Recs and requests (mostly Merlin)

Two fic recs!
-Care and Feeding of (Fragile) Princes by srin, Arthur/Merlin, NC-17, 3400 words. I always feel a bit silly reccing a fic that's already got several pages of comments, especially one by an author who's known to most of the Merlin fans on my f-list...but, hey, look at this great fic! Especially recommended for fans of bottom!Arthur and emotionally-repressed!Arthur with Merlin taking care of him, done in a very subtle and lovely way.

-Yonder Comes the Morning by vanessarama aka andraste_oz, Arthur/Merlin or Arthur and Merlin (with Gaius), PG, 5800 words. Merlin gets bitten by a snake and the wound gets infected. OLD SCHOOL H/C WITH FEVERISH MERLIN AND STOIC ANGSTY ARTHUR. THIS IS THE BEST.

Two podfic recs!
-First Up Against the Wall (the grease and diesel oil remix), written by netgirl_y2k, read by via_ostiense, Gwen/Morgana, R, 27 minutes. I think most Merlin femslash fans know this awesome fic, but did you know there was a podfic? I had missed it and it's a lot of fun.

-Indulgence, written by allwithwings, read by misssnowfox, Arthur/Merlin, NC-17, 33 minutes. I think this is a really great example of what podfics are good for. It's a first-time with Arthur and Merlin talking (awkwardly at first, then sexily) about wanking, which would maybe not have been that interesting to me in a fic, but the reader does a really fabulous job with the way Merlin uses his voice and his fantasies to seduce Arthur - guh. Also it's a really clean and high-quality recording from someone who's new to podficcing (and a writer who's new to Merlin fandom). Let's encourage them to make more! (Note: there's a lot of talk in the fic about homosexuality being a perversion, with both characters seeming to kink on the wrongness of the thing they want. For me that was sexy but it might be unpleasant for some.)

Three requests!
-frigg is thinking of starting up an Uther/everyone comm here on Dreamwidth, since the mod of utherxtheboys seems to have gone away. Go tell her what a GREAT IDEA this is and vote on what the comm should be named!

-Hey Merlin artists (including people who like playing around with photoshop), feel like making a cover for a giant podfic? eosrose and I each have two requests. She's doing seperis's The Tale of the Sea Serpent and lisztful's Backdrifts and I'm doing srin's The Universal Language and new_kate's Little Wooden Boy and the Belly of Love.

-I also did a short podfic this week, 18 minutes of Spock/Uhura porn for kink_bingo. Drop me a comment here if you're up for giving it a quick listen for errors before I post it. Thanks!