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theunfortunate-author

my daily affirmation as an author

ao3feedformerthur

what nightmare tyrant hast for me

Read it on ao3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/76891201

by fictified

“The shifting of fates, Merlin. The death of that prince you serve. Surely you can feel it coming.”

Merlin shook his head, less because he disagreed and more because he didn’t understand how the dragon could be so confidently wrong about the source of this problem.

“Arthur’s been enchanted into love with the Lady Vivian,” he explained, “but that wasn’t Morgana. Or, I’m almost certain it wasn’t Morgana. Do you know of a way to break a love enchantment? He’s about to get himself killed.”

“The witch must be dealt with, or she will be your doom.”

An alternate take on series 2 episode 10, and what that means for Destiny through series 3 episode 2 and beyond.

Words: 3156, Chapters: 1/20, Language: English

Fandoms: Merlin (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Morgause (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Knights of the Round Table (Merlin)

Relationships: Merlin & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin & Morgana (Merlin), Morgana & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen/Lancelot (Merlin), Morgana & Morgause (Merlin), Knights of the Round Table & Merlin (Merlin)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode: s02e10 Sweet Dreams (Merlin), Post-Episode: s03e02 The Tears of Uther Pendragon Part 2 (Merlin), POV Morgana (Merlin), POV Merlin (Merlin), POV Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Spells & Enchantments, Hurt Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon Finds Out About Merlin’s Magic (Merlin), Merlin’s Magic Revealed (Merlin), Protective Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Awesome Gwen (Merlin), BAMF Merlin (Merlin), BAMF Morgana (Merlin), Period Typical Attitudes, Slow Burn, bordering upon gen if you squint, Merlin is Emrys (Merlin), Merlin is a Disaster (Merlin), Dark Magic, Graphic Depictions of Illness, Blood and Violence, Murder, Hurt/Comfort, Fate & Destiny, Minor Gwen/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Minor Gwen/Lancelot (Merlin), no infidelity, Evil Morgause (Merlin), Wordcount: 50.000-100.000

Read it on ao3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/76891201

fictivecircle

little jump scare, i was looking at the new merthur feed and forgot i started posting the new fic 😂 love this tho, it's like the internet has waved hello and i should wave back. sooo here, have a tiny snippet of what's next:

Above the crafted smile, Morgana seemed to glare. It took scant moments to feel undone by that look, so that Merlin prompted her, mostly in earnest, "What can I do for you, my lady?"

"Disappear, if it's not too much trouble. Or if you can manage it, die."

"Oh, of course." He shifted his weight back toward the corridor, all false brightness. "Yes, I'll just get started on that, shall I?"

The lady's firm hand upon his shoulder stilled him.

"I don't know how you're still alive, Merlin, but your luck will not last forever. Stay out of this."

if that sounds like fun then i shall see you soon ✨

#bbc merlin #fictified #current wip #kind of anyway? i'm just fine-tuning at this point #this fic has haunted me for years and now it's going to be everyone else's problem as well 😌#do note the happy ending though that's not a lie lol

merlinrarepairfest

Masterlist

With 28 works, this year's round of the Merlin Rare Pair Fest has come to an end. Thank you to everyone who participated, cheered on, commented, and so on; it's been a blast! 💙

And with this, please find all works beneath the cut.

#bbc merlin #merlin rare pair fest #fandom blog blessings ✨#fic rec

pallegina

*uses an em dash and a colon in the same sentence* we're done when i say we're done.

#writer things #oh the accuracy

what-even-is-thiss

“Cats don’t actually love you”

A cat is a small creature in the middle of the food chain that is fully aware that you are a very large thing that could stomp its head in at any moment and yet it chooses to rest its tiny little head on your leg for a nap and spreads out on the floor near you exposing its belly and its most sensitive organs. It brings dead mice and bugs to you to share food.

Don’t you get it? This tiny thing trusts you. It wants to help you too. It licks your leg thinking that it’s helping. It kneads on you to find comfort. It shares its body warmth with you in the cold and gives you your space in the heat. It hisses at other mammals it sees outside including other cats in an effort to protect its family.

Cats love you so so much. But they will keep trying to eat plastic.

aemelia

The first time it happens, they're drunk—stumbling into Arthur's chambers, his arm slung over Merlin's bony shoulders, laughter hiccoughing out of them both. Arthur kicks the door closed behind them—only a little clumsily: he is, after all, the best warrior in all the land, and certainly able to handle a bit of wine—but Merlin tsks loudly in his ear, because he has no respect—for the monarchy or for Arthur's hearing—and crowds him backwards, reaching around Arthur to shove the bar into place.

Back flush against the hardwood, caged between Merlin's arms, he stops breathing.

Merlin, too, stills—gaze dropping to Arthur's lips.

Arthur's chest is burning. This isn't something he's allowed. He knows that. He knows that. His heart hammers, violent, blood pounding in his ears and rushing south.

