#BBC imagine

[pendragonsclotpole]

question for my fellow merthur compatriots, i recently started reading a merlin canon fix-it where merlin’s modern name was emrys hunithson, and like i love that name, touching, meaningful. but that and another post on this website has me thinking about the lovely alternatives merlin might use as his name in a modern world.

like yeah, he could go by merlin emrys, merlin hunithson, emrys hunithson

but imagine if he took up the last name pendragon.

1500 years pass and merlin’s traveling the world as merlin pendragon, as emrys pendragon or better yet

ambrose pendragon.

merlin signs all his contracts and credit card receipts with the name a. pendragon.

arthur and the rest of the roundtable + gwen + morgana return but can’t find merlin. WHY?

because they’re looking for the wrong name.

#idk if any of this makes sense #i have a fever #but like imagine it #married names #merlin is a. pendragon #merlin’s been signing all his letters as a.pendragon since the 1600s #merlin #bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin bbc #merthur #king arthur #merlin emrys #bbc merthur #fanfic

[noodles-and-tea]

Your Arthur art of him thinking a TV is a magic mirror makes me think that he would have freaked tf out the first time he heard a phone ring.

"MERLIN! WHERE IS THAT ACCURSED NOISE COMING FROM!?" lmao

Old timey peoples reacting to modern tech is obvious, what I'm always more curious about is old timey people reacting to modern music for example, or a supermarket (this just in: medieval man faints in a Walmart)

I love Arthur and Merlin, I shall never get over them. Love <3 your art, it is most wonderful

Coming soon: Arthur in a grocery store

#OLD TIMEY PEOPLE FREAKING OUT OVER MODERN THINGS IS JUST SO IMPORTANT TO ME #I can’t explain it it scratches an itch in my brain #I can imagine that sword has done a lot of damage to Merlin’s flat #my art #ask #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin emrys #merthur

[pherredraws]

hug! that! captain!

#bbc ghosts #ghosts bbc #this is the type of thing that wouldve been too cheesy for the tv show but is so lovely to imagine lol #get hugged jimmy boy #julian is sort of hug adjacent because i don’t think hes much of a hugger. well and hugging him is a bit awkward #yes the star is mary #fanny putting her hand on his arm/back fucking killed me though. if he got a hug from anyone i wouldve been obliterated #cap and kitty hug in the christmas special please please please pretty please #ik humphrey was whole in the coming out scene but i cannot be bothered to fit his giant ass outfit in there. sorry king

[adhd-merlin]

I firmly believe at least one druid, at some point, looked at Merlin and thought "are we sure we have the right guy"

#I just find the idea so funny #“HIM? the guy in the scarf? you sure?” #“damn alright” #“no I just imagined him a little different that's all” #will's counterpart on the druid side #merlin #bbc merlin

[lauravian]

*throws more kissing boys at you*

#imagining them being soft together is my favourite pastime #they could do with some smooches #merthur #bbc Merlin #merlin bbc #Merlin #arthur pendragon #Merlin emrys #my art

[echoesofcamelot]

Friendly reminder that this conversation takes place in 01x03:

Note:

The ambiguity of his response to Morgana.

His choice of words. The right person to love. Not woman. Person.

And then, only one (1) episode later:

He didn’t even hesitate.

It seems he had, in fact, found the right person to love.

#listen this isn't coincidental #this is the writers telling us from the very beginning that this was a love story #tell me i’m wrong #Arthur couldn't imagine someone loving him so much #and then Merlin went and literally gave up his life for him #and he realised that he was willing to die for merlin as well #he realised he had finally found love #god im crying #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin x arthur #merthur

[fact-dogsarehappiness]

They’re all at Tesco’s at the same time

#imagine bo burnham’s prolonged eye contact joke #please someone see my vision #good omens #good omens 2 #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #crowley #anthony j crowley #aziraphale #a z fell #merlin #sir leon #leon the long suffering #i’ve changed my mind #merlin’s should say coffee

[deuteragonist1]

Merthur really have it all huh. King and lionheart dynamic. Fucking hate at first sight then speedrun to trying to die for the other. Slow burn? Never heard of her. One of them wears gloves and one doesn't and I'm not even gonna bother to explain why that is top fucking tier. Lies and secrets that could bring about the doom of the kingdom. Obviously adore each other but will actually fucking die before saying it with actual words. The prince is a gigantic asshole who doesn't know how to show care or ask for attention like a person who had healthy emotional development as a child and oscillates between pulling pigtails and acting like an over-eager puppy or both at the same time. Domesticity levels previously unheard of. They canonically wear each other's clothes. One of them makes up words and the other promptly starts using them. Both are extremely into the other's specific brand of dumbassery. Their love language is fucking playing together. "I don't want you to change" fuck this fuck everything

#also i just thought about arthur using one of merlin's made-up words in front of uther at dinner or something #and uther is like come again???? #also i said hate at first sight but i'm pretty sure that was entirely one-sided #it came from merlin's side in case that wasn't clear #arthur got tingles from this peasant boy insulting him and didn't know how to deal with it so he threw him in the stocks #argue with the wall #when merlin isn't there he is just so fucking lost #imagine being a servant in camelot like #oh here's the king. wandering about the castle in his nightclothes again #checking corners for his daydrinking servant #again #bbc merlin #merlin emrys #bbc arthur #arthur pendragon #merthur

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Merlin: Hey Arthur?

