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[thebookluvrr1816]

BBC Merlin x The Princess Bride | parallels - part 01

Westley: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for me?Buttercup: Well, you were dead. Westley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

[katfell]

“Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it's not satire, it's bullying.”

Terry Pratchett

[katherynefromphilly]

GNU Terry Pratchett

[k-wame]

C H I L L S

[stuckinapril]

Morgan Freeman had his first breakout roles in his 50s. Leonard Cohen debuted at 33. Toni Morrison published her first novel at 39. Vera Wang entered fashion design at 40. Penelope Fitzgerald published her first novel at 58. Louise Gluck won her Nobel prize at age 77. Edward Said wrote Orientalism at age 42. Charles Bradley debuted with his first album at 62. Those people are literal legends, and no one would think they arrived late. They just arrived when they were ready. You have time to do the thing. You have time to hone your craft on the thing and create something you are truly proud of. You have time

[thoughtportal]

[jurijurijurious]

What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.

--Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

[inconveniently-discorporated]

Me: *agonizing over whether a semicolon goes here, what the proper dialogue should be there, other assorted rules and semantics*

Terry Pratchett: "!" said the stranger.

THAT'S ALLOWED?

[serricoj]

Writing is for communication. Sir Terry knew very well that anything's allowed if it helps you communicate something effectively.

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

[errantindy]

I would obey the Terry Pratchett Style Manual over any other MLA and Chicago can go ————— themselves.

[catchymemes]

[prof-grace-aspen]

This is the best description I’ve heard for this method, I always thought it was bullshit because I never heard a description that actually explained how to do this other than “tap your head 20 times”.

I have anxiety-induced hissing, which sounds/feels different from sound-induced tinnitus (which I have also experience). Sound-based tinnitus actually sounds like you’re “hearing” something in your ears, whilst the hissing I have feels like it’s “inside my head”, if that makes sense. But this technique still helps!!

[mieaouy]

Here’s a visual I found because I couldn’t understand the instructions well

[sushinfood]

My ringing just went away for the first time in years. What is this blissful quiet.

[roseverdict]

wait wait i gotta try this, i don’t think i’ve had Actual Silence since i was like 5

[roseverdict]

HOW THE FUCK

[alex51324]

Reblogging to save a life, and also because, even if you don’t have tinnitus, this is totally worth trying if you like new sensory experiences.  

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WINTERKNIGHTS 2025 - Mixed Anonymous and Not Anonymous Masterlist

Thank you to everyone that participated in this year's WinterKnights fest! The mixed Anonymous & Non-Anonymous Masterlist is under the cut below.

Please continue to enjoy these wonderful works and share your work with the creators! Reveals for the people who chose to be anonymous this year will be going up in a few days.

ART

• Kingmakeronpaper created Bridging the Gap - General - Merlin & Arthur o Many years before Merlin and Arthur met, tension throughout the kingdoms finally began to ease as the first Yule celebration since the Great Purge began taking place across Albion. Arthur and Merlin celebrated miles apart and completely unaware of each other, but destiny still found a way to bridge the gap. • Flowerparrish created [Podfic] Of Holidays and Horrible Timing - General - Leon/Gwaine/Morgana; Arthur/Gwen/Lancelot/Merlin o Yule preparations are well underway, but snowy weather means a few very important people are delayed in returning home from a mission. Those waiting in Camelot try, and fail, not to worry. • QuinnOliver created On One Knee - General - Merlin/Arthur o Arthur gets on one knee.... • WanderPods created [Podfic] Forged and Enchanted - General - Arthur/Gwen o (Podfic)- On a peaceful Yule night, Gwen and Merlin hand out some gifts. • shana_rose created Ticking Clock - General - Merlin/Arthur o This New Year's Eve, Arthur is determined to kiss Merlin at midnight. ART & FIC • ??? created Get That Cursed Thing Away From Me! [Mood Board & Fic] - Teen and Up - Merlin/Arthur o Arthur gets jealous after he sees Gwaine kiss Merlin. He makes it his life purpose to be the one to kiss Merlin instead.

