Were you born to resist or be abused?

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[softtoy1998]

[freakygirlie]

Arthur: I like all of my subjects equally.

Leon: We were attacked by bandits in the forest.

Arthur: oHmyGOD iS mERLIN OKAY?????

[bitsandbobsofwriting]

Merlin goes home for a little while, determined to enjoy a well-earned vacation;

Camelot immediately falls apart, with the sole exceptions of Guinevere and Gaius.

Merlin knows Arthur really well.

Which just means he knows exactly how to get him to let his servant go home for two weeks to visit his mother and relax a little:

“You just don’t want me to go because you know you can’t cope without me! Look, if you want to come with me, that’s fine, but you’ll struggle just as much there as you would here because I refuse to act as your servant in my own home.”

Arthur turns red, looking outraged as he loses the ability to speak. Merlin turns around before The King can see his satisfied smirk, tidying around the prat’s chambers with exaggerated annoyance as he just waits for the inevitable-

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[bitsandbobsofwriting]

A new servant desperately struggles to understand what exactly Merlin is:

A cryptid? Arthur’s boyfriend? Simply a dude? The court jester? Something else entirely? Who knows, certainly not the new guy.

The first time the new kitchen-hand, Tristan, saw The King’s dark-haired servant sprinting down the corridor, he couldn’t tell if the man was laughing or crying.

He was fast, faster than Tristan thought possible for someone whose arms were so full of laundry, but he politely steps out of the way, coming to the conclusion that he must’ve been late for something. At least… he did think that, until he turns the next corner to see three of The king’s most trusted knights peering out of windows and into random doors. Tristan freezes in the corridor, he’d heard that servants were treated extremely well here, but he’d only been employed for a few days and he didn’t want to risk anything by pushing past or addressing his betters.

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[ephemeral-fae]

*deep inhale* it’s the way you can watch the emotional equivalent of Arthur getting punched in the gut when he finds out about Merlin’s magic. It’s the way you watch him grasp at straws “You aren’t a sorcerer, I would know”, “This is stupid why are you saying this” not because he fears magic anymore - he commends the sorcerer for winning the battle seconds before - but because it makes sense and if it’s true, it means the one person he thought would never betray him has. It means the canon one person he truly trusts never trusted him back. And you just watch his heart break. 

It’s the way you know Arthur would’ve screamed at Merlin, fought him, demanded to see the full extent of his magic if he was healthy, but he’s dying and like it or not his life is in Merlin’s hands. It’s not about the magic, not at this point, it’s about the lying.

It’s the way Arthur makes the same punched-in-the-gut face when he watches Morgana announce that she’s his sister, when he sees Agravaine fighting alongside Morgana, when he finds Gwen and Lancelot. And Merlin, the one person who has stood by him for all of this, was lying too.

It’s the way when Arthur says “You’ve lied to me all this time.” it’s not only a revelation about Merlin but a revelation about himself. The realization that his victories were not his own. The knowledge that everything he prides himself on, everything he has done for his kingdom, was more Merlin’s accomplishment than his. Arthur already has crippling self-doubt, and to realize he has just been a pawn in everyone’s long-winded game including that of his very best friend is destroying him mentally and you watch every time it hits him that he has done nothing (he thinks) without the interference of another to ensure his victory. He’s being used as a pretty face to front the movements of everyone around him because he has always been more the King of Camelot than Arthur Pendragon.

It’s the “I trusted you” “I’m sorry” “I’m sorry too” and the way that Arthur blames himself for Merlin never trusting him. It’s the way “why are you doing this?” isn’t just about Merlin behaving like a servant but asking Merlin why he’d fight so hard to save the life of someone he never trusted.

It’s the way “I want you to always be you” is Arthur giving Merlin the vocal affirmation of trust that he thought was implicit all these years that Merlin never understood. It’s the vocal acceptance that friendly bullying never let on. It’s the “You may have lied to me but I still trust you with my life” that Merlin needs to hear.

It’s the way “thank you” and Bradley’s mouthed “I love you” are Arthur’s final ways to trying to show Merlin that he truly did care about Merlin in their time together and that while the way he was raised forbid him from showing affection, he did what he could in the ways he knew how.

It’s the way they could’ve done so much more, been so much happier, if they had just confided in each other, rather than be convinced that they had to do everything alone like the depressed bastards they are.

It’s the tragedy of Arthur Pendragon for me chief.

[incorrectmerlinquotes]

merlin characters as popular internet posts

Merlin: 

Arthur:

Gwen: 

Morgana: 

Gaius: 

Uther: 

Leon: 

Lancelot: 

Gwaine: 

Elyan:

Percival: 

Kilgharrah: 

[merlin-out-of-context]

(constantly adding) Things that actually happened in BBC Merlin:

uther married an actual, literal troll

goblin-gaius spit mead all over leon

every single knight in the area got scared because gwaine bit into an apple

old-man merlin used three knights as stairs

merlin knocked out an entire guardsman post with barrels

the same goblin-gaius slapped uther's bald head

Arthur got halfway turned into a donkey

gwaine set his socks on fire

brought back a good character just to get rid of him again

merlin spend an entire minute (or so) of screen time ranting about how hard life is

the future king of Camelot fell asleep in a bowl of soup

merlin hooked a chicken or something on a hook so gwaine and percival could lift it through the roof

a wildorren peed on gwaine

gaius accidentally dressed Arthur in a woman's nightgown (from the tags)

merlin magically made Arthur's pants fall down in a council meeting so he could steal Arthur's keys (from the tags)

