in two words? prince arthur

pretty much in love with morgana. she/her

[pondermoniums]

I'm never getting over the fact that Arthur, on every single date he goes on, talks about Merlin. Brings Merlin along. Aggravates the living hell out of Merlin right in front of the salad.

Vivian, Elena, Gwen, and Mithian are the epitome of, "Hi, this is my boyfriend, Arthur. And that's Arthur's boyfriend, Merlin."

It's really freaking rich that Arthur made a joke about Merlin being sheltered with no tact with women - meanwhile, this literal castle-bound prince cannot function without his best friend, manservant, and boyfriend.

[acepalindrome]

Okay, genuinely, if you need some queer joy in your life and you haven’t watched it already, watch Yuri on Ice. Even if you aren’t usually into anime! Even if you don’t know shit about figure skating! Yeah, I know it’s seven years old now, but it still holds up! It’s just a genuinely wholesome, fun piece of queer media full of lovable characters, excellent music, and a world almost identical to our own except there’s no homophobia. Not a bit! Everyone is chill about folks being gnc too! There’s a scene where a guy talks about exploring his femininity and no one has any issue with it, not even the teen who loves to shit talk him!

I was also bracing myself for being queerbaited in the first half because it’s a sports anime and that’s just how this goes, but nope! It’s GAY gay. It’s a romance! It’s sweet and heartfelt and lovely!

There’s drama, but none of it has anything to do with the characters being gay. There is no villain. Hell, there’s not an unlikable character among the whole cast! There’s a cranky, shouty coach, but he deeply cares about his kids. There’s a little edgelord teenager, but he’s 15 and is treated accordingly by the story and characters. There’s one guy who’s a cocky bastard, but he’s not a bad person and gets some great character development later on. The biggest conflict is caused by, as usual, gay people not knowing how to communicate, but everything ends happily.

AND it’s got one of the best plot twists I’ve ever seen in anything.

Also there’s a scene at the end that’s one of the most romantic things I ever seen and I’m not exaggerating a bit. Seven years later and it still melts my heart.

I remember Con O’Neill talking about OFMD and calling it kind, and that’s how I feel about this show too. It’s kind.

Go watch it. Get the opening song stuck in your head. Watch two unhappy, lonely men fall in love while expressing their feelings through figure skating. ITS GREAT.

[ruanbaijie]

victor + yūri

[mappawhereisyoi]

I will NEVER get over this arrow placement 🥹

[darkheartlightmind]

If this isn't a meme format, it absolutely should be

[dryadalisliv-deactivated2025040]

[longlivechips]

My favorite Merlin head cannon is that Arthur knew Merlin had a secret that they didn't talk about because it would get him in trouble with the law

but he always just assumed the secret was Merlin that preferred men.

feat: this scene

[weaponizedducks]

in s2 merlin when gwen gets kidnapped says "I've never seen you like this about anyone." he's never seen arthur whenever merlin goes missing/gets hurt. every time without fail arthur either actively disobeys uther to go and search for a cure, risking death and getting arrested, or sends out an entire army to find him and then goes looking for him himself when they didn't find him. he was so whipped and merlin only didn't realise it because he was almost dead or missing whenever arthur went batshit

[nextstopparis]

when I was drowning I thought about the light instead of the water, the accident instead of the ache.

— Yves Olade

[writing-prompt-s]

On your wedding day, you and your partner exchange pieces of paper containing each other’s biggest secret. You freeze for a moment after reading theirs, but in the end, cast it into the fire to be consumed by the flames along with theirs. ‘Til death do us part.’

[tamaha]

Merlin wrote: I have magic.

Arthur wrote: I already know.

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 2.08 The Sins of the Father

[witchmd13]

back to being insane it haunts me that arthur doesn't recognize the de bois crest on tristan's shield when he comes back as a ghost. uther truly didn't allow him to learn even one thing about ygraine. he doesn't even know what his mother's family crest looks like.

[dindjarism]

COLIN MORGAN as MERLIN

BBC MERLIN | 3.04 Gwaine

[darkheartlightmind]

just your friendly reminder that uther canonically had sex with a troll 😃

[wolfes]

—Macbeth, William Shakespeare

[Caption: 3 deep blue blended gifs of Morgana Pendragon overlaid with quotes from Macbeth. 1: Morgana walks with her back to Uther, smiling evilly; text reads, “Fair is foul and foul is fair” with “fair and foul” glitching and switching places while “Hover through the fog and filthy air” fades in as the glitch occurs. 2: Morgana is speaking with a bare face and humility, and text reads, “Look like th’ innocent flower,” as the gif glitches to reveal Morgana smirking and the text reading, “But be the serpent under ‘t.” 3: Morgana and Morgause are standing and casting spells over a cauldron, while text reads, “Double, double, toil and trouble / Fire burn and cauldron bubble.” End caption.]

[d-one-in-the-dirty-trench-coat]

Arthur: *Giving one of his most emotional speeches of all times*

Arthur: With all that said, *on one knee* Will you marry me?

Gwen: Of course I will, my cabbage head!

Arthur:

Gwen: Too Merlinish for a fake proposal?

Arthur: What?! Gwen, what do you think we have been doing this all time?

Gwen: I thought you were practicing to propose Merlin!

Arthur: ???

[fairycosmos]

i hate nerves and anxiety. oh nooo i am scared of acting like a weird bitch to remedy this i will act like a weird bitch

[wvterways]

[abigailinc]