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Challenge: Find the Holy Grail
The Death of King Arthur by James Archer
#I don’t know whether this is easy or hard#It took me an embarrassingly long time to notice the angel#I think the people on the beach are Merlin and Nimue but could be entirely wrong#the death of king arthur#james archer#king arthur#morgan le fay#ARThuriana#arthurian art#arthurian legend#art#the holy grail
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#king arthur#guinevere#lancelot#sir lancelot#arthurian literature#arthuriana#le mort darthur#the death of king arthur#medieval literature
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Arthur"no man is worth your tears"
Merlin " you're certainly not "
Me*SCREAMS IN SPOILERS*
#i fucking hate foreshadowing 😭#Merlin and Arthur are gonna be the death of me#king arthur#arthur and merlin#prince arthur#merlin bbc#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#merlin#arthur#arthur x merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin and arthur#merlin x arthur#bbc merthur#the adventures of merlin#merthur
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Malevolent doodle dump! since im still SHAKING from part 43
#*death grip* I LOVE THEM SO MUCH#malevolent#arthur lester#john doe#malevolent fanart#john malevolent#arthur lester malevolent#hastur#the king in yellow#yellow malevolent#harlan joking how there are no arthur stans#i LOVE arthur but john is just too lovable or his own good sir#you created an eldritch god too likeable its your fault#debut of human john design in the last pic...#human john doe
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king merlin after meeting lady guinevere and sir lancelot’s baby and falling in love: arthur. i want a baby.
king arthur, not looking up from his paperwork: …what?
merlin: give me a baby.
arthur, sighing: merlin, you studied to be a physician. i don’t think i have to be the one to tell you how impractical that is.
merlin, rolling his eyes: this is why i’m the brighter side of the coin
arthur, finally looking up: wha-
queen merlin using magic to transform her body: i. want. a. baby.
arthur:
arthur:
arthur: *stands up from his desk so fast his chair topples over, multiple parchments flutter to the ground, his tunic is already off*
#genderfluid merlin#the real genderfluid experience is answering ‘shapeshifting’ to that ‘which power would you pick’ question#every. time.#merlin is lucky enough to have magic to accomplish this#i am Envious#merthur#i am a firm believer in top!merlin#but i am also a believer in emrys being the incarnate of nature and longing to make life#all the people hes killed#all the death hes caused#he wants to balance it out with children#obviously thats not the only reason but yk#all of their kids have birthdays in the winter bc merlin really really REALLY wants a baby in spring#for SOME reason 👀#(psst its bc hes connected to nature and has a (i dont want to say heat but) heat)#(and bc dragonlords are like part dragon so that animalistic quality to him absolutely does not help with the heat allegations)#queen merlin#king merlin#merlin emrys#king arthur#arthur pendragon#incorrect quotes#bbc merlin#incorrect merlin quotes#headcanon#head canon#hc#fic#fanfic#fanfiction
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Sir Bedivere put King Arthur gently into the barge by William Henry Margetson
Illustration for Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by James Knowles
#sir bedivere#king arthur#barge#boat#death#avalon#art#arthurian#william henry margetson#arthur#bedivere#chivalry#chivalric romance#britain#british#medieval#middle ages#mediaeval#england#history#knights#knight#mythology#europe#european#james knowles
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you ever think about that godforsaken prophecy and Arthur’s title of ‘the once and future king’? we never see him come back and he didn’t even live very long while he was king, so this ‘once and future king’ business really does feel questionable in the end.
but what if that’s just thinking about it in the wrong way?
Merlin is essentially immortal- this we all know. Arthur and merlin are ‘two sides of the same coin’, and were together prophesied to bring about Albion’s golden age with magic and all that. Merlin also IS magic. like, he embodies the magic of the world, he is the physical embodiment of magic, and in S5 he sends arthur to rest in magic to one day return. he was once king for a short time - but to merlin, arthur has always been and will always be his king. arthur is the future king because, no matter what, the magic that weaves together the very base of the world will always see him as its king. because merlin loves and reveres him with his whole being. those prophecies were all in reference to the relationship between merlin and Arthur, not in their relationship to Camelot or the people or land. merlin creates the once and future king with his love, and maybe it’s that same sentiment that will bring arthur back to him tangibly as well
#guys this pain I feel#whenever I think about the prophecy#and how it’s literally just all about how bad they need each other#once and future king#a love so great it transcends time death and the laws of nature#merlin#bbc merlin#merthur#arthur pendragon#merlin x arthur#bbc merthur#merlin emrys
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I can't decide what's more painful to think about. The fact that there are Alternate Universe Arthur's that were killed in the events of the first few episodes before his journey's even begun, before he even knew John's name. Or that there are Alternate Universe Arthur's being killed in the events of the later episodes after he's fought tooth and nail to say alive.
