#The Merlin Saga

[kairennart]

The Knight and the Fae part two

For @merlinrarepairfest

[toomanyfanficsbruh]

Would You Fall In Love With Me Again,

But Merlin to Arthur after he finds out about his magic????

[achillesuwu]

I know I have already said it (but it’s another part of the song ok!!) BUT « Would you fall in love with me again » WOULD GO SO HARD AS A POST-MAGIC REVEAL AU 🤧

Arthur who accepted Merlin magic but like he doesn’t know everything right ? Imagine an au where he survives his wound (after confessing his love for him). Merlin bring him back to Camelot, after a day of bed rest Arthur becomes fed up with the way Merlin seems to avoid looking at him and ask him to sit on the chair next to his bed. And then Merlin tells him this, looking guiltily at his hands :

« I am not the man you fell in love with

I am not the man you once adored

I am not [a] kind and gentle [man]

And I am not the love you knew before

Would you fall in love with me again

If you knew all I've done?

The things I cannot change

Would you love me all the same? »

And Arthur wants to know, not because he would love him any less but because he wants to finally shear Merlin’s burden « What kinds of things did you do? »

« Left a trail of red on every [land]

As I traded friends like objects I could use

Hurt more lives than I can count on my hands

But all of that was to keep me close to you

So tell me

Would you fall in love with me again

If you knew all I've done?

The things I can't undo

I'm not the man you knew »

And Arthur angrily replying this :

« I will fall in love with you

Over and over again

I don't care how, where, or when

[…]

Don't tell me you're not the same person

[You'll always be my love] »

[magical-trash-void]

You guys see the vision, right?

[femmehysteria]

I'm doing a series of "Best Character Named X" polls where all the characters have the same first name but are from completely different media, feel free to send in name/charcacter suggestions, I'm posting one poll a day, check my pinned post for active polls

[hoperays-song]

No because found family is being chosen. It’s someone seeing all your mess and all your flaws and loving you anyway. It’s support and acceptance and everything you never had but deserved. It’s loving you anyway despite the past and the future. It’s being worth so much to someone that when they see you, you are immediately wound into the constellation of their life and they never want you to leave. 

[zestyliljesty]

Merlin Epic AU... Kinda

I made the mistake of listening to Would You Fall In Love With Me Again while also thinking about Merthur and now I can't stop thinking about an AU where Merlin takes the Knights of Camelot to face off against Morgana and literally begs Arthur to stay back, eventually revealing his magic just to convince the king he won't be needed on the field (maybe he saw visions of Arthur's death? or maybe he's just being his usual gay self).

Anyway, they beat Morgana & Mordred and all that good stuff but it takes a while, it takes even longer to get home because of Magic Balance stuff (I promise it makes sense with context I just don't have the brainpower to give the aforementioned context).

When Merlin finally gets home, its only with a handful of Knights and a boatload of trauma (what else is new) and basically Wouls You Fall In Love With me Again plays out but with him and Arthur.

Side note I love the thought of Arthur just staving off thirsty women by saying he's grieving the loss of his "good friend" Merlin.

Will I turn this into an actual fic? probably not, but it is fun to think about.

[how-did-i-get-to-here]

wishing a merry christmas eve, happy merlin finale anniversary, and wonderful ithaca saga release day to all who celebrate!

[idkaguyorsomething]

Best companion does not necessarily mean they have to get along with the Doctor the most, challenging each other in interesting ways could also count.

Explain in the tags who you voted for, with which incarnation, and why!!

[rosalie-starfall]

The Magical Miranda

There is Magic all around you if I do say so myself I have known this much longer than I've known you

[yohohonabottle]

The end (Is the beginning)

"I'm a healer, a guider first and foremost. Not a fighter, even if I have the claws, teeth, magic, skills for it....That said." A small smile that turns sadistic, stalking toward the enemies/threats, the atmosphere feeling chillingly cold.

Gravely so.

"I'm not a fighter, no--I'm the Sacrifice, the martyr." Bloodlust, sadistic, morphing into his bat form. "Why else, is death and rebirth so ingrained into my very core?"

The flame-spines feel different. Calling upon the Sun, his own status as the Moon.

Bloodlust.

--And lands his first blow in cruel retaliation, decimating numbers fast.

"You forget, that I play by different rules." (Your place.) His form changes, goes through a white bat, to a wyvern made of smoke and ash that ignite with cracks lining it, a light, flames flicker out through, licking at the charred bones and ash-made skin. Voice a sharp, hissing, breathless rasp that chills to the very bones, the soft rumbling hum of thunder in it prelude. It falls away (It's not supposed to!), crumbles like the very ground of a desert---A phoenix with only vague traits of a bat or wyvern, unfurling its great wings and plumes in all its majesty.

