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But what makes Merlin the perfect tragedy it’s its end.
Yet, it is not that end, it is not Arthur’s end. It is not the death per se. It is the wait. The end hurts more to us viewers because we witness Merlin’s grief. They could have hinted about the fact that he is immortal, that he lived long after what everyone knew.
But they didn’t stop there. We know Merlin has been waiting.
What hurts more is the pain we see in Merlin’s eyes as he stops on the side of the lake, in a place where that lake is no more, where that life hasn’t existed for ages, now. We hurt as Merlin hurts, because he remembers as we remember, because we’re conscious that we don’t know what is worse:
to die, or to watch the person you had adored most, you had loved most, die by something you should have had under control, while you still live.
And Merlin wishes, but he can’t have.
That’s what’s always going to hurt us. The tragedy could have ended like any other:
with a death, whatever it is deserved or not.
But there is something else to be added, there is a, “what if”, there is, “and now what, will Merlin wait forevermore, will he wish to die too, did he suffer unimaginable pain than what we could possibly imagine, because he has lived so long, he has loved so long, perhaps he has killed and healed so long, and yet, after all these centuries,
and the only man Merlin still thinks about, is Arthur.
Arthur’s death hurts not because he dies.
Arthur’s death hurts more because we know Merlin has died that day too.
But he’s patient.
And the ending reminds us of that.
It reminds us that Merlin is still there, hoping.
But we have no idea for how much longer he’ll wait, and if the years that have passed in which Merlin has hoped, will be repaid with Arthur’s return.
And that’s why the ending hurts more than Arthur’s death.
#because what do you mean that after 1500 years and merlin can still remember#he remembers arthur#of all the people he has probably met and knew and loved#and arthur is still there with him#maybe he can’t recall his face#his voice#his body#but he knows he has to wait#he has to be patient just that tad bit more#but we don’t know that#as he doesn’t know that#the directors put us in his shoes as if saying and what now?#will arthur return or was it all a lie?#does merlin have friends lovers or is he all alone?#has merlin given up on life? what happened after arthur’s death or anyone else’s death?#all we know is that merlin is still there but we don’t know anything else#and that’s the worst part#merthur#bbc merlin#merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin bbc
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this made me feel ill. chapter 2 vs chapter 6.
#i made this a year ago and forgot about it#i wish i had not remembered#anyways do you like his outfit is he cunty or what#I'M NAUSEATED#i can't get over this i'm sorry#rdr2#red dead redemption 2#arthur morgan
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does the bbc even understand how much money they’d make if the made a Disney Enchanted 2007 style Merlin sequel where Merlin has been alive, moving from place to place, magicking himself young and aging then moving and magicking himself younger and aging then moving and suddenly Arthur pops out of a lake, completely unaware of current events and is walking around demanding his manservant, claiming to be King Arthur Pendragon and he either
a. Gets on the news somehow and Merlin, doing whatever he’s doing now, sees and drops everything because WHAT IS ARTHUR DOING HERE AND ALIVE
b. Meets Merlin who has been working as a detective somewhere -because that’s basically what he did anyway-solving things and helping people, the family business, and Arthur is dragged in, handcuffed, and plopped in an interrogation room or the drunk tank with the cop who found him saying like This wacko thinks he’s some medieval king, go deal with him, and Merlin scoffs and walks in, promptly dropping his files and spilling his coffee when he sees a disheveled and petulant Arthur, who goes Merlin, finally, get me out of here already, will you and Merlin starts crying lmaooo
or c. Meets Merlin who has been working at an ER because, again, he was physician adjacent, and someone drags a wet Arthur in, like Found this, it looks like he might hypothermiate deal with him, and Merlin sees him, drops his files, spills his coffee, and starts crying hahaha
