#merlin is a bamf

[ollyrewind]

Look at him. I would die for him. I would kill for him.

Either way — what bliss.

[merlinmylove]

Merlin, who is so powerful he doesn’t need spells because his magic is instinctual

Merlin, who’s slowly been learning spells from Guius’ book but he finds them difficult and unnecessarily complicated (so he ignores it)

Merlin, who mostly just says what he wants to do and the magic within him lets it happen

Merlin, who ends up writing his own spells in the moment because he’s channeling the magic of the earth in his hands

Merlin, who is the most powerful sorcerer in the world, son of the sky and the sea, the last dragon lord, and a mamas boy

“how did you do that? what spell did you use!”

“idk man, i just wanted the mountain to move so it did”

[cadvix]

Day 13 (officially day 15): Grimoire

This is a bit rushed, cause I am severely lacking in time right now, but whatever. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Also if I’m not replying to comments, my apologies. I’ve tried, but it doesn’t seem to work a lot of the time. I’ll reply as soon as it works again.

[merrilinie]

Typical trope of the woman being better at archery than the man but the woman is Merlin and the man is Arthur (and the Knights).

It’s probably a bet or Gwaine trying to flirt with Merlin, or maybe Leon worries about his safety to the point he makes him, but one of the Knights offer to teach Merlin to shoot. They figure he’ll be safe as you normally need some distance to shoot and doesn’t require too much strength. (in the instance of Knights, they tend to not realise that a bow string is very taught and hard to pull if you want to shoot well as they are already sturdy in muscle.)

Gwaine goes to hold onto Merlin’s me show him a proper form but Merlin just scoffs and shoos him away.

Arthur finds it hilarious that Merlin is so confident as he thinks it will be funny to watch him embarrass himself, until he watched Merlin pull the bow with more ease than even the most trained archer.

Cue them watching Merlin shoot every target with as close to perfection as one can get (without controlling the wind).

Putting the bow down and blushing despite his prideful grin, Merlin just shrugs at them as if he didn’t just blow all their minds, “We had survive somehow in the village.”

Gwaine cackles with glee while Leon debates for illy picking up Arthur’s jaw.

[justaz]

arthur and the knights getting cursed so they can’t hold a weapon, fight, and can barely walk. clumsy x1000 blast. the cure is idk somewhere in the woods or with the druids or something idk idk don’t ask me. anyways they get ambushed and arthur and the knights cant fight so merlin is like “damn it” and pushes them all back and looks at arthur and is like

merlin: you can’t fight so i’m going to fight them.

arthur, stumbling over his own two feet even while merlin is pushing him up against a tree: you can’t fight

merlin: i can. i’m going to. what i need you to do is wait, alright? you’re going to be mad, i get that, but that’s going to have to wait until later. can you do that?

arthur: you can’t fight, merlin.

merlin, rolling his eyes: will you just listen to me for once? be mad later. appreciate that i’m saving your life right now.

merlin, leaving arthur to fall flat on his face, muttering under his breath: like always

and then woosh merlin saves their lives and is a bad ass sorcerer yippee gwaine is very turned on and so is arthur but he’s also definitely pissed while lancelot is so proud of his bestie (and a little turned on)

[takingasterix]

Queen Guinevere's guard dog (AKA the Court Sorcerer of Camelot)

quick little thing because i got bored and LOVE this concept

[silverameco]

so basically by the end of the series Merlin is the king's personal servant, a skilled physician, is actually quite good with a sword, has three aliases (emrys, dragoon, the dolma), is the last dragonlord, AND the most powerful sorcerer ever. no wonder the man is tired.

[merlinemrys]

it always gets to me how powerful merlin is because if nimueh, one of the last high priestesses of the old religion, has to say a spell aloud to just unlock a door while merlin in the first five minutes just stops TIME for funsies then it's honestly a miracle that the whole of camelot doesn't just blow up if merlin sneezes too hard

[starrieisdelusional]

more merlin with weapons cause i can’t stop being delusional

him with a sword <3

merlin in chainmail is so chef’s kiss <3

he will not hesitate to kill

[mythmerth]

it’s a petty complaint but you know what pisses me off a lil bit? when there’s no reason for merlin to not be BAMF and he still isn’t. it feels almost forced sometimes like they have to tone him down to make the plot work, cause just on his own and with a liiTtle bit of guidance and freedom with it, Merlin is absolutely BAMF. that man messes with the laws of the universe like it’s another Tuesday and u want me to believe he can’t get out of the way/put up a shield for an expected and clear attack even after he’s been trained in magic AND allowed to use it openly in this circumstance? hmm.., like ok… sure …,,

[goth-emrys]

The scene where merlin uses magic against agravaine always gives me chills-

[futurepastme]

At King Emry's court:

"Let me…" "No." Merlin interrupted him before he could even start, there was no way he would let Arthur decide his own father's fate if it ever came down to it. Arthur frowned a little, ready to complain, before remembering himself. "You speak of justice…" "I never said anything about justice." Arthur frowned when Merlin interrupted again. "I've given your father three options. I offered him peace, I offered him ignorance and I offered him war; the only thing I did after that was make him aware that actions have consequences. This is what this is about; not revenge, not justice, but simple cause and effect."

