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no bc this is my favorite look of merlin and arthur’s… esp as a ship

the Golden Retriever and Black Cat Energy is STRONG

and the way theyre both moving simultaneously i love them

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Merlin and Arthur must’ve sounded insane to anyone who didn’t know them.

Can you imagine a newly hired servant overhearing the king say “I haven’t seen you smile these past three days” and thinking he’s having a moment with his wife only to turn the corner and see his man servant.

Like. The king actually taking notice and genuinely, sincerely caring about a servant.

Servants were literally unseen and unheard, supposed to only be there when needed or called upon. They weren’t ever noticed, let alone noticed in such a considerate way by someone at the highest end of the status hierarchy.

I don’t know where I’m going with this, I just think it’s amazing that Arthur cares so much about Merlin and that Merlin trusts Arthur enough to not be completely subservient (which easily could’ve landed him in an early grave for acting out) and that they let each other exist without any of the duties or responsibilities their respective roles put onto them.

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Love spell incident with a twist.

Arthur is aware that he's been enchanted to be in love with Merlin. He's completely oblivious to Merlin's feelings though. Otherwise his mind is clear.

Merlin: so, here is the antidote

Arthur: *staring at the antidote* maybe... Maybe let's wait a few more days?

Merlin: what? Why? Don't you want to turn back? I thought this was terrible?

Arthur: it is... i mean, it was. But actually? It's sort of - nice.

Merlin: what? Being enchanted?

Arthur: *flushes* being in love with you.

Merlin: *Thunderstruck* erm... How am I supposed to understand that?

Arthur: well, it's just... You're kind... You care about me and you don't judge me for my feelings and I just... Feel save? Around you, I mean. It's nice, being with you. Even if it's not-

Merlin: real?

Arthur: as close as I would like to be.

Merlin: oh

Arthur: *nervously fumbling with his hands* yeah

Merlin: *struggling* Arthur, I can't let you stay enchanted

Arthur: ... I know. Just... Just a few more days? A week max! I promise, I won't reject the antidote again, I just... I just want to feel like this a little longer

Merlin, who's heart is nearly breaking at the sight, both for Arthur and himself: yeah. Sure. Of course. Just a couple days.

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arthur and the knights getting cursed so they can’t hold a weapon, fight, and can barely walk. clumsy x1000 blast. the cure is idk somewhere in the woods or with the druids or something idk idk don’t ask me. anyways they get ambushed and arthur and the knights cant fight so merlin is like “damn it” and pushes them all back and looks at arthur and is like

merlin: you can’t fight so i’m going to fight them.

arthur, stumbling over his own two feet even while merlin is pushing him up against a tree: you can’t fight

merlin: i can. i’m going to. what i need you to do is wait, alright? you’re going to be mad, i get that, but that’s going to have to wait until later. can you do that?

arthur: you can’t fight, merlin.

merlin, rolling his eyes: will you just listen to me for once? be mad later. appreciate that i’m saving your life right now.

merlin, leaving arthur to fall flat on his face, muttering under his breath: like always

and then woosh merlin saves their lives and is a bad ass sorcerer yippee gwaine is very turned on and so is arthur but he’s also definitely pissed while lancelot is so proud of his bestie (and a little turned on)

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Merlin "everything i touch dies" Emrys and Arthur "touchstarved" Pendragon will be the end of me.

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ADHD at night: I could write a book. I could get my Master’s Degree. I could go to the club and come home with 12 new friends. I could get a job at that club and meet the mother of my children. I could cure every disease and use my wealth to bring world peace.

ADHD during the day: Fold laundry too hard :( Come back next week

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Modern day Merthur ❤️

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Consort Merlin who doesn't fully retire his Dragoon alias after the magic reveal. He claims Dragoon is his crazy old uncle or something who pops in for visits. He tells off noblemen and the council, makes fun of everyone he doesn't like, causes chaos then leaves. Now instead of using Dragoon as a way to perform magic without getting caught, he uses it as a way to speak his mind without his opinions reflecting on Arthur.

Arthur knows and is exasperated but enjoys watching his husband have fun and let loose while disguised as an old man.

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Imagine Merlin, Arthur and the Knights caught by witch who want to do a rituals but :

They search for a virgin's blood and Arthur and the Knights think "virgin=never had sex" meanwhile the witch search someone's who was never used in a blood ritual (and who is better for this than Knights in a kingdom who forbid magic?)

Anyway at first they try Merlin and it doesn't work and Arthur is like "there is no way" meanwhile Gwaine is like "Merlin and there I thought you were a fair maiden 😔... 😌~😉" then they grap Gwaine and... it works lmao

Anyway, all of them get out globally without getting harmed but they are all looking at Gwaine like "You know...you don't have to pretend to be experienced. It's fine to be a virgin at 30 years old"

Meanwhile, Arthur is fuming in the background because what do you mean he didn't know Merlin had someone >>>>:(

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One of the funniest things about enemies-to-lovers ships is how they’re almost always obsessed with each other. Like if a character actively chooses to interact with another character over and over again instead of simply ignoring them? Throw darts at it all you want, but you still printed out a picture of them to hang on your wall

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Bethesda Game Studios has unionized.

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Sometimes you gotta stop worrying about being the smartest and funniest person in the room and just enjoy being in a room with smart and funny people

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Wait what's a buildings fire evacuation plan if you aren't supposed to use the elevator to get down

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Enemies to "I accidentally came across you while you were vulnerable and scared and I'm not a total asshole so I tried to help you" to "accidental mutual uncovering of softer sides and vulnerabilities" to "I can't be mean to you anymore, not out of pity but because it would feel weird betraying that brief truce we had" to "Fine I'll make an effort to be nice to you now I guess" to "actually now that we're not actively hating each other you're not so bad I guess" to "i think we're friends but I'm not going to say that because I'm afraid you're not gonna feel the same way" to "oh you also think we're friends? Great" to lovers

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listen. aging into your thirties rocks. yes your joints get a little creaky. yes you can’t sleep in a pretzel on the floor anymore after a concert or a convention. and you lose some friends. but the thing is that you sort out who your real friends are and you sort out who you really are. and you get to see your friends settling into careers they like, and adopt new dogs and cats, and you find a job you can stand, and get really good at arts and crafts, and maybe that book you loved as a kid gets a movie deal and it doesn’t suck, and you learn to like new food and bake your own bread, and you realize that the great portfolio of self harm scars you all used to curate are going white with age and not updated, and half your friends are a different gender now and so much happier and maybe you are too, and you know who you are, and that it’s a journey and not a revelation. it’s a direction you’re headed, and you’re enjoying the trip.

reaching your 30′s rocks. and i’m hearing good things about what comes next, too.

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