because I’m thinking that’d be fun and probably everyone on tumblr and everyone who knows someone on tumblr would go bonkers over it
#bbc merlin#merlin#merlin bbc#merthur#arthur#arthur pendragon#arthur x merlin#king arthur#merlin emrys#merlin rewatch#merlin x arthur#Merlin sequel#Not an AU but close#And Merlin has developed an Irish accent#And he has to teach him how to be a modern human man#my post#And Arthur doesn’t remember what happened to him then Merlin is like you were killed I saw it#And then arthur is like nope don’t remember didn’t happen but it slowly starts coming back to him and he has to unpack that#And he’ll wake up in the middle of the night and Merlin will sit with him even if it’s in the hall outside of a closed room iykyk#not a want but a need#please#The grammatical mistakes are there to add flavour#Same for punctuation mistakes#My post
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MERLIN 1.02 Valiant // 4.13 The Sword in the Stone part 2
#he remembered 😭#bbc merlin#merlin parallels#merlin#merlinedit#merlin gifs#merlingifs#arthur x morgana#arthur pendragon#morgana pendragon#lady morgana#bbc morgana#bbc arthur#bradley james#katie mcgrath#twistedshipper#perioddramaedit
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Arthur “Disaster Bi” Pendragon learning about true loves kiss as a cure like:
Gwaine: For fuck’s sake, he’s not enchanted every time he smiles at someone else, Arthur! He was literally just laughing at my joke!
Arthur, aggressively frenching Merlin on the council room floor: YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL OKAY-
#listen#tell me i’m wrong#gaius’s salty ass is mumbling that he doesn’t remember true loves kiss involving so much tongue#and yelling at merlin to signal if he needs cpr#arthur is like ‘IM ON IT’ and just starts groping merlin’s pec#elyan is watching the drama unfold and living his best life#leon is having poetry lesson ptsd and aggressively folding himself into the fetal position#gwaine is yelling ‘THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU’#while watching in horror as arthur practically unhinges his jaw to better suck merlin’s face#gwaine is now caught between still being miffed and asking arthur how the fuck he does that as it seems HIGHLY applicable for future use#geoffrey is present as a scribe and wondering how much of this meeting really needs to go into the archives#percy is already illustrating it#within like a week all of camelot has a Pavlovian response to merlins smile like ‘oh LAWD he comin 👀’#iconic#just a normal day in camelot#merlin#arthur pendragon#merthur#in a land of myth#and a time of gays#bbc merlin
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#5 times arthur breaks my heart
#bbc merlin#merlin#merlinedit#arthur pendragon#arthurpendragonedit#bradley james#ughmerlin#arthurpendragonns#alielook#my gif#i haven't giffed anything in a several months so#this was just a light easy way to remember how to use ps again#also look at his face he's so pretty when he cries
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Angel eyes
#sometimes when I’m lonely I sit and think about him#and it hurts to remember all the good times#😭😭😭😭#YARRRRRGH#my art#arthur pendragon#prince Arthur#Merlin#bbc Merlin#Merthur#I’m counting this as Merlin because I’m pretty sure he’s looking Merlin#wiTH THOSE ANGEL EYES
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I keep thinking about Merlin’s love for Arthur and how it’s so clearly portrayed in the show to the point that it practically drives the plot of the show. However when it comes to Arthur’s love for Merlin it’s more subtle and sometimes difficult to even grasp, and I started thinking why that was, aside from the obvious fact that Arthur has a lot of trouble expressing his emotions affection or otherwise. I think it also lies in the fact that Merlin knows Arthur intrinsically throughout the show; he is one of the closest people to Arthur, and sees him for who he really is. Arthur admits as much.
Sure, Arthur knows Merlin but the main part of the plot is that he really doesn't know Merlin. Merlin wants him to desperately understand him and “see me for who I am” but he can't yet. And I think this subconsciously creates a barrier in the way in which Arthur can care for Merlin, and how Merlin can let himself be seen by Arthur.
