#if they kissed bloody itd be different yknow?

[whateverthought]

Now that the initial wave of Gay ElationTM has passed, I'm kinda disgusted that they had the kiss happen directly after a story of gruesome sexual abuse and assault.

[merlinssaggyyfronts]

its canon gwen and leon went looking for frogs at night as children right?? which means elyan obviously went with them too mhm? SO

gwen was a master at frog hunting. she got so many that the bucket she was carrying them in overflowed and the trio had to hunt them all down cuz the frogs got loose in leons house (this happened on more than one occassion, they never got caught once,,, if you forget the True Loves Kiss incident)

you must be wondering, op, whats the true loves kiss incident? well my dear child, the true loves kiss incident was when leons mother caught leon with two frogs, and no gwen and elyan with him.

leons mom: son, why do you have two frogs in your hands?

leon, age twelve: uh- mother! this is, uh... gwen and elyan! yes, theyve been turned into frogs by an evil sorcerer and i must turn them back!

leon’s mom who knows full well those are random ordinary frogs: ...and how do you plan on doing that?

leon: ,,true loves kiss?

leons mom: what.

leon proceeded to explain the lore behind the curse of the lady and the frog (or in this case, the servants and the squire) and true loves kiss and the (and more importantly how it was a planotic kiss, cuz romantic kisses are gross and cooties)

gwen and elyan were sitting in an alcove right next to them and heard the whole thing (and still tease him relentlessly about it)

gaius: it seems sir gwaine has been turned into a frog

elyan: heh hey leon why dont you give him the true loves kiss hmm

leon: i-

gwen: oh stop bullying the poor guy, elyan

leon: thank you guinevere-

gwen: it would have to be a platonic true loves kiss remember? sir leon wouldnt want to get cooties after all

leon: i hate you

leon is also pretty good at frog hunting (though not as good as gwen). he often times teamed up with elyan to get half as many frogs as gwen did. hes fallen off cliffs and basicaly died on numerous occassions while on the frog adventures, and gwen swears his heart stopped one too many times during those occassions (they eventually grew desensitised when leon would momentarily die then come back to life, often times playing a game of ‘who can find the coolest looking leaf’ while they wait for leon to rise from the dead once again)

leon is somewhat sad his friends dont seem to be concerned when he dies and comes back (ofc they are, its just that ignoring it out instead of thinking of you actually dying hurts bro), but atleast sometimes he gets to keep the coolest leaf they find as a “thanks for not dying“ gift, so hes content

elyan eats the frogs.

just fucking swallows those little slimy things whole. almost dies every time, but his 10 year old self swears it was worth it (and so does his older, knightly self, thank you very much). hes learned from leon to spit at god in the face and cheat death! (leon: elyan no- // gwen: ELYAN YES)

sometime after gwen became morganas maid, morgana started joining them to skip out on dinners with uther. elyan is quick to object since 1. shes a noble (“leon doesnt count cuz, yknow; hes leon” “hey!”) and 2. shes a girl (“gwen also doesnt count cuz shes *gags* gwen” “i will stab you, lil man”)

his objections are very quickly pushed aside when he sees morgana almost eat a bright red (and incredibly poisonous) frog like it was an apple to prove her superiority to him. (it worked, and he is forever in awe, and wants to actually see morgana eat said frog but gwen and leon were so terrified of accidentally killing the kings ward and getting beheaded that maybe, just maybe, he’d keep it to himself)

morganas a PRO at frog hunting. maybe it comes from her training with arthur and the knights (“but im literally a knight” “shut up leon let me have my moment”), or maybe its cuz shes just good at everything she does, but shes GOOD good.

when they get into pairs to play games (yes they do other things too, sometimes the frogs are just too boring) morgana and gwen would pair up and basically always win so they made a rule to not let those two pair up.

it was a tie at first cuz obviously they only have four people so itd be 2 against 2. the dealbreaker was arthur who chose leon and elyans side purely to dwindle morganas chances to spend time with her crush (“you spend time with her every day! whats some game pairing gonna do?” “im in love with her arthur! we need chemistry! bonding! teaming up and beating up whiny little idiots like you!” “whaT DID YOU JUST CALL ME-“)

arthur joined in once.... emphasis is once. elyan kept giving him dirty looks cuz hes the bloody prince and thus a major arse and at one point convinced him to eat a poisonous worm to prove his manliness (“elyan why would you attempt to assassinate the prince?!” “it was FUNNY OKAY-“), and wouldve died if it werent for the fact they were close enough to gaius’ chambers to be able to revive him.

