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morgause calling merlin out is so fucking funny “why are you so obsessed with arthur merlin 🤨???”
i like to think that the antagonist had a silent agreement that merlin is just a clumsy servant who had a one-sided crush on arthur that somehow managed to stay alive and ruin their plan every single time for reasons unknown
Morgana: when i was in camelot back then those two were kinda 👨❤️👨
#bbc merlin#merlin bbc#merlin#arthur pendragon#arthur bbc#merlin emrys#merthur#merlin x arthur#merlin prompt#arthur x merlin#morgause bbc#bbc morgause#morgause merlin#merlin morgause
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𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓
#bbc morgause#bbc merlin#alice in wonderland 2010#tim burton's alice in wonderland#emilia fox#mia wasikowska#brienne of tarth#game of thrones#gwendoline christie#rings of power#rop galadriel#commander galadriel#morfydd clark#blonde women in armour#women warriors#women in armor#silver armour#fantasy aesthetic#medieval aesthetic#medieval fantasy#women in medieval fantasy#badass female characters#women with swords
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morgause: why does a lowly servant continue to risk everything for arthur and for camelot?
Im curious about the origins of the prophecy this entire show revolves around. Kilgharrah and other magic users who know merlin and emrys are knowledgeable about the destiny arthur and merlin share, but why doesnt morgause know? She is a high priestess of the old religion, but maybe hasnt been around long enough to be anything other than revengeful? Now that i think about it, there is a distinct line between those obviously connected to magic (anhora, the druids, those spooky priestesses in that sacred cave in s5) and those who seem to just be using magic for their own gain (the antagonists in s1, morgause, etc). Maybe the prophecy is so old that only those connected to magic know about it, but magic was only bannished after arthur was born, so was it known that it would go away and come back? Was magic in the realm dwindling even before it became illegal? IS THE PROPHECY EVEN REAL? (< not ready to go into that)
#i guess this is my first time really nitpicking who knows and doesnt know#merlin doesnt even fact check kilgharrah#but other sources do confirm that he is emrys and there is a prophecy#i basically answered my own question while writing this post but it feels like there are still lose ends#ugh s5 is going to suck#gotta enjoy s3 while i can#bbc merlin#bbc morgause#merlin#morgause#kilgharrah#bbc arthur#arthur pendragon#ramble#s3 e1#s3#my post
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Notes on the Mandrake Root from The Witch's Cabinet: Plant Lore, Sorcery and Folk Tradition by Corinne Boyer
#bbc merlin#merlin#merlinedit#merlin gifs#merlingifs#mandrake root#blackandwhiteedit#perioddramaedit#witchesnet#morgana pendragon#uther pendragon#bbc morgana#bbc morgause#bbc uther#twistedshipper
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Merlin: Who's that?
Arthur: His name's Cenred. It's Morgause’s right-hand guy.
Merlin: He's got a very punchable face.
Arthur: Yeah, I noticed that.
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Morgana: I prevented a murder today. Morgause: How did you do that? Morgana: Self-control.
Morgana when she sees Merlin still freely walking down Camelot halls.
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The day after : a season 3 Mergana AU
#mergana#merlinedits#katie mcgrath#colin morgan#frontier#merlin#morgana#bbc morgause#bbcmerlin#mine#aus#another title could be how these two will never be happy#i had a different version in my mind but this one seemed the most logical#I wish there more of the bed scene with katie in frontier#this could have been longer#mmau
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#bbc merlin#the adventures of merlin#merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin memes#merlin incorrect quotes#merlin emrys#gwen pendragon#guinevere pendragon#Gwaine#sir gwaine#lancelot#sir lancelot#Gaius#sir leon#sir leon the long suffering#morgana pendragon#morgana le fay#mordred#Merlin will#uther pendragon#kilgharrah#Morgause#merthur#merlin bbc
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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
#what do you mean everyone merlin tells about his magic is a hot man and/or a twink#what do you mean merlin flirts with every (male) sorcerer he comes across#what do you mean morgause shows up acting like a whole lesbian#what do you mean the druids are forced to live outside society and are seen as lesser than and to be avoided at all costs#what do you mean magical beings are hoping for a better life once arthur becomes king bc he doesn’t share the#same anti-magic values as his father#i’m only on season 3 so i’m probably missing a bunch but even atp im flabbergasted#but damn this is hitting hard#i’m sure this has all been beaten to death but i’m new here sorry#bbc merlin#merlin#merlin emrys#uther pendragon#morgana pendragon#gaius merlin#em saying things
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But you know, altho I do agree that it was haard waayy too hard for Merlin to listen it but yk what Merlin did was wrong.. He should've tell Arthur about his mother.. He just himself proved that sorcerers would do anything to hurt/kill them and this they're bad..if he had known tht uther was to be held, accountable for his mother's death and because of that he's on warpath against sorcery.. He'd have done the right thing.. But for all Merlin's talk, he never believed in Arthur atleast that what you gain from this.. It was partly his own fault that Arthur believed that his father is right. And also, Merlin had no right and absolutely no right to let Arthur not know the truth about his mother's death... He himself was so bitter when gaius told him about balinor but didn't do the courtesy of telling Arthur about ygraine and that was wrong. Always kept him in dark.