Which is why I think he was also so hurt when the magic reveal happens because more than the betrayal of Merlin having magic, it was the betrayal of Merlin not letting Arthur see him for who he really is and for hiding a main part of himself. Arthur says it himself “why did you never tell me” that’s what hurt him the most.
I think the most damning piece of evidence for this is the fact that while we see snippets of Arthur’s feelings for Merlin thought the show, the biggest signs are in the last episode after the magic reveal; in which he finally gets to understand Merlin, and this time REALLY know Merlin, and as the barriers of what held them back from understanding each other truly fall away, Arthur evidently “falls in love with Merlin all over again”. We see him actually express himself to Merlin.
This is another reason why I think if anyone was ever to create another season of Merlin after Arthur’s return, it’s physically impossible not to make it about Merlin and Arthur acknowledging their feelings for each other. Because there is no way forward without them acknowledging how deeply they care for each other, obviously anyone is free to argue what kind of love that is, but its impossible not to see the deep love there either way.
They always knew they loved each other, just maybe never realising how much and what that means, because its almost second nature to everything that they do.
#merlin meta#bbc merlin#merthur#ignore me im literally just rambling#im not sure this even makes sense but i had to yap it out anyway!!#i think merlins love for Arthur surpasses his destiny in a way#He foresakes himself and his people just to ensure Arthur lives#but that turned out to be the undoing of them all#I cannot stress enough how insane this makes me#its sometimes harder to look at Arthur and understand how his love for merlin takes form#but the way he starts taking small steps to check in on merlin when he's being particularly quiet#or noticing the changes in merlin is a good indicator because it is so completely opposite his nature#and ofc the way in which he trusts merlin so completely#remember this is a man who has constant problems with people he chooses to trust#and he also shows time and time again how far he's willing to go beyond the accepted norms to also protect merlin#I think it was always harder for him to allow himself to open about his emotions#and it was much easier to keep it under lock and key to avoid it being seen as a weakness#Obviously thanks to Uthers A+ parenting which could not have helped#but as the seasons go on he begins to open up and thats no small part in thanks to merlins influence in his life#and when it comes to the finale they are both boiled down to raw emotion having to face each other#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon
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some people really need to learn how to knock
#just a guy in a room totally by himself guys. just totally alone. nobody else with him :))#don’t worry he just had some Cheeto dust on his fingers he had to clean off :))))#arthur lester#jarthur#john doe#(implied)#private eyes#malevolent#malevolent podcast#my art#art#god I can’t even REMEMBER the last time I made a fully rendered digital piece holyshittt#feels so fucking good to have fun and make fanart again. and sexualizing a middle aged man no less!!!#truly back on my brand 😌😌😌 what a breath of fresh air#we are SO back
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whats so funny to me is how merthur deal with jealousy and the knights’ knowledge of it. like arthur? he is so obvious. SO obvious to literally everyone but merlin. he’s pouty and then aggressive. the knights know this. as touched as they are by merlin’s compliments, they desperately want him to stfu bc every word of praise he gives them, is one more level of how enthusiastic arthur will be when he demands they spar with him.
merlin is literally the same but the knights never really see him get jealous. arthur is obsessed with merlin so there nothing really for merlin to get jealous of. until theres a repeat of cedric where arthur is annoyed by how often merlin has been shirking his duties and takes a new servant just to mess with him. and then merlin is glaring at the new serving boy when neither he nor arthur is looking at him, he is “super clumsy” around the new servant and “trips” on his way out of the stables after mucking them out and “accidentally” covers the servant in horse dung, and sets up scenes for the new servant to fail and thin arthur’s patience until he fires them. then he turns to merlin and is like “i need this done” and the knights expect merlin to act like arthur and jump at the chance to attach himself to arthur’s side, but merlin just smiles politely and says “oh im sure george/gwen/any other servant in camelot would be honored to do that for you, sire” and walks away
anyway i would love to see the knights who have to constantly suffer a jealous arthur sit back and watch a jealous merlin fight his foe in his own way. then watch the slight difference between jealous!merthur as where arthur would drag merlin with him everywhere, merlin can’t seem to get away from arthur fast enough. now arthur is chasing merlin around like a love sick puppy. the knights are in awe. the newer knights who weren’t aware before, now have to confront the fact that this insolent servant has the king of camelot wrapped around his little finger.