Gwen got turned into a deer

whilst trying to assassinate Arthur, merlin knocked himself out on a bedpost

merlin forged a royal document so his friend could be a knight

after being knocked unconscious, Arthur thought he killed a dragon based on zero supporting evidence other than merlin saying "oh yeah you killed 'em"

a marble (or stone) statue turned into a rottweiler

prince and servant(tm) put some random berry juice on themselves to prevent being eaten by a mega mole

Arthur was tied to a spinning wheel and had knives thrown at him whilst having an apple in his mouth

merlin fell asleep in horse poo (from the tags)

Arthur threw a bowl of cherries? or apples? in the floor to hide a horn.

when Leon asked what merlin was planning to do with a crossbow, merlin replied "to kill Arthur" and Leon literally did not bat an eye (from the tags)

semi-truck

old man merlin rode piggyback on Arthur (from the tags) throughout the castle I guess and literally no one saw

gwaine, merlin, and Arthur got stuck in an underground gladiator arena

[captainvulcant]

Say what you want about BBC Merlin, but none of the actors had to go as hard as they did with their performances. It was a show for kids, the CGI was shite, and on Robin Hood (which was the series before Merlin) no one except Richard Armitage bothered to act as seriously. 

But the fact that they did is what makes it so popular, what makes it endure, what pushes it and its characters and ships up the list in the fandom metrics each year. The actors took it seriously, they left an amazing legacy, particularly Colin Morgan and Bradley James. Even the devastation of the ending couldn’t break the fandom apart because it was sad, but it was so well done you almost didn’t mind. And that’s why a show which ended eight years ago is still so strong in the hearts of so many people.

[tafffita]

Things I find cute in relationships:

Height difference

Opposite aesthetic

Innocent and pure/mischievous bastard

Insults but affectionate

Smarter separately but when put together they share a single braincell

Dark Goth/ literal ray of sunshine

Always touching in someway

That thing where they have a silent convo with just their eyes

Only I'm allowed to insult them but if anyone else tries they're dead

Listening to each other's heartbeat when they cuddle

Linking their pinkies when they walk

Stealing borrowing each other's hoodies/t-shirts

"unhand me at once you giant oaf. This is so undignified" when the taller one lifts the shorter one up.

Playing with each other's hands/hair

Forehead kisses

Eyelid kisses

Singing to each other until they sleep

Watching a movie and cuddling on the bed with way too many blankets and pillows

Baking together and ending up covered in flour and laughing

Comfortable silences

Cuddling while one of them reads and plays with the other's hair

[thatgaywizardoverthere]

Uther, long suffering: Son, for the last time, when I screamed “FUCK SORCERERS” all throughout your childhood this is NOT what I meant

[incorrectmerlinquotes]

Merlin: 

Arthur: 

Gwen:

Morgana: 

Gaius: 

Uther: 

Leon: 

Lancelot: 

Gwaine: 

Elyan: 

Percival: 

Kilgharrah:

[dragoon-the-greatest]

Arthur: Mordred stabbed me and I'm dying

Merlin:

Merlin: I'm a sorcerer

Arthur: ???!?

Merlin: Your afternoon was already ruined

[malyen0retsev]

it will never not be funny to me that merlin is the most powerful sorceror who has walked the earth, and yet he manages to keep his powers hidden not through deeply complex enchantments and potions and distractions… but because he’s just such a fucking chaotic idiot that every time arthur is presented with the theory of merlin being magic he’s like “you mean the fucking idiot who was tapping my bedframe with a cup to ‘listen for woodworm’?! you think he’s ‘harbouring magic’?! YEAH OK OK” 

[thatgaywizardoverthere]

Okay so we joke about Merlin being so fucking obvious all the time with his glowing eyes when he does magic but bruh…what if he deadass doesn’t know his eyes do that and just no one fucking thought to tell him??? Like he wouldn’t know on his own unless he saw his reflection while doing it, but it’s so glaringly obvious to everyone else they’re just like “yeah I’m sure he knows, he’ll definitely account for that in Camelot.” Motherfuckers really let Merlin think he was the peak of subtlety and had his ass out here trying to decapitate the prince like day one while making full, glowing eye contact. Unreal.

[emrys-merlin]

Why do the writers always delete the scenes with character development and great dynamics?

Merlin and Gwaine discussing about Gaius and Gwaine’s father? Not important! Gwaine is only a comic relief now.

Merlin and Arthur discussing about Morgana? Who cares! Arthur and Morgana are not brother and sister after all. They didn’t grow up together. Arthur doesn’t care about that evil witch. He never cared.

Mordred expressing hesitation to Morgana about joining her too soon before giving Arthur a second chance? Nah. Mordred is super evil now. End of story.

Arthur gave Merlin Ygraine’s sigil AND shows how much Arthur still thinks about his mother and cares for Merlin? How Arthur accepting him in his family? Fuck this scene. Arthur is a prince and Merlin just a stupid servant! We can’t elevate this stupid servant.

Merlin doesn’t intend to join everyone seated at the round table, but Arthur calls him over to sit at his side? Delete this shit! Arthur and Merlin are not equal. They are not two sides of the same coin.

….this is clearly not important.

Thank you, writers!

[witchmd13]

Morgana: Hmmm, I know this is gonna sound sarcastic, but this is a great plan and I’m really impressed by you guys

Arthur:

Merlin:

Merlin, eyes narrowing: don’t listen to her, Arthur. It is a great plan.

[out-bloody-standing-221]

Arthur: father I’ve learnt a lot about how good magic can be from observing Merlin

Uther: from a distance right?

Arthur:

Uther: FROM A DISTANCE RIGHT???