Introducing the Guide
Welcome, dear reader!
So you want to write a 'Merlin' FanFiction, but you don't know what to look out for, which tricks to keep in mind, and – most importantly – which guidelines to comply with?
No problem!
This guide will give you all the information you need to become a successful writer in the 'Merlin' fandom!
In the following chapters, I – a long experienced (read: long-suffering) expert with years of practise in the great art of reading and writing fanfictions – will guide you through the fandom and tell you everything there is to know about the tricks and quirks of a successful 'Merlin' author.
Believe me, there is no kind of story I haven't read yet. I've read romance, action, tragedy and western. Het, Slash, Femslash and even a few stories featuring a person and an object doing things no person should do with an object.
Stories that were thrilling or boring, stories that were sad or funny, stories that tried to be funny but failed so spectacularly it was sad, stories that make people laugh, cry, throw up or stare at the computer screen in horror, convinced that they will never be able to use a TV remote ever again, etc.
So no matter what you have in mind, I've already thought of it.
Be it the general information about how the categories work, what kind of pairings exist, how the different genres work, or what the hell "MxM A/M DLDR R&R!" is supposed to mean, there are no boundaries.
And if, even after reading this guide, you still have questions, you are probably of those clever guys who think of especially tricky questions just to annoy the guide. But nonetheless I will answer them all!
Are you ready?
No?
Doesn't matter, we'll start anyway.
Welcome to 'Merlin'!
P.S. And if you are the smartass kind and checked my profile to see how many stories I've published yet: Just because I didn't post them on , doesn't mean I didn't write them. Most of them simply are too embarrassing to let the Internet have a look at it. I still can't believe I published this piece of junk - I mean art!
Warnings! (Not-Serious Edition)
This guide is not to be taken seriously. The only purpose it serves is to amuse (read: piss off) the reader.
I just like to have my fun by ridiculing everything and everyone unfortunate enough to come to my attention. How do I still have friends, you ask? I don't know either.
So if you are overly sensible, overly fond of the TV show 'Merlin', don't like such impudent things like sarcasm, cynism or satires and/or have no sense of humour in general: please do us both a favour and just close this story. Right now.
But if you still want to give this guide a try, have my email address for hate mails:
Idontcare at flame-mail dot net (Thank you, FanFiction, for your wonderful editing programme!)
Yay, finally another story!
First things first: Don't kill me! I will write another story for the Thief!verse, but this thing just begged to be written and I couldn't resist.
Second things second: I'm dead serious about the Serious Warning. I'm not exactly known for my tact, and chances are great someone will take offence in this guideline. So please, tell me if I go too far instead of just reporting abuse.