Cue silly shenanigans where mistletoe is involved. FIC • schweet_heart created all this, and love too, will ruin us - Mature - Merlin/Arthur o It's the first Christmas after his father's death, and Arthur is spending the holidays in Ealdor, visiting an old university friend for the first time in years. With his father gone and his sister unreachable, he isn't expecting much joy from the festive season, but it turns out this might just be the beginning of something wonderful after all. • mischel created And the Snow Reveals Our Hearts - Teen and Up - Merlin/Arthur o Life in Camelot has been hard after Morgana's betrayal, but when new snow covers the fields and the castle halls get a little too stuffy, Merlin convinces Arthur to go on a trip to unwind in the wintry beauty. Little does he know that since it's the Winter Solstice, his magic is significantly weakened, leaving him with no protection when bandits attack them. Worse, a snowstorm arrives, cutting them away from Camelot and any proper medical equipment. • Go2Sleep created And the Snow will Fall Again - Teen and Up - No Pairing o Of all things Arthur might have expected from Gaius to be doing, he does not expect to find him in a part of the forest that his father has forbidden them from going to, kneeling before a grave in a setting he's never seen. And everyone in Camelot knows, that if something remains invisible, it is probably better off not being seen.

But when what he sees tells him truths about his mother, and the purge of magic he had followed at his father's command, and offers him a shot at setting the wrongs of his father right, and perhaps bringing a small part of his mother's spirit back to the kingdom she had helped to build, Arthur cannot look away.

Magic in Camelot is a crime worse than high treason. But snow falls, and Winter is kind, and Arthur knows this is the right thing to do, at any cost it may demand. • rangerjedi67 created Chill of Winter, Warmth of Love - General - Leon/Gwaine o Gwaine hates the cold. • diaryofatrekker created the hunters and the hunted - Explicit - Merlin/Arthur o In the depths of winter, Arthur and Merlin set off after missing knights. • little_dhampir created Ice Ice Percy - Teen and Up - Gwaine/Percival o Percy, a primary school teacher, needs to learn how to ice skate so he can supervise a class excursion. Good thing he's dating an ice hockey player. • Astrarosebud created It's Only Just Begun - General - Merlin/Arthur o Merlin expects the usual Pendragon-Emrys Christmas: dodgy decorations, festive coffee, and Arthur being an insufferable prat. What he doesn't expect is that Arthur would obey their no presents rule. On Christmas! • BeBraveDearHeart created I've Been Known To Sell My Soul For Less - Teen and Up - Gwaine/Merlin o "Gwaine..." "Mm?" "Tell me this isn't just some Christmas spirit thing you're doing to make yourself feel better." "I'm not festive enough to do much of anything in the name of Christmas spirit. Especially not setting an alarm at 6am when I don't have to. • thesongistheriver created Let Your Heart Be Light with Me - Explicit - Merlin/Arthur o All Arthur wanted was to celebrate a real Christmas, for once.

He wasn't expecting Merlin. Or for it all to be a little big magic. • CheesyBug6 created Lovelight - Explicit - Leon/Uther o  It's snowy and cold in London as Leon settles into his roles as Arthur's playmate and Uther's paramour. • Astrarosebud created Of Festive Customs - General - Merlin/Arthur o As the Yule approaches Merlin hatches a plan to get Arthur to kiss him under the mistletoe. There's just one flaw in his scheme: Arthur has no idea what mistletoe means. • shana_rose created A Peaceful Silence - General - Merlin/Arthur o When Merlin gets hurt while looking for greenery for the castle, it's up to Arthur to take care of him while they are snowed in out in the forest. CheesyBug6 created A Pendragon Family Christmas - Explicit - Leon/Uther, Mithian/Morgana, Arthur/Gwen o Uther takes his family and Leon on a Christmas trip to Lapland. • diaryofatrekker created a ritual for every occasion - Explicit - Merlin/Arthur o Merlin intervenes to save Arthur from druids who want his help with a ritual for a new year's blessing. • diaryofatrekker created salt vs sugar - General - Merlin/Arthur o It's Arthur's first Christmas since his father disowned him. • shana_rose created A Smile Brighter than the Sun - General - Merlin/Arthur o After a night of drinking with the knights, Merlin wakes up in an unusual place. • skatesfullofsunshine created A Solstice Surprise - Teen and Up - Arthur/Gwen/Merlin o Merlin and Gwen are cuddling in their bed on the eve of the Winter Solstice, when their husband Arthur arrives home from a long journey at last, to their surprise and delight. • tari_sue created Son-In-Law Material - Teen and Up - Merlin/Arthur o Arthur can think of better things to do with his precious days off than to spend Christmas with his father, sister, and his sister's fiancé – especially when said fiancé turns out to be the bloke he's been trying to ask out for the last four months… • skatesfullofsunshine created Warmed By Love - Teen and Up - Arthur/Gwen/Merlin o Merlin is finishing up working on part of Gwen's winter solstice present, when their husband, King Arthur, arrives home. Teasing and fluff ensues.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like… it might be time to sign up for Winter knights!

