#gwaine is pan

[theroundbartable]

Call me (please) by Rona23 on ao3.

.... I know self promo is like.... Meh. but I was rereading "Call me (please)" by me (Rona23 on ao3) for a comment I got and I laughed an unreasonable amount an this interaction:

[justaz]

gwen and merlin have the same taste in men (merlin jokes about their abysmal taste and gwen shoots back that she used to have a crush on him and he’s just like “yeah. exactly. horrible taste”). they both liked lancelot but merlin got him first (they definitely slept together. at least once. tell me i’m wrong.) and gwen was happy for them but she also liked him but was mainly happy. then they broke it off and lancelot left and gwen was like “damn, i’m sorry…anyways how was he in bed?” and merlin goes from :( to >:) and tells her everything.

they both like arthur but arthur courts gwen first. merlin is happy for them but he also loves liked him but he’s mainly happy. then they don’t work out and merlin is APPALLED. gwen is just like “i really love lancelot and arthur really loves you so this works out” and then goes and makes out with lancelot. merlin doesn’t even get the chance to ask how arthur is in bed :( but then arthur comes to him and confesses and merlin is able to know first hand what he’s like in the sack sooo a win is a win

[akelafang]

Gwaine is 100% the type of guy to wander around the knights' quarters in his underwear and has definitely shown up to train shirtless on multiple occasions. One of those occasions was the morning after he and Leon first slept together to show off all the marks Leon left on him. Leon's an example of "It's always the quiet ones" and Gwaine knew no one would believe him so he came with proof. Leon made him run laps around the lower town for it.

I know aroace, completely disinterested Leon is a very popular headcanon but I don't fully get that vibe from him. I think he's demi with an indifferent attitude when he's not in a relationship. When he is in a relationship his interest in sex does go up but not a lot, however, when he is in the mood he's a passionate lover and makes sure he gives as good as he gets. And with a lover like Gwaine, that's a lot of give and get. They both walk away with various bruises and love bites which Leon tries to hide and Gwaine happily shows off much to Leon's embarrassment.

[emlynphoenix]

BBC Merlin was both my bisexual awakening, and had obvious gayness to it. Merthur is the number one ship. The og Nick and Charlie coming to the screen in 2008-2013. They never said they were a couple; but it is implied by Arther constantly needing Merlin, and Merlin always being protective of Arthur. It is also shipped by the entire fandom, and the cast.

Charlie is overprotective of Nick , and Nick loves everything about Charlie. Charlie’s imperfections make him perfect to Nick. How much Nick cares, and would never give up on him, or anyone else, is what makes Charlie feel safe and loved. Nick knows that he is in love with him, and nothing could change that.

[monapearlquo]

Was reading merlin fanfic again today and suddenly remembered how I spent ~4 months fully convinced that Gwaine was canonically pan due to the summer of 2021 that I spent reading a ton of gwaine/merlin fanfics. It was only after a very awkward conversation with my brother that I realized Gwaine is, somehow, canonically straight.

Rip to 2021-me, she was delusional, but so full of hope.

[theroundbartable]

I am so here for a Leon & Gwaine dynamic.

Aro/ace- I-am-so-done-with-the-poetry Leon and pan been-there-done-that-spill-the-tea Gwaine just hanging out and vibing. Heck yes

they r talking 2 each other:-) gossiping >:)

[lexplosion]

I’ve never had an issue separating Canon from Fanon but I repeatedly forget Gwaine isn’t canonically bi/pan.

[xqueenybee]

No one asked but these are my headcanons for the sexualities of BBC Merlin characters.

Merlin - Gay

Arthur - Bi

Gwen - Bi

Morgana - Aroace

Gwaine - Pan

Everyone else *shrug*

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Okay, if you were asked who are in Merlin BBC that you can see based on canon that are gay/bi/pan/demi, which characters are they? Why?

I’m just gonna note that I’m not attached to any sexuality headcanon because people are going to have different opinions and it seems daft to lose more than half the fan content (art, fics, etc) just because of a headcanon. I’ll read more or less anything, I play around with queer themes in my writing fairly regularly and multiship everyone in the show, sometimes with characters from other fandoms too, but these are the sexualities I’ve written most of for each character otherwise this would be way too long.

And I know I’m assigning modern understandings of sexuality to medieval characters, but it’s a show with dragons and magic, also capes, a French castle, and whatever the hell that chainmail was so I think I can be excused for my historical inaccuracy.

