#BBC Merlin

[avasillva]

Gaius is loyal and very stubborn. He won't do that willingly. Who said he had to be willing?

KATIE MCGRATH as MORGANA PENDRAGON Merlin S04E07 • The Secret Sharer

[aerismoon]

I bought the DVDs and Blu-rays of Merlin to listen to the commentaries!

[ughmerlin]

— PERSEPHONE RETURNS, emily rose cole (insp.)

[arthemrys]

GUINEVERE

Merlin 4x13 | The Sword in the Stone

[somestorythoughts]

What if they're both courting each other, but Gaius and maybe Gwaine are the only ones that know?

I adore the "Merlin doesn't realize Arthur's courting him because he doesn't understand nobles" fics however I would love to see a reverse on this.

Arthur is so used to courtship being about expensive gifts and grand gestures amongst the nobles that he has no idea Merlin's been courting him in the more simple way people do in Ealdor. Things like cooking for your intended, handmade gifts, helping them with tasks around the village, and using a split coin as a proposal instead of a ring. By the time Arthur realises anything Merlin already considers them married

[jaunty-angle]

pendragon red

[theroundbartable]

It's silent, somber, the middle of the night.

Arthur: I don't think I've ever felt loved before

Merlin, sitting beside him: what do you mean?

Arthur, watching the fire dance: I don't know. I've never felt... Wanted... I guess.

Merlin: is this about Uther

Arthur: unmet expectations, you mean.

There is silence.

Arthur: everyone else is getting paid to be there when I need them.

Merlin: that's not true

Arthur: you say that because you're different, because you're the first person who's been different.

Merlin: I say it because no one would work for a prat like you for the money alone. Least of all a sorcerer, right?

Arthur: *huffs* thanks

Merlin: there are five kingdoms in Albion. One promises nothing but war, another is so deep in debt that the pourest show it, another is so wary they don't even think of their people and the last one has turned into a desert as their King died an isolated death

Arthur: so, I'm the least awful option then

Merlin: you're the golden King

Arthur: because of a prophecy

Merlin: because of your hair

Arthur: O.o?!?!

Merlin: *sighs* no, it's because you care and you give and you love. And that love is returned by your people

Arthur: Love shouldn't be transactional

Merlin: love was the very first currency.

Arthur: ...

Merlin: you've earned every heart you were given.

[papysanzonew]

[0samue0]

I think you forgot the important third option: obsessed with what the character could have been if a) the writers had been braver b) the writers didn't want to see our suffering or c) the show hadn't been canceled.

the rule of fandoms is that if someone has a character in their url or bio they either understand that character well enough to give a 3 hour unscripted lecture on the subject OR they're really obsessed with their version of that character thats an entirely different made up guy. and theres literally never an in between

[jesus-of-bisexuals]

[godmerlin]

Merlin 1x12 To Kill the King

[gldnstrngs]

no way. NO WAY.

NO WAY?!!?!!?!?

(creds to @imagine-dragonlords for letting me use images from their deleted scenes uploaded on youtube!)

[yourfavecharacterisqueer]

hypothetical scenario for you all: the real king arthur returns. you meet him and you welcome him into your home. what is the first thing you do with him? keep in mind, this is a man from the 500s (he died in 542), and you are from the 21st century (2024).

[starlight-kestrel]

AU where Arthur finds out about the prophecy and pieces together that "his closest ally Emrys" must be Merlin because who else would it be, but incorrectly assumes that Merlin doesn't know and therefore has never practiced magic before.

Even better if he finds out early season 1 so He's just so devastated the entire time and he's just like "I can't believe this, this prophecy is going to turn my best friend into a sorcerer, and it's all my fault for being the once and future king" and Merlin's in the back just murdering a sidhe

[whamber]

Gwen isn't even mad because she knows how it is when you give Merlin a lil' smooch on reflex.