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the “canon” fatal flaw that bugs me the most is that Nico’s is allegedly supposed to be “holding grudges” but LITERALLY EVERYTHING HE DOES SAYS OTHERWISE

the only instances we get of Nico even remotely doing anything with a “grudge” is him spontaneously, randomly, on rare occasion referencing being grumpy at something - THAT HE IS ENTIRELY VALID TO BE UPSET AT - and then does nothing with that. other than maybe continue to be vaguely grumpy about it and then drop it. In fact, Nico is consistently EXTREMELY forgiving to people despite him having perfectly valid reasons to not forgive them. Percy literally choked Nico and ditched him in the Underworld and Nico STILL brought Percy to the River Styx and faced off against Hades to bring THREE gods and an army of the undead to Percy’s aid, despite Hades actively suggesting alternatives to Nico and encouraging Nico to not do that.

Nico’s fatal flaw is so clearly either that he does not let go of things (not the same as holding grudges) OR that he’s far too willing to put others before himself, often directly putting himself at risk instead. He’s too self-sacrificial. He was explicitly willing to trade HIMSELF for Bianca and extremely resistant to letting go of her. He put himself on the line facing against Hades to help Percy MULTIPLE TIMES. He risked getting in trouble with the Underworld to bring back Hazel. He WILLING WENT INTO TARTARUS to try to close the Doors of Death himself. He offered to shadow-travel the Athena Parthenos for Reyna despite knowing it would most likely kill him. Etc. etc. The closest Nico has ever gotten to “holding a grudge” was being mad at Leo for faking his own death, and even then he was only Mildly Annoyed and got over it pretty quickly after Leo returned.

Nico “holding grudges” is a load of bull. Percy’s loyalty? Annabeth’s hubris? Absolutely true. Percy’s loyalty to Annabeth and Annabeth’s hubris are what got them pulled into Tartarus (also, interestingly - Percy’s hubris in TLO and Annabeth’s loyalty taking a knife for him is what nearly got them killed then). Nico, though? Nico’s willingness to put himself on the line for the sake of others is what nearly got him killed in BoTL and TLO and HoO and brought him to Tartarus multiple times, now! “Holding grudges,” yeah, right.

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THE FUCKING PARALLELS-

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Sooooo... I've had a thought for a while. How awesome would it have been if they had let Colin Morgan keep actual his Irish accent to remind ppl that he wasn't originally from Camelot? Like, maybe it becomes subtler as the seasons go on but it's always there and when he gets tired or angry the lilt would come out FULL FORCE and ppl that didn't know or forget would be like, yo wtf???

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Ok so I rarely answer asks as soon as I see them but

Anon

I DEDICATE AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR OF EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY THINKING ABOUT MERLIN WITH AN ACCENT!!!!

Like.... I'm turning this into a headcanon set because I need to think about this right now (if someone else wants to expand it that's fine, or if it's popular enough, I'll add it to the next List update).

ANYWAY!!!

Say he's not actually from Essetir, but Ireland (from research I think it was called Hibernia during the medieval ages, or maybe Alba? I'm not sure, so I'll just stick with Ireland), and Balinor ran a little further afield before meeting Hunith, and then returning once things had settled down to live in that skanky cave, so he can keep an eye on how Camelot was doing. Hunith and Merlin travel to Essetir when Merlin is maybe twelve or so?? So the accent and customs (and even the language) is like... heavily embedded. (To cover plot holes... uh... Gaius is also Irish, but travelled over with... relatives(?) when he was so young that he doesn't have an accent, or even really any memories of home. He has however visited and been visited by his sister enough to have a good relationship with her, and they exchanged letters regularly before and after she moved to Essetir. There. Don't think about it too much.)

HOWEVER!! When he moves to Camelot, he covers it up, because Camelot already hates Bastards (check), Sorcerers (double check) and also Gaels (check again). So to make his life easier, he gives himself a generic Essetirian/Camelot accent, and no one really notices, Maybe he has a bit of a lilt here and there, but people chalk it up to him spending lots of time with a diverse set of people, and/or maybe just being a country bumpkin. The lilt definitely comes out more when he's angry, the angrier he is the stronger it is, but, what the majority of Merlin's friends don’t know, is that they've never really seen him truly angry. Annoyed, frustrated maybe, a little pissed off, but not properly angry. Not for the first few years at least, so again, no one really notices.

Sometimes he rants to himself under his breath in Gaels, more so when he's with Gaius because it's not like the guy doesn't already know, even if he can't actually understand (Gaius does mourn the loss of his heritage sometimes, especially because, when delirious, Merlin's accent comes back full force, and Gaius can't understand a word he's saying).

Anyway. I do have this scenario in my head of some poor page running into the Throne room all "Oh CHRIST, My Lord, there's a woman in the courtyard who claims to have killed Morgause and rescued Morgana!! BUT!!! She says she'll only speak to Myrddin??" And the whole room is in uproar and Merlin just rolls his eyes at them and goes "What does she look like?", at the description he just goes "Oh shit" except in Gaels and runs out. All the gang follow to see him embracing this woman and speaking fast Gaels to her. She's introduced as his sister or an old childhood neighbour/friend or something. She couldn't give less of a shit about Camelot's anti magic laws if she TRIED, and fully admits to defeating the two witches with magic, because she herself is also a witch, and basically dares Arthur to do something abut it whilst Merlin despairs. Once the shock passes, someone, probably Gwaine, just goes "Hey, Merls, what's with the accent?? And the name??" and the woman just raises her eyebrow and goes "Aye, Merls, what's with the accent and the name?" And he has to admit that he's Irish and his real name is Myrddin (I know it's actually Welsh but let’s pretend just for now) and talks in his normal accent and everyone just... blue screens.

