#child!merlin

[ink-through-her-veins]

Arthur starts out as an insufferable spoiled brat who falls madly in love with his mouthy servant. So madly in love that he risks his life time and again to save Merlin. Thankfully, Merlin’s an oblivious idiot. Unfortunately, the people around him are not. So while Merlin doesn’t notice that Arthur’s so in love with him he can’t function, everyone else is like “he’s so in love with you, he’d die for you” and Merlin’s like “nah, he’d do that for anyone. He’s just like that.”

And now, sweating bullets, Arthur has to start risking his life for peasants and anyone in danger like he’s truly noble, or Merlin’s gonna figure out that he’s in love with him.

Literally, Arthur experienced so much character growth to keep himself in that closet when he could of just said, “Nope, it’s you Merlin. I don’t give a flying fuck about anyone else.”

#merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #arthur pendragon #merlin bbc #tell me this isn’t how the show goes #Arthur’s a twenty year old man child #but then Merlin shows up and starts saying he’s kind and noble #so he becomes kind and noble #HE DOES IT FOR MERLIN #and he keeps pulling his pigtails because he can’t handle human emotion

[sky-is-the-limit]

Parents: my child is fine

Meanwhile, the child's favourite shows:

#it's me im the child #supernatural #spn #good omens #ofmd #our flags mean death #bbc sherlock #sherlock #destiel #aziracrow #gentlebeard #johnlock #hannibal #hannigram #merlin #merthur

[stavosmissionary]

(some) gender nonconforming and androgynous characters in asoiaf

much thanks to @staysail who was the advisor and co-conspirator for this post <3

#my gifs #blood tw #long post #any nonsense on this post will be blocked. #notes #i really really wanted to include sam #its hard to find a plus size child. but i shall keep lookinh #merlin suggested the visenya fc..thank u bestie <3 #i also really regret not being able to find a proper buff fc for bri. alas #for obara too. pretend shes a teen here #part 2 perhaps.... #with people i missed like #sam baela the mormonts elissa farman qarl the maid lysono marr etc

[oberonbronze]

yes yes the relationship between mordred and merlin is a tragic portrayal of how devotion can be corrupted and the devastation of watching destiny unfold in front of you out of your control but good lord it is funny. if i was merlin id be astral beaming myself straight into that teenagers head every time arthur bothered me like chop chop you stupid little prophecy boy fuck you

#it’s even funnier when mordred is not actively murderous or resentful and Merlin just has a violent one-sided enemyship with a teenager #go on girl give us nothing!!! #in his defense. mordred was the MOST evil looking child I have ever seen #if a dragon told me he was gonna kill my boyfriend I’d be like yeah man fuckin probably!!! #Merlin #Merlin bbc #merthur #merlin emrys #mordred #arthur pendragon #bbc mordred

[justaz]

somehow some time magic goes wrong and young arthurs from different points in time are pulled into king arthur era. everyone kinda has this back and forth of who is going to watch the literal 8 month old. gwen and lancelot are pretty good at taking care of him, so is percival but he doesnt seem comfortable with it so no one forces him. elyan tried to hold him but baby!arthur started wailing after three seconds. leon is sorta good but he has like no idea how babies work or what they need so when baby!arthur found his sword and almost lobbed his own head off, leon was forbidden from taking care of the child. gaius is too old and busy researching how to reverse the issue. who the HELL would trust gwaine with a child? arthur has this Odd aversion to the child but no one pushes him on it. ofc merlin, magic incarnate, has this like aura or energy that draws all these innocent woodland creatures to him so obviously little arthur is also drawn to him. in fact, merlin seems to be the person he likes the most. and merlins a natural w kids apparently so hes often the one that baby!arthur is handed off to.

he complains about it at first but when baby!arthur breaks into a fit of giggles after merlin calls adult!arthur a clotpole, he has merlin wrapped around his little finger. merlin stops complaining but does let arthur know that the one thing he Will Not Do is change his diaper. arthur laughs and walks away. merlin talks to baby!arthur like they’ve been friends for years (bc they have). arthur points out that baby!arthur cant understand him and merlin retorts that its like how it normally is. merlin gets to perform magic in front of baby!arthur and he LOVES it

my point to this was merlin dotting on little versions of arthur is a way that no one ever really did for him growing up and adult!arthur seeing it and healing little pieces of his inner child as he watches merlin play games with baby!arthur and make sure he’s taken care of. it especially hits him when gaius finally finds a way to send baby!arthur back and while everyone seems torn between upset they have to say bye, they’re also relieved to get the baby back where hes supposed to be,, merlin is like choking back fat tears. everyone backs off to give them privacy and merlin just kisses baby!arthur’s forehead and whispers some encouraging and heartachingly sincere words that have adult!arthur choking back tears.

