#i know arthur forgave him

[vi-visected]

in my head after the events of camlann merlin returns to camelot and, still riddled with terrible guilt and grief, confesses to leon about everything that had happened and everything he had done, magic and all. and instead of outrage or betrayal or scorn or judgement (or even death, as he had briefly considered) leon shatters him with a deeply apologetic expression and a whispered “my friend… you must have been so afraid, and so tired.” and merlin collapses into heaving sobs against him and doesn’t get back up for a long time.

[o1iveangel]

yellow doesn’t get enough love, idk i know he’s evil and everything but like some part of my heart breaks for him. that one part where he asks arthur if after everything he forgave john and arthur said “yes”. i believe there was a part of him that was asking if he could ever be forgiven, or if he was too far gone to even consider change. it’s what he was told he was made for, and it’s all he’s ever known, i don’t think he believed he could outrun what he was even if he wanted to. and somewhere in that realization he lost the path and instead decided to become the worst he possibly could. anyway, yellow they could never make me hate you.

[1rubydoodles]

stanford is autistic-coded and that really affected his relationship with fiddleford (tbob spoilers)

(I want to start off saying I’m autistic and might rant about Arthur a bit here because it’s a 10+ year strong special interest and you just have to deal with it)

“another day, another failed social interaction.” (ford, the book of bill)

“when my waitress told me the apple pie was made ‘from scratch,’ I replied, ‘incredible! I must meet the chef who created the atoms!’ She made a face like she had tasted bleach and ended her shift early.”

I read this imagining ford smiling, expecting a laugh from the waitress. I know so many autistic people who make jokes like this, it really to me doesn’t seem much different from the jokes that people do like. Taking things and shifting their meaning. The children’s show Arthur put it best in the episode “When Carl Met George” (or, “Carl and the Missing Puzzle Piece”, definitely check it out, although it was made in 2010 so it uses an outdated term and has few stereotypes)

Basically in that episode, autism was described as George crash landing on an alien planet with no instructions.

here’s some of the transcript:

“(narrator): …And even though you speak the same language, you sometimes have a hard time understanding what they mean.

Francine (as alien): Good night for a banana fight, right?

George: Um, yes? No! I don't know!”

Arthur (as alien) walks up to them wearing flippers, a tutu, a huge bow tie and a hat of whipped cream with a cherry. His outfit is absolutely ridiculous.

“(narrator): and things that seem hilarious to you…

George: (laughs)

 (narrator): ...aren't funny at all to them.

Arthur (as alien): What's he laughing at? Is it my nose?

Francine (as alien): I have no idea. You're weird!

Francine and Arthur walk off.

George: But it was a joke, right? Oh.”

this basically describes the situation perfectly. on top of that, I know of autistic men that seem like they are being aggressive or sarcastic to women when they make these jokes, most likely what happened during this dining incident. (which, honestly, women go through a lot of shit with men and I don’t blame them if they assume the worst.)

But let’s go to fidds and fords relationship. (romantic or not.)

I’ve seen so many fiddlestan posts shaming ford for what are just autistic qualities to justify their ship being superior. (ex. One post said “stan recognized when fidds was distressed unlike SOME people” in a fanfic, which is both shaming ford and pretty uncanon seeming)*

I really don’t think ford realized fidds wasn’t ok until it all fell apart. he closest he goes is basically “fidds seems jittery from the whole shapeshifter thing so we can just relax and that will fix it.” I think it’s a common autistic mentality that “if this happens I can fix it with this, and that will solve the problem.”

many people on the spectrum have logical systematic thinking and a preference for clear rules with predictable outcomes.

I think that’s the closest ford ever got to thinking that something was wrong.

I think he never realized fidds was actually going insane. All he thought was that he was going to betray him because of Bill and that black ring.

“it became clear how deeply I had hurt this man I once held so dear.”(ford, journal 3)

I really think he held onto the thought that fidds betrayed him. autistic people are also a lot of times easier to manipulate due to challenges in seeing deception, probably why bill saw him as an easy target.

but of course, fidds in the end with his big heart and amazing mind forgave ford. i’m almost positive he knew ford thought different.

and probably got fiddle𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 with him later

Edit: I should mention that the whole “I’ve seen so many fiddlestan posts shaming ford for what are just autistic qualities. (ex.“stan recognized when fidds was distressed unlike SOME people”)” is just a common type of thing I see in fiddlestan posts and fanfics. I really doubt that Stan WOULD do that, but fiddlestan shippers are a whole different breed ig. Edited again for clarity on the same thing

[rpfshippingpolls]

⚠️ DON’T START DISCOURSE ABOUT RPF IN THE NOTES!! YOU WILL BE BLOCKED IF YOU DO SO ⚠️

Do you ship it?

Reason:

“The OG toxic doomed yaoi. For two years, they had a violent relationship, as Rimbaud had a horrible temper and people didn't tolerate him (except Verlaine, apparently.) Verlaine's marriage broke down because of their relationship. They were quite public about it, and each inspired great poems in the other. Rimbaud convinced Verlaine not to go back to his wife when she forgave him for being a raging alcoholic, they ran away to London together, where they got more and more toxic--eventually, Verlaine did decide to go back to his wife, but she understood that his relationship with the poet was sexual, and decided to divorce him. Verlaine got a revolver to kill himself, but after another endless argument with Rimbaud, he ended up shooting at him instead. (This didn't kill Rimbaud, but Verlaine ended up imprisoned for this act, but mostly because he was a known homosexual.) After he got out of prison, he tried to go see Rimbaud again, but Rimbaud wouldn't hear it. It's a tragic, kind of horrible love story between artists of the 19th century, and who doesn't love that? (In recent years, there was a petition to inhumate their remains together in the Pantheon, but that fell through as families were quite opposed to it and found the idea grotesque. To bury exes together? Really? I think it would've been poetic, though.) (This was all an excuse to talk about them. Please research them if you can, though I reckon there aren't as many good English resources on the topic.)”

