#merlin emyrs

[storm-3arth]

its me again ive arrived in camelot

[whydon-twego]

Arthur is used to the court, he is used to standing at a certain distance from his interlocutor, he is used to etiquette and protocols, to speaking in a certain tone of voice, to never lowering his eyes showing weakness and, as a result, he is used to servile people, to people who never respond to him in kind and to making do when something goes wrong and he would only need a hand on his shoulder because he would not dare ask for anything more.

Merlin is none of these things.

Merlin invades his personal space, responds to him in kind, hugs him when something goes wrong and reassures him with kind but firm words.

Arthur does not know why he expected Hunith to be something different, after all, Merlin must have taken after someone in the family.

Hunith, when Merlin decides to visit her and take Arthur with him because "you have to get to know my mother better!", bows on the first day and calls him sire.

On the second day, she already has him help in the kitchens and teaches him how to prepare a meal from scratch, not commenting on the fact that he doesn't even know how to mix a bit of flour and water and, indeed, resting a hand on his shoulder congratulating him when -Arthur knows- he has done the bare minimum.

On the third day, she hugs him.

Arthur holds her so tightly that he is sure he will hurt her, but he has never been hugged like this, not even by Merlin, and Arthur absolutely will not cry.

That night, lying on the bed on the floor with Merlin, Arthur hugs him and thanks him.

Merlin laughs and tells him he now expects a meal prepared from scratch from him.

[needalif29]

Merlin's down.

I REPEAT...

MERLIN IS DOWN!!!

[whenicarusflies]

say what will you will but Merlin is the cool popular jock that is out (bi) and everyone loves him and Arthur is the colested (gay. so incredibly gay) awkward lonely kid. either Merlin practically adopted Arthur when he saw him or they're childhood friends who are secretly in love with eachother

[whenicarusflies]

s5 merlin

[henwilsons]

COLIN MORGAN as MERLIN MERLIN — 2.09 • The Lady of the Lake

[men-in-knights]

[paigemathews]

I’m gonna talk about prophecies again! (I also did, in fact, make that graphic just for this! I love it.)

So I’ve mentioned before how Charmed’s prophecies are... unique in that there doesn’t seem to be a specific goal or outcome laid out for any of the prophesied characters. To quote myself, “The point of the prophecies seem to basically be warning, “hey! we’re gonna make a super special, powerful witch so uhhh, try to kill/turn them, thx!”” And like. what if that is the point of prophecies? 

More specifically, what is prophecies are a warning that a witch/collective of witches with enough power to alter/break the Grand Design are coming? Hear me out! As always, our main three prophesied characters/groups are: Charmed Ones, Twice-Blessed, and Ultimate Power. What do all three have in common? Unmatched power. Let’s take a look here.

Charmed Ones - let’s see if I can word this right, but the sisters successfully rewrote the Grand Design to save Leo. You can make the argument that they had to convince the Angel of Destiny, but I think that it’s pretty important that the Angel of Destiny literally had to compromise on this with the sisters. Furthermore, they literally stopped the Angel of Death twice. The first time, they outright stopped him from taking a soul by saving Arthur Casey (albeit temporarily). (Also, the deal to save Paige? Counts.) The second time, they cast a powerful enough spell that it affected the entire world, outright hiding Leo from the Angel of Death before aforementioned compromise with the Angel of Destiny. Furthermore, the sisters drastically tipped the scales of Good and Evil, singlehandedly dictating who would be in control for at least the near future.  I mean, their collective power is strong enough to impact the entire world with little to no issue and they regularly went up against beings that other witches had no chance against (both as outright enemies and extremely powerful Good/Neutral beings).

Twice-Blessed Child - canonically managed to disrupt the Grand Design enough that magic is exposed and Chris had to travel back in time to even try to fix it. I’ve said before, but that is pretty clearly not what the Grand Design was supposed to be and I think that Wyatt was able to kill some pretty powerful beings to do so.

Ultimate Power - frankly, very young and untrained (Billie didn’t even have her powers for a year by the end of the show) but were strong enough to take on the Charmed Ones. They vanquished an unvanquishable demon when even the sisters couldn’t. (Admittedly, they didn’t try to push it but still.) Billie traveled through time under her own power, something we saw no other witch do. (Even the sisters used spells, potions, and help from other beings.)

