T. S. Morgan

just sharing my writing and love for Merlin here | intp/infp • ravenclaw • wanderer | WARNING: All of my stories are the result of brain gremlins. Brain gremlins can be unhinged.

[blindemaler]

Morgana Pendragon ⭐

[vanyamire]

some quick morgana x gwen studies i did while experimenting with new brushes :]

[koffeinkaos]

I am convinced Leon had a wall in his chambers that was covered with notes and drawings of situations that made no sense, of branches falling and enemies suddenly defeated. A red string connects different scenes and hand drawn portraits of everyone involved. To every picture he had to add the name, unfortunatly Leon was no artist and even he wouldn't be able to tell the stick figures apart, but he worked on this every free minute he had and he was sure now.

Every piece arranged itself to show one picture. Of course. Yes! Everything made sense now!

The way Arthur always got saved, the way the knights got lucky every time.

He didn't know how it happened or why but somehow Leon had developed magical abilities to save his king and friends. Without even realizing.

In a kingdom where magic was outlawed.

Oh gods

Leon has broken the law.

Shaken by the realization the knight had to sit down. He had to confess! It was his duty! But who would protect the king?? Gwaine?! MERLIN??!!!?

No, he would bear the burden of this treason if Arthur would live.

[theglitchywriterboi]

I hope every writer who sees this writes LOADS the next few months. Like freetime opens up, no writers block, the ability to focus, etc etc you're able to write loads & make lots of progress <3

[stevviefox]

Passing along for all the writers out there!

[byoldervine]

Fanfic is a great way to practice self-indulgence while writing. It doesn’t even have to be good, it just exists purely for your pleasure, be a little freak about it. Worry about quality and what other people think when it comes to works you intend to publish in a formal setting

[irishyuri]

the merlin cat returns

[luna-azzurra]

Tips for Writing Injuries

✧ Broken ribs suck. You don’t just “walk it off.” Breathing hurts. Laughing hurts. Existing hurts. Characters with rib injuries won’t be doing heroic sprints.

✧ Concussions aren’t instant naps. Dazed vision, nausea, dizziness, maybe even personality changes, but they’re not going to collapse neatly like in the movies.

✧ Blood loss is sneaky. It’s not just about dramatic pools of blood. It’s dizziness, confusion, and the body getting cold as circulation tanks.

✧ Adrenaline lies. Someone can take a serious injury and not feel it until the fight’s over. That “I didn’t realize I was bleeding until later” trope? Very real.

✧ Twisted ankles are brutal. One bad step and suddenly running is off the table. Even walking hurts like hell. Perfect way to ground a chase scene.

✧ Burns linger. Even small burns hurt more than most people expect. Blisters, infection risk, constant pain, it’s not just a cool scar later.

✧ Dislocated shoulders = useless arm. Characters can’t keep swinging a sword or firing a gun. They’re basically fighting one-armed until it’s fixed.

✧ Shock is a thing. Pale skin, trembling, rapid heartbeat, and eventually disorientation. A character might not even realize how bad their wound is.

✧ Stitches aren’t magic. Getting sewn up is painful and recovery takes time. They’re not instantly battle-ready after a needle and thread.

✧ Scars tell stories. Some fade, some don’t. Some stay sensitive forever. Don’t forget the aftermath when the wound becomes part of the character.

[dymonida]

The world needed something to believe in;

Something bright and solid,

Something equal, something round.

Dragon's fire illuminated the darkness,

Forged a coin to the destiny's sound.

One side bore magic, the other bore a crown.

Both sides got branded by a dragon,

And marked Albion's dawn.

Thus the legend of the once and future king and the most powerful sorcerer to walk the Earth was born.

***

Would you read a fem!Merlin fanfiction? I just think it would be funny because of how many silly situations she'd get in as a girl who a lot of people mistake for a boy, all the while she's serving the clotpole of a prince.

While I would follow some of the plot, I plan on making it make sense. Hunith willingly sending Merlin to a place where magic is punishable by death? No. Merlin trying to help Morgana out? Yes. Arthur and Morgana having petty fights over who should Merlin work for? Yes. Morgana forcing Arthur to have a girl's nights with her, Merlin and Gwen (because he has no other friends by that point) and them annoying the shit out of him? Yes. Resetting Arthur's character development over and over again? No. And so on.

I plan on really working on the character's psyche and relationships with other characters because that part really fascinated me the most about BBC's Merlin.

Anyway, I plan on writing it in a way that even if people haven't watched the show or aren't familiar with Arthurian legends can still read and enjoy it.

P.S. Cover is made by me with the help of my beloved friend @lovenonymously

[dymonida]

Ok people, here's the beginning of my fem!Merlin fanfic, and KEEP IN MIND IT NEEDS EDITING. It's a random scribble. This is just for you to let me know if it's okay for the story to go in this direction.

I needed a better reason for Merlin to go to Camelot. Hunith sending Merlin to a place where magic is punishable by death didn't sit right with me. And yes, she was aware because Balinor was hunted by Uther's men.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A girl can only push down her magic abilities for so long before they bubble back up and escape her fingertips. Merlin swallowed. Looked around. Then looked down at the body.

