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𝖒𝖊𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖓 𝖆𝖒𝖇𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖎𝖚𝖘.  𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘣𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢. 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙. est. march 1st, 2014, archived january 2023. written by your local slav, marta.

info: this is a freshly archived blog, only beta editor available. i've had this blog for a while, so there's a lot of lore, some of which can be found inside the carrd. you do not have to read through it all, i'm happy to provide context. that's why this blog will be plotting based first.

                       𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗗 ,    𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗘𝗦 ,    𝗗𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗘𝗥 ,    𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗦 .

YOU CAN ALSO FIND ME HERE : general multimuse, da / dnd multimuse.

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COLIN MORGAN in MAMMALS ↳ dir. stephanie laing

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like for a starter.

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like for a starter.

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i also wanted to say that on march 1st i passed a nine year anniversary of when i first picked up merlin as a muse.

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Favorite Outfits → The Living and the Dead [7/?]

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fave thing is that with the way merlin usually acts, it really sneaks up on you when he decides to use his authority.

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@gaynsborough said: ❝ without me? i thought we were partners. ❞

Well, okay, it really is Merlin's bad. It seems that he's really quite aware of it, judging by the caught red-handed look he has going for himself at the moment. It's too late to pretend to be innocent. The only choice at this point is to try and spin it. ❝ It was looking at me with these big eyes, ❞ Merlin says seriously, his tone soft, but grave. Sure enough, he paints a picture of a man consumed by an unspeakable grief over his own actions. This picture lasts only a short moment, the dramatics enough to cause Merlin to crack up involuntarily. He raises his hands in defense. ❝ Alright, alright — I admit it. But I'm sure you would have done the same, if you were in my position, so let's not go there. I won't apologize for doing the reasonable thing. Really, it was so fluffy I couldn't help myself. We'll just track it again so you you can see for yourself, alright? ❞

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@ulfhrafnx said: i know you followed me last night .

If there'd be time to feign ignorance, it's surely now. Sure enough, Merlin puts effort to look like this is the first time he has heard such a ludicrous statement, not really to cover his tracks at all, but just for the fun of it. He gasps theatrically, pressing a hand to his chest with eyes wide. ❝ Me? Follow you? Now, why would I do such a thing? I do have better things to do, you know? ❞ Well. These days, it's a statement that shouldn't be thrown so easily. If Merlin has been feeling a little restless, that's really his business — he's not about to argue semantics. He waves it off. ❝ I can't say I tried hard to stay unnoticed, so this is really for the best. Wanna know why I was following you? ❞

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anyway, since merlin is immortal, i'm asking begging for dynamics like an ex lover with centuries old grudges to pick fights with as a sport, weird adoptive children randomly manifesting in his house every century or so, a centuries old demon gets befriended because merlin decided to renovate an old house again, once mortal enemies now chill friends that meet for tea every decade, random adult needs a roommate and merlin is bored............ the list is endless.

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i'm deeply obsessed with merlin and mythos, especially in the context of just how much the legends and stories have been reshaped, retold, added onto and removed from over the course of the centuries. there are deeper meanings here that i will sure expand on again in the nearest future, but it's also quite honestly because merlin loves to lie for fun.

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consider this an inbox call.

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consider this an inbox call.

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god of war: ragnarok starters

may contain spoilers !

