#not the less popular character such as Percival Elyan and Leon

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Feeling mischievous today, might as well be a nuisance in the fandom 😈

Go ahead, no one will know what you voted for anyway.

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Here’s one for the headcanons prompts!

What would be everyone’s favorite modern pop-culture fandom?

(Masterlist) (Headcanon Masterlist)

Ok so this will be general interests/hobbies as well as a little bit of fandom, depending on each character!

Arthur is a jock. He follows rugby religiously I reckon (he's posh, posh jocks follow rugby or cricket, not so much football) but if his local/national team is playing he'll semi-obsessively check the scores for any sort of sport. He also has a shameful (or at least shameful to him) attachment to those big American Serial Dramas (think Criminal Minds, Supernatural, NCIS, Suits, Bones) which he binges.

Merlin has a billion different shows on the go at once. A show for every mood. He watches crime dramas and big American serials with Arthur, but if he's feeling dramatic or gritty it'll be something like Hannibal. If he's feeling like watching a show that's light hearted and fun it's Final Space or Gravity Falls. I also reckon he's pretty on it with books, he's read ALL the popular/important series (ACOTAR/A Song of Ice and Fire/Lord of the Rings/Hunger Games/Divergent/The Maze Runner, etc). 

Morgana is never even a day behind on fashion, but like... high fashion. She watches all the fancy important fashion shows live no matter the time of day and probably has some sort of incredibly highly respected blog dedicated to Awards Shows where she talks about what people wore. In terms of fandom, I think Morgana is into high fantasy literature. She’s read everything Tolkien multiple times. She’s also read all of Discworld and everything else Terry Pratchett (though her favourite is The Amazing Maurine and his Educated Rodents) has written. Modern fantasy isn’t really her thing though.

Gwen is always up to date on whatever is going on in the animal rights world. Any well informed protest that's less than a 4 hours' drive away? She's there. And normally dragging Merlin or Percival. (Morgana also sometimes mentions her efforts on her blog). She's not a vegan, but she is vegetarian and she gets all of her animal products (eggs, milk, etc) from locally sourced, thoroughly scoped out, independent businesses/farms. When it comes to fandom, she’s pretty into Disney. Not so much a fan of the live action remakes, but she does have a movie night at least once a month where everyone comes round with NO inhibitions to sing along to various Disney movies.

Gwaine is a gamer and he is not ashamed. But not like... a high tech gamer (that's Elyan, he has all the special gear and fancy speakers and headsets and stuff), he plays Minecraft and fortnight and steam games. He's an anonymous world champion or something stupid and no one in his personal life knows.

Percival is the Nerd of all nerds, but sci-fi is his thing. Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars ("It's not a dichotomy guys, I can like both."), all of that. He has a list of comfort episodes that he re-watches religiously and has forced all his friends to sit through at least one binge session of something or other. He’s big into board games, he’s played ALL of them, and he DMs dnd every once in a while as well.

Leon is, and I can't believe I'm saying this, super into historical re-enactments. Everyone has seen one of his shows (they all find it dreadfully boring but it makes him happy so they all trundle along to his medieval fairs or whatever every once in a while). Specifically, he's a weapons buff. It may be the oddest hobby/interest in the group, but Leon can and will use a full on medieval style long sword with ease. He has successfully made a burglar piss himself scared at least once.

Instead of poker and cigars, Gaius does dnd and cigars. But also poker nights with his old buddies. But also he has a shameful attachment to some shitty soap like EastEnders or Coronation Street or Hollyoaks or something.

Mordred can not go one month without swapping hobbies and obsessions. He has like... a running list (that’s constantly being added to) of various fandoms/interests that he cycles through randomly, but he never stays on one for long. Overall he’s pretty creative, or at least he tries to be, but he’s a huge Nerd, like Percival, when it comes to movies and TV shows. Kiddo also has a semi-extensive comic book collection. Maybe not as many as a fanatic, but definitely more than the average person.