he was basically banned from going with them ever again (“see this is why we dont go to gaius when leon dies!” “shut up and help me find a cool leaf, elyan”)

random detail: the buckets they’d use are faded green (morgana supplied with the dye- they used to be buckets with metal frog eyes and legs molded onto them (curtesy of our favourite blacksmith children of course).

they stopped going frog hunting as they got older and thus gained more responsibilities, but there were occassions where they’d go.

one of which being elyan running away. on that same night, leon downright ran to gwens house as soon as he heard (and was finished with his duties), frog buckets in his hands. on the outside it did look pretty weird cuz why is a knight of camelot carrying some tiny frog buckets, but leon doesnt care. gwen needed cheering up cuz his brother was a lil shit and hes supplying it. (“dont you have patrol today?” “its in the knights code to be loyal, gwen. im showing my loyalty to you by dragging you froghunting to cheer you up!” “...isnt it also in the knights code to be honest? how did you get out of patrol?” “....um.”)

another occassion was when arthur became crown prince (more specifically after the whole tristan du bois incident) and was basically dragged a crossbow-point to go frog hunting with them (‘them’ being leon and morgana, cuz apparently gwen and merlin had some business to attend to (much to both morgana and arthurs dismay).

sometimes, when the world feels like its caving in on them, leon and gwen like to go frog hunting together. they’d reminisce about the time morgana beat up a badger to defend gwens honor, or the time arthur (who sneaked out with them that one other time) accidentally kebab’d three different toads, or that time elyan wore gwens dress to prove it wasnt that hard to run in dresses (it was. he failed miserably and sprained his ankle)

or they’d just sit by a stream where leon died once, and mourn the members of their little group and what fate brought them.

[honestlyandrogynousnightmare]

magic reveal

So ive been thinking about the magic reveal we did get and also the different magic reveals we COULD have gotten so i thought id project all my thoughts into another massive tumblr rant:

personally, i dont think the magic reveal was bad at all. yes, i wouldve done it slightly differently, i think it was done way too late in the show and left little time to explore how that reveal affected merlin and arthurs relationship, and obviously we never actually ended up seeing if magic was legalised and all. but i dont hate the magic reveal we got. the key part i really love is that it was done on Merlins own terms, he could have just lied, but instead he finally told Arthur the truth and i think that there were many reasons for that decision being made. 

firstly, Merlin definitely felt guilty and blamed himself for Arthur being stabbed, he must have at least partly blamed himself because everything he did directly led to Mordred turning into a little shit. Part of him might have just felt as if he owes Arthur that explanation yknow. secondly, i feel like by that point he was tired of lying in general, he needed to get that secret off his chest. those two things combined with the fact that Arthur was dying may have pushed him to telling the truth,  because deep down he did know that it was probably the last chance to tell Arthur the truth. 

i liked how they presented Arthurs reaction too, the clear message there was that Athur was angry at the lying, thats the part he saw as betrayal, not the magic itself. he didnt want to believe that Merlin was a liar, when he always saw him as the one person that was entirely honest with him. hell, he still trusted him enough to send him back to Camelot and Gwen so he knew Merlin wasnt evil. If the writers actually did a good job at developing Arthurs character, i feel like itd be more obvious that Arthurs stance on magic was different from his fathers, but yknow bbc and their shoddy writing. I love that moment of acceptance as well, when he tells Merlin that he doesnt want him to change. He doesnt even now about all the things Merlin sacrificed and lost in order to protect Arthur and Camelot but he still accepts him. I think that when he first fund out it was all like “holy crap i dont even know him” but after spending a few hours with Merlin he realises that its still the exact same person he knew the week before. 

anddddd as much as i like the way they did that magic reveal, the ending of the show left me with no closure and a lot of tears. my ideal magic reveal wouldve happened earlier, either at the start of season 5 or near the end of season 4. It would give us a chance to see them talk it out, and god we know that there would be arguing, and if arthur wasnt dying he would probbaly be shouting but the key part here is that arthur wouldnt hurt merlin. i think he culd consider sending him away if his father was still king just to protect him but we all know merlin would reply with “no <3″. but since i cant see the reveal happening when uther is king, i will be ignoring that scenario. and again, theres many ways this could play out.

the one way that ive always found interesting was arthur figuring it out on his own, because he may be an idiot, but hes not stupid. *if you like this sort of thing read “so close and im halfway to it  on ao3, its a merthur fic and the magic reveal in that one makes me cry so much and the fic is so well written* I feel like at one point, he would just put the pieces together, and it would all make so much sense to him? Merlins random disappearances and scars would make sense, the luck he had when it came to fights, Merlins weird reactions when someone mentioned magic, how on earth merlin of all people managed to survive every battle and fight arthur was in when some of his best knights didnt. 

