybody (including people like emmagrant and painless_j, who aren't even in the fandom, do you ever want to say "Why, yes...I did write that!" Just me then, eh? *g* signed, Person who's also not in the fandom, 21 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)alisanne. A first for me, 21 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)zolac_no_miko. Jumping on the reccing bandwagon, 22 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)beth_h. Posted anonymously on the Merlin kinkmeme, this story is so charming and so meta-fandomish that its garnered recs - deservedly - from many folks who are no part of the Merlin fandom., 29 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)terra_lilly. Miscellaneous Rec List, 30 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)hope. oh my god, you guys! (a rec), 30 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011) Almost over night it had more than 400 reader comments. It also sparked a discussion about beta reading, about how we experience fandomlettered. Fandom experience, 21 January 2011. "In light of a certain (admittedly awesome!) fic that I can't get three posts through my flist without seeing recced, I've been wondering about fandom experience. marguerite_26 cleared some things up for me by explaining that Merlin has an anon meme and a lot of shit goes down there. Of course, practically every fandom has or has had an anon meme, but in some fandoms, it's going to be part of your fandom experience. [...] Anywho, what I'd like to know now is what your fandom experience is, and also how your fandom works." (Accessed 12 February 2011) and speculations about who the anon author might be.copperbadge. For the record, I didn't write Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin, archived, 19 January 2011. (Accessed 12 February 2011)
==Podfic==
Lunchee turned the story into a 2:36:17 hours podficlunchy_munchy. P/M :D, 01 June 2011. (Accessed 01 June 2011) and snottygrrl made the story available as an ebook in epub and
mobi format.snottygrrl. merlin (bbc) - pairing pendragon/merlin, 31 May 2011. (Accessed 01 Jnue 2011) In Lunchee's notes it says that "This podfic really stretched my capabilities as a reader" and fans immediately commented that "the fic must've been hell to read, what with all the IM conversations with smileys and acronyms and awkward punctuation."gnrbu. Comment, 01 June 2011. (Accessed 01 June 2011) At the end of the file the podfic features Lunchee's commentary on creating this reading of Pairing: Pendragon/Merlin, thougths on the different sounds she used and what parts she liked best. The idea for the ebook cover was nabbed from Lunchees podfic cover and the picture of the kissing boys was taken from the fic.
:See Pairing Pendragon/Merlin
==Recs and Reviews==
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Complete story:
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==References==
Category:Merlin AU
Category:Slash Fanfiction
Category:2011 Fanfiction‎