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Merlin Bingo!

polomonkey — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:46:48 GMT

Got some good ones on here... ice kink needs thinking about though...

Finish that Fic is back! (I have 16 wips on there...)

polomonkey — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:06:04 GMT

2020 has been quite a year. While not all of us have been in the same boat, we've certainly all been in the same storm, and it hasn't even ended yet as many countries are still in lockdown. 2021 can only be better, so let's start it out with trying to rid ourselves of at many WIPs as possible while we wait for our turn to be vaccinated.

This time, Finish that Fic, Merlin will run from January 1st to April 30rd, but sign ups are already open right here. If this is your first time, be sure to read How this fest Works and the FAQs first.

If you don't feel like writing, but still want to participate, you can sign up as a beta/cheerleader here.

That time of year again

polomonkey — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 01:20:15 GMT

Posting my hc bingo card to guilt myself into doing a line before Jan 5th. We'll see...

cursed	experiments by evil scientists	abuse	unconsciousness	needles / piercings
deals with demons	fall from grace	loss of a treasured possession	alien abduction	scars
mutation	substance addiction	WILD CARD	thirst / dehydration	sacrifice
cuddling	captivity	heat exhaustion / heat stroke	crisis of faith	gaslighting
unwanted transformation	shock collars	rejection	isolation	toothache

Camelot Remix is back!

polomonkey — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:38:14 GMT

camelotremix

What's a remix?
Remix FAQ/Info Post
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Pimping Banners – Help us promote the fest!

Come join us! I literally love this fest so much, it's what fandom is all about <3

Since everyone else was posting theirs...

polomonkey — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:57:47 GMT

WILD CARD
forced to rely on enemy / rival
secret identity discovered
CPR / rescue breathing

I failed hc bingo for the first time this year since I started participating! So I'm determined to do at least a bonus challenge or two...

New Porn Fest Ahoy!

polomonkey — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 16:51:24 GMT

Sign-ups open: 26 July 2019

Challenge starts: 3 August 2019

Head over to kinkalot for more details!

H/C Bingo Round 10!

polomonkey — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 18:29:38 GMT

It's back baby! As ever, I urge my feed to sign up for this fun, no stress fest so we can add more delicious hurt/comfort to the world of fanfic...

There's a few prompts sparking my imagination here, like Stockholm Syndrome and confession in desperate situation. Ooh and begging!

pandemics and epidemics	mutation	loss of a treasured possession	tyranny / rebellion	self-harm
electrocution	toothache	interrogation	shipwrecked	chronic illness / pain
Stockholm syndrome	serial killers	WILD CARD	betrayal	confession in desperate situation
dungeons	begging	group support	body image issues	nervous breakdown
blackmail	imprisonment	fall from grace	nausea	telepathic trauma

Aggy

polomonkey — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 23:16:26 GMT

It's Aggy's birthday today! It's been nearly two years since we lost her and I still feel the hole in the fandom that she left. But I read her fics and I remember her making me laugh and I quote her threatening to 'get out the self esteem pedestal' if anyone's being down on their own writing. So in that way she lives on, and so does our love for her.

Last chance to sign up!

polomonkey — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:15:18 GMT

camelotremix

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I say I'll post more every year...

polomonkey — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 06:07:21 GMT

You can get card with your statistics here!

Getting owned by LJ again, it's becoming a new year tradition...

Finish that Fic is back!

polomonkey — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 19:05:19 GMT

'Finish that Fic, Merlin' is back to repeat the success!!

Come join us at ftf_merlin</lj> for a friendly competition to help you get rid of all those blasted WIPs you're ignoring in favor of starting new fics that are also bound to become WIPs at some point. This is your chance to clean out your conscience along with your WIP-folder.

Me and my approximately 8 millions wips are so ready

RL, Pornalot, and Rupert Young's fine self

polomonkey — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 02:53:44 GMT

As usual, my life is infested with chaos monkeys. My workplace underwent a big rehaul which, while definitely for the better, has confused my very small brain a lot over the past month. Then I got sick as a dog last weekend and basically spent all week feeling like a particularly lethargic slug. All of which is to make my weak excuses for why I'm way behind on Pornalot signups! I feel bad because I should have promo-ed it more so that more people could sign up. So forgive me a small last minute pimp before the fest starts tomorrow:

Banner art by whimsycatcher

Come and get your kink on at pornalot

A Merlin porn fest to sink your teeth into. Sign-Ups close on October 7th.

Then again, I am in love with all the glorious people who have signed up and can't wait to see what they come up with!

