We Are Stardust, We Are Golden. Merlin/Arthur. PG-13. ~1600 words.
The Merlin gang does Woodstock.

warnings: a fair amount of drug use and the implied possibility of major character death.

This is a totally self-indulgent, silly little piece that I wrote basically as a warm up for my big bang, which is a different kind of '60s AU. I wanted to write about sex, drugs and rock and roll, so I wrote about Woodstock. Then Arthur had to go and turn it into a giant angst fest. Whoops. But in other news, wild child Merlin is my new favorite thing to write. And it should probably be obvious, but this is quite certainly an American AU. I've tried to keep everything true to the period, but some anachronisms have very possibly fallen through.

Thanks are owed to timewaslost for the quick beta. And as far as the lyrics go, the first song quoted is Woodstock by Joni Mitchell (the title is from there too) and the second is The I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag by Country Joe McDonald. I also have some lyrics by Francis Scott Key in there. Obviously, I own none of that stuff, or any of the rights to Merlin, and no money is being made off of this.



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One Singular Sensation | Merlin/Arthur | PG-13 | ~5400 words | "You're too good for the chorus, Merlin," Arthur says, and it's true, he's not just saying that. An A Chorus Line fusion. 

This is quite possibly the most self indulgent thing I have ever written. It's basically me completely giving in to the Chorus Line nerd in me and going I love Zach/Cassie! I love Merlin/Arthur! Why don't I just turn Zach/Cassie into Merlin/Arthur! Because I can't bring myself to actually write ACL fic.  It's plainly ridiculous. I have taken liberally from the play's book, sometimes paraphrasing, sometimes quoting verbatim. If you know the show, you'll definitely recognize the dialogue. I'm not pretending that I wrote it, or that I own any of this. Thanks go out to erethesunrises and timewaslost for the betas and the cheerleading. You girls rock hard. 

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Title: What's Puzzling You Is The Nature Of My Game, Part 6
Pairings: eventual Arthur/Merlin and background Lancelot/Gwen
Rating: PG-13 for now.
Word Count: ~3900 words this part.
Disclaimer: This version of Arthur, Merlin, et al belong to Shine and the BBC, not to me.
Summary: It's 1963, the Cold War is in full swing, and Arthur Pendragon, agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service, is about to meet the Service's newest Russian double agent: Merlin Emrys.
Author's Note: Thanks once again to latenightcuppa for the beta. More notes at the end.

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Title: What's Puzzling You Is The Nature Of My Game, Part 5
Pairings: eventual Arthur/Merlin and background Lancelot/Gwen
Rating: PG-13 for now.
Word Count: ~4200 words this part.
Disclaimer: This version of Arthur, Merlin, et al belong to Shine and the BBC, not to me.
Summary: It's 1963, the Cold War is in full swing, and Arthur Pendragon, agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service, is about to meet the Service's newest Russian double agent: Merlin Emrys.
Author's Notes: Thanks to latenightcuppa for the beta read of this part. More notes at the end.

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Title: What's Puzzling You Is The Nature Of My Game, Part 4
Pairings: eventual Arthur/Merlin and background Lancelot/Gwen
Rating: PG-13 for now.
Word Count: .
Disclaimer: This version of Arthur, Merlin, et al belong to Shine and the BBC, not to me.
Summary: It's 1963, the Cold War is in full swing, and Arthur Pendragon, agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service, is about to meet the Service's newest Russian double agent: Merlin Emrys.
Author's Note: Thanks have to go out to kerrykhat for giving this one last beta. More notes at the end.

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Title: What's Puzzling You Is The Nature Of My Game, Part 3
Pairings: eventual Arthur/Merlin and background Lancelot/Gwen
Rating: PG-13 for now.
Word Count: ~4600 in this part.
Disclaimer: This version of Arthur, Merlin, et al belong to Shine and the BBC, not to me.
Summary: It's 1963, the Cold War is in full swing, and Arthur Pendragon, agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service, is about to meet the Service's newest Russian double agent: Merlin Emrys.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to latenightcuppa for beta-ing this part.


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Title: What's Puzzling You Is The Nature Of My Game, Part 2
Pairings: eventual Arthur/Merlin and background Lancelot/Gwen
Rating: PG-13 for now.
Word Count: ~2500 in this part.
Disclaimer: This version of Arthur, Merlin, et al belong to Shine and the BBC, not to me.
Summary: It's 1963, the Cold War is in full swing, and Arthur Pendragon, agent of Her Majesty's Secret Service, is about to meet the Service's newest Russian double agent: Merlin Emrys.
Author's Note: Thank you to kerrykhat for the beta. LJ/Firefox were being huge bitches as I was trying to post this, so if you see anything wonky it's probably because HTML hates me. More notes at the end.

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