"I told you not to catch it" the heck that's like my mom telling me not to be short sighted, it seems like Merlin has been helping out the suck people without much rest, catching it was inevitable

And Arthur never came. He didn't even know of Merlin's magic. Ugh! Again, Merlin saves the day and gets no credit.

Haha, Gaius, ever practical :)

Excellent. This is so very good. Merlin's so cute when he's sick. Gwaine's a hero.

Brilliant!~~

Oh Merlin. Ever the self-sacrificing fool. At this point however, how is no one screaming sorcery at Merlin though? The fact that Gwaine outright said he was taken out of the fight first thing, and that Merlin was ill and halfway across the room on the floor with an unconscious intruder should basically tell the world something more than just tripping a man happened in here. Especially when Gwaine said he was a sorcerer in the first place. I swear, the people shown in the canon universe are willfully blind. I do appreciate random servants helping out though, instead of a knight like most fics present. Thank you for the ficlet. KTN

Cool idea :) The blanket wrapped Merlin sounds super adorable

I loved the humor of the story and the way it would fit seamlessly into canon. Thanks for posting this!

He tried!

cute, I really liked it. especially the parts with the boots

Just another typical week for Merlin. I like his self-pitying moaning.

I really liked that. I'm actually sick in bed as I read this, so I empathize with poor Merlin.
'Next time wear boots.' Teehee!

The concept for the story is good but the presentation needs improvement as you are telling us the story instead of showing us the story! Telling a story makes it a passive story. Whereas showing a story makes it active and let's your reader participate in it, making it more of a pleasure to read! Here is what you wrote describing some of the battle between Merlin and the evil sorcerer and some suggested changes in (parenthesis).

The man was casting with only one hand, Merlin realized. (The man cast using only one hand). The other held some sort of object in front of his eyes. (His other hand held some sort of object in front of his eyes, Merlin noticed). Perhaps it was a magical object. (Possibly a magical object,' thought Merlin). There were items that could drastically increase a sorcerer's power, turning a minor talent into a truly dangerous one. (Such items could drastically increase a sorcerer's power, turning a minor talent into a truly dangerous one). If the enemy was relying on a focus object, that opened up an entirely different avenue of attack. (Merlin realized relying on a focus object, opened up an entirely different avenue of attack).

Note the above is just an example of what could be done. I tried to use as many of your own words as possible, just changing a few, changing the direction or meaning of others so you'd get the idea. One possible idea is to close your eyes and try to describe what's happening. If it's a battle describe their movements, what they are thinking. Advoid using these verbs, 'was, been, to be, were, have, to, are & is' when describing an action now or in the past, instead use action words.

I hope the above helps! Good writing and always have fun!

Aways love a BAMF Merlin;)

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