Accidental Memory In The Case Of Death

by derryere

Merlin/Arthur Reincarnation Fanfic
Tony O does not befriend losers. Tony O is not gay, not crazy, he is not particularly nice and he is most definitely not royalty. Destiny disagrees.
Word count: 75593 complete
Art by leechunsa

Genres: Fan Fiction, Fantasy, M M Romance, Romance

227 pages, online fiction

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Derryere is a fan writer, mostly active in Merlin fandom.
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Reviews

[LenaLena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant Merthur reincarnation fic. The jagged edges of Tony and Emory's personalities draw blood as they're trying to figure out how they fit together, spurred along by fragmented, unwanted, memories.

It is isn't flawless, but close enough, really.

[Jarta · Rating 4 out of 5]

So it took me a long time to find an appropriate GIF for my reaction to this fic:





I'm fairly sure I've already read this fic but it's such a long time ago I forgot where the story is going and it depressed me somewhat and got stuck in the middle of the fic procrastinating and angsting over reading further because while I'm fairly sure of the hopeful ending for the reincarnated ones, the doomed feeling for their past selves kinda broke me, making me fear to read further. Yeah, I know it's kinda bit silly now that I've finished it. oTL


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[karlakolumna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really really adored this piece of fic. Haven't read that many Merthur fanfics that surprised me in such a (good) way. This is rather one of them. Loved it, although it had its weaknesses here and there.

[Samantha Richardson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love this fic. I remember reading it way back and the blending of Camelot time and current day is so beautifully done. The angst is just *chef's kiss* and I keep coming back to it every so often.

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

The premise is cool but I found myself flying through and skimming because there's so much boring shit I just don't care about. At 50 pages I put it down... and came back to finish about a month later.

I gave this three stars because the bones are so very good. But it needs some serious editing, both to cut out extraneous stuff and also to be more concise. For example, we had to wait until the total end of the book to get anything more than hand jobs. Fine. But when they finally fuck it is Twenty.Fucking.Pages.Long. And I just could not take it.

There could have been better resolution. It was poetic and deep and shit, but I would have liked follow up with their friends and family. After all the build-up, the ending seemed too sudden.

[Aelirenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best fics I've ever read. Sure, there are some minor mistakes in writing even I could notice but I still consider this kind of masterpiece. I haven't slept entire night so overwhelming it was, so many emotions. Every detail. It felt like watching a very good movie, you could see every scene, feel them. And that's not only your imagination, it was like author looked through my heart, my soul. This is magic.
There were few moments I even sobbed, but in the end I really felt happy, that there are authors like this giving you such a good story that you can't get over it even after long time passes...
I tried...
And failed...

[Jessi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally finished this! I was so upset I couldn't finish it the first time I tried. But to be honest it started out boring as hell and I wasn't as obsessive over Merthur as I am nowadays. It's gotten really bad where I just have to buy and collect as many Arthurian Legend books as I can. Preferably with some modern day elements.

[Sannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite liked it, despite it being a bit whiny, with the repetition of flashbacks to trauma almost any time they started to get things sort of right in present time...