He's going to move away. He's going to. He's—

The back of his head smacks the door with the force of the kiss. Arthur groans into the desperate relief of Merlin's mouth, hungry and relentless on his, and something hot and alive shoots up his spine at the feel of Merlin's tongue inside him as he gets fistfuls of Merlin's jacket in his hands, wrenching him closer, the need getting worse, not better.

"We shouldn't," Merlin eventually pants against his ear—then bites it, making Arthur arch against the door, crying out.

They don't make it to the bed.

Door @merthurmicrofic {233 words}

inkandarsenic

#bbc merlin #merthur #fandom blog blessings ✨#absolutely iconic art addition to microfic perfection #either this is all of us or you're in my walls dear artist

thefallenangel2008

You know what? Fuck you *makes your Once And Future King autistic*.

So. Arthur Pendragon. Medieval times. Royalty. Autism. Bro, imagine the masking.

What if Arthur didn't like wearing armour back when he first started knighthood and would have meltdowns, just to be scolded at and called a brat by Uther and be told to shut up? Even though the armour is really heavy and it's so hot during the summer and he wants nothing more than to collapse onto the grass and pass out. He got used to the feeling of being uncomfortable as he got older. His comfort didn't matter when it came to protecting his people. The bad days were the worst ones for hunting and sparing, because everything was already too much and the armour would just add to the feeling. But, despite being a prince and having the privileges that come with it, being "lazy" was not one of them. Of course, there were the foods that he couldn't eat for the life of his, the ones where he'd rather fling himself out of the window instead of daring to put them in his mouth. Overworking himself to the point where he forgets to take care of himself, overthinking about if he made the right facial expression, the struggle to understand his feelings, mood swings, you get the stuff.

And now, Merlin. He had noticed stuff about Arthur, stuff that normal people would find weird and maybe even off-putting. But he never judged (much). Everyone has their own quirks, and he's a god-damned warlock, so yeah, he doesn't really have a say whether the stuff Arthur does in the confines of his own room is weird when his mere presence in the kingdom is enough to have him beheaded.

Once Arthur comes back, 1500 years later, Merlin starts to notice... Signs. He didn't think much of it. It's just Arthur with his weird little quirks and his struggle to adjust into the modern world. But watching Arthur gag and almost vomit the new food he reluctantly tried, the way he visibly recoiled when he touched a fabric he didn't like when getting him new clothes, the way he flexed his fingers subtly or rubbed his knuckles when he got excited about something. He remembered him doing these things all those centuries ago, but it never clicked.

Until it did. Because nowadays autism is a thing.

Maybe he should call the place he got his ADHD diagnosis from. Just to be certain. He's sure Arthur won't mind the hustle the psychologists are, with their invasive questions and all...

#oooh yes absolutely #this is going into my merlin bible okay? okay #bbc merlin

it's been so long since i just ✨posted✨

anyway i started another merlin rewatch and think my next fic is going to be an s1 ep1 rewrite. there is just so much sass potential between Arthur and Kilgharrah, if they'd met first, and that would soothe my weary soul to write rn. behold:

Blowing hot air out his snout, the Dragon tosses his head westward. "Bring the boy to me, and I will tell you whether this is the Emrys of prophecy."

"I am no page, and my squiring days are long past. Call him yourself."

"Do you suppose that would be kinder - to summon a village boy by name who would know nothing of dragons or destiny? To these depths, at the heart of a magic-averse kingdom?"

Arthur manages not to roll his eyes. "He can't be very intelligent if he's come here with all that magic. Perhaps he saw the execution and has already fled."

"Reserve your backtalk, Arthur Pendragon, for one with the patience to hear it. He has not fled; his presence is as loud to my senses as yours. Find him and bring him to me."

For no other reason than that he is tired and growing hungry, Arthur stands. "Perhaps if you learned to address me properly, as befits my station, I might be more willing."

"I could bite your head from your shoulders down in this cavern, and your father would never know what became of you."

This time, Arthur does roll his eyes. "I make no promises. If I happen across the boy, I'll bring him."

He regrets the words nearly as soon as they leave his mouth.

#bbc merlin #merlin #fandom blog blessings ✨#my brain needed this little treat #i'm thinking 15k of this + merthur banter #wip

bananadogpilllow

how iconic is it that Damen started out in captive prince snearing at how veretians get horny over laces and then proceeds to be very horny over laces for 2.5 books straight.

wishing a very happy merlin anniversary to all who celebrate ✨🦋✨ thanks @insane-ohwhyfandoms for the WIP tag!

from one of my current wips, where a young arthur finds a pendant that holds the memories of a druid (cw violence, death):

Arthur's wrists were still thin. His forearms weren't muscled yet like those of the men around him. It was difficult to hold the sword for very long, but he'd managed; he'd managed to push it through flesh and a vital organ, and there was a boy now lying dead before him, who had died by his hand, half by dumb luck, and there was nothing Arthur could do to take that back.

The length of the leather cord was tangled up in the boy's fingers. The pendant stuck out from the seat of a palm whose injury would never heal.

A knight - Arthur couldn't have identified him if he'd tried - shouted, "Prince Arthur!"

