#arthur's wips

[forecast0ctopus]

“just….just hold me, please.”

merry christmas merlin fans o7

#rip king gone too soon #u guys just get a wip i never finished. bc i didnt draw anything recently lmao #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin fanart #arthur pendragon #bbc merlin fanart #merlin art #bbc merlin art #merlin bbc #diamond of the day

[myoonmii]

Merlin is trending for no reason again!! so here’s a silly little doodle I had of merlin picking Arthur up because he canonically can in s5

#merlin #merthur #bbc merlin #merthur fanart #Merlin fanart #doodle #this was never supposed to see the light of day #because I’m still struggling to figure out how I draw them #but merlin trending calls for dumpster diving into my wips to find something #arthur pendragon #merlin emrys

[raynecreates]

Sketches of the next frames I’m working on ~ ✨ Once they’re finished they’ll be available in my shop

#merthur #bbc merlin #merlin #king arthur #arthur pendragon #my wips #frames

[nhyhu]

idk when this progress shot is from lol

#i am trying to clear my wips this is from *checks date* JULY???? #merthur #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #this is one of those where if i ever have to work on this a minute longer i will explode but there is still so much more i can do :( #bbc merlin fanart #merthur fanart #got no description because i am bad at words and cannot think of one 👍 #my art

[wistfulvulpine]

take me with you

#bbc merlin #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #merthur #merlin fanart #kit draws #you know how grief sits with you like an old friend #i have cuter wips i swear

[endrae]

👑

#malevolent #malevolent podcast #arthur lester #malevolent pod #the yellow king #endrae art #wip #what is finishing stuff nowadays

[artmistersealy]

for when Albion's need is greatest

Arthur will rise again

#just a sketch and hopefully i get to finish it some day #just manifesting for arthur to wake up already and fix this world #merlin bbc #merlin #arthur pendragon #my art #sketch #art wip #artists on tumblr #drawing #art #merthur #okay also merlin is running towards him as we speak

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Remember that one scene where Arthur is training with Merlin and Merlin is fighting for his life while Arthur repeatedly knocks him on his arse? I can’t remember what episode but it was early in season 1.

I like to imagine Merlin starts being sarcastic with every hit in hopes it’ll piss Arthur off enough to storm off and leave him alone. It backfires when Arthur starts replying and it turns into a venting session.

Like, Uther said some dumb shit about Arthur? Merlin starts a fight about it.

The knights can’t follow orders? Merlin is disobedient enough that Arthur starts yelling about how dangerous it is when his men don’t follow orders.

Arthur’s feeling bad about someone he couldn’t save? Merlin makes him see why he’s doing enough by arguing with him about it and reminding him that he’s only human.

And Arthur knows what he’s doing, he catches on eventually and will occasionally walk up to Merlin, push his shoulder only enough to be annoying until Merlin stops whatever he’s doing, then Arthur will just say “Fight me.” and Merlin will either say something he knows will get Arthur angry or he’ll throw a punch he knows Arthur will block and they’ll start sparring. (Merlin learns to fight eventually, neither of them realise it’s happening until he sucker punches a bandit and he’s out cold)

Anyway, it becomes something they do to help Arthur vent his frustrations.

The best part? It works.

So Arthur sees Merlin upset. It goes on for about a week when Arthur realises what’s going on. He sits down next to Merlin on the floor one night, nudges his shoulder like he would if he wanted to fight, and says, “why are you upset? It’s not like you’ve got anything to worry about.” In a purposefully taunting way.

Merlin scowls and keeps working, and Arthur tries again, “Really. All you do is follow orders. It’s not hard.”

And so Merlin looks up, clearly angry until he sees what Arthur is trying to do, so he puts down what he’s doing and starts fighting back, “no, just exhausting when those orders are given by a prat.” Or “Maybe if I had a day off once in a while.” I don’t know, I suck at dialogue.

It goes on for a while, until they get too close to the issue, Merlin snaps, tells Arthur he’s a dick and sobs, yelling about magic, and the great dragon being manipulative, loosing his father, loosing Freya, Gaius lying to him about his father and thinking Uther is a good king and a good man, and literally everything else that’s gone wrong.