then BOOM the spell also backfires and while yes baby!arthur got back to where hes supposed to be, now theres toddler!arthur. he has this gravitational pull to gaius (can recognize him) and merlin (magic soulmates ofc he has an innate trust in the man). merlin is happy to have his little friend back and gaius goes back to the drawing board. now they have this little 2-3 year old toddling after them and blabbering something that sounds like english if you’re patient enough

(merlin makes another comment about how little arthur has changed over the years)

the cycle repeats, merlin and toddler!arthur get attached and adult!arthur watches and heals a bit more of his inner child. gaius finds another cure that falls through the same way and now they have child!arthur. he has a bit more of uther’s influence in him but hes still a child. he gets hurt and tries to fight back tears but merlin sees he’s in pain and tells him it’s okay to be hurt, to feel pain, to cry. child!arthur says in that stutter cry children do when they’re fighting back tears that his father says boys shouldn’t cry. merlin wipes a tear that slips down child!arthur’s face and whispers about how he cries and lets himself feel his sadness before picking himself back up and dusting himself off before getting back to it, that it doesn’t make him weak but stronger. adult!arthur hears this and this may not be the beginning of his deconstruction but it makes a tremendous amount of progress in him rewiring his brain away from his father’s toxic ways of thinking.

idk if they’d get a teen!arthur since gaius probably would’ve learned his lesson by then but if they did, we’d get to watch Merlin vs Arthur Showdown 2.0 as merlin humbles the young prince and i think that’d be funny. especially for gwaine since he didn’t get to see it happen the first time.

#bbc merlin #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #fic idea #fanfic #fanfiction #time travel #child aquisition #sorta #i think arthur shouldve gotten to see how someone shouldve treated him growing up #what that sort of unconditional love looks and feels like #as a treat #and who else but from merlin?? the one person who above all absolutely afores arthur and would do anything for him #plus merlin would have that moment as hes putting little!arthur in the center of the spell circle to send him back #where hes like ‘oh god im sending him back to uther to be raised by him. im throwing him to the wolves rn. i need to protect him #from his father’ but he cant bc arthur HAS to go back #maybe thats what he whispers to young!arthur to have strength when facing his father and protect his heart from him #and arthur hears that and is just. a mess. #lancelot du lac #guinevere #gwen #sir percival #sir elyan #sir leon #sir gwaine #gaius #merthur

[helluvabook]

You know the mlm ship is going to slap when it’s a blonde x brunette. That’s it

🎨: sophithil

#mlm ships #mlm ship #gay #lgbtqia #queer ships #artrick #challengers #heartstopper #narlie #firstprince #red white & royal blue #bbc merlin #merthur #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #coriojanus #snowjanus #harry potter and the cursed child #scorbus #the mauraders era #rosekiller #young royals #wilmon

[gvaine]

4.03, “The Wicked Day”

#merlin #merlinedit #merlingifs #bbc merlin #4.03 #gaius #my gay child :( #* #emrys #*fav

[adhd-merlin]

big baddie actually just misunderstood little guy

#when you really think about it. #i made all of these on my phone. please say you like them. #mordred #my creepy child <3 #merlin and mordred #merlin memes #merlin #bbc merlin #text post meme

[irishyuri]

the funerals these poor fuckers had to go through post-canon is something i think about a lot. survivors guilt and whatnot

#bbc merlin #merlin #merlin emrys #bbc gwen #guinevere pendragon #my art #havent they LOST ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!! #like after the end its just them and leon roaming the castle 😭😭 #oh and percival too ig #this is the closest im ever gonna come to acknowledging gw****’s (ALLEGED) death #I think about them having a funeral for him and i wanna rip the remainder of my hair out and walk in the ocean so #anyways merlin and gwen are sisters to me because they are both ‘now i find im crying like a tall child’ #merlin & gwen

