#Ether BBC

[myoonmii]

I was inspired (gay thoughts)

[misandriste]

ANGEL COULBY as GUINEVERE merlin ⧽ 1.10, "the moment of truth"

[buckingham-ashtray]

Tears of the Virgin

- A Sherlock Holmes fanart by 唧唧

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[glowinggreeneyes-e]

[silverfoxstole]

It’s the last McGann Monday of 2024, so here is a very random selection of Paul pics from my old files.

[adrianecarday]

[darkdevasofdestruction]

Ethereal Limerence - Sherlock Holmes (BBC Sherlock) ~ On Going

Summary:

Pursuing one's dreams is everyone's life goal, even if that means finding a speck of ephemeral bliss in making autopsies. This nefarious enthusiasm combined with a crime-filled capital, like London, makes a certain female feel ineffable. Recently, however, dexterity and wit level of these murders have significantly increased, making the police request the help of a certain Consulting Detective. Are the Angels going to win this war? Or is the Villainous side going to triumph?

Chapter 1 - Blue Effervescent Liquid Bottle Chapter 2 - Ephemeral Aurora Chapter 3 - Shot Through The Heart Chapter 4 - Another Sin Chapter 5 - I AM KATLOCKED

[sundry-whovengerslocked]

Gwaine with a manbun? yes, yes good. wonderful.

Leon with a manbun? brilliant. super hot.

but has anyone considered...

MERLIN with a manbun?

[awoogaslashers]

[merthur-she-wrote]

Prompt:

By some twist of magic or another, Mordred trips back in time, arriving not long before The Dragon’s Call.

He’s no longer out for revenge against Arthur, or not entirely - he feels like he settled that score in Camlann. But he feels no loyalty to his Once King either.

What he does want… is Merlin.

He always idolised Emrys, wanting a closer bond with him than what he had. He knows now that that’s because Merlin chose Arthur over him.

Well, not this time.

This time Merlin would choose Mordred, he would make sure of it. Merlin would be his in every way possible. Camelot could fall and burn, as far as he was concerned. And maybe, maybe, he would show up at the last moment to tell Arthur what he stole from him before he even knew what he’d lost.

He travels to Ealdor, seducing the young Emrys to his side, doting on him, loving him, and being loved in return.

But destiny has a funny way of working things out. Mordred is no longer Arthur’s bane. Instead, Arthur is his.

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Mordred/Merlin, with eventual Arthur/Merlin and MCD(Mordred).

[haventacluewhatimdoing]

Okay so. Havers plays clarinet in an army big band (Think Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman). Captain watches. That is all.

[lealala63]

I was drawing today's inktober prompt and now I log into tumblr and I see Merlin trending??? hello?? What in the coincidence

[silverysongs]

tbh guenevere from camelot was right. where are the simple joys of maidenhood.

[ellifromspace]

does anyone know why so many merthur fics have turned into mystery works lately? is there really an ongoing challenge that “will be revealed soon” ?

[myheartburnsthere-too]

Even better:

Gwen cheating after they were married: hear me out.

Arthur literally left the city every episode on season 5 until Morgana kidnapped Gwen, so I would've been fine if they'd saved Lancelot and the cheating plotline until s5 because honestly? A girl has needs. Her husband literally was never there for more than 5 minutes then he's gone the rest of the episode.

It was the perfect opportunity and the writers butchered it.

Ugh. I have to say it. I’ve been holding it back because I know how much fandom hates this plot point so much. And like maybe it’s because I enjoy angst, or because characters coming in a vacuum sealed ‘morally upstanding’ package is just not realistic or enjoyable to me.

But Gwen should not have been ‘bewitched’ to cheat on Arthur with Lancelot. For one, it just sets another horrible precedence of magic use within the narrative. And two: it’s boring as hell. Oh, and also apparently Gwen was only allowed screen time in later seasons when her autonomy was nowhere to be seen. So three. Three reasons why I find it dumb as hell. And one that last front? Yeah, I think she should have willingly had an affair with Lancelot. I know, I Know. Cheating bad. Cheating make evil wrong person. Or whatever twitterinas are saying.

But hear me out (or don’t). How did Gwen feel after Lancelot died after she made him promise to return Arthur to her alive? Did she feel that she had unwittingly sentenced him to death? Her first true love; the man she looked for in other men. (Maybe we’d know how she felt if the writers didn’t have her going off like a broken record and just keep repeating what a great king Artie would someday be). I wish we had seen her grief, I wish she had been given time to mourn (as we know she never is in a series that kills every family member she has). And then Lancelot returns. She realizes she stills loves him, she feels guilty and blames herself thinking she had a part in his death. She thinks she asked him to sacrifice himself. And she wonders if she made the right choice. Lancelot and Arthur are there before her, and her wedding is in two days, and it’s all so sudden and the window of opportunity is about to be closed for the rest of her life; and she wonders if she’s chosen the right man. Gwen wonders if she’s been given a second chance, can she amend her previous choices. Does she want to amend them. Yes, this storyline opens her up to all sorts of criticisms. Fandom would condemn her a slut, she would join the ranks of women who can’t just make up their damn mind. Someone would declare it’s anti-feminist, because women aren’t allowed to be portrayed with “bad” qualities and when they are it just sets us all back.

But…it would be so much more nuanced than the plot they gave us. It would give Gwen the opportunity to make the choice because in the past it had been robbed from her (Lancelot leaving when he realized that Arthur loved Gwen, and Lancelot dying the first time). It would grant her autonomy over her own sexuality and choice of partner(s). Unlike the male protagonists in this show, Gwen is never actually given a real chance to morally grapple with anything, especially her own actions. She just is a good person who never does anything wrong, can be a bad-ass if it’s required, and falls into the straight and narrow path of ideal womanhood when she gets a boyfriend in a position of extreme power.

I know I’m barely making sense, but she just could have been written so much better. She could have been treated like a real person in the writers room, but she wasn’t.

[misandriste]

KATIE McGRATH as MORGANA 𝕸𝖊𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖓 ⧽ 𝟏.𝟎𝟐 “𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔱”