#he wants to help arthur

[arthursfuckinghat]

#there's so many more but feel free to let me know any others you like! #personally I love william so much like what a down to earth guy he's always so cheery and fascinated by plants like arthur #his sweet nature and the way he interacts with arthur- god I could cry #and he always remembers arthurs name 😭 #“well I'm ignorant ugly and nasty” #“well lets see if we can do something about that :)” #god I love u william you're so lovely #the way they get so casual and friendly the more you complete his requests too :') #he wants to help arthur #gahh #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #mick squeaks #arthur morgan #william rdr2 #blind man cassidy rdr2 #moonshiners rdr2 #hamish sinclair rdr2 #marko dragic rdr2 #albert mason rdr2 #algernon wasp rdr2 #francis sinclair rdr2 #margaret rdr2 #charles chatenay rdr2 #mr black rdr2 #mr white rdr2 #charlotte balfour rdr2 #whew #tumblr polls #polls

[drizzledrawings]

They are his dads ok

#the curious couple and their unruly son #my headcanon is that Arthur acted out as a way to test Hosea and Dutch’s boundaries #trying to see how bad he had to mess up or act up before they hurt him/got fed up with him #and once he realized that they wouldn’t #that they just wanted to help him #he would do anything and everything to help them #the first adults in his life to care for him #LOL #ALSO the idea of Hosea being kinda cold to Arthur in the beginning and warming up to him is something SO DEAR TO ME #drizzledrawings #rdr2 #arthur morgan #Hosea matthews #dutch van der linde #the old guard #red dead redemption two #rdr2 fanart

[myoonmii]

I think the downright most horrific and brutal detail in the show is that Kilgharrah actually used Merlin to make sure Arthur's death happened with the pretence of protecting him

#kilgharrah when i catch you #this is why merlins “ i failed? ” destroyed me to my core #you were never supposed to succeed love #I honestly believe Kilgharrah knew Arthur was supposed to die at Camlaan and just wanted to make sure he didn't die BEFORE that #thats why he was like ooh but Merlin you must protect him and make sure he survives ( until its the convenient time) #and merlin genuinely thought he could protect Arthur until the end #say what you want about Kilgharrah and what his intentions might be behind this but this is SO FOUL #and now Merlins waiting for Arthurs return for a thousand years on Kilgharrah's word alone because thats the only hope he has #what else can he do #lets just hope he's right this time #bummed my self out with this thought while doing my class work #merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #cannot take much more of this guys send help

[runnwaig]

welp i guess instead of just writing a fic i'm trying to build a tiny little game? i hope it works out lol but for now it's just teeny tiny jumping arthur

#malevolent #malevolent podcast #arthur lester #gamedev work is killing me help #i just want to write my stupid lil fics #anyway #he's jumping #in yet another pit

[year81]

i have absolutely no memory of drawing this young gentleman enjoying a little smooch according to my file naming system, this was for @mapleburger <3

#hetalia #hws england #arthur kirkland #my art #who is the smooch from? who knows. himself probably. he put lipstick on his hand and pressed it against his forehead. #he just wanted to feel appreciated and man has burnt all his bridges. we love him all the more for it <3 #anyway im free now but also busy for new reasons :3c help! why does life never SETTLE!?

[sluggishslugcrimes]

Hal: it's weird not having Barry here...

Arthur: we have Wally, they are basically carbon copies of themselves.

Oliver: yeah, and you see Barry off work so there's should be no missing him.

Hal: I don't know, it's just weird. He's just so young taking care of his role in the Titans, taking care of both Keystone and Central City, and now taking over his uncle role here it's got to be exhausting for him.

Bruce: he's also working for me.

Them:

Clark: he's what?

Bruce: working for me, well he's been working for me helping out Alfred with patching us up and babysitting for me. Apparently he wants to pay back Allen for all he's done.

Hal: how much are you paying him?

Bruce: 100 an hour for the medical training, 130.56$ an hour for babysitting.

Hal: damn...

Diana: good for him, how long has he been working for you?

Bruce: since he was 15.

Arthur: why does he feel like he needs to repay Barry? Doesn't sound like he would do that to him...

