#freylin

[bennedict]

I feel like to me what they had was less of a romance and more of a kinship. Both of them were giving the other something that was super valuable and needed at the time. Merlin was feeling super bogged down and afraid of his destiny. He didn’t really have anyone to confide in, much less someone who was so similar to him. They were both outsiders and this was someone Merlin could be completely open with. Which is something he was really craving. Freya has had a really hard life. She sees herself as a monster who is undeserving of love or understanding. And Merlin comes in and unequivocally gives her both. He shows her that she is worthy of love and is not a monster. He helps her see a future even if it is doomed. Do I think their romance would have lasted long if it wasn’t already doomed? I don’t think so. To me, it feels like at that moment, they were both what the other needed. They were each others first loves but that doesn’t mean they were meant for each other. It also doesn’t make it any less heartbreaking though.

I don’t love Merlin and Freya. Like, it’s been a while since I saw the episode but only one episode and we’re supposed to believe they fell in love? Like, I get what they were going for but why did they have to bring romance into it? It felt kinda forced and just….idk, like for some reason their relationship being romantic kinda squicks me out. (I hope I’m using that term right.)

I am very much open to an argument for them as a couple but I have yet to come across a very compelling one.

[sneakyboymerlin]

had to make my own version of this (the original template was uhh… questionable)

blank template under the cut!

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

Smash or Pass: Merlin

Merlin characters as tags from this poll

(BBC Merlin & Text Posts [i guess] 13/?)

[gvaine]

I like you. With you I can just be who I am. We don't have to hide anything. We don't have to worry. You're not on your own anymore. I'm going to look after you. I promise.

FREYA & MERLIN — for @merlinrarepairfest day three

[zoebelladona]

rewriting bbc merlin where nothing changes except merlin actually marries freya and she becomes a recurring character. appearing whenever merlin needs to talk to someome about magic but doesn't feel like dealing with kilgharrah so he takes a boat out to the lake and spends time with his lake wife. sometimes he doesn't even need advice and just wants to hang out. she is tied to bodies of water so even when he's out in the countryside for some reason or another he can talk to her if there's a river or creek or pond or really anything nearby

[gldnstrngs]

this scene in s5 ep11 is Always On My Mind

i feel like there are so many layers to this conversation between merlin and mordred

“kara is sentenced to die in the morning. what would you do?”

“you can’t.”

“tell me you wouldn’t do the same for the woman you love.”

the. silence.

“that’d be foolish.”

i repeat. THE. SILENCE. i remember the first time i saw this scene and merlin paused like [gay silence] and i was like🧍🏽‍♀️and replayed the scene a few times to actually process what i saw

the thing is— this scene could definitely be about freya. honestly, i wouldn’t even argue against it. i think that, to an extent, it is a callback to freya and how merlin wanted to run away with her. this scene really just solidifies how much merlin has changed throughout the years. like saying “that’d be foolish” really shows the disconnect between merlin in s2 and s5

with that being said, while i do think this scene does hint at freya, i believe that this is ultimately about merlin and arthur’s relationship

the silence after mordred asks if merlin would do the same for the woman he loved was telling. i don’t think it was just merlin reminiscing his past with freya, but more so that there was no woman he loved

but there was someone he would do those things for, no matter how foolish it seemed to him. he spent nearly a decade being entirely devoted to arthur and having so much faith in him

no, merlin did not try to run away with arthur like he did with freya, but he did everything else. just episodes before, when arthur asked merlin whether or not he should bring magic back into camelot so that mordred is alive, merlin says no

merlin says no.

what has been merlin’s purpose leading up to that very moment? it was to bring magic back into camelot with arthur’s rule and the golden age of albion. this was something merlin had waited arthur to say to him for YEARS. and it wasn’t just about him— it was about other magic users, the druids, kilgharrah, and all the beings who died because of uther’s tyranny

but merlin said no. he said no because he knew that if he let mordred live, then arthur would be killed. magic didn’t matter to merlin at that point. ultimately, it was never really about magic. it was always about arthur. arthur meant more to merlin than magic did, even when he’s the physical embodiment of it

we’ve witnessed five seasons of merlin making sacrifices or taking risks just for arthur. if anyone understands mordred in that very moment, it would be merlin

[epic-sorcerer]

Merlin will see the most dysfunctional members of society he can find and be like “yes. This is it.”

[adhd-merlin]

no I do have a girlfriend. you don't know her, she went to a different school. yeah. lives in a lake now

[poisonedfate]

bbc merlin - 03x13 The Coming of Arthur, Part II

hey. hey! lake wife:) in a puddle:)

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 2.09 The Lady of the Lake

[cuteasdeath]

Will: First Love

Gwen: Platonic Love

Freya: Tragic Love

Morgana: Forbidden Love

Lancelot: True Love

Gwaine: Passionate Love

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

merlin be like 'I know a spot' and takes you to the final resting place of all his dead love interests

[chaoticallymuse]

Merlin and grief

"Grief, I have learnt, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up in the corners if your eyes, in the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go."

- Jamie Anderson

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[doctorcziken]

the lady of the lake

[tora-the-cat]

something about Merlin and rivers and everyone thinking he's afraid of water because he refuses to swim with them or anything and it's only partially a scar reveal thing because it's more THAT'S MY WIFE. Like he's (justifiably) worried that if he went into a river to splash around or whatever he'd start 'talking to himself' because he's going to talk to his wife. Reflexively starts babbling about his day. Rivers feel like a private, safe, almost sacred place to him and he loves his friends but he is nowhere near comfortable sharing that with them. So He'll end up going down to the river by himself to talk to his wife, and everyone thinks he's body shy, and then scar reveal, and then the knights are like 'hey we get it man but you know we aren't going to judge you for your scars' and such but he just laughs it off cause like. that's not what this is about.