Destiny And Chicken

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[whatiselle]

i did a bad thing

this is mostly why

[normal-horoscopes]

There are free girlfriends in the haunted lake

[sneakyboymerlin]

[urhumblecapt]

Thinking about that one time I pulled up a generator for random fanfic ideas, wanting to write some Merthur. The first thing I got was “character A is a prince/princess and character B is their servant” and I just shut my computer and haven’t written Merthur to this day. It’s been like two years.

[hessadv]

Came across a post complaining about Merlin's powers being very repetitive in the later seasons and I agree completely I'm not saying they're wrong.

But it got me thinking,... Merlin isn't really portrayed as all powerful as we 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 he can be. And I think there's a reason for that.

It's to keep the stakes as high as they are. If Merlin was allowed to tap fully into his power—there would be no story. He would have a solution to 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 and I mean every problem,more so than he already does in canon. That's what happens when you're essentially a god(nature deity Merlin for the win!).

I've also noticed that the writers have a habit of giving Merlin a certain ability that works for a plotline and then never mentioning it again afterwards because it makes him 𝘵𝘰𝘰 powerful.

It's why Merlin's ability to stop time never makes a reappearance post ep 1—because 80 percent of the show straight up wouldn't happen if Merlin could do that. Even just on reflex and he never learns to actually control it.

It's why Merlin trading nimueh's life for Gaius and 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥, something he managed on instinct,𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 using the cup of life,𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 Gaius had been dead for a bit 𝘢𝘯𝘥 in the season where Merlin is objectively at his weakest,is never mentioned again. Because he would have absolutely done the same for Freya,balinor Lancelot and Arthur. And then those deaths would be undone,just like that. They wouldn't have the narrative impact they're meant to.

It's why the show hilariously avoids anything resembling protection spells or wards like the plague.

It's why even though we hear that corenileus sigan -the strongest sorcerer before Merlin - could allegedly "control the tides and turn into night into day" we don't see Merlin do anything close. And mind you Merlin beat him while still not as his strongest.

It's why the closest Merlin ever gets to controlling the weather is that lightning he called down to kill nimueh which he 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 never uses again afterwards,even though I can think of at least 5 different times it could have helped tremendously to save the day.(No what dragoon does at the battle of camalan is different. He wasn't calling it down from the sky and he needed the sidhe staff to do so)

The show does show us some glimpses like Merlin being able to feel the magic coming from the enchanted bracelet Morgana gave Arthur and the cup of life, being able to create life out of nothing (the butterflies in the cave), being able to feel the magic in the disir but overall it barely scratches the surface of what being the strongest sorcerer that will ever walk the Earth,what being 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 would really mean.

Because for the plot to move forward the way it does, Merlin's power 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 to be very limited by the narrative.

[andromaex]

i keep thinking about who had to tell Hunith.

not merely that Balinor was alive all those years (though not, by any generous definition, living), but that he died almost as soon as he finally found his son.

that Merlin found him only to lose him.

that Balinor died protecting Merlin. that he died in his son's arms. that, unlike so many tragedies in this show, there was no cruel misunderstanding at the end. he knew. he knew this was his son. Merlin knew this was his father. for one impossibly brief moment, they belonged to one another.

and then he was gone.

like. who looked Hunith in the eye and explained that the husband she'd spent decades mourning had, in fact, survived long enough to meet the child he'd never had the chance to raise only to die moments later, for that very child?

because i genuinely don't think i could survive being the messenger, let alone the mother hearing it.

[komadoree]

Secret Garden - If anyone is going to Dashcon2 2026, this will be available as a print!

[syrphinia]

I'm making Merlin playing cards

[jokyri]

My newest drawing of Arthur

[onceandfuture-dollophead]

that one anne hathaway twelfth night photo but its gwen arthur and merlin. you get it

[onceandfuture-dollophead]

you see it.

[onceandfuture-dollophead]

THIS POST. YES YES YESSSSS.

[old-trenchcoat]

the heart, body and soul of camelot

aka: i legally had to draw mergwenthur as the twelth night promo pic bc its literally them

[old-trenchcoat]

the heart, body and soul of camelot

aka: i legally had to draw mergwenthur as the twelth night promo pic bc its literally them

[old-trenchcoat]

the heart, body and soul of camelot

aka: i legally had to draw mergwenthur as the twelth night promo pic bc its literally them

[old-trenchcoat]

the heart, body and soul of camelot

aka: i legally had to draw mergwenthur as the twelth night promo pic bc its literally them

[old-trenchcoat]

the heart, body and soul of camelot

aka: i legally had to draw mergwenthur as the twelth night promo pic bc its literally them

[old-trenchcoat]

the heart, body and soul of camelot

aka: i legally had to draw mergwenthur as the twelth night promo pic bc its literally them

[whotookmygender]

this fandom is a prison

[sarascamander]

Remember when Merlin and Gwen would be at the edge of a banquet and gossip together?