All three were also able to circumvent the protection that forces of Good and Evil placed on the Hollow to summon it without members of the opposite side helping them. By relying on their own magical abilities, they overpowered all of that to summon it to themselves. Just. Over and over and over again, we see all three collective/characters demonstrate extraordinary power that no other witch we see come even close to matching, much of which causes direct problems for literal agents of the Grand Design. Each one of them have the power to directly tip the balance one way or another (which is more mitigated by the fact that there are three different prophesied characters/collectives at the same time).

The thing that I feel best supports this idea is the unchanged future honestly. The Charmed Ones were self-taught and trying to learn everything by themselves while dealing with demons and losing people and everything. (I also headcanon that they never reach the full depths of their power during the show, but that’s a different theory that includes comparing the sisters’ powers to when they were kids.) Billie is young, similarly untrained, and then has half of her collective gone with Christy’s death. Wyatt is. a baby. There’s also the fact that by virtue of being good witches, the sisters and Billie have a limit on exploring their power to avoid harming others. We see what happened in the unchanged future when a trained, experienced witch who didn’t care about harming others decided he didn’t like the way the world was. It was something that was definitely against the Grand Design that even Good and Evil worked to uphold. (As always, he exposed magic!!)

It also adds layers to why the Elders are so wary about the Charmed Ones and why the Triad treat the Ultimate Power as puppets instead of partners. If you cannot keep them under strict control, it’s not just your side that’s in danger but the very world. 

Just. Prophecies as a warning that witches who can shatter the world are coming and be prepared. (if you cannot make them join your side, kill them because they will tip the balance. but be prepared even if they are on your side, because they’re still an uncontrollable threat.)

[ramblings-of-lola]

There's something so interesting about how people connected to magic and the Old Religion perceive Emrys versus people who know Merlin as the king's servant.

Merlin is used to being one of the lower people in the room at court. He's constantly reminded of his position as a "lowly" servant when he's really an incredible powerful person. I really love those moments we as the audience get to see that. When Merlin has to stop people from bowing at his feet, when others are willing to sacrifice themselves for him like he does for Arthur. The name Emyrs is revered and feared. It's associated with power.

[ryeallytired]

Its finally done!!!

After getting back into BBC's Merlin recently (read: a couple months ago) I realized I no longer trusted streaming services to still have it available long term and managed to buy a complete DVD box set.

But because the slip case had quite a bit of wear to it (and due to some minor scopophobia) I made it a box that looks like a book!

(More rambling info & video under cut)

Materials:

The base construction is cardboard and paper (used to cover the exposed cut edges and strengthen corners). The box's faux paper edge is a printed texture on cardstock that was then waxed. The interior is black cardstock with silver vinyl. The 'book case' is that same cardboard construction with faux raised bands (made with some scrap foam I had) wrapped in Cialux's night blue bookcloth (hence the minor wrinkles) with Cricut HTV in metallic gold and 'reflective rainbow'.

Design:

Cover: Obviously Pendragon logo had to go front and center, no argument on that one. (Also partially cause Merlin doesn't really have his own symbol to him? The triskelion just doesn't make sense to me because although Emyrs is a symbol for the druids, Merlin himself isn't a druid and I'd imagine would instead choose icons of Camelot and Arthur to represent himself besides.) ANYWAY- Behind the crest, filligree containing a blade and the sidhe staff in that subtle reflective HTV that blends into the bookcloth exactly how I wanted until it catches the light (something something, hidden magic in the background something something).

(Appologies for the unsteady hands)

Spine: Mortaeus flower! Because it really felt like a turning point for the two (you've known each other... what a week? and you're going against your father to travel to some far off cave to get a flower?? that's some good as dnd-adventuring-party type shit I love it). Minor detail are the top and bottom shapes: pulled from some cool windows we see a lot in season one (I just think there' neat, okay?)

Back Cover: Excalibur with two butterflies cut from the blue-toned area of the rainbow HTV :)

And finally the Inside!: The cup of life! Because it felt just a little empty. I'm still tempted to put something small on the bottom left corner of the inside cover... maybe a crown? not sure yet

And that's everything! Thanks for reading! If anyone wants to make something similar for their own dvd set I'd be happy to share the .svg or .png file of the cut outs, just shoot me a message 👍 Before you go, wanna know the worst part about this project???

