[ SECRET POST #1979 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1979 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Friending Meme if people want to add each other on DW!

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Comments

[kathkin]

Oh lordy, early Merlin fandom had basically nothing but Arthur/Merlin. xD I think the rarepair comm on livejournal continues to define 'rare' as 'not Merthur'. It's... a little better now, I guess? *shrugs*

[majorshipper]

Yep. I haven't been in fandom in a while, though, so. I left before S3 started, and that was when Merlin/Morgana and Arthur/Gwen really rose in popularity, as far as I know. But in S2, when I got into it, Arthur/Gwen was still really reviled and pretty rare(in the fandom at large; we did have a nice safe comm to hang out in). :/

[kathkin]

I'm in an awkward place where I really don't like the way Arthur/Merlin shippers bash Arthur/Gwen... but I also tend to stay away from the Arthur/Gwen fandom. They have some pretty obnoxious things to say about Arthur/Merlin as well and I'm honestly not sure which group offends me more sometimes.

[majorshipper]

I totally don't blame you. I left fandom because the A/G shippers were getting to be as batshit as some of the A/M ones. I hated to see people bash my bbs, but on the other hand, some of the A/G BNFs were obnoxious as hell and rude pricks towards anything slashy. When they started to drag Lancelot into it all and A/G/L wank overwhelmed even the A/G vs A/M wank, I got the hell out of dodge and moved to greener pastures.

[kathkin]

Ayup. I have not heard good things about A/G BNFs. :( Thankfully I've mastered the art of staying away from wank whenever possibly and trying to pretend the fandom is still awesome!

[majorshipper]

Well, you have my utmost respect for sticking it out. I wanted to go back and just hang out, but by that time S4 was out, and I had too many issues with it to pretend anymore. :/

[(Anonymous)]

Well, Arthur/Gwen got kickstarted in S2, and I think it's the second largest pairing now. It's not as big as Merlin/Arthur, but it's got a pretty large following.

[kathkin]

It's kind of hard to judge from the Arthur/Merlin side of things because there still seems to be a pretty big divide between the two ships (sadly - I'm an OT3'er and I want more fic plz). But yeah they're definitely the second largest pairing nowadays, it's just that there's still not much variety and almost no femmeslash. :(

[(Anonymous)]

Oh I agree - I'm thoroughly sick of the M/A vs A/G ship war. I just meant that there's a lot of Arwen shippers out there. But you're right that there's not a lot of variety, at least in my experience. Arthur/Morgana never really seemed to get off the ground, Morgana/Gwen has kind of died, and Gwen/Lancelot seems to only show up as a secondary pairing in M/A stories - it doesn't seem to have much of a following of its own (sadly). I guess there's a bit of a following for Merlin/Morgana, but beyond that - I think it's all mostly rare pairings territory.

[kathkin]

Now I miss Gwen/Morgana. It's still going a little bit but now all the fic etc. is just bucket loads of angst and it makes me sad. :(