#arthur and gwaine

[mandoriana]

Gwaine: Hey princess, why do we always bring Merlin with us on hunts?

Arthur *shrugs*: He likes it.

Gwaine: 🤨

Gwaine turns to Merlin.

Gwaine: Hey Merls, what do you like most about going hunting?

Merlin: I like coming home. I love coming home. I’m addicted to coming home. I’m the biggest fan of coming home!

Arthur: 🙄

Gwaine *laughing*: Seriously, Merls, then tell me, what’s the best part of coming home? Is there a lady waiting for you? Maybe a knight? 😏

Merlin: Oh, you know, there’s no better feeling than coming home. I don’t need anyone waiting for me. Actually, I love it when there’s no one waiting for me. I can pass by Arthur’s room, put him to bed, and then have peace for the rest of the night. When I enter my room and close the door, it’s like peace reigns in my life!

Gwaine: Your first concern is always to stop by Arthur’s room first. Are you afraid he might need you for something?

Merlin: I just serve him before entering my room. Once I’m in bed, he can shout all he wants, I’ll be asleep.

Arthur *rolls his eyes*: Liar, once I sneezed in my sleep, and you came running to my room asking if I had been poisoned.

Merlin: It was a reasonable question!

Arthur: I just sneezed, Merlin!

Merlin *rolls his eyes*: As I was saying, I love coming home. Sometimes I just leave home so I can come back and have the happy feeling of entering my room. Staying home is my favorite event because I’m the guest, the audience, and the main attraction. In other words, everything is better when I’m home, and no, I don’t like going hunting.

Gwaine: Haha, it seems he doesn’t like going hunting.

Arthur: 🙄

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Gwaine is so cool

[cynthia39100]

Merlin rewatch -- S3E4: Gwaine

I wish we could see Arthur's reaction here. He must have reappraised Gwaine (and possibly recruited him in his mind), knowing that Gwaine wasn't just blind bravery and trouble.

Arthur (unintentionally) won Gwaine over with his kind and just personality is my favourite thing. It's probably more significant from Gwaine's point of view since he'd just given Arthur a big bill to annoy him.

Awwww <3 It's a bit of a dramatic turn from hating all nobles to saying Arthur is worth dying for, but I think it showed the knightly nature in Gwaine. Deep down he wanted to find someone worthy or his loyalty, however much he escaped from it.

It's nice that Arthur complimented Gwaine (he always appreciates good skills even if it surpassed his~~) but had he seen Gwaine fighting...?

A new shining knight material could always make Arthur admit Uther's wrongness out loud~~ I really like that Gwaine told him no need to explain. Such a lovely understanding.

[S3E4] [other episodes]

[sapphickittykatherine]

they're fighting for merlin's hand in marriage

[alex-the-bringer-of-chaos]

Gotta love this post and tags

lol arthur realizes with the other knights after watching merlin flirt and being hit with a wave of deja vu: holy shit you asked me out

merlin and the rest of the knights around a campfire after leaving a village bc gwaine and leon somehow started a brawl in the tavern: ???

arthur points at merlin: after valiant! you asked me to buy you a drink! you were asking me out!

merlin is busy cooking dinner and confused out of his fucking mind: what???…..valiant….oh the knight with the snakes.

gwaine who was slightly tipsy now stone cold sober and sitting up straight against a tree: wait. explain. what do you mean merlin asked you out??

arthur snaps his fingers as he recalls the memory: i apologized for sacking you and you said that if i bought you a drink we’d be even.

merlin now remembering how he had stumbled into camelot, picked a fight with a pigheaded bully which quickly turned homoerotic and flirtatious, and continued their teasing-flirting for days before merlin shot his shot and asked the prince out only to be rejected: oh yeah, i forgot i did that…..wait, you mean you didnt realize what i was asking?

arthur: no?? we argued everyday, how was i supposed to realize you were asking me out??

merlin now abandoning the dinner and staring across the camp at arthur while the rest of the knights watch their back and forth like a game of tennis: to you we were arguing, to me that was very much flirting. i thought you were flirting back so i decided to ask you. then you rejected me

arthur, mentally beating his past self up for fucking up their chance: i didn’t reject you!!! i just didn’t realize what you were asking me. how was i meant to? we fought every chance we got

leon, nudging elyan, glee and excitement riling through him: its happening!!! its finally happening!!! seven long, grueling years is finally paying off!!!

merlin, realizing the misunderstanding and acknowledging the fact that he wasn’t rejected, his flirtations just weren’t noticed - realizing he still has a chance: oh…oh i see. arthur, my dear, our fights were extremely flirtatious. need i remind you of what you said? “do you know how to walk on your knees? would you like me to teach you?” or “i could take you apart with one blow”

arthur, mental capabilities at an all time low: m…my dear….?????????

merlin grinning devilishly as he realizes that his flirtatious persona he had hidden away after falling head over heels for arthur can make a come back: that is what i called you. should i call you something else? say…mine?

percival gags in elyan’s ear: cheesy

elyan hides a laugh: at least they’re finally getting somewhere. better than the hopeless pining

arthur, flushed from head to toe: ah uh no um im uh

merlin thoroughly enjoying himself: oh come now, your majesty. use your words.

[runboybeneaththemoon]

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Arthur: I think Merlin’s mad at me.

Leon: What makes you say that?

Arthur: Watch.

Arthur: Hey, Merlin?