then theres the very cliche “merlin using magic mid battle to save everyone” reveal. because its mid battle, i really cant picture them talking it out there lol,  i picture a lot of ignoring but also if other people saw him using magic, we all know the first thing arthur would do is give the knights a good old “if you kill him i will kill you and then myself”, it wouldnt be until later that they would actually talk. 

and then like the canon magic reveal, theres Merlin doing it on his own terms. i personally really like thhis one because it gives him so much more control over the situation and over his words. *another fic rec here if you like this sorta thing, its called “to the world that let you by” and its really beautiful and made me cry at 1am so there you go, and as you guessed it, its another merthur*. i love this reveal because it gives merlin a chance to explain, and arthur a chance to listen and try to understand. 

now there are loads of different sub categories that could go into those, like Arthur finding merlin creating butterflies out of thin air lol, but i wont go into those. whatever reveal would happen, i feel like “the talk” after would usually end up in a similar way. Arthurs reaction would be similar to what we got in the canon reveal, because the actual magic isnt what would hurt most.  it would be the lies. Arthur has been lied to and betrayed by so many people you cant really expect him not to react badly to being lied to. the magic sure would confuse him and put him in a difficult position, because you have to keep in mind that his entire life he has been told that magic is pure evil, and to him, merlin is the polar opposite of that. i think it would just make him question everything, like does he even know this man? has he won any of his battles or has it always been merlin? why is he in camelot? why would a sorcerer be serving him? but he wouldnt hurt him. he wouldnt even consider that imo, sure, he will demand an explanation, but he wouldnt actually thin about hurting him. 

and merlin would understand why hes angry about the lying, that much is obvious. and he would be reluctant to tell arthur about the things that were happening behind his back all those years, but he would be honest. and go that conversation would be hard for both of them, i cant really imagine them having it without a lot of crying, shouting and even more wine tbh. arthur isnt good at listening which is why this would be so hard for him too, but merlin has to be honest, completely honest with arthur for the first time in his life and thatd be difficult. 

and i think merlin would handle arthurs reactions well, even if arthur decided to lose his temper lol. but i can still imagine him being a bit bitter if arthur judged his choices and stuff when it came to poisoning morgana and freeing the dragon, asking what on earth HE would do in that situation. where the only choices he sees are bad ones, and he has to pick the one thats least evil. 

arthur would probably be most pissed off at the thing about his mother tbh, because merlin outright lied there, usually its just deflecting but he made that deliberate choice to lie. but i really do think he would understand all of this, while not every choice merlin did was good, he did it with good intention. 

and then arthur would remove the ban on magic and they would kiss and get married amd live happily ever aft-

thanks bbc.

anyway if you want any more magic reveal fics (or links to the ones i mentioned, ao3 can be bloody annoying sometimes) feel free to comment or message me or anything, i have a couple more in my bookmarks. 

thanks for reading this rant, scuse the bad grammar, id love to hear your thoughts and opinions on this and magic reveals in general so feel free to comment! have a great day<3

[quelynxyz]

Never in my life did I think I'd be shipping Niles with Grima but here we are, so thanks my dude

OKAY ANON YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW INVESTED I AM FOR NILES X GRIMA OK AY OK AY AS MUCH AS I LIKE NILES AS THE FUCKBOI @ GRIMA WHO IS A GIANT HISSY CAT , I ACTUALLY THOUGHT MORE ABOUT IT AND HERES MY T  AKE

SO NILES IS WARY OF GRIMA AT FIRST, I MEAN , WHO WOULDNT BE ? ?? ?  ITS AN ANCIENT MURDER DRAGON.BUT THATS NOT STOPPING NILES FROM WALTZING UP TO GRIMMA, CHATTING THE FELLA UP, ADDING SOME INNUENDO HERE AND THERE AND BASICALLY GETTING ALL UP IN GRIMA’S PERSONAL SPACE

AND Of course Grima is affronted, startled even. How DARE THIS PATHETIC HUMAN TRY TO GET ALL TOUCHY FEELY UGHHGHG and so he tries to intimidate niles, maybe threatens him with death.

And niles, being NILES, JUST FINDS THAT INCREDIBLY HOT, tells that to grima’s face, adn grima is taken aback and has to escape and plot to figure out how to intimidate this human. Niles is heavily amused and plans to stick around for further fun.

