#merlin week 2022

[twistedshipper]

In a land of myth, and a time of magic... the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy. His name... Merlin.

[mergwenthurweek]

Thank you to everyone who participated in the inaugural Mergwenthur Week, whether you created content or just engaged with it.  You can browse all the submissions for this fest under the cut, and check out the AO3 collection here!

Fanfiction

@princess-of-the-worlds

in the deep green of forest (on the side of a hill)

in a field of dandelions

@burglarhobbit

when it was easy to say (in praise of you)

@flight-of-fantasy

When Dragons Call

Heart & Soul

@toshsato

The stakes are high, the water's rough (but this love is ours)

@0hheytherebigbadwolf

With Friends Like These...

As Vine to Elm

@sauraunderscore

The Message

@mayapleiades

Love Languages

ART

@sadexcitedcorvid-art

le morte d’arthur

running away

a servant of two masters

eavesdropping

long live the queen

us and only us

@cawsceries

Day One

@tifacart

Magic

Love Languages

Role Reversal

Flowers

Feast

@flight-of-fantasy

Role Reversal

[princess-of-the-worlds]

Title: in a field of dandelions

Link: here

Ship: Merlin/Gwen/Arthur Pendragon

Rating: T

Warnings: None

Major Tags: Canon Rewrite, Fairy Tale Elements, Fairy Tale Curses, Love Potion/Spell, Episode: s02e10 Sweet Dreams, Gwen Has Magic (Merlin), BAMF Gwen (Merlin), Tournaments, Dandelions, Secret Relationship, Merlin's Magic Revealed (Merlin), Running Away, Song: Dandelions (Ruth B.)

Summary: At birth, Arthur was cursed to wear his heart outside his chest — subject to a prophecy that his heart that will split in two if he ever falls in love — and at twenty-four, Arthur remains alive but incredibly lonely. 

But when he collides into Gwen, a mage who wants to be the best designer in all of Albion, and Merlin, the most powerful warlock to ever walk the earth, all three of them become intimately connected in a way that threatens to split Arthur’s heart in half

Word Count: 20,109

for @mergwenthurweek 

[emrysxdragon]

Chapters: 1/7 Fandom: Merlin (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Merlin & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Percival (Merlin), Lancelot (Merlin), Elyan (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin) Additional Tags: Angst, BAMF Merlin (Merlin), Merlin's Magic Revealed (Merlin), POV Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), POV Merlin (Merlin), Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), will add morde tags as the fic grows, i am so bad at tagging fml, Merthur Week 2022 Summary:

merthur fanfiction for merthurweek 2022

Day one posted! After Merlin's magic- among other things as well- is revealed to Arthur, the young King banishes his friend from his Kingdom. But soon, Arthur realizes just how much he needs Merlin by his side. On patrol Arthur and his Knights get attacked by soldiers from Morgana's army and when Arthur gets badly wounded, there is only one person that could save them.  

Chapter One: “this will be the last time you lie to me.” Chapter Two: “you can cut me, bruise me and skin me alive, but you will not take him from me." Chapter Three: “what did you want once this was all over? tell me!” Chapter Four:  “this was always how it was going to end.” Chapter Five: the most dangerous human being is the one who’s in love Chapter Six: “you’re in love with him” Chapter Seven: finale’s 10th anniversary - free day! make us cry, please

[toshsato]

The stakes are high, the water's rough (but this love is ours)

Words: 2.6k

Relationship: Gwen/Merlin/Arthur Pendragon

Rated: T

No Archive Warnings Apply

Important tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode: s03e10 Queen of Hearts, Polyamory, Mutual Pining, Weddings, Fluff and Angst

Summary: Arthur Pendragon takes Guinevere and Merlin with him, fleeing Camelot. Merlin isn't sure how this fits in with his destiny, but he knows he can't leave them.

Link!

For Day 3 of @mergwenthurweek: Running Away, and Queen of Hearts

[ink-through-her-veins]

Day 2 , chapter 2 of Merthur Week 2022 “you can cut me, bruise me and skin me alive, but you will not take him from me." + bamf!merlin

[nicolasnelson]

MERTHUR WEEK 2022 | sweetest merthur scene + red

Merlin! Where have you been?

