Alfred knew that Arthur dreamed of uniting and leading Europe to greatness, to a supernation status like his and Matthew’s. They never spoke of it, but Alfred wished for it too in a part of his mind. He wanted Arthur on an equal status with himself, something that hadn’t happened in the entire time they’d known each other. It had always been one way or the other. Arthur had been gradually growing closer to Europe in the years, though all of them were firmly entrenched in what the others referred to as the ‘Anglo-Saxon sphere’, which was himself, Matthew, Arthur and his brothers, Steve, and Shane. Their little family. But Alfred knew Arthur wanted to be great again. He just wasn’t sure how Arthur would do it, especially since most of his leaders hadn’t been very charismatic at all.
Alfred also knew that he had mellowed somewhat in the century, though he remained as scatterbrained as ever. It was actually really nice to share a country with someone, therefore they shared the work generally, and Alfred had more time to piddle down in his lab. Though he was still the one they paid most of the attention to.
Finally descending down into the ground, Alfred took the lead, trying to remember the path from that fateful expedition a century ago. A brief encounter with a dwarf led to the surrendering of his final silver apple, and they were allowed into the caverns. After reaching a certain passageway and double checking his memory twice, Alfred and Arthur sat down to wait.
Their guess was fairly accurate, and they only had to wait two days, before a silver ghost-like figure gradually faded into existence, stretching his limbs and yawning. At first he looked at them in horror. “What? You two’re still stuck down ‘ere?”
After a quick explanation, Aengus was so happy to see them, and there was hugging and handshaking all around.
End written text. It is not finished, but it would’ve ended on a really heartwarming note, and them pulling out a solution to let Aengus finally pass on.
So there it is. That’s the plot. Most of the big questions I posed were answered. If I've forgotten any, let me know!
I will answer any questions posted below. Please feel free to ask them! :) I love you all, you’re the most supportive people on the meme.
This is another awesome fill of saving another nation from the fae, the other being 'Croatoan'. After reading that, I have always wanted to read a fill where Alfred saves Arthur instead of the other way around... and there's this fill. I love how you do the story, how you make it as Alfred's POV in the beginning and then changed it to other POV later on... which is really nice.
All in all, I don't really mind the ending, at least you satisfied readers from curiosity on whether Arthur is saved or not. Although the fact you managed to do them all is really great, which I see that if you truly write all the scene, I'm sure they'll reach 15,000+ words.
I started to ramble here, so yeah, although I want to know what will be your pen name for your books. I know you are really, really good in writing, which can be seen in this fill, so, yeah, I do hope I'll see them in bookstores!
Wow, this was a monster. I understand why you dumped everything at once, but it seems a shame that I'll never be able to fully comment on everything. I don't begrudge you your ambition though, I wish more people did something with their talent--as much as I enjoy the gift-culture of fanworks. Sadly, whatever original work you make, it won't be the same as Al and Arthur. Not that you can't have nation avatar/nation goddesses..
Ha ha, knew it was Durandal. (Flame of the West, ho ho)
Love your notion of living minerals. CS Lewis had that too, but he never fully went into it. So much of Narnia is unknown to us..
Those are some pretty corny lines BTW. Almost as bad as puns.
Gah, I love the idea of Wales being Mithir's son. Makes me want to open my Chronicles of Prydain books and try to imagine Wales in his own native sort of adventure.
Your spellchecker has some funny miswordings. I think one was making 'penchant' into 'perchance'.
I swear I've run across Angharad in some faerie book before, possibly something about a kidnapped mortal woman. It tickles me to think of her as Mother Britain.
Hetalia has opened so much to me. Since finding out about the Material of France, I'm curious about that, and after Fan Arguments about Holy Roman Empire, I understand a little more about Aquitaine and how all the folklores sort of mix together at some point. And that's just Europe!
Can't think of any questions in particular, but good luck!
You skipped telling us how Alfred suddenly shows up out of the blue alive. I presume it's supposed to be part of his time with Mithir, but he doesn't even seem aware that he died again.
I was curious what aspects of Alfred did Matthew take on? The ahoge? The eye color? Mental tweaks?
Just what is the faerie aesthetic? (Just seems like a lot of mortals would fulfill the Lack of Magic thing.)
