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Soon I’ll be back to finish this!!

Just wait a little bit longer 💛

Gif recap

Season 1 recap

1x01 The Dragon’s Call

1x02 Valiant

1x04 The Poisoned Chalice

1x05 Lancelot

1x06 A Remedy to Cure All Ills

1x07 The Gates of Avalon

1x08 The Beginning of the End

1x09 Excalibur

1x10 The Moment of Truth

1x11 The Labyrinth of Gedref

1x12 To Kill the King

1x13 Le Morte d'Arthur

Season 2 recap

2x01  The Curse of Cornelius Sigan  

2x02 The Once and Future Queen

2x03  The Nightmare Begins

2x04  Lancelot and Guinevere

2x05 & 2x06  Beauty and the Beast

2x07 The Witchfinder

2x08 The Sins of the Father

2x09  The Lady of the Lake

2x10 Sweet Dreams

2x11 The Witch’s Quickening

2x12 The Fires of Idirsholas

2x13The Last Dragonlord

Season 3 recap

3X01 “The Tears of Uther Pendragon (Part 1)”

3X02 “The Tears of Uther Pendragon (Part 2)”

3X03 “Goblin’s Gold”

3X04 “Gwaine”

3X05 “The Crystal Cave”

3X06 “The Changeling”

3X07 “The Castle of Fyrien”

3X08 “The Eye of the Phoenix”

3X09 “Love in the Time of Dragons”

3X10 “Queen of Hearts”

3X11 “The Sorcerer’s Shadow”

3X12 “The Coming of Arthur (Part 1)”

3X13 “The Coming of Arthur (Part 2)”

Season 4 recap

4x01 The Darkest Hour (Part 1)

4x02  The Darkest Hour (Part 2)

4x03 The Wicked Day

4x04 Aithusa

4x05 His Father’s Son

4x06  A servant of two masters  

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My new Redbubble account… if you love K pop come take a look!

Mostly Skz for now but soon other groups will be added together with Asian drama things

I opened a Redbubble account!!

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Ehi! Here you have little recap of the main tags you can find on my blog!

A gif set for each episode: as the title says, this is a collection of gif sets for each episode of Merlin! The gif sets are mostly about Merlin and Arthur, but you can find other characters too.

The hot Knights of the thirst table: bring a bottle of water ‘cos the thirst is real! This is a collection of gifs of our beautiful (and sexy) knights of the round table! Be aware, her you won’t find anything about Merlin and Arthur, because I wanted this to be just for the knights.

Out-takes: BLOOPERS and our goofy cast!

Video diaries & Making of : a look behind the scenes!

How to woo your manservant: Just a little funny guide on how to woo the love of your life written by the King of Camelot himself

Iconic moments: just a little collection of known and less known scenes

Merlin crossovers : now mostly MerlinxGalavant video crossover but I’m thinking of adding more fandoms too

Merlin playlist: Merthur songs

Merlin deleted scenes

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After a series of difficult times, Merlin decides he needs a change of scenery, so he moves to New York to live near his best friend Gwen.

It is well known, however, that you cannot escape from your past and when one night Merlin’s past shows up at his door, Merlin’s life changes again.

or: 8.400 million people in New York and Merlin manages to meet the only one he had hoped never to see again.

Now it’s finished

and for once I’m so proud of myself 🥺 it’s a strange feeling that I’m not used to...

Please read and tell me what you all think 💛

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My alternative blog for dramas 🤍

Come say hi 👋🏻

A tale of 1000 stars video vibes for sharing this masterpiece with your friends and convince them to watch it without spoilers!!

For video like this and more come find me on Instagram

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Hello everyone! I’m trying to manage my real life and my comeback on tumblr with new Merlin content (yes I want to finish all the Gif sets for every episode) so… while you wait you can come and say hi on my Insta page where I will post about my newfound obsession: Asian drama (most of which are BL but it’s not a surprise right?)

Anyway, if you want to come and say hi or simply share my profile with your friends I will be very happy and grateful

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After a series of difficult times, Merlin decides he needs a change of scenery, so he moves to New York to live near his best friend Gwen.

It is well known, however, that you cannot escape from your past and when one night Merlin’s past shows up at his door, Merlin’s life changes again.

or: 8.400 million people in New York and Merlin manages to meet the only one he had hoped never to see again.

Now it’s finished

and for once I’m so proud of myself 🥺 it’s a strange feeling that I’m not used to...

