#fuck kilgharrah

[tiredcowboyy]

the only unanswered merlin question that I care about is what the FUCK did kilgharrah do to aithusa when merlin left her w him??? Bc what do you MEAN merlin said “bye babygirl gonna leave you w unkie killie, be good!” And the next time he saw her she was starved in a cave bonded with his enemy???

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Merlin to Kilgharrah: So do you have a map to drive me to insanity or is it just a homing instinct?

[morganadeservedbetter]

MY FIRST MERLIN MEME (I'm sorry if I did bad)

[kissme-withyour-cherrylipstick]

Kilgharrah doesn't wear pants because they'd be on fire

@eowynlyra you inspired this

[thisgunisonfire]

In modern merthur AUs, I always see Kilgharrah as like, Merlin’s cat, but I feel like a more equivalent role for him would be that fucky guidance counselor who gives terrible, vague advice and who meddles way too much in student’s lives

[justaz]

Dragonlords/ladies are born with the dormant soul of a dragon. When they reach age five, they take part in a naming ceremony. They are placed in an enclosed space with a dragon egg and surrounded by flames that burn as they form a bond with the dragon inside the egg. The dragon’s name will form in their mind and fall from their lips before they can truly comprehend it. Instantly, the dragon egg will begin to hatch and the dragonsoul within the child is awakened and as the flames lick at their bodies, dragonfire ignites within them. Their dragon features form - scales, claws, fangs, and wings. Their sight and hearing improves and with the dragonfire in their soul, they can breathe fire on command.

The new Dragonlord/lady will emerge from the flames with their dragon on their shoulder and will be hailed as the next in their family line to take the title of Dragonlord/lady. For example, when Balinor of Ambrosius married Nerys of Draigwen and sired their child, they had a daughter - Ganieda. When Ganieda performed her naming ceremony, she was hailed as the next Dragonlady of the Draigwen line. The eldest child of the line will carry the title of Dragonlord/lady in accordance with which if their parents carries the gift.

As Nerys was the Dragonlady of family Draigwen, he daughter carried on the gift. Since Balinor and Nerys could not try for a son to carry on the gift of Dragonlord of the Ambrosius line, Balinor was to be the last. However, after the Purge, Balinor found himself on a farm in a small village called Ealdor with a woman named Hunith. Their time together was short but the attraction they felt was genuine and before long, Hunith came to be with child. Balinor did not learn he was to have a child before he moved on but in nine months, Hunith gave birth to a baby boy - Merlin. He carried the dormant soul of a dragon and since he did not have his naming ceremony at five, he carried on through life cold and incomplete.

When Merlin finally found a dragon egg to hatch, he was in his twenties and found the transition from mortal man to Dragonlord quite staggering for the changes were why Dragonlords/ladies were named so young. With Merlin’s naming ceremony, the Ambrosius line lived on. Balinor, under the impression that Uther and his knights destroyed his home and slaughtered his family, believed himself to be alone. Just as Ganieda, who watched Camelot knights burn her home and kill her aunts, uncles, and cousins, believed her father, who had been visiting Camelot, dead.

However, all three are out in the realm with their dragons - Balinor with Kilgharrah, Ganieda with Lykos, and Merlin with Aithusa. The last two Dragonlord/lady lines - Ambrosius and Draigwen. Maybe one day Ganieda and Merlin will be able to meet and bond as long lost brother and sister. Maybe Balinor will be able to have both of his children together. Maybe Ganieda will be able to form her new family with her father and brother.

[snirtsnirkarts]

His name? Well, actually their names. Anyways I had this really fun idea and my own take on the “What would happen if you tried to take Merlin’s magic away” or whatever yknow. Well this is one of my fun takes. I thought it’d be very funny if it kinda split Merlin from his magic and kinda split his personality into two different people. Yknow like that one Phineas and Fred eps where Candice splits into two and one wants to bust the boys and the other is obsessed with Jeremy. Essentially that. Or like any classic cartoon troupe like that.