[lividbrunette]

my professor (in my arthurian literature class) was talking about not using fan-wikis/fanfiction for the character profiles we were doing and then she brought up that there are a lot shipping Merlin and Arthur and everyone was like shocked/found it kinda funny and I was sitting there like oh … this is suddenly not a safe space lol

#merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #merthur!!! #they just are! #it’s like canon like no argument! they are soulmates! #they’d all understand if they’d watch the show! #there would be no debate! #love to see the merlin fandom very much alive #like I get it … merlin is a crazy old half demon magic man and arthur’s like a child or just really young in a lot of the stories #it is an odd pairing #but y’all don’t KNOW merlin 😭

[poisonedfate]

bbc merlin - 04x05 His Father's Son

yes, he's their king. yes, they don't like that he's chosen himself for the duel - they have sworn to protect him after all. but it tickles me to think that they're also still pretty offended over the fact that they did not get picked.

#it's like picking a face child #they all want it #merlin rewatch #bbc merlin #04x05 #elyan #gwaine #percival #leon #knights #s4

[aloeverawrites]

Writing for Rafah

I'm doing sensitivity readings, beta readings, fanfic commissions, lyric/poem writing, character playlists, and image description writing in exchange for donations to Maryam’s family and newborn (Urgent) , Fatima’s family and their newborn or to Ibrahim and his family.

(Update: Ibrahim and his family have made it out of Rafah and now need financial security in Egypt. Fatima’s family has yet to make it out of Rafah. Update 2: Fatima’s family has reached their goal but we’ve yet to hear another update from them. )

If you find another gofundme for someone in Palestine that you'd like to donate to I'll accept donations for that as well. I recommend looking at the operation olive branch document to find gofundmes to donate to.

The details for these commissions are below.

Sensitivity readings:

I can read for people looking to portray trans men, autistics, bi aces and biracial black people. Contact me to ask if you have something else you'd like me to read for as not everything is mentioned here.

€ 1 for 2,000 words.

Beta reading:

I can offer basic editing like spelling and grammar, as

€ 1 for 2,000 words.

Fanfic writing:

I can write for bbc merlin, pacific rim, marvel

€ 1 for 1,000 words.

Song or poem writing:

You can give me a few words as a prompt and I'll write lyrics for a song that can be dedicated to whoever you'd like. If you want to record the song or use it for a story or game feel free to.

€ 0.50 per song which can be about 100-400 words. Same price for poems.

Character playlists:

€ 1.00 per playlist. It can be about anything I just thought people might be more interested in playlists for characters- but if you want one on like, the concept of springtime or something I've got you.

Image description:

€ 1.00 for 10 image descriptions. If you only need like 3 then any donation amount above €0.10 is great. This can be helpful if you're a blog that posts a lot of photos.

I don't read/write nsfw. I don't have much experience with this, but I had to do something to help. I have been writing for a long time but I've only published original work. Thank you for reading this, and hope to hear from you. If you're interested dm me or send me an ask.

#human rights #fundraiser #fundraising for palestine #beta reading #fanfic commissions #song writing #lyrics #sensitivity reading #can write image descriptions #please signal boost #playlists #character playlist #bbc merlin #if your ship is proship there’s a good chance I don’t work this that #i don’t work with anything that romanticises child or animal abuse

[kirbsto]

Obligatory thruple post

#they mean the world to me #ppl need to stop leaving Gwen out of their polycule fr #Merlin is the chaotic pansexual with no impulse control Arthur is just as bad but yells at him anyways despite being worse and #Gwen has them both on child leashes while also goading them on bc she thinks it’s funny #Merlin and gwen like to jump scare arthur bc he’s so serious it’s borderline comedic #arthur and gwen dog pile Merlin bc he simply never sleeps and it’s annoying #Arthur and Merlin do the “guess who’ thing to Gwen every single time they see her and it’s more obnoxious than endearing #let them be annoying together i mean it 🤬 #bbc merlin #Merlin #merlin fanart #murther #arwen #merwenthur #??? #is that the ship name??? #oh well #my art

[sneakyboymerlin]

*Gaius voice* Violence is bad, that’s why you shouldn’t kill Uther or even passively let him die! You should kill a bunch of people to protect Uther, though, that’s different, their lives don’t mean anything if they’re not kings. Now, Uther is going to perform horrible acts of violence such as drowning children as long as he lives but you have to understand, his wife died :( it was his fault but it still happened :( and he needed someone to blame! Hence the genocide. Just remember that Uther is justified because magic corrupts even though I’m harboring a sorcerer who is not corrupted by it. Uther thinks someone is stealing his boots but I actually keep swallowing them by accident during my lick breaks. Love the taste