[brightlycoloredteacups]

Hiii, can you write a smut that Orm gets jealous and makes Y/n suck him in the throne room, And makes her call him Ocean Master🙏🙏 with face fucking, spanking, angry sex, choking, hair pulling and anything else you want As much as you want to write ❤️❤️

Whelp...I didn't get to the spanking but I hope I did ok enough!

            You and Orm had been fighting a lot recently. It wasn’t normal. From the moment you two met years ago there hadn’t been an angry word between you and now you couldn’t stop shouting at each other. Orm intrinsically understood all the fighting was his fault. He was letting his insecurities get the best of him, but it was hard not to. Everything had been ripped from him, his home, his former fiancée, his teacher. He went from beloved Prince Orm to the black fish seemingly overnight. Sure, Arthur and Mera forgave him for his heroics when he saved junior, but the people of Atlantis had long memories. Besides, you were like, really hot and it annoyed him that you weren’t around much anymore.

            You were a general in the Atlantean army. Your tactical know-how and battle prowess were legendary. So much so the Brine King himself asked for your hand in marriage. On top of that, you were incredibly intelligent with a special interest in what Arthur called ‘anthropology’. You went out of your way to learn about the people of the Seven Kingdoms of Atlantis and now, the surface world. Arthur relied on you heavily for diplomacy, which took you away a lot. Now, you were spending more time with Arthur than Orm was comfortable with. Thus, all the fighting.

            Orm was in the throne room, looking at the seat of Atlantis, trying his best not to grind his teeth into his gums. “Your highness?” Your voice rings out clear. The title irritates him further, you, his beloved, don’t call him that, you call him by his name. He turns around, glaring at you. You meet it with a stony look of your own. “Is this what we’re reduced to?” He asks, “Honorifics?”

“Well, you’re not acting much like a lover these days.” Orm feels his eye twitch. “Neither have you.”

“What’s the supposed to mean?” He doesn’t miss the hurt in your voice, but he’s seeing red. He swims up to you, only stopped by your hand around his throat. It isn’t enough to hurt, but he knows if you decide to squeeze, he’ll be in a pain he’d never felt before. “Why are you spending so much time with Arthur?” His tone is accusatory, yours is flat when you respond. “It’s my job.”

“You’re late coming back to our quarters,”

“We have a lot to discuss.”

“You spend a lot of time in here.”

“It’s the throne room, of course we do.”

“You’re alone with him.” He feels your fingers tighten in frustration. Something in Orm’s cock stirs. “Only because I have to be.”

“Because you want to be.” He snaps. Your fingers tighten to a painful degree as you bring him close. Another thrill runs through him. “What has gotten into you?”

“How do you think it looks when my woman spends all her free time with Arthur? Hm? How does it look to outsiders when you two leave this place alone after hours of being here. What do you wonder they’re thinking you two get up to?” You snarl and push him back with so much force he hits the throne with a small ‘oof’. “What do others think or what you think?” You spit at him. “Do you honestly think I’d go for someone like Arthur when I have you?”

            There’s a heavy silence that lingers between you two for a long time. You’d given him the validation he wanted, but his mind was clouding over with lust. He liked you aggressive. “Prove it,” Orm challenges, “Prove you like me better.” You roll your eyes in exasperation, crossing your arms. “And how do you propose I do that?” He doesn’t answer you, instead he considers you. You’re so beautiful, floating in front of him, angry, done with his shit. “Well?” You growl. That’s it, that’s all it takes for him to be at full mast.

            Not caring if you two get caught, Orm undoes his suit enough to bring his cock out. You look at it, mouth open in disbelief. “Are you insane?” You hiss. “No,” Orm says smiling, “I’m the Ocean Master,” You balk at him refusing to believe this was happening. “You said you wanted to prove to me you like me better, prove it.” He motions to his length. With only a few moments hesitation you relent. He swears he gets harder just knowing what you’re about to do as you swim to him. You begin to undo your own suit, but he puts up a hand to stop you. “Suck.” Is his simple command.

            You say nothing as you take position. He adjusts his posture, giving you better access. You waste no time in licking a long strip from base to tip. “No teasing,” He demands. You follow directions and pop the head in your mouth and give a particularly hard suck. He lets his head fall back at the phenomenal sensation. You set a brutal pace; what you can’t reach with your mouth you reach with your hands. He knows you can take him all the way and wants that from you now. You aren’t giving it to him, and that’s frustrating.

            He places his hands on either side of your head. You understood the significance of this action and place your hands on his thighs, bracing yourself for what’s coming. Even in his frustration and anger he waits for your silent signal to go ahead. You tap his thigh twice. You’re ready, good. He thrust into your mouth, stay there for a few seconds before pulling back out.

            It’s vicious, the way he fucks your mouth. You suck every time he pulls out and he just barely remembers to wait a few moments for you to take a breath. But this is what he needs, your permission to use you as he sees fit. To fuck you as he pleases. Who else would allow him to do this to them for free if not someone that truly cared for him? He climaxes within minutes, making sure he empties himself down your throat before ripping you off him. You’re gasping for breathe the moment he does, ignoring the spurts of cum that float around you.

            He pulls you into a standing position, undoes the bottom of your suit and turns you around so your ass faces him. If you two were in your private quarters, he’d take the time to return the favor. Taking your clit into his mouth and sucking you dry, but this wasn’t about you right now. Without waiting for you to say anything he grabs your hips and pulls you into his lap, his thick cock enters your wet cunt with ease. Good, you were at least enjoying this. “Move,” He commands. You begin to bounce, letting out little gasps of pleasure.

