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on the off chance anyone is still following me here, merlin can now be found here.

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please consider this an indefinite hiatus. i don’t know why but my muse for merlin basically vanished, and i have a lot of shit going on in my life that makes it very difficult for me to maintain blogs i don’t really feel like being on. i expect i’ll be back sometime, but it may be a few months even and i don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up unnecessarily.

thank you to anyone who continues to follow me, and if you decide to unfollow me for this hiatus, that’s okay and i hope you have a lovely rest of your life. 

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hey kids ! so this is an official hiatus, because as some of you know, i’m leaving for the SUNSHINE STATE on the afternoon of saturday the 6th. ( though from what i’ve heard, it’s chilly down there right now. it’s not the -20 degrees that it is here, but still. ) this means i will likely not be able to get on until i return ! though i do get back on the 12th, i’ve been assigned 13 1/2 hours of work on the 13th, and i have the store christmas party as well as buckets of homework to finish on the 14th. this means that officially, my hiatus will last until the 15th !

i will not have a chance to queue replies to post before my trip, however, i might have time to add some in while i’m on vacation, since i will have my computer with me! i will not be posting anything live, however. you can likely still reach me through ims and i might send a couple things to people’s ask boxes when i do my daily check of my blogs. 

i will miss you all! mutuals can ask for discord or snapchat to keep in contact with me while i’m gone!

[findsilver]

don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. i am KIND to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, WEAK is not what you are going to remember about me.

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i’m not crying over this video. ur crying over this video.

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crownside.

mellisonant  pyre,  passion  overflows  when  it  is  new. they  have  been  stuck  at  that  stage,  not  quite  honeymoon,  but  even  more  overwhelming.  luminary  boy.   if  they  only  knew  what  happened  behind  closed  doors.  how  vulnerable  he  is.   how  soft.  when  the  world  has  tried  to  forge  him  to  steel,  merlin  melts  him  so  quickly.  opulence,  pride,  power,  it  all  vanishes  now  until  they  are  stripped  of  the  only  thing  left   :   themselves.  ❛  there’s  not  much  time.  ❜   he  whispers,  mouth  to  ear.    ❛  my  father  will  summon  me  to  the  meeting  soon.  ❜   kisses  soft  as  the  butterflies  wings.   cup  over-flow.   vaguely  did  he  adumbrate,  there  is  no  room  for  words  here,   there  is  only  room  for  this.  for  the  spell  cast  between  them,  only  a  hair  short  of  mephitic.   

it  has  taken  time  to  get  this  way.   rightful  heir.   the  kingdom's  eyes     (   re:  his  father’s  eyes  )  like  the  beading,  demonic  eyes  of  a  hawk  pry  into  his  skin.  he  has  to  be  careful  never  to  make  the  wrong  move.  to  stand  straight,  be  courageous,  a  toy  soldier  when  all  the  world  is  a  battlefield.     for  camelot  ..    they  say,   for  camelot  you   must  give  your  life.   merlin  has  taught  him  recently  he  does  not  have  to  give  his  whole  self,  that  he  can  keep  some  happiness  for  himself.

esurient,  moving  hands.   they  find  homage  in  the  servant’s  cheeks,  then  elsewhere,  everywhere.   passion  burns  as  much  as  he.  there’s  something  wrong.  something  not  right.  reluctantly  he  pulls  himself  away,  once  wild  eyes  now  fill  themselves  with  concern.   merlin  is  not  merlin.  he  is  always  the  first  to  notice.   those  same  hands  from  before  now  rest  on  his  shoulders.    ❛  what  is  it?   what’s  happened?   ❜

greedy hands move from his body to his shoulders, and the warlock had thought this would make it easier to breathe. rather, the opposite is true. there is a CLOG in his throat, stuffing in his lungs to keep them from expanding properly. the burn of arthur’s lips on his skin is like a BRAND, a mark on his soul that screams his, his, HIS. merlin wouldn’t be surprised to see arthur’s name scrawled across his skin, the way it is tattooed on his heart.

