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Oh, I thought with 'healthy shipping' you meant not shitting on other people's ships as in 'don't be toxic.' not 'the ship is toxic.'

“Oh I ship them but only in the healthy way not the toxic one”

Child… they’re not real, they’re basically dolls, barbies even, play with them in any way you want, toxic ships have existed for years they’re not “bad” is just fun, stop letting these puritan views infest fandom spaces I swear to god.

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Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Merlin (TV) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwaine & Merlin (Merlin), Lancelot du Lac & Arthur Pendragon, Gwen/Lancelot (Merlin), Morgana & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Lancelot (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Hunith (Merlin), Will (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin) Additional Tags: Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Merlin's Magic Revealed (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon Finds Out About Merlin's Magic (Merlin), POV Merlin (Merlin), Eventual Romance, Angst and Romance, Tension, Siblings Morgana & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Series: Part 99 of Merlin's magic Summary:

"Have we met?” Arthur insisted, shaking his head. “You seem – familiar.”

Last time, Merlin had not thought about those words, but this time they hit him hard. Arthur may not know it, hadn’t known it then, but he’d recognised Merlin. Not because he was familiar by a meeting of chance, but because their souls were intertwined by fate. And yet, it ate away at Merlin that if things were easier, if things were better, Arthur would have simply remembered.

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for Violetcarson for this year's Merthur Glompfest - they requested Merlin as a cambion, which was what he was sometimes described as in early medieval texts - hope you enjoy your gift!

AO3 crosspost with some writing

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You ever hear that old chestnut about how most people neglect the part of the story of Icarus where he also had to avoid flying too low, lest the spray of the sea soak his feathers and cause him to fall and drown? You ever think about how different the world would be if Icarus died that way instead? If the idiom was to Fly To Close To The Sea? A warning against playing it far too safe, about not stretching your wings and soaring properly? You ever think about how Icarus died because he was happy?

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Since Arthur can't decide on a wife, he decides to draw names from a hat.

The knights, thinking they are funny, throw Merlin's name into the hat.

Arthur draws Merlin's name four times in a row.

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Omg really?

Just another day thinking about merthur and their shenanigans.

Arthur & Merlin, 2.02 "The Once and Future Queen"

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Arthur: *thought he was bonding with Merlin*

Arthur: fuck, I royalled up

Merlin: you what?

Arthur: that totally is a word, Merlin.

Just another day thinking about merthur and their shenanigans.

Arthur & Merlin, 2.02 "The Once and Future Queen"

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Signs a Character Is Falling in Love

ෆ They Start Noticing the Small Things. The way the other person laughs. How they stir their coffee. The exact shape of their handwriting.

ෆ Hyper-Awareness of Touch. A brush of fingers becomes a full-body event. They replay it later. On loop.

ෆ They Look for Them First in a Room. Just a glance. A check. Not because they care. Obviously.

ෆ Jealousy They Can’t Explain. A spike of irritation when someone else makes them laugh. What’s that about? They don’t want to know.

ෆ Their Defenses Go Weird. More sarcasm. More teasing. Or less of everything. Silence, suddenly.

ෆ Uncharacteristic Generosity. Lending a book. Making a playlist. Bringing coffee “just because.” They’re not in love. They’re just nice.

ෆ They Get Irritated by Their Own Reactions. Why do they care so much? Why are they thinking about this? Why won’t it stop?

ෆ They Start Mirroring. Their speech patterns shift. Their posture echoes the other person. It’s subconscious. It’s terrifying.

ෆ They Avoid Eye Contact More Than Usual. Because they’re afraid if they look too long, the truth will pour out.

ෆ They Rehearse Conversations in Their Head. Over and over, what they could say, what they wish they said. They’re not in love. Nope. Definitely not.

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I have no idea how to paint horses, horse gear or armour. But I needed to make "knight and his beloved lord" paintings that look like something I could have seen in a museum, but I didn't because there were none, so a boy must do what he can. And, even though this artwork might look like it's an angsty goodbye, it's actually Hans feeling clingy with separation anxiety even if Henry's is about to travel not further than a nearby city where he knows he can get some real good wine to make his lordly bitch happy.

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Hey....

You have to share the link now, you know that right?

Time travel au, but one of them isn't from modern times but from an intergalactic space war ship.

1000 times funnier if it's reincarnated Arthur.

Arthur: I am on a mission to find the legendary sorcerer Merlin

Merlin: *sitting in a starbucks* huh?

Arthur: shouldn't you look older?

Merlin: dafuq

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'I don't know what I'm writing about and I'm not writing that either.'

Why are you shitting on my carpet?

gun to my head i would rather die than read this fic. what the fuck are you even doing at this point. whats the fucking point?

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Arthur is forced to take a bride and expected to dance and be courtly with a lot of women he's never met before.

Instead of dreading the situation, however, Arthur is having fun doing all these balls his father is throwing. That is until one day, Merlin is sick and Arthur had to attend the feasts on his own.

Arthur: somehow, love is so much harder to find without him

Arthur: which means nothing

Arthur: *cries*

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Uther: it's pick my son in law day. I want that one *points at Merlin*

Morgana: no offence but-

Arthur: out of my way, sis. He's mine.

Uther: 👀

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Some moments from the second merlin book valiant (it's just merthur)

Arthur already letting merlin get away with saying things he shouldn't

God they're so cute

Arthur only spent like two days with merlin and he already likes him these damn gays

Damn Arthur and merlin breaking up already (sorry for bad quality)

Sure merlin "friend"

Arthur already regretting sacking merlin

Thinking about the fact that Arthur died in Merlin's arms makes this sad

Arthur thinks he's about to die and the one thing he wants is to apologize to merlin 😭

I love them so much

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Quick, Disney-style Merln