            He was a long way off in terms or orgasm, but you weren’t. He could tell from the way your pussy fluttered around him. His eyes rolled so far to the back of his head he nearly found his brain. “Don’t you dare cum until I tell you to,” He growls. He pulls you back to his chest, hand closing around your neck this time. His free hand manages to wiggle its way between your legs to find your clit. He rubs harsh circles, reveling in the sound of your whimpering. The position is awkward for you, so you can’t bounce up and down like you so desperately want to. You settle with grinding. “Who do you belong to?” He asks. “Orm Marius,” you say, his fingers tighten around your throat. He asks the question again, “Who do you belong to?”

“His highness, Prince Orm.” The hand around your throat tightens more. He’s aware that you’ll be blacking out if he leaves his grip that tight for long, he hopes you get the answer right this time. “Who-”

“O-ocean Master!” You manage weakly. His smile is wicked as he loosens his grip. “That’s right,” he tells you, allowing you a little more space to bounce. “That’s right, you belong to me, not to Arthur. Not to the king of Atlantis, but to me.”

“I don’t want to belong to anyone else.” He hadn’t expected your comment. It strikes a chord with him. You continue, “No one else is as good as you. No one fucks me like you, no one makes me come as hard as you. There’s no one else but you, Ocean Master, no one.” His ego stroked to the fullest, Orm decides to reward you for being such a good girl. Quicker than you can fathom, he switches positions. You’re bent over an arm of the throne, the metal digging painfully into your skin. Orm, his hands on your hips, is thrusting into you from behind. It wasn’t fast, but it was rough. Every time he pulls out and pushes back in you see stars. “Please, I won’t last much longer.” You tell him, gripping onto the back of the throne for support.

            You think your pleas fall on def ears until you hear him say, “Cum for me.” It’s as if your body is awaiting such a command. He watches as you writhe beneath him, coming hard around him. He groans at the feeling of your pussy squeezing him, milking him for everything he has, he lets himself go inside you, painting your walls with thick ropes of cum. You two stay in that position for a long while before you gather yourself and redo your clothing.

            You turn to him finally, lips pursed. “Do you feel better now?” You ask him. Actually, he felt foolish about the entire thing, but he nodded instead. “Good,” You bring him in for a deep kiss. He feels so silly for doubting you he can’t bring himself to look in your eyes. “We will never do this in the throne room again, do you understand?” He nods. “I mean it. Never.”

            He gives you another quick kiss. “Just the one time,” He promises. For the first time in weeks, you gave him a smile. He’s relieved. All the pressure building between you two had dissipated. “I love you,” He whispers, pressing his forehead to yours. “I love you too,” you tell him. “Now, go back to our quarters,” you say, pulling away from him. “I’ll be along in a few moments; I have another meeting to attend.” Orm frowns, “What could Arthur possibly want to talk about this time?”

            You frown and shake your head, swimming away from him, “My meeting is with the Ocean Master,” You inform him, “Something about a performance review.” You shrug and disappear into the hall. Orm smiles to himself wondering how he got so lucky to find a woman like you.

[yamikakyuu]

Cannot stop thinking about the contrast between John and Arthur this season to season 4.

Season 4 where Arthur is so desperately wanting to connect to another human that it makes John feel jealous enough he nearly kills a man over it. That John lied to Arthur that whole time since s3.

But Arthur forgave him after everything and John confessing how lost he feels. How Harlan said isolation would be a theme to s5 which is felt so deeply with the few parts of s5 just John and Arthur. How alone John feels when Arthur is killed by the Hag, how desperately he wants him back that he makes a deal with Yorick.

He wants to be with Arthur, they are whole together. But even after John realizes this and gets Arthur back, they're still in this world that isn't theirs. They can't trust anyone. They're still running from the horrors as they do best.

And now John is telling Arthur to lean on him, use him, because Arthur is sick. He can help. And Arthur trusts him to guide him even after all that happened in s4, the lying, the attempt to kill Oscar, the deal with Kayne. Arthur trusts John with his life. And not because he has to because he knows John now, more now than any season prior.

S5 has been so John focused which I absolutely love. Giving him his identity, shedding the full KiY name, being his own.

They grow every season but now they are whole. I feel now John wouldn't mind if Arthur finally made friends (assuming they ever get back to their time or find Noel in Spain)

I feel John understands why humans now want to connect with others. Yorick is nice to talk to but he's not their friend.

I hope the boys do get friends in the end who know about John and can talk to him like Noel did. (Obv major factors need to play into this like does John actually get a body? Does he even want one at this point, etc)

I don't know if I explained my ramblings coherently but just how change in John from saying I can do this why won't you let me?? To okay I see you're struggling, let me help because I can do it.

THE BOY HAS GROWN THATS WHAT IM SAYING

[chappellcastiel]

Me anytime Arthur Interacts with someone older then him: “Omg a parent figure 🙌🏽”

Queen annis even though he killed her husband, but it’s fine because she forgave him even said she’d hate to lose him?MOTHER FIGURE‼️‼️‼️

Elena’s dad because he told uther he should be proud of him? FATHER FIGURE 🔥🔥🔥

And the new development of Tristan and Isolde bc of a TikTok I saw even though they(Tristan)spent half the time hating him,but it’s okay because in the end they fought back to back? ADOPTIVE PARENTS🗣️🗣️🗣️

Hunith because everything. MOTHER.IN.LAW💥💥💥

hell even balinor for the 0.3 seconds they interacted because not only is Arthur his son in law but he healed Arthur knowing who he was(also this because he immediately recognized him even though he had to run away while Arthur was a infant) even though he hated uther and everything to do with him. FATHER IN LAW👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Anyway all this to say Arthur and his sad puppy eyes get everyone old enough to be his parents to forgive his wrongdoings and want to adopt him.

