#camelotsheart

[lightasthesun]

BBC Merlin |The Diamond of the Day

❝How can I love someone who's betrayed me?❠

[nicolasnelson]

TO BE LOVED PLAYLIST | @merlinbingo prompt: freya

listen on spotify | (credits below the cut)

Credits: Cover inspired by Harrison Storm’s Feeling You (x) Freya image from Far, Far Away Site (x) Mountain and lake bg image by wirestock on Freepik (x) Flowers from this texture pack (x)

[thebookluvrr1816]

merthur // firstprince (part 01) for @camelotsheart

[ughmerlin]

hi besties! it feels so surreal to type but somehow, by some weird twist of fate, i hit 30k followers. it's an insane amount and one i really can't visualize, let alone believe that so many people decided to follow silly old me (that's like... half a stadium during a tswift show?? unreal). but still, i am so so grateful for every single one of you — for interacting with me, reblogging my sets, leaving kind words in the tags, sending me memes and being silly and delusional with me. even a single message can light up a girl's day like nothing else and all of you have truly brought me more bright days than i can count. and so now it's time to celebrate you!

i am a diy enthusiast, if nothing else, and what is a gifset if not a little handcrafted gift? so to take part in this celebration send me one of the following:

love letter: send me a 💌 with a character/dynamic and a color/color combo of your choice for a gifset focused on your beloved characters

personalised mixtape: send me a 📼 with a character/dynamic and an singer/band of your choice for a gifset inspired by song lyrics (you can also send me a couple of songs to choose from!)

friendship bracelet: send me a ✨ with a cast of characters from a show of your choice for a gifset celebrating the whole group (think the six of crows gang, merlin core four etc.)

i'm taking requests for pretty much everything i blog about! if you're not sure if i've seen/liked a certain show, you can use the search function on my blog to look for it or just ask directly! and please keep in mind that this is a followers only event.

gonna end this by tagging some of my dear mutuals under the cut. you guys bring so much joy into my life, inspire me endlessly and never fail to amaze me – with your kindness, humor and talent alike. thank you so much for making my dash such an amazing space, i love you all a lot!

@pedrocillian, @yenvengerberg, @seance, @lamberts, @anya-chalotra, @ivashkovadrian, @taiturner, @morgana-pendragon, @alinaastarkov, @meliorn, @zoya-nazyalenskys, @camelotsheart​, @courtjestermerlin, @nextstopparis, @thebookluvrr1816, @witchmd13, @theedorksinlove​, @nicolasnelson​, @nick-nelson, @withered-rose-with-thorns, @southfarthing, @crowley-anthony, @capinejghafa, @nikolaislanstovs, @genyazafin, @dadralt, @jakeyp, @aramblingjay, @pandalikeelf, @henwilsons, @padme-amidala, @christophernolan

[burningblake]

BURNINGBLAKE’S 3K FOLLOWER CELEBRATION + follow forever

I’ve never done a follower milestone celebration on this blog before, but these past years I’ve become more active on this website and actually gained friends and mutuals whom I love and appreciate and who have altered my whole experience on here. So reaching 3k seemed like a good reason to celebrate you and express my gratitude. Having our interactions limited to the online sphere might do little to cause any major impact to our everyday lives, but I'd like you to know that just seeing your interactions with my posts or the messages we exchange with each other can sometimes brighten a bad day or enhance an already good one, so THANK YOU, for being the awesome people I carry with me on my phone wherever I go.  

I created this blog in 2012 and since then I've changed so many fandoms, so I decided that the event for this celebration should somehow try to include all of them. And so, I've made a survey for you to choose your favorite things that we have in common and that you have followed me for all this time (or even just recently). So if you could please take a minute of your day to fill it out, I would deeply appreciate it. I will let this survey on for two weeks (so until the 20th of February, 23:59 Central European Time). And then I'll make a gifset for the first winner in each category. Afterwards, you can search the tag #3k on my blog to find them.

PLEASE VOTE HERE.

Of course, this website wouldn't be the same without the amazing people I see on my dash every day and in some cases, interact with as well. So under the cut, I've included all those who make up my follow forever.