he lifts his eyes a moment, and it is a mistake. arthur’s concern, the naked expression of emotion in his eyes is almost too much for the young boy. his hand comes up, knuckles stroke down the other’s face, ever tender. and in this action is he laid BARE. all is pushed aside: the magic, the destinies, the class distinctions. this is merlin scrubbed RAW, and already he feels the need to fight back the TEARS clawing their way behind his eyes. ( crown prince, can you see what he is trying to tell you ? though he has not said it out loud, he loves you. )

merlin has seen beauty in his short life. he has created it with magic, seen it built by human hands, and nourished it in the world around, but nothing, NOTHING, compares to the man before him. his hands shake, as does his resolve to save them both from the king’s wrath. NO, he reminds himself, even as he clasps his hands together to keep them from touching the other. he must do this. for were the king to punish arthur... 

yet still, as his head tilts ever slightly, pain squeezing tight around his chest, his commitment to uther’s terms WAVERS. ( god, he loves him. he won’t say it, certainly not now, but he DOES. ) “ arthur, i’ve been selfish. “ and now his voice quavers, and the sound of it almost brings the tears to the surface. “ i’ve been so selfish. “

[paperwhisperings]

Love does not stop when someone dies.

Jem Carstairs, City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare (via paperwhisperings)

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girligma.

it  is  the  briefest  of  moments  in  which  she  caves,  but  only  to  draw  him  in. always  the  siren,  always  with  the  aeviternal  calling  song.  eyes  shut  tight,  feeling  his  mouth  against  flesh.   you  are  the  devil  in  every  way  :  there  is  only  ice  lodged  here,  and  the  ice  can  not  melt.   eyes  open  again.  they’re  different  this  time,  heavy  lidded,  dark  shadows  where  innocence  once  slept.  there  will  never  be  good  intentions.  ❛   you  would  be  surprised.  ❜  his  tick.  arthur  is  where  she  knows  his  rage  lives.  ❛  i  have  remembered  plenty  from  him,  too.  ❜

       ARTHUR IS NOT HIS BETTER. if there is one thing his RAGE tells him, it is this. too long, he was forced to live as a SHADOW, when his power so clearly eclipsed that of the craven king. arthur did not have the STEEL that merlin did, the mettle to destroy EVERYTHING to accomplish his goals. one hand ( tight ! ) in the girl’s hair. ( he is not the soft thing he once was. ) “ i know what you’re doing. “ she’s trying to provoke him to anger, and though it does simmer in his heart, he decides to retaliate with what he knows will provoke her the same way.

hands withdraw, sliding out of her hair, off of her body, into his pockets. he turns away. “ if you want to spend your nights with that injudicious halfwit, feel free. however, don’t expect to be welcomed back if you do so. “

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ichorbathe.

❛  never  am  i  wrong. ❜   an  opposite:  voice  does  not  quiver  nor  shake.  as  steady  as  chilling  wind.   ❛  revenge  and  obsession  are  thin  lines  of  which  you  walk.    your  anger  can  be  confused.  ❜   quick  as  light  speed,  her  reflections  soften,  greed  fills  haunting  eyes.  ❛ i  can  help.  if  you  want.  to  keep  you  from  crossing  that  line.❜

     “ my anger is FAR from confused. “ though it is taking a new direction. he steps forward, despite knowing the EFFECT she has on him. “ there’s nothing to help, because my SOLE PURPOSE, is to bring the hypocrite king to his KNEES. “ blind boy, unable to see that he is proving her point with his words !

[pickacardandpray]

Someone needs to write a ‘the fire alarm went off at 3 am and now the cute guy from the flat next door is standing next to me in his underwear’ AU

[hellyeahrpmemes]

※ SHIT I HEARD AT COLLEGE ※

a thrilling saga of shit i’ve heard at college; these are all from my first semester of sophomore year. feel free to change names/pronouns/etc.! more ‘shit i heard/said’ starters!

“The porn industry is moving swimmingly.”

“We all need men. Go find them.”

“It’s not an opera, bitches, it’s a flight.”

“Don’t look! It makes their dick bigger!”

“I have my own place and I can light as many candles as I want.”

“I’m not a librarian, sir.”

“How’s your sack lunch, bitch?”

“Stab me in the ass and turn me into Kim Kardashian.”

“I stayed up another hour just to cry.”

“I just got a nude and I don’t know how to feel about it.”

“I’m gonna go stab my eyes out now.”

“We get it. You have a big truck and a small penis.”

“It’s an epidemic, Karter!”

“There’s no cups, so I’m using a bowl. To drink apple juice.”

