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Guess what I found in the BBC archives...
(absolutely nothing so I had to make my own lost footage) Video edit under the cut <3
#making these audio edits has been my favorite pastime lately#I don't even have to change all that much tbh like the merthur is all just there#like all those breathy laughs are literally from scenes between them#I just have to rearrange everything a bit..#bbc merlin#merlin#merthur#audio manip#my art
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They’re so silly <3
#they’re probably like hiding from someone idk#it was vaguely inspired by that one bit in tangled ;)#my art#Merlin#arthur pendragon#bbc merlin#merthur
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merlin who uses his magic everyday in ways that he doesn’t realize isn’t normal. magic helping him see in the dark so he can find his way in the woods or dark rooms with no problem. connecting with the woods around him so he always knows where he is and whats in the general vicinity which allows him to sense bandits just before they attack. using magic to keep warm in the cold or to cool down in the heat. confident and willing to go toe to toe with anyone bc he knows that regardless of what they throw at him, he could always win bc he could just use magic.
then somehow someway (post magic reveal) a sorcerer takes away merlin’s magic. or well just locks it away ig. but anyways merlin doesn’t have this part of him anymore and is left feeling empty, exposed, and vulnerable. arthur, the knights, and merlin going on a quest for answers to their problem and a way to get merlins magic back. but. but. but merlin is all jumpy and he’s rambling more than ever and is often reaching out to grab onto someone (usually arthur) and everyone’s confused and then they get ambushed and merlin freezes in the middle of the path like a deer. he’s watching everything go down around him with wide eyes until he’s targeted and one of the knights have to rush in to save him. afterward merlin is constantly holding someone and his grip is rather tight. he keeps looking around, his eyes scanning the trees around them over and over. when they try and settle down for the night, merlin wont leave the camp without an escort or two and when they’re trying to go to sleep, merlin is flinching at every noise in the woods around them and ends up shuffling over toward the person closest to him and laying pressed up against them.
arthur opening his mouth to tease and call him a coward when the word registers in his mind and he realizes that that’s what he’s actually seeing, merlin scared and defenseless. he ofc doesn’t realize the true depth of it all, i mean he knows merlin is missing his magic but he doesn't know that magic has always been a part of merlin, it makes him him. he’s had magic since he was born, he’s never known life without it. as he is now, he feels bare and exposed and blind and deaf and terrified. the knights are his defense rn and for the past few years, merlins been their protector so its a complete reversal of everything he’s ever known. he’s scared. arthur bites his tongue and lets merlin hold onto his arm and snuggle up close at night for some form of comfort and security. he doesn’t tease or mock and responds to his ramblings of fear with a level of gentleness the knights weren’t aware he even possessed. merlin slowly relaxing as arthur subtly comforts him without addressing it
#i feel like this was a plot line in canon#idc#dont tell me#also yeah merlin would probably hide it better but for the sake of fanfiction plots were ignoring that#i just need arthur taking care of merlin#is that too much to ask for#jesus christ#also merlin ‘the bravest man arthur knows’ hunithson would still go on the quest and maybe pick up a weapon to try and fight the bandit#but hes also defenseless in a way he never was before and is shit with a sword#so yeah hes relying on the others for help and protection#merlin blocks two strikes from the bandit before the sword is knocked out of his hand and percy rushes in to knock the bandit over the head#merlins hands are shaking for an hour after the fact#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#merthur#fanfiction#fanfic#fic ideas#prompts#lil ooc but who doesnt love that
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POV you’ve informed the Queen and the Court’s Sorcerer of something and they very clearly know something that they’re not letting on
#hehe just a silly doodle#Gwen’s great at subtlety so would this even happen? debatable#just feel like they’d definitely get up to magical shenanigans post-canon#plus there were enough things in the show that could make a reappearance#Lady Vivian is visiting? Oh no is she still under the curse??? D: *cue mutual looks of alarm*#(it’s okay she’s not. justiceforvivian2024)#but anyway STILL they’d definitely go sneaking around in the vaults or library to find answers to the latest Situation tm#like yeah magic is legal and Guinevere is literally the queen#but that doesn’t stop them from shiftilly snooping!! shiftilly snooping just Happens when ur friends with Merlin#it’s like enrichment for them#ANYWAY yet again I have NO idea what proper anatomy is and I did not use a reference for Merlin and only glanced at one for Gwen so#sorry I cannot do u justice merlin + guinevere </3#my mom once glanced at one of my doodles when I was home and she was like why does Merlin look like a monkey#WHICH WAS KINDA OUT OF POCKET TBH 😭😭#but maybe one of these days I’ll actually learn drawing-related things so I can better spread my beloved post canon Merlin agenda#Merlin#Gwen#merlin fanart#bbc merlin#my art#art#merwen#EDIT: fixed up the colouring bc it was bothering meee rip
