I had hot chocolate as it was so cold today....
Modern AU
Merlin: this is the good stuff
Arthur: hold on. How many mugs did you have today?
Merlin: ....
Arthur: Merlin, that's too much sugar.
Merlin: you think I care? It's finally cold enough to have hot chocolate. No one can stop me.
Arthur:
Merlin: and you love a kiss with the flavour. Don't deny it.
Arthur: ....fine
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Say what you will about Arthur and his utter lack of game, but always appreciate the fact this man looked at Morgana, duchess of drip, and decided a dagger would be the best gift for her.
And when it was pointed out that it might not be her style, he went "ah shit you right" and just had the fucking thing tricked out. That was his solution. That was his thought process. Not that a knife was inappropriate, but that it needed to be a custom piece. No basic bitches in this household.
Mans said "what shall I get my significant annoyance this year?", shook his braincell like a Magic 8 Ball, and came up with "knife."
We stan one princely himbo.
ngl i like to use this as proof for Arthur and Morgana being so close and knowing each other so well because i have such a soft spot for my pendragon siblings 🤧
(thoughts under the cut bc….*coughs* i suffer from pendragon sibs brainrot)
listen, listen to me: these guys really did only have each other when they were younger and surrounded by nobody but stuffy nobles and an emotionally repressed/abusive father. Arthur lost his mother king before he got to know her, and Morgana lost a father whom she knew and loved so dearly. they were children who never really got to grieve what was lost from them (although, in some way, Morgana was given some time to grieve and mourn but never for too long).
Arthur has known Morgana for her spunk and rebellious nature against the status quo King Uther enforces since they were children. She was always trying to learn to fight (see her bragging about beating Arthur when they were younger in 1x10) and probably taught herself secretly how to use a sword (or had some help as well 👀 but that’s just a headcanon). She was always at odds with Uther about magic (while Arthur would receive severe punishment for disagreeing with his father, Morgana’s anguish was treated like the flights of a lady’s emotions).
It would be offensive (towards Morgana) if Arthur were to ever gift her something so stereotypical and stuffy on her birthday. He most likely knew that she would have wanted something to use to protect herself: ergo, dagger.
Fuckinnnnnnng, read what Arthur says about his gift omfg 🫠
ARTHUR
Beautiful, isn't it? Feel the balance, feel the sharpness of the blade.
I AM PUNCHING THE WALLS 🫠🫠🫠🫠
This man put so much thought and care into this gift for her. Listen, she was his first friend, the first person to not treat him like he was fragile or the fault of his mother’s demise. She was Arthur’s sister before he even knew that’s how he saw her and their relationship. Morgana meant so much to him, your honor, I fucking can’t. They loved each other so much despite the gradual rift that he gained when we first meet them in s1, your honOR—
But then you have Merlin’s comment:
MERLIN
Well, I'm no expert, but don't women normally go for pretty things? Like, maybe, jewellery?
(yes he said this as a way to deter Arthur from sticking with a dagger bc of the vision he saw but still)
And so Arthur Dumb-of-ass & bi-of-sexual Pendragon takes Merlin’s advice, realizes that yeah, Morgana still likes feminine things like dressed and jewelry and pretty shit. LET ME BEDAZZLE THIS DAGGER JUST FOR HER
LOOK AT IT
THE FUCKING PENDRAGON COLORS YIU CHEEKY FUCK ARTHUR 🤧 AND LOOK AT HER REACTION TO IT
SHE LOOKS ENTRANCED BY IT???? MAYBE TOUCHED (<- fluffy is reaching, she has gone insane) MAYBE EVEN CONSIDERING THAT ARTHUR DOES CARE AND MAYBE SHE COUOD TURN HIM AGAINST UTHER TO JOIN HER???? (<- fluffy.exe is suffering malfunctions. delusion file has been corrupted)
Literally every other noble gifted her a fancy hairbrush (those fucking posers) and you would think! With how much this show presents Arthur as emotionally repressed and very obtuse when it comes to women, you would think they would regress his character (again) to make a joke out of him (again) not knowing what to give Morgana for her birthday
BUT THEY DONT!!!!
