#to be clear it's gaius

[merlin-reboot-when]

So I decided to get back into bbc Merlin. I have been thoroughly obsessed with that show several times over the past 6? 7 years? But somehow, I never really wrote for that fandom beyond short headcanons.

Haven't come very far with this new wip yet either, but I always thought that in season 4 one of the knights (other than Lancelot, RIP) should've discovered Merlin's magic and maybe that Gaius had fulfilled his purpose and should've... died? Sorry Gaius. Anyway, here are the first ~400 words of my 4x07 (the secret sharer) AU.

There was a fire in the courtyard. Not a pyre, not today, but one could still smell death in the air. It was a funeral fire. Dozens, maybe hundreds of people were present, all gathered on the wet cobblestone to pay their respects and honour the man they’d all known. Arthur could feel Merlin quietly standing behind him on the palace steps as he delivered his speech. Usually writing that speech should’ve been Merlin’s task, but under the given circumstances Arthur had for once opted to write it himself. As he spoke he tried to keep his voice calm and even, but even he could hear the slight tremor in his voice. For the first and only time since Merlin had come into his service, the servant’s quiet presence did nothing to soothe Arthur’s nerves. Quite the opposite, really. The guilt over what had transpired was eating him alive. He had even gone so far as to avoid Merlin alltogether since his return to Camelot yesterday. Not entirely on purpose, he had actually been pretty busy with planning the funeral, listening to Agravaine and Gwaine’s narrations of what had happened and grieving himself – all on top of his usual duties. After the speech was done the crowd slowly dispersed, the cold and terrible weather driving them back to their homes, but Arthur and many of the knights remained there by the fire for a long time until even the last of the flames had died down. Eventually he turned around to face Merlin. He couldn’t avoid him forever, the man was his employee and, Arthur had to admit, his friend. Surprisingly, his usually rather emotional manservant didn’t look like he had shed a single tear. Instead he just stared straight ahead to the ashes, stone-faced and silent. Arthur sighed and opened his mouth. He wasn’t even sure what he was going to say. “I���m sorry” didn’t seem like enough. “Are you alright?” was probably the most stupid thing he could possibly ask right now. Maybe a pat on the shoulder and a sympathetic look would be more appropriate? Arthur had never done well getting his feelings across with words anyway. But before he could decide on a course of action, Merlin beat him to it. His gaze was still empty and his voice carried absolutely no emotion. “You’re going to need a new Court Physician”, was all he said and without even looking at Arthur he walked away.

[mayasaura]

Do we ever think about how Gideon rejects Pyrrha's attention as a mother because it's a little late to come into her life and instead accepted John as a father? (even though she had some reasons to hate him)? sure, john gave her everything she wanted, but why is pyrrha different? I wish Pyrrha had a chance :((

I think the main difference is that Pyrrha did have a chance to do better by Gideon, and she fumbled it.

John gets dad status because he stepped up as her father as soon as he knew she existed. She knows he had his own blood-related reasons for launching a military expedition to recover her body, but it still must have meant a hell of a lot to her that he did. Vindication for all her childish hopes that maybe she was just lost, and not abandoned. See, Harrow? Her dad really would have come for her, if he had known.

Pyrrha proves the exact opposite. She did know, and it changed nothing. The whole time Gideon was growing up on the Ninth, telling herself there was someone out there looking for her, Pyrrha knew exactly where she was. She thought she must be dead, but she never actually checked. She never even tried to claim her body. It was an extremely complicated situation for Pyrrha, but from Gideon's perspective, that looks a hell of a lot like abandonment.

So yeah. John gets dad privileges despite being a fucked up bastard, because he's the fucked up bastard who went looking for her. Pyrrha watched her fall to the surface of the Ninth and quite literally left her there to rot.

[blanc-ci]

Guys I might be drawing my craziest au yet

[kairos-polaris]

some BoE soldier: you gotta hand it to John Gaius, it's not his fault our ancestors signed a contract valid until the death of the guy called "King Undying"

another soldier: under no circumstances should you "hand it to" John Gaius, the tyrannical coloniser and self proclaimed god, who tricked people into signing a fraudulent contract

[mercyisms]

old, horny, and the dynamic of all time

[arttsuka]

(augustus playing the piano with his tongue while octavius sings along, off key)

jed: "the heck you two doin'?"

octavius: "just having some quality father and son bonding time"

He'd have a small electric piano because realistically why would a real, big piano be in a museum (although I haven't been in the British museum in years so it may have one? Anyway..)

