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abandoneddinosaur · 1 month

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Do you ever think of how, to Arthur, Merlin is a clumsy, idiot of a servant with no care for tradition, but he makes Arthur laugh and gives the best advice and somehow, without Arthur even noticing, has become his best friend in the entire world, the person he wants to face every battle with, not only so he can protect Merlin but also so he can have Merlin’s support and approval

And then it turns out that Merlin doesn’t need protecting, and he’s the most powerful sorcerer to exist, he has magic, and has actually been the one protecting Arthur this entire time

And Arthur has to face their entire relationship being turned upside down, because okay you have magic, he’s had his suspicions about magic not being evil for a while now and of course Merlin isn’t evil, but it’s more how dare you not tell me, after I’ve came to you for everything and I thought you did too, I thought I noticed when things were wrong and put a smile on your face but this whole time you’ve not trusted me

And in a matter of hours he has to relearn their entire friendship and try to understand why Merlin has done this and why he keeps doing this and make sure that everything else about our friendship is true please say the rest was true

And by the end, because he is dying and the end is so very near, it doesn’t matter anymore because he is Arthur and he is Merlin and it doesn’t matter that they’re also the Once and Future King of Camelot and Emrys the Most Powerful Sorcerer Ever to Live

No, they’re just Merlin and Arthur in their last few minutes together and they both know it and this is his last chance so it’s not you betrayed me and I need time and how could you do this to us, instead it’s it’s okay and hold me and thank you because if this is his last chance to protect Merlin then of course he is going to take it, that’s always been his job and neither death nor magic is going to change that

#it is 3am and I’m on my period and I thought about them #they are a tragedy #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merthur

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princess-of-morkva · 1 month

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thinking about. how merlin brings out the best in arthur and on the other hand arthur brings out the darkest parts of merlin. how arthur always tries to be better and do the right thing because merlin believes in him and he wouldn't want to disappoint him. because he believes merlin is good and he wants to be good for him. how merlin always ends up making the worst decision in his desire to protect arthur, doing things he never thought he'd do. how from saving arthur's life because that's a right thing to do, he goes to putting his life above any of his own morals.

#wrote this down a few hours ago #i think about it A LOT #it's tragedy baby #it's why i love this show #and yes of course i love my babies #and that means i love all of them #including their suffering #merlin bbc #merlin #arthur pendragon #merthur #bbc merlin

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myoonmii · 5 days

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He watches him like a ghost

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buzzbuzzlittlebees · 18 days

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the tragedy of merthur is so insane to me. it’s everything. it’s “i will love you in every universe” and “i will love you if it kills me” and “i will love you after you die” and “the love that we shared existed and because of that i will persevere” and “i will stay alive so i can love your memory longer” and “if i ever lost you i would see you in everything” and “i will love you if you hate me” and “i love you in all the ways that i was never loved”

#buzzbuzzlittlebees #internal monologue #merlin x arthur #arthur x merlin #merthur #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #merlin emrys #merlin #tragedy #tragic #arthur pendragon #morgana #my otp #my otp forever #my otp <3 #my otp for life

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sexy-sapphic-sorcerer · 5 months

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thinking about "it's unreasonable to assume that a character knows what genre they're in" and how in series 1-3, Merlin (and the audience) thinks that he's in a fantasy adventure comedy. no one realises that he's in a tragedy until it's too late.

#I do stand by what I said literally a few minutes ago about how calling merlin a tragedy is giving the writers too much credit #but I think you could twist it and say that the writers also think merlin is a comedy and don't realise that it's a tragedy until series 4 #which makes it worse. because so many things that happen in the first half of the show are absolutely tragic but are played as comedy #the end of 'the sins of the father' where uther says that merlin is “a trusted ally in the fight against magic” THATS FUCKING DEVASTATING #but it's played as funny #and it's only when you reframe the genre that you realise how truly heartbreaking it all is #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin meta

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abisalli · 10 months

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I just want him to have fun, is that too much to ask for

#bbc merlin #merlin #merlin fanart #my art #digital art #I've reached S3 lads and it's all only going downhill from here #bbc merlin said no happiness for merlin >:( only sadness and tragedy! >:(#maybe I should do a separate post abt Merlin and his magic I'm having many thoughts

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fact-dogsarehappiness · 1 year

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Me, watching Merlin for the millionth time: I sure do wish nothing bad happens this time around

#it’s a sad song it’s a tragedy #but we’re gonna sing it even so #someone’s got to tell the tale whether or not it turns out well #maybe it will turn out this time #merlin #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #merthur #i’ve been listening to hadestown and thinking about merthur which is not a good combo

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oswinsdolma · 1 year

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love how in merlin arthur will be like "we ride at dawn" and the next shot is of them leaving camelot at midday, fr it's funny every time

#ik i come on here a lot to be sad about this show but it's so fucking funny with almost no right to be #forget the duality of destiny and personhood #this is about the duality of being one of the most beautiful tragedies in modern media abd being absolutely fucking stupid #bbc merlin #merlin

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achillesuwu · 6 months

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I'm obsessed with this so I need to write it down : AU where merlin has to reveal his magic to save them all but it's very very likely he will die so he turns to Lancelot and says "My name, can you remember my name? ". Arthur & the others knights are confuse but Lancelot understand what it means. Sorcerer aren't allowed to have a burial, they never even get a trial. Thus their name are never written down, forgotten like their ashes in the wind.

