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Merlin Emrys and the Totally Gay Triwizard Tournament

I'm halfway through and I cannot stop laughing.

(*winces* Does apparently require a huge amount of willingness to ignore sexist and homophobic language when Merlin's drunk. It's seriously funny through the rest of the story, but this bit feels really off.)

...you know what? I'm kind of redacting the rec. Because it is really funny, and the events are pretty hilarious, but the constant reference to anyone who fancies Arthur - besides Merlin - as whores, prostitutes, streetwalkers and sluts is excessive and keeps putting my back up. (Like, literally. I've never understood the phrase so well before.) I'll leave the link there, but I do so with the information that it makes me cringe in several places.

ETA 2...aaaaand transphobia and a couple of uses of the word 'retarded'. Now I feel all oogy.

Comments

[pennyplainknits.livejournal.com]

Isn't it amazing? I'm kinda said though, that I can't tell her how much I love it, because her DW doesn't accept open ID :(

[villainny.livejournal.com]

There is a nasty rant in the middle when Merlin's drunk, though. That was seriously excessive.

[pennyplainknits.livejournal.com]

It does jar rather. Kind of odd, as the rest is fab. I don't really see Merlin being like that even when drunk.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Meh. Now I've got to the end I am seriously disappointed in it. :/

[pennyplainknits.livejournal.com]

I thought it was funny, but I agree there where sections that were problematic, but then Merlin is a teenage boy, and teenage boys rarely have very enlightened speech patterns, so, idk.

[argosy.livejournal.com]

My limited perception from the outside is that Merlin fandom is something to run away from very quickly. (Not that every fandom hasn't seemed a bit wonky lately, hmm.)

[looking4tarzan.livejournal.com]

Well I just got to
Merlin spends a beautiful, fleeting moment, thinking about robbing Gringotts and running off to the French Riviera with a million Galleons or something, because he is going to die anyway, and he might as well have some fun first. He realizes that Morgana would have to plan the heist and Gwen would never run off with him to live a life of glamour and crime, so it'd be pretty crap.
and I'm laughing my ass off


such a shame when a fic starts off so well, then you hit the bad bit