“Fuck y’all, I’m eating Fruit Loops!”

“I don’t know my superhero name, but here I am with my can of Lysol and my plastic fork.”

“Your list of things to do includes making the best 2000s playlist of all time and fighting me at Cheesecake Factory.”

“This is borderline human abuse.”

“How do you feel about fluorescent lighting?”

“I’m sorry, I’m on a college budget, I’ll give you two nickels and a paper clip.”

“We couldn’t say hell, because… Catholic school problems.”

“I don’t want them to call me and be like, ‘we’re about to drill into your face!’”

“Ugh, yes, the hot TA, what club are you in?”

“My rat bastard dad? What about him?”

“I have an idea that I’m positive no other human has ever had: butter flavored ice cream.”

“I hate myself, but I’m funny, so…”

“This man loves puppies and he is not afraid to say it.”

“There’s just something about stale food that I really like.”

“I like how we’re watching our upcoming death on TV.”

“When I get wasted, I want to fight. It’s a problem.”

“My boyfriend got really drunk and started drinking nectar out of the hummingbird feeder.”

“He currently has a child.”

“That’s a good way of getting rid of a baby.”

“He can’t look at his dead parents or his alive children.”

“I can’t focus on reading, ‘cause I just wanna watch Drake and Josh.”

“My roommate loves manifestos. Especially the Communist Manifesto.”

“Have you studied his naked body or something?”

“Okay, we got our Greek tragic playwrights: there’s Sophocles… there’s Euripides… uh… Isosceles?”

“We’re so stupid we click things that say ‘click here for here’.”

“So there were just 95 loose pigs.”

“This is called shaming.”

“I can’t be the only person who says ‘meatballs and spaghetti’.”

“What could go wrong? …oh, shit, I’m on fire.”

“Don’t call Kourtney unless you wanna suck dick tonight.”

“There’s no one around. He’s talking to his dick.”

“Just ‘cause it’s Greek doesn’t mean it’s sophisticated.”

“I hate myself, but I hate her more.”

“I don’t know anything about it, but it has bread in the name, so I want to try it.”

“Just… don’t breathe this class.”

“Megan: secret crop top wearer.”

“I’m embracing my aesthetic while you’re embracing… Jon Hamm’s face.”

“What are we doing tonight besides homework? …and bread?”

“I’m witnessing a breakup right here in the Starbucks line.”

“I nominate Gushers as a snack suggestion, but, like, a lot of them. All of them.”

“I have a strong immune system.”

“I was so worked up about the bolo ties.”

“Also, I was wine drunk, so…”

“Does she hit him? I hope she hits him.”

“Only Matthew McConaughey drives Lincolns.”

“Oh, yeah, I’m totally a Republican… Pence is daddy…”

“After that… is the exact same thing… from a different angle.”

“All my life, I’ve been striving to be better than Kidz Bop.”

“Is ‘slaveitude’ a word?”

“Ted Bundy was attractive. People knew him.”

“I feel like whoever’s in charge of the Reese’s company is really high right now. Like, putting Reese’s inside of Reese’s.”

“One beer bottle on campus might be a problem, but if there’s 8, they’re props.”

“With elevators, it’s not claustrophobia. It’s that I don’t trust the government.”

“Headphones: in. World: out. Notes font: ugly.”

“You know that’s a felony, right?”

“That’s a… fourth or fifth impression kind of story.”

“That means she definitely fucked a member of Kiss.”

“I feel free, but also ugly.”

“This is my unassigned assigned seat, and if any of you take it, I will fight you.”

“I went to the Home Depot, bought a bunch of lights, put them up in the air, and said ‘this is art’.”

“Because I was a full New Yorker, I just kept walking.”

“We almost died, but our last meal would’ve been free, so…”

“What’s a funeral like in 2017? GIFs and memes.”

“I would like to thank not only God but also Tinder.”

“I sat through a 40 minute argument about how Justin Bieber started the Cold War.”

“I’m just walking down the hallway, thinking about ways to throw myself down the stairs and make it look like an accident.”

“Now, if it was Kidz Bop, I’d go see it.”

“Don’t name your kid Ethelwold.”

“Shoulders, chest, pants, shoes: a vision for America.”

“My dad’s not getting dick from anyone.”

“I’m a shady beach and y’all are my shady beaches.”

