#black merlin characters

[educatingmerlin]

David Durham played Gwen and Elyan's father, Tom the Blacksmith, in two episodes in Merlin season one.

Durham studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as a violinist. He is also a singer and specializes in classical baritone, and has performed many times in the opera.

His most recent project was an acting role in Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Amongst Thieves.

#black history month #black merlin characters #david durham #tom the blacksmith #gwen pendragon #sir elyan #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #morgana pendragon #uther pendragon #sir lancelot #sir leon #sir percival #sir gwaine #camelot

[animucrystal]

thinking about arthur and gwen and i think the best part about their relationship for me is the Choice. theyre two people with not alot of agency in their lives, for varying reasons. arthur obviously has a lot more privilege, but has to play a part in order to rule his kingdom properly lest he be seen weak to others and put his people in jeopardy. hes born and raised in one role, to be a prince then a king. he takes it on with pride, but you Know he feels stifled. gwen, on the other hand, is a black servant girl born in a lower class family. she may not have a certain “role” shes required to fill but she still has to work hard to provide for her family and for herself. she has to look and act like a proper lady lest people think shes unfit for her job, she has to be subservient in order to keep her already fragile status. the agency they do have is very limited, not just by society but by their own morals and beliefs. however, despite all of that, they both choose to take a risk with this one thing. they decide to take a risk Together, and they do it for Years!! they wait for YEARS!!! they work hard to be together, to Stay together, and while they may not have been eachothers first loves - they make it last because they Choose to make it last.

personally, thats way more romantic that being destined for eachother. they chose eachother and kept choosing eachother everyday, what else is there to say?

#sippin coffee #bbc merlin #arwen #argwen #gwenthur #arthur pendragon #gwen pendragon #bbc gwen #the adventures of merlin #yeah i love arwen i love them alot. i just think theyre neat and people are wild for thinking they have no chemistry #be for real bro. do you actually think that or do you think gwen is getting in the way of your yaoi #for the record i do like merthur i mean its literally the core of the show #but its genuinely saddening to see a black woman get pushed aside for two white dudes #anyway! arwenisms on top! #nothing more yuriful than a woman being loved wholly #i could go more into detail about the class disparity between arthur and gwen. the way their character arcs moved #the way the point of their relationship is accountability and love throughout that. its healing

[raisethestake]

People on tumblr: have one OC per franchise

Me: 49 OCs, 21 of them just for Star Wars, each with a heightened area of my personality so I can work with any character to match my daily vibe.

#star wars #oc #own character #harry potter #percy jackson #lotr #lord of the rings #good omens #black sails #outlander #poldark #magnus chase #sherlock holmes #bbc sherlock #merlin #bbc merlin #bbc ghosts #ghosts #hunger games #hetalia

[an-entity-i-think]

You know what it really genuinely annoys me when I'm reading fic and they girlbossify every woman ever. "The boys are idiot messes but the girls have never done anything wrong ever in their lives <3" makes me scream like why are you doing this???? They are ALL idiots!!!! Make her an idiot too!!! Woman aren't perfect!!! Men aren't idiots all the time!!! I'm not perfect and I'd like to be able to connect with a female character but you keep writing them like they are omniscient perfect at everything beings!!!! FNIESJHSHSDB AHHHH

#batman #cassandra cain #black bat #barbara gordan #oracle #batgirl #bbc merlin #guinevere #queen gwen #bbc merlin gwen #bbc gwen #bbc morgana #morgana le fay #good!morgana #i personally love mary sues #mary sues in fic are top tier #but ONLY if theyre the main character or its an outsider pov #when its the same background character given Omniscent or Mary Sue vibes over and over it brings me out of it #it becomes their ONLY personality trait!!! #eve moneypenny #james bond #entity writes

[pinkytoothlesso11]

Heart of Stone chapter 24

Omg it's been MONTHS since I've updated. 😭 And every time I'm closer to the end... I have so much fun with these chapters, so 8 don't know why it keeps getting forgotten.

Anyway.

Chapter summary: (Strickler POV) With Jim, Claire and Douxie sucked into Stricklander’s uncontrolled portal and Merlin (unsurprisingly) still to blame, Barbara proceeds to chew the wizard out.