#I think about the Arthur that could have died taking a bullet to the head in that bookshop before he even knew John's name#and I think about the Arthur who slit his throat in The King's domain without saviour and bled to death after finally escaping the pits#never getting to return home#malevolent#malevolent podcast#arthur lester#arthur malevolent#malevolent arthur#malevolent spoilers
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Sometimes I think about Merlin giving Arthur the only weapon that could kill him.
Imagine if he told Arthur about his magic and Arthur took it badly, running him through without really thinking about it.
Maybe they were in the middle of a battle and Arthur saw magic first, Merlin second.
Then he regrets it, desperately trying to save Merlin. Leon says take him to the Druids since they’ve brought people back from the brink of death before. So Arthur does but when the Druids see Merlin bleeding out, they aren’t worried.
Arthur can’t understand why they aren’t freaking out, so they tell Arthur about the prophecy. He learns about Emrys and how Merlin is immortal.
Arthur relaxes just slightly, glad that Merlin will definitely recover.
But one of the Druids says he can only be killed by a sword forged in a dragon’s breath. Arthur says he isn’t sure what his sword is, that it was the sword from the story that was left in the stone by Bruta. The Druids all look confused so Arthur recounts what Merlin told him the day he got Excalibur. They all look horrified to realise that Merlin has been stabbed by the only sword in existence capable of killing him.
The Druids tell him Excalibur was made by Emrys, forged in the breath of the great dragon, and that only the once and future king could pull it from the stone.
So Arthur has to come to terms with the fact, not only that he killed the most loyal man he knows and also his best friend, but also that his best friend wouldn’t be dead if he hadn’t trusted Arthur implicitly even without telling Arthur about the magic.
He doesn’t know what’s worse but Merlin dies with the assurance that magic will be legalised in his honour.
Just something I think about sometimes. I have fics of this but they’re staying in the fic graveyard because I don’t like how they turned out so if anyone wants to use this as a prompt, feel free just tag me and give credit for the idea please :)
#bbc merlin#merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#once and future king#merthur#angst#hurt/no comfort#character death#merlin bbc#fic ideas#merlin fic idea#fanfic ideas#i’m bad at tagging
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I found out some new information recently that is relevant to the famous ‘horseplay’ scene in Merlin
BBC Merlin: A Family Show
#surprising no one#Merlin#merlin bbc#bbc merlin#bbc#prince arthur#king arthur#merthur#bbc merthur#5x03#horseplay#hanky code#arthur pendragon#merlin emrys#emrys#colin morgan#bradley james#the death song of uther pendragon#british royal family#Merlin bloopers#the once and future fandom#the once and future king#two sides of the same coin#for Camelot
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“The Lay That Had No End” by Ernest Rhys
"Puis comence le iengleor Bloys
Deslaiaux de mort du roy:
Mais porquoi on dit.
Sanz fin james laisser çi."
I
"The sun sank red, the moon as red
As blood did rise o'er Caerbrë town;
The King," he sang. "But Bloys," I said,
"Come tell me where is Caerbrë town?"
II
"The Haut King, red with blood, returned
From Barendown's fire, and came therein
To die," he sang. "What in him burned,
Dark Mordred's death? or Gwenevere's sin?"
III
"They buried in his blood the dead;
But One bore water there to save
The King," he sang. "But Bloys," I said,
"Where lies indeed the Haut King's grave?"
#poetry#king arthur#the death of King Arthur#arthuriana#arthurian legend#This poem haunts my mind (where it’s sung to an incongruently jaunty tune)#If anyone knows what it’s referencing please let me know
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I'm sure there are ways to read The Death of King Arthur without reading Gauvain as suicidal and trusting only Lancelot to be able to kill him but like. Are there.
#tw suicide#tw suicide ideation#tw suicidality#gauvain#gawain#lancelot#the death of king arthur#la mort li roi artu#la morte d'arthur
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thinking abt merlin through the ages contending with the fact that arthur is still so present in the land. in mythology in legend in fairytales told to children in books and films and countless other forms of memory. throughout the world he is remembered still, and yes it isn't really him they're remembering, it's the legend of him, the myth, the heroic fool's gold shimmer of his legacy. but he's still here.
