When amazon tempts you with shiny Merlin products...

[magog_83]

I have just been on Amazon for the first time in ages, and, because I have possibly searched for Merlin products on there once or twice before, I was immediately bombarded with a huge display of soon-to-be-released Merlin products that I didn’t even know about.  I’ve no doubt this is common knowledge and I have just been living in a cave (making Merlin/Arthur fan videos with the Slash Dragon) – but now I kind of want to buy them, even though I should probably spend my money on more sensible things. But,  there’s an 2010 Annual, Merlin – The Complete Guide, novelisations of the episodes (with a really cute, smiling Colin Morgan on the cover), the Merlin Quest Activity Book (answer the riddles to help Arthur defeat the evil knight and win the tournament!) and the Orchestral Soundtrack…  

Oh dear – I am only human. And possibly 26 years old.  Maybe I will claim they’re ‘research’ for my future fics.

Comments

[solanyxe.livejournal.com]

There doesn't exist such thing as too much research, right? ;)
(I wonder if they will release those Merlin action figures and Halloween costumes as they 'promised.' XD)
Anyway, one's never to old for fun.

Will reply to your message too. (Sorry I'm always so slow with it.)

[magog-83.livejournal.com]

HALLOWEEN COSTUMES? WHAT?!! Will there be a Gaius wig? Tell me there will be a Gaius wig!

Also I want action figures, we got them for Robin Hood and Doctor Who, so why not Merlin?

And yes, I do like to be thorough with my research ;) Thank you for that excellent excuse!

No worries about the reply - you're not slow at all, i'm just ridiculously fast at replying. Mainly because if I don't reply immediately my brain files it away under 'to do later' and then forgets all about it. And also because I sit at a computer all day! :)

[solanyxe.livejournal.com]

I think they said there would be costumes for Merlin, Arthur, Morgana (not sure about that one), and ta-da-da-da the dragon.

I dare not think what fangirls will do (reenact) with the action figures, LOL. XD

Hehe, Gaius wig! I think we'll have to steal this one from Gaius himself. ;)
(This reminds me of Alan Rickman, who in one interview said how useful it would be if his Snape wig could answer the fans' and journalists' questions instead of him.)

"Mainly because if I don't reply immediately my brain files it away under 'to do later' and then forgets all about it." That's my problem too. Something I think and think and think about the reply, and after so much thinking, I forget that I haven't sent it yet. :S

[magog-83.livejournal.com]

Oh my god - I want the dragon one! How on earth would that work? And more importantly, does wearing it mean you are contractually obliged to speak only in cryptic sentences for the whole day? Why do I get the depressing feeling they will only be aimed at 8-11 year olds anyway?

As for the action figures... that's a very good point! Maybe that's why they haven't released any yet :D It could be a whole new kind of Fanart.

"Something I think and think and think about the reply, and after so much thinking, I forget that I haven't sent it yet"

I do that with texts a lot - leading to very confusing conversations where you end up saying "But I told you that! Wait, did I ever actually send you that long message I composed in my head?". We even have a name for it now - the Psychic Network!

[vensre.livejournal.com]

*_______*

I sense a great outflow of money in my future.

[magog-83.livejournal.com]

You are indeed wise in the ways of the Fandom.

By the way, I love the icon. Those are such cute pictures of Gwen, especially the first one :)

[vensre.livejournal.com]

I love those Gwenfaces. zed_pm made all of my Merlin icons, since I won the Sweet Charity auction.

This one is my current favorite.

::rolls around::

You know, I hope they get somebody really good in to write the tie-in novels. And is it confirmed that there's going to be a cartoon series? I am going to offer up a prayer to The Powers That Be to make the artstyle a really good one, because I would enjoy it to a ridiculous degree if they made the effort and did it right, you know?

[magog-83.livejournal.com]

The authors are listed so far as 'Various' - which may or may not be good.

I haven't heard anything else about the cartoon - I wonder if they'll use the same people who did the Doctor Who one? That was a bit stylized, but I quite liked it anyway. It'll be interesting to see how they write some of the moments from the show in the novels - "Merlin turned and looked at the Prince. The Prince stared back (in a way that definitely wasn't gay) and said 'good luck' (platonically), and Merlin gave a (manly) nod in reply"

[vensre.livejournal.com]

I looked up the artstyle you mentioned. I can really easily picture that working. And I would probably combust.

If I could have one wish, they'd get fricking Diane Duane in there to do the novelizations. Mrggghhh, I would die of joy, I really would. Have you read her at all? I mean, it'd all be full of entropy or something, but.

GOOD NEWS, MY EYE STOPPED TWITCHING~~~

[magog-83.livejournal.com]

HOORAY! Although you could have made it into the Guinness Book of Records, like that man who yawned for 20 years or something.

I hadn't heard of Diane Duane - but I just googled her and I see what you mean, she does seem like she can turn her hand to anything (although - Barbie's Fairytopia? that was a surprise bit on her list!). If not her, then at least the standard of the Doctor Who authors would be good.

