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we writers can always reply to the ao3 comments, but never to the bookmarks. so this one is for my favourite bookmarkers all throughout my merlin fics 🤍

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Four days in a row we’re trending.. is anyone surprised anymore?

For that, I’ll give you four options from which I will write my next fic, and will post it the next time we trend (god help me)

Choose which magic reveal episode AU to write

The Tears of Uther Pendragon pt 2 (s03e02)

The Servant of Two Masters (s04e06)

Arthur’s Bane pt 1 (s05e01)

The Disir (s05e05)

Voting ended onApr 5, 2025

Edit: comment below my comment if you want me to tag you when I publish it!

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Arthur was going to kill Gwaine.

Seriously, after a lifetime of knowing the man, one would think that Arthur has now memorised his antics by heart. But no; here they were, far away from their kingdom because Gwaine simply couldn’t keep his mouth shut at a bar fight and had to insult a green knight of all colours.

Which, par expected, brought a curse on Camelot. And not just any curse, mind you. If Gwaine was cursed to turn into a frog, Arthur wouldn’t have bothered. But here he was, turning into—

“Gwaine, I swear if you so much as blink with Merlin’s face once more, I will personally take the knight’s axe and behead you.”

From beside him, Merlin, who has been cursed to swap bodies with Gwaine, chuckles. Arthur scowls, not knowing whether to look at him or at Gwaine who’s in his form.

“Why the hell are you laughing?” Arthur grits his teeth, the hilarity of the situation escaping him.

“Sorry,” Merlin coughs, trying to hide his streak of snickers. “It’s just— Gwaine, can you do that lip thing again? I never knew I could do that!”

“He is absolutely not allowed to do that!” Arthur shouted, and the mischievous two broke out in laughter once more. God, his poor heart was too old for this.

fic: my breaths are run by your compass epilogue

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My breaths are run by your compass meme that has been festering in my mind for a solid good while

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thinking about how, in two days time, i'll be releasing to the world the most unhinged merlin fic I have ever written as of yet. it is a julius caesar au featuring:

🔪 merlin stabbing arthur in his heart

🔪“Do you think I liked it, hiding and existing all alone? Never knowing who to go to or what to do— never knowing how to help, how to show you, how to love you, Arthur! My heart bled all its love for you.”

🔪 an actual golden age instead of bbc's poor attempt in one

happy ides of march <3

EDIT: My breaths are run by your compass

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AO3 Tags Guide for BBC Merlin Fics [G] [>1K] (bbc merlin) — the ultimate How-To-Tag guide for fic writers.

My breaths are run by your compass [M] [75K] (bbc merlin) — julius caesar AU. post-dotd, golden age. Merlin stabs Arthur but it’s all Arthur’s fault.

The last letter of Arthur Pendragon [G] [>1K] (bbc merlin) — With trembling hands, Merlin reads Arthur’s last words.

I will turn your fear into a handful of dust [G] [1K] (bbc merlin) — Growing old together fic. 5 times Arthur asks Merlin, “Do you fear me?”

My heart is readily yours [T] [11K] (bbc merlin) — s05e03 the death song of uther pendragon divergence. Ghost!Uther stabs Merlin in his heart, and Merlin collapses in Arthur’s arms. (my forever favourite creation)

To you I swear my solemn oaths [G] [3K] (bbc merlin) — s04e03 the wicked day divergence. magic reveal right before Arthur’s coronation.

In the Air We Breathed [G] [1K] (the last hours) — Will’s POV of James’s wedding while Jem was playing the violin.

Veiled Emotions [T] [50K] (harry potter) — separate one-shots of the marauders era, mainly Sirius and Regulus-centric. You can also find them posted separately here.

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“I am your Arthur, am I not?” Arthur pleaded frantically, not above begging anymore, meaning it so entirely. As prince, as king, there was not a day where people didn’t remind him that he was Camelot’s. But as a man? As Arthur? He was always and forever held in the arms of Merlin’s unwavering love. He was always and forever Merlin’s. “Show me that my choices matter, Merlin. Show me that they are worth anything to you.”

fic: My breaths are run by your compass

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An explanation for the backstories I created in the epilogue of My breaths are run by your compass

1. In Arthurian legends, Merlin distracts Lot with a prophecy that makes him show up late to the battle.

2. Galahad, Lancelot’s son, is widely regarded as the most perfect knight in arthuriana. Merlin even prophesied that Galahad will surpass his father in valour. (I actually found this out after I wrote that scene. sometimes I surprise me). Also, in the legends, he was knighted after besting his father in a duel; the first and only time that Lancelot ever lost in a fair fight. Most adaptations mention the parallelism between him and Arthur, and how Arthur ends up choosing him as the greatest knight of all.

3. Odin’s son was canonically killed by Arthur. According to s2e2, “Odin's son challenged me to a fight. I had no quarrel with him. I asked him to withdraw. Perhaps he felt he had to prove himself. I can still see his face. He looked so scared...” So it was like a light switch; paralleling him as having magic but unable to use it freely. It’s also a loose interpretation based on Odin and Loki’s relationship in norse mythology and recent modern adaptations.

4. Merlin packs their home in the same purple bag that belonged to 1963 Merlin in The Sword of the Stone. This is purely indulgent because I recently just watched the movie for the first time ever.

5. All the kingdoms mentioned in bbc merlin were elaborated over in the epilogue, either by mentioning how they came to accept magic, or by explaining who ruled which lands.

6. The farm is on the northern outskirts of Camelot, meaning that all the years they spent there they were still connected to Camelot. It also means that they were always close to the Perilous Lands that Merlin revived.

7. The magic celebration took place on the ides of March, replacing the memory of the first ides they lived.

8. Similarly, the last scene in the fic takes place on Christmas Eve, giving us the ending we deserved through a full-circle narrative just like the title alluded to.

“This day I breathèd first. Time is come round,

And where I did begin, there shall I end;

My life is run his compass.”

- Julius Caesar