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MORGANA AS CLAIRE.,,, lord can we SEE THE VISION…..

guys I’ve disappeared for many reasons but one has been because I decided to challenge myself to watch all six seasons of lost as fast as I possibly can and let me tell you my brain is COOKING a merthur plot in this setting. Arthur as Mr hero save everyone Jack, Merlin being the sort of S1 spiritual Locke character, Gwen as Kate (everyone cheered), gwaine as SAWYER con man… Lance as Sayid my fave... I’m thinking of so many ways you could diverge the lost plot to make this work and it’s really rattling around in my head. anyways I still have some 20 hours left of lost to scheme this up

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guys I’ve disappeared for many reasons but one has been because I decided to challenge myself to watch all six seasons of lost as fast as I possibly can and let me tell you my brain is COOKING a merthur plot in this setting. Arthur as Mr hero save everyone Jack, Merlin being the sort of S1 spiritual Locke character, Gwen as Kate (everyone cheered), gwaine as SAWYER con man… Lance as Sayid my fave... I’m thinking of so many ways you could diverge the lost plot to make this work and it’s really rattling around in my head. anyways I still have some 20 hours left of lost to scheme this up

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i think people who say that arthur returns + merlin alive for a millennium without arthur yet still waiting for him doesn’t make sense kind of miss the core of their bond. it’s not just that they loved each other, it’s that they COMPLETE each other. Merlin, no matter how far removed from arthur he is in life or how distracted he may be as an immortal, will always and forever feel caved out because that is his other half. He might give up on the prophecy itself and the bullshit he was told by Kilgarrah, but he would never fully give up his hope in arthur, because that would be admitting that he will never be whole again.

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Rolling in the deep

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I really like when fics make it so Merlin is the reason arthur comes back to life, in whatever capacity that takes. to me that feels the most consistent to the show because the whole damn prophecy exists in the first place because of the love between Merlin and Arthur. Merlin creates and falls into the prophecy because of his great love, he actively turns arthur into a legend and into the one and future king as well as dooming him to his fate. isn’t it right that he is the reason the final part of the prophecy comes true as well? that because of his emotions and love and anguish that Arthur one day comes back to him?

merlin is immortal and arthur is his other half. you can’t fully be cut off from that which makes you whole. Arthur will be drawn back to him, death and the grave be damned

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D E V O T I O N

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I would know him in death, at the end of the world. —The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller

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has anyone written a merlin au where arthur finds out balinor is merlin’s father, and that’s how he learns of merlin’s magic?

and i mean only arthur knows. merlin and balinor don’t have a clue.

like balinor starts to get through to arthur, telling him how he can still fix the mistakes that have been made. to do so he shares that he had to leave the love of his life in order to protect her and their son. he had to shield them from the dangers that the anti-magic propaganda had created for him. on the run from hunters who either felt entitled to use his power, or set him ablaze in cold blood.

he describes a town much like the one merlin brought him to once. the woman he speaks of falling in love with someone so similar to merlin’s mother that he sees it.

he notices how merlin and balinor laugh the same, ponder with furrowed brows the same, and how they prefer to eat with their hands instead of utensils.

he connects the dots with a flurry of nightmares. he realizes that merlin has magic in his blood and he’s terrified of what might happen if the truth gets out.

and when balinor dies, he yells in horror. not just because an innocent man was dead, but because it doomed merlin unfathomably. the one man he wouldn’t be able to hold back his own tears for.

and he couldn’t stand to break merlin’s heart with the news. so, when he eventually learns of merlin’s magic, he understands a little more what it takes to make someone lie for love.

cause if they have, let me know 🙏

edit: it seems i may write it myself lol

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If I can hold you again, I won’t let you go.