Despite aforementioned slug status, the highlight of my week was seeing Twelfth Night with Rupert Young as Orsino! I like Leon but he's never been my most swoonsome knight or anything, so I was surprised at how very attracted to him I was! He's all long and lean and nicely dressed in this, plus he's got that killer singing voice and just mmm... general yum. He's also appears about eight foot taller than anyone else onstage which made me giggle. The show is GREAT as well, a proper community piece with local choirs involved and diverse casting and awesome music. Highly recommend it if you can make it to London!

P.S. I also haven't quite finished my Merlin Canon fic that was due this week which I'm also super guilty about - but it is almost there and tbh it's getting posted tomorrow afternoon come hell or high water...

Pornalot Vote Closing and Fanfic Update

polomonkey — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:30:45 GMT

Hi all! I will close the Pornalot poll at midnight BST tomorrow so please vote before then if you wish to!

That's a bit of a dry thing to post alone so a quick fandom update (or just a reminder to myself about what I need to do):

Things I'm working on rn:

Merlin whump Coinelot auction fic - very very nearly finished, needs like 300 words more

Fandom Trumps Hate auction fic - a Royal AU, modern with magic, so horribly late that I am living in a permanent shame spiral but progress is being made! This is basically the only thing on my radar right now

A completed mini-sequel to A Song from Far Away - I'm not sure when to post that yet

Future projects:

ACBB - depending on timing this will either be the royal au fic above or the Song From Far Away sequel that I wrote for 2016's ACBB

Merlin Canon fic - I have The Witchfinder! Aredian is a great villain so I think there's definitely going to be some torture/angst in there

Elyan and Femslash reclists for Tumblr - the Elyan one comes complete with a hideous picture I made on Paint so get excited

Sophia/Vivian fic - one where Sophia kidnaps Vivian so she can open the gates of Avalon with a princess, but gets completely sick of her going on about Arthur and maybe kinda falls for her a bit...

Siren!Merlin fic - which I conceived approx 400 years ago and have been too lazy to write

Elyan/Arthur fic - too many ideas for these two, I want to do something canon around A Herald of the New Age and also something cute and fluffy in modern times

Merlin/Gwaine fic - somehow I never wrote this?? Even though I love this pairing?? A huge oversight which I intend to correct

Freya/Vivian - because there's so many inspiringly cute fics about these two

Arthur/Gwen - never written it and have no ideas as yet so am waiting till I see the perfect prompt!

Many many porn fics of various shapes and sizes - including a rival pornstars AU for someone that has waited so long for it they actually LEFT THE FANDOM (like I don't think that's why but still...)

The Merthur Canon AU where Merlin flees his abusive husband from the Kink Meme - all the aaaangst

Also To Do:

800,000 fucking WIPs that I have failed on consistently for (literally in some cases) years now

Things to Ponder

A fest in commemoration of Aggy, using the many amazing prompts she left behind or her own work as inspirations to participants (with extra bonus points for integration of disability in fic, which she loved and championed) - the challenge might be finding a good time of year for this

Random Curveball

Might write a Social Network fanfic?? Just for bants??

Oh and here's my H/C bingo square for this round:

As ever, I recommend this fest wholeheartedly! It doesn't take up any extra time if you're like me and love writing h/c fic anyway, you can just fit it round what you're already doing!

Well this was overly long, goodbye friends

Pornalot

polomonkey — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 21:36:15 GMT

Hey lads! I made a poll for the Pornalot fest this year and when it should run - check it out if you're interested.

While I'm here, check out this adorable fic with clumsy magical!Merlin, it's too awesome!

Just Happy Accidents - Pelydryn

Pimping Camelot Remix

polomonkey — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 01:15:49 GMT

camelotremix

Camelot Remix is back! I love this fest so much and you've still got three days to sign up, so get on it!

Owned by LJ again

polomonkey — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 20:24:35 GMT

Listen up LJ you little bitch

Book Bingo 2018 Masterpost

polomonkey — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 21:02:30 GMT

I just totted up the number of books I read in 2017 and it was appallingly low so I'm resolving to do better by signing up to ljbookbingo! Here's my card:

And here's my list to be updated (nabbed from clea2011)

1. Mystery/Crime
2. Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal/Urban Fantasy/Supernatural
3. Published the year you were born
4. One Word Title
5. Children's or YA book

6. Fanfic of at least 100k words
7. Comic/Graphic Novel
8. A Favorite Re-read
9. Diverse Reads
10. Recommended by a Friend, Family Member, or Colleague

11. Published this Year
12. Non-Fiction
13. Free Space
14. A Romance
15. At or near the bottom of your TBR pile

16. Number or Color in the Title
17. Animal on the Cover
18. Script or Screenplay
19. TV Tie-in/Turned into a TV Show
20. Biography/Autobiography

21. Poetry/Play
22. Horror
23. A Classic
24. Never Judge a Book by its Movie
25. Out of Your Comfort Zone

End of Year Meme 2017

polomonkey — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 20:35:01 GMT

End of year meme, nicked from schweet_heart :D I'll probably do a fic one later today, when I can face it

1. Your main fandom of the year?
Good old Merlin, as ever.

2. Your favourite film watched this year?
I really liked God's Own Country, highly recommend that one.

3. Your favourite book read this year?
I've been rubbish on books this year! But The Sellout by Paul Beatty was amazing and The Vegetarian by Han Kang was a creepy little treat.