#bbc merlin#merthur#arthur pendragon#forever crazy abt these two. it's abt stories it's about narrative shapes it's abt the weight of legend! it's abt love reworking history!#it's abt the death of someone u loved being retold over and over and over down through centuries of time and never once losing its sting#it's abt fate! destiny! t h white's the once and future king being released in merlin's lifetime and disney making it into a film!#arthuriana AS A CONCEPT. merlin has to contend with arthur - his life his death his everything in between - being a whole area of study!#idk man i think we should have more conversations abt how insane merlin would be after 1500+ years. give me unhinged and borderline derange#NOT TO MENTION the morgana of it all!!! morgan le fay who in common legend SLEPT WITH ARTHUR and conceived mordred by him#who started that legend????????????? more importantly was merlin LIVING IN A CAVE when it began like ur telling me he didn't kill the guy?
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malevolent sketchdump 👁️ idk what possessed me when I created that AU, let me know if anyone has ideas!
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#malevolent#malevolent podcast#arthur lester#king in yellow#john doe#kayne#malevolent fanart#my art#sketch#sketch dump#ofmd#our flag means death#au#malevolent au
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A merthur clip that will probably be added into something in the future.
Arthur knows.
And still, Merlin nearly gets himself killed trying to do everything by himself.
“Never ever do that to me again! I told you after the Questing Beast, no more lies! No more going off by yourself!” The questing beast was what they used to refer to Arthur finding out about Merlin’s magic.
“Do you have any idea what I feels like…” the king began quietly, almost whispering, “to watch all the light and goodness slowly drain out of the world? I knew you were dying, I could feel it…”
#merthur#merlin#arthur pendragon#merlin and arthur#merthur fic#from the drafts#bbc merlin#king arthur#near death experience#Arthur is big mad#and big worried#arthur knows about merlin’s magic
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semi-dark king merlin au, someone from ealdor tells king cenred about merlin and he is captured and held as a slave in essetir. since merlin despises captivity and servitude, he’d rather be dead and free than alive and in chains so he acts out and pisses people (especially the king) off so they’ll think him too much trouble and kill him. at first they stick to beatings until merlin manages to get his chains around a few necks and now has a body count so they kill him…..only he wakes back up a few hours later and king cenred is Intrigued and keeps him close. merlin keeps acting out but no matter how many times they kill him, he won’t stay dead. merlin has this moment after waking up perfectly fine after his twenty seventh death where he is hopeless and believes there to be no escape, not even thru death. a few other sorcerers in chains come and help him clean up and give him a lil peptalk, realizing him to be emrys, and then they revolt and take over the kingdom and crown merlin as king and now uther is like “wtf” bc his neighboring kingdom who was kinda sorta on his wavelength about sorcery, though uther did not approve of keeping them alive, is now a kingdom ruled by magic. he goes to war with them but with magic running free and fucking emrys on the throne, they don’t make a lot of headway. anyways merthur meet on the battlefield, enemies to lovers, you get it
#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#king merlin#arthur pendragon#merthur#fanfic#fanfiction#fic idea#writing prompt#king merlin of essetir#the angst is crazy#merthur despising each other bc to arthur merlin is an evil sorcerer while to merlin arthur is just like his father who is just like cenred#slowly learning more about each other and seeing their kindness#slowly earning respect between the other#lmao those silly episodes where the hero and the villain come to a truce to fight a common enemy and then go right back to fighting after#morganas ‘betrayal’ to camelot is just joining essetir’s side#she learns to control her magic and finds people like her#uhhh#druids flock to essetir while the antimagic people of essetir flee to camelot#essetir kinda just becomes a magic kingdom lmao#THEY SNEAK INTO CAMELOT AND SET THE DRAGON FREE SO ESSETIR JUST HAS A FUCKING DRAGON#camelot is shitting their pants#when arthur becomes king hes just like ‘we gotta sign a treaty atp theres no way were winning#and i refuse to send more of my men to their deaths’#tense political situation where theyre signing a treaty - one wrong move and everything goes to shit#now that the kingdoms can live in relative peace arthur can see the good magic can do for a kingdom as essetir thrives#since theyre on sorta good terms there can be feasts held w merlin in camelot or arthur is essetir#slowburn babey
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