An AU is AU if the two people involved aren't actors who work on a show called Merlin...or actors who USED to work on a show called Merlin...or actors who WILL work on a show called Merlin. :P Actually, I usually prefer it if they aren't actors...but I have read J2 where one of them is an actor (even on a show called Supernatural) and the other isn't, and those have been fine.

Thanks for all the recs! Man, I'm going to be busy for a while. I shouldn't have slept until 2pm today...