At least three times a day for the next few weeks, if not months, he has to explain the "new" accent to friends whom he hasn't spoken to since before the incident. Overall it's very funny, and everyone in Camelot suddenly finds Merlin ten times hotter. Arthur is struggling to cope. Leon openly drools. Gwaine is so wowed he can't even flirt right. Gwen trips over every time he speaks.

His accent is naturally really toned down, from years of hiding it and just being around people who don't have that accent, but it still gets strong when he shouts, and is nigh impossible to understand when he's concussed/drugged/suffering from blood loss/exhausted to the point of delirium. He also starts using words like "aye" to mean yes, and "slán" (the original of Sláinte, meaning good health, or cheers), when he says goodbye, and it's very endearing but also very confusing.

Our man is just so much happier being able to be himself and share his culture with no backlash, because Uther's been gone a while, and Arthur made peace with the Gaels ages ago (Merlin was basically just in too deep to back out then and kept clutching straws until the sister/friend arrived and blew it all wide open). Now he just has to do the same with the magic thing.... But then again!! Sister/friend not giving a fuck has maybe done that already. So. Maybe he's already set?

Anyway. Merlin with an Irish accent. Yes Please Please Please :D

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Virgil, please, you’re killing him (click for better quality)

Continuation of this that I’m posting now so I can start the new year with something better jsjsjsfjfkfk

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Asexual!Merlin - Merthur AU mini series

Chapter 1

Arthur is an english literature student. It is the beginning of yet another term, although this time Arthur notices a new boy in the classroom. He finds the boy (way too much) attractive, even though he is not one of Arthur’s usual types. 

Professor Morgause Garlois, one of the scariest teachers Arthur has ever met in his humble opinion, starts the lecture. The time she starts talking about the semester project, Arthur has no idea he could be so lucky (Morgause wasn’t really that scary after all) and get THE BOY as his partner. 

It doesn’t take long to discover Merlin is a huge geek and Doctor Who fan (something Arthur can relate to) and they have a very lovely conversation, Arthur finds Merlin very easy to talk to and they spend the rest of the day talking about their favourite episodes, Doctors and companions. 

Arthur cannot help it, he’s fallen for Merlin like a ton of bricks.

When they reach outside of the canteen, they are spotted by Arthur’s sister Morgana and her friend Sophia (who happens to have a bit of a crush on Arthur)… 

To be continued

You can find all chapters here

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10 reasons I can't get past season 2 of supergirl

10. (Look lower)

9. (No, lower)

8. (Keep going)

7. (Even lower)

6. (Keep going you're almost there)

5. (Still keep going)

4. (So close)

3. In the words of Cat Grant "trying to take on way too much way too fast"

2. Cat Grant leaves

1. Mon-el disappears and comes back MARRIED, like what the f*ck you little sh-

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Cudjoe Lewis was the last male slave ship survivor he died in 1935

Matilda McCrear was the last survivor of the last US slave ship and died 1940

Less then a hundred years ago

Don't tell me that slavery was so long ago

More on Cudjoe -

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/zora-neale-hurston-barracoon-slave-clotilda-survivor

more on Matilda - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/last-slave-ship-survivor-matilda-maccrear

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/last-slave-ship-survivor-descendants-identified

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GO WATCH THE PREQUEL I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE HORRIBLE BUT I WAS WRONG!

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Jensen and Danneel thought they were producing a show but instead they've adopted four more kids.

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Does TheWinchester’s writing room have a spinning wheel of Destiel quotes to pepper into each episode? Is there a quota or something? Maybe a punchcard for a free lunch for whomever can uses the most in an episode?

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obsessed with the fact that Dean and Cas could break heavens mind control with their love and John and Mary couldn’t even break a ghost possession

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what......

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“You can’t kill demons”- just wait girly lol

Yep, already a big fan of Carlos

Carlos is THE most efficient teacher. I love him.

John is already trying to start the tradition of gaslight people into thinking their dads are making bad decisions for good reasons.

Latika is such a nerd, trying to explain things in detail 😂. I love her too.

This show and it’s introductions are moving incredibly fast. I’m gonna have to give this episode a second watch through.

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I mean, I think I was campaigning for that before I even heard about this job. Um, so, you know, I've got a lot of sternly worded emails and tweets and texts, but you know, again, Danneel and Jensen at the beginning were like let's establish a foundation, you know, for these kids and then let's slowly bring some people in and we will be bringing a lot of familiar faces. I think we can tell- I'm lowkey excited about the next one, but whether or not we see Mr. Misha Collins, I would love to see everybody back in some way, shape, or form. I think we'll have an opportunity to do that, hopefully sooner rather than later. (Robbie Thompson at NYCC '22),

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I feel like it's probably a coincidence but also let's be real. Anything is possible when it comes to the SPN universe

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The year is 2022

David tennant back as the doctor and a Supernatural prequel show airing

History repeats itself and we will never escape 2010 tumblr

C'mon Sherlock you're the last one standing

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It is the year of our lord 2022, a little over 2 months away from 2023

Supernatural has a prequel show about Sam and Dean's parents called "The Winchesters" currently running

David Tennenant is the Doctor again

Every other week Hannibal is trending for no goddamn reason

My Chemical Romance is together and touring the country

It is 2022

It is 2012