#the questing beast

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

The exact moment that Merlin tells Arthur he’s going to be a good king for the first time, Arthur looks like this.

That boy never had a word of praise growing up, he’s way too surprised by someone believing in him even after he “failed”/got injured.

Also, just that face on his face whenever he’s looking at Merlin.

It’s usually only there in softer moments in season 1. Like in episode two where Arthur believed Merlin about the snake shield, or in episode four where Merlin drank poison and Arthur defied his father and risked his life to save him, even against Gaius’ advice, Merlin’s uncle, because of how dangerous it was. Or the Lancelot episode. Or the Ealdor episode. Or the unicorn episode. You get the idea.

There’s a lot of these moments, but this one is kinda where I pinpoint Arthur realising how much Merlin means to him.

Also because in season 2, Arthur goes back to picking on Merlin and trying to keep him at arms length. I think he got scared of his feelings towards Merlin - whatever you want to say they are, romantic, platonic, or otherwise - and tried to distance them. Cedric showing up was just convenient with the timing before the whole Sigan thing. It gave Arthur a chance to panic, push Merlin away, and then reaffirm his fears until later on in season 2.

This scene is also the reason why Merlin not joining Cedric/Sigan with the whole “It doesn’t matter how Arthur treats me, he’s a good man” thing makes sense. This is the last time they interact in season 1 and it wraps up everything they’ve been through up until this point really well.

I can go more into how and why the timeline of season 1 and 2 are really important to how the show was going to progress if people want that. The character development in BBC Merlin is brilliant. It’s not as good as atla but not even its own live action could compete so that’s fine. Honestly, I think Merlin is as heartbreaking as it is because it’s more believable than a happy ever after, because of how things were set up in the first two seasons.

Anyway, I just feel like I’m rambling though so I’ll leave this here before the coherency leaves entirely.

[lackadaisycal-art]

my special little giraffe

[fiotrethewey]

Gallifrey. Ancestral home of the Time Lords. Some have lived there all their lives, some have adopted it as their own. Allies, thrown together by circumstance and strife, have forged lasting friendships in the furnace of politics, alternate realities, and the Last Great Time War. 

Gallifrey is constant, but its inhabitants must change to survive. Perhaps none more so than Narvin... 

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I've been keeping this under my hat for so long, but I'm afraid Holmwood isn't the only writing partnership that @georgiacooked and I have been working on this year. We wrote the second story in this up and coming boxset - The Questing Beast!

The Questing Beast by Fio Trethewey & Georgia Cook, read by Miles Richardson  Battling the Lord Burner, Braxiatel is separated from his friends as they fall through a multitude of alternative Gallifreys. He arrives in a realm where science is magic and there is a Dragon to be slain... 

Find out more at the link below!

[sword-fighting-hermit]

[Quest]ing Beast

That time Arthur met The Questing Beast

For @mortiscausa‘s March to Camelot

[oneshoulderangel]

Finally! Too long have I neglected my boy Palomides. Now he finally has an official portrait. A victory in my book.

Now I should probably get back to work. Or I could redraw Brangaine’s portrait.

[rainbluealoekitten]

um sorry to inform you but... "the head and neck of a serpent, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion and the feet of a hart" ...i believe your "questing beast" is simply a giraffe. what it is doing in the great of britain i cannot tell you but that is really just a nice giraffe you've got there

[sickfreaksirkay]

spending a decade searching for the questing beast in the hopes of capturing it and keeping it as a pet but when i find it i immediately get cuteness aggression and accidentally kill it with a single blow

[queer-ragnelle]

Young Guinevere by Robert D. San Souci | More quotes at Arthuriana Daily

[gwalch-mei]

if rhe questing beast has thr head of a snake whqt kinda sbake do u yhink it is,,,,,, personally i thibk it would be really fhnny if it was like. a corn snake. just a little guy not at all dangerous

[adhd-merlin]

is king pellinore meant to be funny or is it just me. random dude shows up and goes "dude did a strange beast pass this way?" and arthur's like, "yeah, what the fuck was that??" and pellinore goes "THAT IS MY LIFE'S QUEST. give me your horse, mine's dead" and then he just. he just takes the king's horse and fucks off. I think he's hilarious. also he's chasing a giraffe

[dollopheadedmerlin]

I am constantly trying to come up with ideas for Questing Beast anatomy

[primrose19]

A thing of sun, with teeth and eyes.

@carloabay

[fiotrethewey]

I've now listened to the Gallifrey Anniversary Set Echoes of Eternity (I only knew what was happening in my story) and now I have lots of emotions.

It's so nice to be surprised by a Gallifrey story again.

Always happy to answer questions about the Questing Beast in my inbox (I can check in with Georgia quite easily!) Georgia and I are so happy to delve into Gallifrey together!

[starlight-kestrel]

[gaheriskinnie]

Forget the poll modern day Questing Beast is Manuel the rat

[texasthrillbilly]

Bayueth & Gundemar