#sir leon the long suffering

[runboybeneaththemoon]

Merlin: it's been over a hundred years since the fall of Camelot. Everyone I've ever known is dead

Merlin: except for this fucker

Leon: it is my duty to serve and protect Camelot. As you are still here, Camelot isn't completely gone, so neither am I

Merlin: No, I'm supposed to serve Camelot until its gone! Which it isn't cause you're still here! You're taking my job!!

[maddybthorne]

I want a BBC Merlin fanfic where Hunith visits Camelot as a surprise. Merlin doesn't know she's coming, only Gaius knows that she plans to visit. This is set in a time period where all the knights are alive (I'm looking at you Lancelot.) and Arthur is Prince, but running the Kingdom as Uther is unwell.

Hunith pulls up to Camelot and is walking towards the Castle through the citadel, burdened by her bags, when a cheerful voice rings out. "Do you need any help, miss?" It's one of the many Castle servants.

Hunith explains that she is heading to the Castle to visit her son who works there, the servant then offers to carry her bags.

"Oh I don't want to be a bother." Hunith replies

"It's no bother at all! Really, I was heading that way already." The servant insists and they both make their way to the castle, "What's your son's name by the way, I might know him if he works here."

"His name is Merlin." Hunith responds with a smile. The servant stops walking and looks at her. It's not only him that stops at this announcement.

"Y-you're Merlin's Mother?!?" A nearby servant who had been close enough to hear the conversation says in awe.

The courtyard that they're walking through gradually fills with hushed whispers as the news spreads. Everyone knows of Merlin. The Prince's manservant who had managed to not quit in the first week of serving him. Merlin, who changed the Prince from a spoiled brat into a good man whom the Kingdom was proud of and eagerly awaited the day he would be crowned King. Merlin, who had followed the Prince into battle time and time again to save Camelot.

I want a fanfiction where The Entire Of Camelot loves Merlin and is thankful for his role in making Arthur a good person. Where not only the Knights, but the Castle staff meet his mother and collectively decide that she is That Woman and treat her with Respect. Where they treat her like Royalty.

Ofc Gwaine loves her. That's his best friend's mom. Hunith looks at all the knights and adopts them on the Spot.

And Merlin is either really confused by this behavior or knows and just lets it happen.

Arthur has no idea what's going on or why but he treats her with reverence and love because that's his future Mother in Law and he's very much starved for parental affection which she gives him (and the knights) in spades.

But yes, I just want a fic of people meeting Hunith and being like "Thank you for giving birth to your son. I'd die for you both" and her being like "...please don't."

(Bonus if Leon meets her and is just like. "How did you survive being around that little shit (Merlin) for so long?" And she just laughs and gives him advice, which makes him cry because he's just so tired. #LetLeonRest2024 I will push this agenda till I die)

[wishiwasadruid]

Gwaine: Arthur asked me to pretend to be his boyfriend because his father is homophobic and wants him to date a noble but he ended up hating me so much that he was relieved when he found out Arthur was actually dating Merlin

Lancelot: Task failed successfully

Leon: Congratulations on being so awful you destroyed century old prejudices

[merlinmylove]

I know we all joke about Sir Percival’s size but have you seen Sir Leon?

He’s towering over Arthur even when bending down

Here: a different angle

BTS photo: He’s the same height as Percival

Look at Arthur’s first knight. A mountain of a man with curly hair, broad shoulders, a beard and morals

Praise the knight commander we all chant in unison

[merrilinie]

Typical trope of the woman being better at archery than the man but the woman is Merlin and the man is Arthur (and the Knights).

It’s probably a bet or Gwaine trying to flirt with Merlin, or maybe Leon worries about his safety to the point he makes him, but one of the Knights offer to teach Merlin to shoot. They figure he’ll be safe as you normally need some distance to shoot and doesn’t require too much strength. (in the instance of Knights, they tend to not realise that a bow string is very taught and hard to pull if you want to shoot well as they are already sturdy in muscle.)

Gwaine goes to hold onto Merlin’s me show him a proper form but Merlin just scoffs and shoos him away.

Arthur finds it hilarious that Merlin is so confident as he thinks it will be funny to watch him embarrass himself, until he watched Merlin pull the bow with more ease than even the most trained archer.

