#It's me I'm “Merlin fandom”

[1shadowhole]

Colin Morgan: Stars in any show or movie where he looks run-down or sad

BBC Merlin fandom:

[16th-of-a-twigg]

“And I am more than these bones I feel love, I feel alone I just wish you would come home” - Flesh & Bones; Keaton Henson

Original 2014 version Companion 2015 piece Ko-Fi

[escespace]

Lancelot: How have you been? I feel like you recently acted a bit... strange

Merlin: I have no idea what you're talking about

Lancelot: So nothing is happening? Something for which you act like this?

Merlin: No, no, a lot of things happen all the time so I have no idea what you mean by "recently"

[imagine-to-be-a-pike]

Uther:I didn't raise you like this.

Arthur:...Holly shit you raised me?

[imminent-danger-came]

There is a distinct difference between "something good with flaws" and "something bad that's almost good" me thinks

[weaponizedducks]

azula my favourite morgana variant

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

I just need to inform you nerds about absolute madlad academic Joseph Brennan

most notably, he wrote a paper about a queer reading of Mordred in BBC Merlin which heavily cites his own (poorly photoshopped) pornographic slash manips

but he also edited a whole book about queerbaiting, including chapters about: Supernatural, Xena Warrior Princess, One Direction RPF, Supergirl, and the fucking Johnlock Conspiracy

all the rest of his work is about gay porn

I fucking love academia

[lightningstorm003]

Me: *sees merlin trending* why in the world are we trending???

Me: *realization* oh... right... now I'm sad😭

[nimrism]

merlin and supergirl mutuals/non mutuals come hither let's talk about our won't-stay-dead fandoms

ps: bonus points if you're a morgana and/or lena apologist (what even is there to apologize for?? they're just slayful) like i love you already

ps ps: supercorp/merthur/morgwen stans also come hither there's so much to talk about and so many fics to discuss

[galadrail]

Okay, so the end of Merlin BBC is angsty and all, but we just see Merlin walking past the lake, right? Maybe Arthur's actually awake and he's just come home to see him and they're living happily together?

In that case, there's no need to be sad anymore, folks!

[paulinegrintt]

no but really, what is the purpose of merlin official twitter in 2024? i'm so confused! i mean

why?????

[16th-of-a-twigg]

no rest for the wicked 😈 2024 v 2014

[streetlizard]

i find it so hard to write merlin fanfictions, and i've wrote tons of fics when i was younger, but everytime i start to write a merlin one i just blank

it's like i can never quite grasp the characters eventhough i've seen the show 100 times

[imagine-to-be-a-pike]

ok, let's settle this once and for all. Merthur is not divided into a popular bad boy with a lot of friends/shy nerd Merlin is an introverted empath, but he has a group of good friends and there is something about him that makes people gravitate towards him. He is still an introver. Arthur is an extrovert, desperately looking for aboobatics and people, damn easy to manipulate, with at most one or two okay people around him. He is still the main loud extrovert, but he is also terribly lonely because there is no one he can trust when Merlin has a group of close friends and knows that they care about him. Arthur has people, Merlin has friends.

they are like the sun and the moon

the sun is loud, stormy and looks good from a distance but when you get closer you will burn, having no one close to you, its task is to be a light for others but there is no one to be a light for him

the moon is calmer, shines dimmer, but has planets (people) close to it and knows that it is not alone

[yoonnamjin25]

I feel so heartbroken right now my favorite merthur fic EVER has been deleted oh my god please, merlin fandom, I summon you, if you have I Love You by evokingmemories in pdf, please please PLEASE send it to me, I need it so bad, please I'm beggin y'all I can't with this shit, I'm crying so hard right now no kidding, please, anyone???? 😭💔

[queerofthedagger]

Why did you do so little to promote fics or, really, the whole Sandman big bang that you ran? You kept promoting Merlin fic fest while Sandman big bang was running. And yet you barely did anything for it! If you lost interest, why not relegate it to somebody else? There are a number of wonderful fic writers and fanartists who did not get even a fraction of the recognition they deserve because of your own shoddy organisation. And yes, I do know we all do this in all our free time blah blah, but you created this event, and promptly ditched it in favour of another fandom. This is bad fandom ethics, and I think you need to know it.

oh careful babe don't choke on that bitterness you're gurgling there.

real talk for a second because usually I don't answer this kind of shit but let's go there for a moment:

I did reblog SO much sandman bang promo, the round up posts, the masterlist several times even. I did not reblog every individual fic because, and this might be shocking to your sense of entitlement, but even as a mod, I do not read every single fic. i'm not obligated to; you can start paying me if you want to, then we can come back to that point and I'll read whatever you put in front of me. until then, I will keep my preferences while doing my hobby, thank you very much.

The Rare Pair Fest only started up during, like, the last week of the Bang. I've been running that bang for half a year. And i don't know what makes you think that one fest's promo would take away from another fandom's fest posting but ????? it does not. Also people can be multifandon. I get that might be complicated to integrate in such a narrow perspective on fandom, but idk how to explain to you that people can have multiple interest beyond like. touch some grass honey?

Lastly, we did, in fact, promote every single collaboration on the blog and in the server. Individually, again in round up posts, and again in a masterlist. I don't know where you get the idea that we didn't. I don't know where you get the idea that we lost interest, or organized things shoddily. Bangs, and fests in general, don't guarantee you recognition. No one fucking owes you recognition, in fact, not me, not a fandom, no one. And whenever you manage to take a moment away from being an irritating fucking nuisance in other people's inbox, maybe you should rethink your approach to fandom as a whole because you're clearly having issues, and I don't mean this as a burn but as a genuine "this clearly does not bring you joy and maybe you should find things that make you happy instead." You're welcome.

And yes, I do in fact do these things in my free time. Meanwhile you don't even have the courage to put your name to your lil bitch fit. Get better soon.