#bbc merling freya

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On this edition, I keep playing "spot Leon" every episode, and my way of drawing Merlin is inconsistent as ever.

Also... Freya... *starts sobbing inconsolably*

Season 1 part 1 || Season 1 part 2

Season 2 part 1 || Season 2 part 2

Season 3 part 1 || Season 3 part 2

Season 4 part 1 ||

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Freylin is actually so freaking funny because you know, you know, Merlin never tells anyone about Freya. Not in the sense of actively keeping her a secret, but just...not mentioning it. Like, hey, when he's working, then he is working, and even though he does like to talk, he rarely talks about himself, and not many people ever seem to ask him, either, so it never comes up and therefore he doesn't discuss it.

Which is hilarious because imagine he brings Freya to Camelot to be Gwen's new lady's maid. He has not explained who she is to him beyond someone he trusts (which is about the best job reference you could hope to have in Camelot). Freya does not think to mention it, either, since Merlin obviously would have done that already. Gwen likes her, she seems very sweet and soft-spoken. Arthur likes her, she makes Gwen happy. All is well.

It isn't until like...a month later, when Arthur notices Merlin and Freya going to Merlin's chamber together, that he says anything because he knows Merlin's social awareness isn't always up to snuff. So he mentions, casual as Arthur Pendragon can be, like hey buddy, that's not exactly kosher, m'kay, it's not not allowed, but you gotta at least be subtle about it.

Merlin: No, I know, it's alright, she's my wife.

Arthur: *chokes on his wine*

Arthur: She's your

W H A T?!

things merlin remembers to tell arthur: what gwaine heard through the grapevine things merlin forgets to tell arthur: that

[fluffypotatey]

#bbc merlin#look#balinor only *marginally* signed up for this#he saw merlin do one (1) bit of simple magic and was like ''ah you have your father's gifts :)''#he was NOT expecting his kid to be able to REWORK THE FABRIC OF REALITY just for shits and giggles#hunith is objectively the coolest woman in albion and is happy her lil baby got friends

listen, you cannot just put these in the tags and expect me not to bring it up like

there are two ways i see hunith being so chill about this

hunith just does not care and loves her boy so much and is so happy that he feels comfortable enough to use magic more and more (hunith: "oh freya, it is so good to meet you! you know, i heard you like strawberries and did you know my baby merls planted for me the most beautiful strawberry patch?" merlin: "mooooooom, i was 12!" hunith: "and what a sweet little boy you were!" balinor, visibly shaking: "you were what")

hunith also doesn't know that merlin being capable of reviving old friends is not normal and is something that is an outlier in terms of stuff magic users can do (balinor, bursting into hunith's room after a lesson: "MERLIN CAN STOP TIME???" hunith, braiding freya's hair: "since always, why?")

hunith truly is a real one. only respect for merlin's mother hunith <3

A Thought:

As Emrys, Merlin is a very powerful sorcerer.

However, his utter lack of any formal training means Merlin is not a very good sorcerer.

The magic he does should be theoretically impossible, but he's got enough raw fucking power to just make it work. Infant demigod smashing blocks together and creating a Lego Death Star.

Merlin: *does magic that Should Not Work*

Other sorcerers:

AND THEY ARE RIGHT TO FEEL UPSET

IMAGINE YOU'RE A SORCERER. YOU'VE BEEN PRACTICING YOUR CRAFT, SHOOTING THE SHIT, LAYING LOW, PLOTTING PLANNING.....THEN THIS FARMY BOY TWINK SHOWS UP AND NUKES THE FUCKING PRIESTESS OF THE LAKE OF AVALON

I'D FEEL PISSED TOO

like, bro, you meet him, you're apprehensive of him bc 'shit that's emrys'. the emrys. the dude that's said to be the greatest sorcerer to ever walk the earth. you meet him. you can feel his magic and like holy shit, what the fuck was that??? you ask him how the fuck he gained so much power by the age of 21????

merlin: you mean....y'all don't also just have magic doing shit when you're a toddler

you, the sorcerer who has had to spend years getting control to fucking heat up a teapot: .........no.......no our magic doesn't do that

goddamn do you wanna just chuck this adult child into the lake and be done with it. better yet, you wish for the sprites to just pick you up and use your body as a sacrifice for entrance into Avalon.

and then, and then

you see how this motherfucker fights against bandits and "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU JUST PUSHING THEM AWAY??? WHERE'S THE SHOWMANSHIP??? THE PIZZAZZ??? HOW MANY SPELLS DO YOU KNOW???"

merlin, who forgot he can freeze time and space and can launch lightning bolts at people: uh....3???

it takes the triple goddess to restrain you from murking the prophesized warlock right then and there.

"NO, NO, FUCK THAT, FUCK THIS, FUCK ALL O' Y'ALL!" you scream as you jump on a ship and move to a place that doesn't have op young adult children who didn't study shit and yet still get an A+