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It doesn't even fit on my DVDs shelf :)))) It sticks out by about an inch and a half 😭So we maaay have to be relegated to the 'actual books' bookshelf...

[storm-3arth]

repost with some edits because i hated the before :')

[keitorin3]

OK so I'm new to Tumblr but I had this weird (but I think is awesome) idea that I really just wanted to share.

So I am a big fan of the Damien/Merlin AU idea. It was actually inspired by a book I once read in Ao3, full credits to the author.

Damien AU

I imagine Merlin was obviously immortal and been around waiting for Arthur, and during this time ~ like 4 to 5 years before Damien's 30th birthday ~ he was about to go on Vacation to the Pacific but got news of a new medicine program ~ or something ~ in America and changed plans.

He's a 21-22 year old meds/arts (idk either sound plausible) college student who befriends a girl, Kelly, due to an unfortunate encounter (Kelly was in the wrong place at the wrong or right time, and Merlin jumps in to help but it was unnecessary as Kelly being a badass takes them down. She's an aspiring war photographer, she got to know some fight moves!)

Their friendship was built and thanks to Kelly with her connections and friends, Merlin meets Damien Thorn at a get-together he was invited to at the pub.

Picture Merlin seeing this dark haired and scruffy version of his dear friend wearing modern clothes and a brown leather jacket. His accent American and Merlin's magic is suddenly gooey and vibrating under his skin when they shake hands. But his smile... Merlin was gone for that smile.

Kelly: *Introducing Damien and Merlin*

Damien: *Smiles* "Damien Thorn, Pleased to meet you."

Merlin: *Dazed and goofy because he's magic high and hooked* "Merlin Thorn, I met you pleased..." *Suddenly realises, and blushes bright red* "Wait! No- I meant Emyrs! I'm Merlin Emyrs! Your not Thorn, wait no! I'm not- I mean uh... Pleased you met me-- NO-?!!"

Kelly: *At some point pulled out her camera and start recording*

Damien: *Surprised and charmed by the adorable guy with cute flushed ears* *Smirks pleasantly and flirts back*

Merlin: *Scrabbles on what to say, unknowingly flirting back*

Kelly: 'Oh just wait until I show Simone this!'

And so not long after the two met they started dating. At first Merlin thought he could help Damien remember, but over their time together Merlin came to really Love Damien. He loved Arthur and a part of him always will, but getting to know Damien, Merlin fell fast.

Meanwhile Kelly is being the ultimate Wingwoman who's looking forward to the day they get married so she can play all the *cough*blackmail*cough* memories shes caught of them.

Now, Damien who has never been so happy before meeting Merlin, saw Merlin as like his Ray of light and lucky charm. Since his entire life has been a series of misfortune all around. Merlin, this skinny, pale white, big earred, doe eyed guy with a heart stopping smile. Never has he fallen in love so seamlessly.

Damien: *During their third Date where Merlin is arguing over something with sparkles in his eyes. Damien not even sure what he's saying, smilies fondly at the adorable man.*

Merlin: "Damiiiienn! Are you listening to me?! What's going through that thick head of yours?"

Damien: *Laughs* "Nothing, it's just, there's something about you Merlin. I can't put my finger on it." *Gives Merlin a significant look* "But you're special."

Merlin: *Flushes red while flailing in embarrassment*

They are together for a year before merlin gathered the courage to tell Damien about himself, his magic and his past. He has made the mistake of lying to Arthur in the past and after recent years of therapy, he could not live in another lie with Damien.

It took time to process after being shown evidence of magic and weeks of discussions ~ a lot of them hard for Merlin to tell as he cried at times like Arthur's death and Camelots fall, going through depression while isolating in a cave for a century.

In the end, Damien determined Merlin's character and love to be true. And honestly wasn't even mad at the other. Damien could never fully be mad at Merlin. Not when he can see the cracks of a too worn heart, hidden behind a youthful face. It makes his own heart break at the seams.

So Damien held on to this impossible man, and swore he would not let him go.

