#merin and arthur pendragon

[tonystarkdeservesthewholeworld]

It's been almost a week and I cant stop thinking about the last episode of merlin. Like it's literally been the ONLY thing on my mind. I hate that arthur and morgana died the same way- stabbed by an old friend with a blade forged in dragon's breath. It feels kinda poetic that the Pendragon siblings were still connected in a way, despite fate and the universe tearing them apart. It also kills me that morgana died evil because arthur was open to accepting magic in the end. He would have legalised it if he lived, and he would have accepted it so much sooner if his beloved sister had stayed by his side and taught him that magic could be used for good, and I think that morgana sticking around and being open about her magic to arthur would have given merlin the courage to tell arthur as well. I will never recover from this show

[h50europe]

Merthur - As I drift into a slumber, I know your memory will keep me company tonight. No matter how much time has passed, there are instances when the pain of your absence hits me like a ton of bricks, and it feels like I can't breathe. It's a heartache that is so deep and intense. It's as if every bone in my body is aching to be with you. The longing for your presence is palpable, and it's almost as if I can feel you here with me, even though you're not physically present. However, I find solace in the memories we created together. Every moment, laugh, and tear shed are all etched in my heart, bringing me comfort amid this ache.

Merlin is one with nature. In his sleep, he conjures up the butterflies from the crystal cave as they bring him comfort in these lonely times.

my manip, my edit, my text.

[dragoncall]

please can we talk about how absolutely beautiful the soundtracks are and how nostalgic they are for merlin fans too

listening to this has honestly transported me back to 2010 and im not mad about it

[luminara123]

I'm not sure if I've already posted this on here, but... I have a public reading list of Arthur Pendragon x OC BBC Merlin fanfictions that I enjoyed and love.

[apollosdrunkenmixup]

Dont suppose any other Merlin fans have read the Ice Mark series. And spent ages pondering how Thirrin (Princess) and Oskan (witch guy) match Arthur and Merlin very well.

1) hotheaded young royal who longs to prove themself in battle and is a proficient fighter.

2) said young royal’s father who started a war against magic and/or magical creatures

3) guy with magic and tendency for healing. who starts off a pacifist and gradually gets more proficient at violent fighting.

4) magic guy initially thinks young royal is prat and far too full of themself, yet nevertheless becomes extremely protective of them.

5) they go on adventures to protect the kingdom together.

6) point of story is magic/magic creatures aren’t evil and are instead a strong ally.

7) young royal wants only to do the best for their people. even if that means dying.

Please someone tell me they’ve noticed this. I’m going insane over all the parallels.

[inalandofsadclowns]

The red dragon and the white dragon were supposed to be enemies who fight their nightly battles in an underground cave - the red representing the Britons, the white representing the Saxons (Nennius wrote about it, then Geoffrey of Monmouth based his ideas on that, then Sir James Knowles wrote about it) Right, so I get why they introduced Aithusa, a white dragon, just to assign her in Morgana's dodgeball team. But then I'd have wanted to see more Aithusa. Then why isn't Kilgarrah red and on Albion's side? He's on his side, that's it. Why don't the two ever fall into an epic fight? Because then I'd have rooted for Aithusa? Maybe. What if the red dragon was instead represented by Arthur Pendragon (red symbolism, dragon symbolism)?

[hellerscape]

Gaius to Arthur: seal off the King’s quarters

Arthur: 🚪 🗡️

Next minute Merlin walking into Uther’s room: 🚶‍♂️

[tansyuduri]

Chapter 15 of Our Stars Still Shrine Together is now out!

At least fifteen skeletal monsters ran into the chamber from the direction of the house of commons. Merlin could not place what they were immediately but he could feel the wrongness of them. 

Merin and Arthur turned to face the onslaught together. Excalibur twisted, executing the trademark Pendragon spin in Arthur's hand as he prepared to fight. 