But the young Prince had already bent down. He'd already plucked the pendant from that dead hand.

He'd already been cursed.

hopefully this does not die a slow death in my wip folder 😂

if you see this and have not yet been tagged in, consider yourself tagged in now if you so choose🫡

#bbc merlin #wip #merlin

aftercamlann

ACBB 2025 Masterlist

Thank you to all our wonderful writers, artists and beta readers who participated in this years After Camlann Big Bang! We hope you will consider participating again next year! If you haven't already, please check out the big bang summaries below the cut and consider reading, viewing and leaving some comments for our wonder ACBB participants! Below is the final masterlist for After Camlann 2025:

aftercamlann

a kingdom, or this (the same coin)

words by fictified, art by feuxx

“There’s something about you, Merlin. If my uncle knew… if he’d even guessed at it, he would never have let you live. He would never have let me have you.” An ACBB 2025 fic. In this fusion of BBC Merlin and C. S. Pacat's Captive Price trilogy, Agravaine De Bois is Regent of Camelot, formerly Vere, until Arthur Pendragon comes of age. Hardship and famine have struck the land, making it easy for Agravaine's ambition to take hold; a young Akielon dragonlord - the King-Killer - is betrayed and sold into his new slave trade. Arthur and Merlin do what they must both to survive and to meet their destinies.

Click HERE for the fic and art!

#yall i am late to repost my own fic lmao #but this was SO MUCH FUN AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT #big kudos to feuxx for both big brain action and art on this one it legit would not exist without them #happy acbb everyone!! ✨#bbc merlin #acbb 2025 #art tag: serotonin

juunipupu

Knight and midsummer morning Dare to love, dream, and endure despite everything - happy pride and midsummer

#can not even express the joy this brought me today #art tag: serotonin #art tag: awe #art tag: comfort

newrider

wamscoastsmoker

IT’S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

notsocialphobixanymorelmao-deac

I T S T H E M I D D L E O F J U N E

wamscoastsmoker

I T I S H A L L O W E E N T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y

pwhyxco

ok who the fuck got this on my dash it’s still june

wamscoastsmoker

get spooky

tshifty

how does this appear every june

likeimbrandnew

T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y

hellscape-of-sarah-blog

it’s june

prinxiety-logicalitysanderssides

T I M E T O G E T S P O O K I N G Y’ A L L

imin-loveanon-deactivated202006

LEE IT’S JUNE

weirdsthenewnormal

GAY HALLOWEEN TIME

2am-soda-deactivated20211215

y’all know what fuckin month it is 😎

aroacewithsleeves

GAY HALLOWEEN

ivys-garden

Here’s a clue, Spooky is an Autumn flavour, ITS THE MIDDLE OF JUNE

the-haiku-bot

Here’s a clue, Spooky

is an Autumn flavour, ITS

THE MIDDLE OF JUNE

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

#haiku bot my beloved #honoring the ancient traditions #its gay halloween everyone 🌈🎃

bbcmerlin-reversebang

2025 BBC Merlin Reverse Bang Masterlist

Thank you to all the fantastic artists and writers who participated in this round! Without further ado, here is the masterlist for the 2024-2025 BBC Merlin Reverse Bang! Entries are listed in alphabetical order by fic title.

#bbc merlin reverse bang #fic rec #fandom blog blessings ✨#bbc merlin

chapollynh

I had a blast working together with @fictivecircle for the @bbcmerlin-reversebang! These two pieces were so fun to make and I hope I made justice to their amazing fic. There's another one that is only in there, partially because I didn't want to post it twice and also as a incentive to get anyone interested to go check it out, so... here it is!

What serpent heart did ever dragon seek (38.465 words) by fictified and me!

Summary:

"“Don’t come closer,” Merlin begs, throwing an arm out, and that– the hand attached to that arm is what halts Arthur in his place.

It's blood-drenched from whatever lifesaving measures he might have attempted, but more importantly, where the back of it had been pale and smooth the last time Arthur had looked, it is now covered in what look like dragon scales."

fictivecircle

so so happy to have the chance to write with @chapollynh for rvbb!! everybody pls go check out this absolutely fantastic art, i am still absolutely floored i got to write for this and also hope i did the prompt justice ✨🥰✨

#bbc merlin #bbc merlin reverse bang #fanart #art tag: arthur #art tag: merlin ✨#art tag: serotonin #yall this is the first reverse bang ive finished and im ngl i strayed out of thought and time #but i really hope it turned out half as good as this art bc like DAMN #there is just something about it dont mind me as i stare lovingly for the next few days okay #fandom blog blessings ✨

merlinrarepairfest

2024 Masterlist

And that's a wrap, everyone! With 27 incredible fills, this year's round of the Rare Pair Fest concludes, and I want to say a massive thank you to all the writers, artists, readers, and cheerleaders! <3

You can find all fills in the AO3 Collection, and also listed beneath the cut. Enjoy!

#bbc merlin #merlin rare pair fest #fic rec #LOOK AT THEM ALL ✨

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