❝ trust? you have broken my trust. ❞ ❝ you seemed troubled in your sleep, even for you. nightmares? ❞   ❝ if you’re not fighting dirty, you’re not fighting, right? ❞   ❝ the worst is still ahead of us. we must be strong. ❞   ❝ it’s times like this i really miss home. ❞ ❝ you must live with your deeds, but do not be troubled by them. ❞ ❝ you don’t strike me as someone who fears death. ❞ ❝ that is not who i am anymore. ❞   ❝ the problem doesn’t have to reach our doorstop to be our responsibility. ❞   ❝ please don’t make me do this. ❞   ❝ the storm is getting worse. ❞   ❝ i’d offer you a hug, but why traumatise either of us further. ❞   ❝ whatever anger you’re feeling, whatever loathing toward me…it’s nothing to what i’ve said to myself. ❞   ❝ i know the hate that burns you from within. i’ve felt those flames…known the comfort of their warmth. ❞   ❝ i do not need you to protect me. ❞   ❝ be glad you have a home to remember fondly. ❞   ❝ you’ve come a long way since i first met you. ❞   ❝ the pain only grows. will i ever be free of it? ❞ ❝ i need you…i can’t do this by myself. ❞   ❝ got a case of pride, i get it. hope yours clears up quicker than mine did. ❞   ❝ you were given an impossible problem. do not blame yourself for failing to solve it. ❞ ❝ you speak of your deeds with shame. ❞ ❝ i wronged you. and i cannot change that…and can never apologise enough for it. ❞   ❝ we do not know what lies ahead. i wish to enjoy the time we have left. ❞   ❝ there is no need to shoulder this burden on your own. ❞   ❝ i suppose that’s all any of us can hope for in the end. that our death has purpose. ❞   ❝ i don’t need to hear about your mistakes. i’ve made enough of my own, thanks. ❞   ❝ some free advice? you don’t want to let anyone catch you talking to your sword. ❞   ❝ you reek of cheap mead and that is by far your most endearing characteristic. ❞   ❝ i expected you to come and find me. that no matter how hurt or angry, you wouldn’t abandon me when i needed you the most. ❞   ❝ you started this fight — i will end it. ❞   ❝ you don’t have to do this kinda stuff just to keep my mind off things. ❞   ❝ could i ever think of this place as home again? after all that’s happened? ❞   ❝ all too often, people are blinded to all but their immediate self-interest. ❞ ❝ not exactly a calming presence, are you? ❞ ❝ know that all reigns end, and all empires fall. ❞ ❝ do not doubt the lengths i will go to. ❞ ❝ so much as been taken from me and i’m supposed to let it all go? ❞   ❝ if you don’t think i could lead us, just say so. ❞ ❝ i’m not saying anything you haven’t thought. ❞ ❝ there’s no making this right, is there? ❞ ❝ love should be—could be—stronger than hatred. ❞ ❝ it seems to me we share a common enemy. ❞ ❝ i know how bad it can get with one’s own kin. ❞ ❝ seems the only thing i can do right these days is destroy everything around me. ❞ ❝ i am haunted by your incompetence. it keeps me up at night. ❞ ❝ so i’m not allowed to give you a nickname? ❞ ❝ oooh, getting nosey. getting personal. ❞ ❝ that’s the most dangerous and irresponsible thing i’ve ever heard. ❞ ❝ i haven’t given up hope on you. ❞ ❝ i had hoped my days of ceaseless battles were over. ❞ ❝ to grieve deeply is to love fully. ❞ ❝ the truth is always more complicated. to imagine it’s simple is dangerous. ❞   ❝ you’re a killer, just like your father. ❞ ❝ you think you just get to walk away? ❞   ❝ uh…someone’ll clean that up. ❞ ❝ i dont know if we’re breaking fate, or fate’s breaking us. ❞ ❝ how can you, of anyone alive, be squeamish about war? ❞ ❝ oh, wow…that’s quite the compliment. ❞ ❝ i grow tired of your lack of empathy. ❞ ❝ to abandon a poisonous path and walk another is no small challenge. ❞   ❝ can i get you a water or something? ❞ ❝ confronting the past comes with a price. ❞ ❝ i want things to be the way they were. ❞ ❝ being in love’s always a risk. that’s what makes it fun. ❞ ❝ i was always fond of our talks, you know. ❞ ❝ curiosity’s all well and good…but so’s privacy, yes? ❞ ❝ whatever you ask, consider it done. i am forever in your debt. ❞ ❝ what’s the biggest thing you’ve ever fought? ❞ ❝ so…was this all that you hoped for? ❞ ❝ the closer we get, the more tightness grows in my chest. ❞ ❝ your path leads to countless deaths. unimaginable pain and suffering. ❞ ❝ can’t you take a joke, you old goat? ❞ ❝ everyone takes it easy on you because they’re scared of your father. ❞ ❝ that’s family.    