#Arthur deserved so much better
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Good fathers do not leave their children in dungeons for a week.
Good fathers do not train their children to kill since birth.
Good fathers do not make their children watch executions.
Good fathers do not hit their children for mere disagreement.
Good fathers let their children learn of their mother, if she is dead.
Good fathers do not choose power over their children.
Uther Pendragon is NOT a good father.
#uther hit arthur and no one can convince me otherwise#fuck uther#arthur deserved so much better#i will never shut up about him#bbc merlin#merlin#arthur pendragon#uther pendragon#merlin bbc
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Drawings plus game snapshots. I am still simply obsessed
#i love this block of pixels so much broskis#Arthur deserved so much better#arthur morgan fanart#arthur morgan#rdr2 fanart#rdr2#red dead redemption 2#micah bell#hosea matthews#dutch van der linde#stars art
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#1 Mary Linton hater
#what a bitch#Arthur deserved so much better#she actually sucks dude#rdr2#arthur morgan#mary linton#that goodbye letter was bull#she treated Arthur so bad too :(#he deserved so much more#<3
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"I gave you all I had. I did."
#he IS good#crying because of this#i love him your honor#good people doing bad things huh?#this game IS a masterpiece#arthur morgan#rdr2#arthur deserved SO much better#video#'arthur said my life before he passed. i don't talk about it much. but i think about it.'#Youtube
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And the thing about it is that you can write a whole ton of hurt/comfort Arthur. He is the perfect character for it.
Merlin was raised by loving and gentle mother. Arthur?? Uther.
Merlin was taught kindness since he was little. Arthur? Trained to kill since birth.
Merlin hurt/comfort makes sense after season 1-2 when Merlin had seen and had done enough. (Don't get me wrong I love Merlin)
But Arthur hurt/comfort?? In the 2nd episode with Valiant the way he said "I can't!" when Merlin said to him to withdraw bc he was in danger. The amount of responsibility on his shoulders, uther, the was everyone expects him to be perfect. This. This is what people should write about. There are a lot of examples about how hard everything was for Arthur and how Merlin helped him to get through most of it
I will never forgive fandom how unfair it is about Arthur
Dark Merlin It's usually good angst. You know, Merlin had had enough. Dark Arthur? Arthur is a fucking rapist, a monster.
Merlin guilty? Merlin feeling guilty and comforted by the entire cast. Arthur guilty? Arthur doing the worst things possible and someone razing him to the ground
Merlin always gets these nice things. always flowers, courtship, everything. Found family? Everyone comforts Merlin because big bad Arthur. (literally almost every Merlin "found family" is everyone loves Merlin and treats Arthur like shit)
Merlin gets an apology. Arthur? My parents will love me faster than someone will apologize to Arthur in fanfiction.
"suicidal, self-harming Merlin" but Arthur has no right to have mental problems (a whole lot of people have wanted him dead since he was born)
Protectivr knights? Always about Merlin.
Even the fucking omegaverse. Alpha Merlin is a nice calm creature who pretends to be a beta. Alpha Arthur... wild animal, keep Merlin in a cage.
No. Just no.
(forever grateful to those stupid British people that arthur never told merlin he was fat. because the fandom understands that something is a comedy if merlin says it. if arthur it would be ,,abuse")
#hear me out Arthur is a ball of angst#i will defend him with my life#Arthur deserves Nice things#arthur deserved so much better#also a hug#he should be hugged constantly and affectionately#merthur#merlin#merlin bbc#arthur pendragon#bbc merlin#also#i hate dark Arthur#never read it
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it’s wild to think that the two times arthur gives a ring to gwen in case he dies, he doesn’t actually give it to her himself
in s4 ep 5, he gives ygraine’s ring—his mother’s ring—to merlin, so he could hand it off to gwen. even though it was because gwen hadn’t actually been there, arthur knew what they were getting into before they left for the battle. he had every opportunity to give it to her before that, but instead gave merlin the responsibility with a “tell her i’m sorry”
and then in the series finale, when arthur knows that the chances of him making it are slim, he gives gaius to the royal seal to give to gwen. arthur knew how high stakes the battle against morgana was and gwen had even been there, so he could’ve actually given it to her himself because of that very risk. also, the fact that they never even really got a proper goodbye, despite everything…
then we have the s4 ep1 deleted scene of arthur giving merlin ygraine’s sigil, explicitly telling him to “just… take it.” nothing else was said, but there was nothing else actually needed to be said between the both of them. arthur’s actions said enough, which is not something gwen had the privilege of seeing herself
arthur knew the risks when he was going to confront the dorocha, so he gave merlin his mother’s sigil. but when it came to gwen, he couldn’t be the one to actually give his rings to her