[highlynerdy]

"Aithusa has seen her father's mate in his memories and smelled him on her father's skin when he comes to visit, but this is the first time she gets to meet him for herself."

Nepenthe and Lavender by @0hheytherebigbadwolf

My latest fanARTifact is an entirely handlettered, handbound, and illustrated book of this beautifully fluffy fic (and it has actually been in various states of progress since March 1, 2021.) More below the cut!

So as I said above, I actually started planning this fic over two years ago. Which, yeah, I don't really want to talk about because adhd is a hell of a thing. I love love love this fic (and this entire series) and I was inspired by The Black Hours and other gorgeous manuscripts with metallic on black paper.

I ordered some black paper from Canson for the text block, used Arabic gold finetec paint mixed with water and gum arabic as my ink (I used three pans of the gold paint...), and a Nikko G nib with a straight pen holder for the calligraphy. I really wanted to use one of my broad tip nibs, but I just couldn't my Uncial letters small enough with it. I used Uncial since that was technically the alphabet/font they used in the Arthurian time period.

The paper was cut down and folded into signatures of three and then I drew out light pencil lines for the text and for the margins. Every single letter was done sooooo slooowwllly because if I messed up on one page there was no way to erase it, which meant I would have to do basically four pages worth of lettering again since they were all connected.

And I did mess up.

More than once.

I think the most heartbreaking mistake was at the very end when I was trying to erase my pencil lines and I just ripped a page completely in half. The tears were real, folks.

Once I finished lettering - which took hours and hours and hours over many weeks - it was time to assemble the text block and sew it. I used gold silk thread I had leftover from Arthur's scarf (which is also used as the backdrop for the photo shoot) to sew the block together and I love how it gives just another little peek of gold to the book.

I painted the end papers in a vaguely floral pattern with the same gold and also some silver finetec paint, glued them all together and put them in my book press and then promptly didn't work on it again from October 2022 to July 2023. Sigh.

But once I committed to getting it done, I asked @swanfloatieknight to help be my accountabilibuddy and make sure I finished it this week. I tested out so many different cover designs, from fabric and thread, to paper, to finally settling on this all over design done by my cricut. Historically accurate?? Nah. I'm about as historically accurate as BBC Merlin.

I tried my hand at gold foiling and that was a disaster so I just used a gold silk ribbon to give the color a little bit more color. Once it was bound, I painted in a triskelion and Aithusa on a double page spread I left intentionally blank.

And it was finally done!

All in all, I'm pleased with how it turned out. Was it an exercise in patience? Yes. Did I learn a lot? Also yes. Mostly that handlettering an entire fic is madness and also this is far too small to case bind, but I'm a stubborn ass and it was happening regardless.

All total, I probably worked on this for about 50+ hours. It was most definitely a labor of love and I'm so happy that it's finally done.

Thank you for inspiring me to take on such a project by writing such wonderful fics, @0hheytherebigbadwolf! And thank you for everyone who reads these long fanARTifact posts. 💛

[medievalandfantasymelee]

My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are now preparing for the second round of contest in the Queen of Love and Beauty mini-tournament.

This round will consist of 6 polls of 6 contestants each, with the three contestants with the most votes on each poll advancing to the next Round. Two polls will be posted per day beginning on Sunday October 27, with each poll lasting one week.

In this round we will be accepting and circulating propaganda for the candidates. Propaganda will not be posted on the polls themselves but will be circulated prior to and during the competition.

The following is a list of our remaining candidates:

Æthelflæd of Mercia [Millie Brady], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022)

Aliena [Hayley Atwell], The Pillars of the Earth (2010)

Anne Boleyn [Genevieve Bujold], Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

Arwen Undomiel [Liv Tyler], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Aykız Hatun [Hande Subaşı], Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014-2019)

Princess Buttercup [Robin Wright], The Princess Bride (1987)

Brienne of Tarth [Gwendoline Christie], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Danielle de Barbarac [Drew Barrymore], Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

Eleanore of Aquitaine [Katharine Hepburn], The Lion in Winter (1968)

Elizabeth Woodville [Rebecca Ferguson], The White Queen (2013)