With Jim missing, Stricklander takes it upon himself to keep a closer eye on Gunmar and Angor Rot, as a spy.

Only question is: how long can he pretend to be his old self for until he's found out?

#trollhunters #tales of arcadia #Heart of Stone #Walter Strickler #Bular #Barbara Lake #Merlin TOA #Gunmar the black #Dictatious #Minor character death #Angor Rot #tobias domzalski #Archie TOA #Um some more characters mentioned or briefly 'on screen' plus my own OC's #Sorry you don't get to find out what Jim is up to yet #The time travel arc is pretty short too

[starfilledsea]

i’m a fan of the thcu (tom hopper cinematic universe)

#i think its so funny he's been in so many shows i like even though i could care less about the man #like not only black sails (my favorite show of all time) but merlin??? the umbrella academy??? DOCTOR WHO (which i only realized from his w #wiki)???? #insane #mr hopper how do you do it #every time i turn on a show he's just there #the umbrella academy #luther hargreeves #black sails #billy bones #doctor who #tua #dw #idk what his character was on dw it was a small role lmao #bbc merlin #merlin #percival #percival merlin

[gritsandbrits]

Fourth black character of the day is Queen Guinevere from the Merlin series!

Side note: this incarnation serves as inspiration for my shrek OC Rhodanthe (who coincidentally marries her universe's arthur)

#guinevere #merlin #merthur shippers do not fucking clown on this post #black history month #black characters #arthurian legend

[jgvfhl]

uhhhhhhhh i had a super busy week and my executives were dysfunctioning BUT I DID MAKE THIS!!!! FOR THE FREE DAY!!! FOR ELYAN FEST!!! @elyan-fest is it perfect? no. is he perfect? obviously. anyway uhhhh colors?

#bbc merlin #sir elyan #bbc merlin fanart #elyanfest2024 #i do the doodles #artists on tumblr #this is also hopefully a start of a series #for me to work on drawing more black characters #so i'm gonna do some more portraits like this with fun colors #so i can practice features hair shading etc #uh anyway #LOOK AT HIM

[waterlilyvioletfog]

Look. Are the costumes on Merlin sometimes cheap looking? Yeah. Are they period accurate? Nope! even setting aside the fashions, I’m pretty sure there are synthetic fabrics being used in like half of Morgana’s outfits. HOWEVER, they are like. Genuinely Pretty? And there’s some good character costuming going on. So I’ll accept it.

#merlin #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #costuming #like. Gwen’s shift from front-lacing stays and pastel colors to darker color palettes later #and morgana’s shift from rich outfits in bright colors to yknow weird ass blacks in fifty textures #are there one-offs going about in 18th century dresses? yesss BUT #you can be anachronistic if 1 you look good 2 you match the character’s vibes. #high school theatre production rules of costuming if you will

[glitterymemesatretro-blog]

"Intertwined Souls"

Chapter 2

TW: panic attacks

~"Before she became fire, she was water. Quenching the thirst of every dying creature. She gave and she gave until she turned from sea to desert. But instead of dying in the heat, the sadness, the heartache, she took all of her pain and from her own ashes became fire."~

All she knew was darkness. It was slowly closing in on her on all sides, she didn't know where she was; all she knew was that she needed to run and get away as fast as she could. It was too much. The screams of despair, the wails of children being torn from their mothers' arms, the smell of burning flesh and the horrifying sounds of maniacal laughter.

The rusty stench of blood filled the air; it was all over her. Her hands were caked in blood, though most of it wasn't hers'. She lost her dagger somewhere along the way but couldn't bring herself to dwell on it given her current situation. The woman's normally curly hair was now laying limply down her back, matted with sweat making it stick to her forehead as the blood from the wound she sustained on her face was now running down into her eyes, blurring her vision and making it harder to see where she's going.

