#character: mithian

[winterknights]

Fic: Simmering

Title: Simmering Author/Artist: Polomonkey Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur, Elena/Mithian Prompt: N/A Word Count/Art Medium: ~7k Rating: PG-13 Contains (Highlight to view): *Brief mentions of grief* Disclaimer: Merlin characters are the property of Shine and BBC. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended. Notes: Mods, thank you for your eternal patience while I muddled through this one! It's based on a kink meme prompt that I've been trying to write for years, glad to have finally had the opportunity to do it <3

Summary: Forced to take time off in the run up to Christmas, Arthur develops a mild addiction to The Sims. It's fun to recreate his own housemates and watch them go - even if they're nothing like real life. The real Mithian is training to be a lawyer, but Sim Mithian just wants to cook. Real Elena dates plenty of men, but Sim Elena seems to only have eyes for the ladies. And strangest of all, Sim Merlin appears to be in love with Sim Arthur.

Still, Arthur knows that none of that applies in reality. Right?

Link to work on A03: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44006124

[aetherdecember]

Crowd | Arthur and Merlin | Gen/CW: Major Character Death (temporary) | 302 Words | Last Unicorn AU

@merlinmicrofic

The hungry fire of the Red Bull darkened the light of the unicorn’s horn. Crowding her with dainty, mincing care, he shepherded her towards the sea, one backwards step after another. She did not resist. Neither did she accept her fate. At the first lap of water against her fetlock, she flew as a breeze along the shore. The sullen glower of the bull bellowed after her.

“Do something!” Arthur glared at Merlin. “You have the power, save her!”

“I can’t,” Merlin said quietly.

“Then what use is magic if it cannot save a unicorn?!”

The words fell heavy from his tongue, “That’s what heroes are for.”

From down the beach, the unicorn pirouetted and came racing back with the bull on her heels, neither able to gain on the other.

Arthur straightened in understanding. “Of course, that’s exactly what heroes are for.” And as the unicorn darted by, he stepped into the Red Bull’s path. He went down without a sound, body crumpling beneath the bull’s cloven hooves.

The unicorn stopped and stared. Behind her the ocean roiled. From his castle tower, Uther looked down on the scene. But Arthur didn’t move.

Afterwards, Merlin would recall the unicorn’s scream. How she turned on the bull with her horn flashing like a scimitar and her body’s light blazing forth to dull the his flames. He’d remember the rush of clean breath filling his lungs as the unicorns spilled out of the sea, the air alive with the chiming of their freedom, blinding all who dared to gaze upon their quicksilver beauty, and how he’d held a hand aloft and used his magic to spurn their charge to the left and right. But mostly, he would remember the weight of Arthur’s dead body in his arms as his eyes searched for their unicorn.

[adhd-merlin]

mithian? 💙

she's not my special blorbo but I like Mithian, she was cool!

imagine getting engaged to a king and going to visit him and his manservant seems to hate you for no reason at all. you take it in your stride and try to have a good time with your fiancé but this guy is always hanging in the background absolutely oblitering the vibe. then the king organises a hunt and you're like "cool that should be fun. right merlin?" and this guy's like "no I hate it." absolute killjoy. and then the king finds something on the ground in the middle of the fucking forest and goes "all fun is cancelled!! let's go back, I need to go cry in my room immediately"

and after the engagement is (thankfully) cancelled and you've put the whole ordeal behind you, your ex-fiancé's crazy sister takes you hostage.

honestly she doesn't get enough credit, she's been through a lot

↳💌 CHARACTER BINGO

[poisonedfate]

top 3 one-off merlin characters?

see now. i'm still in the middle of my rewatch, but i could bet a lot of coin that i'll forget someone important, but....can't get em all, so here goes:

fisher king. love the fisher king. the fisher king is The character. if the fisher king has a million fans etc etc, i love him. put "nr1 fisher king fan" on a t-shirt and give it to me. anyways.

george. i always forget he's technically a one-off, because he lives in my heart and he's always there even if we don't see him. long live george.

elena. i don't think i need to explain myself here. love her, think about her often, hope she's doing well. although very comic-relief, her arc was always very interesting to me, she's near and dear to my heart.

ask me things

[franzis-frantic-thoughts]

Today we have a proper fairytale style episode!