Emrys is the embodiment of the word “Stressed”, Merlin is cluelessly fearless. Emrys is an excellent liar, Merlin wouldn’t be able to lie if his life depended on it(it does). Emrys is rather agile, Merlin is so clumsy and accident prone he may get himself killed just by walking around. Both still have the sass, but Emrys’ is better timed with his to make them hit the hardest and Merlin only speaks in insults.

Anywho, the concept is that Merlin goes back to the first instance he died, which I decided he’s fallen out of a tree one night while sneaking out to play with Will. And one of the only way Merlin and Emrys become one again is if Merlin goes through all of the times he died. Luckily it doesn’t switch until Merlin fully heals from the last death, and Merlin sustained quite a few injuries that take some time to heal from his first. So before he goes to his next death, the poisoned chaise, Emrys has to find the flower, and then will hunt to find The Cup of Life. That’s because some of his deaths are impossible to cure, and with The Cup of Life, Emrys could speed up the process. But having to do all of that all at the same time as, making sure Merlin doesn’t get himself killed, protecting Arthur, and having to deal with a mini Dragon who just wants to play with her lord. All while Morgana is trying to find out where her dragon has gone off to.

Also Emry’s outfit is fully inspired by an outfit @/druid-boy-punk drew Merlin in check out their stuff it’s really good.

[caffeinatedbisexual]

Guys it’s nearly 2am and I’m crying so fucking loud at this godforsaken show

[heeheeehaw]

i need to know everyone's opinion on the prophecy so

[tiredcowboyy]

ah the average Kilgharrah experience

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

AU but instead of Merlin banishing Kilgharrah, he turns him into a cat that looks and behaves like a disagreeable old man.

Kilgharrah spends a while sulking in Merlin’s room but then decides he might as well enjoy the freedom he has now.

And he’s an absolute menace.

He knocks things over, he scratches nobles, he’s surprisingly nice to Geoffrey in the library but he never let anyone pet him.

It takes weeks of matted fur for him to let Merlin brush him, even then Merlin has to use dragon speech to stop Kilgharrah biting him.

After he finds out that Uther is allergic to cats, he spends a good amount of his time getting cat hair all over Uther’s chambers and clothes.

He leaves Arthur dead mice after reading that cats leave gifts if they think their owner is a bad hunter and unable to provide.

He doesn’t like Gaius, so he sits on his chair before council meetings. Everyone is too afraid to move him.

But he’s also nice(?) to servants and anyone who isn’t cruel about magic. Which is why he gets along with Geoffrey.

He sees a noble he knows to be anti-magic, especially during the purge, yelling at a servant and jumps in, scratching the noble so they leave and then meowing at the servant before leaving.

If anyone else has any ideas for this, please share. I wanna hear them.

(How I imagine Kilgharrah as a cat below the split)

[bellamyblakru]

three thoughts while writing this incredibly lonely merlin fic: (1) why didnt kilibitch the large lizard offer himself to close the veil and fix his redemption arc? (2) why didn’t they shove morgana in since she opened it and then we could’ve had two seasons of magic reveal (3) why not force the Callieach into the veil? (i mean, if merlin couldve gone in and he is magic bitch boy himself, then that mf could’ve been forced in, too)

[whataboutthreateninganass]

look i know Kilgharrah is the Great Dragon (voiced by John Hurt❤️). he is one of the very last of his kind. he's experienced unspeakable horrors and suffered terrible loss at the hand of a tyrant ruler who murdered and persecuted thousands of magical beings for a personal grudge. and after all that, he was chained under the kingdom of that tyrant ruler and forced to sit with his unbearable grief for 20 years, knowing the ruler was able to walk around unharmed and unburdened, as if he didn't make extinct an entire species because he couldn’t forgive himself for the death of his wife (fuck that guy).

i know these things, and genuinely, i feel for kilgharrah.

but broooo. dude is so fucking annoying, dear LORD.

