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hiiiii there are more fancy ways of doing this but — for my own dwindling sanity more than anything else — here is a list of my tagging system. such as it is.

my own shit:

all | edits | analysis etc

fanfic recs | writing | misc (idle chit chat)

characters:

most characters are tagged by 'forename surname' when possible, otherwise just their given name, so even if not listed here, give that a go.

the camelot four (arthur, gwen, merlin, and morgana)

arthur pendragon | merlin emrys | gwen pendragon | morgana pendragon

roundtable posting (roundtable members together, mostly the knights)

sir elyan | sir gwaine | sir lancelot | sir leon | sir percival

gaius | mordred | kilgharrah

relationships:

all but one relationship is written in alphabetical order as 'name x name' (the exception being tristan x isolde because I just cannot bring myself to write isolde x tristan)

wretched camelot polycule (mostly the arthur/gwen/lancelot/merlin mess with some morgana thrown in and whoever else is funny sometimes maybe. like gwaine.)

arthur x merlin | arthur x gwen | gwen x merlin | gwen x morgana | arthur x morgana | merlin x morgana

arthur x lancelot | gwen x lancelot | lancelot x merlin | gaius x merlin | arthur x uther | gwaine x merlin | merlin x mordred | freya x merlin | tristan x isolde

series and episodes:

all episodes are tagged with series and episode number in '#x##' format (ie. 4x04)

s1 | s2 | s3 | s4 | s5 | finale posting

merlin is a show (moments i've deemed particularly silly)

deleted scenes

fan content:

fanvids | fanart | fanfic

playlist (music based posts) | reading list (literature based posts)

memey posts | analysis | headcanons

writer's room (wistful posts about changes to the show)

behind the scenes:

behind the scenes stuff | wardrobe stuff

bradley james | colin morgan | angel coulby | katie mcgrath

[frogmerthur]

ok you asked for it (nobody asked for this)

[frogmerthur]

ok you asked for it (nobody asked for this)

[merlin-bbc]

In the beginning she [Gwen] is this quite shy, reasonably innocent character who bumbles her way along. But as things go on a bit, more of the queen within begins to emerge. She always has a strong sense of right and wrong, of justice and injustice. She talks about ordinary people and how they need to be represented, which is a bit revolutionary in Camelot. - Angel Coulby

[innerchildabortionclinic]

mind palace that was formerly a palace until the ruling family was killed mercilessly for its crimes. and now it's the thinking woman's socialist republic.

[imjustked]

Still thinking about the biggest evil in Merlin was misogyny/toxic masculinity and how it damaged literally everyone because if you lie and hate and hide away from the gentleness of kindness and love you will always become the worst version of yourself and when you isolate yourself because youre scared you risk also becoming the worst part of yourself and

[merlin-bbc]

[muanyeee]

Fable and Truth

[yviisxo]

rest in peace to this diva

[97642]

[k62256]

hello and welcome to my propaganda campaign.

[pandalikeelf]

1954-2026

You will be missed. ❤️

[pastapodcaster]

Why does everyone write Merlin like he’s some soft boy if this dude had a gun he’d use it everyday

[onceandfuturehighpriestess]

[garlic-sauc3]

@frogmerthur i needed to make it a reality

[tiredandoptimistic]

If you think about it, Morgana holding Gwen prisoner in the dark tower is insane for more than just yuri reasons because a large portion of her scheme depended on the idea that Gwen's husband would be the one dying to save her, but it was actually her brother who charged in first. This moment was about Gwen and Elyan, but it can also be about Morgana and Arthur, since it shows very clearly that Morgana simply doesn't recognize the power of a brother's love. To Morgana, Arthur's identity as Uther's son is far more important than his role as her brother. She cannot accept that his affection for her was ever genuine, and yet it's proved time and time again that Arthur wants to be the one catching her when she falls.

Morgana's efforts to destroy him all come down to a fundamental misunderstanding of how he feels about her. In this case, she fails to kill Arthur because she forgets that a brother will be the first to die for his sister. Even though Arthur's love for Morgana was never enough to redeem her, Elyan's love for Gwen was still able to foil her schemes.

[readingbythequire]

don't let her pass you by

for the @morgwenmicrofic prompt 'flower' | lyrics from "it might be love" by stephen sanchez

[toibiluci]

The characters in BBC Merlin simultaneously did and didn’t deserve everything that happened to them.

[mythmerth]

this is part of why I think Merlin is so compelling. you can look back from the end and wonder how in the world you got there, but at every step of the way you see how everyone’s decisions were influenced by their desperate and flawed humanity. they all deserved it, but at the same time it was a tragedy that should’ve been entirely preventable. what a ridiculous and soul crushing show

[amandayetagain]

"No man is worth your tears." escape pod by Paris Paloma, 5.13x5, theme, 5.13, 5.05, 1.13, 5.05, 1.12, 4.2, 2.23x2.