There was a mission and suddenly Arthur's life was changed forever.
It was a mission almost like any other. Only that for once, he went alone. Because Merlin had said that he wouldn't last a day without him and of course that audacity needed to be corrected. So, naturally, Arthur took off on his own.
And now? Two bars, a ridding gnome, a herd of fairies, selkies and that odd couple made of a centaur and a troll later, Arthur had found the well he had been looking for.
Not that he knew what the well was for, nor what it had to do with magic. But it had to do with magic and that counted. Now, perhaps, he shouldn't have drunken from it. Should have probably researched what language was graved into the stone and what warning it entailed. One sip later and the well was gone. So much for Arthur's quest and his thirst. Now he had nothing to take from his quest to prove where he had been.
Cursing, Arthur made his way back to Camelot. And then, as promised, he realized that he was on the verge of being without Merlin for over a day. Just like that, he died.
He didn't even see it coming. It just happened. Out of nowhere there was a sword in his Chest and the life bled from his heart, where it was pierced.
Wenn Arthur opened his eyes, he expected to see the Afterlife. Apparently that wasn't what he was granted to see.
In fact, all he saw was a bloody sword on the ground before him. And his attacker? Dead. As if his heart had simply stopped in Arthur's stead.
And at first, it seemed like nothing. But during the years Arthur realized that this was his new normal now. No matter how many times he died, he'd never stay dead.
"i'm immortal", he realized after years of reign and during another battle which should have been lost to a sword or a poisoned meal.
Of course Arthur kept this from everyone. Couldn't do good to tell his people that his life was enchanted while he kept magic outlawed. Though it didn't take long for him to realize what a hypocrite of a king he'd be, if he kept it that way.
Arthur didn't expect Merlin to weep at the news. But Arthur also never expected to feel empathy for such a crybaby. Let alone the guilt he carried around. One day, he would leave Merlin behind. One day, he would outlive him. The only person he ever fully trusted. The only person he knew would always remain by his side, as long as death didn't pay them a visit.
Arthur is 60 when he realizes that he's not the only person in the castle who refuses to age.
Arthur is 80, when his excuses for Merlin run out of credibility.
"Hold on a Minute.", He says and stares at Merlin who innocently bounces on his feet next to the throne. "You're immortal, too?"
Merlin just shrugs. "I'm magic itself, remember."
"and you didn't think to tell me that?"
"i did? I send you on that mission to the well that made you Immortal and wrote you a message. It literally said: if you drink this, you won't get rid of me anytime soon. Signed, Merlin. Literal magic incarnate."
"i don't speak the language of the old religion!"
Merlin frowned. "Are you telling me, you also didn't realize that was a proposal?"
Arthur blinked. "What?!?!?"
Merlin: "i literally.... Omg. Arthur, i thought we've been married for 67 years! We live together!"
Arthur: "when was the marriage????"
Merlin: "the day you freed magic? Me? Bound me to your eternal life? You said you were willing to live with magic at your side for as long as you live? "
Arthur: "i think i need a moment."
Merlin: "as do i, asshole."
Arthur: "my entire life is a lie."
Merlin: >:( i am your life now!
Leon passing by: "you guys good?"
Merlin, to arthur: " oh yeah, i think i should also tell you that i tested the immortality water on Leon first."
Leon, on the verge of crying: "i thought it would kill me! Why would you remind me of this?!"
thinking of hoo where the doors of death are open and how gaia/gaea brought back that one prophet/seer and pasiphae and how gwen and hazel were able to come back from the dead and starting thinking about a premise in which the seven have to like. face the ghosts of their past for some reason. so like. hazel having to face her mom. jason having to face his mom. hazel facing sammy. leo facing his mom. (damn mommy issue central over here) uhhh annabeth having to face luke. percy having to face. everyone. bc you know he blamed himself for like every death ever so percy having to face zoe and castor and lee and michael and beckendorf and silena and ethan and luke. percy having to face gabe...................hmmmmmm
very scientific Argo 2 crew road trip seating arrangements:
Driving - Reyna. She’s the only one who a.) can drive and b.) can be trusted to drive. I’m pretty sure canonically the only other person on the Argo 2 with a drivers license is Percy.
Passenger’s seat - Frank. He’s helping navigate cause he’s the only person in the car who’s not adhd/dyslexic and also he needs the leg room cause he’s too tall.
Middle seats - Percy on passenger’s side and Piper on driver’s side window seats. Annabeth sitting in the middle. Annabeth’s helping navigate and the three of them are probably sharing snacks and napping on each other the entire ride. Piper also has easy access to mess with everyone sitting around her (Reyna, Annabeth, Jason, kind of also Leo).