The woman was beginning to tire and needed to stop running for a moment to catch her breath. Choosing a nearby tree, she leaned back against it while she used her sleeve to wipe away the blood that got into her eye and wincing when she accidently applied pressure to the wound running from above her right eyebrow then ending at the top of her lip. She tried to collect her thoughts to come up with a safe destination in mind that she could travel to—some nearby kingdom that would grant her asylum, 'maybe' she thought, she could go live with that nice woman that her mother introduced her to all those years ago.

'Oh what was her name again?' she thought to herself. 'Hannah? No, that can't be right! Helena? No.No.No.No. NO!! Why can't she remember?! The lovely woman with kind eyes and that mischievous son of hers,' Melvin. No, Merlin, sweet, dear Merlin, yes that's his name. Suddenly it all clicked into place, the woman's name is Hun-'"I found you~" was mockingly sung into her ear and before she could react , a hand was wrapped around her throat, blocking her airway. The woman immediately began to struggle, fighting and clawing at the rough hand clasped around her neck but to no avail, her attacker didn't let up or falter.Instead, the stranger just let out a hollow chuckle sending shivers down her spine, tightening the hold he had on her neck. "W-who a-are you?" she strained to say, gasping in-between her words, all the while glaring at her attacker refusing to give him the satisfaction of seeing a glimpse of fear in her eyes. "Ah, Ah, Ah" her attacker tutted as if they were reprimanding a small child. "Easy there princess, you and I both know that you're not exactly in the position to make demands, now are you?" He pointed out, seemingly entirely too amused by the situation. "W-what d-do y-ou w-want f-from me?!" she spat out, giving him the best death glare she could muster.The man gave her a sharp grin while baring far too many teeth to be human and leaned in so close that the woman could feel his hot breath fanning her face then put his face near her ear as if he was sharing a secret."What I want, little lamb"he began, meeting her eyes once more. "is for you to wake up."The woman furrowed her eyebrows. "I-i d-don't u-understan-"

"VICTORIA WAKE UP!!"

(Sorry for the cut off. The app won't let me go past a certain limit. Check for part 2 in the next chapter. Below is the outfit she was wearing in this chapter. )

#bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #magic #black main character #camelot #merlin x reader #Spotify

[educatingmerlin]

Colin Salmon is a British-Jamaican actor who played Aglain in one episode in Merlin season two.

He has been in a variety of films and TV shows. Most notably James Bond, Resident Evil and Doctor Who with Steven Moffat stating in 2020 that he envisioned Salmon's character as a future reincarnation of the Doctor.

Salmon has also been involved with a lot of charity work. He is currently starring as George Knight on BBC's EastEnders.

#colin salmon #bbc merlin #merlin black characters #merlin #arthur pendragon #gwen pendragon #morgana pendragon #sir elyan #sir lancelot #sir leon #sir percival #sir gwaine #uther pendragon #camelot #once and future fandom #once and future king

[michellemisfit]

Got tagged for the Get to Know you Game by @creepkinginc - thanks nosho!

rules: tag people who you want to get to know better.

Relationship Status: Single

Favourite colour: Rainbow

Three favourite foods: To Cook: Lasagne, French Onion Soup, Pancakes // To Eat: Pizza, Ham & Cheese Croissant, Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Top 3 TV Shows: Buffy, BBC Merlin, Firefly

Top 3 Characters: Faith (Buffy), Harry Dresden (The Dresden Files), Kaylee Frye (Firefly)

What I’m currently reading: 99% Fanfic. 1% been working on ‘I never said I loved you’ by Rhik Samadder for about 18 months 🤦

Song stuck in my head: 400 Lux by Lorde is pretty much ALWAYS stuck in my head

Last movie I watched: Genuinely not sure. I don’t watch a lot of movies. Maybe Trust? It was NOT good. Planning to rewatch Velvet Goldmine soon, as it’s now on Netflix, so it would be rude not to. Now that’s a good movie!

Last thing I googled: ‘ian gallagher season 4’ (I was looking for some hair reference pictures)

Last song I listened to: Human Touch by Betty Who

Dream trip: Road Trip through North America

Time: 01:41

Anything I really want right now: Sleep. Which I’ll now go and do!

Edit: Urgh. Sorry. Was trying to be quick and get to bed as I’m getting up in like… 5 hours 🤦 if you wish to play, please consider yourself tagged!