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He watches him like a ghost
#or like a mother bird#i could write essays on merlins devotion to arthur i fear#but i'm too tired to form any comprehensible thought tonight except holding up a picture of them and crying#the tragedy of bbc merlin strikes yet again#Merlin devotion borders on obsessive if we think too hard#actually no it IS obsessive who are we kidding#which is why i think i really enjoy dark! merthur Au's#by s5 he was not far from reaching that point#but oOH the way they care for each other#merlin#bbc merlin#merthur#merthur fanart#merlin fanart#merlin art#merthur art#bbc merlin fanart#ps. shoutout if you recognise the reference used for this pose!#sketch#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon
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can’t stop crying over arthur loving merlin for merlin. like he fr thought he was just some guy but guess what? that’s his some guy. and he’d stick with him forever. i think i’m gonna throw up
#I FEEL SICK. LIKE. THAT WAS ARTHUR’S FRIEND!!! ARTHUR LOVED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS HIMSELF AND HE DIDN’T NEED ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT!!!!!#i can’t fucking do this. genuine tears just spilling from my eyes rn#i know this has been said over and over but i dont care!!! i dont care!!!! it can be said again!!!!!!#cupid de bunny#merlin#merthur#100#500#1000
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2.06 — Beauty and the Beast Part 2
#merlin#merlinedit#bbc merlin#merthur#merthuredit#2.06#*#idk why this is so funny to me#merlin popping out from under the bed like 😀
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why’d he do arthurs belt like that 🤨 unnecessary
#like in ep 2. merlin what was that#old sketch from a few momths ago but its still so funny to me. why did he do that#merlin#bbc merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin bbc#merlin art#merlin fanart#arthur pendragon fanart#bbc merlin fanart#bbc merlin art#gayass way to put on a man’s belt merlin 🤨
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Merlin: *Sneaks into the castle at 2am after fighting a magical evil*
Arthur: *turns around in a swivel chair* care to tell me where you were?
Merlin, hiding magical object behind his back: uh I was… with Gwaine!Tavern nights you know…
Gwaine: *also turns around in swivel chair* Care to- *keeps spinning* wait- help I can’t stop-
#I would like to think ARTHUR and all the knights are sitting in swivels chairs waiting to be mentioned as an excuse only to turn around#the fact that Arthur and Gwaine stay up waiting for him too#SORRY IM#so sorry#BASED ON FUNNY POST#BRILLIANT#I got the idea from I post I saw a while back ->#source: incorrect stranger things quotes#merlin#merthur#arthur pendragon#bbc merlin#gwaine#merthur incorrect quotes#incorrect merlin quotes
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I think it would be so neat if merlin, arthur and the knight in legalized magic (I nearly wrote marriage lmao yeah legal same sex marriage = legal magic what are you gonna do about it ANYWAY) post canonish need to go undercover to a kingdom where it isn’t legal yet and it’s just Merlin just saying shit he said in Camelot and having the same attitude that he used to have. Like (crack no really too much angst) just Merlin saying thing like ‘Oh, no, I’m the farthest thing from an ordinary man :)’, merlin walking right after a wall crumbled down like ‘oh, idk what happened anyway let’s go’, Merlin walking around with barely hidden magical object etc and you have just Arthur and the knight sweating bucket in the background and having a heart attack every 2 hours because ‘oh my god he is so reckless how did I never notice all of this shit shit shit SHIT there is no way’
Bonus point if Lancelot is the only one being chill about the whole thing
#merthur#merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin bbc#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#bbc lancelot#the knights of the round table#it’s what happen when you went from being blissfully unaware to having to deal with someone being an expert with lying in plain sight#isn’t what queer is like after all ? Noticing every part of you that is so obviously queer if you look at it while the allocisstraight are…#well deeply blind to anything who is remotely queer to the people they know#my shit
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you know how in 5.13 arthurs like “i tried to take your head off with a mace” and merlins like “and i stopped you, using magic” and arthurs immediate reply to that is “you cheated” … and i guess i was just thinking about the breathy little laugh merlin lets out in response to that. bc like i just noticed how maybe it was a little bit of relief and awe. because like. he just talked to arthur. about magic. about using magic From The Beginning. against him in a fight. and arthurs immediate response, his most natural reaction to that, was to comment on merlins poor sportsmanship. out of anything he couldve said something about. the first thing that came to mind was merlin not playing fair. which. idk. IDK!!!
