Artists lie, cheat, and steal.

Then I should probably add the bit about the Merlin RPF BB, where I got a full rough draft at matchups. The result was that I was able to make art that really reflected the whole story, inspired by 2 scenes at the opposite ends of the fic- the actual illustration was for the last part of the last chapter before the epilogue, and the concept for the rest of it came from the first scene. If I hadn't had that, I would never have approached it the way I did. Here's the link for those whod'd like to look. (http://altocello.livejournal.com/4483.html)