Just happened to check this after so long, wondering what had become of the fill. If it had been finished. I can totally understand your wishes for ending it like this. Even though, it's not quite the same as everything unfolding like it had in the first parts. But, again, I understand your reasons for it, and don't begrudge you them at all. I'm just glad that you didn't drop it altogether and shared the rest of it. Thank you for that. This was a very special, fanciful, and enchanting fill. I really enjoyed reading it, and I'm glad you decided to do this fill. I hope you do well with the alternate version that you plan to develop and publish and I hope I get to read it someday--though it won't quite be the same as having the main characters Alfred and Arthur. I really liked Matthews role. You explored a lot of good, deep themes that I wouldn't expect to find in most fills or fanfiction in general.
And, I love that I totally called the name of Alfred's sword all that time ago. It was a very sweet ending. Other than those asked by the anon above, I don't have any other questions that I can think of. Only praise that would continue exceed the character limits. I feel kind of bittersweet about this being my last comment for this fill. So, I'll just stop my review here with more general good wishes and additional thanks for a truly memorable story that I plan to bookmark and reread again some day.
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Crowe END/aa
(Anonymous) 2013-04-16 09:47 am (UTC)(link)Alfred also knew that he had mellowed somewhat in the century, though he remained as scatterbrained as ever. It was actually really nice to share a country with someone, therefore they shared the work generally, and Alfred had more time to piddle down in his lab. Though he was still the one they paid most of the attention to.
Finally descending down into the ground, Alfred took the lead, trying to remember the path from that fateful expedition a century ago. A brief encounter with a dwarf led to the surrendering of his final silver apple, and they were allowed into the caverns. After reaching a certain passageway and double checking his memory twice, Alfred and Arthur sat down to wait.
Their guess was fairly accurate, and they only had to wait two days, before a silver ghost-like figure gradually faded into existence, stretching his limbs and yawning. At first he looked at them in horror. “What? You two’re still stuck down ‘ere?”
After a quick explanation, Aengus was so happy to see them, and there was hugging and handshaking all around.
End written text. It is not finished, but it would’ve ended on a really heartwarming note, and them pulling out a solution to let Aengus finally pass on.
So there it is. That’s the plot. Most of the big questions I posed were answered. If I've forgotten any, let me know!
I will answer any questions posted below. Please feel free to ask them! :) I love you all, you’re the most supportive people on the meme.
Re: Crowe END/aa
(Anonymous) 2013-04-16 10:53 am (UTC)(link)All in all, I don't really mind the ending, at least you satisfied readers from curiosity on whether Arthur is saved or not. Although the fact you managed to do them all is really great, which I see that if you truly write all the scene, I'm sure they'll reach 15,000+ words.
I started to ramble here, so yeah, although I want to know what will be your pen name for your books. I know you are really, really good in writing, which can be seen in this fill, so, yeah, I do hope I'll see them in bookstores!
Re: Crowe END/aa
(Anonymous) 2013-04-18 07:06 am (UTC)(link)Ha ha, knew it was Durandal. (Flame of the West, ho ho)
Love your notion of living minerals. CS Lewis had that too, but he never fully went into it. So much of Narnia is unknown to us..
Those are some pretty corny lines BTW. Almost as bad as puns.
Gah, I love the idea of Wales being Mithir's son. Makes me want to open my Chronicles of Prydain books and try to imagine Wales in his own native sort of adventure.
Your spellchecker has some funny miswordings. I think one was making 'penchant' into 'perchance'.
I swear I've run across Angharad in some faerie book before, possibly something about a kidnapped mortal woman. It tickles me to think of her as Mother Britain.
Hetalia has opened so much to me. Since finding out about the Material of France, I'm curious about that, and after Fan Arguments about Holy Roman Empire, I understand a little more about Aquitaine and how all the folklores sort of mix together at some point. And that's just Europe!
Can't think of any questions in particular, but good luck!
Wait, I have questions!
(Anonymous) 2013-04-18 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)I was curious what aspects of Alfred did Matthew take on? The ahoge? The eye color? Mental tweaks?
Just what is the faerie aesthetic? (Just seems like a lot of mortals would fulfill the Lack of Magic thing.)
Re: Crowe END/aa
(Anonymous) 2013-06-11 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)And, I love that I totally called the name of Alfred's sword all that time ago. It was a very sweet ending. Other than those asked by the anon above, I don't have any other questions that I can think of. Only praise that would continue exceed the character limits. I feel kind of bittersweet about this being my last comment for this fill. So, I'll just stop my review here with more general good wishes and additional thanks for a truly memorable story that I plan to bookmark and reread again some day.