#merlin x arthur x gwen

[acertifiedwitch]

My favorite relationship dynamic is a healthy straight couple befriending a dark haired fella and then proceeding to accidentally create the most powerful queer polycule in existence

[chronicowboy]

devastated myself with thoughts of arthur, gwen and merlin raising a little girl as heir to the throne. you know gwen would be so excited when she met her, and she'd be such a good mother i literally can't think about it too much or i'll die but she'd teach her how to be kind and compassionate but never ever take anyone's shit. and arthur. well arthur's scared at first because he doesn't really get girls (or that's what he hides behind when actually he's just terrified he doesn't know how to be a father) like morgana could swordfight but she was still what he considered "girly", so what does that mean? but he loves her desperately, she's his pride and joy, so of course he gets the blacksmith to make her a little sword for her tiny hands and starts teaching her how to fight. maybe it ends in silly games half the time because she's just a kid and arthur never really got to be one but it's fun and it's perfect and it's happy. merlin watches from the sidelines fond and proud and so full of love he can barely breathe with it. when she gets a little older arthur starts letting her train with the knights so she can learn different fighting styles and they all let her win when she starts looking tired and they die very dramatic deaths just to make her giggle. and merlin. merlin would quite literally make mountains fall to make that little girl happy. he performs every trick she asks and takes her to meet aithusa at least once a week and maybe even teaches her a spell or two. and arthur watches this from the sidelines so fond and proud and full of love that he aches and he wonders how he ever thought this was evil - how he ever thought merlin wasn't this man who would conjure butterflies with the snap of his fingers just to see a little girl smile. and do you see it? how the power throuple of camelot becomes The parenting unit of all time?

[jakeonao3]

Heald hine fæst and hæl

mergwenthur, 2.2k words, WIP

After he got his magic back, Merlin goes to Camlann to save Arthur, who's already been struck by Mordred's blade. Since there's nothing else he can do, Merlin takes the wound for himself.

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Additional Tags: Battle of Camlann, Post-Battle of Camlann, Near Death Experiences, Immortal Merlin, Merlin is Emrys, BAMF Merlin, Canonical Character Death - Mordred, Merlin Loves Gwen Pendragon, Merlin Loves Arthur Pendragon, Merlin's Magic Revealed, Arthur Pendragon Finds Out About Merlin's Magic, Gwen Knows About Merlin's Magic, kind of, Everyone Finds Out About Merlin's Magic, Married Gwen/Arthur Pendragon, Sharing a Bed, Caring Merlin, Forehead Kisses, First Kiss, Kissing, Neck Kissing, Biting

[akelafang]

If I had a nickel for every time I shipped a ruler, his servant/slave, and his wife together where the ruler has a deep trust in his servant/slave that others don't understand, goes to him for advice, allows him far more liberties than anyone else would give their servants/slaves, and has an intense desire to get him back after he goes missing, the servant/slave all but turns his back on his people in favor of the ruler, seems to have a crisis every other episode and has a glow up in later seasons, and the wife is being a beautiful badass with primary possession of the braincell

This is my way of saying I started watching Vikings, ship Ragnar/Athelstan/Lagertha hard, and noticed a few parallels between them and Arthur/Merlin/Gwen. They're very different characters but something in their dynamic just feels so similar. I don't know, could be just me

[bestpolyshipbracket]

Best Polyamorous Ship Round 4

[theroundbartable]

Chapter 4/? Dragoon's idenitity is revealed

[brainrotallthewaydown1312]

I am beyond too tired to write a fic right now but I've just had a great idea.

ot3 of your choice, equally gone for each other and thoroughly stupid about it. all three of them have independently seen the others very obvious feelings for each other and had their own moments of realizing their feelings for both of the others. they are convinced that they have already lost the triangle even though no one has said anything and no one is officially in a romantic relationship. and so to cope they have all started comiserating with the other two. they'll when they are alone with one they will talk about their attraction to the one not there and they will tease each other and share knowing looks about the crushes and stuff. this goes on for a long time, they are all unknowingly doing this in every direction.

and then character a breaks. they are overwhelmed by the feeling of keeping up a triangle that feels like a farce they have already lost. so they try to sit the other two down and tell them they both have romantic feelings for each other. and both of them have the same look of confusion and then try to correct a at the same time. and then they are all confused. and then when it slides together, they all sit for a moment, unsure what to do. character b is the one to break the silence.