Merlin, formally: Yes, sire?

Gwaine, looking horrified: What in the five kingdoms did you do?!

[wavesechoes]

hello merlin fandom, today im here to humbly offer you this, tomorrow who knows

[dryadalisliv]

I think it would be insanely funny if after Arthur’s death everyone returns back in time to the place they were the day Merlin arrived in Camelot. But like, everyone thinks they are the only ones who has returned. We see it all from Merlin’s pov, who’s traumatised and wondering why the fuck Arthur is so much sweeter to him this time around and keeps saying ‘thank you’. He wonders why Lancelot shows up earlier, why all of a sudden Gwaine is there three years too early, saying he got hurt in a tavern bawl and needs a physician. He wonders why Leon keeps pretending like he didn’t just accidentally see Merlin do magic. Why Gwen keeps giving him these knowing looks. And why Morgana doesn’t seem as afraid as she used to when she was figuring out that she had magic. Everyone is trying their best to change history for the better, thinking they are alone with this duty... and then one day when uther is dead and they are sitting around the round table, merlin steps forward and is like: ‘I need to confess that I have magic, but also that I have returned from the future.’ And everyone just whips around and is like ‘YOU TOO??!’ And then they realise that they’ve all returned and wasted their time thinking they were alone.

[akelafang]

Merlin and the knights playing never have I ever

At first, it's innocent stuff and Gwaine complains that it's all dull trivia and they need to start getting into the more interesting questions. Leon looks him dead in the eyes and says "Fine. Never have I ever been arrested" Literally everyone but Leon drinks.

From that point it becomes a challenge to see who's done the most outrageously criminal shit "Never have I ever been in a bar fight" "Never have I ever committed identity fraud" "Never have I ever broken someone out of the dungeons" "Never have I ever stolen from the royal vaults" "Never have I ever committed treason with the King still in the room" And Merlin. Just. Keeps. Drinking. Now it's about trying to find something Merlin hasn't done but one of the others has. The answer turns out to be "Never have I ever been banished from a kingdom"

Merlin passes out before he runs out of criminal things he's done. Magic is the only reason he's still alive the next morning after how high his blood alcohol level was.

After Merlin passes out the knight just look at each other wondering how Merlin hasn't been executed yet with all the shit he's done. Gwaine chuckles and shakes his head "Perks of being the king's mistress"

[authorindistress]

Broke: They had to have Dolma as an old lady because a young woman would have been too recognizable for Arthur, who regularly clocks Merlin’s disguises through his eyes alone.

Woke: They had to have Dolma as an old lady because a young woman would have sent Morgana Pendragon barreling out of her bog to make an introduction to the pretty new sorceress in town.

Bespoke: Gwaine was not allowed to meet Dolma as an old lady because he would have flirted with her on sight and Merlin would have gone with it.

[wishiwasadruid]

Gwaine: Arthur asked me to pretend to be his boyfriend because his father is homophobic and wants him to date a noble but he ended up hating me so much that he was relieved when he found out Arthur was actually dating Merlin

Lancelot: Task failed successfully

Leon: Congratulations on being so awful you destroyed century old prejudices

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Can we talk about how all of the knights except for Leon were there for Merlin more than Arthur in s3 final gwaine immediately stuck around for Merlin, Lancelot came running the moment Merlin sent to him bringing Percival with him , elyan has equal loyalty to both Arthur and Merlin

[theroundbartable]

Magical orb that puts a crime count on everyone's head (while Arthur is king), counting the crimes based on the established laws. (Crime count in brackets)

Gwaine (127): this is an outrage

Arthur(3): I am as distraught as you

Gwaine (127): no, no. You don't get to say that! I've worked my whole life on this crime count and I've got less than THEM?

Merlin (847): *crosses arms* protecting Arthur comes with a cost. What I don't get.... Is THIS!!!!

Lancelot (1084): I can explain

[irishyuri]

these were such fun warmups lmao COWBOY AU (briefly) BACK ONLINE ‼️‼️

[justaz]

*merlins magic gets exposed in front of the knights*

merlin, magic user: oh fuck

arthur, finally taking this opportunity to pretend as if he just found out merlin has magic after agonizing for the past month on how to bring it up: you have magic?

lancelot, merlin defender, already knew of merlin’s magic: no! i have magic

gwaine, merlin defender, already knew of merlin’s magic, lover of chaos, ride or die: no, i have magic!

mordred, desperate for his hero’s approval bc no matter what he’s done emrys just stares at him with distrust and the poor boy is tired and so close to tears: no…i have magic.

percival, raised by druids and bonded strongly with mordred over that and does Not agree with the persecution of magic in camelot, had an inkling that merlin had magic but no proof: no. i have magic.

*leon and elyan exchange a look, elyan, amused and leon, exhausted, elyan shrugs*

elyan, knows how much gwen adores merlin and completely understands her stance bc merlin…is merlin, down to clown and put on a show, really playing up the dramatics: no! i have magic.

leon, exhausted, has known of merlin’s magic since he stepped foot in camelot, knows of his feelings for arthur and arthur’s feelings for him, knows arthur knows of merlin’s magic and wouldn’t harm him, thinks everyone is being absolutely ridiculous:

*the knights stare hard at leon and even merlin looks slightly offended at leon not jumping to his defense with the rest of the knights, arthur hasn’t said anything and is staring at leon expectantly*

leon, sighing: …no. i have magic.