S04E11 — The Hunter's Heart

King Arthur's engagement to Princess Mithian presents him something he's never faced before - a perfect match.

[theroundbartable]

Another one...

(Cedric counts because Merlin was kinda jealous of him and Sigan DID ask him to rule Camelot together so...... )

To be excluded are characters who are integral to the story, like for example Lancelot. I do not count Freya to those, because I feel like her real form was just that one episide. The same goes for Mithian who does return later because of Morgana.

Other options my head pesters me with:

George....

That fairy lady that was horny for Gaius

Gaius' actual girlfriend

Elena's dad (for Uther, lol. He was nice. A good dad. Uther could learn from him instead of forcing his attraction down one generation.... *Cough*)

Apples (Gwaine <3. The joke does come from only a few scenes, so it's valid)

The Lamia... (You know, the Siren power one)

Yeah, that's all my head tells me right now

[imageingrunge]

How am I ever going to romance anyone again after Gale 💀

[ramblingmerlin]

i love mithian sm because she actually respected merlins opinion!! she knew what he thought was important to arthur, and even though he's a servant she didn't just dismiss him

[castelled-away]

The scene in „The Hunter’s Heart“ where Arthur unknowingly hunts Gwen (while she’s a deer) gives me Disney’s Swan Lake-vibes bc the prince (Derek) also hunts Odette in her swan-form while also not knowing that it is her

[lavendernhoney]

Love all you crazies still keeping this show’s fandom alive <3

[lit-in-thy-heart]

lmao guess who forgot about having signed up for merlin bingo this year

[hannahhook7744]

Perfect.

Kidnapper: We have your friend

Mithian: Wait- please specify which one-

Kidnapper: Dork, Dark hair, Definitely bi,

Mithian: Daegal???

Kidnapper: Sassy, somehow sweet at the same time-

Mithian: Will?!?!?!

Kidnapper: Red neckerchei-

Mithian: OH MY WORD MERLIN HANG ON

[gd-dollopole]

Why I believe Arthur isn’t attracted to women and my not so deep analysis over it (this is my personal opinion, and a mess, so bear with me)

Hear me out.

Not only Arthur is a very constipated man over pretty much everything, doesn’t show or openly says what he feels, especially in the first two seasons, but he doesn’t even have friends, except those that he is supposed to have because he is a regent, and later a king. His father is even worse, thought him nothing if hatred and repression, so we can say he sucks at socialisation, and I may or may not be projecting here, but I know what it feels like to be out of your bubble and enter the world feeling completely out of yourself, which is why Arthur is attached to the hip with Merlin, and is he so enamoured, attracted, shocked with him during their first encounter.

Back to my point, he is socially awkward, but I don’t believe that is the reason behind why he acts the way he acts towards every single woman character in the TV show. (his own bloody wife included)

Arthur doesn’t like women, repertory A:

First kiss with Gwen. Lovely, I always smile when I see it, but why. Like, Arthur thought he was going through with his death, just received a token of affection that no one had ever dared give to him, felt appreciated, like a beaten kid who receives his first hug, and thought: “Okay, well, might kiss her too, isn’t that what you’re supposed to do?” , dipped for a peck, and FLED RIGHT AFTER. His face showed no emotion, he basically just gave a shrug when he realised he and Gwen couldn’t be together and went on with his day. And honestly, if it wasn’t for the amazing soundtrack, I would just stare at the screen with a flat face during their first kiss. You can feel the difference between this scene and the one where Lancelot saves Gwen and tells her to run, and they kiss before they part, and THERE you can feel the longing, understand why there had to be a parting kiss. Arthur almost feels relieved that Uther won’t let him stay with Gwen after he survives, but whatever.

