ACBB 10th Anniversary Recs: Our Destinies Our Own
And our final ACBB rec comes from dvigano10:
Title: Our Destinies Our Own
Writer: katherynefromphilly
Artist: Lao-Pendragon
Ship(s): Merlin/Arthur , past Gwen/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 94,755
Summary: In the few weeks since Arthur stepped out of Lake Avalon, he's been confronted by perplexing technology, ancient prophecy, and belated epiphany about his true feelings for his manservant turned friend turned sorcerer turned- god help him- lover.
With prophecy fulfilled, Arthur and Merlin now face a new adventure: Finding their place in the modern world.
This is a story of what happens next. After Arthur and Merlin save the world and find each other. Of how an immortal sorcerer and an ancient king learn to move away from the past, and on toward the future, in love and together.
Why dvigano10 recommends this ACBB: this work is the second instalment in the "We Begin Again" series by the same author. I use the entry that the fantastic Kate nominated for ACBB 2018 to highly recommend reading the whole series!
-This comment is about the first part as to not spoil too much-
If you, like me, are a sucker for a "Arthur returns" fic then you absolutely cannot miss this series! There's everything from a refreshingly accurate characterisation of the once and "now" King, to the ups and downs that our two protagonists have to overcome to get to know each other again, and figure out how to start living together again. All of this is peppered with some hilarious situations of a "fish out of water" Arthur, who doesn't know how to orient himself in the present, and a lovely, spunky old gall, who can't explain what happened to the grumpy but dear old man who had become part of village life.
We still have a couple of days before we start posting our 2024 ACBBs, so there's still time if you want to sneak in one last ACBB rec from our archive! Feel free to send us your rec through our 10th Anniversary Rec form!
