petition for merlin season 6?

this is crack about a show that ended 8 years ago deal with it— wait, its been two years since i wrote this desc, oh my god. IT’S TEN YEARS NOW !! [eli // they/them]

[ireallyneedaintrestinglife]

I cannot recall if I ever made a post about this or not but I've been thinking about it again and going absolutely bat shit over it

The way Arthur and Merlin are so very obviously foils; like love him or hate him Killagarrah was onto something when he said they were two halves of the same coin.

Like Arthur is a prince raised in comfort but lacked any kind of parental love or affection while Merlin most definitely struggled to survive each winter but never doubted his mother's love for him.

Arthur most definitely had so many people tripping over themselves to befriend him but knew he couldn't ever really trust any of them to be there for him and not the crown while Merlin was the village outcast who only ever had one friend but he knew Will would step up to bat for him if need be.

Arthur whose mom died in childbirth and only has his dad while Merlin's dad was forced to flee and so he only grew up with a mom.

The way Arthur is born of magic and yet possesses no innate magical abilities and yet Merlin is born to human parents and is magic incarnate.

Arthur who does things with honour and good faith while Merlin sneaks around and backstabs if necessary.

Arthur who fights physically; Merlin who fights with magic

Arthur who dies young, Merlin who lives forever

The way they are so similar and yet so distinctly opposites is just *aghhhhnnn* I can't I literally can't they are too much

[khmelisuneliart]

☀️☀️🌱

[merlinssaggyyfronts]

bye i just realised i havent posted here in a year and a half. thats crazy. hi guys i hope everyone who sees this is doing well! hope yall had a good 2025 (doubtful) and a real good 2026 (delusionally hopeful) !!

[aventuras-de-andre]

if one of the knights (other than lancelot) had to find out about merlin’s magic I’d obviously pick gwaine HOWEVER a hilarious choice would be percival or elyan. because, and i say this with love, they’re not usually involved in any drama or Situation(tm) so you would just see them Stressed the Fuck Out in the background

like elyan sees merlin use magic in a bandit attack and the rest of the episode keeps cutting to him fighting back a panic attack, breathing into the medieval equivalent of a paper bag

[papayafromtv]

the funniest part about merlin is the fact that he’s even around for most of the show. like what the fuck is he doing there. no other person with a personal servant is tailed like arthur is. and yet nobody fucking blinks an eye at his presence.

like there are at least three separate occasions where the plot for an episode is uther sending arthur on a super secret confidential mission with the fate of the kingdom at stake, and they have a whole conversation like ‘i need you to understand the importance of the secrecy of this mission.’ ‘understood father, i will take only my most trusted men.’ ‘no arthur, you and YOU ALONE must go.’ ‘i understand.’ and then it cuts to the super secret mission and fucking merlin is just there. like. road trip with my best buddy. what a view. love this horse. like ARTHUR?

everyone always forgets he exists the second a fight happens, too. every goddamn time the knights go on a short patrol that god forbid merlin not tag along for they get attacked by bandits or whatever and merlin doesn’t even carry a fucking sword and after the fight arthur always turns around and merlin is just kinda standing there in the middle of the fight picking at a hang nail. nobody considers it wild that he’s there for all of this. the one time he actually bothered taking a sword off a dead guy to defend himself with arthur saw him holding it and he mocked it like ‘lol the fuck are you of all people gonna do with that’ THEY FULLY EXPECT HIM TO JUST STAND AND WAIT FOR THE FIGHT TO END

[lostlavenderer]

I love when fic authors do that thing where they italicise Merlin's name like Merlin when Arthur says it. It's like yeah babes. I know. He almost always says his name like that. I love you. I'm kissing you on the lips. We shall have a spring wedding.

[irishyuri]

unstoppable slut meets immovable object or whatever that saying is

[thestudentprincesss]

merlin & the great dragon: a summary

[centurieslove]

hey hey. hey! merwaine, okay? they fucked on that forest floor

[longlivechips]

My favorite Merlin head cannon is that Arthur knew Merlin had a secret that they didn't talk about because it would get him in trouble with the law

but he always just assumed the secret was Merlin that preferred men.

feat: this scene

[aithusam]

Merlin: I must tell you something... I know it's illegal, that my whole existence in your eyes must be wrong and maybe this will change everything but I want to be honest-

Arthur: *having rehearsed this conversation several times with several knights* it's okay, Merlin. Whenever you're ready

Merlin: and I KNOW what Uther told you about people like me but I SWEAR I would never hurt you nor anyone else. I was born like this and I'm proud of that

Arthur: of course, i trust you, I'd never want u to change

Merlin: *not even hearing* I- I-

Arthur: you like men

Merlin: I have magic

Arthur: You what

Merlin: I what

[merlinssaggyyfronts]

dare i say doomed yuri… DARE I SAY MORGWEN— *gets shot*

[camelotsheart]

- She-Ra 3.03 “Once Upon a Time in the Waste” (insp) CAMELOVE 2022 | NON-SHIP DAY: Merlin & Loss MERLIN BINGO - Hurt Merlin

[merlinssaggyyfronts]

its school holidays should i watch spn

[merlinssaggyyfronts]

on todays episode of ‘wow, merlin is literally this song’. yk what is horrifically merlin coded? waiting room by phoebe bridgars. “if you were a waiting room, i’d never see the doctor. i would sit with my first aid kit and bleed.” arthur is his waiting room. and merlin WAITS THERE. never free, always scared and in hiding, always lying, he never fulfills his destiny- he STAYS with arthur, in their little waiting room til its forcibly taken from him.

also the “know its for the better” over and over and OVER AGAIN, all of merlins sacrifices being for the better of destiny and all of albion. him keeping quiet about his magic, about all the things hes done (nearly letting mordred die, nimuehs death, poisoning morgana) because its for the better. because it was for destiny.

and all the people hes lost (will saying hes a sorcerer in his place before dying himself, freyas death, balinors death, lancelots sacrifice in his place) was all for the better. freya had to die to become the lady of the lake (and like what i think with wills death, so he wouldnt have anyone distracting him away from his destiny with arthur), balinor had to die so merlin would inherit his dragonlord abilities, lancelot had to die in merlins place so he could stay at arthurs side. merlin losing everyone was for the better. and personally i am not okay with that

[merlinssaggyyfronts]

merlin probably has the craziest sleeper build in all of camelot 😭

[aliveaudiencegang]

‘I like him myself, but I can’t ignore what I saw’

[onepeppercorn-deactivated202404]

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ if you look into the eyes of

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎‎ a prophetess, you may witness

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎‎ a world burning

―sing to me, O cassandra

DAY 1: vision.

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