Merlin: either gay or bi with a a preference for men. I could never get myself to really like Freya in the show, she wasn’t bad and I didn’t hate her, I usually just forget about her because it was one episode so I didn’t have enough time to get attached. She deserved more screen time and I love what the fandom has done with her character, but I usually see her where Merlin’s shipped with someone else so I honestly forget their romance exists most of the time. Other than that, I usually see him shipped with knights or Arthur or if he’s shipped with another woman, it’s someone who didn’t get enough screen time to get attached, or a mergwenthur (is that their ship name?) poly relationship.

Arthur: bi and demi. He needs time to like someone, canonically only started wearing a shirt after he got married but he walked around his chambers naked when it was just Merlin/no sexual implications in a servant of two masters. I’ve done deep dive character analysis into that and what it says for their trust of one another if anyone’s interested. It goes into them being platonic but acting like a couple and why meant so much for me to see as a kid and also why I think that proves their relationship is more than words can fully encapsulate. Also he’s had crushes on men and women so bi just fits.

Gwen: bi with a preference for men, she and Morgana had chemistry and I ship them pre season 3 but after that, not so much. Also had crushes on Lancelot, Merlin and married Arthur. They’re an adorable couple, honestly I love them. I don’t really have much else to say.

Morgana: aroace lesbian. Just my favourite headcanon, I like that she never had a canon relationship but she definitely had chemistry with Gwen. They’re just sweet together. I don’t know, mostly just vibes and my desire for more aroace rep.

Lancelot: bi with a preference for women. Gwen and Merlin. Yeah, that’s pretty much all I have to say. I just love that he’s such a great guy, I don’t think there’s anything more to it than two crushes in canon and vibes. I’ve written him as unlabelled or queer a fair amount, it really just depends.

Leon: Romance and sex averse aroace. Again, I just want representation and think he’s cool. I’ve seen him shipped with others, but I tend to default to aroace Leon in my own works more than anything else. Occasionally I’ll give him a qpr but it just depends on what I’m writing.

Gwaine: aromatic pansexual, he likes flirting but I think the idea of a permanent long term relationship would be “the one to tie him down” and it never entirely fits right. I’ve seen him shipped with Percival, I love that but usually if I’m writing it, I’ll have them in a qpr. I think he definitely feels low levels of romantic attraction but not enough to want a romantic relationship with someone, he loves so much, just not in the traditional ways and writing aroallo Gwaine is always super fun.

Elyan: I headcanon Elyan as trans masc but I don’t think I’ve got any specific headcanons for his sexuality. I’ve probably written him straight slightly more than anything else, but it’s a close tie between writing him straight and bi. It never usually comes up, so maybe just unlabelled or queer. I don’t know, he’s just Elyan. That’s all really.

Percival: I know in canon he had a wife and kids, I write him as being gay more than anything else, but my main headcanon tends to be that he’s bi or pan. Purely based on vibes but if it’s not relevant to the plot, I won’t bother mentioning it.

[mediocre-stoned-dragon]

Arthur: *visibly shaking with anger*

Merlin: "Maybe if you'd actually listened for once-!"

camera pans from them to Gwaine, some twenty feet away,

Gwaine: *looking into the camera like he's in the office* "things are pretty tense in the gay community these days"

[kendelias]

OC HALLOWEEN 2024 → multiverse

in the middle of a fight, xaria is hit by a nen that traps her in another dimension. several dimensions, all at once. in the mirrors of this twisted fun house, she sees herself in different realities, all the lives she could have had. and as the war outside rages on, she finds it difficult not to get lost in them. (more info under the cut.)

xaria blume | hunter x hunter, li: leorio paladiknight (find more about her here x)

felicity burbank | big time rush, li: jo taylor

felicity has always been a picture-perfect good girl. she's prim, proper, a world-renowned actress, the jewel of her family tree. she's always putting on the right show, dating the right boys, and schmoozing the right agents. everything in felicity's life is perfect - that is, until the big time rush boys move into the palm woods. suddenly she has friends like she's never had before; she's getting in trouble and getting to know herself. her parents are ashamed, her agent is horrified, but felicity finally feels free. but her ever-changing world tilts completely on its axis once again when she books a guest appearance on new town high. and suddenly her new costar is making her confront all kinds of feelings she never even knew she had.

penny pan | descendants, li: harry hook

penny pan's life is boring. that might seem harsh, but really, that's the only way to put it. born on auradon and doomed to die there, penny spends most of her time attending classes she'll never learn from, spending time with people she doesn't like, and pretending she doesn't ache for adventure. when auradon opens itself to the isle of the lost, it's then that she finally gets a taste of what she's so desperately craved as she throws herself headfirst into the world of the bad kids. and when she accompanies them back to the isle and meets the son of her father's worst enemy, well - she certainly has adventure in store.