And then they eventually become fuckbuddies, not much else to say besides that its purely physical.

and then it becomes something more. Not romance, not friendship, but a uneasy coexistence? Niles is flirtatious and a giant asshole to everyone in order to keep them away, but also hates people who dont understand hardship because welps their heads are stuck up their asses. Grima on the other hand hates humans because theyre pretentious and hypocrites. But eitherway niles and grima come to a mutual understanding and niles figures, ,hey ancient murder dragon isnt so bad. Grima figures, hey thirsty human isnt quite the pretentious asshole he makes himself out to be.

And GODS i want to know grimas backstory so much like ? ? ? ? ? Why does he hate humaans?   was he once good and then humans fucked him over? ?? ?  i mean that doesnt justify the whole awakening arc, but it sure as hell adds complexity and depth to his character which I’m always down for.  And he mentions a  lot about if he was human ? ?? ?  does he, ,, ,  want to be human ? ? ? ?  was he not always a big bad murder dragon ? ? ? ?hh h h

Either way, niles is the closest anyone has gotten to making grima feel like, , , he could have be human, and itd work out.Niles would DRAG Grima into a fullout slug fest.

they beat each other into a bloody and bruised mess, bodies flushed and heavingand grima just breaks out in laughter at the sheer ridiculousness of it allan ancient divine dragon like him, getting into a fist fight with a human?

“youre not different from the rest of us humans at all” Hearing that from niles? hmmmm interesting. Something to ponder about for grima i guess.

and yknow, who would want to kiss the fell dragon reincarnate?

hes been too busy taking over the world to actually do that with anyone

but here niles is

and as dumb as it is, Grima pulls niles by the scruff of his collar and mashes their face into a kiss and its awkward and it hurts and it doesnt feel rightits all teeth and their lips start bleedingand niles pulls back and just smirks“Looks like theres something the almighty dragon god cant do after all”and grima is absolutely furious until niles leans in again and leads and it f e e l s a bsolut el yg r eat (LOOK I JUST WANT  G RIMA TO SHOW PHYSICAL AFFECTION OUTSIDE OF FUCKING AND THIS SEEMED LIKE A GOOD THING) 

But also Grima avoids anything that makes him appear to human, like, he’s actively avoiding making talk, physical contact, eating, etc. But why? Niles points out, the fact that hes avoiding such things, proves that grima is aware that he could be just as human as the next guy. So why wont grima? Whats there to be afraid of?

Grima lashes out at niles, they get into a rough spot, things are heated for a weak. Niles knows he pushed too far when grima doesnt even talk back.

AND I H AVENT  F I GURED  OUT WHATS NEXT BUT YEAH THANKS FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK ABOUT GRIMA NILES

[isaacathom]

anyway, hello! i had PT interviews today, they went fine. my further teacher refused to understand that me not doing the optional assignments is because ive got my fucking priorities in order and that further maths is a throwaway class, but aight. my mum doesnt like her either, haha. everything else went great, though.

then i came home and played dragon age. first of all - how the actual fuck have i NEVER seen the stuff with Iron Bull??? like. the stuff with the qunari alliance. i have never seen that content. i knew it existed, ofc, but ive never??? seen it in my games???? how. i didnt do anything different this time! did i just NEVER talk to iron bull before??? bloody hell. also, SHIIITTTT dog, that was a tough choice. especially since, yknow, im a warrior.... with charge.... just slide my ass down the mountain and charge into the venatori that are headed to the chargers, they can reinforce me, we buy time for both the dreadnought and for the rest of my team to save my ass???? im like the fucking flash in the form of a black dwarf.

second. im way too short to make out with blackwall???? like. the whole scene where blackwall came to my room to ask me to drop it, we’re kissing, and like, its fine, it matches up, im not fucking kissing his chest or anything. no weird non-alignment like with the opening scene of the game. but heres the thing - i WOULD be kissing his chest???? because im a dwarf???? i barely reach his goddamn shoulders. how am i able to kiss him on the lips??? itd be even weirder with someone like bull, hes like 8 foot tall and im like 4 foot at best, bloody hell dude. impossible. doesnt match. thats the disadvantage of playing any race that isnt human or elf. they work fine that way.

third. wow this calpernia shit is real easy. like, with samsons stuff, you gotta go around, gotta do the emprise stuff, gotta go fetch questing. with calpernias is just like ‘talk to leliana. talk to dagna. go to the war table. go back to leliana. go back to the war table’. like i havent finished it, and the next step is the shrine of dumat, but heres the thing - thats like, the llaaasssttt fucking step!!! thats the shit!! what. it took me one damn play session to basically beat all of calpernias content. mage campaign favouritism, go fuck

damn. dude. ai ca

also dorian hated me before because i sided with the templars and honestly thats like, the first time any character has hated me? except for probably vivienne, but thats more a negligence thing, which wont happen this time because now we’re bffs