Cue them watching Merlin shoot every target with as close to perfection as one can get (without controlling the wind).

Putting the bow down and blushing despite his prideful grin, Merlin just shrugs at them as if he didn’t just blow all their minds, “We had survive somehow in the village.”

Gwaine cackles with glee while Leon debates for illy picking up Arthur’s jaw.

[justaz]

Do you know how many times Lancelot has sat through a stupid fucking Round Table meeting where the King is fuming about some transgression to the Crown or to Camelot? Some hidden villain that needs to be brought to justice? Some antagonistic revolutionist who stole something from Arthur or broke into some top secret part of the castle that only the King and maybe his First Knight are allowed? Where King Arthur stands with righteous fury, slams his hands on the table and announces that justice shall be served and retribution will follow with no mercy…only for Merlin to stroll in late with an easy smile, completely disregarding the King’s mood and asking what they’re talking about only to confess with a little laugh that it was him? Committing either small bouts of arson or thievery or breaking and entering all the way up to high treason only for King Arthur to take in Merlin’s cute smile and bright eyes and immediately soften before shrugging and saying that theres nothing to do about it now and they should move on? Showing entirely too much mercy and not enough punishment? Do you? Hm? Do you?

Leon says they’re up to thirty-eight this year. It’s only February.

[adageyer]

Prologue of Destiny Rekindled

-> A fan-comic im working on :)) Can't wait to post

[buttrflyisland]

anyway i think i'm funny

[aspentreeonahill]

Basically how that one scene in “The Coming of Arthur” episode happened:

Leon : Sorry that I’m late, got held up

Arthur: What the- you can’t be here. You’re dead. I literally saw you die.

Leon : Death is a social construct.

[onceandfuturelesbian]

arthur: due to personal reasons, i will be sinking to the bottom of the ocean… in a metal box.

leon: what happened?!

gwaine, wheezing: merlin told him he loved him and he said thank you!

arthur: I SAID PERSONAL REASONS!!

[oddlyenthusiast]

Sir Leon is truly the character of all time. The OG knight, has cheated death multiple times, may or may not be immortal, constantly stuck in the middle of Merthur's weird ass sexual tension, started off as a side character and by the end of the story is quite possibly married to the Queen aka one of his childhood besties. Beautiful, wonderful, 10/10.

[runboybeneaththemoon]

[maddybthorne]

I love fics where everyone (but mostly Arthur) realizes how important Merlin is to Camelot.

Like I’m not only talking about Magic reveal fics where they find out how badass he is and how many times he’s saved their asses (though I love those) but specifically about the times they realize he basically Runs the Castle.

I’m fairly sure I read a fic or a head canon somewhere that Merlin leaves to visit his mother for a week and Camelot falls apart because this boy was doing everything to keep that Castle in order. And Arthur kept firing servants cuz “they weren’t up to standard” (aka they weren’t Merlin)

And these fics could be gen or Merthur (though I do love the latter ngl)

But yeah I just love it when my boy gets the recognition and respect he deserves.

(Bonus if Leon is losing his mind the entire time. He’s done with their bullshit. He’s seen too much. He’s tired. #LetLeonRest2024)

[tifacatsblog]

Gwaine : I cant believe I'm saying this, but, right in front of my grain report?

Leon : Gwaine, I've waited a decade for this, shut up, or I swear to God I will use my sword

Leon : Both you and Elyan owes me 25 gold coins btw.

Gwaine : Shite.

Arthur : If none of you are going to talk about grains you can run 5 laps around training ground

Gwaine&Leon : Umm...

MERTHUR WEEK 2024

Day one : Friends of Merlin and Arthur

@merthurweek2024

[bramblebush3]

Arthur: You're smiling. What happened?

Merlin: What? Can't I smile just because I feel like it?

Leon: Mordred tripped and fell down the stairs today.

[merlinmylove]

Arthur: Who was your first love? I’m only joking of course, it’s me duh

Merlin: No actually I couldn’t stand you at first. Lancelot was my first love

Arthur: What? Gwen, my love, talk some sense into him

Gwen: No Arthur, and lancelot was also my first love

Leon: Yeah me too

Arthur: Et tu, Leon?

Leon: He’s just so dreamy !!

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