#mergwainethur

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I think I'm so funny

[mysteriousboo]

My Top Five Polycules that no one asked for

(before you say but they aren't canon, they are to me so 🤷 😏)

5. Xue Fangfei, Tong'er and Jiang Li from (The Double)

these 3 just give off very strong polycule vibes to me! not to mention that they literally get revenge for each other in true lesbian fashion. if gaslight, gatekeep and girlboss was a trio it would be them.

jiang li and tong'er were childhood friends to lovers and they found xue fangfei on tinder and now here we are. if you believe in the inherent romanticm of finding love through shared hatred and mutual enemy then this one's for you.

4. Merlin, Gwaine and Arthur or mergwainethur from BBC Merlin

this is a bit more popular amongst the fandom but it's very much giving falling in love through devotion and what not followed by two guys who decided to tolerate each other because they are absolutely gone on the third guy. the former two being gwaine and arthur and the latter being merlin.

not to mention that they were literally branded as courage, strength and magic in that one episode. even the show was loud about it 👀😏!!

3. Zhu Yan,Wen Xiao, Zhuo Yi Chen and Pei Si Jing from Fangs of Fortune

i mean do i have to explain this one? look at the poster. china's first censored polycule or something. insane chemistry followed by insane devotion. they also give off mlm and wlw solidarity to me. pei sijing definitely just tolerates the men for the sake of wen xiao but wen xiao, yi chen and pei sijing are definitely pulling zhu man's leg whenever they can. not to mention that these people canonically raised a kid together 👀.

2. Merlin, Gwen, Lancelot and Arthur or mergwenlancethur from BBC Merlin

this one's definitely unpopular and i will not apologize for putting BBC Merlin on here twice but these four are the very definition of polycule marriage to me. i often see mergwenthur which i am also a big fan of and this just elevates it for me because we need lancelot to balance out the crazy of mergwenthur but he probably just ends up making it even more chaotic just the way i like it ig.

1. Kandreil (Kevin, Andrew and Neil) from All For The Game

i mean...they were literally meant to be canon so the tension will always be there. but keep in mind that these three live together, are always seen together and spend every night together on the court. that's way more quality time spent together then most couples out there. oh kandreil you have all my heart 💜!!

[many-gay-magpies]

mergwaine dynamic. gwaine is in love with merlin and merlin is in love with arthur but thats infeasible because of the Everything of them. so merlin is trying to move on and center his word less around arthur and he doesnt consciously MEAN to but the fact of the matter is gwaine is There and Available and Safe and ready to act on his want for merlin in a way arthur is not. so merlin starts something with gwaine, and he doesnt mean to just be using him as a proxy for arthur, something to distract himself in hopes of moving on, but that is in fact what he's doing. meanwhile gwaine is fully aware that he's the second choice and hurting about it a little but doesnt really mind, because he's happy to give merlin all of himself without repayment. bonus opportunity for the gwainthur angle of this to get delicious and homoerotic and messy as well, in a scenario where gwaine looks at arthur and sees his desperate aching love for merlin and just goes. you are his first choice; i know you are, and i know im not. you two were made for each other, and im just a comet caught in the orbit of your star-crossed lovers schtick. but the fact of the matter is, i was brave enough to love him, and you werent. you lost; too slow. i think this could become a wonderful throuple somehow, you know with the strength-courage-magic of it all, but im not entirely sure how to get there. the journey is its own fun

[221b-bitch-st]

i love merlin x gwaine x arthur fics in any form of course but my favorite style is when gwaine and merlin are already together and they begin courting arthur and poor arthur has NO clue. hes like damb those two are so in love its a shame they'll never love me. meanwhile gwaine and merlin are like "how many different ways can we ask him out before he figures it out" merlin is practically on his knees and arthur is like "gwaine come get your boyfriend he's acting weird again" . .god theyre so fucking hopeless i love them

[ilkao3]

Ex high school sweethearts Arthur & Gwaine who break up bc Uther was Uthering, Arthur didn’t know how to keep them both safe while still being together, and Gwaine’s angst made him think that Arthur thought he wasn’t worth fighting for.

A decade later, Arthur is on the verge of falling for his unattainable employee, Merlin, after taking over Avalon Industries upon his father’s death.

Merlin is intelligent, beautiful, and never lets Arthur know a day of peace. Definitely his type. Unfortunately, he had a partner. And one day, on a team dinner that Arthur insisted they bought their families to, Merlin introduced him.

With all his luck, he shouldn’t have been surprised that Gwaine Greene stood in front of him again. He was slightly pissed though. Looking at him now, defiant as ever, still irritatingly gorgeous, the muted want Arthur had grown accustomed to came back in full force, and by the faint smirk on his former lover’s face, he knew it.

To make matters worse, the arse was on the board for an up and rising rival company.

The fates hated him, Arthur decided.

[thylocalbard]

bloody fucking soldier poet king and courage strength and magic. why must you be like this i am trying to write something unrelated.

[caffeinatedanxiouscucumber]

Merlin/Gwaine/Arthur! I need that. They would just be so wholesome and cute when they want and the conversations they would have would be hilarious with all that sarcasm. But there would also be the fondness that just wouldn't leave their tone however much they tried. There would be so much love to go around between the three of them would be so adorable. No I don't want smut. Just the wholesome cuddly fluff. Someone rec a few, please. I couldn't find many fluffy ones on Ao3.