"I will"

He will, he will speak of it and one thousand years later no one will remember the greatest sorcerer to ever walk the earth by the name Emrys. They will only know Merlin.

And I see fire

Blood in the breeze

And I hope that you remember me

#bbc lancelot #lancelot du lac #Merlin #merlin bbc #merlin emrys #Arthur pendragon #merthur #IT'S TWO AM I NEED TO GO TO SLEEP #BUT BEFORE THAN I NEED TO SPEAK MY TRUTH #THERE IS NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE USING THAT FUCKING TRAGEDY THAT IS MAGIC USER NOT GETTIN BURIAL #AND NO TRIAL = NO RECORD #Mercelot

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theroundbartable · 13 days

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Reverse concept:

Merlin and Arthur are stuck in a cave but don't know why. There are symbols on the wall

Arthur: the hell is this? Do we have to like - confess our deepest secrets or something?

Merlin: actually this thing says that only thus people are stuck who are deeply in love. Apparently some ex girlfriend left it here to kill the man and the woman he betrayed her with

Arthur: 1. How the fuck can you read those symbols. 2. What the fuck?

Merlin: yeah, I know. And Gaius taught me.

...

Arthur: so, you're in love, huh? How hard would it be for you to stop bein in love with them and find another way to get us out of here?

Merlin: ... Impossible. How about you?

Arthur: fuck. same

Merlin: ... May I ask who it is?

Arthur: no.

...

Merlin: maybe our best bet would be to forget they ever existed. You've been hit in the head a couple of times, if we do it hard enough that might work

Arthur: I've never forgotten who I loved tho. It was only ever short term. Besides, if you do it to me, I'd forget you existed and would forget to get you out. I suppose unless you have magic or something and can erase our minds, we'll starve to death here.

Merlin: huh...

Arthur: what?

Merlin: nothing, it's just - that is an option

Arthur: I was kidding. You don't have magic, do you, Merlin?

Merlin: ...

Arthur: you have magic?!?!?!

Merlin: sorry!

Arthur: fuck. So like - you lied to me, all these years *tries to get out again, fails, then sighs* fuck, I knew it.

Merlin: what?

Arthur: not even THAT gets my mind off of you. And yeah, it's you. I might as well tell you now If we're going to die, or you erase my mind - or kill me, whatever it is you wanna do

Merlin: for the record, it's mutual

Arthur: shit, for real?

Merlin: yeah... And you're reacting far better about the magic than I expected, so this is kinda - it's the worst feeling ever. Knowing we have a chance to get out but ... None of this remains

Arthur: i'm sorry

Merlin: wanna make out before I erase our minds?

Arthur: well, it can't be more embarrassing than it already is

Bonus: three erasures later

Arthur: who are you? What are we doing here?

Merlin: I'm Merlin and you? apparently people in love are stuck here

Arthur: oh... Hahah. Funny thing, do you believe in love at first sight?

#bbc merlin #merlin #merthur #merlin bbc #arthur #concept #tragedy

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muchmossymess · 4 months

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Arthur: I love Camelot more than I can say but, sometimes I feel I can hardly breathe everyone expects so much of me. Being here with you, I can be myself.

Gwen: I like that, you being yourself.

Arthur: Sometimes I dream of leaving Camelot.

Gwen: Really? Where would you go?

Arthur: I don't know. Somewhere where nobody knew who I was. I'd get some land and become a farmer.

Gwen, laughing: I can hardly see you toiling away in the fields all day.

Arthur: Obviously, I'd take Merlin with me. He can do all the hard work.

Gwen: I'm sure he'd love that.

#bro just wants a cottage life with merlin is that so much to ask for #“we could have been friends in another life”#i hope this happens but i fear this will end in tragedy #guinevere #idk her tags 😭#merlin #merlin bbc #bbc merlin #merthur #merlin x arthur #gwenthur #???#moss' madness #arwen

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chronicowboy · 8 months

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god the start of season 4 when agravaine is shamelessly manipulating arthur, trying to craft him into uther so he's more justified in his hatred of him, trying to isolate arthur from the people he cares about because its not proper or a sign of strength, and the fact that it works !! or it should, it almost does, but agravaine didn't account for merlin. merlin who isn't just a manservant, isn't just a kinda-sorta friend, isn't just an informal advisor, but is arthur's main pillar of support and council, merlin who would never let arthur lock himself away all alone, merlin who pushes arthur to the fucking limit and suffers his rages and his insults just so that arthur knows there's someone there. yeah, fuck, its all well and good that merlin's willing to die for him, but idk for me its the smaller acts of unwavering devotion that make merthur so fucking good.

#sami rambles #its just like. merlin will take all the insults and the 'you're not my friend's as along as arthur knows that he has a friend #and fuck idk #im not coherent enough about s4 merthur its too good #the perfect cross-section of silly wizard show and tragedy #bbc merlin #merlin #merthur #merlin x arthur #arthur pendragon #agravaine

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queerofthedagger · 6 months

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