If you don't find yourself on this list and we've interacted before in the past, you're definitely considered among my favorites, so please forgive my absent-mindedness in including you here! (I'll probably be very embarrassed if I find out that's the case and sneakily include you later ♥).

special shout-outs

@robntunney @lizzybennets aka my fellow mentalist blog runners whom I interact with the most and who are a very special and constant presence in my life, love you! and @bookaholicthoughts my first friend on here who I also had the lucky chance to meet in real life, just know that even though we don’t always interact, I still love and appreciate you!

mutuals/friends

@payidaresque @elena-gilbert @the-maidofmischief @mauraeyk @tisdae @yennefer-de-vries @xwildangel @dumbfilmschoolkid @lordbelacqua @beca-mitchell  @fireflyxrebel-writes @swanthief @eizagonzalezs @onedivinemisfit @y-ennefers @dreamstaken @drseward @greensaplinggrace @noobtiedoo @jesperfahxey @destianac @dsnnatroy @thatonekimgirl  @yennefer-de-vries @xlightwcds @constellationclarke @causeitswhatjesuswouldfreakingdo @hopgiva @vereor-nox-venti @sunnymentalist @thatlilghostfromthedark @sorceress-of-vengerberg

mutuals i admire from afar 

@disaster-lineage @tim-lucy @timlucys @leightonmurrayy @matt-casey  @arthurpendragonns @ughmerlin @sharpesjoy @castlesrichards @willsilvertongue @aryastaark @benjaminbarnes @robintunney @pjane @chailame @captainheroism @teresalisbon @captain-hen

other blogs i admire

@zoya-nazyalenskys @yenvengerberg @damn-salvatore @summersblood @something-more @momentofmemory @anya-chalotra @tresalisbon @patrickjane @unicornships @camelotsheart @tennant @katieskeep

[shut-up-merlin]

A year ago today, I posted the last chapter of my Arthur Returns fic, so I feel like celebrating by sharing it with you. Again...

A Little Unsteady by Saltedkiss

"I’m tired,” Merlin said quietly as he stared into the flames. “I feel like an old man, even though I don’t look the part. I can’t even remember how long I’ve been wandering around. The lands around me are changing and I just... don’t.”

He knew Freya was looking at him, but couldn’t bring himself to meet her eyes.

“I’ve lost my magic. I’ve lost - ”

“Arthur.”

Just hearing the name was enough to make his stomach clench. Freya threw another piece of driftwood onto the fire, allowing him some time to gather his thoughts.

“I’ve lost my purpose. Even if he ever returns, what use would I be? I couldn’t even protect him with my magic, how could I ever be enough without?”

-

After fifteen hundred years of waiting for Arthur's return, with little more than his own mind for company, Merlin's memories of his life in Camelot have faded almost entirely.

All this time, Arthur has been watching from behind the veil, desperate to find a way to help Merlin restore his magic. When Arthur finally makes his way back into a now unfamiliar world, he'll soon learn times have changed since he's last set foot in Albion. Retrieving what's been lost might not be as easy as he'd once thought...

Writing this fic has brought me so much joy. It’s my take on what happens after diamond of the day. As it did to so many of us here, that episode left me utterly broken. Anyone who isn’t in the fandom might think I’m exaggerating. You’re reading this post so you know I’m not. So I decided to fix it. To give our boys a happy ending. Even if the road to this happy ending would be covered in capital-A-angst.

A part of the show’s finale kept replaying in my mind. The “I don’t want you to change. I want you to always be you.” Over and over and over again. What if that’s why Merlin lives forever? What if that’s what happened? And I went with it. Started writing. The story starts right after Arthur dies in DOTD, but the first part I wrote was actually the scene in which we see the state Merlin is in after 1500 years of being haunted by images he’d rather forget but never really can. My Merlin in this story is a broken mess, much like I was after the finale. Slowly healing him throughout the story did the same for me.

This story has inspired beautiful gifsets, memes and a moodboard by my dear friends and cheerleaders @camelotsheart @forever-rewatching-merlin and @shana-rosee and one of the story’s scenes has been brought to life by Fynnian on AO3

A Little Unsteady means so much to me, and every single comment is cherished and reread more often than you’d think possible. So this is me, one year later, sharing it with the world. Again.