Was he alive? And if he was, had he seen anything?

She moved closer with careful steps. Soft grass swallowed the sound.

A man draped in red fabric was sprawled on the forest floor. Blood was seeping from the wound on his right leg where his breeches were torn.

Merlin kneeled before his head and gently, but quickly, raised his head inspecting it for any injuries. The mysterious man didn’t have any despite hitting his head on the root of a tree. Her focus shifted back to his leg. How to stop the bleeding?

Merlin didn’t care much of her clothes, and as a girl of her status, there wasn’t much to care about anyway. She yanked on her blue neckerchief but the knot cut in the back of her neck.

“Come on…” With shaking fingers Merlin undid the knot and rushed to wrap the fabric around the man’s thigh. She made sure the fabric was tightly wrapped before looking around again. Satisfied with the lack of observers, Merlin’s eyes flashed gold.

***

“Somebody help! There is an injured man here!”

Merlin had the man’s arm wrapped around her shoulders, her right hand tugging at the man’s wrist and her left arm wrapped around the man’s torso. With the strength she had (and a little bit of magic) she was dragging the unconscious lad to her house, his feet and hem of the red cape dragging on the ground. Merlin’s unusual height for a girl of that time – nearly six feet – certainly helped.

A few villagers ran to her and two men took the unconscious body from the girl who felt like her shoulder was about to fall off.

“That is a knight of Camelot.”

“What is he doing across the border? I don’t think king Cenred will be happy about this.”

“Just take him to my mother,” Merlin said while rubbing her shoulder, “he’s lost a lot of blood and knoched himself unconscious. He needs help.”

The men shared a look.

“All right lass, but he is your and your mother’s responsibility.”

“That’s fine, just bring him to my house!” Merlin yelled over her shoulder while hurrying to her mother.

[poug1y]

gwen my gwen

[ispaintingcalmly]

Camelot sketches (I’ll probably add more in the future)

[theglitchywriterboi]

I hope every writer who sees this writes LOADS the next few months. Like freetime opens up, no writers block, the ability to focus, etc etc you're able to write loads & make lots of progress <3

[stevviefox]

Passing along for all the writers out there!

[dymonida]

@lovenonymously

[memecucker]

if you’re white and wanna write a poc character and feel awkward about it i implore you to ignore any twitblr stuff treating it as a massive ethical burden and instead come in more with the same mindset you’d have if you wanted to write about idk firefighters but didn’t know anything about firefighters so you do... research. Like fuck off with the weird kinda creepy calls for spiritual introspection you’re not writing about god damn space aliens you’re writing about humans and if you think you need more perspective of different life experiences just read?

[mala-taste]

If I were writing about firefighters I'd also, in addition to just reading about them, take advantage of Our Blessed Internet to ask actual firefighters about how shit works. I'd do the same for a minority I'm not a part of.

I remember when there was this LiveJournal community where you could just ask about anything you needed for your novel - medicine, professions, vehicles, how things function in country X - and people who knew something about that would answer.

We need to bring this back.

[mala-taste]

And apparently just this summer they DID bring it back - it's called Little Details and it's on Dreamwidth!!!!

[alexseanchai]

[crazy-pages]

Remember, a world where everyone stays in their own boxes and only writes about their own narrow demographic is straight up a goal for racists. If you ever find yourself attempting anti-racism so hard you've looped back to "functionally the same thing racists want", stop, take stock, and ask yourself where things went wrong.

[artchael]

baby's first digital artwork. very excited about doing more of these

[stygian2night]

Using my drawing class to draw Merlin fanart

[craeatus]

Day 4. "Is this a thing?"

Yes. Phantom of the Opera Mergana is a thing because I said so.

In an AU where Merlin secretly teaches Morgana to control her magic behind a mirror. He hides behind a golden mask to conceal his identity from her.

[faustandfurious]

Basic rules for analysing fiction, an incomprehensive list jotted down in a hurry:

The protagonist isn’t always right

The protagonist isn’t always good

The protagonist isn’t always written to be relatable or likeable

The narrator isn’t always right

The narrator isn’t always good

The narrator isn’t always telling the truth

The narrator isn’t always the author

The protagonist’s moral compass, the narrator’s moral compass and the author’s moral compass are three entirely different things that only occasionally overlap

Pay attention to what characters do and not just what they say

Pay special attention when what the characters do is at odds with what they say

A lot of the time the curtains are blue for a reason. If they aren’t, you should read better books

[penandinkprincess]

really we deserved gwaine knowing about merlin's magic because him and lancelot lowkey having squabbles about who gets to go with merlin on illegal magic fieldtrips would be so funny

merlin mentions needing to kill some magical creature, so lancelot shows up at their usual meeting point just to find gwaine waiting there, too

excuse you?? lancelot has been doing well-intended treason for a year now? this is kind of his thing??? HE is the treason buddy??