As for the cartoon - I just REALLY want to see the cast recording the voices. The clips of David Tennant and Freema Agyeman doing the voices for the DW cartoon were hilarious. Lots of mad flailing and pretend fighting in a sound booth :D

[vensre.livejournal.com]

Hadn't heard of..? ::bites lip:: Look. Okay. Just. Do I need to say more? I promise you'd like this. It is relevant to our interests. And, all right, this is a pretty big deal too (and one of my top ten favorite books of all time), but, priorities!

</incoherence>

I have already been thinking about how I could totally get by without a lower left eyelid, so it's just as well that it didn't go on for twenty years. Technically I'm already in the Guinness Book, although not by name, for participating in the world's largest zombie walk. Got pictures from that, too. :3

Hey, rec me your favorite Doctor Who tie-in novel?

[magog-83.livejournal.com]

Oh dear - it's lucky i'm not doing my thesis on fantasy literature isn't it!

It's probably best to assume that in the world of fantasy lit, unless it's Neil Gaiman (well, Good Omens, and The Graveyard Book), LOTR, Tortall, a Star Wars or Doctor Who novel or Harry Potter, I probably haven't read it :( But I am happy to be educated! I will have a look for some of those books at the library - the young wizard ones especially are quite likely to be there.

My favourite DW novel is probably 'Beautiful Chaos' by Gary Russell, although I do love 'Prisoner of the Daleks', 'The Nightmare of Black Island' with Rose and 'Forever Autumn' with Martha. I think I have about 2 shelves full of the new series novels now.

Largest zombie walk? That definitely beats World's Longest Eyelid Twitch...

[vensre.livejournal.com]

Bwaha, I guess I'm mainly just excited that I get to introduce you to some of my favorites. I'm curious, what led you to the Tortall books, if it's not your usual genre? I found them through my personal, time-honored method of reading the entire shelf in the library, but I don't think that's a common strategy.

I would be absolutely floored if they didn't have at least part of the Young Wizards arc.

I'll have to see what my local branch has in the way of Doctor Who books, now~

Oh yes! I was a creepy zombie, too.

[magog-83.livejournal.com]

Ok - apparently the town library has NO Diane Duane books. But, they have some in nearby libraries (A Wizard Abroad, So You Want To Be A Wizard and Door into Sunset) so I should be able to inter-library loan those quite easily. Also, randomly, the uni library has a copy of The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay - which your friend Scribe recommended as a good author.

I discovered the Tortall books through an American girl I knew here a few years back. I went round her's for dinner one night and she lectured me at length about Feminism and Gay Rights and Liberal politics (which i'm pretty ok with anyway, so i'm not sure why she felt the need to win me over) and then she said that she'd grown up with the Tamora Pierce books, and that they were full of brilliant female role models and she was shocked I hadn't heard of them. And since I thought that sounded interesting (and possibly because I was a bit scared she would test me on them later) I found one of the Alanna books at the library and read it, and completely fell in love with them from then on!

I forgot to add to my fantasy-books-I-have-read list - Diana Wynne Jones! And Narnia, does that count as fantasy? I suppose it would, since there are talking lions and magic.

[vensre.livejournal.com]

Narnia totally counts. But no reading Door Into Sunset first!! Door Into Fire and Door Into Shadow come first and there is no messing around with the timeline here, I will send you one of my extra copies of Sword & The Dragon (er, yes, I do seem to have three) if that's what it takes. *__*

Starting out with So You Want To Be A Wizard is great. That's how I fell in love with magic. Dang, that would make a kicking crossover--as;lfigha;RGKH ...Okay, don't mind me, just start reading them as soon as possible please because I don't want to spoil you for A Wizard Alone with the absolutely nuts idea I just had about how Merlin-type magic and Young Wizards-type magic would mesh. Going to write this down now so I don't forget. O___O

(and possibly because I was a bit scared she would test me on them later)

::giggles::

[magog-83.livejournal.com]

ARGH! Turns out the copy of So You Want To Be A Wizard is listed as 'missing' :( I didn't notice that when I first looked.

However, amazon have a special offer for the first 3 Young Wizard books together for £12 with free postage, so I have ordered them! I'm quite looking forward to having some new stuff to read :) Plus, the sooner I read them, the sooner I can find out about your crossover idea

[vensre.livejournal.com]

Hope you love 'em. Ah, there's no question in my mind about it, really, but still! :D :D Thanks for taking my rec. I'm excited now. Next stop, Lois McMaster Bujold~!

I think you'll probably be as amused as I am about the library's copy of So You Want To Be A Wizard being missing once you've read it.

[vensre.livejournal.com]

ALSO. Isn't it just about that time for boxofmagic?

(Got drabble prompts whenever you want them.)

[crazyboutremmy.livejournal.com]

Oh noooo, now you've done it. I will resist temptation and not look!

[magog-83.livejournal.com]

BE STRONG! Do not make my mistake and think "it can't hurt to click on a few things and just see what they're like. I mean, OBVIOUSLY, I'm not going buy any of them..."

[crazyboutremmy.livejournal.com]

Oh God. Oh God. I am so very tempted to go look, now. I am also very tempted to hunt you down. And maybe marathonn Merlin before killing you xD