Enjoying Merlin — addicted to Merthur content

they/them, 21 y.o. Watching Merlin 24/7, crying a lot but still. PFP by @ijustreallylovemerlin

[earlgreyinpajamas]

merthur fic recs masterlist

last updated:  21 Sept 2024

authors

vintagelilacs

aus and fusions

arranged marriage au, pt 2, pt 3

college/university au

different first meeting au

hanahaki au, pt 2, pt 3

high school au, pt 2

hogwarts au

modern au, pt 2

modern with magic au, pt 2

modern royalty au, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5, pt 6, pt 7, pt 8

pride and prejudice au

regency au

social media au, pt 2

soulmate au, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5, pt 6, pt 7, pt 8, pt 9, pt 10

s2e10 fix it

wing fic

arthur

actor!arthur, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5

bond girl!arthur

detective!arthur

himbo!arthur

jealous!arthur, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5, pt 6, pt 7, pt 8

pining!arthur, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5, pt 6, pt 7, pt 8, pt 9

pregnant!arthur

protective!arthur, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5, pt 6, pt 7

oblivious!arthur, pt 2, pt 3

spy!arthur

virgin!arthur

merlin

assistant!merlin

bamf!merlin

consort!merlin, pt 2, pt 3

detective!merlin

druid leader!merlin

enchanted!merlin

exhausted!merlin, pt 2

flustered!merlin

hurt!merlin, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4

irish!merlin

jealous!merlin

knight!merlin

oblivious!merlin, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5, pt 6

pining!merlin, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5

royal!merlin, pt 2

selkie!merlin

spy!merlin

virgin!merlin

other tropes and categories

00q fusion

5 + 1 things, pt 2, pt 3

accidental marriage

amnesia

angst with a happy ending

arthur courts merlin

arthur finds out about balinor

arthur finds out about freya

arthur knows about merlin’s magic

arthur loves merlin’s magic eyes

arthur’s donkey ears

arthur returns, pt 2

balinor lives

bathing

bed sharing, pt 2

bedside vigils

bets

comfort fics

coming out

crack, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4

dragon dads

drunkenness

enemies to lovers

fake/pretend relationship, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5

fandom iconic fics

fav aus

fav fics

figure skating

flowers, pt 2

fluff

forced proximity, pt 2

fuck or die

getting back together

getting together, pt 2, pt 3

getting together with the help of technology

hurt comfort

hurt no comfort, pt 2

hypothermia

kid fics, pt 2

kinktober

love spells and potions, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4

lovers to enemies

magical exhaustion

magic reveal, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5, pt 6, pt 7, pt 8, pt 9, pt 10

married/engaged merthur

meddling knights, pt 2, pt 3

merlin dies

merlin goes insane to get arthur back

merlin knows about arthur’s pining

merlin leaves camelot

merlin sleeping in weird places

merlin teaches arthur about sex/kissing

morgana and merlin friendship

not actually unrequited love

ot4

outsider pov

parties

protective!knights

remixes

role reversal

royal balls

scar reveal

secret relationship, pt 2

theatre/drama

time travel

truth potion

underappreciated fics

weddings

wedding stopping

wound cleaning

[merliren]

obsessed with the concept of merlin being so good at his job only when he's angry at arthur that when merlin is actually being competent arthur thinks oh no my manservant is mad at me i hope i'll die

[cloudyaang]

apparently hearing is the last sense you lose before dying so arthur probably heard merlin sobbing and the pain in his voice as he died

[is-arthur-back-yet]

are you secretly merlin

[is-arthur-back-yet]

are you secretly merlin

[intrepidleviathanbeacon]

I need to know if there's a tag in Ao3 for Merlin having lover privileges without realizing it, or where most of the rules clearly don't apply to him.

[mihaser]

People who ask Arthur to come back who do you think stopped The End of the world in 2012?

[is-arthur-back-yet]

Oh damn

[aventuras-de-andre]

arthur’s logic being ‘you’re not a socerer, I would know’ drives me INSANE. it’s not ‘you’re not a sorcerer, that’s impossible’ or ‘you’re not a sorcerer, my father would’ve hanged you’ or ‘you’re not a sorcerer, you’re my dumbass clumsy servant’ or ‘you’re not a sorcerer, you’re not evil’ or even ‘you’re not a sorcerer, you’re my friend and you couldn’t have chosen to be my friend if you had magic’.

it’s none of that, it’s ‘I would know.’

you would’ve told me by now. i would’ve realised by now. you’re not a sorcerer because you’re the one person that wouldn’t lie to me

[theroundbartable]

Arthur to Morgana: *upset* The first person who fights that professor - I'll marry them

Morgana: No one ever defies Kilgharrah, you'll have to wait for-

Merlin jumps the professor off the stage and punches him in the face. Two people are trying to hold him back.

Morgana: a minute, apparently.

Arthur:

Arthur: I stand by what I said

[cloudyaang]

friendly reminder that merlin didnt owe morgana or arthur his secret. it may very well have avoided a lot of the mess and tragedy if he had just been honest with them, but he still didnt owe either of them his secret. morgana may have had magic too, but she was still uther’s ward. if they had ever gotten caught, merlin is the one who would have suffered for it. morgana at least had the protection of being uther’s ward to fall back on while merlin was simply a disposable servant. morgana couldve still easily betrayed merlin for morgause even if he had done his best to be truthful with her. its unfair to blame merlin for not being honest with her.

then theres arthur, who despite how he likes to think and acts like he isnt as bad as uther, still upholds his father’s oppressive regime. arthur may have been better than his father, but that really isnt saying much when his father was a genocidal tyrant. sorcerers - and even druids - are still shunned and hunted under arthur’s rule. in a perfect world, merlin would have been honest with them and everything would have worked itself out. but that never could have happened in the world they existed in.

[k62256]

hello and welcome to my propaganda campaign.

[exxcaliburrr]

Uther pendragon you will FUCKING pay

[onceandfuturehighpriestess]

[ehlihr]

WARLOCK ROUTE (Merlin)

A series of portraits styled after Pathologic 2 dialogue trees.

(Arthur’s Route)

[ehlihr]

KING ROUTE (Arthur)

A series of portraits styled after Pathologic 2 dialogue trees.

(Merlin’s Route)

[zukosadvisor]

[yourdeargatsby]

so tired of all these fics where merlin is captured and is like "p-please n-n-n-n-no" like this hoe didn't show up to camelot, immeadiately commit aggravated assault, get arrested, get out of prison, continue to try both commit aggravated assault and regicide, and then within the next 30 minutes of the episode commit like 3 counts of murder 😭😭