#mys stuff #meme #ask game #get to know me #ask mys #3 characters is NOT enough characters!!! #Arthur Pendragon #Gwen cooper #Mickey Milkovich #10th Doctor #Fox & Vixen from Animals of Farthing Wood #lip gallagher #temeraire #jace wayland #ian gallagher #Bernard Black #Gwaine #alec lightwood #Merlin #malcolm reynolds #kurt hummel #magnus bane #logan huntzberger #maya roberts #I could literally be here for hours!!!

[tiodolma]

morgana’s terrorism and targetting cityfolk to force the nobles into submission and merlin's vigilanteism under the guise of self-defense are all justified in their own heads. seriously. that's the whole show. they're both fighting different wars. they both think they are in the right. they're both bending the law into their own hands and keep getting away with it. they're both egotistical assholes who only think of their mission and not much about everyone else. To me merlin is just as awful as she is coz he had been doing it for over 8 years (since s1) without regret and remorse. Morgana's the actual newbie here (s3.)

just leave me alone to marvel at the war crimes of these two beautiful fictional bastards.

#mergana #bbc morgana #bbc merlin #otp: secret service x insurgent #otp: kingmaker x govt destabilizer #otp: anything you can do i can do better #zero character arcs vs five character arcs #toxic black haired asshole duo here we go

[mako-neexu]

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#i try not to be surprised by the trash fgo gives me in gacha but i cant help but still be upset XD i hate it here. i wish i can stop playing #but i also hate missing events and log in bonuses....im only moving forward because of #story i love the characters but this game is just :))))))) #this is my 49053806th complaint about this game why am i not leaving indeed #i mean i took hiatus one time and it was freeing to forget about the fate series lol #but i got sucked into a black hole and now im struggling to get away from it kdfbhliwefb #ive cried over not getting merlin every banner he got....its just sad that everyone i know has him #meanwhile its taking me literal years to get him #i hate the dont worry youll get him soon! phrases...yes well im jealous and youre not frustrated #as i am #i hate hate hate hate spending money on anything gambling related but uhhhhh shrugs #i wish gacha a very die out soon please #everytime i realize im spending money on voiced jpegs its funny but then theres the serious matter for my psychological needs and stability #to keep me sane haha #i hate it here its not healthy for me its a toxic relationship between me and this game and i need out... #but romani and the story.... i love them too much to leave.... #what to do... #i kind of hate talking to friends who whale too and yes im a hypocrite but wow you whale at least you get him meanwhile i spend dollars #on trash and useless crap thanks #[oh dont worry youll get him soon] then they add a smiley face i just wanna wrap my #fingers around my neck and end it allllllllllllllll

[krug3r2312]

I refuse to lose another comfort character. I simply will not.

If they die my answer is ✨no✨

#life #reading #long reads #sad #happy #ao3 #books #fanfiction.net #quotes #mentally fucked #fuck this #in desperate need of sleep and a happy ending #comfort characters #Sirius black #Remus lupin #merlin #arthur pendragon #newt #Harry Potter #marauders #maze runner #bbc merlin #merthur #wolfstar #newtmas #sterek #teen wolf

[captain-noir]

nothing will turn me off of a character and their fandom faster than the pity-love campaign they launch when, for whatever reason, they (usually male) arent as well liked as other characters.

#yaz chats to the void #its the 'deserves better' spiels and how 'underrated' they are and the entire approach to the character comes from a place of 'pity' #it used to be that this was tolerated in fandom when there were legit causes these campgains - racist/misogynistic writings a la tvd #or merlin or got or what have you #and that used to be an indicment against the writers #but now its like 'yall dont like this bland and boring character whose storylines arent that appealing and i think its rude and im gonna #make it everyone's problem and if you dont like them i will accuse you of some ism - usually homophobia - even though its a headcanon #and the character is painfully straight but we in the fandom collectively think he's gay coz idk he has a funny walk or something #so you better like them or we will assume you support conversion therapy' #the unhinged levels man #black and brown female characters are not included in this at all but everyone else can get it