Repertory B:

Arthur, even if enchanted, stills asks Merlin for advices on “feelings” and “girrlllss”. This doesn’t need explaining.

Repertory C:

Men can be shy, obviously, even with women, but, as I cited above, Arthur has no idea how to socialise. His friends, hell, even his relationship with Morgana, wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for Merlin. So explain to me why Arthur doesn’t even look at Gwen until he has to, and goes around NOT CARING about women, unless Uther is the one throwing them at him, and then caves when a pretty man appears on the screen. I also believe this is the directors’ fault, who tried so hard to make the relationship between Gwen and Arthur real, that they just made a gay show, but Arthur, when he had more worrisome things to think about, he didn’t care about women, or girls, or courtship, in the slightest, until Elena gets in the picture and he has to think about marriage and a future with his queen, again. I firmly believe Arthur chose Gwen not because he loved her romantically, but because to him, she was the best choice amongst everyone else.

Repertory D:

The Knights of the Round Table. Arthur, a prince that throughout all three seasons has an hard time even speaking openly to Merlin without making fun of him, or to Gwen, suddenly fights his father over Lancelot (because he admired him quickly, and couldn’t understand that because of his sexuality, he felt very comfortable around a thoughtful man like him), drools over Percival the first time he meets him, probably thinking of how nice it could be to jump the giant like a tree, and has a love hate relationship with Gwaine, because Gwaine is everything Arthur envies. Free, open, and in a close relationship with Merlin, (a man) that Arthur forbids himself to have. (also, nice hair)

Repertory E:

Mithian. Arthur doesn’t spare a glance at a single woman in the show. He does it with Gwen (poorly) because he feels he needs to, and once again avoids marriage, and acts like a complete panic around Mithian in the entirety of the episode where she is introduced. He can’t take her compliment when he meets her the first time; he doesn’t realise that standing outside a woman’s chamber for that long can mean something else; he is affronted of having burped in front of her, not because he likes her and she is a woman, but because Arthur’s ego is too huge; this man has no clue over: “how to act around women”, because to him, women are people he isn’t attracted to. As simple as that. He finds Morgause irritating and not beautiful, like many others, because to him, she is just another very good warrior who has beaten his ass.

Repertory F:

Arthur doesn’t have sex with Gwen (oh, hot take). We never see them languidly stare at each other (unlike the eye fucking that happens between Merlin and Arthur. That’s not sexual tension that can be cut with a knife, it’s a wall of homosexuality where Arthur often bangs his head on) Yes, this show was very chaste, but definitely not intended for kids (see innuendos), so how could someone who should be close to Gwen, in any way possible, doesn’t recognise that his wife is bloody enchanted and she is trying to kill him? No, you don’t need to have sex with someone to understand that they want you dead and that they drastically changed their personality, but my brother in christ, this just proves me that Arthur was attracted to the idea of a peaceful kingdom, ruled together with an intelligent, fierce, and good woman by his side, rather than attracted, attracted to Gwen per se. The rest of the time he just followed Merlin around like a puppy. He married for love? I believe he married his best friend Gwen so that he didn’t have to go through the process of having kids. The heir had never been the problem. If it was for Arthur, he would have married Merlin the instant he met him in the market during the first episode.

Repertory G:

Do we see Arthur openly complimenting the women in the show? No. Also, because it’s not the point of the show. The point of the show is the homosexual relationship Arthur has with his serv—(he does it with Gwen and probably Mithian, because she is objectively beautiful, but I can’t remember other instances)

Last but not least:

Merlin.

Separately, Arthur, and here I’m adding Gwen, too, are both complex and well thought characters, lacking many things and contradicting themselves during the show, always because of how they were badly written in a lot of episodes. The Arwen scenes are lovely, but they don’t bring out anything. They don’t make you hope, giggle, despair, cry, because to me, there is nothing there to be tragic over. They just needed to fill a gap so that the people who didn’t like the idea of Merlin and Arthur together romantically would have something else to watch. Which is also the main ship of the show and it makes everything more hilarious, because they fucked it up so bad, LMAO.

