#bbc knights

[gabstriessomethingnew]

Merlin, leading a group of very confused round table into his dishevelled home, running straight to his liquor cabinet, grabbing the first bottle he could find and pulling the stopper off with his teeth while mumbling: that fucking dragon lied to me again. If he wasn’t six feet in the grave, I would order him to shove his head as far up his ass as his bloody awful hard on for vengeance was!

Lancelot: erm Merlin-

Merlin, between huge gulps of whatever liquor he could find: no, I’m serious. ‘The once and future king will return’ he said. ‘Don’t worry about it Merlin, Arthur’s coming back’ he said. Somehow he failed to mention the rest of the lot of you. I don’t have enough bloody rooms for this!

Gwaine: mate, why don’t you slow down-

Merlin, swaying slightly, from the booze or the mania no one’s all that sure: you know I had my suspicions that it might be Gwen and not Arthur. She did so much more than he did for the golden age and all. Never did I possibly think it was going to be all of you dollop heads.

Gwen: Merlin!

Arthur, at the same time: Hey!

Merlin, laughing like a maniac, maybe going a bit feral: no cause seriously, a little heads up from the universe would have been nice! ‘Hey, you’re about to have to home five freshly risen idiots and Gwen’! I have all of 3 carrots in my refrigerator and not a hope in the world on how to feed you all!

Leon, wrapped in a towel, obviously coming from having a bath, not looking as he walked into the madness: Em I have to say you were right about the Epsom salts-

***Stops dead and drops towel when he finally looks up at the situation playing out in his living room***

Merlin, handing over the bottle to Leon: nice of you to show up to the disaster that was listening to that lying, fucking ridiculous dragon!

[the-sprog]

MLP AUs for BBC Merlin always fall flat for me because I'm never satisfied with how people reconcile the ban on magic with the innate magic that every pony possesses. Because MLP has specific rules for its magic system and it doesn't really fit with the magic system of BBC Merlin. I've thought about it a lot myself but I can't come up with a satisfying compromise.

So, MLP AU but it's just that The Elements of Harmony exist in Camelot and the knights turn someone into stone using the Power of Friendship (which, for those that don't know, is a tangible force that turns people into stone, amongst other things).

They go on a journey to find this supposed weapon to defeat the Camelot equivalent to Discord (Draconiqus, god of chaos, might just be the same Discord all things considered. He just took a vacay) while Arthur has been made captive and arrive to a forest full of trials where each of them goes through a trial for one of the elements , without knowing they're being tested. They then reach a clearing with a tree whose fruits are gems (I know that's not how the Tree of Harmony works in MLP but I figured it would be cool to go with the magic of the Earth bit for this) and when they pick them, they turn into jewels (because if they turned into swords it would be too easy. Now they've gotta use magic to save Arthur. Also: Merlin in a tiara).

In MLP the trials are

Helping someone falling off a cliff and telling them to let go and that it would be ok because they can trust you (the ground was closer than it looked)

Helping an injured animal when everyone else was too scared of its appearance to look past it

Laughing in the face of fear to get rid of it

Giving up something precious to you to help someone else

Saying no to the opportunity of a life time when that opportunity involves abandoning your friends (who are also in danger at the moment)

For Magic there isn't really a trial. It's Twilight's personal trial of realizing the importance of friendship. The moment she does —once the other elements are together— the element of magic reveals itself. I'd imagine something similar could happen with Merlin too. I think the trails fit the knights I chose pretty well.

They elements (and associated pillars) would be assigned like this:

Honesty – Strength (Lancelot)

Kindness – Healing (Percival)

Laughter – Hope (Gwaine)

Generosity – Beauty (Elyan)

Loyalty - Bravery (Leon)

Magic - Sorcery (Merlin)

Arthur gets to be the princess

I know Gwaine is strength and Arthur courage in BBC Merlin, but I like to think that's a different sorting system for a different quest. Because this one is about friendships, not fights. Also otherwise Leon gets left out and I don't like that. Merlin is just universally considered magic.

Gwaine complains about going from strength to laughter.

But they don't know what each element stands for —except for the magic, but that's a given it's Merlin. He's going to have to channel the other elements through his and it's going to be a mess. Definitely a magic reveal— so they're going to have to find the right book that explains more than what the one that told them about their existence did.

[quotidian-oblivion]

For the Merlin asks

8, 11, 13!

Heyoo!!!

8. One off character you wish had a bigger part.

11. Random Knights Headcanon.

13. Random Servant Headcanon.

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8:

Freya. She's not exactly one-off but I so so desperately wish she played a bigger part.

Because, c'mon. SHE'S THE DAMN LADY OF THE LAKE.

Magic beautiful water cat woman who guards the gates to death.

She deserves more than just being a mysterious hand who held and caught a sword. And Merlin deserved to have a secret water wife (i also love Freylin <33). Just think of the many possibilities and plots that could have happened. Just- just imagine. This is why i'm depressed.