“Oh, no, don’t write that down…”

“At Chipotle, God himself picked those avocados and put them in the guacamole.”

“It should be a holiday: Ohio awareness day.”

“We should go to a nice place. A formal place. California Pizza Kitchen.”

“What do you do in geology lab? Dissect rocks?”

“What great weather for a mental breakdown.”

“He’s not computer generated; he’s actually that large.”

“I’ve done some soul searching and I think that ranch dressing is my favorite food.”

“I almost said his birthday was in 1926. It’s like, we got a little bit of an age gap.”

“Are you physically running away from the situation?”

“I will personally call Papa John to tell him that he’s the reason my life isn’t going right.”

“I can’t wait for middle-aged sex now.”

“I should’ve known, there aren’t two eclipses in a year!”

“I walked around with a bear taser for a year and a half.”

“I found out that the guy I have a restraining order against has been peeing on my car for two years.”

“He fought the devil in jeans and no shirt.”

“She threw my fucking pillow off of the balcony!”

“Tickets are for something fun. Paying the check is not fun.”

“It’s Halloween, calories don’t count on holidays.”

“Well, you know how I said we met in philosophy class? Well… Elise doesn’t take philosophy class.”

“You got it wrong. You said 56 point 2. The answer was 56 point 2.”

“Do I want that horrible sock tan line the I had for five years back? Yeah, I do.”

“I got drunk, threw up, got high, and came here.”

“It’s Titanic blue. I’m the Heart of the Ocean, bitch.”

“The only rat bastard in our lives is Russ.”

“The beats are so good, but the words are such trash.”

“I had to fight someone in the elevator yesterday.

“…I’ve awakened the Demigorgon.”

“We solved the great hiccup epidemic of 2017.”

“Watch out, Kansas, I’m coming for you.”

“Do not associate my birthday with math terms.”

“That’s some Hunger Games type shit.”

“Fuck y’all, I hope you trip and die.”

“I’m very confused and also cold: an American tale. A five part miniseries, this fall on HBO.”

“I am Mrs. Grey! Bring me the kink!”

“I really wanna make a shirt that’s all Comic Sans.”

“I was thinking about Panera’s mac and cheese in a bread bowl, and I started crying.”

“We’re gonna steal your WiFi, but it’s okay, because Panhellenic love.”

“I have confidence that you’re not gonna get pregnant within those two hours.”

“See if this card works. I mean, it should work, but, like…”

“I think my favorite part was slowly dying.”

“All they serve is chicken salad, so you really have to like chicken salad.”

“I have three papers and a test this week, I don’t have time for feelings to resurface.”

“I’m living a life. Not my best one.”

“When you write a report on a book you’ve never read.”

“Don’t tell me what to wear when you wear Crocs to the bar.”

“I have listened to literally nothing but Hallelujah and My Heart Will Go On all day today.”

“Oh my god, Elise, you fucking bitch, get your shit together, and write your paper.”

You know what I’m really devastated about? I’m all out of Fruit Roll-ups.”

“We’re gonna be teachers. We have school forever.”

“I don’t want your sympathy, I want your anger.”

“Clowns… doorknobs… the color yellow… ducks… I’m quoting Victorious…”

“Did you just say ‘hey Sophie’ to not include me? ‘Cause, guess what, bitch, I’m still here.”

“I live here, I know when we have salad!”

“I think Satan’s middle name is cumulative.”

“I will put up with my moose husband for however long I need.”

“I’ve literally been down here for an hour and a half waiting for these nonexistent cookies.”

“I’m keeping a detailed list of Elise’s hickeys.”

“I’m an adult, I say as I eat my Fruit Roll-up.”

“Oh, my practicum grade is in! Let’s see… 36.”

“SOS, I’m in bed and it’s so comfy, but I need to get up to study, what do I do?”

“Get up. Only a few more days until we can sleep all we want.”

“So you’re admitting you live in the woods.”

“I don’t know if it’s finals stress or if this is actually the cutest thing I’ve ever seen, but I’m crying.”

“It was optional, don’t make me feel bad for skipping class.”

“I’ve heard that, if enough people fail, they’ll have to curve it.”

“How do you even study for this?”

