@libraryofneith @lil--miss-winchester hell yeah sir leon!!
-Firstly, Leon's reputation as the responsible one? Utter shit. Propaganda. This man grew up with Gwen, Elyan and Arthur, nobody stays sane enough to be considered responsible after that and the three of them like to remind him as such
Leon: wow. i sure am glad i have matured into a sensible knight
Elyan: what a load of shit. you chased a "beast" through the darkling woods on a hunt for three miles before realising it was your shadow
Leon, regretting ever saying anything: no but-
Arthur: you? responsible? the man who taught me that i could get out of council meetings by pretending to be cursed? and didn't even teach me well, you just said shout about magic then lie down on the ground and wiggle a bit!
Gwen: Don't even try it. i was there last month when you almost died of pneumonia after you refused to wear a coat because it, and i quote, "stopped your cape from flowing properly"
He's still the most sensible and responsible of them all by a long shot but it's difficult to maintain a reputation when you're surrounded by people you used to play 'let's cover ourselves in butter and see who can slide the furthest down the hall' with (Gwen held the record until Elyan's fifth birthday, when he realised he could easily win if he went down the stairs. He broke both of his arms but he still considers it one of his greatest achievements.)
-To maintain his relatively calm facade and not strangle any of his friends, Leon keeps a diary. After every council meeting, every bullshit shenanigan, Leon just takes a deep breath pulls out his diary. If it was ever found, he would likely be executed
Arthur: Merlin and i have captured a dragon. gonna fuck around and see what happens next
Leon scribbling furiously: dear diary you will not believe what these bitches have done now
Or one particularly harrowing entry:
Dear Diary, every morning i pray for death and i am greeted with a mountain of shite. the king has married a troll. kinkshaming is against the knight's code but honestly what the fuck. i dont know any more and i do not wish to.
-Pasted on the wall in his room, Leon has a list he wrote of people he's not allowed to let near each other lest the kingdom fall to pieces. At the top of that list is Gwaine and Morgana, after Leon found out Gwaine had been thieving her shampoo
Morgana, narrowing her eyes and drawing her sword: Why do i smell vanilla essence and honey
Gwaine, fleeing as fast as his legs can carry him: we've been made!! fuck!!
other pairs on the list include: Lancelot and Merlin without supervision, Gwen and Gwaine when at the tavern (she's the only person that can outdrink him and she does so with relish), Arthur and any of his direct relatives, Merlin and Elena and Elyan with anybody who has access to explosives
-Leon is the only one of the original noble knights to ever try and learn any basic life skills for himself. This is largely due to Gwaine bullying him about not being able cook anything other than what he called "pee soup" (it was supposed to be a vegetable stew and Leon has worked very hard on it before almost poisoning everyone)
-He knows full well that people fall asleep during his briefings and starts taking the piss. sometimes he'll just throw something in there to see if anyone notices
Leon: four patrols on the western border,
Everybody visibly napping:
Leon: two on the eastern border, i murdered Elyan this morning and Lancelot is next, scouts in the north say nothing to report
Arthur, sort of half awake: sorry?
Leon: i said the northern scouts reported nothing
Lancelot, the only one who always pays attention:
-Leon doesn't really get involved with pranks, which is definitely for the best. He always goes far too over the top and not in an 'elaborate booby trap with dominoes and wheels' kind of way, more in a 'i paid everybody in the castle to pretend that you're Merlin and Merlin is you, i've switched out all your clothes, moved all your things out of your room, dyed your hair while you slept and i'm going to watch you slowly lose your mind' kind of way. That last one is a real example, he did it to Arthur once because he thought it would be funny but it ended with Arthur screaming and trying to build a portal because he thought he was trapped in a parallel universe
-He's pretty good at working out when people are lying to him but never calls them out on it. Instead, he plays along with the lie and brings it up whenever possible, forcing the liar to add more and more layers to their lie until they break
Leon: happy birthday Arthur! i know how much you love poetry, so i got you another book of poems and ive signed you up to perform in a slam poetry show in the lower town!
Arthur, shaking: Merlin i can't take this any more
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