[olympeline]

When I’m in the mood for angsty USUK I love stuff like this because the tragedy of the whole situation is just mmm, so good ✨👌

I’ve never thought Alfred would feel guilty for becoming independent. Not at all, not for an instant. But I do think he’d feel very guilty about hurting Arthur, even though it was totally unavoidable. I think it makes it even more deliciously tragic actually. It doesn’t lesson the blow. Quite the opposite. If Alfred regretted his actions and wanted to go back - aside from being really out of character - it would cheapen the whole thing

I see Alfred’s heroic persona as being genuine. He’s brash and arrogant and boastful but underneath he’s fundamentally good. He’s caring, he’s moral, he’s heroic. How could someone like that not be eaten alive by guilt from hurting a person they adored even if it came from something that needed to be done? Alfred feeling bad about becoming independent? Mm, nah. Can’t see it. Alfred feeling awful because he had no other choice but to hurt Arthur to gain his freedom? Yeeesss. Give it to us, precioussss

It’s just...I don’t know how to put it into words but that kind of situation gets me like almost nothing else. It’s so unfair and unfixable. It helps that Arthur isn’t as much of a good person as Alfred is. He’s crueler, greedier, more ruthless and wretched (I say with total affection) and the whole situation was his fault. But still - but still! But still seeing his pain tears at Alfred worse than anything he’s ever felt. That’s so, so wickedly cruel and I love it. Others would see Alfred’s torment as he watched Arthur crumpled on the ground, choking on blood and gore, and they’d tell Alfred he did nothing wrong. They’d be furious and protective and indignant on Alfred’s behalf as they assured him over and over again that it’s not his fault. And Alfred would hear their words and know they’re right…and it wouldn’t make the slightest bit of difference whatsoever.

Because not thinking the revolution was justified or that he should go back to being Arthur’s colony was never the problem. The problem was the hero had to defeat the villain to do what was right. But solely by virtue of being the hero, the consequences of Alfred’s actions will never stop tormenting him. It’s just who he is. He’s too good to shrug it off and not care even if he should. He’ll kiss the blood off Arthur’s lips one day and hold him up while he chokes but even then would it be enough to quieten Alfred’s guilt? I don’t know. Hopefully. Maybe. Arthur might forgive him long before Alfred forgave himself. Villains have lower standards than heroes after all

[katy-books]

Am I the only one thinking this?

Just rewatched the witchfinder episode of Merlin and it's satisfying watching Gaius stand up to Uther, but the biggest issue with this episode is just how heartless Arthur is. He makes no effort to defend Gaius from torture, and when Merlin calls the witchfinder a liar Arthur makes no attempt to help him prove it. It's an utter lack of loyalty to his best friend and Gaius (who he's known all his life). It's well established that Uther is a monster and even he couldn't watch Gaius burn. Canonically, I don't know how Merlin forgave Arthur for this. Anyone else???

I'm writing fan fiction now to fix my issues with some of the episodes, so that I can enjoy the good episodes. It's something that was recommended to me as a way to deal with beloved shows becoming disappointing and I loved the idea.

[spro-o]

okay, so,,, i got back to reading 4kota, and i have so many thoughts of literally every nature

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR 4KOTA, NATURALLY!

okay so, allow me to rant a lil

bro why the actual fuck is Arthur just magical hitler now?? 😭 like hello???? it genuinely makes me really sad because he was such a sweet and likable character for most of 7ds and now he wants to create an ethnostate for humans only???? it just breaks my heart, man

SAME WITH JERICHO LIKE HELLO? QUEEN, YOURE BETTER THAN THIS. genuinely tho- nakaba try not to make all your characters pedos challenge (impossible). there are literally so many other ways in which Jericho could have ended up in a similar situation, but nakaba really just chose pedophilia? it couldve been something along the same lines just without the romantic attraction!! a family bond can be just as strong- and it couldve been something like her losing Lancelot or in some other way letting him down, and then thinking that he despises her and holds onto that grudge (which, judging his character it wouldve probably been a small spat that he got over) - but maybe Jericho didnt understand that, or wasnt ready to face him, expecting him to be livid - so she asked for an alternative reality where that didnt happen and they got along great as sister/brother or master/trainee. i wouldnt put Jericho past being so stubborn that she wouldnt believe when Lance would say that he forgave her, and then boom!! same set-up, just without the nasty pedophilia!!

ON THE NOTE OF WHICH- (theres so much of that garbage in nakaba's writing, fucks sake) - i genuinely hate the whole thing happening with Guinevere. the whole non-consensual kiss from a 12 year old to a 16 year old (ewwwww) is one thing, but then when Lance is reflecting on that interaction and he SMILES????

you have no idea how much this panel killed me to see. Lancelot youre better than this,,,, 4 years is not a big age difference when youre in your 30's, but when youre 16???? please,,,, cmon now,,,

speaking of whommmmm~~ ,,, I ADORE LANCELOT!! SO MUCH!! this is to be expected considering i love Ban, bUT- hes genuinely just such a cool and wonderful character that has some sense in him. i especially loved those panels where he was like jumping around to get himself hyped up cuz like!! Ban does that!!!! i love,,,,

elizabeth (looking gorge btw, i love that for her) is unfortunately reduced to an object of fondling yet again 😔 literally like the second panel that shes in and shes getting grabbed and groped by Meliodas?? it just feels mad disrespectful to her really deep character that she has such a minor role when you ignore her being sexualised by Mel (in reality nakaba, but i digest)

i love that panel where Anne tells Isolde about what chastity actually is hbghjnhbjh

