medieval love stories only

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[blackpinkpaladin]

im not much of a fanfic writer anymore. but if anyone sends me proof of having donated 10usd or more to any palestinian and sudanese charities, i will write you a drabble/minific of any merlin/good omens/witcher pairing of your choice. u can check out my ao3 at wordsss or just search #mine to see an example of my work. i am also available to help with homework/assignment/etc or to proofread or beta or whatever u want.

if more popular authors and artists want to join me and also provide incentive to donate to ppl in need, i will be forever grateful.

[verothewise]

[greatdumbking]

arthur in text posts

[frogmerthur]

still thinking abt that video of bradley saying lancelot was in love with arthur and because he couldn’t have him he turned his attention to gwen because that was the only piece of him he could have

[eugene-is-tired]

[lualuadraw]

yes

[tiredandoptimistic]

Having a moment over the Merlin finale (as is to be expected), and the thing that really sticks in my head is when Arthur asks Merlin why he's still "acting like a servant," and Merlin goes on about destiny for a bit before admitting "because you're my friend and I don't want you to die." Arthur has trouble comprehending that his only friend would want to take care of him, because on some level he's always been aware that everyone only cares about him because he's royalty. Merlin was his servant from the start, and though he dotes on Arthur constantly it's still (by some metric) just him doing his job.

It's difficult for Arthur to process Merlin having magic, but it's even more difficult for him to process that Merlin is still the same as he ever was. Merlin was always an all-powerful sorcerer, and he always chose to act like a servant because he loved Arthur and wanted to express it through acts of service (such as washing his socks and striking his enemies with lightning). In this scene, Arthur is forced to reckon with the fact that Merlin genuinely never had to do any of those bullshit chores. It was never about Arthur's authority as king or Merlin's role as servant, it was just that they were friends and Merlin wanted to do stuff for him. For the first time in his life, Arthur sees somebody taking care of him and knows that it's 100% because they think he's worth it.

[onceandfuturehighpriestess]

[estazolam]

To others, the yellowed pages hold nothing but a legend; to him, they hold the very ideal he has believed in, the faith he has clung to, the other half of his soul, the one he has loved devoutly, and waited a thousand desperate years to see him again.

Inspired by twi: solisolsoli

[par4n0id-andr0id]

Arthur :)

[derekstilinski]

what happened to the soul that you used to be?

[not-rome]

[thursdaysyme]

I've been wanting to do this one for MONTHS

[lualuadraw]

confessions!!

[masdane]

embarrassing for both of them to have fallen for that guy

[sirnoblesquid]

I think that If merlin ever got the chance to freely explore his magical abilities, it wouldn’t take long before he started hurling random spells at people just to see what happens

Arthur would just have to follow him everywhere and trying to minimise the damage

[teapatime]

Drawing over pictures from Pinterest but as Merthur (with Gwaine third wheeling obviously)

Made this in 2024 but it didn’t get far so posting it here, hehe!

[theonceandfuture]

old merlin art from a year or two ago