Merlin thrust a hand forward, throwing several of the skeletons back against the wall. It didn’t kill them yet but that wasn’t the goal. As Arthur moved to fight with those remaining, Merlin kept one eye on his king while he tried to experiment, throwing different spells at the slowly rising skeletons. He needed to see what would stick. “Forbearnahn!” he set one on fire to no effect. “Beod! Cinan Bregdan!” Part of the desk broke off, floating in the air before him. “Fléoge! Bregdan anweald beod!” He directed it at the three standing skeletons and the broken desk smashed them back against the wall and into pieces. 

Arthur cut down two more. The remaining ten tried to circle around them. Merlin moved back to back with Arthur.

“Having fun yet Merlin?” He could hear Arthur panting very slightly as the sounds of a sword cutting through bone could be heard once… twice…

“Oh yes, fun.” Merlin drawled, bringing a piece of stone in front of him to block a skeleton trying to presumably crush his throat. He then lifted his head slightly to send a few flying back. “You?”

Arthur stepped backward to dodge a swing, Merlin knew this because he could feel his king press back against him slightly. 

“Fléoge! Bregdan anweald benc!” He directed a broken leg off a nearby padded bench to crush a skull and then another, until one of the skeletons was smart enough to grab it.

“I’m not sure yet, bit boring so far.” The sounds of metal cutting through bone yet again, and again.

Bony nails caught Merlin’s arm, scraping against flesh and ripping fabric for just a moment before the culprit went flying back.

“Only you… would call this boring.” Merlin informed him before deciding table legs were not enough and enchanting half a couch to crush the rest of his opponents with a “Fléoge! Bregdan anweald setl!”

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[h1myname1sv]

NEW FIC: The Adventures of Sir Fluffles

Rating: General Audiences Warnings: none Fandoms: BBC Merlin Relationships: Lancelot & Merlin, Merlin & Arthur Pendragon, Gaius & Merlin Characters: Merlin, Lancelot, Arthur Pendragon, Gaius, Gwen Additional Tags: Crack Treated Seriously, Animal Transformation, Humor, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Magical Accidents, Merin is a Disaster, Lancelot & Merlin Friendship Wordcount: 3k Summary:

Lancelot got transformed into a rabbit. Merlin would like to maintain that this was entirely, one hundred percent not his fault. (Alright, maybe it was a little bit his fault.)

Excerpt:

So, in Merlin's defense, he hadn't meant to turn Lancelot into a rabbit. It had just happened.

That was a lie.

Well, the first part was the truth. The second part was the lie.

What really happened was that Merlin had been sitting on the floor in his bedroom, attempting to turn one of Gaius's slugs into something actually useful—like a piece of parchment, or perhaps a rabbit (useful for its adorableness)—when Lancelot had barged into the room. Merlin had had a noticeable spellbook open on his lap and had reasonably panicked in response to an intruder in his private space. Before he fully registered who the intruder was, he uttered the spell that had been on his mind at the time, and Lancelot had transformed into a rabbit.

An adorable, snow white rabbit with beady black eyes that seemed to see more than they were supposed to.

Anyways, again, in Merlin's defense, the spell hadn't exactly been working on the slug, so he couldn't have possibly expected it to work on a human being.

[wheredostarsgowhenyoudie]

You'd never know what day your life would change. It could be today or tomorrow. It could be a day when the sun reigns in the sky or a day when stormy clouds rule. It could be a day you're happy or a day you're down. No one could tell. But when it happens, you'll know it, because suddenly everything is different and nothing will ever be the same again.

The day it happened, Merlin still wasn't convinced that Arthur wasn't lying when he told him he acknowledges that he has magic and that it doesn't change the fact that he's still an idiot.

The warlock wanted to believe him. He really does. But when one had been living in the shadows of lies, deceit and fear for as long as he had, it couldn't be harder to step into the light and accept that it was real.

Merlin hated that he couldn't be fully at ease with Arthur and the knights. He hated seeing the hurt in the prince's eyes every time he would wince when the royal would draw a sword or prepare to give an order. Merlin also noticed that the knights had been taking turns, keeping him company on his chores and going out of their way to ask him questions to learn more about his magic.