I FEEL SO BAD FOR NASIENS WHEN PERCY IS ALL UP IN ANNES BOOBS. genuinely- the dropped bag, and all of he blushing that happened before it during their interactions,,,, that shit broke my heart, man

nakaba try not to draw teenagers naked challenge (impossible) (chapter 86 cover)

this is literally like the cutest fucking thing ever????? i want more calm, slice of life stuff for our skrunglies. they deserve a break

someone, please, stop all this shit going on with Guinevere (writing this while reading chp 87) – I really despise the fact that nakaba has to make like literally all of the relationships either look like they have a massive age gap (Ban and Elaine), or actually have a fucking criminal age gap (Mel and Ellie). it really is not that difficult to just write a relationship where there is a <2 year age gap, did you know that, nakaba?? crazy, I know (deadass, while I don’t ship them, it would at least be bearable if she was also like 15-16, just not 12 TT)

chion is such a fucking pain in the ass oh mah gahhhhhh

I love Gawain’s lesbian antics <3

At this point, though I love seeing the characters interact in more casua circumstances, id rather have more fight scenes than god awful, shoe-horned romances between any two characters of the opposite gender (exceptions being Nasiens and Gawain, my sillies <3)

okay,,, thats it for now, but do expect more at some point or another huiyuvghbijhb

[xjulixred45x]

Platonic!Arthur Auguste Angel x GN!Reader

Request from @kamiko1234

Can I get some platonic Arthur Auguste Angel x reader ?Reader being an exwire alongside and a friend of Rin, thus absoloutly despising Arthur.

Genre: Headcanons

Reader: neutral

Warnings: Major spoilers for the manga!! proceed with caution! Arthur's hatred of demons, Arthur is kind of dense, kind of Fluff, mostly comedic.

You were Friends with Rin before everything happen.

You two practically grew up together, you were one of the few friends who stayed with him despite his "problematic" attitude.

because you could see that he was a good boy, with good feelings, but that he defended what he believed in very fiercely.

Thanks to this, when the events occur where they find out that he is the son of Satan, guess who he told first :D

You accompanied him through everything, when he lost his adoptive father, the confusion he was going through, etc.

You decided that you weren't going to leave him alone (no offense Yukio, but Reader is more Rin's twin than you at this point) and you begged the people of the monastery to let you go with him, you begged them SO MUCH and with SO MUCH STRENGTH that they had than give in to your demand.

Rin, at first, wasn't very happy, but he quickly forgave you, because after all you were doing this for him, because you cared..

Being at True Cross Academy, unlike Rin, you tried A LOT academically speaking, since you knew that unlike Rin, you didn't have as much physical talent, so you sharpened your mind as much as you could.

(it was definitely awkward having Yukio as the Professor at first, because, well, HE'S 15???)

It was around this time that everyone met Arthur.

although he probably already had eyes on you, being one of Rin's best friends.

sincerely? Arthur thought at first that you were being ridiculous by staying with someone like Rin, you have great potential and yet you stay on the side of a DEMON? Unthinkable!

Every time Angel has to be around Rin (and by extension you) he will always say some comment like that, how you should take advantage of everything you have and get away from Rin to shine on your own.

In Arthur's mind, this was a compliment, since he is the new paladin and therefore "you should take what he says into consideration" and that he was recognizing your potential as an Ex-wire.

but honestly it just made you angry! obviously! because I was flattering you, yes, but I was putting your friend down to do it! It honestly made you feel offended.

but Arthur didn't really understand why you were mad at him. so he kept trying and trying.

Eventually your skills reached a pretty high point (regardless of what type of exorcist you are) and you were feeling proud of yourself.

but Arthur then insisted on giving you specialized training, since according to him, as you were Rin's "best friend", you had to be prepared to "stop him" if he "got out of control".

You were about to get offended again, but then you realized that it really wouldn't have any effect. Besides, would it really be that bad? It is top-notch training after all. Even if it's from Arthur.

Even Rin encouraged you to do it, even if both you and him didn't like it, it was a great opportunity (and partly he would be calmer knowing that you could "handle him" if he got out of control again.)

So you attended his training.

Partly Arthur wanted to prove his point with all this, that you could be even better if you weren't with Rin, that you would be safer and happier without the spawn of Satan with you.

The training sessions with Arthur at the beginning are quite hellish, they are intense, long, but productive. even if you can't move your limbs much because of the pain afterwards.

Besides, even if he tried to deny it, you learned several new things with Arthur, things that you still didn't even learn with Yukio.

obviously, you wouldn't say it to his face at first, but at least you appreciated that it wasn't a waste of time.

The more you improved with your Exorcism skills, the more forgiving Arthur became, you took longer/more frequent breaks, he would take your opinions more into account, he learned more about you and your limits in general.

Even Arthur learned to read your emotions better and would act accordingly, he took great advantage of when you were angry or frustrated so that you could get all that energy out by training.

Although he also noticed very quickly when you were sad or discouraged, on those types of days they would practice things that he knew you liked.

I might even take you out to eat! anywhere, according to the "it's not good for you to do so much physical activity on an empty stomach."

Although, to be honest, it's not at all subtle that he's doing it for your own good. It makes you feel...good in a way. You can start respecting him from there, even if it's as an exorcist.

Also, in general, Arthur after a while no longer talks about Rin when he is with you, noting that his negative comments towards your "friend" affected your progress, which was difficult for him because he absolutely HATED the boy's mere existence, but....he could have bitten his tongue, at least in front of you.

After all, it seems like he won't be able to change that about you. He hates your "friend" and doesn't hide it, but for now he can tolerate your relationship with him.

and as strange as it may sound, he wasn't that bad to be with, you could even say he was fun from time to time.

Apart from the fact that you realized something that made it funnier, it was that this man is DENSE and he didn't even notice when you were making fun of him, so that helped a little to see him in a more sympathetic light.