Please read and tell me what you all think 💛

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Discoveries in today's journey…

Sottoguda, Belluno, Italy

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Ehi! Here you have little recap of the main tags you can find on my blog!

A gif set for each episode: as the title says, this is a collection of gif sets for each episode of Merlin! The gif sets are mostly about Merlin and Arthur, but you can find other characters too.

The hot Knights of the thirst table: bring a bottle of water ‘cos the thirst is real! This is a collection of gifs of our beautiful (and sexy) knights of the round table! Be aware, her you won’t find anything about Merlin and Arthur, because I wanted this to be just for the knights.

Out-takes: BLOOPERS and our goofy cast!

Video diaries & Making of : a look behind the scenes!

How to woo your manservant: Just a little funny guide on how to woo the love of your life written by the King of Camelot himself

Iconic moments: just a little collection of known and less known scenes

Merlin crossovers : now mostly MerlinxGalavant video crossover but I’m thinking of adding more fandoms too

Merlin playlist: Merthur songs

Merlin deleted scenes

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WON’T THAT BE DIVINE

My dragon pal and me

Hero journey

Oy what a knight

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GUYS BIG PROBLEM!!

Can someone tell me if the gif are still working?I still see them and they are working, but someone told me that they can’t be opened and if so I have lost almost a year of work and I will ugly cry

Gif recap

Season 1 recap

1x01 The Dragon’s Call

1x02 Valiant

1x04 The Poisoned Chalice

1x05 Lancelot

1x06 A Remedy to Cure All Ills

1x07 The Gates of Avalon

1x08 The Beginning of the End

1x09 Excalibur

1x10 The Moment of Truth

1x11 The Labyrinth of Gedref

1x12 To Kill the King

1x13 Le Morte d'Arthur

Season 2 recap

2x01  The Curse of Cornelius Sigan  

2x02 The Once and Future Queen

2x03  The Nightmare Begins

2x04  Lancelot and Guinevere

2x05 & 2x06  Beauty and the Beast

2x07 The Witchfinder

2x08 The Sins of the Father

2x09  The Lady of the Lake

2x10 Sweet Dreams

2x11 The Witch’s Quickening

2x12 The Fires of Idirsholas

2x13The Last Dragonlord

Season 3 recap

3X01 “The Tears of Uther Pendragon (Part 1)”

3X02 “The Tears of Uther Pendragon (Part 2)”

3X03 “Goblin’s Gold”

3X04 “Gwaine”

3X05 “The Crystal Cave”

3X06 “The Changeling”

3X07 “The Castle of Fyrien”

3X08 “The Eye of the Phoenix”

3X09 “Love in the Time of Dragons”

3X10 “Queen of Hearts”

3X11 “The Sorcerer’s Shadow”

3X12 “The Coming of Arthur (Part 1)”

3X13 “The Coming of Arthur (Part 2)”

Season 4 recap

4x01 The Darkest Hour (Part 1)

4x02  The Darkest Hour (Part 2)

4x03 The Wicked Day

4x04 Aithusa

4x05 His Father’s Son

4x06  A servant of two masters  

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Thank @swanfloatieknight !

thank you for giving me a opportunity to return to this long-lost blog!

At the moment I’m in my “Asian Wave” moment so…

1) Favorite song at the moment :

2) Song you associate with your favourite ship

At the moment I have a lot of ships and many songs relatable to them (I blame Dramas for this 🙈)… anyway

EarthMix A Tale of Thousand Stars (Official playlist with the episodes if you want to give it a try )

BKPP I told sunset about you (S1) & I promised you the moon (S2)

KaoUp lovely writer (Official playlist with the episodes! I really recommend this 💛)

SamYu We Best Love

Never ending Merthur Merlin

3) a song that could be about you

4) a song you think is overrated

all the summer hits that haunt you during the summer

5) A song that reminds you of a good memory

Summer Paradise (simple Plan)

It was 2011 and I was 13… there was no University and I had the whole summer ahead of me

6) Last song I listen to

7) A song that makes you laugh

Also I recommend this drama “A love so beautiful” Korean version. It’s on Netflix and it’s very cute 🥰 also if you watch it on ep. 21 and ending credits of the last ep you will know why it makes me laugh 😂

8) a song I sa my mutuals to listen to

I was away from this blog for so long that I don’t remember the names of the ones I used to tag so if you want to do it, consider yourself tagged.