Backseats - Jason on driver’s side, Hazel on passenger’s side, Leo in the middle. Leo gets too carsick to be in a window seat plus he’s the only person small enough to fit in that seat. Hazel is also probably a little motion sick and Jason’s mostly just making sure nobody in the back is dying. They’re all having A Time back there and occasionally passing snacks back to Nico and making sure he’s still alive every time the car goes over a bump.
hazel with nonstop homesickness. she has mixed emotions about it all and all the trauma she suffered there, but there is some part of her, some tiny childish part of her, that wants to go home. some part of her that wants her mom. she visits modern day new orleans, hoping it’ll help, but its not the same. nothing is the same anymore. she longs for a home she can’t get back to in a time she isn’t entirely sure she wants to go back to.
i feel like i've posted about this but i can't find it so i'll just do it again but in my fifth period spanish class, someone wrote on the desk "i'm gay" so i wrote back "me too" and the next day i came back to "omg we should meet up" and i tried writing back but when i came in the next day it was all erased and someone wrote over the remains calling us fags
everyone talks about how strong and great Aragorn was for refusing the ring when Frodo offered it to him as if this man has not spent his entire life dodging leadership and responsibilities like bullets in the matrix 🙄
I don't believe in justice or bodily autonomy or peace or even in equality, because those concepts are idealist nonsense. I am a materialist, I believe in making things better for people. If that means violating someone's bodily autonomy or not delivering justice or whatever, I don't give a shit, I care that it makes things better for people. It's really not very complicated
Apparently this post suffers from this website's epidemic illiteracy. No this does not mean I'm anti choice or pro rape, because those things don't make the world better for people, obviously.
It does mean I think killing is sometimes necessary, it means I support mandatory vaccinations, banning eugenics, giving marginalized people special privileges, and denying suffrage to colonizers.
I fully believe that Shane and Ilya cannot agree on an anniversary. Shane says it was the All Stars weekend because that's when he thought they were both 100% serious about the relationship because that's when he was, Ilya says it was the cottage when they said "I love you'' because he didn't believe in it until that moment. They find this out the first year with Shane's anniversary date when Shane plans an elaborate secret date the last night of All Stars and gets Ilya gifts, and Ilya has no idea what its for. They agree to disagree on the date, "We will just celebrate twice a year, I guess." It happens again with their wedding anniversary, Shane says its when they legally got married, Ilya says it was when the twins married them because he doesnt care about about being officially married in the eyes of Canadian law he cares about the first time they said "I do". They find this out when a reporter asks them about their wedding and when they had it and they both gave different answers. Once again they agree to just celebrate twice a year. They say it is because the date doesn't really matter and both of them are right in some way, but in reality it is so they can compete on who plans the more romantic, thoughtful, and elaborate anniversary date. And so that they don't fight about who's planning the date this year or making conflicting plans by accident.
You listen to music regularly? Why? Have you even tried quitting? Could you quit? You get music stuck in your head? Wow. You're so ruined and music brained. I bet you make your partners listen to music with you when you have sex. Music addiction has really ruined a whole generation. You know it's not realistic to expect reverb in real life, right? You're probably so desensitized that you don't even feel anything anymore when you hear a bird singing that it wants some fuck.
Obsessed with the idea of Shane randomly encountering Bad Bunny at a bar just like he encountered Rose. (Because he has the BEST luck.)
But he doesn't know who Bad Bunny is, and Bad Bunny doesn't know who Shane is... So they're both just making small talk with this hot guy they met at the bar while they wait for their drinks. They're enjoying talking to someone who doesn't know their celebrity status. And Shane is getting a little flustered despite being married, because damn if this guy isn't his type, and Bad Bunny is lowkey flirting with him.
And then Ilya shows up and has a heart attack. Alternating between fanboying over Bad Bunny and wanting to fight him. Just standing there frozen with this bonkers expression on his face.
And Shane is completely oblivious. "Hey, you're back! I ordered you a beer. Oh, and this is Benito. Benito, this is my husband Ilya........... Baby, are you okay? Why do you look like that?"
Me thinking about library advocacy largely ignoring mission creep and librarian burnout and the fact that more and more is falling on us as social safety nets collapse as it keeps putting out these messages of "The library can do 800 kajillion things for you whenever you want forever!" But also I can't say anything because it's Summer Fucking Reading and I have to crank up my Library Disney Princess Customer Service persona to the max so I'm also reinforcing this unsustainable culture and everything's burning everything's fucking burning but you don't have to worry about that, beloved community! Let me show you where Dog Man is.
This may be the last plea I write while so many people keep scrolling past our pain as if it means nothing.
We urgently need only $500. If just 10 people donate $50 each, my mother could have another chance at life.
No donation is too small when someone’s life is at stake.
Please don’t ignore our cries for help , your support today could be the reason my mother survives.
If you cannot donate, please at least share this message.
I’m begging you, don’t leave us alone in this nightmare… please do something for my mother.
All I am asking for is a single share, yet so many choose silence as if our suffering means nothing.
Where is humanity? Where is the compassion people speak about? Or are those just words that are easy to say and easy to forget?
I am not asking for the impossible, I am only asking for a small act of kindness before it is too late.
Shane texting Ilya “send a video of you cuming with sound on” and Ilya texting back “oh hi good morning to you too, I miss you as well my sweet husband?” And Shane texting back “are you going to send it?”
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