also, the fact that arthur thought that merlin was meant to have his sigil, despite knowing the weight in doing that??? it’s not just a symbol that represents the de bois house, but it’s a seal for royalty, which means he inadvertently made merlin the heir to the throne. and that was before he entertained the idea of giving gwen his rings
that in itself is enough to prove that arthur looked at merlin as something more than just king and manservant or friends. in his mind, merlin and gwen paralleled each other, hence his actions. but it turned out that, in the end, merlin was the only one who really mattered to arthur when his life was at risk. and he actually got to say goodbye to merlin before he died, even telling him thank you—which we all know was coded for “i love you” (platonic or romantic)
and people can argue that because the deleted scene is, in fact, deleted, then that means it wouldn’t actually mean anything. i would argue against that— i think it actually means way more that the scene was not only deleted, but replaced with a more “platonic” feel to it. because the showrunners knew what they were doing
they. knew. i CANNOT emphasize that enough. it’s likely that they came up with the original scene, proceeded to film it, and then decided to cut it out because of The Implications
honestly, this little rant isn’t necessarily me trying to invalidate arwen. i may not ship them, but i definitely do think they deserved better treatment as the main ship (like not having arthur properly say goodbye to gwen was actually Diabolical). i do think arthur loved her, but his love for merlin superseded that and those scenes just seem to prove it😭
#bbc merlin#merlin fandom#merlin#arthur pendragon#merthur#merlin and arthur#they loved each other#merlin and arthur are soulmates#ygraines sigil#i just think about how much ygraine genuinely means so much to arthur#and how much merlin meant to him which is why he gave him the sigil#and gwen meant a lot to him too because he was going to give her ygraine’s ring#but it doesn’t feel nearly as significant because it wasn’t a shared moment between arwen#arwen#guinevere#gwen deserved better#arthur deserved better too#they all deserved better
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Anyone else ever notice how Uther is willing to use magic to save Morgana—begs Gaius to do it, even—but never once considers it for Arthur? Like, we knew he had a favourite, but fucking hell.
#bbc merlin#merlin#arthur pendragon#morgana#uther pendragon#honestly it’s so sad for Arthur#honestly fuck Uther#don’t get me wrong I adore Morgana#but Arthur deserves so much fucking better#merlin spoilers
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my biggest dracula movie/tv adaptation gripe is that they never. Ever. get jack seward right. and they seldom get arthur and quincey right. but nobody does jack the way he should be: young, handsome, charming, smart, deeply observant, driven by curiosity, and devoted to a fault.
the hero boys commonly feel like an afterthought by directors and screenwriters - like they're interchangeable, easily omitted or substituted, swallowed up by abraham van helsing's significance. it's really unfortunate, especially since they each feel, in the book, so lovingly created and characterized. they each have importance and i wish more people understood that.
#dracula#dracula daily#it's the time of year when i yell and cry about my boys again#jack seward#deserved so much better#arthur holmwood#i wrote an essay for a college class about him once#and how much i love him and why he deserves more attention#quincey morris#WHOM MINA NAMED HER SON AFTER#hero boys
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I've fallen back down the RDR2 rabbit hole and the Charthur brainrot is real 😵💫
#my boys deserved better#i love them so much 🫶#idc if it's platonic or romantic#i stand by the fact that they were soulmates#rdr2#charles smith#arthur morgan#charthur
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Sometimes I remember the fact that Stanley Zbornak spent 38 years lying to, cheating on, and being a horrible husband to this:
Personally if this woman even looked at me I would kiss the very ground she walked on
#the fumble of the MILLENNIUM#skill issue stan. skill issue.#like she was ALL IN for the guy with a dedication he VERY MUCH did not deserve and he STILL managed to ruin it in the WORST possible way#oh dorothy... oh darling... you deserved *so* much better...#i just. just look at her. her hands alone. dorothy my beloved!!!#everybody say thank you lynnie greene for being so great at acting like bea arthur#(seriously how did she do it? how did she get *dorothy* down so well? i'm in AWE)#the golden girls#dorothy zbornak#gifs
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"Black" - Pearl Jam
#hitting back with another rdr x pearl jam lyric post#i love arthur and mary so much#they deserved better#also any mary hate is not warranted here#if you dislike her and wanna show it then fine#just not here tysm xoxo#rdr#rdr2#red dead redemption#red dead redemption 2#arthur morgan#rdr2 arthur morgan#mary gillis#mary linton#rdr2 mary gillis#rdr2 mary linton#mary linton x arthur morgan#marthur#rdr2 arthur x mary#outlaws for life#ranna song quotes
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Morgana confronts Arthur's army, saying they have no hope of defeating her.