Ps: let me know if you find your new favourite song or ship thanks to this list 💛

@dollopheadsandclotpoles tagged me to do the 8 songs, 8 people tag Thank you :)

1. favorite song at the moment:  Industry Baby by Lil Nas X because everything about it is so catchy and the horns in the beginning make me even more excited to be off of my saxophone hiatus

2. song you associate your favorite ship with: My fav ship changes so often but right now I’m associating There’s Too Much Love by Belle & Sebastian with PhukongMil from Mil’s perspective (Not my fav but I’ve been obsessed with them again for like two days so)

3. a song that could be about you: I’m Not Okay But I Know I’m Going To Be by Raleigh Ritchie is basically my outlook on life anytime anything goes wrong

4. a song you think is overrated: I swear I forget songs I don’t care about so I don’t know

5. a song that reminds you of a good memory: Anything from the Greatest Showman soundtrack reminds me of the time I spent with a good friend of mine in Finland two years ago :’)

6. the last song i listened to: Light by Keumjo

7. a song that makes you laugh: Shotta Flow by NLE Choppa ft. Blueface my love/hate relationship with that song is strong but it’s always a good time any time I listen which is still like a couple of times a week at least lmao

8. a song i want my mutuals to listen to: Literally just the entirety of IGOR by Tyler, the Creator because it’s my favorite album BUT if we’re going for just one song then go listen to Prosecco by Jacob Banks. It’s a good time and his voice is the best voice I have ever heard I’m in love

Tagging: @swanfloatieknight @dowagerking @gayfirebender @konaizumi @fishoutofcamelot @rosedavid @arthurandhisswordbros @i-really-should-change-my-url

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So! Her you have a master list of all my Merlin crossovers!

My dragonlord pall and me

Won’t that be divine

Oy! what a knight

Hero journey

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Thanks @swanfloatieknight for the tag!!

I’m in my Asian Drama mood lately so my last words are from “楊宇騰 YU – 水藍色情人 (Blue Lover)”

Love hiding in you

Tagging everyone who wants to do this

your last words before you die are the 3rd line of the last song you listened to. what are we saying ladies?

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Hi!

I just want you to know that I’m not dead, I just can’t find the strength to make gif...

BUT, I have made this ugly fan art so here you have...

Also you can follow my vicissitudes in my personal blog @social-awakward-girl

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Update 1/03/2021

Gif recap

Season 1 recap

1x01 The Dragon’s Call

1x02 Valiant

1x04 The Poisoned Chalice

1x05 Lancelot

1x06 A Remedy to Cure All Ills

1x07 The Gates of Avalon

1x08 The Beginning of the End

1x09 Excalibur

1x10 The Moment of Truth

1x11 The Labyrinth of Gedref

1x12 To Kill the King

1x13 Le Morte d'Arthur

Season 2 recap

2x01  The Curse of Cornelius Sigan  

2x02 The Once and Future Queen

2x03  The Nightmare Begins

2x04  Lancelot and Guinevere

2x05 & 2x06  Beauty and the Beast

2x07 The Witchfinder

2x08 The Sins of the Father

2x09  The Lady of the Lake

2x10 Sweet Dreams

2x11 The Witch’s Quickening

2x12 The Fires of Idirsholas

2x13The Last Dragonlord

Season 3 recap

3X01 “The Tears of Uther Pendragon (Part 1)”

3X02 “The Tears of Uther Pendragon (Part 2)”

3X03 “Goblin’s Gold”

3X04 “Gwaine”

3X05 “The Crystal Cave”

3X06 “The Changeling”

3X07 “The Castle of Fyrien”

3X08 “The Eye of the Phoenix”

3X09 “Love in the Time of Dragons”

3X10 “Queen of Hearts”

3X11 “The Sorcerer’s Shadow”

3X12 “The Coming of Arthur (Part 1)”

3X13 “The Coming of Arthur (Part 2)”

Season 4 recap

4x01 The Darkest Hour (Part 1)

4x02  The Darkest Hour (Part 2)

4x03 The Wicked Day

4x04 Aithusa

4x05 His Father’s Son

4x06  A servant of two masters  

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@highlynerdy thank you for providing me a good bedtime story for tonight

What you wrote was super interesting and I can totally say that Merlin would wear the tunic with pride because it was a gift from his husbby and also because he can’t skip the change to tease Uther by pointing out his true position in the "Royal household" and no, not as Prince Arthur's manservant 😏

Okay, who’s ready to read a long ass post about color in history, specifically regarding THE SHIRT, and its scandalous nature?? Inspired by this gorgeous GIFset from @lighthouse-on-the-sea. Thank you for giving me the idea to spend my entire afternoon writing this!

