#morderd

[rotten-games]

Was Mordred prone to coming & going while Ledala was still around or was that only after the fall?

Mordred definitely had a habit of being gone for days at a time when the mood struck, but not nearly has badly before the fall. Whether that was because soldier movement was heavily restricted in general, or because he had no real reason to leave for long periods of time/as often, I guess we'll never know ;3

[areesvt]

Why don’t merlin just time travel back to Camelot with a fucking glock? That would make his job like ten times easier

[dykethevvitch]

god i have so many disjointed mechs hcs and thoughts. ask me about themes and tropes

[turtlefordestiel]

Mordred has a mom, two dads, and five uncles (two of whom are most likely dating Merlin) [it's Gwaine and Lance], along with two High Prietess aunts (Morgana and Morgause are good and Merlin blessed Morgans with the title and knowledge) and two siblings (Daegal and Aithusa). Gaius is great uncle/grandfather and Uther is Merlin-dedicated kind to Morderd before he knows he's a druid because Mordred often trails one of his parents throughout the day being exceptionally helpful and has been known to help Merlin nag after Arthur plus it doesn't hurt that Mordred is good with a sword (Uther visited training in secret and saw him off to the side as if hiding to practice by his pre-teen self)

[euniexenoblade]

Morderd: Transphobia "Tranny" Jones is a transphobic character made by a transphobic person very normal people on tumblr: but what if I wanted to believe they weren't? and I believed really really hard?

Asdfsasadsa

It really does feel like that sometimes

[cosmichorrorsarestillnicerthanme]

Fate request: For the Lols, how would Saber Arturia react to meeting Morderd's kid, and that kid calling her "Grandfather" or "Grandpa", even when told not to?

I know that this was meant to be a funny one, but my mind kind of took it and ran so it came out a bit angstier than I intended.

Artoria gazed at the small child in front of her with a mixture of confusion, shock, and an odd feeling of shame and regret in her chest.

“Sorry to impose on you like this Miss Artoria, Gareth was indisposed, and Bedivere was still at work and-” you began to explain as you set about getting ready to leave before being interrupted by Artoria speaking.

“It is fine, and please, just Artoria. I know that convincing Mordred to bring the little one here was a tough decision so let us just leave it at that.” 

“Thank you Artoria, I’ll be back as soon as I can!” you exclaimed as you opened the door and walked out, leaving the pair alone with one another.

The child gazed into Artoria’s eyes.

They were filled with curiosity, and then, the child spoke.

“Grandpa?”

Shock shot across Artoria’s face before she reclaimed control of her countenance before speaking.

“No, I am Artoria.”

“Grandpa!” The child happily exclaimed

“No, Artoria.” the king declared.

“*Laughs* Grandpa!” The child laughed joyously while clapping.

Artoria sighed before speaking, “We’ll have to work on it.”

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As the day passed, Artoria continually tried and failed to get the child to call her by her name.

All the child wanted to do was play with her hair and say “Grandpa hair silly!”

Artoria had to admit, it was… nice.

Nice to not be… the king.

She was just “Grandpa” to this child…

It… was…

“Grandpa? Why you cry?” the child asked, concerned for Artoria’s sudden change in demeanor, and the tears that were suddenly flowing down her face.

“*sniff* Don’t worry little one. Grandpa is fine.” Artoria told her grandchild with a smile.

[chappellcastiel]

Arthur and Mordred friendship is very underutilized in fics. I’m not surprised half the fandom hates him for killing Arthur and the other half want to see Merlin and morderd have a good relationship but still. Their few episodes of friendship were adorable and it makes me sad people don’t write it into fics.

[nextstopparis]

morgana: hey emrys

merlin: wha-? oh fuck

morgana: yeah, i knew it

merlin: no it just sounded like you said merl-

morderd: emrys!

merlin: what—? FUCK

[whalehouse1]

You know for how many issues I have with Fate (Nasu’s writing, Nasu’s mecha-boner, Nasu’s lack of respect for other cultures, Argartha) I do have to say I absolutely adore the spin-off novels so much. Apocrypha has its issues but the roster was solid and believably across the northern continents and at least in the anime had good uses of magic and command seals and Semiramis vs Morderd is one of my favorite animated fights ever. Requiem I haven’t read but servants just chilling and enjoying life with their masters? Fun, I know there’s more to it but also battles aren’t needed so none of them are shoehorned into fights if it seems like it wouldn’t work. Strange/Fake overpowers characters in a fun way and only needs one mecha without ruining entire civilizations by making it a mecha (his Babylonia is still bad but Humbaba fits in there without feeling forced.). And it’s not out but the new dual servant system. Look at Hassan and Baba Yaga, that’s what we want, an old cannibalistic potentially ex-forest goddess and hassans. They’re fun, they’re fantasy, they research somewhat and it’s enjoyable.