In general you had never had a "mentor" figure as such and although you liked some teachers, you wouldn't say that you had a bond or anything like that with them, not even Yukio.

so overall Arthur was pretty nice in that sense, having someone care about you because they CHOOSE to do so was amazing, it made you feel good about yourself even knowing what he thought of Rin.

although you also began to understand him a little when you learned about his relationship with the demons, what they did to him, of course, made sense. Besides, it was his job, you couldn't really blame him for being afraid of Rin.

In turn, Arthur also began to care more genuinely about you.

As you raised your abilities considerably, they told him to start taking you on missions on your own or even his own missions, which made him have a level of fear that he wasn't expecting.

I was worried that you had the Theory right, but that when push came to shove you would end up hurt or WORSE on his guard. You were a CHILD for the love of God.

although I decided that for now it would be best if you went on Missions with him, since at least then you can learn FROM HIM without going directly into action (unless it's something Arthur knows YOU CAN handle).

Which meant that every time you went on a mission together, Arthur would push you back by being "out of your league" or even go to more unorthodox measures to protect you.

Like with the Impure Princess for example, you knew you COULD NOT beat that thing, Arthur knew it, but he even got to the point of almost GETTING HIT IN YOUR PLACE on that occasion.

which honestly left you quite surprised and worried. What the hell was he thinking?? (although he looked naughty, you admit that).

Although if you ask him about it, he always says the same thing "it is my duty as a Paladin AND your master to make sure you arrive alive" although you can clearly see that he is not completely sincere. in a good way.

I can also see Arthur referring to you as "his apprentice" or something like that. I think he would like to say something more like "successor" but he knows that's not how it works😅

and he tries to completely deny that he has a special affection for you, but it's SO OBVIOUS that everyone points it out or makes some kind of joke about it.

Arthur:✨of course I care about all the Ex-wires equally!✨

x:The Ex-wire were attacked while you were away!

Arthur: IS (READER) OK!?

Do you see what I mean?

although he also shows more affection on certain occasions.

For example, if you advance from Ex-wiew Rank to the next prematurely, he will be celebrating with you (he wants you to progress after all).

and in general he doesn't like it when teachers try to "bring you down" so to speak. Even if by extension to Rin you get into trouble with the Vatican, he will defend you, because for him you were not guilty, Rin was.

Speaking of, Rin and Arthur manage to make an agreement between themselves, where neither of them acts hostile towards the other while you're WATCHING, a cold war pact.

It's the only way these two can be in a room with you. Rin tolerates Arthur because he loves you and Arthur...ignores Rin for seeing you. win win.

Overall Arthur is quite fun to have as a mentor, he encourages you to progress and "shine" on your own while supporting you in the process, just don't leave him alone with Rin for too long, please.

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I'll be a little inactive from the middle of the month due to family matters, so I will try to make as many Requests as I can! I love you all ❤️❤️❤️

[whinlatter]

i love beasts with my whole soul, it's so heartfelt and intelligently written. love reading the author's notes afterwards, love everything about it. do you have any headcanons about harry and the dursleys maybe years later, if they've reconnected or if harry forgave them?

ok firstly you're a star and it's very important that you know that. thank you so so much for reading and enjoying my fic and my inane author's notes you absolute legend

i fear my headcanons on the dursleys are all a bit boilerplate and boring! i'm a big fan of the widely accepted idea of harry and dudley having a sort of polite but sort of nice rapprochement of sorts as adults that dudley initiates and harry sort of goes along with, a bit baffled, for dudley's sake. i quite like the reunion happening at the burrow partly because i like the idea of dudley a) sat in the weasleys' garden feeling clever for the first time in his life explaining to arthur the concept of a sit-on lawnmower and b) meeting ginny and having to wrap his head around the concept of his flop cousin having pulled an absolute baddie.

while i don't think dudley would ever cut himself off or distance himself from his parents (i don't think he has the insight or depth to grasp why he might need to), i like the idea of dudley absorbing enough of dedalus diggle's relentless harry stan content for a year to be able to grasp that harry was actually good vibes and that what his parents did to his cousin during their childhoods was, on some level, wrong. (dedalus and dudley - what a double act. that unlikely duo stayed in touch for the rest of their lives, meeting up every few months at the pizza express in woking for a catch-up. dudley 100% stuck him on the family table at his wedding and gave a vernon a stroke. dudley also fancied hestia that year they were in hiding but unlike dedalus she ran a mile from the dursleys as soon as the war was done and she didn't have to see those tory clowns ever again. harry jokingly-not-jokingly tried to give her his order of merlin for her service.)

i don't think harry ever forgives or has any contact with vernon and petunia again. he does however enjoy the news, relayed through dudley, that grunnings went bust due to catastrophic fiscal mismanagement during the 2008 financial crisis, costing vernon his pension, and that petunia's rose garden was ripped to shreds by piers polkiss' XL bully.

[best-nun-tournament]

Round 1, Match 20

King Richard and Prince John (Robin Hood/English history) vs Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XIII (Egyptian history)

Propaganda and history lesson under break.

King Richard and Prince John

Richard goes off to fight in the Crusades and John plots behind his back to steal and exploit the kingdom!

Poll Runner's Note: That's the Robin Hood legend, and there is some truth to it: While Richard was off on the crusade, John locked up Richard's chancellor Bishop Longchamp, set up his own royal court, and declared himself Richard's heir, over Richard's choice of their nephew Arthur (age 4). He even tried to have Richard declared legally dead so he could claim the throne (he had in fact been taken captive by the Duke of Austria and was then held for ransom by the Holy Roman Emperor). John left his wife to marry the King of France's sister so he'd support his claim, and basically started a civil war which lasted until Richard finally returned home. And that meant paying 100,000 pounds of silver in ransom. Everyone had to pay 25% of their property, on top of additional taxes.

Richard "forgave" John, in that he didn't have him killed and just confiscated most of his land, but he still officially declared his "hate and malevolence" towards John for over a year.