Lancelot is not an obsessive person because he’s a well-adjusted adult that has normal hobbies like going for walks and reading books and fanatically creating the most detailed artwork (based on his books) that has ever existed. Man has such a vivid imagination, it takes him weeks to read the shortest of books because his brain just... supplies him with images that he has to get out. He’s even been approached by a few authors/publishers asking for him to create book cover artwork. He sort of... accidentally makes money off of it? But that wasn’t his intention and he still has a hella boring day job. His friends keep telling him how good he is, but he’s one of those infuriating people who genuinely doesn’t recognise how talented he is.

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I pulled ALL of this out of my arse, I’m not very good at modern!AUs lol, so feel free to tag/add on any extras, I love hearing what y’all think!!

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Thank you so much for the ask!! ��💜

20. What is the purest ship in the fandom?

For Merlin:

Hmmm... when it comes to the most popular ones, I think none of them, because they all get complicated and dark to some degree. But on a platonic level, when it comes to friendships, I would go with Merwen, Merlance and Merwaine. Merlin and Gwen are delightful together, but I have a hard time shipping them romantically without Arthur, there is just no path forward for me there that does not involve him too, and that tips the dynamic into something much more complicated (but still happy for all three of them, I am so not down for jealousy and competition between Merlin and Gwen, Arthur has two hands and he can damn well use them). I also think that Lancelot’s love for Merlin was pure, but I just don’t ship it at all and think that there was never anything there except for friendship (I can see Arlance going sexual, though). The same goes for Gwaine, I think that he loved Merlin unconditionally, and as far as friendship goes, it is pure, but if I ship them sexually, then all purity goes out of the window, not just as far as the sex is concerned (because the sex they would be having would be positively filthy) but also because I just can’t imagine a universe in which Merlin does not love and desire Arthur more. The angst, the pain and the darkness are off the charts. 

As for the less popular ones, I think the purest is Percival/Elyan regardless of whether you see it as romantic or platonic. There is just so much mutual love, admiration and respect between them! No angst, no lies, no triangles, no drama, just taking care of and supporting each other and living in domestic bliss.

For The Untamed: 

WangXian, no contest. They fell in love as kids and continued to love each other for the rest of their lives, even beyond death. The way they love each other is so absolute and so selfless! They both respect and admire the other, they are so supportive and accepting of each other, quirks, flaws and all, and kind of set the gold standard as far as relationships go! 

7. Is there anything you used to like but can’t stand now?

I already answered this one yesterday, so I will just copy/paste it here, if that’s OK, because the answer hasn’t changed! 😅

For Merlin:

Okay, I am pretty much over this by now, but Gwaine. He was not only my favourite knight but also one of my favourite characters on that show, then that last episode happened with that mind-bending stupidity, and I was so mad, I was not even sad over his death. I couldn’t stand to look at him for a long time afterwards. I am mostly over it by now, lol, and I love Gwaine again, but I never rewatch DotD and I do my utmost best not to think about what went down with him in the finale. However, he never regained his no. 1 spot among the knights, that goes to Leon now, and he is sitting uncomfortably in no. 2. Sorry, Gwaine, there have to be consequences!

For The Untamed:

Jiang Yanli. I really felt for her in the beginning because all three of the Yunmeng siblings loved each other so very much and after meeting her awful mother, my heart went out to her! Also, I loved the rare occasions where she showed her lovely, shiny spine, so she was, for the most part, a very enjoyable character in spite of being the embodiment of one of my most hated tropes. However, her entire relationship with Jin Zixuan gets on my very last nerve and it totally spoiled her for me. I wouldn’t say that I can’t stand her, that is entirely too extreme, but I no longer find any enjoyment in her at all and there is no chance of that changing, considering that what’s left for her to do at this point is only to have her baby and die so that her death can trigger the final confrontation between her brothers. So, while I don’t hate her (I could never), she has been reduced from a character I empathize with to a plot device, and all my interest in her is just gone.

Salty Asks

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In Your Absence

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by Maisie_Ackerman

When Arthur left for boarding school when he was fourteen, Merlin Emrys was his dorky next door neighbor who followed him around like a lost puppy, trying his hardest to fit in with him, his sister Morgana, and their friends, Gwen, Lance, and Gwaine.

