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I feel like if Arthur came back and once things had finally settled, he would have been a complete adrenaline junkie. Like that man went from was fighting for his life every other weekday to all the comforts of 21st century life. Sure, he would still love to laze around, but he would get so restless after a while and end up dragging Merlin to go bungee jumping or some shit and end up giving him an actual heart attack every time.

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Look at him of course all of Camelot was head over heels for that man. The only reason nobody ever actively pursued him is because everyone was convinced he was with Arthur.

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A golden age AU where Arthur keeps finding random animals in the castle. At first it was only cats or dogs with bandaged paws or a patched up ear. Knowing Merlin had a soft spot for animals, the king decided to let it slide (he did enjoy the company of the animals too) but when he came back from training and saw a wolf curled up by the hearth as Merlin magically did his chores and wrote a speech at Arthurs desk, he knew he had to talk with the warlock.

And that raises the question, is Arthur strong enough to say no to Merlin?

Bonus: the whole thing from the perspective of the knights, and it's really just Arthur carrying multiple animals like babies while calling out "MERLIN!"

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The once and future king and his very, very loyal servant

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It's supposed to be cute little illustration with soft palette...

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I love that Arthur growing up with Uther a mass murderer and Morgana a badass girlboss became this pathetic soft himbo lump of 'no homo' i just want to have my five to twelve homoerotic, longing stares with my manservant every episode. I will marry a woman but let me gaze at his lips a little while longer I'll promise to be very hetero about it

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BBC Merlin fanart in 2024 (2025 now)

Posted to Instagram January 30 2025

Progress shots under the cut

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Can I offer you a forehead kisses before sleep in these trying time?

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SAME

every time I listen to the challenge from epic the musical, I have a merthur fic idea but only a vague idea, I can’t quite flesh it out fully

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I absolutely love the idea of Arthur writing letters to Merlin saying all those things he couldn't say out loud. He would compose the most heartbreaking breathtaking well-written confessions of longing. But he would hide them in a chest that once belonged to his mother, careful Merlin wouldn't find them should he ever decide to do something outlandish like cleaning the kings chambers.

Now imagine Arthur gets poisoned and falls into a coma, so while Merlin searches everything to determine what happened he finds a spell to see what objects someone touched recently.

So he finds the chest and opens it, staring at dozens of letters addressed to him.

Naturally he would read them and find out about Arthur's love but still he had no clue how to wake him. That's when Morgana shows up telling Merlin she dreamed about the cure and she was fairly sure she could make it with Gaius help

A few hours later the potion was ready and given to the sleeping king, who woke to a sobbing Merlin with those letters in his hands

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Arthur was going to kill Gwaine.

Seriously, after a lifetime of knowing the man, one would think that Arthur has now memorised his antics by heart. But no; here they were, far away from their kingdom because Gwaine simply couldn’t keep his mouth shut at a bar fight and had to insult a green knight of all colours.

Which, par expected, brought a curse on Camelot. And not just any curse, mind you. If Gwaine was cursed to turn into a frog, Arthur wouldn’t have bothered. But here he was, turning into—

“Gwaine, I swear if you so much as blink with Merlin’s face once more, I will personally take the knight’s axe and behead you.”

From beside him, Merlin, who has been cursed to swap bodies with Gwaine, chuckles. Arthur scowls, not knowing whether to look at him or at Gwaine who’s in his form.

“Why the hell are you laughing?” Arthur grits his teeth, the hilarity of the situation escaping him.

“Sorry,” Merlin coughs, trying to hide his streak of snickers. “It’s just— Gwaine, can you do that lip thing again? I never knew I could do that!”

“He is absolutely not allowed to do that!” Arthur shouted, and the mischievous two broke out in laughter once more. God, his poor heart was too old for this.

fic: my breaths are run by your compass epilogue

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the one time Arthur actually used their one shared braincell:

Dragoon & Arthur | 3.10 "Queen of Hearts"

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And here we are! We have done it, this is the last part of Once and Future Pride, a Merthur fancomic by me (Arthur’s POV) and @snarkyship (Merlin’s POV) >>You can read it all on Ao3 >> Merlin’s POV final part by @snarkyship If you like it, considering leaving a tip

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a potentially unpopular opinion: i think it would have been better if gwen was a princess rather than a royal servant

HEAR ME OUT ON THIS!!! i love her deeply as the character she is and seeing her development, but it wouldve been cooler to see her being royalty like in the legends. she could still be the kind and caring person she is and learn to be outspoken, even still being best friends with merlin despite class differences

how i imagine that to play out in the show is that gwen and arthur have been arranged to marry since they were children, so gwen is sent to camelot in s1 to live in the castle but not actually be married to arthur yet. its more like an adjustment period leading up to marriage,,, idk i just think that could’ve led to interesting dynamics between characters

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all rich boys deserve to get pegged

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I don't like them