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Golden Age King Arthur accidentally gets sent back in time to the beginning of his reign. While making his way to Camelot hoping to find Merlin and figure out how to get back to his own time he runs into Agravaine making his own way to Camelot for the first time. Knowing he was a traitor working for Morgana in his own timeline, Arthur kills him and decides to take his place. No one had seen Agravaine since Ygraine's death, there were no portraits of him in the castle, and Arthur's premature greying hair has to be good for something other than Merlin calling him a silver fox. He can pass as his own uncle and be the caring advisor that young him deserved damn it!

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Bbc merlin is such a comedy. Arthur keeps telling Merlin they can’t be friends because they are prince and servant, while Merlin straight up tells Uther they have a special bond and Uther is glad

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The knights love and hate Merlin coming to training. They love it because Merlin is their little cheerleader and they seem to perform better when Merlin is there to cheer them on. They hate it because he never cheers Arthur on and Arthur gets jealous and shows off to catch Merlin’s attention which means that Arthur performs better when Merlin is there which makes him a demon on the field. Which means the knights have to visit Gaius after training to get new bruise salves and that one time when Percival had to get his broken nose set because he ducked too late when Arthur was swinging the hilt of his sword down because he was exhausted from how hard Arthur was pushing them

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do you see this shit my liege

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authors! go to your ao3 dashboard, click on statistics, look at your totals and tell me how many hits you have?

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quickly drawn king arthur and his royal sorcerer for those who may need it

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It’s always either or

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Sometimes I think about how violently powerful Merlin is. How completely useless he is at the softest forms of magic, mainly healing. He has so much raw strength teeming below his skin and he tries so hard to use it for softness. He grows strawberries and creates butterflies and manifests eggs to juggle, but what he's really good at is violence. His power sings when its unleashed on enemies. It is most comfortable creating forces of nature. It slows time instinctively. Softness is something Merlin must work to create and I just think that was either a brilliant choice or a television miracle.

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Merlin and Arthur perfectly represent their mothers. Merlin just like his mother, waiting for his love to return one day, and Arthur just like his mother, dead

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Gwen: Would you slap your best friend for a thousand bucks?

Merlin: I would slap Arthur for free

Arthur, tearing up: I'm your best friend??

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More merthur Fanart here:

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Every fic where Uther assumes Merlin and Arthur are fucking:

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Made some fan art based off this scene

Why Arthur...what were you doing?

Full version:

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DRAWTOBER #18 - Arthur Pendragon VS The World by Ally_Oop

When Arthur rises from the Lake, it isn't immediately clear what new purpose he's meant to be fulfilling this time around. Thrown into a strange new world with strange new problems and next to no clue what to do about them, Arthur finds solace in the only two things that remain from his old life: Merlin, and the mysterious stranger who wants Arthur dead. Just like old times.

this scene is SO funny to me but I almost feel bad for using it to represent this fic, because it is so, so, much more than a standard Arthur-comes-back-fic ohhhh my god. the plot is just fantastic, and legitimately kept me guessing right until the climax - I was so certain I knew what exactly was going on and I was WRONG and I was so delighted to be wrong!! in some ways it feels almost like a deconstruction of certain types of the Arthur-comes-back trope and I'm sorry I can't explain myself better but I don't want to give any spoilers. for a fic that is hilarious and heartwrenching please go and check this out.

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these were such fun warmups lmao COWBOY AU (briefly) BACK ONLINE ‼️‼️

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Words from On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong