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Merlin: Everyone has magic

This is obviously more a crack fic idea, but there is this book by Diana Wynne Jones, Witch Week (Spoilers!) where there is a world where a very high percentage of the people has magic, but it is punishable by death, so everyone keeps it secret and thinks they are the only one. I think this would be a hilarious concept for a Merlin AU.

Merlin comes to Camelot and has to keep his magic hidden so he doesn't get killed. Gaius has magic too, but he doesn't use it. But then he learns that Gwen uses a bit of magic when nobody looks. And the cook. Some maids. Morgana starts having dreams and Gaius tells her it's just dreams, doesn't want her to know she has magic. Merlin catches some knights who have magic. And then Arthur, too, has magic. Every single one of them basically thinks they are the only one and have to keep it hidden and suppressed.

I don't know where that would go, and it depends a lot on Merlin's reaction, but I'm imagining a scene where Arthur admits to having magic in front of his father to save someone, and 90% of the castle staff go "if he's guilty, so am I" until there's one knight, two maids and Uther left over who don't have magic, and the maids are fully supportive of the magic-users.

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Supernatural and the Apocalypse being a potential choice

I recently saw a post about supernatural, about how Sam and Dean made a choice against paradise and for the world we're living in for all the billions of people living on earth and it made me thinking, what if this had been the choice, what if they choose differently?

Here is should probably stress that I have seen basically nothing of the show and am not entirely sure if there was more reason behind stopping the Apocalypse than "Apocalypse bad".

But let's say there isn't. Let's say Michael offered everything they wanted, and when you get one wish, a standard answer is "World peace". Let's say Sam and Dean discussed it, thought about it, and qualified, maybe "all humans who ever lived will be fully aware of their situation and happy" or something. Let's say Sam and Dean say yes, there is a fight and the angels win. Let's say Michael is bound by his word to create paradise for everyone.

I won't deny that I'd want it The Good Place style, but that's probably not on their minds. Besides, if you start with making paradise for all people alive, making everyone happy, you'd soon run into trouble, you'd have to negotiate with them, create something that works, but the angels are very powerful and have all humans behind them. And then you add all the dead humans of all ages. And all the demons, who in their current form can't be truly happy.

It would take an eternity, but we have an eternity. It would take infinite space, but I don't think it's an issue. And it would take so much work. But humans, if they have their basic needs met, are happy to help, and you've got all these angels with nothing more to do now the final fight is over...

This is just a lot of rambling. I cannot actually imagine this in a fic. But it's an interesting idea...

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The Merthur AU where they already knew each other

One of my favourite tropes is "they knew each other before (and have to pretend they don't). I would like to see that for Arthur and Merlin in BBCs Merlin: let's say Merlin is 14 or 15, Arthur 17 and still a squire; the knights go after a magical beast close to the border in winter and get separated. Merlin saves Arthur's life with magic, they manage to eventually kill the beast but have to stay together for a few days, maybe there is a snow storm. They get to know each other (though don't exchange actual names), Arthur learns about Merlin's magic and how little control he has over it from a Merlin who is not yet careful enough with it, and they fall in love, maybe kiss, maybe even lose their virginity with each other, before the snow storm is over and they separate, agreeing that they will forget it ever happened.

Fast forward to when Merlin is sent to Camelot and sees that guy again; it gives a new meaning to "Do I know you?". It's all nice they agreed to forget about it, but they are in Camelot, Arthur is the prince, Merlin his manservant, and Arthur knows about Merlin's magic already, but trusts him. And they potentially already slept with each other!

I have no idea where that would lead, other than shenanigans, and hopefully more trust and them solving things together. Maybe they actually manage to solve the Morgana situation a bit better this way...

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The Pirates of the Caribbean timeloop AU

I've recently been getting into PotC, more specifically into Sparrington content. Unfortunately there's not that much out there...but some nice pearls! One thing I've not found yet is one of my favourite tropes though: timeloop/groundhog day AUs!

They are really ideal for any kind of story because they give you all the time in the world for character development and trying things out without any consequences except the mental ones on the main characters.

Obviously, I want Jack Sparrow and James Norrington be stuck in it. There's already a curse, let's use it: the time loop lasts from sunrise of the day James is made commodore and Jack arrives in Port Royal until sunrise the next day, and the only way to break out is to break the curse on the Black Pearl.

At this time I believe neither Jack nor James have been to the Isla de la Muerta, and while both have by now seen the Undead pirates, they now next to nothing about the curse. Also, as James won't let Elizabeth fall again so fast, the Black Pearl won't arrive in Port Royal again, and noone will suspect the coin that Elizabeth wears hidden to have been of any importance.

I'm pretty sure James will try (and once or twice succeed) to hang Jack. It will put quite a strain on their relationship, and not make it easier when they realise they are stuck in there together.

At one point they will both be emotionally depleted. At one point they will give up and let things happen like in the first loop and then start making connections together.

I imagine when they realise the black pearl wants a Turner and the coin, James steals the coin and claims to Barbossa that he is Will Turner Junior so that he can find out more about the curse. I imagine at one point James is not careful enough stealing the coin from Elizabeth, wakes her and is very surprised how much she is on board with stealing his own ship to break a curse, especially if Will Turner is involved! She probably doesn't even want an explanation.

And of course there have to be the obligatory few days of holidays where James just steals a ship in the morning, meets Jack somewhere on an Island and they have lots of sex after they've finally gotten around to each other.

But there's so much potential around that!

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The unholy Supernatural-Silmarillion crossover I have spent much too long thinking about

So I have to admit that I never saw more than the first half of season 1 of supernatural before I gave up on waiting for the angel to show up, but I have read a lot of fanfiction about it. And I am a silmarillion fan. And I would really like to see a crossover of the two.

The world building would be a bit complex but both are based on christian settings, it could work. Lucifer is Morgoth, the archangels are the Valar (though the numbers don't match up), Michael is Manwë or Tulkas, Gabriel maybe Oromë? The angels are Maiar, and Valinor is long since removed from this world. The mythical background is something noone can really put into scientific terms.

So let's say Maglor is still around. He stayed in Europe until the first world war, met Tolkien, told him too many stories, then finally decided to sail west, but arrived in the USA instead of Valinor. He keeps doing what he always did: hunting Morgoth's monsters, and singing/making music for his living. He's a pretty standard hunter if you don't look at the ears or realise how long he's been around. He probably knows Bobby, he meets the Winchesters.

The conflict starts when the Winchesters want him to help prevent the Apocalypse. Because the Dagor Dagorath has been what Maglor has been waiting for all his life. The final battle! Good finally triumphing over evil! His family finally free, the two trees restored, and all those they've lost coming back!

I don't know how that would turn out. I'd hope silmarils are involved, maybe even rings. Lucifer's reaction would be priceless.

Also, I want to see Maglor's reaction to Castiel. And I need something interesting to do for Gandalf, I have no idea who he would be. Turin could also show up.

And there probably should be hobbits.