4. Your favourite TV show of the year?
Dear White People is EXCELLENT

5. Your favourite online fandom community of the year?
Ah, love the Merlin chat as always

6. Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
Bradley's sexy twins in Bounty Hunters

7. Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
Totally failed on writing my auction fic or an ACBB :(

10. Your biggest squee moment of the year?
BROLIN LIVES

11. The most missed of your old fandoms?
I feel a pang for Sherlock occasionally, even though I was never really engaged in the fandom beyond reading fic. I essentially just love Moriarty, really.

12. The fandom you haven’t tried yet, but want to?
I wanna write a Harry/Draco fic! And maybe a Peaky Blinders one too...

13. Your biggest fan anticipations for the New Year?
More lovely chats with fandom folk and more delicious Merlin fic and art for me to enjoy from all our talented creators!

H/C Bingo update

polomonkey — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 02:19:53 GMT

H/C Bingo update! Deadline's Jan 5th and I'm always on the absolute last minute with this one, so expect like 3 scrappy fics published overnight...

The orange is ones I've officially done, the green is for fics in progress, and the lilac is for ones where I have an idea of what to write. I still want to write for a fandom I've never written for before - the original idea was a Harry/Draco fic but I'll see how I go.

I usually like to fill two lines in a cross shape for the deadline - which would be fine for this round as drugged and healers are both good, but crucifixion?? *wibbles*

Good fest for all us WIP sinners...

polomonkey — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 23:23:36 GMT

'Finish that Fic, Merlin' is back, bigger, and better!

Come join us at ftf_merlin for a friendly competition to help you finish as many WIPs as you can!

Signed up for this today with the entirely too ambitious goal of 9 WIPs. Sadly, I could have signed up with more...

Winterknights is back!

polomonkey — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:03:07 GMT

Come sign up here!

H/C Bingo: New card!

polomonkey — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 23:37:53 GMT

Got my h/c bingo card! I'm pretty happy, even though I know there's a few I'll never do (crucifixion, pandemics and natural disasters, looking right at you). I'm pleased about body image issues and trust issues, and torture and drugged have good potential. Also hugs! How cute?

I really wanted arena! Finally time to write my Merthur a/b/o porn fight! Also wanna do some femslash this year cos I don't think I have before with h/c bingo. And I might challenge myself to write one in a whole new fandom, whatever that might be...

New Canon fest!

polomonkey — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:32:15 GMT

Merlin Canon Fest Banner made by Michaelssw0rd. Please click on banner for more information!
♔ June 17th (Saturday) - Claiming opens
♔ Beginning of September - Posting dates assigned
♔ September 20th (Wednesday) - Posting Begins

H/C Bingo: Small Fandom

polomonkey — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 19:07:12 GMT

I got my prompts for the H/C bingo challenge where you write for a small fandom. I was leaning towards Endeavour but Humans fits these prompts a bit better I think... Or I could sack off all the other prompts and go with Endeavour and lost childhood... any thoughts?

(it's due tomorrow night so I'm shamelessly crowdsourcing inspiration)

wasteland	lost childhood
destruction / natural disasters	stranded / survival scenario

polomonkey — Sun, 07 May 2017 21:53:32 GMT

I don't know how to be in fandom without Aggy.

She was the one who brought me into Chatzy and coaxed me into getting involved and sent me messages of support. Without her I wouldn't have done the ACBB, or any other fest. I wouldn't have met any of my fandom friends. I wouldn't have had people to talk to when I was low or give me advice when I needed it. And I probably wouldn't have moved on from Merlin by now, without all these links to sustain me.

I can't repay her for what she did for me. I also can't wrap my head around the fact that she's gone. I can't go back in Chatzy because people are talking about other things (and that's their right and some of them didn't even know her and they're doing nothing wrong) but I don't want to talk about other things. I don't everything to move on without her like she was never here.

And I don't understand why she died and I'm guilty I didn't spend more time with her. It was her birthday recently and I was planning a fic for her. But other things were going on and I kept thinking I'll get around to this soon, there's plenty of time. And now there isn't.