Drabble: Your Secret is Safe

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Author: jelazakazone
Title: Your Secret is Safe
Rating: PG
Character/s: Mordred, Merlin
Summary: Mordred makes a mistake.
Warnings: Major character death hinted at
Word Count: 100
Prompt: #34: Devotion
Author's Notes: I hadn’t intended to write more than one piece this week, but this thought came to me as I was falling asleep and I dashed it out. Probably everything I write could fit this prompt.



Mordred coughed, a blow driving all air out of him.

“What did you do that for?”

Tears streamed down Merlin’s face. Mordred staggered back, the weight of his mistake pouring over him.

“You were entirely devoted to him, weren’t you?”

“My whole life was for him. Now it’s ashes.”

Merlin looked like he’d been the one holding armies at bay and had taken the fatal blow.

Mordred sunk to his knees.

“Merlin. That’s not how it was supposed to be. Arthur’s death means freedom for our kind after all these years. That’s all I wanted.” Tears ran down his face.

Comments

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

:D

No heat from me either. I love hashing this stuff out too.

And here is what I'm wondering. I feel like in the show, he's lost touch with his inner goodness. Or we are lead to believe he's losing touch with it.

I feel that having Mordred at court has weakened Merlin's notion about Mordred's evilness.

♥

[k-nightfox.livejournal.com]

OK, aside from his attitude toward Mordred, what other signs have you seen that lead you to believe Merlin has or is losing touch with his inner goodness?

I think having Mordred at court has muddied the waters as far as Merlin's mental picture of Mordred's nature. But as he said, he's not so sure that Mordred is there yet. He knows what Mordred will do but yeah, he doesn't seem to think Mordred has any clue...yet. Now his dilemma is-cut off the threat before it can do damage? Or wait until that switch is thrown and hope he's not too late to stop Atthur's murder?

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

None. Good point. He was very kind to Daegal.

Did Merlin actually say that he thinks Mordred doesn't know his own future? Or was that in a fic? I'm all muddled about what's canon vs not in this season because there has been so much outside my headcanon.

True. It puts him in an interesting spot too, doesn't it? Has Merlin turned villainous? (That's a rhetorical question. Don't answer it.)

[k-nightfox.livejournal.com]

Merlin actually said it but it was in a deleted scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x4LczcVW66Q#!) from ep5.

I'm lucky that I don't seem to get my story-canon mixed up with my show-canon because I remember fic and video differently. I always hear the voices from the show speaking in my head. :D

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

"I don't know and I fear Mordred doesn't know either, which is what makes him so dangerous."

Yeah. I don't know why they cut that scene. It was a good one.

Impressive! Words are words are words. It doesn't matter if I've watched, read, or listened to something, they are all in the same place.