jules noble | doctor who, li: n/a

it's never mattered how drastically far apart they are in age; the noble sisters have always been thick as thieves. from the time the younger of the two, julianna "jules" noble, was born, they've been completely inseparable. best friends, they always say, from womb to tomb. that's why, when donna disappears mere moments before her wedding, jules knows that something is very wrong. she wouldn't just leave, certainly not without saying anything to her little sister. in her wake, jules is left to pick up the pieces of her abandoned wedding, awkwardly thanking guests for coming and begging them to remain seated. when donna does return, calling the wedding off and locking herself away, jules demands answers. why'd she call the wedding off? why would she run? why would she leave jules to fend for herself when she never has before? after much pressing and pestering (as little sisters are often best at), she tells jules about a madman and a blue box. jules is immediately enraptured - she already often hangs on to her older sister's every word, but the tale of aliens and the space-time continuum completely enrapture her. and when donna sets out to find the doctor once again, jules follows in her footsteps. as she always has.

estelle tweedy | glee, li: roderick meeks

some are born great. some achieve greatness. but for the past 16 years, estelle has had greatness thrust upon her. from the time she could speak, she could sing; from the time she could sing, her parents were scrambling to get her signed to a record label. however, childhood fame does to estelle what it does to all children - it ruins her. when a huge scandal strikes, one that could easily end her career, her parents enforce an 'intervention' and send her to live with her grandparents in lima, ohio. whether this is a punishment or a well-deserved break, estelle can't be sure. but she does know one thing - nothing can save her from this miserable existence. (well. except maybe a cute nerd she meets on the first day of school.)

nell | merlin, li: gwaine

nell really loves the simple things in life - good food, good mead, and good trouble. the people of her village say she's crazy, a spitfire. some even call her a demon. some even call her a witch. they whisper behind their hands when they think she can't hear. this, of course, like all rumors, isn't true - but like all rumors, there's some truth to it. nell has had a gift ever since she was born. some may call it foresight; others call it visions. whatever it is, it certainly doesn't win nell any favor with the others from her village. even if she tries to help them; even if she does help them. nobody understands her - nobody, that is, until she meets sir gwaine.

gage garland | scream, li: sydney prescott

gage and her best friend randy have always had a lot in common. their love of scary movies; their shitty senses of humor; and their need to follow around sydney prescott like lost puppy dogs. so you can add 'taste in girls' to that list, too. it's not like she can help it. sydney's only the smartest, coolest girl in school, and though gage is a total loser, sydney's also been really nice to her. but randy's been in love with her, like, their whole lives, and besides, she's dating that asshole billy loomis anyway, so there's no point. gage, for one, is determined to take this crush to her grave. little does she know, that possibility may occur sooner than expected; though her biggest concerns should be her gay panic and tomorrow's math test, someone has other ideas. someone who starts picking her friends off one by one.

isla swan | twilight, li: seth clearwater

living in forks, washington your whole life leads you to get a little creative. you have to, or else there's a very real possibility you might die of boredom. this is what isla always told people when asked why she is the way she is. sure, maybe she's a little... strange, even by forks standards. maybe her favorite book is the big book of cryptids she has tucked under her pillow. maybe she's always searching la push for signs of their very own loch ness, and yeah, maybe she's skipped school to scour the woods for fairy rings. but can you blame her for wanting things to be a little more exciting around here? though she will say - when her cousin bella moves back to forks, everything turns upside down. maybe even a little more than isla bargained for.

[theroundbartable]

Okay, if you were asked who are in Merlin BBC & Voltron that you can see based on canon that are gay/bi/pan/demi, which characters are they? Why?

What a fun ask I'm totally not doing to procastinate on cooking... XD

BBC Merlin

Arthur Pendragon is, in my head, demiromantic and bisexual... It sort of depends on the circumstances/episode. Arthur needs a very long time to really feel connections with people and only starts to consider love after he really gets to know them, hence his constant search for true love in the show. With Merlin I'm not entirely sure if he was attracted to him instantly, strangely enough feeling a connection from the moment they met, or if it takes him till the end of the series when Merlin confesses his magic and finally shows his true self to realise the depth of his feelings.

Merlin is, well... Bi Bi Bi. A disaster bi in fact. With a preference for sweaty men in metal boxes, he's not very peculiar. However, Merlin is a one person hyperfixation kind of guy. Most people are convinced that Merlin's gay.

Gwen: I feel like most people in BBC Merlin are bi and Gwen is no exception. Like Merlin, she prefers the hero type in metal uniforms. But she also had a thing for Morgana in the beginning.