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hiiiiiiiiii <3 I've basically been relying on your fic rec tag to get back into Merthur recently so first of all thank you for that. second of all, do you happen to know if there are any fics of arthur noticing and appreciating Merlin's twink to twunk glowup in series 5? the idea of arthur suddenly seeing how broad and muscular merlin had grown really tickles my pickle. (ps. thanks again <3)

oh man. I’ve been thinking about this one since I received it and I CANT THINK OF A GOOD ONE. Not where it’s like a central plot, I can think of So Many where it’s just kind of an extra, a one line type of situation, but none where that IS like the Arthur Oh moment??? especially not a canon era one, which is honestly diabolical because we need more of this. I’ve spent too much time sitting on this one pondering it so I’m opening it up, if anyone has merthur fics where this is like especially notable and not just a tiny section of one paragraph I would love to see them!

also I’m so glad, I hope you’ve been enjoying them! I love my merthur so bad, I’m so happy to hear people are getting more into them as well! doing my civil duty etc etc

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It Seems that someone here lost a bet

Anyway, saw this meme here somewhere and decided to redraw🧚🏽

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thinking of how arthur's "i thought i knew you. i trusted you." "why didn't you tell me?" "merlin, you're not a sorcerer I would know." were less "i trusted you and you lied to me?" and more "i trusted you, i thought you trusted me too?"

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trying bolder black + merlin

commission / kofi

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which is gayer being gay or whatever the hell these two have going on

The purpose of life is to find someone who will look at me the same way these two look at each other.♥️

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He's just sleeping he's just sleeping he's just sleeping he's jus

Ko-Fi

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from my February and March readings, I’ve collected a few more merlin fic recs for the people…

ive been primarily rereading in March so I’d have to change up the style anyways xoxo here’s both!

For favorite long (80k+) fic I’m absolutely choosing The Scroll and the Sword by Elizabeth. The modern-with-magic and haters-to-maybe-you’re-not-bad-shit-I’m-in-love adventure of it all, I was thoroughly enjoying this one from start to finish. The plot hooks you, the romance gets you kicking and screaming, what else is needed ykwim. It also captures the brilliant merthur idiocy, really a gem!

For favorite mid length (30k-80k) fic I’m going with A Language With No Words by neptunesyellowsands! It’s a really great canon era post finale Arthur survives fic. The gradual acceptance of magic and grappling arthur does is just *chefs kiss*. It also has a sequel which was really great as well- just a really enjoyable series!

For favorite short fic (<30k) I’ll choose And He’s Still Left With His Hands by witchmd13! It was so beautifully written and I love the detail of focusing on hands in various scenarios throughout the story. It’s canon era, very soft and such a pleasant read plspsls check it out

since I’ve been rereading so much, I’m gonna do a shorter list of rapid fire novel reads and then another one of favorite rereads~

novel-

At the end of the world by b92morgan was a unique take on omegaverse soulmatism with a lot of lore and plot to back it up. not really canon era, not really modern, somewhere in the middle!

If you like your ouchie fucked up fics, Shackled by Obsessionist may fit the bill. It’s canon era and painful and pay attention to the tags cause it definitely keeps getting worse before it gets better, but still a good read!

rereads-

Following the beast by Footloose is following the fucked up trend in a different way. you just don’t get this kind of fucked up BAMF merthur often, morality is a bit lost here. Modern era with lots going on, and watch the tags cause even though Arthur’s the actual antichrist and earns the title in every respect he still has quite the age gap with merlin

My way home is through you by evaelisaa and Leandra is another great modern-turned-canon era fic. I love the transformation merlin especially goes through as he realizes where he belongs. the first kiss scene gets me screaming every time

The Dragon Rises by Footloose is an all-time favorite. It scratches the canon era itch but technically isn’t. Unique plot, incredible lore, the merthur in it is pure excellence, I’d recommend it to damn near anyone

Though Love Like Light Can Flee by horsecrazy is a wonderful modern era read. like these idiots, absolutely incredible the way they dance around each other Ten Million stars out of five

that’s it for now! sorry for the format switch but I hope it still works <3 god I’ve been busy and offline and this has been in my drafts but tehe I’m still hereeee!

psa I’ve been getting the itch to write again and it’s been distracting me like crazy… if I posted snippets of original work would that be welcome? 👀 let me know! I love to do more writing too but it slows down my reading… hmmm…

see you later for next months lists!!!

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