Will and Lancelot would have been friends
they were both friends of Merlin, both kept his secrets and both actively encouraged him to break the law
imagine how powerful they would have been if they'd met
they had perfectly corresponding controlled anarchist energies and the only big difference is Lancelot wanted to be a knight and Will said fuck you and your nobles
allow me to illustrate:
they would have been such good friends and Lancelot would have showed Will how to fight properly and Will would have taught him why the royals dont deserve shit
Merlin: how was training today?
Lancelot: it was great! Will's making real progress with his footwork and today i learned that we exist in an inherently corrupt system that can never benefit the majority because it was built for noblemen to profit from suffering!
Arthur: (sweating nervously)
comparing Merlin stories? and the mutual exhaustion of trying to keep him alive?
Lancelot, turning up in Ealdor after Merlin comes up with his latest terrible idea: you've been doing this longer than i have, how do i stop merlin sacrificing himself
Will, cracking open another beer: i dont know chain him up? there's not a whole lot you can do short of sedating him
Lancelot: (taking down notes) lightly poison him
the only person more terrified of this friendship than Arthur is Merlin, who keeps finding his irresponsible and borderline suicidal shenanigans foiled by Will and Lancelot
Merlin, on his way to trade his life for Arthur's again: how did you find me i left three fake trails specifically so you wouldn't find me
Lancelot: i used my knight stealth training and followed you the whole way
Will: i used my Merlin is an idiot training and guessed that you would come here
the plans they would have hatched, they jokes they would have made, the pendragons they would have enraged
alas, this is bbc merlin and they are both
dead
but if they weren't they would be friends and you can't convince me otherwise