Bruce: he just said he needs to pay for his own keep being a second speedster he worried he was hurting them with the food he needed, now he just do it to help the other speedsters and the Allen's. They saved it for his college so.

Diana: good for Wally, I'm very proud of him.

Oliver: but damn that's a lot on one person...

Dick, carrying a very boxes: that's why he has us.

Roy, carrying several weapons: and the Titans and Dick's siblings.

Bruce: ... We should stop them..

Clark: no, Roy found the kryptonite sword... We should let them be.

Wally, in his seat now: hey, sorry I'm late! Big line at the doughnut shop. *Put the box on the table* I got everyone favorite! So what were you talking about while waiting?

Hal, hugging his nephew: nothing really, now did you get my bear claw?

Wally: yep. Also why are Dick and Roy taking weapons out of here?

Clark, eating an old fashioned: don't worry about it.

(me and @renwilson talked about this, we hitting off on each other lol love ya bestie 💕)

#dick grayson #wally west #roy harper #birdflash #roydickwally #roywally #roydick #arsenalbirdflash #bruce wayne #clark kent #diana prince #arthur curry #hal jordon #oliver queen #wally working his ass off to support his family who loved and cared for him #don't worry barry and Iris were on the fence about it but being best friend with Dick he negotiated with them #he cares about them so he wants to help #Bruce also don't know how money work #god i wish that were all of us #having a Bruce #jl #dick and roy are Wally's scary dog privileges

[iamnotcrying-iamallergictolife]

I think Arthur Lester may be the only character I have ever actively not wanted to just go apeshit.

#he's just. so fucked. #i want him to get help. i want to let him have a good cry. i want him to learn to be happy again. i want him to die alone. #i hate him. i want to study him under a microscope. #john deserves better #malevolent #arthur lester

[fluffypotatey]

God, watched "Sins of the Father" last night and I. Just. Love. How the writers were like, "Ah, yes, let's finish out this episode with the most violent upheaval of Arthur's relationship with Uther. There is no need to mention this again."

Like, yeah, I get it, Merlin lied and stopped Arthur from killing King Cunt, but STILL. It happened. Arthur and Uther have had disagreements before, but those were small potatoes. Arthur challenged his father, the King, to a fight to the death. He was actively trying to kill his father. And that....had no effect on him? Or Uther?

Arthur doesn't always agree with Uther, and he does disobey him when he has to, but I don't think he ever would imagine himself capable of hurting his father, let alone killing him.

And Uther, being the manipulative, abusive piece of shit he is, was probably 100% certain Arthur would never turn on him, the same way any abusive parent is confident in their power over their victim.

But it happened.

And that's just........not important?

bestie.....are you sure you want the open that can of worms with me

------

NO BECAUSE LISTEN I HAVE TOO MANY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT THIS

imma holler @nextstopparis because they have bombass posts and meta about exactly this

anyway

yes bestie so true, we have seen in s1 and s2 that arthur is capable of having a little rebellious streak but not enough to truly slight his father because (despite his shitty and abusive uther is) arthur still loves him. arthur has craved uther's approval since day one. all he gets from uther is stunted shoulder pats and "you're my son" kind of affection. which, you know, explains SO MUCH about why arthur is emotionally constipated, compensates his emotions into hyper-masculinity, and a grade A jock.

we know arthur seeks uther's approval and just wants uther to be proud of him. motherfucker (uther) literally in episode 2 of s1 "stops by Arthur on his way to the stands and speaks to him in a low voice" about he "trust [Arthur] will make [him] proud" like bitch???? way to stress out your child.

tips on how to emotionally abuse/keep your child wanting you love

always makes sure you pressure them into making you proud

place conditions on your love (trust = love = pride for son = no longer disappointed = no longer sees arthur as the cause of ygraine's death oop did i type that)

move them away and speak in a low threatening voice because self image matters and your child would never risk that

undermine your child's worth to exterior factors, aka things your child never had a say in (being a captain/high ranking knight at 15, being the son of your dead wife, telling them to grow up when they literally are acting their age)

enforcing patriarcal ideals such as only encouraging stoicism for arthur because feelings are for weaklings and dismissing morgana's opinions for 'outbursts'

howdy folks! welcome to the uther sucks club and why the hell did bbc just ignore arthur's very understandable anger towards uther in s2 ep8

we will not touch arthur's self loathing blame for his mother's death because i will derail from this post

what happened in s2 ep8???? i'm so glad you asked

it is revealed that uther pendragon's reason for committing genocide for over 20 years boils down to a highly dangerous spell that he forced the high priestess nimueh to cast on his wife (who wasn't aware of the spell in the first place) so she could become pregnant and grant him an heir.