So, I am having fun making Merlin a King. Bonus follow up:

"Honestly, Uther, the fact that you still think you have any say in my court baffles me. You entered here spitting rage and making demands like some kind of entitled child, why you would think I would let you make any decision about anything after that makes me severely concerned for your kingdom, and that's coming from someone who's been living there." Uther spluttered. "Arthur is choosing because the argument was his, because he seems to have his bearings and, honestly? Because he's more likable than you." Uther's mouth opened slightly and Merlin noticed a small smile creeping up Arthur's mouth.

Should I post the whole scene? it's about 3k words long

EDIT: I'll post the rest but I need to finish the scene first, I was procastinating so... yeah

EDIT2: Here! I've done it! Took me longer than I tought but there's the full scene. Enjoy.

[merlinmylove]

I really wanted to see Merlin use his magic to fight like this, visually and emotionally

Casually flinging as assassin away

merlin walking by a would-be-assassin and not even blinking as he throws a curse at them. he’s got laundry to do

Protecting Camelot

using his magic to build barriers around the citadel, animating the empty suits of armour and gargoyles to fight and protect against enemies

Arthur (almost) dies (merlin saves him)

arthur is struck by a sword and merlin is so distraught he screams into the world and the magic within him overflows — arthur wakes up unharmed surrounded by a dead army

Bamf Merlin is all I want

those broad shoulders and strong arms carry such a heavy burden and i want to see him break down (at least for a little bit)

[sherlockruiningmylife]

I want more chaotic, irritating, casual magic from merlin.

Like someone points a sword at him and he just flashes his eyes and the sword has been turned to an angry snake. When they give him a baffled look he shrugs and walks away.

Or someone is trying to put poison into Arthur's drink but when they go to pour it, a steam of salt comes out of the bottle. Merlin looks over their shoulder and says, "something tells me that won't taste very good". The person runs away when Merlin flashes his eyes.

Maybe when he's cornered in a cave, he'll just amplify all the sounds, so a mouse squeaks and it sounds like a great beast. The men who cornered merlin look around and then flee when they hear it again. Merlin smiles and bends down to pick up the little mouse as it scurries by. He gives it a small piece of bread in thanks.

[littlelostbirdy]

Does anyone have any fic recs where some idiot (malicious) mistakes gauis as emrys (how else could he have survived uthers reign so long, he's clearly got a soft spot for the prince-now-king) and merlin goes Off like just, fuck-you-that's-my-grandpa-dad-figure-I'll-show-you-who-emrys-is kinda powerful??

Bonus points if he finds out by the idiot (malicious) going after Arthur and saying "now that I've got emrys out of the way this should be easy" blah blah blah outing that he thinks it was Gaius and so merlin doesn't even know if he's alive or if it's already too late (happy endings please!!)

[justaz]

considering how old this fandom is and how often merlin is referred to as the son of the earth in so many fics, this has probably been said but imma say it again.

merlin who is magic incarnate, the embodiment of the force that is nature. he is life, he is death, he is water, he is fire, he is earth, he is air, he is violence, he is mercy, he is nature, he is magic. he is the son of the earth, of the wind, of the sea, and of the flames.

his mother, a mortal woman who toils in the fields, her hands worn and rough from decades of physical labor, where dirt lives under her nails. a woman who is well-built, who has grown large muscles from multiple trips from the well and the creek back to her garden where she pours the glistening water onto the earth to water the crops, to nourish them and help them flourish. someone who grows food for her village, who grows herbs for healing as she learned from gaius, who houses and feeds those who come knocking on her door begging for aid. life, creation, and mercy.

his father, a dragonlord who embodies the soul of the great beasts who rule the skies, a soul that hoards dragonfire to keep him alive, to give him power, to make him more than others. a man who is a tiny speck in comparison to the giant creatures but whose voice commands them, who makes them kneel before him with a single utterance. a man who rides on the back of such vicious creatures, who rules those which rule the skies, a man who is king of the beasts of the sky. someone who rides or commands the dragons in war, to burn, to ravage, to destroy that which is in their way. someone who has grown bitter over the years and was prepared to let a dragon burn and ravage yet another city, a citadel full of innocents. death, destruction, and violence.

his mother who embodies the earth and water, the sources of life, and his father who embodies the sky and fire, elements which bring death and destruction, bringing merlin, magic incarnate, to the world. the embodiment of his parents, of life and death, of earth and water, of fire and air, of magic and mortal.