Merlin wasn't oblivious to their intentions. He knew that his friends were doing it to show him that it's alright to be himself around them. But as much as he appreciates their effort, try as he might, he still just couldn't erase the nagging fear at the back of his mind that Arthur would change his mind and decide that burning at the stake is where he belongs and that the knights would agree with him.

The worst part was that even if they do, Merlin would only understand their choice. They had been breaking the law by lying to Uther just to save his head. While Gwaine had no qualms deceiving the king, he knew the rest of the knights had their apprehensions. And Arthur, well it was him that Merlin feels most sorry to. What kind of friend does it make him if Arthur had to lie to his own father to protect him?

There's no question that Merlin couldn't have picked better friends. But what does that make him? For someone who has his secret out in the open, Merlin still doesn't feel free. Sometimes, he even finds himself believing that maybe he will never be.

It might just be so that for all the trials and tribulations magic had brought into his life, in the end, it will still be the one constant he can rely on.

Merlin barely managed to catch his breath on his way to Gaius' chambers when Gwen came running to him.

"Gwen?" he asks, instantly worried for the first friend he made in Camelot. "What's going on?"

"It's Arthur, Merlin!" Gwen answered. "Uther sent him and the knights to search what's causing the villagers' fright in the Forest of Merendra. Arthur sent me to inform you to take the shortcut and bring food and extra towels."

Merlin frowned. "When was this?"

"Just right after you left. They wanted to wait for you but Uther was insistent, and they couldn't tarry, else, Uther would be suspicious."

"I know that," said Merlin, knowing she was trying to assure him that they didn't leave him by choice. "I'll catch up with them. It should be no problem."

"Good," Gwen smiled before taking off the satchel strapped on her shoulder and handing it to him. "I prepared everything you might need. Now all you have to do is get a horse and leave." Then, taking the basket from him, she added, "As for the herbs, let me deliver them to Gaius. I'm sure he won't mind."

Merlin beamed, amused at her preparedness. "Thanks Gwen. I owe you," he expressed, clutching the supplies to his chest and running past her and into the stables. "And please tell Gaius I've gone after the prat!"

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Arthur couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the body lying still in the middle of the forest. He took a quick scan around the area just to see if they were being watched. It was a pity he got separated from the knights.

His own experiences with magical creatures had taught him to be wary, but he couldn't for the life of him, abandon the knight's code and turn away from a potential damsel in distress. And somehow, even if he wasn't willing to believe it at first, knowing that his idiot of a best friend has magic and could find him wherever he was, was a reassurance of its own kind. Not that he'll ever admit it to Merlin. The idiot would never let him hear the end of it if he does.

But just in case, he unsheathed Excalibur and prepared for an attack.

Carefully, he turned her so he could see her face.

"A princess?" he gasps, eyes instantly drawn on the silver tiara on her head. He had never seen anything like the pale blue dress she was wearing.

Arthur quickly reached a finger under her nose to see if she's still breathing. He couldn't help but worry what her presence here would mean if his assumptions were right.

To his relief, he had barely lifted her when she began to stir. He watched as chocolate brown eyes slowly blinked into awareness.

Gently, he helped her to sit up, making sure to support her back to keep her steady. The feel of his gloved hand on her back must have done the trick and she shrieked, jumping in fright of him. He would have laughed if she didn't look so scared.

"Oh, dear Merlin!" she exclaimed.

Arthur frowned. "You know my manservant?"

"Ahm," she started to say, and he easily caught onto her confusion.

"Forgive me, please," Arthur quickly apologized, making sure to step away to assure her that he meant her no harm. "My name is Arthur. I mean no threat to you, my lady, but I found you unconscious in the middle of Forest of Merendra. Tell me, where are you from? Do you remember how you got here?"

"Forest of-" she trailed, and he waited patiently as she finally seemed to absorb her surroundings. Her eyes widened in shock and she gasped, raising a hand to her forehead. "Oh, Hermione, what have you done now?"

