#ygraine lives

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Prompt #52

Uther was the one that died, not Ygraine. Ygraine is Queen and raises Arthur. Eventually, when Arthur wishes to make Lancelot a knight, Ygraine meets him and agrees that he deserves to be a knight.

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merthur fic recs: outsider pov

1. The Lies We Tell Ourselves (And Everybody Else) by wyvern

When Morgana finds Merlin under threat from Uther in the kitchen one beautiful morning, she decides to help out.

For the prompt: "The awkward morning after in the Pendragon household where Morgana has to pretend it was her room Merlin spent the night in, not Arthur's."

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dhjkfss i love the pendragon household in this fic. uther is less of a horrible person and actually a semi decent father and morgana is helpful and charmingly mischievous in this one.

2. The Son-in-Law by Tossukka

”Your son is a major arse.”

”Who is this?”

”This is Merlin Emrys. The one who dated your son for four years, and I just called you to inform that your son is an arse and I can’t believe I put up with him all that time. Is it only him or is it some Pendragon thing I wasn’t aware of?”

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ahhh i love this fic. i love the concept of a supportive!uther playing relationship counsellor to our two fools.

3. Belong to the Living by lady_ragnell (@theladyragnell)

A sorceress's spell brings Ygraine back from the dead with no memory of what's happened in the years between.

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i loved that scene where ygraine gives uther a piece of her mind. literally so satisfying. i also love how motherly she is and how she’s characterised in this fic. the author does her so much justice.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Merlin (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Characters: Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Uther Pendragon (Merlin), Ygraine de Bois (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Lancelot (Merlin), Original Characters Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon Era, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Ygraine Lives (Merlin), Alive Ygraine, Demon Deals, ok its not really a demon but its basically the same, its more benign than anything really, Quests, Arthur Knows About Merlin's Magic (Merlin), which isnt a big deal because magic was never banned in this alternate timeline so..., Nice Uther Pendragon (Merlin), Other Additional Tags to Be Added Summary:

Twenty years ago, Uther summoned an ancient being and asked it that a child of his may live. The ancient being took pity on him and asked for his life in return. Uther agreed, he was ready to die so Ygraine may have a child. But the being did not take him when the child was born. Instead, Uther was granted twenty years of life before it would come to collect the debt it is owed.

Tonight is that night. Uther can feel the being's presence, and, though he dreads it, he has long accepted and made peace with it. He is ready to go.

But Arthur is not ready to let him go, so he bargains. And he is granted time to fulfill a quest.