11:

I told this to @tireddruid in conversation once and put it in one of my fics too, but I believe that after the Lamia incident, Gwaine woke up in the middle of the night after being recovered from what the Lamia did to him and then realized what he had done to Merlin. So he immediately went to Merlin's hut in the village they were staying in and just. starting crying. Silently and hard, beside Merlin's bed, full of remorse because damn it Gwaine's whole concept was that nobility came from the heart, not by blood. And what he did under the Lamia's spell wasn't noble at all.

Besides that, Merlin was his friend. The first person who took him to his home - gave up his own bed - to look after him while he was heavily drunk and barely capable of standing without support and didn't resent or rob him after that. Merlin was kind, caring, loyal and never - never - deserving of that kind of treatment or close to it. He was his first friend. He was why he became a knight. He was why Gwaine risked his neck to protect a noble and a royal. He was why Gwaine enteres the lands of hell. He was why Gwaine jumped into a battle against an undead army. Simply because Merlin asked. Simply because Merlin cared for him without cost when no one else did and wanted him to stay.

Who would want to lose a treasure of a friend like that?

Merlin then woke up 30 minutes later to find the crying mess of a knight and immediately knew that whatever doubts he had been having about the knights since the Lamia was untrue and Gwaine (and later the others too) would never willingly hold him in that regard. They fortunately didn't harm him too much, and it would take a while for Merlin to not flinch every time any of the knights made sudden movements towards him, but he would recover. And he would remember, just why he decided to befriend them.

13:

Agh. I thought about this one. And I don't particularly think much about characters beyond the main ones unless they relate to a plot of mine.

But one thing I assumed (but the show never confirmed) is that Merlin is quite popular among the servants.

I mean, does anyone remember Tyr Stewart? The guy evil!Gwen killed? He was outright threatened with death and his mother too, the poor man was traumatized and scared and anxious. Yet, he opened up to Merlin after some coaxing.

I don't think just anyone would open up to a random stranger, even in a higher power with the potential to end your life (cuz Merlin is tge manservant to the king), and trust them with information regarding yours and your loved one's lives. But he did with Merlin.

And this just proves to me that Merlin is in fact quite popular and friendly with the servants and patients and other commoners. The cook hates him, hey, but none of the other servants snitched on him when he snagged a pastry or dumpling or two. Especially not after Merlin sneaked them a piece ;)

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Thank you so much for the asksssssss! I had loads of fun thinking them up :D

[merlinficprompts]

Prompt #32

5 or 3 + 1, times that gwen revealed how skilled she actually is with a sword to the knights/Arthur/Merlin, and one where she spars with Morgana and Morgana finds out. (Which turns into sparring dates for Morgana and Gwen, because who can resist a pretty person who’s good with a sword.)

[taletime]

Ah yes, it's my favourite, golden retriever, underrated, side character knight.

[themarauderssocialistutopia]

Gwaine: If i was trapped in a room full of armed bandits and the only way out was to eat a tomato I would die

Leon: How in Gods name would you even get in that situation?

[shadowshole]

Merlinktober day 9

Prompt: knight

The knights of Camelot had faced countless dangers while protecting their kingdom.

And as their brothers fell, one after another, they kept fighting for the women, children and unarmed men within the city walls.

For the love of Camelot.

Inspired by Lefayart

[the-sprog]

Merlin incorrect quotes pt 1

Morgana, captured by a 3rd party, decided to stir the pot a little: "So, Merlin, you're Arthur's manservant, correct?"

Merlin, also captured by the 3rd party, incapable of leaving well enough alone: "Oh my gods! We all know each other, who are these clarifications for?! Cut to the chase!"

Morgana: "Is it true you once said that *in a Merlin impression* 'Weddings are annoying, overly expensive pageantry'?"

Merlin, confused where she's trying to go: "Yeah, well, I also once swore to Gwaine that the drink he left alone in another room for ten seconds was definitely poisoned and, if he drank it, he would die. I'm not exactly a beacon of truth."

Morgana: "So you admit it then?"

Gwaine: "What- what is this? What are we doing here? What's with all the questions?"

Morgana: "Oh, Leon, as Arthur's most trusted knight do you have any relevant information about his stress levels regarding the recent rise in pro-magic sentiment that's been sweeping the kingdom?"

Leon: "I think it's ridiculous that we're entertaining this conversation."

Merlin: "Guys, she's a liar. Her lies are literally why we're in this situation in the first place."

Morgana: "Ah ah ah. Glass houses, Merlin. You yourself said that you are not a beacon of truth."

Merlin: "Yeah. Because I'm wrong a lot."

Morgana: "Oh, so, you've never been reluctant to share anything with the group, then?"

Merlin, suddenly sitting up straight: "Don't."

Arthur: "Merlin?"

Morgana, smirking her evilest smirk: "What? I just meant your name!"

Merlin: "DON'T!"

Morgana: "Maybe that's why it's so easy for you to recognise me for what I am. After all, it takes a liar to know a liar."