[identity profile] jelazakazone.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] camelot_drabble
Author: [livejournal.com profile] jelazakazone
Title:It Burns Him
Rating:G
Character/s: Merlin
Summary: Merlin must use his magic.
Word Count: 100
Prompt: 48: His
Author's Notes: initially written for 47: Fire, but very fitting here too. Unbeta’d. This is from The Witchfinder.  The spell means, "with the heavens, seize the horse" (translation courtesy of [livejournal.com profile] archaeologist_d).



The magic courses through his body, burning in his veins like fire ravaging a dry field. It sears him — he thinks he can hold it in, but the pain builds and builds. He must loose it, let it fly.

Merlin thinks no one is watching and he can no longer hold back, he is in agony. He twitches his fingers and whispers, “Hors, beride þá heofonum.” He smiles with pleasure. It feels too good to let his magic out. He wants to savor the moment and immerse himself in it, but he is interrupted.

“Did you see the smoke?”

Date: 2013-03-09 05:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brunettepet.livejournal.com
I really like the heart hitching feeling here, the magic filling Merlin until he can't help but free it.

Date: 2013-03-09 07:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kleinefee92.livejournal.com
Poor Merlin - I can't even imagine having to be so guarded about such an integral part of myself. No wonder he acts a bit impulsive sometimes.

Nicely done, bb.

Date: 2013-03-09 11:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 47eleven.livejournal.com
This is fabulous. Such powerful imagery.

Date: 2013-03-10 02:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] millionstar.livejournal.com
Poor thing. Allowed a fleeting moment of natural expression... and then that last line of dialogue showed just how fleeting it was. Wonderful!

Date: 2013-03-10 12:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archaeologist-d.livejournal.com
Love that it hurts him so much not to let it loose that he has to just do it. Great tie in with canon!

Date: 2013-03-10 06:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archaeologist-d.livejournal.com
You could put that it's from the Witchfinder episode. They might have missed the connection.

Date: 2013-03-11 11:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alba17.livejournal.com
I like this. I like exploring what Merlin's magic feels like to him.

Date: 2013-03-11 01:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrscupcakery.livejournal.com
I really like this. I love it when people explore how essential Merlin's magic is to him.

Date: 2013-03-11 03:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrscupcakery.livejournal.com
I think it's really interesting, especially when how powerful Merlin is and the impact of that gets mentioned. I'll look forward to reading your paperlegends story then, and if it's got a lot of Mordred then all the better :D

Date: 2013-03-11 04:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrscupcakery.livejournal.com
Yeah, I would have liked to see more of that, I think there were a lot of possibilities and different ways they could have gone with the magic.

I really love Mordred, so I'm definitely interested in it.

Date: 2013-03-11 05:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrscupcakery.livejournal.com
That's an obsession I can understand. M/A's my favourite thing to write/read but there's something about Mordred that's really interesting, especially hen he's a knight in Camelot, and there are so many ways to interpret his character. I wish there'd been a chance to have more of him in the show. (And I think you may have mentioned it :D)

Date: 2013-03-11 10:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrscupcakery.livejournal.com
I may give it a go for the next prompt, we'll see. I get the feeling that I'd find him difficult to write for some reason.

Date: 2013-03-11 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrscupcakery.livejournal.com
Hmm, I think that's what my problem would be, but I guess I could have a play around with it. Alright, you've convinced me! (Not that it took too much doing, mind you.)

Date: 2013-03-11 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrscupcakery.livejournal.com
Thank you! I really appreciate that. This is either going to go spectacularly well, or spectacularly badly...

Date: 2013-03-11 11:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrscupcakery.livejournal.com
Nothing ventured, nothing gained and all that?

Date: 2013-03-21 09:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weepingwillow9.livejournal.com
I loved how magic was both a part of him and completely alien

Date: 2013-03-22 01:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weepingwillow9.livejournal.com
Kind of... it's part of him, but it works against him sometimes, there's the feeling that it doesn't quite fit in with him.

Date: 2013-03-22 08:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] weepingwillow9.livejournal.com
That is exactly what my sleep-deprived brain was trying to say :)

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