you got to keep them close where they can make you good and crazy. ❞ ❝ maybe, for the moment, you’re of more use to me alive. ❞ ❝ look at the ruins before you and understand the truth: this was your doing. ❞ ❝ forgive me. my words were chosen carelessly. ❞ ❝ my success does not come from luck. ❞ ❝ just shut up and drink. ❞ ❝ no matter the size, every creature has a weakness. ❞ ❝ sometimes we never really know the ones we love. ❞ ❝ tell me about your homeland. ❞ ❝ leadership? not really my strong suit, let’s be honest. ❞ ❝ what am i gonna do, walk around with a bandage on my head, begging for attention? ❞ ❝ why are you so bent on hurting me like this? i’ve done nothing to you. ❞ ❝ you seem like a calm and reasonable person.      are you a calm and reasonable person? ❞ ❝ i’ve seen my fair share of bloodshed, but this is an awful lot for one morning. ❞ ❝ if you’re planning on killing me, at least let me finish this song. ❞ ❝ everywhere i look, i am reminded of my mistakes. ❞ ❝ i have seen many lands. many realms. i can tell you with some certainty: no such paradise exists. ❞ ❝ do something about it or shut up already. ❞ ❝ breaking tension with humour is the sacred duty of a travelling companion. ❞ ❝ forgiveness can be powerful. even for the unworthy. ❞ ❝ you have no idea the kind of shit i’ve been through. ❞ ❝ our actions have consequences. to be reminded of them is not a punishment. ❞ ❝ take the hint. go away. ❞ ❝ something is on your mind. what is it? ❞ ❝ what a twisted little soul you have. ❞ ❝ your eyes say everything. ❞ ❝ me and you against the world, huh? just like the old days. ❞ ❝ there is no making things right. only better than they were. ❞ ❝ without me? i thought we were partners. ❞ ❝ this will end in blood. the only question that remains is which side is willing to spill more. ❞ ❝ i have lost myself before. more than once. ❞ ❝ you cannot sneak up on me like that. ❞ ❝ is it always moral to kill something that’s trying to kill you? ❞ ❝ we’ve gotta be more than a bunch of stories with our endings already written. ❞ ❝ the smell is making my eyes burn. ❞ ❝ you are staring… ❞ ❝ even the brightest among us carry darkness. ❞ ❝ anyone ever tell you that you babble when you’re terrified? ❞ ❝ every path i walk…leads back to vengeance. ❞ ❝ maybe our families are just meant to be enemies. ❞ ❝ i know how it feels…to lose a parent. ❞ ❝ your love of this place…i can feel it. anyone can. ❞ ❝ what you can do is get the fuck out of my sight. ❞ ❝ it was stupid of me to hope in the first place. ❞ ❝ is that regret in your voice? ❞ ❝ there are things even gods cannot control. ❞ ❝ you don’t care about anyone beyond yourself. ❞ ❝ say something. i enjoy hearing your voice. ❞ ❝ does it frighten you? that is why you must do it. ❞ ❝ the dumb doesn’t fall far from the tree. ❞ ❝ you’re quite agitated, even for you. ❞ ❝ ain’t you never seen a legend in the flesh before? ❞ ❝ you are one of the few i would call a ‘friend’. ❞ ❝ this place is kinda pretty, when things aren’t trying to kill us. ❞ ❝ i find the hues and shades of your shortcomings almost moving. ❞ ❝ i still might kill you when this is over. ❞ ❝ i wish i could do more, i really do. ❞ ❝ do you ever have those moments where you wish you could…go back? rewrite your own past, make different decisions. ❞ ❝ do you want me to stop talking about your muscles? ❞ ❝ you are a formidable warrior, but even more than that, you have a good heart. ❞ ❝ this world takes more strength than it gave me. ❞ ❝ i’m trying to save your life, you big jerk. ❞ ❝ at least something out here doesn’t wanna kill me. ❞ ❝ i’ll just say it. i’m getting a really terrible feeling from this place. ❞ ❝ violence changes us. you are not weak to feel its effects. ❞ ❝ i’ve always loved you, you know. ❞ ❝ what side are you on anyway? ❞ ❝ everything was fine until you showed up. ❞ ❝ i have been…falling back into my old ways. angry. distrustful. ❞ ❝ one day, you will have to survive. without me. ❞ ❝ you don’t have to like me but…we’re gonna have to trust each other. ❞ ❝ you think war drives me? or power? wealth? no. never has. ❞ ❝ and they say i’m the bad guy. ❞ ❝ you feel it in the air, don’t you? the anxiety. ❞ ❝ i’m not being weird, you’re being weird. ❞ ❝ sure you’re up for breaking the rules like this? ❞ ❝ doubt is a weakness we cannot afford. ❞ ❝ mm. i do not like riddles. ❞ ❝ it just seems like a lot for someone your age. ❞ ❝ use the judgement of a man and not of a child. ❞ ❝ so what are we supposed to do? roll over? do nothing? ❞ ❝ war will not give you the purpose you seek. ❞ ❝ nasty hit! are you alright? ❞ ❝ well, glad you survived the first day. ❞ ❝ what do you think? is there a right side in this war? ❞ ❝ didn’t you ever have an awkward phase in your youth? ❞ ❝ you will not find me good company. ❞ ❝ how about we just don’t kill each other? ❞ ❝ what have your promises ever been worth? ❞ ❝ why would you come this way alone? ❞ ❝ leave now, whether you value your life or peace in your death. ❞ ❝ i put