[thenerdyindividual]

Get a Custom Merlin Fic and Support Progressive Charities!

I am once again participating in Fandom Trumps Hate! It is a fan charity auction in which fan creators offer a potential thank you gift, bidders bid on that thank you gift, and the highest bid donates that amount to one of the supported orgs like Life After Hate, The Navajo Water Project, Razom, or a multitude of abortion clinics. Once that donation is made and proof is sent to the mods of the event, your creator makes you a custom gift.

I’ve participated for the last four or five years and I am offering another Merlin fic this year. I’m a multishipper by heart so while I adore merthur, I’m also down to take a shot at rarer pairs like Merlin/Lancelot, Merlin/Gwaine, Arthur/Gwaine, Arthur/Lancelot, and Morgana/Gwen. I also love a good poly ship like Merlin/Arthur/Lancelot and Merlin/Arthur/Gwaine. I’m also willing to take a whack at gen fic. I love a good au; canon divergence, canon era with alternate fantasy elements, modern with fantasy, etc. You can find more detail about what I’m offering here on my offering post.

Please feel free to contact me via DMs or the askbox if you want more detail! You don’t even need to have a fic concept in mind beforehand because I have a list of ideas I’m looking for an excuse to write.

Last year I wrote two fics for this event.

Hail Mighty Emrys for @camelotsheart

And A Curse Not Easily Broken for @anarchycox

Go forth and browse the offers! Good luck and happy bidding!

[shana-rosee]

Thanks for the tag @groundbreakingdot872 🤩

nickname: T is probably the one I get the most.

height: sadly I am not 5′5 😭

the last thing I googled was: I was checking out tarot cards for Merlin Tarot Fest

song stuck in my head: currently Blank Space by Taylor Swift

lucky number: 4

sleep: I usually get 6-8 a night

dream job: bookstore bar. A bookstore that sold used & new books and also had a little bar for beer and wine so people could sit down and read while having a drink 💗 

I’m wearing: my lazy house clothes

book or movie I've felt "sumarized" by: The main character in 27 dresses always felt very reliable to me. 

instrument: I faked the flute for 2 years does that count? 😆

song: Keep Lying by Donna Missal

author: I really love Jhumpa Lahiri & Jane Austen 🥰

fav animal sound: cat’s meows are so cute 💕💕

random skill: I can caught myself before I fall when tripping. I can even do it while holding stuff. 

fav emoticon: 😤😤😤

Tagging: @witchmd13 @shut-up-merlin @hellneedsaruler @feuxx @camelotsheart @snapshotmaestro @gyrhs @fluffypotatey @highlynerdy @dollopheadsandclotpoles 

[hopesapowerfulthing]

9 People You Want to Get to Know Better

Tagged by @rat-daemon, much love!!! 

1. Three Ships: So my top is actually either Hannigram or Brownham, which is Hugh Dancy's fault for making Will so shippable lets be honest here. And I will wildly shift between those two with no warning so rip. I also love Mercelot from BBC's merlin but to be honest I could ship Merlin with almost anyone and still be happy there too. Though the last one is tied with Bellarke from The 100.

2. First Ever Ship: I think it was Mergana back when I was watching the show air because that was one of the first shows I ever watched, Destiel would probably be a close second though.

3. Last Song: Work Song by Hozier on my phone and Petricor by Ludovico Einaudi on my pc! I would 100% recommend Einaudi any day, his work is absolutely stunning, Elements and Seven Days Walking: Day 1 are some of my fav albums!  

4. Last Movie: I just rewatched The old guard because I have a minor obsession with it, and technically I got like ten minutes into some movie I cant remember now before I got kicked outta the streaming service and went to bed in defeat lol

5. Currently Reading: In published books I just finished Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Brite and I’m a half way through A certain Hunger by Chelsea Summers. In fic I just finished Seperated by AuthorInDistress (torchwood) and a reread of Founding Fathers by JamesJohnEye (TWD)  You should totally tell me if you enjoy The Picture of Dorian Gray when you're done prev, its one of my beloveds!!

