#i should do this for *only* drabbles and ficlets at some point maybe. mhh

[queerofthedagger]

Writing Patterns

Rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

Thank you so much for tagging me @merlinemrys <3

I'm going to ignore drabbles/ficlets for this because I already know they have a pattern in the way that every single line just matters so much and I overthink them even more than the "normal" first lines lmao. That aside, I definitely like to jump right in, and would probably do making some of them a little punchier (the eternal, i cannot be concise to save my life fun times. sigh)

It’s supposed to be a simple deal. [Renegades, stranger things/steddie]

When the messenger relays that Gaius requests his presence, Arthur briefly contemplates ignoring the summon. [like there's hope in this story, bbc merlin/merthur]

When it comes right down to it, it's all Gimli's fault, at least if anyone were to ask Aragorn. [deep down rivers (I'll follow you), lotr/aralas]

I understand why you wouldn't have told me; you owe me a great many explanations, but I understand. [Crooked Trajectory, bbc merlin/merthur]

Merlin isn’t actually sure how it starts. [all the city lights on the water, bbc merlin/merthur]

Arthur comes to with the unsettling feeling of having been woken too soon. [watch all my bridges burn, bbc merlin/merthur]

It is a surprise to exactly no one when the first of their friends to get married are Leon and Mithian. [So Take Me Somewhere, bbc merlin/merthur]

It starts, as things in Eddie’s life often do, with him not thinking shit through. [Eat Your Heart Out, stranger things/steddie]

“God, I used to have such a crush on you,” Eddie says, all casual. [reeling through the midnight streets, stranger things/steddie]

Traditions, Merlin comes to understand early on, are a consistent thread in the tapestry that is Camelot. [darkness in the distance, bbc merlin/merthur]

No pressure tagging: @idlestories @emryses @thefollow-spot @prattery @conkers-thecosy @m-b-w @atlantablack and anyone else who'd like to, just say I tagged you! <3

#*mine #mona's writing #tag games #look at me trying to catch up with them for once. sigh #also there is surprisingly much merlin in there considering how much i've been lost in the sauce recently #i should do this for *only* drabbles and ficlets at some point maybe. mhh