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Lancelot: *choking*
Gwaine: Oh my god is there a doctor around?
Merlin: I'm the physician's apprentice
Gwaine: NERD *high fives Lancelot*
I feel what really elevates this scene is knowing that at least Lancelot and Arthur both have massive hangovers
the universal experience
Be proud of being cringe. Evil even
Do not kill the part of you that’s cringe, kill the part of you that cringes.
Do not kill the part
of you that’s cringe, kill the part
of you that cringes.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
as if there was any real doubt
the fight scene between the stranges that quite literally weaponizes the score was one of the most inventive and creative things i’ve ever seen in marvel tbh
Merlin 2 | BBC Merlin + Textposts/Tweets (7/?)
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Nick’s mum: So, do you like this girl?
Nick: Well, her dog died
Nick’s mum:
no because it's the way nick realized instantly that he was acting just like ben and made it a point to try to be different... they way every single time he saw charlie around he'd say hi, public or private, the way he literally sprinted in the rain to personally apologize for running away after they kissed, the way he emphasized again and again how much he liked charlie and being with him, the way he was open and communicative about how he wanted to have privacy to understand his feelings but that he clearly didn't want to be a secret indefinitely, the way he said he'd respect it if charlie really wanted to end things but he didn't want it to be for the wrong reasons, the way he Shone when charlie called them boyfriends, the wa
okay so that’s at least one person who would have no problem if they got sent back to medieval times, the guild hall absolutely going off to this mashup
today i am thinking about the episode "le morte d'arthur", and how we really could have had it all
bear with me a moment.
what if, instead of the shit with hunith, it had been merlin's life that had been taken in the bargain with nimueh. arthur wakes up, merlin says his goodbye, and by the next day, merlin is in bed with a high and delirious fever. arthur maybe doesn't notice at first-- he's been lavished on by his father and those who thought he had been lost-- but by the time he does--
"gaius," he says, a grin on his face as he bursts through the door to the physician's chambers, "i need merlin. father is throwing a victo--"
he pauses when he sees gaius in silent tears. he frowns, steps forward, sees--
merlin, on a cot. stock still.
arthur, a bit hysterical, walks over. "youre always sleeping, merlin," he says, voice shaky.
"sire," gaius starts, voice thick.
"no, he's always-- you act like it's me that sleeps in, but you're always--" his voice is cracking.
"he's gone, sire."
arthur demands to know what's going on. merlin had been fine yesterday, and what does gaius mean, gone? what sickness could merlin have possibly gotten that could-- that could--
gaius sits him down. he doesn't want to tell arthur this, but the price has been paid for merlin already. there is little to fear about arthur's retribution, now. he explains the isle of the blessed, of merlin's sacrifice. he keeps out the fact that merlin has magic, just that he sought it out. by the end, arthur is livid.
"show me," he says, already standing, "where it is."
"sire, nimueh has powerful magic. you are no match--"
"as your future king. show me."
gaius relents. arthur travels to the isle of the blessed without a second thought to what anyone else might think. he's terrified. we see that. but he's determined.
nimueh meets him with a smirk. "this is not the only life that has been traded for yours, arthur pendragon."
this is where arthur finds out what happened with ygraine. by the end, arthur is furious beyond anything we've ever seen with him. he draws his sword-- nimueh laughs, knocks it away with her magic, knocks him to his knees. "you will do well to think before you challenge me, boy."
and arthur doesn't know any incantations. doesn't know any magic. but he puts his palms on the ground, the land that is his as much as he is its. begs, quietly. swears that he will do better, be better than his father. that he will bring its magic back.
when he looks up, there are vines surrounding nimueh. she cannot get out of their entanglement, though she tries her best. arthur picks up his sword. the rain starts. tears streaming down his face and eyes gold, he runs her through.
when he returns, gwen meets him. "arthur, you'll never-- merlin is--"
he runs to him. merlin is confused, and awake, and alive. even more confused when arthur hugs him.