SIGN UPS FOR WINTERKNIGHTS 2025 are NOW OPEN!

What is WinterKnights?

WinterKnights is a BBC Merlin Fandom prompt-based fest for the winter holidays - Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Traditional Yule, Winter Solstice, or New Years celebrations are all welcome!

What are the requirements?

❄  All submissions must have a theme of winter and/or any holiday held during December ❄  Submissions can be any rating, any pairing/moresome, and any genre ❄  All content is allowed, providing it is properly warned for. ❄  Fic submissions must be at least 500 words long with no maximum word limit. We do not accept AI generated fics. ❄  Art can be any of the following: Traditional art (pencil, painting, digital etc.), photo manipulations, graphics or handmade crafts e.g Christmas tree ornaments. AI generated art is not accepted for this fest. We also welcome podfic, fanmixes, and more. If you have a question about what is allowed, please just ask! ❄ Can't think of an idea? Why not peruse our archive of prompts from over the years, either in gallery format or grid format to see if you can find any ideas that whet your appetite and get you in the holiday mood!

Sounds good! What’s the schedule?

❄ Signups: OPEN NOW - SIGN UP HERE ❄ Check-in/Drafts Due: Between November 24th - November 30th ❄ Posting Starts: December 2nd This might be the most easy-going fest of the year, so join us and have some festive fun!

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WINTERKNIGHTS 2025 - NOW ACCEPTING PROMPTS!

❄️ ️It's beginning to look a lot like WinterKnights! ❄️ Yes, that's right Merlin fans, it's that time of year again! This year, we are celebrating ✨10 years of WinterKnights✨! Prompting for this year's fest is now open. If there's something Merlin and festive or wintery you'd like to see, why not drop your prompts here? ❄️ Please take a moment to check our Fest Guidelines before submitting your prompts. ❄️ Have more than one prompt that you want to leave? No problem! You can leave up to 10 prompts per person, so prompt to your hearts content! ❄️ Nervous about getting it 'right'? Don't worry, there are many different ways to prompt! So feel free to leave any prompts/scenarios, random words/keywords, picture prompts, song lyrics, etc. Anything wintery goes! Just pop your prompts into our Airtable form! ❄️ Once prompting closes, we will compile all the new prompts with the ones from previous years and have the prompts available for people's inspiration at the time of claiming and signups! ❄️ Prompting closes on the evening of October 10th. ❄️ So go get yourself in the holiday mood and go wild, have fun! And who knows, maybe someone will pick your prompt and create some fanwork based on it!

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We know that everyone is in Spooky Season mode, but there's only ONE WEEK LEFT to leave your wintery, festive Merlin prompts! Go, go, go!

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WINTERKNIGHTS 2025 - NOW ACCEPTING PROMPTS

❄️ ️It's beginning to look a lot like WinterKnights! ❄️

Yes, that's right Merlin fans, it's that time of year again! This year, we are celebrating 10 years of WinterKnights! So to get us all in the mood we are opening up for prompts today! There is a limit of 10 prompts per person. Other than that, please go wild! Leave your winter, holiday, or New Year’s prompts in via Airtable here! ❄️Please take a moment to check our Fest Guidelines before submitting your prompts. ❄️There are many different ways to prompt. Feel free to leave any full prompts/scenarios, random words/keywords, picture prompts, song lyrics, etc via Airtable. ❄️We will compile them and have the prompts available for your inspiration at the time of claiming and signups! ❄️Prompting starts NOW and will close on the evening of October 10th. Have fun!

[asystolle]

is anyone else letting it linger or is it just me and the cranberries

[thepolomonkey]

Art by LFB72, posted with her kind permission! I literally loved it too much not to share with Tumblr <3

Check out the lovely wee fic that goes with it here and show some love:

Art: The Dragon, The Witch and The Wardrobe

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It’s beginning to look a lot like… it might be time to sign up for Winter knights!

Sign-ups for Winter Knights are still open, so come and join in the fun and spread a little holiday cheer (let's face it, we really need it now). This is a light, anything-goes fest. Give us your fic, art, crafts, music, podfic – whatever you fancy doing. Any pairing (or none at all), any rating, any skill level, any length (minimum fic word count is only 500), any holiday. All we ask is that BBC Merlin is the main fandom. You can work on a prompt of your own, or you can pick a prompt from our handy prompt list. This might be the most easy-going fest of the year, so join us and have some festive fun! What's the schedule? ❄ Signups: Remain open throughout the fest, so you can join in anytime - SIGN UP HERE

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❄ Posting Starts: December 2nd (or possibly later depending on how prepared people are)

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