"Hermione?" Arthur's face brightened. "Is that what they call you? What kingdom are you from?"

"I-…" she bit her lip in thought. "I'm sorry. Who did you say you are again?"

"Arthur. Arthur Pendragon, at your service," he reintroduced, waiting for recognition to dawn on her.

He didn't expect amused laughter to be her reaction. "Seriously, where are we? Is this some kind of a theme party? Are you in cosplay? Is that it? Well, I certainly can't remember drinking enough for this," she rambled. "Wait, I must be dreaming! That's it, isn't it? I'm dreaming, or I must be under a spell…A pensieve? But I don't remember…"

The prince listened to her patiently, mentally taking note of the words in her rant that he finds unfamiliar. Eventually, she stopped on her own and turned to him.

"Let's try that again, shall we?" she suggested. "Where are we?"

Arthur sighed but had no choice but to acquiesce. She still hasn't confirmed who she is and what she's doing dressed so thinly in this cold, or why she doesn't seem too worried at the thought that she might be under a spell. "We're in the Forest of Merendra in the Kingdom of Essetir. We're miles away from Camelot."

At this, her eyes widened and she pulled away from him. "Camelot?" Then, sounding fearful now, she asked. "And you're telling me you're King Arthur? As in THE King Arthur? Are you messing with me?"

"Well, no, it is my father, Uther, that is king. I'm only a prince. But I don't understand why you find this so hard to believe. Surely, you've heard of Camelot?"

She didn't get to answer though as the roars of the linen wrapped beasts finally caught up to him. Quickly, he helped her get to her feet and readied to defend.

"Well if you're Arthur, then what are they?" she asks, mystified. He couldn't help but wonder if she'd hit her head real hard that she still thinks she's dreaming.

But the pondering would have to wait as the creatures began to surround them.

'Anytime now would be great, Merlin.' He thought before he answered her.

"They're soulless animals' corpses being controlled by a sorceress."

"So they're dead? Like mummies?"

"You need to get behind me," he instructed, eyes at the beasts, only to startle when she stepped right beside him instead.

"How do we fight them?"

Arthur's first instinct was to tell her off for foolish bravery but one look at the advancing beasts told him there was no time for that. She at least needs to know what they're up against. "Fire, we need to burn them. But normal fire isn't enough. We need to-"

"It isn't working!" she was screaming before he could even register that she was holding a stick and one of the walking dead beasts was suddenly set ablaze.

"How did you?" he asked, before realization dawned on him and he turned to her in disbelief. "You're a sorceress!" he accused just as a lion jumped at him and he dodged, seeing her do the same in the corner of his eyes.

"What?" The girl, Hermione, scoffed, looking very much offended. "Flipendo!" she screamed before a light shot out of her stick and hit a tiger in the chest. "No, I'm a witch! Now, quickly tell me how to defeat them! Normal fire isn't working."

Arthur fought a headache from coming. Fate must be punishing him for treating his manservant so cruelly. As if dealing with one Merlin isn't enough…

"They're creatures of magic. The fire must be enchanted to destroy them."

"Of course," she breathed, eyes widening as though she'd just made a wonderful realization. Arthur barely moved his foot before he heard her say, "Stay back and don't move," and then, "FIENDFYRE!"

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Merlin had barely stepped into the forest when he felt it - magic both light and dark and so intensely heavy that he won't be surprised if he could touch it just by reaching out his hand.

He hurried his horse to the source of the screams and light, but nothing could have prepared him to what he saw.

A girl dressed like royalty was standing before a disgruntled Arthur, her arm outstretched and preventing the prince from taking any step farther as they stared down the army of mummified beasts advancing towards them.

His heart all but leaped out of his chest at the sight of the phoenix erupting from her wooden stick.

"ARTHUR!" he yelled.

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The frightened voice sounded very much like his manservant, but the prince couldn't keep his eyes away if he tried, gaping as the fire bird flew to devour the whole beastial army, leaving nothing but ashes on its wake.