The fact that Arthur said this just after we saw Merlin do him the biggest kindness I've ever seen anyone do another person. Like. A sorcerer just selflessly shattered his own dream, and that of many people, just so Arthur would not have to bear the guilt of killing his own father, in one of the purest and most horrifying demonstrations of love I've ever witnessed, and it went unseen and unheard, and then he had to listen to this
Sometimes it just hits me, the amount of emotional pain Merlin has been going through since the beginning of the series.
It makes me think of this post
#bbc merlin#bbc arthur#arthur pendragon#merlin#arthur pendragon deserved to know the truth#merlin and arthur#I love Merlin#but I love Arthur more#sins of the father#merlin season 2#ygraine pendragon#bbc morgause#morgause
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Arthur: I need anyone that lied or betrayed me to tell me right now
Gwaine: I lied about not being a noble
Arthur:good start but more important things please
Merlin: I lied about having magic
Agravaine: I sold you out to Morgana
Gwen: I lied about no longer having feelings for Lancelot
Gaius: I lied for and harbored Merlin
Uther: I lied about your mother's death
Morgana: don't look at me we all know what I did
Arthur: wow so everyone has lied to me at some point IS THERE ANYONE THAT DIDN'T LIE TO ME
Morgause: surprisingly me
Arthur:....... WHAT THE FU___
#agravaine#gaius#bbc merlin#merlin#gwen#lancelot#gwaine#sir gwaine#bbc uther#uther pendragon#bbc gaius#morgana#morgana pendragon#morgana le fay#morgause#i find the fact that morgause is basically the only one on the show that never lied to Arthur insanely funny#king arthur#prince arthur#arthur and merlin#arthur pendragon#bbc arthur#arthur#incorrect merlin quotes#incorrect merthur quotes#merlin emrys#merlin bbc#bbc merthur#merlin and arthur#merthur#the adventures of merlin
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Uther’s death:
Merlin fights for his life as he battles hundreds of the undead with only one thing in his mind: Arthur is going to die. Knocking the last soldier away. He rams the door open.
Morgause sat on the throne with Arthur under her heels, bloody and bruised. On the other side of the floor, Uther lays unconscious. Merlin runs to her but immediately collided into nothing. There’s an invisible wall separating them.
Arthur: …merlin…
Morgause: Oh great, you’re here
Merlin: GIVE HIM BACK!!
Merlin tries to break the barrier with the sword he’s carrying, but it’s futile. Merlin tries to hit it again with higher force but the sword snaps in half.
Morgause: You can’t break it, not unless I die. It’s useless.
Morgause pulls the ends of Arthur’s hair and rest her sword on his throat
Morgause: Here’s what’s going to happen Emrys. Either you kill that tyrant- (tilts her head towards uther) or your prince dies
Arthur: Don’t do it! MERLIN DON’T DO IT!!! Damn you! Let me die for him-
Morgause: You don’t get to decide that (presses her sword)
Arthur and Morgause stares at Merlin in silence. Merlin doesn’t know what to do.
Morgause: well?? Hurry up!!
Arthur: NO! Don’t you DARE DO ANYTHING!!
Merlin: I…let him go morgause…
Morgause: Not unless you kill him
Merlin stays still. Not knowing what to do. Morgause grew impatient.
Morgause: Fine then, you think I’m not serious?
With quick reflexes Morgause stabs Arthur’s stomach, Arthur howled with pain, gripping his wound. Merlin felt like his heart just stopped.
Morgause: the next one is through his heart (forces arthur to look at merlin) well???
Merlin bit his lip. Stading still. Morgause tsked, and plunged her sword at Arthur’s heart
Merlin: NO WAIT!
Morgause stops
Morgause: Yes?
Merlin took a deep breath and picked up his broken sword, he started walking torwards uther.
Arthur: Merlin…? Merlin? MERLIN! MERLIN STOP!!
Merlin stops at Uther’s unconscious body.
Morgause: Wait!
Merlin looks at her with a questioning glance.
Morgause: Do it with magic
Merlin: …what??
Morgause: I want you to kill him with your magic
Arthur: are you insane…? Merlin doesn’t practice magic!
Morgause waits for him but Merlin didn’t do anything.
Morgause: do you want him to die?
Merlin: i don’t have magic.
Morgause: oh stop pretending emrys
Merlin: isn’t…isn’t killing him enough?
Arthur: ARE YOU INSANE?? Merlin if you kill my father I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!
Merlin: …why are you doing this?
Morgause: kill him now.
Arthur: merlin! Don’t listen to her! Please!!
Merlin: i…i don’t…i don’t have magic…
Morgause: liar! Do what you’re meant to do! Kill Uther Pendragon! What are you so afraid of? Magic will thrive again!! You can stop hiding who you are….or if you’re a coward…things will stay the same…with the loss of your prince.
