Vulnerable

Apr. 24th, 2012 04:02 pm
[identity profile] neyah444.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] camelot_drabble

Author: [livejournal.com profile] neyah444
Title: Vulnerable
Rating: G
Pairing/s: none
Character/s: Kilgharrah
Summary: Feelings a dragon shouldn’t know at all
Warnings: unbeta'd
Word Count: 100
Prompt: #3: scars



Vulnerable

He scratched his chest idly, a scar where a tiny scale was missing. It shouldn’t make a difference on a giant creature like him, but Merlin’s ’petty magic’ left him defenseless there, and Arthur had just been lucky enough to hit the same spot. Those scales were his armour, and now he had an Achilles’ heel. He wouldn’t show it to anyone, he liked to keep up the undefeatable appearance, but Merlin made him vulnerable, in more ways than one. It made him uneasy and that didn’t sit well with him. They were feelings a dragon shouldn’t know at all.



Date: 2012-04-24 02:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yenny2206.livejournal.com
Aww, poor strong Kilgharrah!

Nicely done love!

Date: 2012-04-24 02:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jelazakazone.livejournal.com
Oh, this is just perfect! First of all, I'm thrilled that you wrote a Kilgharrah fic. I ♥ the dragon something fierce. Second, love the metaphors here. It's so true that Merlin makes him feel vulnerable and that makes him cranky. Well done! You have the hang of drabbles:D

Date: 2012-04-24 02:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jelazakazone.livejournal.com
Thanks! I had a hard time finding good Kilgharrah icons. Here's another dragonlordy icon that I love.

I have a hard time with his voice, but I get very excited when I can write about dragons:) I think that sometimes less is more. There are fewer constraints when we write about Kilgharrah.

Date: 2012-04-24 02:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jelazakazone.livejournal.com
How can I help?:D

A lot of people think the dragon slashes Merlin and Arthur:D

Thanks! I have a thing for dragonspeak. Wanna write that? *please* *looks at you with puppy dog eyes* We I need more dragonspeak!fic in this fandom.
Edited Date: 2012-04-24 02:29 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-04-24 03:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jelazakazone.livejournal.com
http://archiveofourown.org/tags/dragonspeak are all the fics that I've written and put on AO3 that have dragonspeak in them. I know that [livejournal.com profile] dunderklumpen has written a few pieces as well.

Skip Weeds. It's awful. The rest will give you an idea of what I'm talking about, but really, you should do your own take on it. I just have such a visceral response to it, I'd love to see more in fanfic. More dragons too:)

Date: 2012-04-24 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kleinefee92.livejournal.com
Oh, that's interesting! I had never thought of it, but that's such a fascinating detail you've picked up from that episode and elaborated upon.

Nicely done, darling.

Date: 2012-04-24 03:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kleinefee92.livejournal.com
No, that's the thing, though - it does make sense. Merlin may not have done anything strong enough to knock Kilgharrah out of the sky (or even simply knock some sense into Kilgharrah), but he could definitely have done a bit of damage which Arthur's lucky shot might have worsened. I feel like this is really clever, and I love that you decided to do something with it for this prompt so the rest of us could see it. Have you thought about reposting it to Kilgharrahseyrie when we're able to put our drabbles for this prompt elsewhere?

Date: 2012-04-24 04:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kleinefee92.livejournal.com
He definitely has that going for him, that's for sure. The thing is, Uther tended to try and come across that way in earlier seasons, and we all know how that ended :)

You're so welcome - we'll be thrilled to see more work from you over there!

Date: 2012-04-24 07:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fuckyeah.livejournal.com
He wouldn’t show it to anyone, he liked to keep up the undefeatable appearance, but Merlin made him vulnerable, in more ways than one. It made him uneasy and that didn’t sit well with him. They were feelings a dragon shouldn’t know at all. <--LOVE this line, it kind of gave me chills.

Date: 2012-04-25 06:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hogwartsvixxxen.livejournal.com
♥ Do you know how much I love dragons and Kilgharrah? YAY he has his very own drabble. I love it! And Awww I love the way he's feeling these emotions. Poor Kilgharrah Well done!
Thank you
Edited Date: 2012-04-25 06:30 am (UTC)

Date: 2012-04-26 12:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hogwartsvixxxen.livejournal.com
♥ Yes he is. I loved the baby white dragon until it brought Morgana back to life :(
and YAY for more Kilgharrah ♥

Date: 2012-04-25 08:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icecream-junkie.livejournal.com
That poor dragon needs a hug... :(
You managed to touch my heart with those few words. Nicely done.

Date: 2012-04-25 09:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icecream-junkie.livejournal.com
They should definitely make one. I want my own dragon to cuddle, too! :)

Date: 2012-04-28 06:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ms-notebook.livejournal.com
GAH, my feels!!! You write more Kilgharrah drabbles and they're equally as amazing!!!!

It must be something, to be an all powerful dragon and then brought to your weakest because of one small and seemingly ordinary creature. It makes the great dragon more 'human' in a way.

I love how you bring that out in your writing. Amazing.

Date: 2012-04-28 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archaeologist-d.livejournal.com
I liked that the dragon was vulnerable now. Good job with this.

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