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  1. kidsofmisery Sun 02 Jan 2022 08:33AM UTC

    If i was Merlin, being in that situation of not being able to answer how i wish, begging for Arthur to stop asking questions, and he kep going, like he did..

    I could never forgive that. Never ever ever. To me that's a betrayal like no other. Being desperate, begging for him to stop asking, but he kept going. I would seriously never forgive that, no matter how much i loved that person.

    So from that part i was fully taken out of the story (not because it's bad) because my own feelings got in the way of that.

     

    !!!!!!This is in no way me saying that the story was bad, i guess what i'm trying to express are some after-reading thoughts. I very much enjoyed the story up until that point where my own inability to forgive stopped me from being fully into the story.

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    1. AliceTheBrave Sun 02 Jan 2022 06:23PM UTC

      a cybernetic rabbit

      I completely understand that!
      A lot of things in this fic are, in my mind, unrealistic. I don’t actually think Arthur would be that quick to forgive Merlin, I also think he would have at least genuinely considered throwing him in chains whether or not he went through with it. I don’t think Gaius would have left them alone together, and I certainly think Merlin would have straight up bolted at the questions. I agree that I wouldn’t be able to forgive someone who did something like that either, it is a massive breach of trust. But also there’s a lot of things in cannon that I would never forgive that Merlin does. He lets a lot slide for the people he cares about, Arthur especially.
      Besides for this fic to stay relatively lighthearted there had to be some unrealistic leeway.
      But I totally get what you’re saying and I even agree - if it weren’t fiction I’d be furious.
      Thank you for taking the time to read this and comment!

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    2. Jumping_rope_with_optical_nerves Sun 11 Feb 2024 06:08AM UTC

      Honestly I had the same feeling, especially with the way Merlin kept trying not to answer and obviously being distressed.
      And then Arthur goes and has a meltdown as if he didn't force his secrets out of him, and doesn't even apologise...
      It feels really violating.

      Obviously very well written, but not really something you would read in a light hearted fic imo.

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