gizmonotgiz

[gizmonotgiz]

“MUMBO!”

[gizmonotgiz]

*It's showtime! From Undertale starts playing*

Aaaand everybody! Welcome back to another session filled with exciting questions! First on the list!

[gizmonotgiz]

desertduo are NOT beating the allegations rn

[gizmonotgiz]

// WILD LIFE EP 5 SPOILERS

IM BACK IN THE BUILDING AGAIN

[gizmonotgiz]

THIS IS SO CUTE!

Session 5 really disproved the whole “loses memory of previous games unless winner” huh? NO! The bot simply forced each lifer to relive that memory again and then they had to forget it 🙃

Session 5, huh

[gizmonotgiz]

Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

[gizmonotgiz]

While working on a story for a festival, I needed a brain break. So alas, dnd character portraits.

In order: Orsia (my character), Orza, Therfyire, Verdance

[gizmonotgiz]

Snails are terrifying

[gizmonotgiz]

arthur's shirts need near constant mending. it's the perils of the job, he supposes-- training sessions, hunts, patrols, and even nights at the tavern lend themselves to small rips and tears in his tunics. and arthur is often loathe to just get a brand new one when his perfectly incapable manservant is far faster at just mending the damn thing.

he doesn't notice it, at first. it's extremely subtle, and arthur doesn't go about looking at the stitches in his clothing often. he's not a girl, and besides, merlin does a good enough job somehow managing to patch even the widest holes of fabric without making them look a total mess.

so really, it shouldn't be something he notices.

except he does.

one day, when inspecting the shirt he had just received back from its mending, it catches his eye. at the end of a long seam of red, there's a stitch-- maybe two-- of blue thread.

"merlin," he frowns, pointing at where the hole once was, "my shirt is red."

"oh, good, you can identify colours." and arthur is too busy chasing that shit eating grin off merlin's face to continue the discussion.

the next time percival's blade or a stray tree branch or whatever tears a hole in his shoulder, though, he notices it again. a long, thick line of red thread, marred at the end by a spattering of blue stitches.

"can you identify colours?" he asks merlin, pointing out the stitching.

"we ran out of red thread," merlin says with an insolent little shrug. "no one is going to notice a couple stitches, arthur."

so he drops it, and for the next few times, the repairing is done to his liking. so that's the end of that.

it's not.

"you're doing it on purpose," arthur huffs as he waves the shirt in front of merlin's face. "you're-- you're trying to drive me up the wall, somehow. it won't work."

"won't it?" merlin snorts, and takes the shirt from him. there's three blue stitches right over the curve of his sleeve. "besides, we haven't got time to argue over this."

merlin's right. the tournament is about to start. arthur lets merlin pull the tunic over his head, and leans back against the table with a sigh as merlin starts gathering his armour.

"besides," merlin says, and it's so quiet that arthur can barely hear him over the bustle of people in the tents surrounding them, "it's not like you can be seen wearing my favour."

arthur whips his head around, eyes wide and heart suddenly pounding. merlin catches his gaze, flicks his eyes down to the three blue stitches, now suddenly all the more stark against the red of his tunic. they'll be covered by armour in a matter of seconds.

and it's not like the other scarves, kerchiefs, or patches of fabric brightly tied around the other knights' arms. it's just three tiny, tiny blue stitches in a hole that will likely be ripped open again by the week's end.

he should say don't be such a girl, merlin. he should say i don't need a servant's favour, we aren't courting. he should say--

he doesn't know what he should say.

he swallows, and realizes he's been idly rubbing his fingertips over the raised thread for a few seconds, now.

"i will wear it with pride," he says instead. it's the closest to the truth they've ever gotten.

for @m-rachlan, who requested merlin subtly flirting

[gizmonotgiz]

In which Merlin does understand the significance of Arthur gifting him his mother's sigil

[gizmonotgiz]

I don't know if this if a fic already but building on that one trope. The one where after arthur dies they ALL get sent back to the day merlin comes to camelot.

That, but merlin is the only one who doesn't know what has happened in the last timeline. (To reverse time has to give up his memories.)

And everyone is acting weird like the prince is glaring at his father and father's ward and is being really nice to me.

The king is keeps glaring at me but everytime he tries to be mean to me the prince just puts his hand on his sword. Gwen my new best friend is trying to set me up with my employer. And I just met these nice (and good looking) men. I think gwaine and lancelot know about my magic. Maybe the king too but I'm not sure since the prince doesn't let him talk to me.

The king's ward is kinda avoiding me for some reason, but she's kinda warming up to me.

The other servant keep treating me like a lord for some reason.

When I went to visit my mother there was a man named balinor who is actually my father and is a fucking dragonlord.

The dragon under the castle is kinda weird, keeps wanting me to bring a sword or something.

I might do something with this in the future, it will take me while.

[gizmonotgiz]

Just found out there are Merlin books after all these years WHAT

The merlin books are a need 😂

[gizmonotgiz]

Well now I feel called out- this is exactly what I’m doing

Accurate.

[gizmonotgiz]

Finally 18 yet it feels like any other insomniac day. When did birthdays stop being a big deal to me?

[gizmonotgiz]

//tmp episode 8 spoilers (I’m a backer)

Sorry, CELICA WORKS FOR GEORGIE?! Also, Gg sounds like Gertrude. And ‘Jerry’ her grandson… hm…

[gizmonotgiz]

Relistening to tma in stu of having to wait a week between tmp episodes and I completely forgot how heartbreaking Jon and Martin’s relationship was?? Like… season 5??? I’m two episodes in and-

[gizmonotgiz]

Hey guys…. tmp is scaring me. What was the new episode. What is it with the heads being murders?