Arthur: Merlin…if you kill him, i’ll never forgive you.
Merlin looks towards at the floor looking deep in thought. Just as Morgause got tired of waiting, Merlin’s eyes suddenly glows gold and Uther’s body levitated on the air. Arthur was stunned, shocked at the display.
Merlin: I’m sorry…Arthur, but between you and everything. I will always choose you.
A resounding crack echoes throughout the room, and Uther’s body lay motionless. Dead.
Arthur: no…
Morgause smiles, pleased.
Morgause: good choice
She undid the barrier and throws Arthur across the room. She disappears to thin air.
With a bleeding abdomen, Arthur forces himself to go to Uther’s side. Merlin tries to tend him but Arthur weakly shoves him away.
Arthur: get away from me…
Merlin: i need to heal you
Arthur: i don’t want to be healed by a traitor!
Merlin: You’re in critical condition!
Arthur: I DON’T CARE!! GET AWAY FROM ME!!
Arthur struggles against Merlin’s hold before passing out.
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#part 2 who cheered#last one went kinda crazy#so here we go again#bbc merlin#arthur pendragon#guinevere#merlin#morgana pendragon#morgause#lancelot#merthur#pendragon siblings#merlin text posts#bbc gwen#bbc arthur#bbc morgana#merlin memes#gwencelot
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Geoffrey: I've searched the records going back more than 300 years. I could find nothing to say a woman cannot issue a challenge.
Uther: There must be some way to put a stop to this.
Geoffrey: According to the knights' rules, it appears her challenge is perfectly valid.
HECK YEAH. WOMEN WITH SWORDS.
#i need more women with swords#morgause with a sword!!!#i cant wait to watch her kick arthurs butt#bbc merlin#bbc uther#bbc morgause#morgause#s2 e8#s2#actual quote#my post
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prompt: "frozen" | Morgana & Morgause | Not Rated | references to illness & dying
{Midwinter written for @merlinmicrofic}
Out of doors, the wind blew wild across a frozen landscape, the birch and alder with branches bare and quaking against the gale, below them, drifts upon drifts of snow, a world etched in white and silver, stinging with penetrating cold.
Sighting ghosts of her breath in the air, Morgana hurried onward into the winter wood, wrapping her wolf fur tighter about her, whispering words of prayer that the Cailleach spare she and her sister on this the longest night of the year before the sun’s rebirth come the dawn.
It had been an uncharacteristically cold winter this season for Camelot, with days of sleet and snow, as opposed to the onslaught of rain, and a dampness that set into the bones, which only a warm fire burning in the hearth of the ramshackle hovel both she and Morgause occupied could possibly offset.
It was for that very reason, she had headed deep into the forest, in search of wood to stoke that very fire, that must never go out for her ailing sister’s sake, or so Morgana ruminated in her desperation to see Morgause restored to her former health the summer past when they, the two of them in their prime, had succeeded in usurping the throne from her tyrannous father and ruling the kingdom for a smattering of days before everything—their dreams, their cause—came crashing down asunder, and Morgause had nearly died.
Was dying, Morgana reflected as she collected her bundle of wood, and there was nothing she could do to stop the slow encroach of death, so akin to the onslaught of winter when it comes. As a child, she had seen this season as a time of joy, a festivity of light in the months of darkness, as they welcomed the solstice and the newborn sun with drink and merriment and candles in every window. Now though, the beeswax tapers she took for granted back in Camelot were few to come by and ever precious in the hovel of their making, and there was little to revel about; they had lost the battle, though the war still raged on, howling like the wind without.
Nothing she could do except on this night forage the wood for a charm to safeguard the life remaining in Morgause’s body. She thought to do so by hanging a branch of evergreen upon the few windows and single door, the entry points to the hovel, a means in the days of the Old Religion to ward off evil and illness.
Thus, as she approached the heart of the wood, sighting with awe the towering stature of the pine, and slipping her boline out of her skirt, she sliced open a nick upon her palm, giving to the tree her blood, as she intended to retrieve from the tree its essence in return; in such a manner, she collected its sacred branches, breathing in their earthly scent with relish, and then, her task done, turned toward the wind and home.
#bbc merlin#merlin#morgana + morgause#morgana x morgause#morgana and morgause#morgana pendragon#bbc morgause#bbc morgana#morgana le fay#winter solstice#microfiction#500 words#merlin micro fic#prompt: frozen#merlin micro fic 2024
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Morgause: [points her gun at Merlin] You've got a smart mouth, huh? Huh?
Morgana: Now look. I got it under control. You want me to shoot him right now myself? I will. Take him up.
Merlin: Not to be a stickler, here, but you did… you did shoot me once already.
#bbc merlin#merlin incorrect quotes#incorrect merlin quotes#incorrect quotes#the adventures of merlin#merlin#merlin emrys#merlin bbc#bbc morgause#bbc morgana#morgana x merlin#merlin x morgana#lady morgana#morgana la fey#morgana le fay#mergana#psych#psych tv
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