what if we find out aerys was actually kinda chill and the nobles he killed all deserved it and the smallfolk were completely right to love him and he only wanted to blow up kings landing because in his studies he realized it would be the historically progressive thing to do
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Merlin has been alive for 1500 years, and he's long since accepted that Arthur's not coming back. But there may yet be a chance that he can go back to Arthur and get a chance to not fail his king.
—Summary of We Can Burn Brighter Than The Sun by Batsutousai on ao3
Another fantastic Merlin time travel fix-it, 10/10 will probably immediately read again (does require an ao3 account)
Sometimes I reread a fic that I somehow managed to forget existed only to find at the end that I’ve already left kudos and am just. So pissed off again myself for forgetting to add it to my files.
I love this fic, like, from the bottom of my heart. The vibe is phenomenal, it’s very wholesome, very gay, and very magical.
Things I loved about this fic:
Merlin actually doing his fucking job (as Emrys)<3<3<3
Mordred<3
Aithusa being a proud little menace
Merlin trying so desperately not to be a noble
Everyone else treating Merlin as a noble regardless
Merlin forgetting to tell anyone that his mother didn’t actually name him Emrys for like, a year
The entire kingdom that I will not even be attempting to spell the name of
Sea monster side quest
Amalthea the unicorn
Morgana<3<3<3
Mildly feral but mostly friendly Morgause
Uther seeing Merthur and being like “at least Arthur’s not getting anyone pregnant”
Going to sleep thinking about Snow White a tale of terror/the myth relation to sansa and uh….has anyone thought about sansa being a poison apple allegory???? (Like red sansa apples the fruit????)