He only breathed, alert and mortified when the phoenix started to turn on him. Before he knew it, Merlin had thrown his own weight to push them both out of harm's way and onto the ground, a move they soon found unnecessary when the fire bird released an ear piercing screech before drawing back and disappearing into thin air, leaving their eyes to settle on the lone girl standing in the middle of the devastation.

Legs apart, back straight, eyes ablaze and unrelenting, and with her hair crackling of magic - she looks like the perfect embodiment of an avenging female angel if they'd ever seen one.

No one said a word until she broke the silence.

"Is that enough?" she asked, eying them expectantly. "Are we safe now?"

"Huh," was the prince's unintelligible response, the only one he could manage after seeing what he saw. But he saw her brow lift higher and knew she was awaiting his answer.

"Yes," Arthur finally agreed, "I suppose that will do it." Then turning to the astounded warlock lying on his back beside him, he says, "Merlin, I think she just beat you in the most glamorous display of magic."

"You're-" she started to say, but the use of magic must have drained her and she began to sway.

Arthur hurried to help but Merlin signalled he let him instead, still feeling the lingering trace of unfamiliar magic in the air. It felt like his own and yet so different.

"SIRE!"

"Merlin!"

The voices came from the knights who arrived just in time to see Merlin carry the now unconscious girl in his arms.

"Who is she?" he found himself asking.

"I don't know," Arthur said, sounding as puzzled as he looked, staring at the sleeping damsel. "She seemed lost. She didn't even know who I am and yet, she protected me." Looking at his manservant, he asks, "Is she alright?"

Merlin nodded.

"Merlin, you alright mate?" Gwaine asked, seeing him look so perplexed.

This time, Merlin didn't nod, unsure of it himself.

He just witnessed magic unlike anything he'd ever seen.

But then she stirred on his arms, the tip of her stick accidentally touching his arm and Merlin's breath was caught at the feel of her magic humming and causing his skin to tingle with warmth.

"I think I need to speak with Kilgharrah."

A/N: Chapter 7 up! Read it here at...

[charmed101]

Remember how years later Arthur reacts the same exact fucking way? Threatening to banish Merlin if he so much mentions Gwen or Agravaine?

Yeahhh why wouldn’t Merlin tell arthur stuff? /s

​yeah yeah writers regressed him blah blah how many times can you say that before you accept that’s just him - no character growth but him

If you fight him, you will die.

[h50europe]

“I wasn’t expecting you. I didn’t think that we would end up together. The single most extraordinary thing I’ve ever done with my life is fall in love with you. I’ve never been seen so completely, loved so passionately and protected so fiercely.” —This Is Us

[witchmd13]

merlin, excalibur // sarah kay, hand me down // x //merlin, beauty and the beast II // merlin, valiant // taylor swift, tolerate it // @katherynefromphilly , our destinies our own // merlin, the death song of uther pendragon // rebecca makkai, the great believers // bruce springsteen and e street band, adam raised a cain // merlin, a herald of the new age //  lia marie johnson, dna // taylor swift, better man // joan tierney, free-range angel produce: an idyll.

[luminara123]

My in progress BBC Merlin Fanfiction story for anyone interested.

I hope this finds the right people and that you all enjoy it! :)

[crowned-clown-rising]

It's so funny to me that when Merlin is gone and someone in the castle decides to send a new servant in Arthur's way, they decide to dress him up like Merlin.

Like, George is 100% cosplaying as Merlin.

I imagine the people in the castle in charge of that decision having a conversation about it:

"So, Merlin is dead. We need to find the king a new manservant."

"Already did. This is George, the best servant on the job. Arthur won't have any complaint about this one. He will be so pleased that he won't even realise Merlin is gone."

"Are you sure? He was quite fond of him… You know what? I have an idea to soften up the blow for him." (They proceed to irrumpt into Gaius' place and demand some of Merlin's clothes to dress George up with.)

"Do you think he will notice?"

"something's missing... Oh, I know" *ties a red scarf around his neck and George ends up using it as a cravat* Perfect

[where-our-stories-start]