But it feels different, wicked, cruel without the kindness nor serenity. The pinions real flames hot as the sun itself, that ominous sadistic grin still in-place with all those rows of sharp teeth on shameless unapologetic display, preparing to deal one, final, deciding hit.

It billows a stream of smoke through its nostrils and corners of its mouth, growing in size and warping. A dragon.

But not one of tenderness or seeking peace.

"I am the Sacrifice, I am Change, Adaptivity, I am Survival, I.am.Life, I am.the Sun, I.am.War, Desolation, Renewal, I.am...." Those unnerving, terrifying orbs bore into the puny lifeforms of the so called horrors from beyond, that rallied the Hypogeans --Berial knew his own fate, standing face to face on opposing sides with his Batman, duty-bound to join Phraesto, Reinier, Harak and all the rest.

This, is the final, last curtain call.

But the Jester harbored no sorrow, regrets or bad blood and fear of his imminent end.

Only peaceful, quiet pride.

This was the greatest, best performance he could've ever hoped and ask for, the finale a marvelous end to it, to the legend told, to the journey.

And no puny gods nor blundering celestials will ruin it. (A fiery shadow cast upon the ground.) Free(dom).

A happy end.

".....Death."

The Arrow flies down, a lightning striking down.

The dust settles, an empty battleground. No bones, no limbs, no flesh and skin, no ashes. .

....Only a lingering cold yet scorching heat.

A promise of return, and for the cycle to begin anew over and over again as it would for time immemorial.

[the-kingshound]

Decision - part 2 of ?

TW: suicidal/self harming thoughts, description of violence, grief.

Time has lost all kind of matter or significance. After having torn the masked person apart limb by limb, slowly, until your clothes and your hair and your skin drip blood, still tasting metal in your mouth, you have functioned in an empty shell. Their screams weren't satisfying, they wouldn't be enough for the pain caused. The wound on your abdomen is closed, but pulses and doesn't hurt nearly enough.

You took down Arthur and Saraah's bodies. You hugged them and dry heaved. You weren't able to truly cry. It hurt too much, to hold their cold boneless body, so you didn't allow yourself any more contact than necessary.

It is your fault.

You stay in the room where it all happened. An unbearable amount of time later, someone finds you, kneeling in a pool of blood like a broken useless doll.

"Oh, no..."

It's Merlin. He gets you out. He enchants the bodies you hold not to rot, preserving them. When your mind starts revolting and clawing at your chest, Merlin shushes you like a small child.

"Drink," he tells you, placing a tea in your hand. You do, only because the warm smell of it compels you to as intended.

Merlin keeps you sedated for a while. Sometimes you wake, groggy, laid inside his tent. He is either working on your injury, or making potions and teas. He makes you drink something that pulls you into consciousness again. And again. Perhaps he wants to spare you, but from the very first conscious inhale you take when you wake, pain devours you whole and doesn't stop until you fall into magic induced sleep again.

The fourt time you wake up, he does allow you too stay awake. For good measure, he puts a warm cup in your hand.

"That is just for the nausea," he explains, somewhat avoiding your gaze. As if he knew it was your fault, as if he blamed you and he SHOULD he should blame you-

"I didn't make it in time," Merlin confesses, taking a steaming mug for himself. This time, he is looking at you, and he looks so old and tired. Guilty. "Mordred alerted me. Told me where to look. But I was too late and now..."

He takes a small sip of his tea. "I never though I would have to live past my boy. I hoped I wouldn't. I am old enough, as you can see."

Your heart breaks. You want to throw up, to destroy the tent, to tear up the entire kingdom.

Merlin then places the pomel of a sword in your hand. You feel a wave of anguish, instantly washed down in favour of warm consolation. Excalibur grieves, and yet it tries to soothe your pain.

"Here. Hold it. It wanted to stay with you."

You swallow, and this time you might cry. For a brief moment you feel an intense desire to cut your throat with Excalibur but you know it will stay blunt.

You have to bring your King and your brother home.

[imagine-to-be-a-pike]

No longer you from epic x merlin

That's all, goodbye

[achillesuwu]

BUT WHAT IF I SAY THAT "Would you fall in love with me again - Epic the musical" IS THE PERFECT POST RETURN MERTHUR SONG!! ✨✨

ESPECIALLY THAT PART (obv spoiler ahead)

I will fall in love with you

Over and over again

I don’t care how, where, or when

No matter how long it’s been

You’re mine

Don’t tell me you’re not the same person

You’re always my husband

And I’ve been waiting, waiting

Like I think Merthur arguing fit their reunion so much ✨

[potatounicoorn]

Why does everything always end on christmas day? Always the last part of every dear thing. Why do we want people crying on christmas day?

[princess-polls]

Round Three: C