you in so much pain. put you in a terrible situation. ❞ ❝ the most difficult battles are fought within. ❞ ❝ it’s not my job to teach you everything. ❞ ❝ thanks for patching me up. ❞ ❝ loss can do things to a man. ❞ ❝ i don’t know why i thought i could do this alone. ❞ ❝ i will do what it takes to keep you safe. ❞ ❝ a desperate creature can be the most dangerous. ❞ ❝ you’re just sharing your thoughts on a subject you know nothing about. ❞ ❝ this isn’t who you want to be. ❞ ❝ i knew this was going too smoothly. ❞ ❝ can one man do this much damage? ❞ ❝ this is your final warning. ❞ ❝ you have a lot of nerve, know that? ❞ ❝ i am counting on you. to be safe. to be smart. ❞ ❝ uh, maybe that’s not a good idea? ❞ ❝ well, that was violent. ❞ ❝ don’t go to too much trouble on my account. ❞ ❝ are you not a soldier? are you not a leader of people? ❞ ❝ just when i thought you couldn’t get even more godly. ❞ ❝ do you wish to speak of what happened? ❞ ❝ you have no hold on me any more. ❞ ❝ have you ever been in love? ❞ ❝ mind if i give you the best advice you’ve heard all day and possibly ever? sleep. ❞ ❝ you’ll have my wise and faithful counsel always. ❞ ❝ look, i just want to do the right thing. ❞ ❝ all i ask for is a good night’s rest. ❞ ❝ you’re angry with me, aren’t you? ❞ ❝ we live in strange times. ❞ ❝ do you hear that? i thought i heard a voice. ❞ ❝ any outsider is considered a threat. ❞ ❝ it is not always wrong to trust people. ❞ ❝ never thought i’d be so relieved to be back here. ❞ ❝ well, we all make mistakes. ❞ ❝ this is the craziest thing i’ve ever done. ❞ ❝ when we get out of here, i’ll give you some space. ❞ ❝ violence cannot prevent violence. ❞ ❝ the truth can be a cruel thing. ❞ ❝ defy your prophecy at your own peril. ❞ ❝ i must say, i think we make a good team. ❞ ❝ where would you even be without me? ❞ ❝ calm your mind. control it. ❞ ❝ you look…weirder than i imagined. ❞ ❝ we must tread carefully. danger is close. ❞ ❝ there are worse things to discover about someone you love. ❞ ❝ i know how it feels to be wronged. ❞ ❝ did you just wake up with the urge to be a pain in my ass? ❞ ❝ is it revenge if justice is served? ❞ ❝ sometimes there is no other way. ❞ ❝ all journeys come to an end. ❞ ❝ you’re the first person that i’ve talked to in a really long time. ❞ ❝ i’ve been waiting my whole life for this moment. ❞ ❝ so…do you forgive me? ❞ ❝ sorry, i’m just really excited to talk to you. ❞ ❝ is there any way to stop fate? ❞ ❝ it would be the first time in a while i have something truly mine. ❞ ❝ the earth is the reflection of those who tend it. ❞ ❝ i have to say. i am profoundly unimpressed. ❞ ❝ i did not come to you for a lecture. ❞ ❝ perhaps there is a measure of monster inside us all. ❞ ❝ i was about to look for you. ❞ ❝ i said we would speak no more of that. ❞ ❝ peace cannot endure without force to protect it. ❞ ❝ what is it you will not tell me? ❞ ❝ where has everyone gone, i wonder? ❞ ❝ i suppose we’re all entitled to walk our own paths. regardless of where they end. ❞ ❝ you are in way over your head. ❞ ❝ so much about that day i wish i could change. ❞ ❝ it is difficult to seek forgiveness when you feel unworthy. ❞ ❝ i don’t recall asking you to come along. ❞ ❝ don’t you know who i am? ❞ ❝ real power does not need to flaunt. it emerges when the time is right. ❞ ❝ i don’t move, you don’t move. don’t do anything you’ll regret. ❞ ❝ sorry we got off on the wrong foot there. ❞ ❝ i meant it when i said you’re not a prisoner here. ❞ ❝ the culmination of love is grief, and still we open our hearts to the inevitable. ❞ ❝ why aren’t we working together? ❞ ❝ maybe together we can take back what’s ours. ❞ ❝ you don’t hear me spreading your business all around town, do you? ❞ ❝ you judge me? you? ❞ ❝ you think i’m being stupid. ❞ ❝ go before i change my mind. ❞ ❝ you deserve nothing but pain. ❞ ❝ always expect the unexpected. ❞ ❝ don’t go telling anyone about that. ❞ ❝ i shouldn’t have listened to you. ❞ ❝ you think my anger is irrational? ❞ ❝ prophecies are slippery by nature. ❞ ❝ seek no quarrel with me, and i’ll have no quarrel with you. ❞ ❝ you’re a destroyer, like me. ❞ ❝ you think i’m trouble? you just met me. ❞ ❝ not sure that makes me feel any better… ❞ ❝ let me see the monster inside. ❞ ❝ i know what you’re doing.     trying to play on my sympathies in the hope i let you live. ❞ ❝ i do not want you to feel alone. ❞ ❝ the mistakes of the past need not be repeated. ❞ ❝ never mind…i shouldn’t have asked. ❞ ❝ i regret many things. killing you will not be one of them. ❞ ❝ do you believe in fate? ❞ ❝ you can’t kill what you can’t catch. ❞ ❝ i just could use some fresh air, is all. ❞ ❝ i told you never to come back here. ❞  