Merlin: *Makes a butterfly with his magic, eyes glowing like golden stars, gazing back at Damien like a miracle come alive*

Damien: *Laughs when the butterfly lands on the tip of Merlin's nose, who makes a cross-eyed at the small creature.* 'You were a fool Arthur. The world was by your side and you left him alone.'

Damien: "I Love You, even if you're an old magical man of legend."

Merlin: *Hits him lightly for the old comment before kissing him* "And I love you, even if you're a bit of a sap."

Damien: *Kisses back* "Not that your complaining."

Merlin: *Heavily in love* "No, no I am not."

It is not long after this where their bond has gotten stronger, that Damien proposes to Merlin.

Kelly is there to film and photograph the event with Amani as help (the two helped plot to get their besties together after all). It was beautiful and made even more magical when Merlin, overwhelmed with such happiness, released some of his magic and caused it to rain flowers and sparkles.

This was so fun! And I wish I had the patience to actually write a book of this. I'm not done yet, I've still haven't reached to Damien's 30th birthday, when his powers Awaken. I've got ideas, and even more crossovers to think of for this and other AUs.

I'm still thinking if I should make this mpreg like the fic (the top Ao3 link). I quite like the idea of children honestly. Like bring back Aithusa as DamienxMerlin's kid.

Till next time, fellow dreamers~! 👋🥰✨

[worth-this-and-more]

๋࣭⭑⚝ hiii i'm sukanya and welcome to my blog yall!!! ‹𝟹

a small reminder; my blog has detailed posts about legendborn with a lot of spoilers for both the books, so if you haven't read the books yet i would advise you to to not look too closely or you will be spoiled. stay spoiler-free everyone!!

age: 18 (doesn't give you permission to be weird) sexuality: bisexual pronouns: she/her favorite colors: red, black, purple favorite flower: roses my hobbies: reading books, listening to music, reading books while listening to music, learning new stuff because of the aforementioned books, obsessing over fictional characters, cooking, dancing, stargazing at night by sneaking out at 3 am because my parents don't allow me to go at night as i will "catch a cold", slaying my enemies in a brutal show of blood and glory, coding.

fandoms i'm part of: the legendborn cycle, percy jackson, shatter me series, artemis fowl series, lord of the rings, the inheritance games, folk of the air series, sea of ink and gold series, six of crows, a good girl's guide to murder, divergent chronicles, the secrets of immortal nicholas flamel series, harry potter series, fantastic beasts and where to find them, twilight, the mysterious benedict society, married to magic series, miss peregrine's home for peculiar children, the gilded wolves series, royal secrets series, royal secrets series, the splintered series and more

fictional characters i would sell my soul to at a discount the discount being free because i would never make them pay: briana matthews, selwyn emyrs kane, alice chen, juliette ferrars, aaron warner, nazeera ibrahim, kenji kishimoto, jude duarte, cardan greenbriar, inej ghafa, kaz brekker, avery kylie grambs, alexander hawthorne, jest, artemis fowl, holly black, hermione granger, ginny weasley, credric diggory, newt scamander, rosalie cullen, noor pradesh, jacob portman, josh newman, sophie newman, pip fitz-amobi, ravi singh and probably more but you get the point

things i absolutely adore: people becoming so excited when they talk about their favorite things, loving the absolute shit outta my friends, cooking anything and everything for those i love, listening to our shared playlist and explaining in great detail which part of the song is your favorite things i absolutely hate: anyone's opinions that disrespect someone's existence, identity, or interests, people forcing their beliefs and ideals over me, sexist and homophobic jokes in the name of "dark humor", people shitting on my fav book series after they dropped them halfway through, people who listen to jojo siwa

this is a blog for the legendborn cycle, i hope you enjoy your stay here!! i usually post theories or headcanons about the characters, and a few case studies too, all in all you will find a lot of posts about legendborn so here's a masterlist more for my preference than anyone else which i will keep updating time to time;

fanarts and fanfics by me; -a small fanart for our king; {fanart of briana matthews} -“But when your entire world is shattering, a little bit of magic is . . . nothing.” {fanart of briana matthews} -"Show me what you got, mystery girl" {fanfic of brelwyn}

