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Merlin 4x02 | The Darkest Hour
what I want is a merthur fic that reckons with the very real and right feelings Arthur should have for being lied to by his closest friend, and I don't want Merlin forgiven for the choice either, but to live with the fact that his lies hurt Arthur in ways that cannot be repaired.
I think about the sword in the stone episode, where Arthur is at another of his lowest points, and possibly the lowest yet in the series, and is so devastatingly lost to himself, until he pulls Excalibur from the stone and accepts himself at last--and how it wasn't Arthur at all, but Merlin, because it was Merlin's magic that dislodged the sword that Merlin's magic also put into that stone.
I'm not saying that it's not a very satisfying and powerful scene. I'm saying that we as a fandom needs to reckon with the fact that Arthur is routinely betrayed by his best friend and partner, and that's not something I can imagine him being okay with, however much he loves Merlin and however much Merlin does what does because he loves Arthur, too.
I just think about how much that story of the sword in the stone meant to Arthur, and how it must have felt to see his faith in himself be something he himself granted to himself and how powerful this is to experience when you don't know who you are, to be returned to yourself like this, only to discover later (and he never does, I guess, in the show) that it wasn't true in the way he believed it was, even if it was true in other ways.
I'm rambling, but basically, I just want to be honest about Arthur's agency in this show, and how much sympathy I have for him, and that I don't think he's a dumb dumb who was willingly obtuse to Merlin's true role in his life, and that he didn't deserve being lied to like he was, and he was right to be so angry and hurt at the end, however painful it was to watch that scene.
Bet that feels a bit like being someone's pet project. The utterly adored and beloved pet of an incredibly powerful being. Smb willing to keep ya safe, happy and satisfied. The cost? Oh, just all your choices being manipulated and ya thinking they are your own
I love merthur, I wish both of them were happy, but, gods, could these two ever have a real (normal, healthy, whatever) relationship?? With Merlin's powers? With THIS troubled past?
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fuck it, lesbian arwen
writing about gwen was so life changing. she freed me (gave me an ick about merthur)
ANGEL COULBY as GUINEVERE merlin ⧽ 2.02, "the once and future queen"
the merlin creators scrapping long-haired & stubbled s4 arthur is actually going to be my villain origin story
WE COULD HAVE HAD THIS
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AND WE WERE DENIED??????? FOR WHAT
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Merlin 4x13 The Sword in the Stone: Part 2
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gwen. she's like a woodland-fairy-princess to me.
Morgana Pendragon in every episode: 3.05 The Crystal Cave
help me. searched up my url for funsies and came across this 😭
listen, sometimes it's more powerful for a fictional relationship to be a friendship precisely because friendship is devalued in comparison to romance. anyone can sacrifice themself for the love of their life. but for a friend? if anything, that kind of devotion can be even more moving than if the relationship is romantic. there's a real dramatic power to prioritising friendship in your narratives sometimes.