#ouat merlin

[creptolli]

OUAT Headcanons

Okay but imagine any magic wielder uses magic and gives off heat energy, so when they’re constantly shooting fire or immobilising or even just teleporting, they get really hot. (With the exception of ice magic, like Elsa or Ingrid)

But when a character holds more power - such as Merlin or Rumple/The Dark One - they radiate a shit ton of heat.

…in the fanfic (heavy AU) that I’m writing with Jefferson/Bucky x Merlin this applies. Cause Bucky hates the cold.. so, ya know :)

[defectivegembrain]

Frankie: Well, aren't you the clever one?

Abed: Glad someone noticed

[chess-blackmyre]

Mim: Now, now, before we throw around words like ‘betrayal’ or ‘cucked’ let’s give Arthur a chance to explain himself.

Arthur, binding Merlin to Excalibur: I’m betraying you.

Mim: OH YOU CUCK!

Emma: Is Mim just using words she leaned on social media again?

[myanxietydemonaretootired]

Give my sad witches

Their gay blonde lover

[dearest-love2410]

I love media where the underlying message is to be kind , even if it isn’t the main plot.

I love media where the underlying message is that you are not the worst mistake you made and you are not the worst thing that happened to you

I love media where the underlying message is that people can change for the better

I love media that’s like love, actually is all around us

I love media that’s like “we can’t save anyone.” “we can always try.”

[chess-blackmyre]

Oh!!! Spellcasters of Gramarye in Order

For the Vibes - The Lady of the Lake

Arcane Scientist - The Horned King

Commits Acts of Radical Hubris - Nimue

Sick Ass Magic Duels - The Green Knight

Evil Sorcerer Serving as Advisor to Crown (gay) - Morgan La Fey

Hypercompetent and powerful magic user, complete disaster in all other respects - Merlin

Causes problems on purpose, then leaves - The Bear Witch

Feral Cryptid you glimpse the forest before it scuttles away on all fours - Madam Mim

Solve problems on purpose but create bigger ones on accident, then leave - The Apprentice (if by leave you mean die)

Tax Evasion - Literally All Of Them

↑ me summoning this poll, btw

[dinneratgrannys]

I've been waiting for you...Emma.

[mccallhero]

favourite ouat scenes: 68/?

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

was in the shower and had the literal thought "fix-it fic is literally playing with barbies until you shape the narrative into something coherent" and tbh, that's kinda true for just fic writing and even original writing in general.

play with those barbies. make them kiss. make them kill each other. hurt them. comfort them.

smash those barbies together until you have a story you think is worth telling.

[arowithanotp]

SAT voice: lesbians are to once upon a time as gay men are to bbc merlin

[creptolli]

I’m going INSANE over Gaz and Merlin rn (especially Merlin)

[hannahhook7744]

Merlin Edit for Merlin Week;

September 30—Crossover.

(Context: I had a headcanon these two were related and rolled with it).

[chess-blackmyre]

Nimue: The world is a cruel place, my friend.

Nimue: Everywhere I go I see death and destruction.

Merlin: Probably because you’re the one causing it!

[legendsofamultishipper]

Genre Specific Poll #2

*For the purpose of this poll, if it includes witches or demons or magic of any kind, it counts as fantasy.

**As a reminder, I'm not including any currently-airing shows in these polls.

***I'm only including shows that I've seen in their entirety. Hence, no Charmed because I only watched the Prue seasons. Also, I apparently haven't watched many Fantasy shows so I included shows I don't particularly like, but I did finish for some reason lol.

[daisymintt]

Merlin: You found me.

Arthur: Did you ever doubt I would?

[jinx66]

once upon a timeline

okay so i've been obsessed with ouat recently with my rewatch and i was looking into Henry's weird ass family tree and oh my god i need to put this out there because why.

for starters i've only included big plot points or villains and main characters etc so none of the side plots but also i've realised how weird some of the age gaps are.

oh yeah also ouat likes to fuck with their timelines and historical context so i have gone with the basic dates that make sense based on what the characters in the show actually say.

the dates are what they would be in the real world not in ouat logic.

pre-main timeline

Ancient Greece - zeus and hades happen (season 6)

ancient greece but later - orpheus and Euridice and pandora's box happen

between 400-500AD - the Holy Grail and Merlin and Nimue

1650's-1660's - Mother Gothel leaves the new land without magic

1770- Malcolm is Born

1804- Rumplestiltskin is born, Malcolm is 34

1808- Rumple is abandoned, Peter Pan becomes a fae trickster tumblr meme

1845- Baelfire is born, Rumple is 41

1859- Bae arrives in england, Rumple is 55

1947- Zelena is born and abandoned

1948- Cora and Rumple have their weird affair

1949- Regina is born

1955- Snow White is born

1973- Regina sends the huntsman after snow, Snow is 18, Regina is 24

23/3/1977 - Neal (Bae) chooses this as his fake birthday

22/10/1983 - Emma is born, the curse is cast

1991 - Neal escapes neverland and comes back to the land without magic

15/8/2001 - Henry is born, Emma is 18, Neal Cassidy is 24

22/10/2011 - Emma arrives in Storybrooke

13/5/2012 - The curse is broken.

so some of the dates are based on when episodes aired and things such as when the curse breaks and when emma arrives in storybrooke. other dates are based on easter eggs in the show like Neal's birthday. so i realised that Neal had to have landed back in the real world in 1991 because he was 14 when he got to neverland and obviously didn't age so working backwards those dates make sense.

however... emma was 17 when she got pregnant with henry and at best Neal is 24 but at worst he's 156 years old! i mean what the fuck. and he has to be that old because he tells Emma that technically "I should be a couple hundred by now" (2,15). so at the oldest he can be with Neal's Once upon a time maths education the earliest he can be born is 1845 because big ben isn't built until 1859 which is the absolute earliest that he can be in old england.

the rest of the dates i managed from working backwards from when the curse was broken and cast and from small things the characters say. In the first episode of season 2, Emma says that her and Mary Margaret were the same age which means that the 10 year war she has with regina that ended with the curse started when she was 18.

so what i've found from this is that Henry's family tree back to his paternal great grandad literally spans hundreds of years. the average life span for these fuckers is about 100. basically they're a family of elves and you can't convince me otherwise.