6. Currently Watching: Also Consistently cycling through my comfort shows, Hannibal/Merlin/Torchwood but I've just started the His Dark Materials show so we’ll see if it holds up to the books :D

7. Currently Consuming: Oranges, like dudes I have eaten like six pounds of oranges in the last week, do I know why? Nope. Am I probably deficient in something? Also nope because I don't wanna think about that. Regular food? hard and tiresome, The new way is apparently oranges. this will last at least another week I think. 

8. Currently Craving: All of my classwork to be done so I don't have to look at it anymore, also for my professor to just Give me an A. The ability to not need sleep, but also like a nap would be great rn. Actually I might go take a nap right now fuck my repro assignment, also would like a vacation to a empty forest so I could lay down in some moss. 

Tagging: @glompto @grokenope @sanguinesubpoena @imashybear @tethered-heartstrings @nextstopparis @polishchuk @camelotsheart @emrys-merlin + really anyone interested!! <3

[is-the-post-reliable]

Hi! Could you check this please?

https://at.tumblr.com/camelotsheart/701024969419800576/af5a3qffkmd3

Also thanks so much for everything you’re doing!!!

hi, this one is next on the list! and thanks!! :)

[lightasthesun]

BBC Merlin | 4x12 | R

[nicolasnelson]

colinshughes -> nicolasnelson

with season 2 coming so soon, i just had to go back to my heartstopper url!! i'm so excited to see nick and charlie and everyone else in the new season next week.

still multifandom and tracking #tuserkit

@arthurpendragonns @ughmerlin @deweyduck @thyla @madeline-kahn @dani-clayton @miriammaisel @illbeyourreasonwhy @pearlcaddy @jamietarrt @alinaastarkov @danieljradcliffe @camboyces @carsonsofias @archidrews @feuxx @genyazafin @sci-fi @deanwwinchester @salvatoreselena @eddiediaaz @shangs @bellamyblakru @theedorksinlove @jamie-tartts @hazelands @kazrietvelld @thebookluvrr1816 @camelotsheart @pranpats

[thebookluvrr1816]

bbc merlin + tarot cards (in/sp) (psd) for @camelotsheart

[dangeles]

Poor Gwen, but I'm sure on many levels she already knows the unholy things that go on when Merlin and Arthur go on their adventures.

I hate myself.

Someone take my drawing tools away from me.

@camphipp @athene-noctua08 @katherynefromphilly @arthur-rex @flecker-illustrates @camelotsheart @merlinarthurtrash

[shut-up-merlin]

Right so it’s good omens spoiler season. Oops.

@camelotsheart may or may not have informed me of two things just now:

Season 2 is on prime

The end of season 2.

[thenerdyindividual]

Bidding for Fandom Trumps Hate 2023 Opens Today!

Hello one and all, and welcome to another year of FTH! I have once again signed up to offer a Merlin fic for this auction. I’ve participated the last four years, and last year wrote fic for both @camelotsheart and @anarchycox.

I love Merthur so if that’s what you’re looking for, I am your writer. However, merthur is not the only pairing I write. I love alternate ships like Gwen/Morgana, Arthur/Gwaine, Lancelot/Arthur, Merlin/Gwaine, Merlin/Lancelot. i also love a good OT3 such as Merlin/Arthur/Gwaine and Arthur/Merlin/Lancelot (camelotsheart recevied a Merlin/Arthur/Lancelot fic from me last year.)

You can find more details about what I’m offering and the links to bid at the link below:

https://fth2023offerings.dreamwidth.org/tag/username:+thenerdyindividual

If you have any questions about what I’m offering, feel free to hop into my DMs or askbox, and I’ll do my best to explain.

The way FTH works is that creators offer a work to bid on, bidders try to outbid each other, and the highest bidder donates that bid to one of the supported organizations like Razom or The Transgender Defense and Legal Education Fund. Once proof of donation is given to the mods of the event, they put the high bidder in touch with the creator, and the high bidder gets a custom thank you gift.

Check out what’s on offer, and Happy Bidding!