"I am a high priestess of the old religion!" She snarls, casting a spell that sends a wave of destruction at the knights. It's stopped in its tracks against a shimmering wall of energy. Merlin steps forward, eyes glowing gold, hands raised.
"And I am your god."
#Emrys#listen I love Morgana she deserved so much better#but she makes a great villain bc evil woman sexy#also I just love god!merlin#esp reluctant god merlin#he tells the druids that's dumb he protests the title every time#but in the darkest hour he claims it#not for himself but for Arthur#he defeats her army#sends them scattering#turns and kneels in front of Arthur#head bowed#ready to accept whatever judgement comes his way#Arthur is currently bluescreened bc Merlin with gold eyes taking charge and being mega powerful was apparently exactly what he was into#who knew?#(the entire kingdom)#Merlin#bbc Merlin
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I'm currently rewatching the dark tower for reasons (fic reasons), and when Gwen said "Morgana's enchanted it to protect me," it rang an alarm bell, this time 'round.
"[...]to protect me."
hm. huh. you don't say. interesting. As in, the knights are the enemy not the rescuers? hm. curious.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it (i mean, hey, that's the fun of it), but that choice of language stood out to me.
#I've got more thoughts on this but i don't really have the time for it rn#(i.e. I'm trying very very hard to focus on this fic im writing and im being so cool about it and not struggling at all lol)#so have this half-baked observation merlin fandom#but feel free to add if u guys got any thoughts 👀#anyway i've never been the biggest fan of the evil gwen arc#do I absolutely love angel coulby's acting throughout it? YES. that was incredible and she deserves all the awards#was the dolma an instant shot of serotonin and i clap like a happy seal when she waltzes onscreen? yes#was the arthur/gwen moment in the cauldron of arianrhod absolutely gorgeous and beautiful? yes#but do i think - narratively - that it took up far too much time in the final season that was better suited elsewhere? yes#i could write essays on where the attention should've been directed...#anyway yes fic writing i've distracted myself enough#bbc merlin#merlin#sir elyan#guinevere pendragon#bbc gwen#bbc elyan#the dark tower#merlin meta#meta#ren rambles#scheduled
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" 'You are angry, my Scion. In pain.' 'Yes' 'Good. Then I will show you why dragons never die.' " - 'ʙʟᴏᴏᴅᴍᴀʀᴋᴇᴅ' ʙʏ ᴛʀᴀᴄʏ ᴅᴇᴏɴɴ, ᴘᴀɢᴇ 372
drawn as per request by our lovely Legendborn anon <3 there are no demons in this one but I'll make sure to include them next time lol
#legendborn#bloodmarked#bree matthews#we all hate Arthur but this quote is pretty cool ngl#even a broken clock is right two times a day I guess lol#I'm also exhausted today after a really long work shift yesterday but I'm trying to keep my artsy craftsy spirit up so I don't lose it hsjs#the color still comes out wonky out of Sai and I'm ONE to-do list checkmark away from actually investing in a tablet#so I'm also not super keen on starting on some massive drawing project either until I try that one out lol#we'll see tho !! i'm also gonna redraw the Simon × Baz thing I think bcs they deserve better than whatever I have done so far LOL#but also why is an art style so difficult to nail down tsk tsk tsk#i feel like I'm switching it up way too much lol#my art
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sighs guess its time to officially add jayvik to my “merthur in every universe” list
#the way jayvik ends in the series basically confirmed that they r in fact merthur in another universe!#which is terrible for me#they’re shaped as a heart <3#they deserved so much better#two sides of the same coin#viktor#jayce arcane#jayce talis#viktor arcane#jayvik#arcane fandom#arcane screencaps#bbc merlin#merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin fandom#merthur
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Arthur at Lucy's death bed à la Branson and Sybil
idk it just happened, I'm sorry
Also what is with Stoker pulling a Hamlet on us in these chapters? Like Lucy's mom, Arthur's father, Mina and Jonathan's father figure, and then Lucy, all dead within the same few days. Bro chill
#cw SAD!#they deserved so much better#I've really come to love arthur on my second/third reading#I watched downton abbey yeeaars ago and never actually finished it lol so idk why this heartbreak resurfaced but it fits#dracula#dracula daily#re: dracula#arthur holmwood#lucy westenra#dracula fanart#my art#don't steal pls
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