"who has to choose then?" and they all know that they cant. they love each other too much and they couldn't let either of the others be hurt.

c: "why do we have to?"

b: "that's how these always work isn't it? someone chooses."

a: "it should be you two. you should be together. i was already ready to lose here"

c: "no. none of us have to lose here. we all love each other. and we all have the same feelings. why should we choose?"

b: looks at both of them in turn. "okay. I choose us."

and then fluffy fic ending of your choice (or spicy ending. I'm not going to tell you what to do. I'm not your mom)

[jackedjacket]

Everyone talks about Merlin x Arthur vs Arthur x Gwen, but no one is talking about Merlin x Arthur x Gwen and the incredible interactions that would come from that

Merlin: when Arthur kisses you, does he do that thing with his tongue?

Arthur: ???

Gwen: yes! he does do the thing!

Arthur: thing? what thing? I don't do a thing!

Merlin: yes you do

Gwen: you do and it's cute

Arthur: I don't...what...

[adageyer]

ethically sourced from tumblr

[starchaser45]

The pendragon siblings are so fruity I can't with them Arthur offers to compete in a death match instead of Merlin and Morgana going to basically reveal herself to Gwen to give her a chance to survive by her side in one episode COME ON YOU GUYS ARE GAAAYYYYYY!!!!

[thefirstwormonyourcorpse]

"his life is worth a thousand of mine" sounds like a line from a tragic romance, classic novel that puts others like it to shame.

and yet, it is literally from bbc merlin, a show about a magic servant that tries to sacrifice himself for the life of his prince everyday.

but tbh, king arthur and merlin are a tale of tragic romance and a classic novel.

[justaz]

merthur marriage of convenience. arthur is complaining that his council is on his ass about marrying and siring an heir and they keep trying to arrange marriages but arthur doesn't fucking want any of them. merlin knows that arthur would like to marry someone he loves but he also knows that arthur has shown no interest in like anyone except when he was enchanted so like...who tf is he gonna marry? he needs to marry someone to get the council off his ass so he's just like "why not marry a friend? ik it wouldn't be a marriage of love but at least you'd have some control and choice in this." and arthur is like "hm. but who tho?"

anyways they make a list of everyone they know who can bear children (bc arthur will need an heir eventually). then they narrow it down, crossing off names like gwen bc she is happily married to lancelot and in a loving relationship with morgana (she has two hands and i love morgwencelot) and morgana (she's literally arthur's sister but they were just putting every name they could think of down first) and elyan (he may be able to bear children but they know he wouldn't be happy going through it bc of medieval dysphoria). eventually it's down to two names, mithian and merlin and arthur looks at merlin's name then up at him and is like "you're literally a trained physician so you should know this but you were literally born a man...how tf are you gonna bear children?" and my beloved genderfluid magic incarnate emrys just shifts her form to female and is like "don't be an idiot. anyways, mithian or me?"

dumb idiot whipped and in love arthur is like "you" and dumb idiot whipped and in love merlin is like "bet". anyways they marry but they're very insistent it's just as friends. lol they have to consummate the marriage the losers. they insist they did that as friends too. the entire round table has way too much fun with this. anyways they remain married "as friends" as they slowly morph into a very loving and touchy relationship "as friends" until they're like casually kissing as greetings and farewells and have that moment of "oh shit we're like actually married and in love" bc they're stupid dumb idiots.

anyways they unite albion and are recognized as high king arthur and high queen merlin and finally have an heir - the high prince/princess whatever you prefer. uhhhh anyways merthur happy ending bc i'm a sucker for it.

[hedgiestail]

Day 4:

Tell me, what is it you are yearning for?

Because we need more pain of course 💦

[tiredcowboyy]

fond looks arthur gives merlin that if I was gwen and I saw them all, id immediately stop existing:

[akelafang]

Merlin: You might expect when you start courting someone who has a sibling for said sibling to get a bit protective. You might expect said sibling to tell you all the nasty, horrible things that will happen to you if you dare hurt their sibling. Not the case with Arthur and Morgana. When Arthur and I started courting Morgana said "You chose this willingly, he's your problem now. No takebacks!"

Gwen: It's definitely a Pendragon thing. When Arthur found out Morgana and I were courting he told me to blink twice if I needed help

[bestpolyshipbracket]

Best Polyamorous Ship Group 4 Round 2