reinforce my clarity

So I have dragged out the huge Merlin WIP of doom that I started yonks ago and finally added a little to it, but I am now Stuck Again and need a good kick up the backside help.

For those of you who had forgotten the Merlin WIP of doom (and who could blame you?) it is the modern AU where Arthur is a detective, Merlin is an intelligence analyst, magic is rising once again and I merrily warp S1 events to suit myself.

Now, I am 52000 words into the damn thing and have a pretty good idea of the remaining plot to come. The trouble is I'm not quite sure what bits should come next which is making it tricky to try and bridge into them.

So a poll:

[Poll #1638562]

Don't worry about what happens before this - I just need something to kickstart my thoughts again.

Apparently WB has done a press release - Martin Freeman as Bilbo and Richard Armitage as Thorin! So I'm thinking a possible new fantasy award of 'sexiest dwarf ever' may have to be coined. Now we just have to wait two years to actually see it...

Rambling review of ramblingness ( under the cut )

Barring further interruptions by a fez-wearing neighbour (that will never stop being bizarre and amusing), here are another 7 Sherlock recs:

( More fics that I liked under here )

Finally got around to iplayering Sherlock tonight. Well, actually I tried to iplayer it on Monday but for some reason the Beeb declared it was unavailable in my area, wtf was up with that? So I had to wait - worth it though because I laughed in glee a good four or five times, mostly at exchanges between Holmes and Watson. Oddly, the last thing I saw Benedict Cumberbatch in I didn't like him at all but in this he was attractive... must have been the long coat. Long coats are always good.

I've been in my new house almost a month now. This is the first time I've ever lived on my own - family until uni, obviously, and then shared housing. I think I rather like it, though it was very quiet at first. I'd get a cat, but I have no cat flap option currently and I'm slightly worried about ending up a mad cat woman... I now have a guest room which is pretty cool and I will have my first guests next weekend so I have been checking for enough bedding and towels - it's like being a proper grown up and everything.

In other news, Amazon just sent me an email with recs based (apparently) on my previous visits to them. The first one was a Dan Brown - what on earth did I ever do to deserve that? And how can I avoid ever doing it again? I know damn well I've never searched for one of his books - I've never even picked one up in RL.

I am moving house today and the new place doesn't have internet set up yet so it may be a while before I'm around again either here or by email. Don't break anything while I'm gone, okay? (And if people could write more Amy/Doctor/Rory that would be nice too.)

Catch you later.

I hope you had a wonderful day! *hugs you*

I think that may have been the most unexpected Doctor Who episode I've seen - in a good way. I certainly can't recall any others that required the BBC to flag up a helpline at the end...

( further spoilery thoughts within )

( Amy's Choice, hmm? )

And now I want fic, damn it. Anyone know of any Doctor/Amy/Rory?

like this much *holds arms out* I mean, Matt Smith as the Doctor is very fine and I really like him, but I have the most ridiculous crush on Amy now.

( Doctor Who 5.05 - spoilers )