masterlist; -how do the legendborn highschoolers look like while studying -theory/analysis of bree's powers and emotional connection -found family in bloodmarked -my theory to why merlin's succumb to their blood -why do i think bree did not cheat on nick -me crying over faye's speech for bree -my expectations for oathbound -my love for sarah griffiths -questions about silver wall because why not -cestra vs tor analysis because i hate them both -how i imagine they all sound like -bloodmarked hot take -bloodmarked hotter take -shipwars in fandom when there are like 10 of us -my breesel specific playlist -an unnecessarily funny selwyn appreciation post chain -theories about ava and bree -my best friend that i added into our cult fandom -my addition to the theory of consent and root transfer -can merlins build objects other than weapons, like planes?? -theories about rootcraft in oathbound -is sel jealous of valec?? spoiler: he is fumingly jealous -an angry rant about the real motives for spell of eternity -some theories about selwyn and merlins in oathbound -what drinks do the legendborn drink: headcanons -what am i looking forward to in oathbound -detailed blog discussion "is selbree endgame?? with proofs" -sel vs. lark: who would win?? -a rootcrafter merlin?? what could this mean -theory discussion of kingsmage's oath prying your third eye open with a crowbar -what each briana x selwyn shipname makes me feel like -morgaine and a rootcrafter having a child?? not entirely impossible -my fav animal is when: legendborn edition -thoughts and opinions on bree's birthday gifts!!!! -the ultimate brelwyn post for anyone who is confused on what they are -my oathbound dream + my subconscious brain's predictions -my speculations on how bree's purple power would be -where is bree in the oathbound excerpt: a half discussion no concrete conclusion

-everybody theorising and coping with how would the legendborn cycle end -cute/random legendborn headcanons because we need some coping -holy grail and it's possible appearance in the legendborn lore -my favorite scene/sequence of brelwyn from both the books

feel free to send me asks about anything legendborn-related, and if you just wanna talk we can talk on my sideblog @squirrel-in-the-woods ‹𝟹

random facts about myself because this is my blog anyways: ♡ when i was 8 my pinky finger was unfortunately cut a third, like the tip of it yk, by a door that slammed really fast because of a storm at that time, and my cut off finger was joined by inserting a rod in it. the rod is taken out but now i have a funny pinky finger that does not bend. ♡ i am multilingual, aka i can speak marathi, hindi, english, spanish (i cant get the accent right but rest is okay) and korean (beginner level, just enough that i can understand kdramas mostly without subtitles). ♡ i have a fear of heights despite that i am unusually interested in roller coasters and bungee jumping, however my parents refuse to take me to any of these because i will "fall". ♡ my mother is scared shitless of water, so i once made a joke of how i would love to drown in the ocean and was immediately enrolled in a swimming class and that is how my dreams of dying among the phytoplankton and starfishes were destroyed. ♡ i love all types of fruits but banana tastes boring to me now and i also do not like watermelon for some reason. mango, kiwis, muskmelon, apples, oranges, and pineapple are my absolute fav. ♡ i used to have waist-length hair, very wavy and very thick, it was gorgeous but i hated having to maintain that so i cut it off and got a boycut. after that it has grown to a small dora the explorer length hair and it makes me look really innocent so i like this look.

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༊*·˚hope your day is as pretty as your smile ;)

[whenicarusflies]

hey if anyone wants to be friends with a socially awkward, self diagnosed autistic, aroace person who loves thg, Merlin, bbc Sherlock, Percy Jackson and is part way through watching doctor who, message me :)

[kelly-thesecond]

Merthur concept for all of you:

Spell gone wrong (of course), wich seperates Merlin into 2 people:

Emyrs: That has magic, and is all Merlin wishes he could express freely. Who's just a free spirit (hell I even imagined him flying around everywhere Jack Frost Style). He's flirty, careless, fun and deadly powerful.

And Merlin: who's human, and is all that he shows from the outside. He's responsible, reserved, polite, careful, dedicated and cynical.

And then theres Arthur who meets the two and has to understand that Merlin is Emrys and Emrys is Merlin.

Basically the Merlin he cares about is not the same without his magic, and for him to have him back Emrys needs to be a part of his life.

Then you know, Merlin comes back to normal and Merthur is a thing dhdhdj

Be welcome to add things or share ideas!!