Morgana: lesbian. I have never seen a woman so disinterested in men, I'm not surprised that they casted Katie McGrath in supergirl as supergirls love interest. I might settle for homoromantic and asexual. But definitly in love with Gwen in the very beginning.

Sir Leon, my beloved, the immortal, the one and only, the eternal suffering aro/ace. I don't have to explain this one. The only counter moment is the Lamia episode where Leon suddenly develops interest in women out of nowhere. My personal take is that anyone could be fallen under a Lamia's spell, this one just had a taste for men (and male presenting).

Sir Elian: once upon a time I clocked them as nonbinary and sadly that's as far as I thought into this character. Pretty sure he's aromantic. He/they pronouns. I dunno, I don't think Elian would conform to anything if given a choice. Aromantic too, I think. Like Leon, there is no interest there, but he does play around with Percival and Gwaine quite often, so I'd take that as allosexual.

I am excluding Gwaine because I think canon Gwaine is written as a straight oblivious fuckboy. Albeit a kind one XD fanon Gwaine is often poly/ pan... Or into apples. Lmao XD and I'm not sure about Percival because the man has a dead wife and kids.

Voltron

Keith: with his lack of interest in women, he can only be gay. That man looks at no one quite the same as he looks at Lance. what the hell was the whole bonding thing if not a hint for post canon klance? Sorry, not sorry XD rivals to best friends to lovers.

Lance: *bi bo bi* bisexual lighting Lance. Doesn't matter if you prefer klance or shallura, this man is a walking bi flag. I don't know what you mean by proof, just look at this wiggly boy with the fingerguns. He can't even sit straight! Can't do math either. He's perfect!

Shiro: probably the only character in my entire history of shipping that I would unqueer without feeling bad about it. I know he's gay, I just don't really see it in the writing. Of course there aren't always clear signs that someone is gay which is why this is good rep actually (+he's married), but you asked me for proof in the show and all I see is that this man is a dad. That's his gender and his orientation and that's all I really need to know.

Pidge: aro/ace because I love my aroaces and this child loves robots and robots only. Also nonbinary/genderqueer. Pronouns: fuck/off XD

I think Lotor should have been bi. Pre-canon Lotor had us Langsters ship Lotor x Lance and it was so much fun :D

Bob: gender: evil, orientation: villain. I hate this guy

Coran: the georgous man is either gay or pan. More likely pan because I vaguely remember he had a son?

I hope I answered your question reasonably enough XD thank you for the ask, anon :3

[justaz]

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

[cryptid-wizard]

Gwaine: So, what is Merlin to you?

Arthur: The reason I wake up every morning.

Gwaine: ...That’s adorable.

Merlin earlier that morning, barging into Arthur ′s room, smacking pans together: WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!!!

[your-blorbos-are-queer]

character pride icons pt. 42: misc. tv/movies (again again!) pt. 3

queer headcanons

amos burton (the expanse) - gay | shawn spencer (psych) - bisexual | rebecca bunch (crazy ex girlfriend) - pansexual

max mayfield (stranger things) + heather mcnamara (heathers) + veronica sawyer (heathers) - bisexual

ben gates (national treasure) - pansexual | riley poole (nt) - bisexual

gwaine (merlin) - aromantic | ilsa faust (mission: impossible) - bisexual

ethan hunt (m:i) - transgender + bisexual

luke patterson (julie and the phantoms) - asexual + pan

feel free to use these for any non-commercial purpose, as long as proper credit is given!

if you'd like to see a different combination of character + flag, my ask box is always open for requests

[ashes-in-a-jar]

The Sheridan Tapes episode 72

Sam and Kate, the mystery solving duo, catching one night crawler at a time, now that they're the only ones from the team left...

Their conversations with each other always seem so much deeper than anyone else on the team... Delving into the most serious topics. This time it's Kate coming out as bi/pan!!! Love that for her. Love Sam laughing at the fact that their whole team is some kind of queer because apparently he's not only a magnet for monsters lol

Omg I COMPLETELY forgot about the episode 11 comeback!! I can't believe it was Craig this whole time on the other side of that door at the music hall 😭

I looked up Craig's voice actor because I love his voice a lot and turns out he's Gwaine from Camlann! That's why he sounded familiar lol

This is what he looks like and it's so far from what I pictured for both characters holy cow xD

And finally, FINALLY, we meet the legendary Amy Sterling, hiding away in Anna's haunted house's bedroom in Lake Isabella!! I do wonder what that house is and if it's perhaps a manifestation of the well and that's why it led Kate to a beach and now led them both to Amy