[justaz]

god!merlin

druids can NOT speak in people’s minds. when they are before a high priestess, they can pray to her directly and she can hear them (hence the scene between morgana and mordred when he spoke in her mind).

merlin who constantly has this buzzing in the back of his head that he can never understand besides the occasional odd word which makes no sense. but when he’s closer to a druid or when their prayer is super strong, then he can make out what they’re saying.

merlin who brings up the fact that druids can speak into peoples minds to gaius who casually unfurls a scroll containing his ongoing list of reasons why merlin is/evidence of merlin being a god of the old religion.

[sforzesco]

lmao this is a re draw of a sketch I posted back in december

regarding the antony-cassius dynamic here

Cassius and Brutus: The Memory of the Liberators, Elizabeth Rawson

anyway, @ Cassius: Antony's not obsessed with you because of Caesar and tyranny, he's trying to (redacted) you

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[mosthuggableffxiv]

Round 1A: Alphinaud Leveilleur (ARR) vs Gaius van Baelsar

"In realm reborn, Alphinaud is a smug know-it-all who thinks his understanding of Eorzean politics is somehow better than the people who have lived there their whole lives. He also totally steals Alisae's thunder in the Bahamut raid quest questline. He does improve as a person! But before he did I wanted to dropkick him."

"this guy went from monologuing turbofascist hellbent on conquering the world to Reformed Dad almost entirely offscreen and we didnt even get to punch him once? after everything he did?"

[my-current-obsession]

I gotta say, it took me a bit to really get into Rune Factory 3 (in fact when I first got the game and tried it out I quit after like two hours and didn't touch it for a few months just because the gameplay was a bit janky and it was missing some quality-of-life stuff I was used to having in 4 and 5 and I got really frustrated), but on my second foray into the game it really sucked me in. I might even like the story and especially the romance aspect better than the other games.

I really appreciate that the romance is a forced part of the narrative; you literally can't access the final dungeon and beat the game until you pick a girl to marry. And BECAUSE of that, this game went hard on actually developing the girls and giving you ample time to spend with them. The request system basically functions as a "route" for each girl, and while I've only completed (9/9 one-time quests done) a few of them (Raven, Daria, Marian) I've really enjoyed everything thus far and felt the relationships develop from strangers to friends to love.

And unlike 4 and 5 where I have clear favorites in terms of who to marry, I honestly don't know who I'm going to pick yet. The only girls I'm NOT particularly interested in are Carmen, Colette, and Kuruna. All the other girls are great and I'd be happy to marry any of them, though I AM leaning towards Raven, Marian, or Sakuya (who I WOULD have completed already if not for some of her events being locked behind plot progression...).

[fore-seer]

out of curiosity i read a few of the gay hack’s gaius supports and as i suspected they’re like… not really in “he would not fucking say that” territory but there is something slightly off about them

[mossmx]

I want to (re)assure y'all that I'm 100% serious and not-ironic in my appreciation for all the characters and ship I ship not any "doing it for laughs" "ahahah it's so absurd" "this is crack"

if I spend time on something it is because I love what I'm doing.

Irony and sarcasm are not my style, and besides, I don't see what's "funny" about these ideas most of the time. I just wanna love the things I love honestly <3

[kateis-cakeis]

every time i rewatch S5Ep13 Im like, wow, Arthur really gets over his best friend lying to him for years and years real quickly. Good for him <3

[wlw-webcomic-bracket]

That is. A lot of titles.

[kresnikcest]

All the fics where Ludger and Julius run away to some cabin in the middle of nowhere after the Bad Ending where Ludger keeps cooking for Julius and murdering anyone who comes looking for them is FUN I don’t even care if it’s unrealistic I fucking adore it. Inject that into my veins.

[arthurslesbian]

the way gwen immediately believes morgana and takes her seriously 🥺