The more you try not to make something gay, you just make it even gayer that what you had originally planned.

I had so many other points, but my ADHD said no. So if you want to add something else, feel free to do it!

[starrieisdelusional]

okay merlin fic idea hear me out, what if the side characters (including antagonists) are so frustrated over merthur pining that they singlehandedly stop fighting just to pair merthur together

(in a very serious battle scene)

merthur: *being gay

morgana: could they be more obvious?

gwen: i know right, they’re like that for years

…

gwen: do you want to pair them up?

morgana: absolutely (calls a temporary truce)

*later that night they held the ‘people who are fed up with merthur gay pining’ conference to discuss a very convoluted on how to matchmake merthur (characters who appears include: the knights, mithian, elena, aggravaine, morgouse, cendred, the sidhe, freya, everyone really the list stretches to everyone, even uther, gwen and morgana are leading thoe)

[morganafayes]

morganafayes bbc merlin fic rec list <3

hiiii here is a tiny little fic rec list i made for fun of some of my personal underrated faves in the fandom!! i've tried to avoid stuff that's already pretty well known + have a decent balance so hopefully yall might find some new stuff you haven't seen in here :)

the witch and the queen - toxic morgwen slay <3 very short!

in our quiet hour - i mean just read everything by lupinely. its all so good. its everything. they have never missed. id recommend 'castled' by them too... insane merthur fic. their dynamic is perfectly written. also their gwen character study mwah

heir - gen, arthur & merlin. genuinely have never once stopped thinking about this since i read it and it makes me sick :/

off the deep end - now THIS. this is good shit. toxic merthur modern au where they are exes and hate each other and hurt each other. finally someone who gets their specific brand of codependent toxicity. bbc merlin modern aus peaked here i dont care

swan down - nimueh ficlet about her relationship with arthur. gave me many brainworms............ please read it. its very short and it will make u crazy.

this graveyard - ok i havent finished reading this yet bc its like 10k. but its morgana/gwen and a rewrite of the whole dark tower thing which as you all know is the bane of my existence. society if the the writers had actually written that episode well etc etc.

i hear deserts heal your history - THEEEEE fic of all time. genuinely i have never stopped thinking about this fic ever. i have such complicated feelings on it. it makes me want to die and throw myself off a cliff at the same time. this is the morgana centric fic of all time genuinely she is done SUCH justice here oh my god but also. everyone is very mean to merlin. my poor guy..... :( in terms of morgana fics though. a must read <3 also great exploration of the mergana dynamic. reading this was truly where my mergana crusade started btw. also read their other morgana fic its absolutely fantastic (i havent finished it either though because im slow asf...)

living for the hope of it all - mercelot warriors come get your heartwrenching angst <3 i have more mercelot fics to rec if people want. i hate them and i love them

ouroboros - merlin/morgana. insane freaks at it again. my fave victims of lavender divorce

drawing lines - gwen character study which i <3.

the chakra of merlin - okkk this is a strange one. it feels almost semi incomplete because although it does. end. it doesnt really. its most interesting for its sci fi elements + character exploration which i find really interesting and well done. merlin is truly unhinged here in the worst ways. when is he not though

the huntress' heart - mithian/gwen slay!

tongue tied - yeah its another truth spell merthur fic... what can i say im basic. its very good though!

dragons! - morgana/gwen. super short and cute <333

[camelotsheart]

i love the way merlin knew something was wrong with mithian because he could see fear in her eyes when he caught one of her and grunhilda's interactions

merlin knew mithian by her courage, aka the courage to come to a foreign kingdom to marry a king she barely knew for the sake of her people. she's not one to hide feelings, unlike arthur, and merlin has a knack for seeing hidden emotions because he's spent years on the lookout for ill-intentioned people to protect camelot (... and he also interacts daily with arthur 'denial is a river in egypt' pendragon)

their interactions and quick understanding of the other's values and character is so 🤌