#gaius critical #show critical #merlin meta #bbc merlin #tw genocide #tw child death #tw drowning

[hollowwhisperings]

Kingdom Key & Kingdom Hearts: A SoRiku Theory

The Kingdom Hearts series (& its creators) actively emphasizes the ways that its primary protagonist, Sora, is a "normal, ordinary boy". Yet Sora wields the iconic Kingdom Key, the Ultima Keyblade & even a x-blade (as forged by Xehanort): Sora's Story has been that of a Chosen One, even as he fits the archetype of one "Unchosen".

This theory explores the nature of Choice within the KH series, specifically in the context of "Destiny" and prophecies. It employs the "Riku is The Light" & "Necklace" theories, as well as elements of "Sleeping Realm". It also casts Riku as one of those Strange Women in Ponds who Distribute Swords as a Basis of [Galactic World Order].

Sora's story seemingly begins as a Classic Hero's Journey only for such a reading to fall flat when Expectations such as "Getting The Girl" and "Becoming a Keyblade Master" pointedly do not happen.

The driving force of the KH series has always been Riku: Riku wished to see worlds beyond his home, knowing the truth of the KH Multiverse well before proof literally crashlanded in the form of Kairi (a literal shooting star).

It is Riku's Heart that drew the attention of the Worlds at large to the Destiny Islands: the brightness of his light lead Terra, Aqua & Xehanort to meeting Sora in the first place.

Terra chooses Riku as a future Keyblade Master.

Aqua chooses Sora for the sake of preserving Riku's Light, the events of BBS teaching her that the strongest lights cast the longest shadows.

Xehanort chooses Riku as a Dark Vessel, whispering to him & encouraging him to doubt, to mistrust.

It is assumed, by Sora and by Riku, that Riku was also the person responsible for "opening the door" to the Darkness that felled the Destiny Islands. Yet throughout his childhood, each attempt by Riku to open the mysterious door on the play island failed and, when Darkness Falls, it is Kairi who is found at its source (Kairi, who had been expelled from her home by a version of Xehanort & whose heart harboured yet another fragment of the Seeker of Darkness).

Regardless of whether he truly opened the Destiny Islands to Darkness, Riku believed it & through Darkness did he find "freedom" to explore the Worlds Beyond, just as he had always dreamed... except for one, rather significant detail becoming derailed: Sora's presence by Riku's Side.

The two were separated and Sora was almost lost: even with Darkness swallowing Riku whole, the light within his Heart acted in time to save Sora by entrusting to him 'Kingdom Key'. Riku's Keyblade. A physical manifestation of Riku's Heart.

(notably, the "Kingdom Key-D" found by King Mickey was found not too far from the scene where Kingdom Key manifested: it is plausible that this keyblade was also manifested by Riku's Heart, perhaps alongside its 'Light' counterpart - I'd need to check the timeline to see how such a theory holds up)

Kingdom Key was entrusted to Sora, a subconscious act of Riku's Heart that mirrored an earlier act of protection Riku gave to Sora: on the night where Kairi fell to the Destiny Islands, a young Sora felt frightened and a young Riku swore to protect his dearest friend. This oath was sworn in turn sworn by Sora to Riku. They sealed these oaths with tokens they held close: while Sora's charm gifted to Riku remains unknown, Riku entrusted Sora with a crown charm he had had since infancy.

When Riku was 5, Riku entrusted Sora with his Crown. Both boys swore to protect the other.

When Riku was 15, Riku's Heart entrusted itself to Sora in the form of 'Kingdom Key'.

When Riku was ~16, he subconsciously protected Sora by becoming the latter's Dreamel Eater. Within the same timeframe, Riku sacrificed himself entirely to save Sora at the Keyblade Graveyard (an act of sacrifice, an act of True Love).

At every instance where Riku has been at a crossroads, knowingly or not, his Heart has Chosen Sora's: Riku, presumed descendant of Ephemera and a child of the Destiny Islands, has always & continues to choose Sora.

