#enchanted!merlin

[sneakyboymerlin]

It’s the fact that when enchanted!Merlin calls Gwaine filthy, instead of a hands-out, “What the hell, man?” he just turns into a kicked puppy.

…Or perhaps, more accurately, a pangolin.

[earlgreyinpajamas]

Got any enchanted Merlin fics? (Preferably without sexual content?)

1. Love is a Many-Splendored Thing by archaeologist_d (@archaeologistd)

When Merlin mistakenly intercepts a love spell meant for Arthur, Arthur thinks it’s funny—until it isn’t. As Merlin gets sicker and sicker from love unrequited, it’s up to Arthur to try and find a way to keep Merlin from dying.

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this is my top recommendation for this genre

2. Lovesick by vintagelilacs (@vintage–lilacs)

Arthur’s heart thumped hard in his chest. If Merlin ingested the potion, he would fall in love with the first person he laid eyes on. He would fall in love with Arthur.

Arthur opened his mouth, a warning perched on his tongue. He didn’t let it fall.

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i don't know if you'd count this as enchanted, but he did ingest a love potion sooo

3. only love can thaw a frozen heart (and some are worth melting for) by borealisaurora

It seems like every magic user in Albion knows that Merlin is besotted with Arthur, and many believe that Merlin and Arthur need to get together in order for their Destiny (TM) to be fulfilled. When a witch takes it upon herself to speed this along and puts curse on Merlin that requires True Love’s kiss to lift it, chaos ensues.

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this fic makes me smile. 11/10 would recommend

[noodles-and-tea]

This trope would be so funny for them

[ethan-acfan]

I love the idea of merlin being like a crow and constantly looking for shiny things, and eventually, he starts giving some of his stuff to Arthur, and Arthur is just so fucking confused on why his servant keep handing him shiny rocks with the biggest stupidest grin.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

art by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1910s)

[poisonedfate]

bbc merlin - 04x05 His Father's Son

[dollopole]

“But we need to find you some kind of disguise, you’re too conspicuous in those clothes.”

“Whatever you say, I’m entirely in your hands.”

Okay.

This is their reaction after, btw.

[dont-let-me-eat-pears]

me to me: girl, don't do it.

me: *imagines an au where the show didn't practically forget about merlin and gwaine's friendship after series 3, and gwaine found out about his magic sometime in series 4, and merlin got to have a friend again who knew everything about him and who he could be his true self with and tell everything to and share sneaky, knowing looks with when he secretly performed magic and—*

me to me: well, now you've done it. enjoy the pain.

[fairyuniverse]

[hurglewurm]

this post by @cursedmerlinedits had me overjoyed but i also really wanted to see merlin as the enchanter... so here we are

[id: two illustrations of characters from bbc merlin as monty python and the holy grail. in the first illustration, arthur is monty python arthur, and merlin is patsy. they are wearing camelot red instead of gold, and they are both grimacing. in the second image, merlin is wearing the costume of tim the enchanter, with ram's horns and a big wooden staff, in front of a rocky backdrop. end id.]

[rosalie-starfall]

Miranda Richardson

Blackadder - 1986

Sleepy Hollow - 1999

Merlin - 1998

Dance With a Stanger - 1985

Good Omens (Season One) - 2019

The Crying Game - 1992

Snow White: The Fairest of Them All - 2001

Good Omens (Season Two) - 2023

Enchanted April - 1991

Damage - 1992

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 2005

Phantom of the Opera - 2004

[yourfavecharacterisqueer]

sometimes i think ‘how could arthur never know merlin was a sorcerer? he used magic so obviously’ then i realised this was the “greatest sorcerer to ever walk the earth” when attempting to commit regicide mere feet away from his target

[chillhypocrite]

Definition of a shit-eating grin

[calebauer]

how i imagine merlin’s top surgery scars

[justaz]

pan merlin and gay arthur no one understands you like i do

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Merlin - art by Hal Foster (1977)