Merlin BBC

Since I am not sure how much new Merlin content is posted on Dreamwidth these days, to encourage posting I am asking for volunteers to "host a post"!

Basically, you claim a topic, write a little manifesto about it, post it to the comm and then we all have fun talking about it in the comments. Along the lines of ship_manifesto but in a more casual sense as there are no content requirements and the point is more remembering how much we loved this show as opposed to convincing people why your ship or character is better than others.

The topics you can volunteer for are:

• Characters
• Relationships or groups (platonic or romantic, canon or otherwise)
• Locations, objects, or events
• Individual scenes or episodes
• Tropes, themes or motifs
• Actors

Basically, anything you can think of. I also recommend focusing on a specific aspect, especially for more popular items.

For example, don't just volunteer for Arthur/Merlin, volunteer for Arthur/Merlin in Season 1, or Modern AUs, or their campfire conversation in 5x05 The Disir episode, etc. Feel free to get extremely specific with your topic. There is a lot we could talk about so let's spread it out.

As mentioned, there are no formal requirements, word lengths or structure for these posts. You can title and include whatever you like but as a suggestion you can include a combination of things like:

• Background, history, explanations, recaps, or meta about your topic
• Your personal opinions
• Asking other people's opinions
• Quotes
• Images or gifs
• Fanwork recommendations (fic, art, vids, etc)

People should feel free to engage with your post by furthering the discussion of the topic, asking questions of their own or making their own fanwork recommendations.

There is also no formal deadline for posting. I will compile a list of all the claimed topics here as a record but you can post them to the comm whenever you want. After a couple of months I may wipe the current roster and open claims again but that is more to encourage posting and you are welcome to sign up for the exact same topic again. You may only claim one topic at a time, but feel free to claim another topic once you have posted your previous one.

I would also prefer these are posted to the directly to the comm to encourage conversation here but you are free to cross-post or link them elsewhere.

If you are interested, please comment below with your choice of topic.