Not Your Average Tale

Welcome to Not Your Average Tale, an Arthur/Merlin AU blog entirely dedicated to the alternative universes and realities in which these two end-up being accidentally involved…….

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"freed"

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"caught"

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- Come on, let's race. I know you want to!

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'morning's cold, you're hot, so the answer is clear' 'not to me, apparently'

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"best friend"

[imtunahex]

Alternate version of prev post bc idk how to leave a piece alone :P

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procrastinating assassin, turned bodyguard/lover

@merlinbingo square fill: assassination

[blostma-art]

My little cuties

[chapollynh]

It's finally hereee!! This time on @bbcmerlin-reversebang I worked with the amazing @tansyuduriwrites on a mystery!! If you'd told me this was her first time writing for the genre I don't think I'd believe you, it is SOO good!! Some of the art may be spoiler-y at the moment of posting, but please take it as a sneak peak on the roller coaster you're about to read!

Pendragon & Wyllt: Paper Dragon (51,837 words) by Tansyuduri and me!

Summary bellow

In the modern city of Camelot, the magical criminal Emrys’s calling card is found near the body of a murder victim. Merlin Wyllt, the man behind Emrys, has made a point of never hurting anyone during his criminal activities and is determined to find the real culprit and clear his alter ego’s name.

Opportunity falls into his lap when police detective Arthur Pendragon attempts to recruit him as a special expert on Camelot’s Magicside for the investigation. Apparently, Arthur also believes Emrys is being framed.

Of course, there is the issue that Arthur's father is the reason Merlin's father is in prison, falsely accused of murder.

And that Arthur is a prat, if a ridiculously handsome one.

But working with him seems a small price to pay for access to any information the police might have on the case. And Merlin knows Arthur is different from his father.

As the two men work together, they find themselves falling for each other. But can that work out, considering all that stands between them? And can they find the murderer before they kill again?

[sonjoonjaja]

[svorine]

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heated rivalry merthur? anyone?

[gloria-syuk]

For when Albion's need is greatest, Arthur will rise again

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Avalon—if there was ever a time for Albion’s greatest need, it was now.

The man who had silently guarded Albion, who had stood through every storm, every betrayal, every heartbreak, even when he was burned alive by the very people he had protected. And now, the same man was broken, desperate to die.

Arthur reached out. He felt the coldness of Avalon’s waters, the dampness creeping into his bones, but his hand—his hand was no longer empty. It was filled with the warmth of Merlin’s grip, the cold steel of Excalibur.

“Merlin,” Arthur’s voice broke through the silence, “this is your king’s command. You are not allowed to seek death.”

[eliasmustdieart]

I once read a fanfic with a modern AU where Arthur is a restorer. Now I think about it all the time 😔

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"I will not be the be the focus of her wrath if you skip out on this"

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"Gwen says you've eaten nothing but instant ramen for three days, idiot"

[sirnoblesquid]

Someone suggested mermen au and I just couldn’t help myself