Updated Merlin girl!recs

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Not to be confused with girl!Merlin recs. *g*

I updated my monstrous list with 23 new recs. Kay, some of them are just new to me, but surely they'll be new to some other folks as well. *g* I just bookmark them as I find them, even if they were originally posted ages ago. There's Gwen/Morgana, Arthur/Morgana, Arthur/Gwen, Merlin/Morgana, gen, OT4, and RPF. The only pairing I haven't found new recs for is Merlin/Gwen. *pouts* If I've missed anything for any pairing, let me know! I'm positive I have. And many of the authors listed have written other stuff, too.

Anyway -- in case you've already seen the monster list and don't want to slog through it again, I put the new ones here in a new post as well:

The Missing Piece by zvi_likes_tv | One night, when Morgana was young, she said to Uther, "Did you know my mother?" | rated worksafe | Short!fic. Clever, with a nice, subtle Morgana voice.

nobody speaks a word you hear by cf33 | rated R | Every morning, Morgana wakes up at dawn to the sound of voices coming from the practice grounds below her window, early enough that she can barely hold her eyes open. | This was fabulous -- hot, sweet, perfect characterisations. I love the push and pull between Gwen and Morgana.

Just This Before the Rain by riparian_this | rated R | The air is damp and heavy, filled with the promise of cooling rain rolling in on swollen, cumulous clouds, looming just overhead, plunging the castle grounds into faded grey, making the earth and stone smell rich and wet and alive. | Another short!fic. Er, walk, don't run, and read this one. GUH. I think I've been back to read it again like four or five times.

Arthur/Gwen

An Ancient Tale May Later Words Retell by 01100100 | Rated R | There are many untrue stories about Camelot. This could be one of them. | Loved this one. Long, plotty, with perfect characterizations, and it manages to get the Arthur/Gwen dynamic right without sidelining anyone; all four characters were so well-written. Must warn for ouchiness, though.

Truce by zauberer_sirin | rated R | Prompt: swordfight. | Reccing this for the Gwen. I loved Gwen in this, and Arthur's reactions to her were spot on.

We Are Born as We Are by saint_seducing | rated PG | AU. At ten she'd been abnormally shy, her fingers pressed hard into clay and dirt, but her Mother's voice like water in her head. | I love the author's writing style, and the dynamic between Arthur and Gwen over time is spot on. Very sad (yet hopeful), character-driven piece. Said author has written two others, also lovely, so check those out too. :D

Arthur/Morgana

Unwritten by gnimaerd | Rated PG-13 | The morning after Morgana rewrites history and creates her own destiny. | I'm a sucker for fics where Morgana defies her destiny and this is a great example of that, even though it's angsty (which goes with the territory).

The Brush of Wildfire by ed_84 | Rated NC17 | She never plans to be here. | Ouchy, but really hot and well-characterized.

Trick Of The Light by calapine | Rated G | Ouch again -- this is so well-written.

Absolute Justice by irony_rocks | Rated NC17 | The more things change, the more things stay the same. In a modern day world when detective Morgana Le Fay returns to Camelot in order to investigate brutal serial killings, she is drawn back into a world of magic, politics, danger, old friends and new foes. AU. | This is a WIP yet, and I'm really enjoying it. I love how true-to-character everyone is, even though they've been transplanted into a different verse.

Merlin/Morgana

Untitled Merlin/Morgana PWP by allothi | rated NC17 | "I didn't know," he says, "that you foresaw that." | This one's just plain hot. Magic!sex, all that. Yum.

Untitled by fortassetu | Rated R | Just when he thought he knew him, it all changed. | This was heartbreaking, but lovely.

Tumble Blind by blincolin | rated NC17 | she doesn’t dream about Merlin. | Smutty-McSmut. Good smut, though. Hot and well-characterised.

Uther/Morgana

As Pleasures Are Wont by phantomjam | Rated R | Morgana's visions, like her desires, are tangled things. | Just as a character piece on Morgana, it's fabulous, and when you add in her desire for Uther, woven through her dreams, this one's a gem.

Amour Courtis by shetiger | Rated NC17 | Uther is plagued by regrets after his day's trial, and sleep does not come easy. Especially when Morgana looks in on him. 3500 words, post-Excalibur | It seems like the Uther/Morgana dynamic would be hard to get right, and the author does, and the smut is really believable and in-character.

The Last Beautiful Thing by shantirosa | Rated NC-17 | Uther wakes up trapped in a prison with no doors. Ten years later, he gets out. | So, Uther/Morgana long!fic (23,997 words worth), really doesn't need any more advertisement than that, methinks. AU. Epic win, pretty much. Author warns for dark themes, graphic violence, graphic sexual content, dubious consent, and character death.

OT4

You held the world by netgirl_y2k | Rated G | “Merlin, I order you to throw food at Morgana!” | D'awww, this one's SO perfect.

The Ink Still Drying by lassiterfics | Rated R | Futurefic in which Merlin begins to remember the future, Morgana reaches for her destiny, Arthur is kind of dense, and Gwen isn't an idiot. | This wins on so many levels. It's more multi-pairing (Arthur/Merlin, Arthur/Gwen, and lots of Merlin/Morgana) than the four of them together but this was the only category I could think to put it in.

Quarter-View by black_eyedgirl | Rated R | It is different, now that there are four of them, and not only two. | This fic is one of the first OT4 ones to be written, but I've only just stumbled on it recently. *g* It's SO good; it really captures how beautiful, and complicated, the four of them are together.

Straw and Oak by briar_pipe | Rated R | Gwen says it with flowers. | Right, so I'll say right now that I don't ever want the flower!fics to stop. I'm just saying. This was lovely.

Gen

Heliotrope by zvi_likes_tv | rated G | It was winter when Gwen's mother died, which was, on the whole, not surprising. Gwen, Morgana. | I can't describe how lovely I thought this was. Gwen was so carefully fleshed out in a way you don't always see, and in such a short fic.

Beltane by astolat | rated G | There is a story that is not told in Ealdor anymore, not for many years now, a story about Beltane Eve. | This one's pretty old, but I only recently found it. *g* It's just brilliant.

RPF

Catch Me (Angel/Katie), Costume Change (Colin/Bradley) by glimmergirl | Rated PG13 | Two great ficlets, two great kisses.