#bbc druids

[nononsensesblog]

Do you guys understand? Merlin is magic personified, he is the power that can manipulate natural and supernatural beings and forces, he has always been and he will always be, he is immortal, he is an spiritual brother to dragons, his birth has been prophesied by many cultures, he is the son of the earth, of the sea, of the sky; Magic is the fabric of of the world and he was born of that magic; He is the Old Religion, he is magic itself. Do you understand that???

[nononsensesblog]

“And they called upon Emrys's power to keep Leon alive, unbeknownst to Merlin. So now, Merlin's endless magic is what keeps Leon alive, leading to his immortality.” Oh yes, I love that.

Still wondering who died for Sir Leon when the druids saved him with the cup of life. 👀

[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.

[calebauer]

they will find each other in any lifetime

[loosethreadsofyoursoul]

the degree to which magic in bbc merlin is an allegory for queerness is insane. what do you mean people with magic hide in fear for their lives because it’s illegal. what do you mean merlin’s mother sent him away to the big city bc she was afraid of what would happen if their small town found out he had magic. what do you mean merlin is taken in by an unmarried old man who used to practice magic but can’t anymore. what do you mean morgana was morally on uther’s side until she realized who she was and that he was wrong for wanting people like her dead. what do you mean anti-magical propaganda spreads misinformation that all magic is evil and everyone who practices it is also evil and should be killed. what do you mean there’s a recurring underlying theme of magical being solidarity

[adhd-merlin]

I firmly believe at least one druid, at some point, looked at Merlin and thought "are we sure we have the right guy"

[papysanzonew]

Arthur Pendragon must go to meet Emrys, the Druid King, to propose a peace agreement after the death of his father. Probably at the end of the negotiations it will not be the only proposal he will make.

“Welcome to my land, King Arthur” “Thank you for having me, Emrys”

My other Merlin art

[raviraaa]

[s03e12 - The Coming of Arthur ]

Druids: We can’t just hand you over the cup of life. It’s a powerful-

Arthur: Fine. What can I do to convince you?

Druids: Enter a permanent union, with him *nods at Merlin*

Merlin: WHAT?!

Arthur: …

Arthur: You’ll give me the cup of life and all I have to do is marry Merlin?

Druids: Yes

Arthur: Great. Then let’s get this over with.

Merlin: Have you lost your mind?! I can’t marry you.

Arthur: Why not?

Merlin: because … i … we … i don’t know?

Arthur: Wonderful. Now we have that cleared up, let’s start. We don’t have rings, but will this do? *hands over his Mother’s sigil*

Druids: *can’t believe it was that easy* Sure.

Merlin: WTF? *denied feelings are secretly rejoicing*

[chiefblossom]

Arthur: Merlin you’re so quiet on this mission

Merlin: haha… yeah just thinking

Arthur: Didn’t know you could think.

meanwhile Merlin cause their camp is in a Druid graveyard:

what the knights see vs what merlin sees

[bisclavret]

you're telling me bbc merlin has an episode called The Secret Sharer where everything revolves around a bunch of characters digging around for merlin's secret identity and gwaine is there for no reason other than to beg merlin to trust him again and proves himself worthy of that trust by turning his back on his knightly duties and doing everything to help merlin even though they might be saving a traitor for all gwaine knows and then merlin literally does magic in front of him and they even kinda acknowledge it by shrugging at each other and this still doesn't count as a magic reveal and they all just go back to their stupid little ignorant lives in camelot after that. do i have that right? ok. so first of all this show is a cheap farce but we knew that. second of all. Gwaine Knows. obviously

[phantomchick]

It's a shame the bbc merlin fandom is dead because I'm just a man would work so fucking well in one of those tiktok snippets for both Uther and Merlin.

But when does a comet become a meteor? When does a candle become a blaze? When does a man become a monster?

When does a ripple become a tidal wave? When does the reason become the blame? When does a man become a monster?

[chillhypocrite]

I love the focus on nature in Merlin, it’s so unique compared to other fandoms I’ve been in ;)

[tiredcowboyy]

I cant help but cry over how extra lonely merlin was when it came to his magic. Everyone always spoke about how lonely and awful it was to have to hide your magic, for sorcerers and druids in places like camelot and how isolating it was.

But at the end of the day they could somewhat always find others like them. They could escape to druid camps and be with people like them or find others hidden in the shadows.

But merlin couldnt. Sure he found other people that could do magic. But they always had him on this platform, emrys this emrys that, he was always the great emrys who had this big destiny and was the greatest sorcerer.

Never just merlin who could do magic. He never really got that equal companionship and relief of having someone the same as him around because the other person always saw emrys, this important person for the world, and never just 20 year old merlin who knew magic and wanted to help his friends.

[justaz]

arthur (prince of camelot) still has to study under a tutor bc yknow uther wants him to be very intelligent before becoming king or something bc its super important idk idc anyways merlin is doing chores in his chambers while arthur is squinting at a book and merlin eventually caves and asks him what he’s reading and arthur gruffly explains that its a collection of stories from greece that make absolutely no sense so merlin asks him to read them outloud to him. arthur of course teases him and calls him an idiot and asks how he could possibly help but does as he’s asked and reads the stories to merlin as he does his chores. merlin (being crushed under the weight of destiny and tormented by the prophecies that kilgharrah spews) understands the stories almost immediately and gets all excited and starts rambling about them with arthur. arthur is glad to have someone who understands so he can give something that reflects a hint of understanding to his tutor who accepts it and moves onto the next unit of education.

the thing is, arthur finds more stories in camelot’s library and brings them up to his room to read them aloud to merlin under the guise of completing his studies but really he just wants to watch as merlin’s eyes gleam when he understands whats happening and listen to him ramble on and on about them bc he’s gay. the stories stick with merlin though and he realizes that they’re cautionary tales, that the heroes who were told too much of their future doomed themself to fulfill them - that them fighting the prophecies led to their completion. merlin takes it to heart and gives a big “fuck you” to kilgharrah before forging his own fate and helping morgana with her magic and handing out an olive branch to mordred and now everyone can live happily and peacefully in an albion teeming with magic.

[theroundbartable]

The druid king Merlin This was supposed to look quite different but I dunno. I lost motivation halfway through

I would like to announce with this that you can from now on, maybe support me on Kofi if you like.

I've said this before, I'm not a professional artist and I earn basically nothing by doing what I do and I don't expect that to change. However, it would be really cool to one day go to the cinema and be like: You'll never guess who bought me this popcorn. I know it's a weird thing to think but that's how my brain works. And if one day, I'll run into someone who's wearing one of my shirts on redbubble, you would not believe the reaction I'd have. Like, BRAH. Anyway, I'll figure this new Kofi thing out as I go. If it works that is ^^

[myths0f01d]

I feel like merthur is the type where one goes to propose and the other laughs hysterically before pulling out their own ring to propose with.

Double proposals except its a druid magic coin and arthurs mothers sigil.