#like he barely even cared about the magic at that point TBH!!!!#what the hell was the crime of magic compared to not knowing his best friend bc he didnt trust him!!!!#whatd arthur care about magic then other than to keep up appearances!!!!#LIKE I JUST WATCHED THAT SCENE AND MERLINS LITTLE LAUGH MADE ME CRY#its entirely possible im going insane from too many blorbos in my head#bbc merlin#merthur#5.13
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merlin was just a boy by the way. he was just a boy and all of that happened to him. just so u know.
#merlin#merlin bbc#rewatching it again !#let me introduce u to my tradition of rewatching merlin twice a year every february and july/august#ive been following that tradition for 6 years ? something like that#and couting from when i was 7-8 when i had no sense of time n would rewatch shows evry other week lets just say ive seen it like 30+ times#got the gay magic boy show fixation instead of math or physics fixation i am so lucky
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merlin told arthur his favorite color was the color of the sky during sunset when it shifted into a deep violet. arthur gets a tunic made in that exact shade. its the best thing merlin owns. arthur was hoping that would mean he’d wear it almost everyday but merlin almost never wears it. the only time he does wear it is when royals come to visit (which isn’t all that often). arthur “subtly” asks about it and merlin is like “it’s the best thing i own. i’m not gonna dirty it mucking out the stables or serving rowdy knights wine while they splatter food on it” and arthur is like “why not wear it when nobles come to visit? look at least a little presentable for them” (cough nice save). merlin doesn’t see the point in it bc nobles don’t care about him at best, view him as less than human at worst.
arthur really just wants to see his boyfriend servant in the tunic he had made for him (bonus points for sending a message that merlin is his. not that merlin seems to notice. man is too much of an idiot). merlin wants to preserve his favorite tunic and gift from his boyfriend king.
#arthur absolutely checks him out every time he walks out in it#every ten seconds hes looking away from his guests and staring at merlin#merlin only realizes about half the time#that hes staring. not that he’s checking him out.#arthur noticed the few nobles staring at merlin like a hot piece of ass#he keeps merlin in his chambers with a list of chores to complete#it keeps him busy until the visiting noble is gone#arthur desperately wants merlin to wear the damn tunic to get the nobles to back off#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#merthur#THAT FUCKING PURPLE TUNIC LIVES IN MY HEAD RENT FREE#WHAT WAS THE REASON#i hc merlins favorite color is purple bc out in ealdor he was surroubded by green brown and beige#with the occasional red from the blood of livestock#but when the sun went down after a long day and he and will lay out in the field behind his moms house#he’d see the rich violet of the sky and fall in love#but since yknow peasant boy he can only afford red and blue clothing so thats what he gets#hc#head canon#headcanon#fanfic#fanfiction#fic idea
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sometimes he forgets the power behind his magic and goes a bit overboard-
#bbc merlin#merlin#merlin fanart#emrys#my art#digital art#post magic reveal Arthur from somewhere off screen: MERLIN!#more observations from my rewatch:#sometimes it seems like Merlin wants to do something low-key/sneaky#but then he sort of goes way beyond that and causes explosions and the likes#and you just know that in his head he goes 'shit shit shit'
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ok in all honesty tho I'm so glad that the Merlin fandom is still active in the year of our lord 2024
#its so funny actually#but also i find it a little funny when im reading fics from lile 2009 or 2010 or smth#like i was a child then akdkskaka#merlin#merthur#merlin bbc
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Something something the total solar eclipse and the coming of Arthur
#merlin#merthur#solar eclipse and my first thought it how can I merlinify this#I watched it on TV and it was so beautiful actually#I feel like Arthur’s coming has to be dramatic or extremely mundane#no inbetween#it’s either the solar eclipse#or he just walks out soaked from the lake on a random Tuesday#bbc merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin fanart#merthur fanart#solar eclipse#doodle before bed because I need them out of my head
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