"you are the bane of my existence--and the object of all of my desires"
(original - bridgerton s2)
assign the quote above to a bbc merlin ship/pairing*
merlin/arthur
gwen/arthur
merlin/gwaine
merlin/lancelot
lancelot/arthur
gwaine/arthur
gwen/morgana
morgana/merlin
gwen/merlin
gwen/lancelot
morgana/arthur
other (tags)
Voting ended onJun 18, 2024
*there are no real rules to this, but the overall idea is to assign these well-known quotes to a bbc merlin pairing you think best matches it - who can you imagine saying this? which ship do you think is most likely to be in such a situation? romantic, platonic - however you imagine it (even if the original context is a little different). and as always, any thoughts and further ideas in the tags are much appreciated.
**quote submissions are welcome, though i might not use all of them (but i'll try my best)
Theta Sigma Interviewing People for his Earth Project at the Academy Part 2
Theta: I don't understand bread sauce.
Human: It's a really great way of making a really savory sauce.
Theta: Bread and sauce are two completely different things, aren't they?
Human: Well they are. But you can grind the bread down and cook it in milk to make a really good, a really good sauce.
Theta: It just looks like, sort of....jizz.
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Theta: Maybe one day, human beings won't need buildings anymore. Although for that to happen they'd probably need to evolve skins made of bricks. And that might take at least another 30 years.
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Theta: You know when you read a book and you sort of hear that word in your head--how do they get the sounds in the ink to make it play in your head?
Human: ....Well....
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Theta: Why did they fire shells at each other? Cause shells wouldn't really hurt, would they? Unless they were those razor clam shells, cause they're quite sharp, aren't they?
Human: Well these weren't seashells.
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Theta: She wrote in a book 'The world to an end will come in 1881.' A claim which has recently been debunked by experts through a careful process of looking around and seeing the world's still here.
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Theta: Queen Elizabeth I got her crown screwed on here, in Westminster Abbey. *trips while walking inside*
The buggy shanks one was just too sad 😥 (so good though!!) Would you do a sequel where reader and Buggy bump into each other way into the future and reader is no longer with Shanks? Buggy deserves a happy ending.
Part two, my lovelies! I bless u with the good clown content. Lets make this mf star bitch have a good ending.
The flash of blue in the crowd caught your eye, reminding you of someone you hadn’t seen in years, dredging up all the old feelings for him and your ex that you had at the time. You wouldn’t have even thought it was him, if you hadn’t heard him shouting at someone.
Ah yes, you thought to yourself, I would know that screech anywhere. You chuckled to yourself, turning back to where you thought you saw the bright blue hair in the crowd locating it peeking from the corners of a brightly colored tricorn hat, embossed with the emblem of a skull and crossbones with a bright red nose. Yeah, I’d say that was him. You thought, with a smile on your face.
You made your way over to the stand where the poor merchant was having his day absolutely ruined by the screaming clown, and touched the source of the dispute on his arm, “Buggy?” You said, turning your face to catch his eye, beaming a bright smile at him.
He stopped mid sentence, turning away from the merchant, who looked more than relieved that you distracted the clown. “[Y/N]!” He exclaimed, turning to squish you into a big over excited hug.
“Hi Bugs~” You smiled, trying to free at least one of your arms to return the hug, “Want to catch up over lunch? That is, if you aren’t too busy?” You stole a glance at the merchant who’s brows sunk in what you could only describe as a pleading look for you to take Buggy far far away from him.
Buggy cast another look at the merchant, who shrank from the scathing look that Buggy gave him, squinting his eyes at him before turning back to you. “I suppose he’s learned a lesson or two about disrespecting me,” Buggy said, giving the man an obscene hand gesture, “He needs to know his place and not talk shit about people’s noses.”
“I swear that’s not what I said--” The man started before Buggy shot him another look and he held up his hands in defeat.
“Shh, c’mon Bugs, you haven’t been in town in so long I’d love to show you my new favorite restaurant!” You took his hand, and swore you could feel a shiver through him as he was uncomfortably flustered at you taking his hand so brazenly.
You lead him through the crowded market to the other side of the busy district, eagerly chatting his ear off (albeit, not literally in Buggy’s case) about all the things that had happened in town since you had seen him last. Though you weren’t keen on mentioning Shanks, which Buggy undoubtedly picked up on, much to your chagrin.
“What happened to the red-haired prick?” He said, with a tone of indignation in his voice, “You still with him?”
“Ah,” You said softly, “No he.. Was kind about it, but we aren’t together anymore.” It still hurt because other than Shanks the only person you loved nearly as much was… Well, Buggy.
He softened, letting down his guard for just a moment for a quick, “I’m sorry,” before switching back to cocky-as-ever Buggy to add, “Well serve him right, he didn’t deserve you anyway.”
You smiled sadly, you wouldn’t have expected Buggy to say anything else, but that didn’t mean it didn’t still sting a little. “I missed you,” You said, leaning your head on his shoulder, “I always wondered if I made the right choice.”
He wrapped his arm around you, hand on your shoulder pulling you in closer to him, a moment of softness between you, though Buggy being.. Well, Buggy, he filled the silence with a “Of course you didn’t make the right choice,” with a cocky laugh.
“Give me a chance to make the right one?” You said, turning your face to look at his, catching him at the right moment to see him swallow hard and sweat a bit, you stifled a laugh at how easy he was to fluster around you.
“I’m only in town until the ship’s restocked,” He said, and your face must have betrayed your feelings, because he quickly added, “Unless you want to come with us? The crews a laugh you’ll love them. I know you didn’t ever want to leave town but, maybe for me?”
It was certainly a lot to think about, and since Buggy and Shanks had both left you didn’t have anyone else that you were really close to, but it was still.. Your whole life was here.
“Wanna start with lunch and see if you can persuade me?” You said, seeing that the waiter was waving you over to come inside as your table was ready. You kissed his nose softly, making him flush a red to match it, and pulled him by the hand into the restaurant.