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*lying* why would i lie

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you wouldn't be able to tell by the roles cm takes, but merlin has kept long or semi - long hair for a lot of his life.

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everything is always so serious:  between the travesties and tragedies,  the losses and the almosts...  who can blame her for clinging to these tiny moments where there is just curiosity and the opportunity to find out something new?  this has been her life for years - too many for maeve to remember any sense of being constant - ever morning faced with the very real risk that soon enough there will be no going back.  ❝ those aren't the worlds I end up in often. ❞   no, at least it would have practical distractions beyond how she keeps finding herself in slightly twisted versions of almost familiar tales.  none of them seem to be her own - not meant for her to be more than a brief observer.  wherever original home, or story, is... it's not one she's found any way to return to ( nor, she has to admit, has she fully wanted to for a very long time ).

there's never any going back, there is only forwards. " so you just instinctively know the where and whom? " how curious it is - never pressing too hard, yet always full of simple curiosities.   there's no interest in what could be gained from magic but maeve cannot help how she'd like to understand a little more. ❝ because honestly, that's a bit of a letdown compared to the bracelet idea. ❞ he surely knows better than to take her teasing too seriously, maeve has certainly spent long enough alone that she can usually get a good initial read of people. plus, in simplest truth, man seems interesting - and she's never known how to avoid that sort of call. ❝ I'm disappointed. I had mental images of some ancient book, writing just appearing... but fine, fine. ❞ still she wanders with passing attention to surroundings, taking it all with only half-masked sharpness. ❝ cosmic coordinates, that's interesting though.   is there a specific number or symbol for different universes? ❞

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Merlin hums in understanding. She doesn't really need to explain any further, the tone of her voice doing its job for her. Still, Merlin can read her aura, and most importantly, he can read between the lines. Regardless of the reason behind it, being lost in an unfamiliar place is an uncomfortable feeling. It must be worse for people who don't have the means to easily navigate themselves the way Merlin does, so he can't help feeling sympathetic. ❝ So it seems, ❞ he says thoughtfully. Inter - dimensional travel can be fun if one can control it, but there's little of that control as far as he can see. It sounds like she's been lost for a long time, so it leaves him to wonder if she even remembers where she's from in the first place. He's met people like that before — people that have forgotten where they're really from, or no longer miss it; it wouldn't be a surprise at all.

❝ You can say that, ❞ he says, finding that it's pointless to try to explain. These kind of things are too abstract to put into words, especially for people whose sensing is only limited. It's best to leave it vague. Amusement finds its way into his eyes, but for the purpose of dramatics, he feigns concern by pressing a hand to his chest. ❝ Ahh, dear me, sorry to disappoint, ❞ he says in a jolly sort of voice. He doesn't keep with the facade for long and the mischief on his face is exchanged with a genuine smile. ❝ To be honest, I could make these things appear any way I wanted. Floating scroll or an ancient book is the least of it, been there, done that. And yes, even dimension markers. But there are so many things I can feel all at once that it'd get annoying very quickly, so it's best to keep it simple. ❞

At that, Merlin chuckles softly and then pauses, watching her with a careful gaze. He lets fingers rub against his beard, thick and black, before he turns to her with a gaze that looks somewhat more serious than before. ❝ Do you need help? Honestly — If there's somewhere you want to go, I can take you there. I can help you work out how to control it better too, I happen to have some time to spare. You could use an aura cleanse too, if I gotta be honest, it should help with the universe karma. It's clear you've been to many places already, these things can interfere with future travels. ❞