When the pair were reunited in KH2 and confronted the threat of Xemnas, the two fought as one & passed their keyblades between each other intuitively

When the pair existed in parallel realms of Sleep, separated but connected, their heartbeasts joined to form a Waltzing variation of the melody 'Dearly Belove'. They then fought in sync with a Combined Blade, formed from the keyblades "Mirage Split" and "Nightmare's End", acting again as two halves of a whole.

When Riku was to meet his end in the Realm of Darkness, far within the abyss, Sora appeared to him and they once again wielded their Combined Blade. Beast had once reaponded to a 15 year old Riku's questioning of his impossible arrival to Hollow Bastion, where Beast's Beloved Belle was held hostage, that he had "simply believed": belief brought Sora to Riku in the Realm of Darkness, belief brought Sora to the Final World in the wake of Riku's Ultimate Sacrifice.

The premise of Kingdom Key & its counterpart, Kingdom Key-D, being Manifestations of Riku's Heart & indicative of Riku's being the "Child of Destiny" does run into some Logistical Obstacles.

One, if Riku's Keyblade is being wielded by Sora (& Mickey, assuming the two keys were originally one) then whose keyblade is Riku wielding?

Two, how can Riku's Heart manifest multiple keyblades? Posession by Ansem Seeker of Darkness explains 1 of the "extra" keyblades (the key of "all hearts"). The bequeathing ceremony by Terra could explain another. Kingdom Key-D is definitely connected to Kingdom Key yet never specifically associated with Riku, evem being wielded by King Mickey (a stranger to Riku, at that point).

To the first: if Riku's keyblade is being wielded by Sora (& its counterpart by King Mickey), how can Riku wield another keyblade in KH1 even before getting possessed?

There are several immediate & varyingly plausible explanations: Riku's nature as a "Child of Destiny" allowing his Heart to churn out keyblades on demand like some Fey Lady of Avalon; or the other keyblades were not actually manifested by Riku at all.

While I greatly enjoy the imagery of Riku playing the "Lady of the Lake" to Sora's "Arthur" in KH1, given Sora's opening dream sequence already set Riku as being stuck in a Body Of Water (which is additionally representative of Darkness), it is Stretching Things to assume all other Plot Focused keyblades were ALSO fished out from Riku's Heart.

Perhaps Riku's Heart simply conjured new keyblades in response to Sora's Heart taking in new quests: Riku's Heart supplying keys to the metaphoric doors of Sora's Heart Hotel.

It is more likely, however, that the "new" keyblade wielded by Riku (the one currently known as "Braveheart") is a manifestation of SORA'S Heart: Riku entrusted his crown & his heart to Sora, first on the night of the Meteor Shower & then on the night the Islands Fell; Sora, in turn, entrusted his sword & heart to Riku. It explains how each boy readily wields the keyblade of the other & fits within the theme of their hearts beating in sych.

Riku choosing Sora, Riku's entrusting his Heart (literally & figuratively) with Sora, resulted in Destiny Itself 'choosing' Sora: if Riku represents Kingdom Hearts, the subject of his love would naturally become beloved by the Worlds in turn.

Sora acting as "[the] One Sky, One Destiny" due to Sora having the 'Heart' of Destiny through its child (Riku)'s love.

Sora is not only Riku's Dearly Beloved, Sora is THE "Dearly Beloved": beloved by the Worlds, entrusted with their Hearts & appointed their Savior. And all because, dull and ordinary boy that he may be, it is Sora's naturally normal self that Riku fell in love with. Sora may not be any more innately special than anyone else but Sora is special to RIKU, the love between them (knowingly or not) serving as the driving force of their stories & of Destiny itself.

#kh meta #soriku endgame actually #riku is the child of destiny #sora is the child of destiny #necklace theory #the unchosen one #the chooser of the one #strange women lying in ponds distributing swords as a basis for world order #kingdom hearts theory #kingdom key #sora as king arthur #riku as the lady of the lake #and riku also as half the relevant cast of sora's king arthur story #i think that makes yozora mordred #this is why merlin keeps showing up while his world does not #it's because soriku are king arthur #just like sora is christopher robin and became the new alice #i am half asleep and my brain is still somewhat fried #but this idea kept nagging at me whenever i tried to nap my headache away #hopefully now i can just sleep

[adhd-merlin]

me, looking at lancelot at any point during the show: clearly going through something

#lancelot: 🧍‍♂️ #me: my child is unwell #lancelot #merlin #*