NO! THEY SHOW HIM BEING CONFIDENT IN HIS DECISION FOR IT TO BE A DAGGER THEN NERVOUS ABOUT HIS CHOICE BC MAYBE IT’S NOT A GOOD DAGGER THEN PROUD BECAUSE NOW IT IS A BEDAZZLED DAGGER
WHAT THE FU—
Not only that, BUT SHE TAKES THE DAGGER WITH HER WHEN MEETING MORGAUSE (s3’s big bad villain who is the new up-and-coming High Priestess after Nimueh, whom Merlin smited (smote? smitten?) and does not give any fucks about Uther or Arthur. Both could just die for all she cares.)
I would never lie to you. Transcript speaks the truth. Also, what other dagger would they speak about??? It’s Arthur’s gift and she was so touched by it that she decided to use it for her nefarious schemes of regicide!
OH YEAH AND AFTER THIS WHEN SHE’S IN A COMA YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT ARTHUR SAID
ARTHUR
To lose her now, like this...I've grown up with her, she's like a sister to me. I'd sacrifice my place on the throne for her to see another sunrise.
*deep breath*
So much shit could have been avoided if these dumbass Pendragons just talked to each other T^T Jfc, Arthur loves those close to him so deeply. He is so loyal to them that it blinds him, that he would willingly give up anything just to keep them alive and happy.
ough, yeah I’m okay (<- liar)
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i totally understand your thoughts on havers, but the fact that he's a blank canvas is actually kinda what interests me, it leaves the viewer to decide things about him as well as their relationship on their own, which is kinda fun to me especially as a writer. That being said though, idk I felt like something was missing with that whole episode? Like they can only do so much but I kinda wish they'd either REALLY REALLY played up the drama in regards to getting sucked off or like. Idk done something kinda similar to the thomas thorne affair where he's scared of getting sucked off without telling the story of how he died but he keeps getting interrupted. Or just SOMETHING bc the idea of the episode was really great but it didn't really feel like it got where it was supposed to go yk? Anyways sorry for rambling jfjff
yes that's totally fair and i can understand why some people might like a blank slate so you can project whatever you want onto their relationship but i'm not very good at doing that! i'd love to know more about him so I can make up my mind about whether i even like him haha
i'm also very glad that it wasn't a similar episode layout to Thomas'. With the Thomas Thorne affair it worked because it tied into the 'art of spin' theme of the episode. but the Captain's story wasn't about that - it was a final moment of bravery from him and an unwillingness to live with regret any more. i would have been very angry actually if he had been interrupted, i think!
but i do think there was something missing, but yes, cannot put my finger on what. maybe i could have done with a bit more build-up. from what i recall there's one sort of flashback during the episode that lets you know what's on his mind. maybe even just one more memory of him trying to get through the gate to really build the momentum and show that he's finding it hard to concentrate on the present.
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On Friday 23 December, Mr Withey was stranded in his truck with another person who he said he pulled off the street.
"Snow piled up against my truck," Mr Withey said. "You hear people freezing to death in their cars, it was a very scary moment."
Growing desperate, he headed into a nearby neighbourhood for help and knocked on the doors of several houses, but was denied each time.
He was forced to return to his car where, later that evening, an elderly woman "scared for her life and freezing" knocked on the door and asked to join.
They rotated shifts turning the car on and off throughout the night for heat, Mr Withey said, until fuel ran out. He called police but was told they couldn't help, he said.
That's when Mr Withey saw the school, broke a classroom window, and entered the cafeteria for food and water.
Shortly, he was out in the brutal cold again hoping to save more people.
"I walked until I cried," he said. "I walked until I couldn't anymore."
The group remained inside the school until the storm calmed the next day.
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