Éowyn of Rohan [Miranda Otto], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Galadriel of Lothlórien [Cate Blanchett], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Giulia Farnese [Lotte Verbeek], The Borgias (2011-2013)

Guinevere [Angel Coulby], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012)

Princess Gwendolyn [Angela Lansbury], The Court Jester (1955)

Isabeau of Anjou [Michelle Pfeiffer], Ladyhawke (1985)

Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia [Karen David], Galavant (2015-2016)

Jade Claymore [Erin Kellyman], Willow (2022)

Maid Jean [Glynis Johns], The Court Jester (1955)

Jiang Yanli [Xuan Lu], The Untamed (2019)

Kate [Laura Fraser], A Knight’s Tale (2001)

Lagertha [Katheryn Winnick], Vikings (2013-2020)

Princess Lili [Mia Sara], Legend (1985)

Lucrezia Borgia [Holliday Grainger], The Borgias (2011-2013)

Queen Lucy the Valiant [Rachael Henley], The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010)

Queen Madelena [Mallory Jansen], Galavant (2015-2016)

Margaery Tyrell [Natalie Dormer], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Margaret of Anjou [Sophie Okonedo], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016)

Lady Marian Fitzwalter [Olivia de Havilland], The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Lady Marion of Leaford [Judi Trott], Robin of Sherwood (1984-1986)

Morgana Pendragon [Katie McGrath], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012)

Mu Nihuang [Liu Tao], Nirvana in Fire (2015-2018)

Padmavati [Deepika Padukone], Padmaavat (2018)

Rebecca of York [Olivia Hussey], Ivanhoe (1982)

Sansa Stark [Sophie Turner], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Sibylla of Jerusalem [Eva Green], Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

[aithusar]

I’m glad you’re here, Merlin 

MERTHUR WEEK 2022

↳ Day 4: Soulmates + green (insp.) 

[eddiediaaz]

MERTHUR WEEK 2022 | day 7: free choice ↳ merlin and arthur through the years [insp] 🎁 for my dear friend: the amazing ashley ☀️ aka @bellamyblakru 💖

[twistedshipper]

it's my cross to bear / and i bear it gladly / someone has to take a stand against evil / why should it not be me?

[mergwenthurweek]

Feedback on Mergwenthur Week 2022

Hello, hello! We the mods know that Mergwenthur Week 2022 was quite a while back, but as announced previously, we are planning Mergwenthur Week 2023 for soon and are hoping to make this year's week even better. And for that, we want your feedback!

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[princess-of-the-worlds]

Title: in the deep green of forest (on the side of a hill)

Link: here

Ship: Merlin/Gwen/Arthur Pendragon

Rating: T

Warnings: None

Major Tags: 3 + 1, Season/Series 04, Post-Season/Series 05, Post-Canon, Modern Era, Resurrection, Polyamory, Found Family, Picnics, Weddings

Summary: The three times Merlin, Gwen, and Arthur had a picnic as an outing, and the one time they didn’t.

Word Count: 2,709

for Day 1 of @mergwenthurweek: Picnics

[earlgreyinpajamas]

Any more love spell or fake dating fic recs for merthur? :)

love spell

Kiss Me Now (Kiss Me Forever) by pendragonally (@pendragon-ally)

When is a love spell not a love spell? When it’s just Arthur trying (and failing) to express his feelings— not that Merlin knows this, of course. Figuring it out leads to more than one revelation.

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technically not a love spell fic, but also,, like merlin i was also firmly on the oh yeah he's enchanted camp dhfadjlhk so im counting it

2. Book Of Love by messandahalf (@messandahalf10)

Arthur has just lifted the ban on magic, and despite having Merlin around to answer his questions, he decides to try to do some research on his own. Books on magic are scarce in the castle, so he digs around in the library alone one night. What he ends up reading has some… interesting consequences.

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love spell makes arthur obsess over his true love. hmmm wonder who that is

3. Call It True Love by orphan_account

Arthur falls under the effects of a love potion. Merlin has a headache.