After Richard died five years later, John introduced yet more taxes, including England's first income tax. Why? To pay for a war with France to get back all the land that was lost when John asked the King of France to help him defeat Richard's supporters. A problem he himself caused by fighting with his brother!

Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XIII

You know

Poll Runner's Note: I sure do, and now I'm going to tell everyone about it! Ptolemy XII, their father, had five children: Berenice, Cleopatra, Arsinoë, Ptolemy XIII, and Ptolemy XIV. Berenice had usurped Ptolemy XII's rule and was executed when he regained power, making Cleopatra his eldest living child. In his will, he declared that when he died Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII should get married and reign as co-rulers of Egypt.

Ptolemy XII died when Cleopatra was about 18 and Ptolemy XIII was 11, and right from the start she was not interested in this co-ruler business. She started leaving his name off documents, leaving his face off the coins, and generally acting like she's the only ruler in Egypt. Unfortunately for her, Ptolemy's guardians weren't keen on being demoted from "power behind the throne" to "glorified babysitter", and they deposed Cleopatra and forced her to flee to Syria, where she raised an army and started a war against her brother. It didn't go well for her, and things were looking bad for her until Julius Caesar showed up with his army.

Caesar was 1) Already mad at Ptolemy's advisors for killing Pompey who he'd wanted to spare and 2) famously a huge slut so Cleopatra was pretty easily able to convince him to restore her to power.

It's at this point Arsinoë shows up with her army. She joins forces with Ptolemy XIII, declares herself Queen Arsinoë IV, and beseiges Cleopatra and Caesar in the palace complex. For five brutal months, they battled through the city. The fires are said to be how the Library of Alexandria was lost, which is probably a legend but it was still devastating. Ceasar himself almost drowned while fleeing Arsinoë's forces at the Battle of Pharos Island.

Finally Caesar's allies show up with their armies, and Ptolemy drowned trying to flee across the Nile while Arsinoë was taken prisoner. She was brought back to Rome as part of Caesar's triumph, but her life was spared and she lived out the rest of her days at the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus. This was about five years because Cleopatra later persuaded Mark Antony to have her murdered right there in the temple.

Cleopatra married her youngest brother Ptolemy XIV, before finally poisoning him so she could make her son Caesarion the new Pharaoh.

Cleopatra was at least partially responsible for the deaths of all her siblings except the one her father killed, and the struggles between them were devastating for Egypt and caused a lot of suffering. These are some legitimately awful siblings.

[saurix5]

It may be simply Mordred refusing to see that Kara was executed for attempted regicide not being a magical Druid. Or that he is a teen blinded by rose-tinted glasses in regards to Kara's behavior.

But I believe Mordred knew very well about her beliefs and why she's in trouble. When Merlin confronts Mordred, the latter only brings up Kara being a Druid to correct Merlin about her being a Saxon and to appeal to him emotionally. When Mordred says Arthur will kill her, he knows it would be for attempted murder.

So why continue to vouch for her and even break her out? One, it's because she's his childhood crush, but also he knows exactly how she feels. Remember in s2, child Mordred was pissed at Merlin for trying to kill him. Since Arthur led his men to raid both camps, which threatened his life twice, it's safe to assume Mordred also hated Arthur at least somewhat. Of course, he eventually forgave by s5 and saw the kind of person Arthur is.

Mordred also likely met other sorcerers who held hate for Camelot for the Purge & continued persecution. So, Mordred knows where Kara's head is at, and if she continued to fight, her life would be on the line. That's why he was trying to convince her Arthur is a good man and things would change. Mordred was there when Arthur first interrogated Kara. When Arthur brought up Morgana, Mordred probably thought that Kara's words may be similar to Morgana, but many good people feel that way (him included at one point). Mordred's been out and about in the world, interacting with the rest of the magical community, Arthur has not.

Even so, Mordred still believes that he can make Kara more aware that Arthur is not Uther and that things can change, change her mind, and have her life spared.

"This girl, she is a danger. Not just to me. She's a sworn enemy of Camelot, ruthless to the cause." -Arthur

"No. I will change that. She'll listen to me." -Mordred

When Kara dies, Mordred doesn't turn to Morgana because "oh he killed her cuz she's a druid/has magic, so now I must avenger her" it's because he realizes this situation happened because of the ban. Because Arthur kept the ban in place, ppl still live in fear. Because of the fear, some ppl turn to violence to escape oppression. Mordred realizes that will never change. (When Kara asked if Arthur kills those with magic, he doesn't refute that but switches points) More ppl like Kara will turn to violence, get caught, and die. The only way to stop that is to destroy the system aka kill Arthur.

[ormymarius]

Do you consider comic!Orm (from New 52) to be an anti-hero or outright villain? Personally I think his actions attacking the surface were justified considering that, from his perspective, it seemed like an uncalled for attack on Atlantis, and the Justice League were too self-righteous about his retaliation (as if he had attacked the surface for fun instead of a valid reason.) This leads to my second question: how tf did he forgive Arthur for locking him up and not even bothering to visit him? Did they ever talk after that? I know Orm loves him, but is he That forgiving? I assume he'd see Arthur as a traitor for siding with the surface over Atlantis (in his eyes) so do you think he'd still consider Arthur fit to be king of Atlantis after that perceived betrayal?

On that same line, do you agree that Orm's motivations do not stem from desperately wanting the throne? To me he's not a ruthless power-hungry asshole willing to sell his brother in order to be king, he just wants what's best for Atlantis. Sorry for the long ask, but the whole Throne of Atlantis arc is so interesting to me!

I consider new 52 Orm to be partly an antihero because we didn’t get to see enough of him being one tbh. But to me he’s more morally gray than anything else. I also think he was justified, he was doing what a good king would and defending his people even if Vulko manipulated him into doing the whole thing. Orm is a victim just as much as anyone else was.