When Arthur returns home under more… unfortunate circumstances, he hadn’t expected so much to have changed. And he certainly hadn't expected that dorky, annoying Merlin Emrys had become the lead singer in Avalon High’s hottest student band, Camelot Everlasting, much less the school’s most popular and beloved heartthrob.

Words: 2418, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Merlin (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Lancelot (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Elyan (Merlin), Percival (Merlin), Minor Characters

Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen/Lancelot (Merlin), Gwaine/Leon (Merlin), Minor or Background Relationship(s)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - High School, American AU, singer merlin, Popular Merlin, this is very gay, Gwaine works at Victoria’s Secret, Childhood Friends, Don’t ask how I decided who was older or younger than who, I Don't Even Know, Eventual Smut, Slow Burn, Coming Out, Bullying, homophobic langauge, Teacher-Student Relationship, Well - Freeform, Student-Student Teacher Relationship, Both parties are over eighteen, But for the record, I don’t condone this kind of relationship outside of pure fiction, Don’t date your student teachers kids, More on this topic inside

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2jPDiL8

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In Your Absence by <a rel="author" href="/users/Maisie_Ackerman/pseuds/Maisie_Ackerman">Maisie_Ackerman</a>

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2jPDiL8

by Maisie_Ackerman

When Arthur left for boarding school when he was fourteen, Merlin Emrys was his dorky next door neighbor who followed him around like a lost puppy, trying his hardest to fit in with him, his sister Morgana, and their friends, Gwen, Lance, and Gwaine.

When Arthur returns home under more… unfortunate circumstances, he hadn’t expected so much to have changed. And he certainly hadn't expected that dorky, annoying Merlin Emrys had become the lead singer in Avalon High’s hottest student band, Camelot Everlasting, much less the school’s most popular and beloved heartthrob.

Words: 2418, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Merlin (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Lancelot (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Elyan (Merlin), Percival (Merlin), Minor Characters

Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen/Lancelot (Merlin), Gwaine/Leon (Merlin), Minor or Background Relationship(s)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - High School, American AU, singer merlin, Popular Merlin, this is very gay, Gwaine works at Victoria’s Secret, Childhood Friends, Don’t ask how I decided who was older or younger than who, I Don't Even Know, Eventual Smut, Slow Burn, Coming Out, Bullying, homophobic langauge, Teacher-Student Relationship, Well - Freeform, Student-Student Teacher Relationship, Both parties are over eighteen, But for the record, I don’t condone this kind of relationship outside of pure fiction, Don’t date your student teachers kids, More on this topic inside

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2jPDiL8

[ao3feed-merlin]

In Your Absence

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2jPDiL8

by Maisie_Ackerman

When Arthur left for boarding school when he was fourteen, Merlin Emrys was his dorky next door neighbor who followed him around like a lost puppy, trying his hardest to fit in with him, his sister Morgana, and their friends, Gwen, Lance, and Gwaine. When Arthur returns home under more… unfortunate circumstances, he hadn’t expected so much to have changed. And he certainly hadn't expected that dorky, annoying Merlin Emrys had become the lead singer in Avalon High’s hottest student band, Camelot Everlasting, much less the school’s most popular and beloved heartthrob.

Words: 2417, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Merlin (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Lancelot (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Elyan (Merlin), Percival (Merlin), Minor Characters

Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen/Lancelot (Merlin), Gwaine/Leon (Merlin), Minor or Background Relationship(s)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - High School, American AU, singer merlin, Popular Merlin, this is very gay, Gwaine works at Victoria’s Secret, Childhood Friends, Don’t ask how I decided who was older or younger than who, I Don't Even Know, Eventual Smut, Slow Burn, Coming Out, Bullying, homophobic langauge, Teacher-Student Relationship, Well - Freeform, Student-Student Teacher Relationship, Both parties are over eighteen, But for the record, I don’t condone this kind of relationship outside of pure fiction, Don’t date your student teachers kids, More on this topic inside

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2jPDiL8