where is he flying off to all the time? and mid-sentence too? like bro you don't have anywhere to be right now?!!! sorry to be blunt but you are literally trapped down here. and you flying away mid conversation makes us feel kinda unimportant to be honest, like this relationship is one-sided, and that hurts.

also can you just give us a straight answer every once in a while instead of your cryptic bullshit please and thankyou?

much love <3

[snirtsnirkarts]

OKAY OKAY HERE ME OUT!! The Sealing Merlin’s Magic troupe. So many different takes on this one, but one of my favorites is that it will seal Merlin away in some way. Like where he stops acting like himself, forgetting how or why he ever bonded with Arthur. Or just completely ragdolling. God, or the one where you literally would be unable to take away or conceal Merlin’s magic.

Also Human Aithusa or Parent Merlin(to Aithusa, human or not, or to others) underrated as fuck I’m going to read every story that’s written about this.

Oh my god, the kingdom loving Merlin or Merlin himself basically being in charge is my favorite. The Rules by Slayer_of_Destiny may be one of my favorite examples of this, I’m sure there are many more, but I actually don’t think I know of many more. But when everyone just knows Merlin, loves Merlin, or knows Merlin isn’t technically in a position of authority, but listens to him anyways. Because it’s Merlin! I do need to find more of those. Or and the gossip of Camelot ones, where all Servants and Knights just gossip constantly, or every castle worker knowing about Merlin’s magic but no one saying anything because everyone loves Merlin and Arthur would still be a massive ass without him.

Also very niche, by there’s a story concept I saw that’s unfinished by I love, Aithusa calling Merlin to help heal Morgana and Merlin like promises to help and regrets it. A tiny bit.(This story is called The White Sun Guilds Us Home (To Albion) by Coffee_Scribbles, if you’re interested, although unfinished and may have been abandoned) I love the concept and I love the different routes it can take. I just love any story that could have a redeemed Morgana, because I love her being good, but I do want her to have some time to be bad, because she is a queen and slays.(I don’t actually think the story I was reading planned for a redemption arc, but the concept has the possibility)

Oh my god and I am currently working on a story that I don’t even know how I’d try and look up if anyone has done this, basically my own spin on the trying to cage Merlin’s magic this. You can’t really cage Emrys per-say, since he’s made of magic, so it basically splits Merlin and Emrys apart, and Merlin is powerless, although still a Dragonlord, and Emrys without being held back by his mortal form per-say, is a little more powerful. But they kind of also split up some of his personality or things he may have learned over the years. Emrys is a great liar, Merlin is not even close. Emrys is the embodiment of the word Stressed, Merlin is not. Emrys is aware of the destiny and a lot more professional, Merlin is oblivious and took all of the clumsy nature. For this concept, I was thinking the only way to put them back together is for Merlin to go through every time he’s ever technically died. Emrys is immortal, Merlin is not. So Emrys has to lie to convince everyone Ermys is Merlin, and Merlin is a different person, in this story I made it that the first time he died was sneaking out to play with Will and falling out of a tree, so he’s a few years younger, he would convince everyone it was a relative or something. While also trying to keep this clumsy, brave, and accident prone child alive. One of the goals of it is to find the Cup Of Life, since some deaths Merlin has are basically incurable other then through that. Chaos ensues. I just kinda wanted to ramble about my silly little story ngl but I think it’s still pretty fitting to the question.

cat!merlin comic idea :]]] WIP (totally) IMPORTANT QUESTION! what's your favorite underrated (merthur) ff trope? (...asking for a friend) ((totally not cuz i might want to draw more of those funky tropes)) (((no no, i would never do that)))

[akelafang]

Au where Merlin learns what happened to Aithusa while she's still in the pit with Morgana. He breaks them out and while he and Morgana are still weary of each other they work together to get away. Once they're safe and Merlin has tended to Aithusa's wounds (and maybe Morgana's if she lets him) Merlin summons Kilgharrah to yell at him for not watching over Aithusa cause really where the hell was he?! You were supposed to be taking care of her! Thank you for nothing you useless reptile!!!