I think the Justice League (if they were well written) should’ve communicated with Orm more clearly instead of outright attacking him and treating him as if he were a monster and a supervillain terrorist (which is what the surface labeled him for defending his people ://)

I don’t think Orm ever forgave Arthur for locking him up on the surface and it’s the reason he’s so pissed at Arthur in the first place, that’s partly the cause of their beef — Arthur abandoned him. They didn’t really talk after that.

Also, Orm was poorly written when he appeared in an actual Aquaman comic after years as a villain. His characterization was so stupid and inconsistent in KSD’s run, I don’t even wanna talk about it lmao. + Aquamen was just as stupid. Anyway, Orm doesn’t love Arthur anymore or consider Arthur to be fit for king like he once did. Orm resents him. But as far as most sibling relationships go, deep down you’ll always care for them in some capacity even if there’s lots of resentment there. That’s the thing with family.

I agree that New 52 Orm wasn’t power hungry at all. He just wanted to protect his people and Atlantis. He’d do anything for them. That’s just who he is.

I don’t think Orm should be written as wanting the throne anymore. It’s a dumb motivation and it doesn’t go anywhere, it lacks for interesting stories and it’s overdone. I think Orm should be more of an ecoterrorist like Poison Ivy if you will (someone who will commit to extreme violence for the protection of the environment). It would make Arthur and Orm’s dynamic more interesting, as Arthur can agree with protecting the environment but he can’t agree with Orm’s violent tendencies for protecting the environment. That’s my take.

[late-to-the-magnus-archives]

Sherwod Forest - a Malevolet Nonsense One-Shot

Kayne has sent Arthur and John somewhere to find the black stone, and the stakes are high, and it's all very serious.

This is not that Arthur and John.

Spoilers for Intermezzo. I promise it'll all make sense if you read through to the end and last notes. With sugar on top. Dedicated to @spinning-logic because the wild fool gave me the idea.

AO3

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“All right, boys! It’s been a blast.” Kayne snapped his fingers, and reality parted. Arthur (this particular one was even more verbal than most) gasped, a voiced sound that was honestly beautiful, and Kayne captured it in a crystal for some other time. Rain said hi, cold and shocking (and Arthur gasped again). “Watch your step, please. I think it’s 700 years ago, maybe, somewhere, around there. And look! You boys get to go to England after all!” And he laughed, because that was funny, and proved he’d been listening, and also, was cruel.

Kayne liked being cruel.

“England?” Arthur choked while John puffed and panted as if he had lungs (which he did not, but kinetic memory was a bitch).

“That’s right!” Kayne lied. “Welcome to thirteenth century England! I know, right!? Who would’ve thought? But this is where the Soldiers left off, so.”

Cue thunder. Cue… strangely artificial thunder, the kind one might create via judicious use of a mallet and suspended gong.

“Hold on!” Arthur’s voice broke, pleading, rising. “Please. We have no money, we—”

“Look, look, look, look, look,” said Kayne, who couldn’t worry about details. “Arthur! I can’t worry about the details, okay? Call me when you find my stone. Good luck!” Kayne took three steps back. And… as far as they could tell, he wasn’t there. 

“No!” Arthur cried, abandoned his self-ruined, half-a-bee god (not named Eric, and dear hell , Kayne knew it was time to be away from humans for a while because they were seeping into his thoughts like mold, and he would know). The comedy act resumed at once. “Kayne!” Arthur howled. 

He’s gone, Arthur, said John, sounding weary.

“Kayne!”

He’s gone. The gateway he opened—

And of course, Arthur turned on him, and probably would have hit him if he’d had a body to hit. “Shut up! You fucking… villain!"

Villain?

Fuck, these two were hilarious. Oh, they’d work it out, and use their words , and end up even more entangled than they already were, but in the meantime, this was gonna be a blast. A reprieve, really, from the actual Arthur and John Kayne was following.

Those two… he had high hopes for those two.

These were not those two.

“After everything! After you tried to murder Oscar, and I forgave you, after lying to me about everything! You—"

Blah, blah, blah. They’d be at it for a while. And they’d stumble around, and run some couture monsters, and a few deeply confused method actors Kayne had yanked out of bed and thrown into the mix, and eventually, they’d realize where they were, and be even more confused than the actors, and it was going to be fucking grand.

This wasn’t England. Kayne didn’t need to take them to England. This Arthur had already blown his role, refusing to move toward the gray stone (Trust me one last time, said John, and what a performance it was). From now on, they would be comedy relief only. 

Such comedy. Kayne wondered if he should film and find a way to sell the rights. It’d make one hell of a TV show, even being black and white.

Fuck you, Arthur! You can’t tell me you wouldn’t have done the exact same thing! 

Ooh spicy.

"What? I absolutely would not have! We were supposed to be friends."

Tee-hee. Frönds for sure, forever and for life, no matter what the circumstances, and even when one of them fucking murdered the other, tears were shed, and it was all so beautiful.

You can brush me off again, just like you did with Oscar!

Jealousy always raised its ugly little head. Kayne made a note to feed it so it grew.

Refusing to peek at the right Arthur and John (not at all because he was invested in them, no, certainly not that , but more that if they couldn’t do this without his help, then they weren’t right), he took a bag of Gardetto’s, and a 1928 glass bottle of real-sugar Coca-Cola, and he settled in to watch.

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Notes:

SO! In 1927, Paramount studios decided it was too expensive to fly around the world and film on location, and instead, they made a new and exciting map of California:

You might notice they actually have a medieval England area on that thing. Wild.

This Arthur and John may not have reached the gray stone, but they're not a total waste of resources. Yes, Kayne dropped them in California. Yes, he might have messed with things a bit more, so now there are monsters running around SoCal. He's a horrible person, but you know, I'm with him on this.

I, personally, would like to watch.