Arthur: No.

Merlin: You don’t even know what I was going to ask!

Arthur: Last time you used that tone, you asked me if the law was more a set of guidelines than actually enforceable rules! Whatever it is, assume it’s either a stupid question or a bad idea.

Merlin: I was just going to ask if you wanted anything to eat.

Arthur: And you needed my permission to steal from the kitchens?

Merlin: Exactly.

Arthur: *sighs fondly* Go on then.

Merlin: *grins and goes to get snacks*

Arthur: Bring back a few sweet breads too!

#they’re married when I imagine this conversation happened btw #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #merlin bbc #incorrect merlin quotes #merthur #married merthur #i’m bad at tagging

[gvaine]

3.09 Love in the Time of Dragons

#eepy #merlin #bbc merlin #merlinedit #* #emrys #3.09 #imagine not being in love with him.

[weaponizedducks]

woah ok slow down boys leave some homosexuality for the rest of us

#merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #blue rewatches merlin #im halfway through season three but it's really just them in general #tagging all the favs just because #klance #wolfstar #exr #aziracrow #tag ur otp #otp #imagine your otp

[majestic-kestrel]

Think how many weddings Button House hotel is going to host, our boy will be in his element

#bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts spoilers #imagine his delight the first time he sees two men getting married there #ghosts

[benisasoftboi]

I am so happy with the conclusion of BBC Ghosts.

There were so many things I loved about the final series that I can't even keep it all straight in my brain, I'll have to rewatch it all (and the Christmas special, of course! Must remember it's the not the true end yet!)

But something I can immediately say I loved was what they didn't do. See, that line in the trailer that turned out to be from episode 5 - about there being a pattern to when they move on - worried me. One of the best things about the show, to me, is how there truly is not any reason at all to why the ghosts are there, or when they go. It's something the creators have said over and over, and that the show has always backed up; we saw so many times that, unlike in most ghost media, addressing unfinished business or achieving emotional resolution changes absolutely nothing. Pat hit some sort of emotional resolution three times. And Julian realised the importance of family, and Robin saved someone’s life, and Thomas discovered the truth of his death, and so on and so on. Finding closure isn't the end, and equally, the end isn't predicated by a climatic conclusion. It just happens. And the same is true for why people become ghosts. It just happens. And you exist, and fill your days, and then you’re gone. And no one knows why.

It's kind of the most agnostic television show I've ever seen.

I love that. Every other afterlife show I've ever seen has some kind of reward and punishment system. Or at least says that there's a reason for things, some kind of higher power at play, not necessarily a god but something like it. Even the American adaptation felt the need to bring Hell into it, which is why I need to specify that I'm only talking about the British version here. And I feel like a lot of fans wanted there to be reasons too, or felt like there simply had to be, that it wasn't even a question. I get why - it's not just because it's the standard for ghost narratives. It's really uncomfortable to think about the randomness of life and death. But Mary didn't go because of anything that happened before that day, and Cap was never going to go because he came out, and one day, when they've all gone, there won't have been a reason for it.

Because the real point of BBC Ghosts is that there is no point. You’ve just got to make it through the days, surrounded by people that irritate you, trapped in a confusing world where you’re mostly powerless. And it sucks, and you're angry, and sad, and bored as hell. And you also find happiness in the mundane chaos, and you get really good at chess, and watch the ants in the garden, and write bad poetry, and read terrible romance novels, and gamble money you don't have, and go camping, and play games, and learn French, and watch reality TV, and have sex with a decapitated Tudor nobleman’s body, and dance to old music, and look at the stars, and find that you actually really love all those annoying people after all, and that’s the point.

#bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts spoilers #bbc ghosts series 5 #but imagine if they prove me wrong by melodramatically killing them all off at christmas though lmao actually that would be hilarious do it #also love so very much that they finished on a gay joke they know who's on the front lines for them <3 #god it's a cliche but really do already miss 'em

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 4.02 The Darkest Hour Pt. 2

#lancelot #merlin #bbc merlin #merlingifs #syfysource #tvedit #smallscreensource #ee #gifs #imagine if made gifs of literally any other episode why do i keep coming back here #402

[phd-in-bears]

Monarchies are only fun in fiction. But overthrowing a monarchy in real life could be very fun

#uk politics #king charles news #bbc #england #english politics #we should have stolen all our stuff back from the museum when they werent looking #princess diana #kate middleton #camilla #charles #king #queen #down with the monarchy #i was secretly hoping King Arthur would come back at that moment #could you imagine #uk #politics #uk police #scotland

[whataboutthreateninganass]

this promotional image of Bradley literally haunts my dreams:

PLEASEEEE 😭😭

why is he standing like that !!

#pov my sleep paralysis demon #poor Bradley #if someone asks me what Arthur’s energy is like #I will show them this exact photo #I’m just imagining the direction they gave him to take this photo #bradley your character is a hardened warrior who has trained in combat his whole life #so for this photo please stand there as if you have never held a sword before #and look as clueless and as lost as possible please #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merthur #merlin bbc #bradley james