#leon is tired. he was there for cedric. he remembers.#gwaine on the other hand is ecstatic. hes never seen jealous!merlin before. hes so catty. gwaine loves it.#the serving boy that arthur dragged into this argument left the castle a changed man#he thought the gods had blessed him. that the king was tired of that disrespectful man and wanted a REAL servant.#the job turned out to be a punishment from the gods instead. it was probably for shoving a chicken down the bakers pants when he was a teen#it was worth it tho. he wouldnt change a thing.#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#merthur#knights of the round table#jealous merlin#jealous arthur#fanfiction#fanfic#fic ideas#prompts
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Sometimes, I'll be doing a mission with Dutch and everything is fine.
Other times, the light will catch his face in a way that makes me seethe.
I get reminded that Dutch got to age, he got to grow grey.
Did Arthur get that chance? Jenny, Mac, Davey, Sean, Kieran, Lenny, Molly? Did any of them get to grow old together?
Why didn't they, Dutch? Why didn't the gang survive? Why didn't they get the promised virgin lands in the west? Why did you outlive them?
Go on, Dutch, go ahead. I'm listening.
#this is incoherent but you just want to shake that man by the shoulders and expose him for what he is#of course I know why everything happened but to dutch it's a different story#I know eventually karma catches up with dutch but the fact he still lived so much longer makes my blood boil#everything will be fine then I will remember that all these people I'm gunslinging with are doomed to fall#dutch van der fucking linde you ruined the one good thing you had#that THEY had#rrrrgh#rdr2#red dead redemption 2#mick squeaks#arthur morgan#dutch van der linde#jenny rdr2#callander boys rdr2#sean macguire#kieran duffy#lenny summers#molly o'shea#red dead redemption 2 spoilers#mick rants
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#everything he does fascinates me#idc that he's under a spell here this is canon arthur. to me#merlin#merlinedit#arthur pendragon#*#2.10#princeling#this was my tumblr header for a while and i could never remember which episode it was from lol
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Yes he has! He doesn't like talking about it tho 🤫
#comic#my art#arthur#ive been waiting for someone to ask this for a long time!#remember when emily said children souls gets sent down as guardian angels for other kids? hehe#arthur had a kid he was looking after :3
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I am obsessed with this
#truly i am#I did NOT remember he said that#i stumbled on this quote by accident#“i WILL MAKE arthur king”???#baby are you listening to yourself#do you realise what you've just said#obsessed with the concept of merlin as a kingmaker#they told merlin “he's going to become a great king. he'll be remembered in ages to come”#and merlin said “i will MAKE him the greatest king ever if it kills me”#“and no one can stop me”#self-fulfilling prophecies or something#idk. leave me alone.#merlin#ep 1x13
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#i can see merlin finally telling his story after 1500 years#the last sentence is so painful#but it is also very true#he doesn’t have a picture of arthur#and after a thousand centuries he doesn’t remember him as he would#and oh arthur gave him a purpose and someone to love unconditionally#so yes be saved him in any possible way too#merthur#merlin#bbc merlin#arthur pendragon#titanic#merlin fandom#bradley james#colin morgan
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I relate to Arthur Lester because I also get fucking angry at John every 10 minutes, and then swing violently the other way into loving him more than can be described
#listen I love him but. every time he does Something I remove him (temporarily) as my favorite boy#I remember on my first listen through I got to episode 18 (?) and he did That#and I fully wanted them separated#and then not even five minutes into the next episode he was back to being my blorbo#I am a child of divorce and I take Arthur’s side almostevery time I’m sorry#malevolent#malevolent podcast
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