I’m going to be writing this under the idea that we really do not know what time period BBC Merlin is meant to be set. Arthurian legend is commonly thought to have existed in the 5th-6th century, but our beloved show has things that could have it set anywhere from the 6th century to the 14th century. Like, knights didn’t really appear until the 8th century, jousting in the 10th century, and we won’t even talk about the amount of non-religious books on that show. Because there’s just no way. But I’m getting off track here. Alright, so the reasons Merlin’s shirt would have caused a scandal are many.

Let’s start with the first one. Purple, as most people probably know, was considered a royal color. What they might not know is why. Tyrian purple, also called Imperial purple, was literally only available to the richest of the rich. Why? Because it came from teeny, tiny mollusks. Specifically, the mucus of said mollusks. I know, ew, right?? These were found in the Mediterranean and had been used for thousands of years by the Phoenicians and Romans, before falling out of use round about the 14th century. So why was it so expensive?? Well, that’s mainly because it took upwards of about 10,000 of these little mollusks to get just 1 gram of dye. Think about the amount of dyestuffs and labor in that number. I worked as a textile artist, specifically a dyer, for many years, and I can tell you even for a simple shirt it would have taken probably AT LEAST three to four times that amount for color this vibrant. It was also extremely colorfast. This meant it wouldn’t fade very much over time. A quality still prized in dye.

Let’s move onto the next thing because you may think, well, there are other ways to create purple. Of course, you’re correct. You could do a double-dip by first dyeing with madder (red) and then with woad (blue), which were both extremely common dyestuffs in that time period. I actually still use both in my dye studio today. However, his combo would create a more muted, mauve-y purple, instead of a bright, clear purple like Merlin’s shirt. Even so, it’s a possibility. And while it would have indeed been much cheaper, it still would have been something Merlin couldn’t have afforded on his own. Dyeing cloth back then was quite labor intensive AND resource heavy. I can say this with certainty because natural, or traditional, dyeing is STILL those things. There’s a very good reason commercial dyes were invented. In fact, I’m currently working on a long-term fanARTifact, which was dyed in the traditional manner with madder, and I will talk all about that lengthy process when I finally finish it. But for now just know that the lower classes did not get the “first dip” (the brightest and most sought after colors), and would instead get the second or third dip that would have been the more muted shades we think of today for peasant and working classes from the Middle Ages. Hmm, come to think of it, Merlin sure wears A LOT of vibrant colors, doesn’t he…

Point number three is the Sumptuary laws. This is something I learned about while working with @tehfanglyfish on our collab fic, and she kindly allowed me to harass tell her all about this stuff when deciding on the order of the dresses. What the hell are Sumptuary laws, you may ask? Basically, they were meant to “regulate and reinforce social hierarchies and morals through restrictions on clothing, food, and luxury expenditures, often depending on a person’s social rank.” A way to not only separate the classes but to make it obvious what your standing was. They go all the way back to the Roman era and have existed in different iterations all over the world throughout history. Purple would have definitely been a HELL NO for Merlin’s station.

So! Here’s Merlin. He’s a servant, a high-ranking servant, yes, but still a servant. And he’s wearing this shirt which would, at worst, be worth more than what every servant in that castle would make in their entire lifetime COMBINED, or, at best, still come from someone with far more money than him. It must have been a gift from Arthur, and hand-me-down or not, it’s a shirt that  makes a loud statement that he is in seriously high favor, and possibly a signal that he is Arthur’s favorite. Think of the ramifications. Better yet, think of Uther’s face when this skinny little idiot comes strolling into the hall one night with this shirt on. Like. He would have spat out his wine immediately and probably had a bit of a conniption in front of the entire court. It would not have been a subtle thing. The entire castle would have been all atwitter. Did Merlin know all this?? Ehhh, he is a bit of a doofus from an extremely small village. He’d likely never seen a color like this. Did Arthur tell him what it meant (because Arthur would have known)?? Did the other servants look at him with awe, or with disdain? Did he wear it proudly, knowing exactly what he was doing because he’s a hot shit?? Who’s to say. But no matter how you slice it? SCANDALOUS! If you made it this far, congratulations. You now know way more than you ever wanted to know about historical fashion.