Morgana gets treated to a show of Arthur's scrawny little country bumpkin of a manservant chastising a giant fuck off dragon for being a bad babysitter. She realizes halfway through that she's actually more scared of Merlin right now than she is of the dragon

[justaz]

Young prince Arthur exploring the castle bc his emotionally and mostly physically absent father doesn’t care what he does as long as he gets his studies done. He pretends he’s a brave knight with a small wooden sword in hand and ventures down in the belly of the castle and stumbles upon a cavern under the castle. It’s not long before Kilgharrah lands before him and laughs at the young child before him, a baby really. This is no Once and Future King. But…Arthur does not scream and run, he holds up his wooden sword, shaking with terror as he stares down the ferocious beast, full of courage. And Kilgharrah stares and stares and stares before sighing heavily and going, “Fine. I’ll adopt you. Stop looking at me like that.”

Anyways, Arthur grows up visiting Kilgharrah and hearing about prophecies and destiny. He watches Kilgharrah perform small bits of magic and grows up knowing the truth of what’s happened. By the time merlin arrives in Camelot, Arthur is pro-magic and anti-Uther but holy fuck is he the most arrogant prick of all time. Not only did he grow up a prince to be king, he grew up knowing he was to be a king of legend. Merlin bullies him relentlessly like in canon and everything happens as it did.

But Arthur visits Kilgharrah for advice of magical threats and leaves like right before Merlin visits him for advice. Kilgharrah never says anything bc he likes to watch them be idiots. Arthur and Merlin sneaking behind each other’s back to use/consult magic (users) to help solve their issues and never telling the other. But Arthur keeps failing. He goes to find a powerful enough Druid or Sorcerer to combat magic from a High Priestess and he can’t find anyone. However, as if by magic (ha ha ha), the threat is neutralized without Arthur’s interference. Baby boy is so confused.

This goes on for years and slowly breaks down his confidence as he thought that being the Once and Future King meant conquering all these threats and protecting his people yet…he can’t. He hasn’t properly neutralized a threat in a while, bc I mean sometimes it happens but the other times he’s knocked out for SOME FUCKING REASON. So he’s moping in his room and Merlin’s like “What’s wrong?” In a super soft voice when he sees Arthur’s kicked puppy look.

Arthur barely thinks about it before telling Merlin. He’s wanted to for years but he never wanted to drag Merlin into danger by getting him involved in treason bc while his father would be irate with him, Uther wouldn’t hesitate before chopping off Merlin’s head. But Merlin has always been there for Arthur, and rebuilt his confidence despite the other times where he’s humbling him. So Arthur tells him everything. And Merlin is silent. And quiet. And silent. And quiet. And silent. And quiet. And-

He starts cursing the dragon angrily and drags Arthur down through the castle to Kilgharrah’s cavern. The dragon is already there laughing his ass off. Arthur is confused on how Merlin knew where to go. Merlin is shouting curses up at the dragon. Kilgharrah just looks down at them as he laughs and is like, “Finally, the Once and Future King and Emrys have united.”

Arthur (grew up knowing he had someone out there who was “half of his soul” as Kilgharrah said which he took to mean his soulmate and has been fantasizing about meeting this mysterious and powerful Emrys and…other things… Well, until he met Merlin. Then the fantasies featured all three of them) is…staring at Merlin wide eyed and flustered and a little turned on at how the small human is shouting angrily at the big dragon as if the big dragon couldn’t just stomp the both of the small humans or roast them alive. Arthur’s fantasies merge Merlin and Emrys together and it’s back to just the two of them.

Merlin is grumpy bc he had to hide his magic from Arthur for YEARS only to find out that the clotpole was ON HIS FUCKING SIDE?????? AND THE DAMN LIZARD KNEW ABOUT IT????? Oh, Merlin wants a set of Dragon scale armor and Kilgharrah’s golden scales would suit him nicely, he thinks. He’ll skin the damn beast himself-