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My Merlin bookmarks are woefully incomplete, and make me appreciate AO3 all over again, since even some of the things I *do* have bookmarked go to non-working pages at this point.

(This one was not in my bookmarks, but I did remember it, so it totally counts for today!)

“Like hell,” Bernard informed him. “I want at least three castles for whatever you’re going to do to me as part of lesson five.”

[from Three Castles, by rageprufrock]

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*Andrea and I rewatched The Incredible Hulk (2008 version) on Wednesday, and that was fun. I still love Hulk’s expressions when he’s fighting the Abomination — he’s all ‘really? more fighting? WHY?’

Basically, the movie was still the same as ever. I ::heart:: the jogging bonus scene, because apparently I like the idea of the Avengers jogging. (Mission Impossible movies take note: 60 seconds of jogging footage through that creates character development and sets the scene is NOT the same thing as having sixty percent of your movie be shots of your characters running around after each other.)

In celebration of our rewatch, I searched out the awesome Merlin-as-the-Hulk AU fic, which was just as awesome this time around.

Never Pay The Reaper With Love Only, by little_giddy
(In which Merlin is the Hulk, Arthur is Betty, and they both get a lot of help from their friends.)

And a couple of movie!fics, both about the Bruce/Betty reunion.

Small Acts of Defiance, by icarus_chained
(The one where Tony kinda/sorta kidnaps Betty, but she’s cool with it.)

[far from here we are all right], by Feather (lalaietha)
(Natasha and Clint go recruiting; Betty is not unaware of how dysfunctional they all are.)

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.

(*why yes, I’m pretty sure I do write that title differently every time I use it, mostly because I can never remember from usage to usage how I did it before)

With This Ring, by marguerite_26
Merlin, Arthur/Merlin
Author Summary: “After being enchanted, Uther forces Arthur and Merlin to marry.”

This was basically everything I find hilarious about the Merlin fandom. It’s Arthur and Merlin and ridiculous made up rituals and handwaving!magic, and Gaius making shit up, and Uther being bamboozled except maybe not really, and then bam! Arthur and Merlin wind up married and living happily ever after!

Merlin shot another look at Arthur. He was thinking, at least, brooding rather than throwing Merlin in the dungeons. A voice in his head suggested maybe he was *plotting* the best way to throw Merlin in the dungeons and Merlin frowned.

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