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adfhjkhfd poor lancelot

fake relationship

I Want Love, I Want Us, I Want Peace by InkThroughHerVeins (@ink-through-her-veins)

The Queens of Albion throw a ball every year for noble families to introduce their eligible sons and daughters. Except Camelot doesn’t officially have a queen. So, Arthur makes Merlin help with the planning.

Written for Merthur Week 2022. Each chapter uses one day’s prompts.

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merlin being queen before even being queen!!!

2. For You, For Me by Camelots_Daffodil (@camelots-daffodil)

Merlin and Arthur are taken captive by a slaver with slightly deranged tendencies, and in order to save Merlin's life, Arthur claims that he is his consort. Their captor decides he wants to test the strength of Arthur's love for his supposed consort.

Written for Merlin Bingo 2022: Misunderstandings

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fake relationship for a cause!!

3. Charting Stars On A Stained Glass Ceiling by mornmeril (@mornmeril)

Merlin leads a relatively content life - or as content as is possible under the rule of a magic-hating King. When the arrogant son of said magic-hating King starts becoming a regular at his coffee shop, Merlin is a little puzzled. When said Prince prat then proceeds to ingest a love potion on Merlin's watch that results in him having to move into the Royal Palace as Prince Arthur's (fake) boyfriend, Merlin wonders which deity he has angered. Things only get more complicated from there.

“Welcome to The Drip and Grind, what can I get for you?" “The same thing I always have,” Prince Arthur says, sounding vaguely disdainful and unbearably posh. “One would think you’d remember my order by now." Merlin scowls. He remembers His Haughtiness’ order perfectly well, but sees no reason to inflate an already unbearably large ego. “You’re not my only customer,” Merlin keeps his voice coolly polite; barely. “You realise that’s not the proper way to address me?” And is that a smirk at the corner of the stupid prat’s, stupidly gorgeous mouth? “Apologies, your High-and-Mightiness. Now do you think you can tell me your order or must I divine it from my crystal ball?”

~~~

excellent, spectacular, life changing, loml

[themerlinlibrary]

Favourites Friday (Jan 2024) – Hero/Villain AU

TML Favourites Friday round-up! January 2024 round 2

What is Favourites Friday? – The Basics

a different theme is announced on Friday each week; FF recs must match the theme of the week

only one FF rec per person per week/theme

FF recs must be unique within that week/theme; no double-posting the same fic for one theme!

no self-recs during regular rounds

only self-recs during self-rec rounds (last Friday of each month)

Theme for week 2: Hero/Villain AU!

Evil Overlord, Inc by Footloose and Mushroomtale M, 138k, Merlin/Arthur  Modern with Magic

To Be a Hero by fancyh M, 78k, Merlin/Arthur Modern with Magic

My Hero in the Dark by chaosgenes E, 1.2k, Merlin/Arthur Modern with Magic

One Moment More by beccadearie T, 9k, Merlin/Arthur Modern AU

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Emrysman by Mischel T, 19k, Merlin/Arthur Canon Era

it goes to show you never can tell by eat_crow T, 5.6k, Merlin/Arthur Modern AU

A masterlist of these round-ups [2024 and onwards] can be found here. [A masterlist of the round-ups from 2022–2024 can be found here.]

If you want to make sure you never miss a FF rec, or would like to participate and share your own favourites; join us on the Discord TheMerlinLibrary! Happy reading!

About the FF round-up lists:

Recs are listed in the order they were posted on the Discord; the order does not imply any sort of ranking.

The pairing given in this list is the main pairing of each respective fic – please read the tags for any possible minor or side-pairings, as well as any potential warnings or triggers.

Pairings and Eras are given as tagged in each respective fic. (?) signifies that the tags were unclear and I do not know enough about the fic to fill the gaps.

Round-ups are compiled on the weekend of the week after the respective theme of the post (when the new theme has already been anounced), to avoid omitting potentially belated FF recs.

The weekly round-up is not a guarantee! I'm running this alone, so it can only be posted for weeks when I have enough time on my hands to compile a list. If you'd like to help out, feel free to contact me on Tumblr ( @zaharya ) or Discord. Thanks to @ravenwilds for helping me out with these round-ups, and to Chel for making a whole-ass bot to make it easier!