[simon-newman]

Day 295.

2023-01-20.

Character - Morderd.

Series - Fate.

Artist - Tonee

[procrastinatorrex]

Merlin was standing. He had the vague feeling that he’d bypassed his legs entirely and simply ordered the land to be beneath his feet, and it had obeyed. There was a faint tremble in the blood-soaked mud as he stepped forward and reache out with one hand. The wheel was large, but his hand had never looked so long before. He seized the shimmering curve with one hand. 

It stopped. 

Slowly, painstakingly, he turned the wheel back until Arthur was safely back in his own chest. He blinked at the flickering light that was Mordred as it too rose from the dirt, still caught on the curve of fate. The corpse gasped, blinked wildly– Confused, no doubt, by the proximity of it’s soul. 

Merlin tilted his head, turned the wheel back a bit more, brought Mordred fully back to life with a strangled scream. It took a while for the prone man to adjust to being alive again, his mouth flapped open and closed as he looked around, eyes wheeling in his skull. Merlin gave him all the time he needed– after all, what was time? He reached out with his other hand to hold Arthur, the warm glow of his soul was a comforting warmth on Merlin’s cold skin. When had he become so cold? 

Finally, Morderd settled into his skin. “You made a mistake, Mordred.” Merlin told him, very gently. There was no reason to be harsh. The other man turned to look at him, and his face was very pale. “Merlin– you can’t be–” 

“I can be anything.” Merlin interrupted, annoyed, “but I will not be without him, Mordred. You tried to take my king from me. You should not have done that.”

He crushed out the light, slowly. It was gratifying, to hear Mordred scream as he was erased. It left a little void behind, a small unnatural gap in the universe where the one who had tried to kill Merlin’s king once had been. 

It was good, that little divot. A small reminder to others of the consequences of trying to steal from Merlin. 

Around him no one was moving. Well, of course not, he realized after a moment– he’d stopped them hadn’t he? He pulled his hand slowly out of Arthur, carefully, and when he was done there was no wound on his chest, only a smooth pale mark, not quite a scar, where he had been. When he was sure Arthur was whole. He let go of the wheel. 

It wobbled, tipped, then fell on its side, silently. 

[chappellcastiel]

No really that man is insane. 30 seconds of struggling and decided the arm had to go.

Realistically the arm would’ve been lost if Morderd didn’t come any way so he just decided to speed up the process.

5x09 With all my heart

i feel like we didn't talk about this scene enough??? (i can't believe this scene also crosses my mind ajjajsfjh) it's CRAZY how arthur is willing to cut off his own limb to save merlin and gwen in this situation. that arm is gone if mordred didn't come ToT

[redhatmeg]

What about Arthur doing the same thing to Lot, only worse because Lot unknowingly raises his child? That's ok I guess?

For a moment I thought that by "Lot" you mean "Lancelot" and I was like: "Wait, what?" But then I remembered who Lot is and I realized what were you talking about.

Well, the situation with Morderd is all around fucked up. Arthur sleeping with Morgause is just a tip of the iceberg and he doesn't even know how much worse it gets, because he's not aware that Morgause is his stepsister and that Mordred is his son.

Anyway, I didn't know that Lancelot have stans. Personally I found this whole situation with love triangle the most tedious part of Arthurian legends and their adaptations (partly because I don't like most of the love subplots and partly because I felt sorry for Arthur), and only recently I've read a source material where this whole story with Lot was introduced (I knew the versions where Mordred was Morgana's son and in some cases - also Arthur's).

Look, if it makes you feel any better, there is a version of Lancelot that I really like, and it's the version from BBC Merlin. I know, I know, this show plays fast and loose with historical accuracy and how faithful it is to Arthurian legends, but their Lancelot is a sweet guy and the love triangle is almost non-existent.

[itashiro-writing-corner]

✒: Morderd knows full well when her lover stairs at her ass when she wears shorts. She just so happens to forget about it sometimes.

Send me “✒  + a headcanon “  and I’ll tell you if I approve it or not

Reason: Mordred may be aware of people staring, but she doesn't really care that much. This assumes she has a lover when she's extremely hesitant to have one.

[chappellcastiel]

Everything that happened in the last episode of Merlin drives me insane but you know what really does.

why Arthur didn’t see morderd coming.

Arthur pendragon was fighting for his life in a war but he turns around and sees a knight dying on the floor so while all the other knights continue on he comforts him and his last moments.

Him and his big heart got himself killed because if he just kept going he might have seen morderd coming and had more time to process it so he wouldn’t have gone into shock. Hell he might have missed him all together because Arthur was alone by the time morderd got to him and no one found him before Merlin so I can only assume the knights were a fair bit away from where Arthur was. And Merlin doesn’t take long to find Arthur so maybe they could have ran into each other on time and Arthur would have lived.