Arthur pulls him in and hugs him, then tells Merlin they’re fighting together from here on out. It takes a while, but they work it out.

There’s plenty of “fights” about Arthur feeling betrayed by Merlin keeping secrets and Merlin being mad at his situation in Camelot and then being frustrated that he can’t get himself to feel angry at Arthur (I’ve got a half baked character analysis for Merlin and Arthur’s codependency somewhere in my drafts. I’ll come back to it eventually.) but they’re okay and they figure it out and end up stronger for it.

I’m holding back on sharing the major character death/dark!Arthur angsty alternate ending for this, but let me know if you want to see it :)

Edit: Part 2 - (the angsty alternate ending)

#bbc merlin #merlin #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #merthur #merlin bbc #headcanon #fic ideas #merlin fanfic #merlin fic #i’m bad at tagging #i'm procrastinating #another idea for a rainy day #said while it’s raining like that’s a rare thing here #another fic idea for when I don’t have other wips to finish first #fic writer #merlin x arthur #merlin and arthur

[6footeel]

i really can’t stay… but arthur it’s cold outside

#.art #malevolent #malevolent podcast #arthur lester #i’m reusing the caption from one of the wips because who cares #anyways teehee. it’s finally done :) #hope you guys like it #<3

[notozthewizard]

Just two guys on a trip in the middle of nowhere. Enjoying fresh air and definitely not (affectionately) insulting each other

#Had to fight the perfectionist urge and declare it finished before I left it rotting in my wip folder forever #pretty happy with the outcome either way #bbc merlin #bbc arthur #merthur #merlin x arthur #arthur pendragon #merlin emrys #merlin fanart

[gyrhs]

Quick, Merlin is trending! I'm using it as an excuse to ask you to share a merlin doodle or old sketch or WIP :) anything as silly as you want to celebrate this random day :)

I'm working on a little merthur fancomic, so random panel of it :D

#ask me anything #merlin bbc #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #fan comic #wip #gyrhs #merthur #king arthur

[pappelsiin]

“i’ll march for years on end,  and time befriend. i do intend, to find land’s end.” No.3, Cosmo Sheldrake

#merlin !! #merlin bbc #merthur #arthur #Arthur Pendragon #merlin emrys #the adventures of merlin #fanart #artists on tumblr #art #it took me ages but here it is!!!! #if this doesn't get as many notes as the wips i wILL cry okay #i was gonna add the timelapse too but tumblr doesn't let me do that for some reason #anyway #i'm rly proud of this one !!!!!

[merthurogies]

fine i gave merthur a baby

#i love drawing them so this won’t be the only art you see of their little family from me #i already have a couple more wips for this au that i’m excited about #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #merthur #merthur fanart #merthurbaby au #my art

[redwritr]

#wip #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 arthur morgan #redbird last chapter sketch #detail #first digital arthur portrait 😳 #yay its not orange #arthur morgan

[forecast0ctopus]

grand theft equine: merlin and arthur steal a giant horse

#escaping!! #i just like drawing huge horses. #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin fanart #arthur pendragon #bbc merlin fanart #merlin art #the adventures of merlin #arthur pendragon fanart #merlin bbc #lmao im on the low part of thw art motivation sine wave rn #ive got a lot of wips but nothing postable. mostly been working on my paid freelance work rn and playing viddy games dhfkg

[xgermankittycatx--commsopen]

cat!merlin comic idea :]]] WIP (totally) IMPORTANT QUESTION! what's your favorite underrated (merthur) ff trope? (...asking for a friend) ((totally not cuz i might want to draw more of those funky tropes)) (((no no, i would never do that)))

#fanart #merthur fanart #merthur #merlin x arthur #merlin bbc #merlin emrys #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin fanart #arthur pendragon #king arthur #arthur fanart #arthur pendragon fanart #sketch #art #digital art #artwork #wip #art wip #current wip #cat!merlin