𝐍𝐎𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘'𝐒 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

𝘐'𝘮 𝘡𝘺. 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘯𝘩𝘢, 𝘣𝘣𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯, leverage, svsss, 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘰, 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘶/𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘶, 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 & 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘴, 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. Check the INDEX for my original posts. 𝘎𝘖𝘖𝘋 𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘚 𝘚𝘐𝘋𝘌 𝘉𝘓𝘖𝘎: @𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴 Blog title inspired by Derek Walcott's [ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏʙᴏᴅʏ, ᴏʀ ɪ'ᴍ ᴀ ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ] (profile pic by the talented tamelee)

[zykamiliah]

INDEX

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[thefollow-spot]

Your Mercelot micros have been lighting my brain up recently. What is your favourite dynamic to write with them??

Hehehe!! Kicking my feet w/ joy that you’re enjoying my Mercelot micros <3 They are dear to me. I just finished a 12K fic about them written for @merlinrarepairfest and the posting schedule is happening this week (actual posting happening throughout this coming month)—I am STOKED!

Re: what’s my favourite dynamic?

I mean I think I only really have one? Which is that Lancelot is Down Bad™️ like. So fuckin down bad this is a crisis. A problem. He’s got SUCH a devotional crush it’s NUTS. Meanwhile Merlin never feels full of more joy than when he’s with Lancelot—has never ever felt this safe or free. I love Lancelot finding his purpose in Merlin, and Merlin feeling seen and known by Lancelot.

Besides this, they’re of-a-kind regarding how they love. They’re both men of service, and they understand this and feel perfectly Found by each other.

[not-rome]

you will never fade away.

[dont-let-me-eat-pears]

things that are Too Much: both times lancelot dies, the last face he sees is merlin's, and the last thing he does is smile.

[not-rome]

welcome to my roman empire

[kairennart]

YOU CAN LOVE HIM BUT YOU CAN'T KEEP HIM

[francrows]

@mercelotweek day 3

[limbel]

smitten. absolutely besotted. another brave knight lost to the magic twink with kissable lips

[ironmischeifgoddess]

I have seen quite a bit of people talking about how during the year between season 3 and 4, Lancelot was likely helping Merlin with his magically shenanigans but more often then not it’s portrayed as like this

Like everyone forgets Lancelot straight up committed identity fraud because Merlin batted his eyes at him??? Lancelot casually and subtly encourages Merlin to do magic (aka commit treason) in the middle of the crowded hallways?? Yes Lancelot was probably helping as much as Merlin let him but it was probably more like:

Poor Gaius has to deal with his disaster nephew/son/ward AND his disaster nephew/son/ward’s disaster treason buddy/best friend/boyfriend with full knowledge of what they are up to and just barley managing to avoid even more chaos. The real reason the writers never let Gwaine figure out Merlin’s magic is he’d be just as much an enabler as Lancelot, and more than willing to cause more chaos.

[francrows]

more than anything

@mercelotweek day 2 baby!!

[dont-let-me-eat-pears]

Merlin and Lancelot

[francrows]

"Would, say, the Most Powerful Warlock To Ever Walk The Earth be able to do stop the rain?"

"I think that would be a bit harder to explain than the shirt, Lance. Or the pie. Besides, messing with the weather is not the best idea."

"But could you?"

"Oh, for sure."

[alive2mila6]

@observaureium (about what we talked about lmao)

So,, I guess Lancelot just stops thinking sometimes

[kinning-merlin]

merlin: idk what to do :(

lancelot: im sure a man of your talents can think of something ;)

merlin, does magic to fix his problem:

lancelot: (๑♡ᵕ♡๑)

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

I’m rewatching Merlin again and I just love how Lancelot seems sensible but is actually bat shit insane.

He’s got his morals, obviously, but he’s also just as chaotic as Gwaine and Merlin in his own way.

Like, a day after meeting Merlin he committed identity fraud.

Then he found out Merlin had magic and immediately decided keeping it secret would be more fun than turning him over, which would’ve gotten him the knighthood that he’d been dreaming of his entire life. Really love that he’s not a class traitor there.

Then he rode off into the sunset, cape billowing like a dramatic ass theatre kid turned DnD player with a leaf blower (talking from experience on that one)

Then he joined a fight club

Was fully prepared to sacrifice himself for Gwen with a hero’s death

Then left for some personal growth, which was fair enough but I’m kinda disappointed we didn’t get to see more of his character development. That’s what headcanons and fics are for though.

But then in Camelot, after getting his knighthood, he constantly encouraged Merlin to use his magic - with his “I’m sure a man of your talents can think of something” like they weren’t in a busy hallway where anyone could’ve seen - and casually fell in love with seeing magic used freely. The look in his eyes whenever he sees Merlin using magic is just soft, I don’t know how else to explain it. (Take that in whatever context you want it, I’m a sucker for Mercelot but romantic or platonic doesn’t matter to me.)

And THEN! Merlin survived the Dorocha and he tried to prank the king, someone secretly but not so secretly in love with Merlin, with his “Bad news, he survived.” Thing.

There’s definitely more, but I just love how chaotic Lance is and how much he got away with because his reputation as the noblest knight gave him a lot of freedom to do dumb stuff and then bat his eyes all pretty to get out of trouble.

[sugar-coated-prat-dragon]

I love this! 💚

One of the favorite things I discovered about Lancelot and Merlin's friendship in the books is that Lancelot went along with the whole ‘forged documents’ situation not out of ambition to be a knight or prove himself, but because he knew Merlin was trying to help him and he didn't want to hurt Merlin's feelings by refusing.

Lancelot did it, quite simply, to make Merlin happy.

Even with Lancelots noble heart and deep respect for the knights’ code, he was willing to cross a line—not for his chance to fulfill his life s ambition, but for his newfound friend’s honor.

Source: A Fighting Chance (soft cover)

[alive2mila6]

The most pining eyes ever. Change my mind.

[limbel]

that is some serious ‘starting now im your fucking guard dog’ look that lancelot is giving him if you ask me

[adhd-merlin]