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thickcrskiin.

        she’s had her arms hidden behind her back for a good while already, waiting for merlin to show up with gaius again from whatever errands they’d had to run. jan had already run hers with plenty of time to spare, doing odd jobs here and there for people in town to earn herself a bit of money for a while. so when her friend finally does show back up again, she’s quick to hold out a new light coat with a small smile.   ‘   i wasn’t entirely sure what the deal was with holidays around here, and asking around didn’t give me very much insight, but– here. i got you this ‘cause i figured you might need a new one anyway, ‘cause of snow and such.   ’  // @magicside   ♡‘d

       “ you didn’t. “ an enormous smile stretches across his face, light pouring out of his features. after the morning he’s had, THIS is what he needed. he bounds forward at once, catching the material in his hands, letting his fingers slip over it. “ this is beautiful ! “ astonishment in his voice ! the only one who buys him something so EXPENSIVE is gaius, for even his own mother doesn’t have the money to spare . he’s grinning from ear to ear when he looks back up at her. without a second thought, he scoops her into his arm with an excited laugh. “ you’re the best ! really, this is the best gift i’ve gotten in a long time ! “ though, to be fair, he rarely receives gifts. ( he should get her something in return... or perhaps postpone ‘accidentally’ locking her and arthur in a room together. )

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pretcndera / @prizedsoul.

      ❝ wow, ❞  she breathes out  ( astonished ! )  , shaking her head in disbelief. a sliver of chestnut hair falls in front of his face but she’s quick to tuck it behind her ear.   ❝ i’ve heard about you & what you’ve done. i didn’t actually — i didn’t actually think that you were real.  ❞

@magicside     /     paige’s starter call

        “i’m very real. “ compassionate boy , a beautiful smile ! he’s run up against this reaction so many times in the past. the fire that dances in his palm is slowly extinguished so he can reach over, and gently take her hand: proof that he is real. “so was everyone. guinevere, lancelot, arthur. “

[killdgone]

poeticsuggestion :

concept: your lips at the corner of my jaw, your growls sending shivers down my spine

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woetothemax.

“How did you do that? That was fuckin’ cool?” Easily impressed, this one.

“Magic is woven into the very fabric of the earth. It’s only a simple matter of invoking it.” That explains nothing, Merlin. You can be so unhelpful sometimes.

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mieczlw.

                         “   —-   or  you  could  save  yourself  the  bother  and  just  fetch  some  more  blankets.   “   it’s  kind  of  him  to  offer  but  moving  right  now  wasn’t  an  option.   a  weak  smile  stretches  on  his  lips  and  a  sigh  leaves  him.   “   and  maybe  some  kind  of  warm  drink   ?  ?  ?   “ 

            long fingered hands push back the other’s dark hair in a soothing motion. “ are you sure ? “ he doesn’t mean to CODDLE, but concern outweighs all other concerns. the warlock has spent his entire life taking care of others, and he will not stop now. “ i can brings those things to you just as easily in bed. “

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*  SHAKESPEARE  AESTHETICS.

MACBETH.

the howl of wolves. moonless nights. dirt under fingernails. stained silk. chattering teeth. voices hoarse and cracked. rotting fruit. echoing drums. dry heaving. hanging cobwebs. stifling humidity. bloodshot eyes. the roughness of rusted steel. wild rosebushes. muscle cramps. the sound of splintering wood.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.

crackling fires. ivy crawling on stone. the faint music of running water. petrichor. dirty, bare feet. tattered clothing. thistledown. wilted wildflower crowns. late evening birdsong. curling leaves. a symphony of croaking frogs. drifting feathers. the eerie sound of windchimes at night. humming bees. beds of clover.

ROMEO AND JULIET.

warm golden lamplight. worn shoes. crumbling brick walls. whispered poetry. embroidered satin. cool, hazy mornings. tousled hair. rosewater. flushed cheeks. distant orchestras. unfinished marble statues. cobblestone streets. loose threads. ink smudged on parchment. tapping fingers. dust illuminated by sunlight. poison vials.

HAMLET.

shattered glass. a cluster of fraying ribbons. unanswered knocks on doors. lingering dampness. white noise. inexplicable drafts. migraines. bleeding ears. the taste of metal. reflected mirrors. dry, cracked lips. the sound of tearing paper. fogged windows. memories of dreams. tarnished silver. protruding veins.

tagged by: @starchillcd and @prizedsoul tagging: all yall !