"what happened?" merlin asks.
and because this is the end of the season, arthur lies. says he doesn't know, but merlin is safe and that's all that matters. "you live to serve me another day, merlin," he jokes.
the second to last scene is arthur with his father. he demands of him to tell him why he banned magic. his father states the carefully constructed lie he's heard all his life. "why do you ask, arthur?"
arthur sets his jaw. he's seen through it now. "nothing, father."
"get your rest."
the last scene is arthur returning to gaius'. merlin is asleep, gaius explains. he needs his rest. but arthur is not here for merlin. he's here for gaius.
gaius asks him as calm as he can. "what happened there? on the isle of the blessed?"
arthur shakes his head. that's a story for another time.
"gaius," he says, hands shaking. "i think i have magic."
--
(and then we would get a season of arthur grappling with that privately, keeping appearances publicly, and all the while still oblivious of merlins magic. he also struggles with the fact that merlin negotiated with nimueh, his father's secret, and everything else. morgana still grows bitter because arthur keeps his shifting opinion on magic secret. fill in the rest.)
anyway yeah. we could have had it all, yall.
rick riordan be like i hope nothing bad happens to nico and will. my brother in christ you are writing the book
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just some of my fav memes related to today
I know it’s 2020 but Merlin AU where Uther notices a bunch of problems that could only be solved by magic ~spontaneously~ getting solved around Arthur, and concludes that this must be a side effect of Arthur only existing due to magical intervention. An intense bigotry-versus-parental-love internal conflict commences, followed by some that’s-pretty-hypocritcal-of-you-isn’t-it-dad screaming external conflict, generally upending everything. Merlin is standing in the corner the entire time holding a serving jug of mead and sweating.
Morgana, dramatically slamming open the throne room doors with both arms: I’M ALSO UNWILLINGLY MAGIC. Arthur: What???? Morgana, raising one fist at him: Solidarity, motherFUCKER! Arthur: What????????
What’s Uther gonna do? What’s he gonna fucking do???? Execute his secret Scottish child, but not his nonsecret blond heir child??? They’re ganging up on him now. He’s fucking cornered.
#what a way for Arthur to get dumped into this drama#I’M PRETTY SURE I AM NOT MAGIC#“you keep killing things that can only be killed by magic tho’#…full disclosure i often don’t remember it#so sometimes you black out and accomplish magical feats?#NO! ( @whetstonefires )
This is about the part where Merlin escalates to chugging the royal mead.
At some point someone mentions that an eyewitness would be great. And they all realize that Merlin is persent for all these things and start asking Merlin what it looks like when Arthur performs these magical feats. And he’s half way through the royal mead so fuck it. And he starts talking about how Arthur glows and shit. And usually Merlin has to knock him on the head to get him to stop glowing and whooshing and what not and the idea that Merlin could be saving the prince from his own magical distraction is so absurd they decide it’s just a drunk idiot telling tales.
Knfsdfs “Are you telling me that every time I blacked out you knocked me out!?” “…You know what? That’s actually accurate.”
i would die for this.
somebody please.
Merlin, really getting into this: It was to save you from your own magic, sire. I had no other choice. That’s… That’s what you do, you see a born sorcerer and you just wham, knock them out for their own good.
Morgana, thinking about her sleeping draughts: It’s true Arthur that’s what they do.
Arthur: I’m.
Morgana: But it’s fine look we just have to win Merlin over to the side of magic.
Merlin: …
Merlin: I don’t know guys, that’s going to be a tough sell.
Merlin: I just. I just don’t know if I could be persuaded.
Arthur: Merlin, you aren’t even from Camelot. Why would you have anti-magic biases.
Merlin: But you’re always so insistent magic is eeeevil.
Merlin: Maybe you should persuade me. Tell me what’s so great about sorcerers.
Morgana: Well–
Merlin: No, I want to hear him say it.
Merlin blatantly and magically refills the jug with more mead: What? Why’d you stop? Keep talking about how great sorcerers are Arthur. Come on now, you were just getting to the good parts.
