#merlin anniversary

[mr-merlin]

Creatures of Magic ✨ Merry Christmas everyone! (insta | timelapse here! | commissions/prints)

[1shadowhole]

Alex is early this year with his sadism against us, I love him for that

It's starting...

[twistedshipper]

MERLIN 5.13 The Diamond of the Day

insp.

[thenerdyalien]

The real tragedy of bbc merlin

No matter how many years have passed since the finale, sometimes I still get choked up thinking about Merlin's devotion to Arthur and how cruel destiny really was to him. Because yes, Arthur's death was tragic, but for me Merlin's prophecised destiny was always the real tragedy of the show.

Like imagine being told that your whole purpose in life, your destiny, is another person, and not only that but someone you don't particularly like at first (a prat, you may say). And it's clear that he often feels trapped by this, even going as far as comparing his destiny with Arthur to a marriage (yes, that happens in not only one but two scenes, though one of them was deleted), an arrangement he had no say in but that has dictated his whole life. But the worst part is that he starts growing fond of him, he starts falling in love with the man he is inside, the real Arthur, not the facade he puts on for others. And suddenly it's not about destiny for Merlin anymore, it's about Arthur. He puts Arthur above everything. His kind, his beliefs, himself. He shuts himself off, he becomes a shell of the boy he used to be. Arthur's well-being is everything to him and nothing else matters. That's why he chooses Arthur over magic in the Disir, that's why he never told him the truth about his mother, that's why he was ready to die without ever letting Arthur know about his secret...because he would rather jump into the flames than to ever put Arthur in that position. And then imagine finding out that in the end, it was all a cruel joke, that the man you had come to love with all your being would be ripped from you anyway, no matter how dutifully you fulfilled your destiny, no matter how much you had given away for him. Because it turned out that your destiny was never Arthur, it was tragedy, it was martyrdom, it was giving away your body and soul for a future that will never come, a golden age that you'll never get to see.

That's why we're all still here 12 years later, because the bbc unintentionally wrote the most devastating tragedy of the century under the disguise of a silly family show.

[rednth]

Happy anniversary of Arthur's death and the end of this wonderful series

[regulusrules]

Thinking about Merlin’s last shred of defeat while saying, “I thought I was in time.”

About the utter fear that consumed Arthur in “Don’t, just– you heard, just..”

About Gaius’s surety he’ll never see Merlin again while telling him, “I’ll have your favourite meal waiting for you.”

And about Gwaine’s last words to be, “I failed.”

Thinking about Morgana's pain in addressing Mordred’s grave and telling him, “We will have our revenge.”

About Arthur's broken “I thought I knew you” and Merlin's self-assured “I'm still the same person.”

About all the things Gwen said by saying “I'm pleased.”

And all the things Merlin said by saying “I wanted to.”

Thinking, forever thinking, about the peace in Arthur's, “Just.. just— hold me.”

About Merlin's desperate belief that “I can [save you].”

And above all, thinking how Arthur’s “Thank you” was not just for the causes he listed, but for the life that Merlin gave him.

[mcmactictac]

(UN)HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BITCHES!!!

[feuxx]

Rest well my King, and come back to me. I will be waiting.

Happy 11th anniversary to the finale of bbc merlin!! Another year of thriving heartbreak to all of us. 🥲💖

I don't have much energy this year so I can only offer a hand drawn sketch. Don't mind the cat doodles around lol

[lightasthesun]

“Just-just hold me. Please.” I love you “There's something I want to say.” I love you “Everything you've done. I know now. For me, for Camelot. For the kingdom you helped me build...” I love you “I want to say...something I've never said to you before..” I love you “Thank you.”

I love you.

[is-arthur-back-yet]

:o

Yess!!! Merlin is trending!

Thank you for notifying me

[katieemcdimples]

16 years ago the one and only Morgana came on our screen and history was made, happy 16 years of Morgana Pendragon 💚

And happy Merlin anniversary to the true queen of Camelot Morgana and her baby dragon Aithusa 👑🐉

Also happy Merlin anniversary to little Hugo 🥰

But most importantly, happy Merlin anniversary to Katie McGrath, thank you for everything, I'm so proud of you and I love you forever ❤️

[mr-merlin]

Have a dopey sunshine Prince to brighten this most miserable of days! Merry Christmas ✨

[1shadowhole]

Thank you again, Alex

[twistedshipper]

For old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind Should old acquaintance be forgot In the days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll take a cup of kindness yet For the sake of auld lang syne

[theplanetgallifrey]

Happy Christmas Eve Merlin anniversary to those currently crying over Merthur, yes, you.

[rednth]

Así se sintió esta navidad mi gente latino