uther, the caricature of the british empire himself, caused the death of his queen then turned around and blamed a whole community of innocent people because "magic is evil and shouldn't be trusted" and "when you know one sorcerer, you know them all"

arthur, daddy issues galore, is understandably pissed and enraged. why, you ask? because for years he believed it was his birth that led to his mother's death

ARTHUR I'm so sorry. YGRAINE You have nothing to be sorry for. ARTHUR It was my birth that caused you to die.

ok so we are actually gonna discuss this

FOR 20 YEARS THIS MAN BELIEVED HIS FATHER'S GRIEF WAS HIS FAULT

AND YOU KNOW WHAT

UTHER NEVER CORRECTED HIM! UTHER NEVER SAID ANYTHING TO CONTRADICT ARTHUR'S INTERNAL STRUGGLE!

WHY YOU ASK????

BECAUSE THEN ARTHUR WOULD STAY LOYAL TO HIM, BECAUSE THEN ARTHUR WOULD DO EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO PROVE THAT HE COULD 'right this old wrong' EVEN THO IT WAS NEVER HIS FAULT!

ahem

and then arthur learns the truth. arthur learns that ygraine's death was never his fault. ygraine's death was all because uther pendragon "was so desperate for an heir". that was all uther cared about.

ARTHUR This is what fuels your hatred for those who practice magic. Rather than blame yourself for what you did, you blame them.

ARTHUR How many hundreds have you condemned to death to ease your guilt?

ARTHUR You speak of honour and nobility! You're nothing but a hypocrite and a liar!

do you think....after arthur learned the truth, he remembered all of morgana's old arguments that went ignored by uther? he could hear her voice, filled with self-righteousness and selfless anger about how uther always placed the blame on others, projected fear and hatred to those who were innocent. do you wonder if arthur thought of morgana as he spewed those words to uther?

and then he is told that morgause lied to him. that the ygraine he saw was actually an illusion meant to divide camelot. arthur is told that the ygraine he saw who told him that holding him was "the most precious" moments of her life was nothing more than a lie.

so, what does mean for arthur? does that mean that it truly was his fault that ygraine died? does he go back to blaming himself?

or

is there still that doubt of his father's ruling that lays restless inside of him? does he watch his father more closely and how he reacts to magic crimes compared to non-magical? does he begin to confide in morgana more because she, too, understand this kind of anger he feels nestled inside of him?

but we don't get that

what we get after this is a week or maybe more of a time skip where gwen is kidnapped and the show tries to further the arwencelot love triangle (and i mean, i'm not against the love triangle, it's just...timing my dude)

it just goes ignored by the show like it wasn't a big deal that arthur was ready to commit regicide (unlike morgana), like it wasn't a big deal that merlin lied to arthur like that and didn't feel conflicted, like it wasn't a big deal that uther's Purge began because of misplaced anger.

no, instead, arthur is back as his snarky and uptight self who never again thinks back to what happened when some big plot is heading his way. and so the show never dives back into that. mentions of arthur's mother don't come back until s4 but that's with agravaine and i do not have the time for that man.

this episode really seemed like it was supposed to lead to a shift in arthur's character, and yet it didn't. it was just...never touched on again and i will never forgive them for that

#long post #excuse me while i go off #i brought receipts (transcipts) #bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #uther pendragon #anti uther #we do not stan that man in this household #not to mention that this is the ep where arthur doubts his father's views on magic bc morgause is granting him this chance to see his mom #he has already doubted his father's views on class (lancelot) & duty (going to help merlin even if his presence could cause war w/ Essetir) #and then he learns that his father LIED #uther lied about magic users for 20 fucking years and didn't care #all he cared about was that the spell didn't work the way he wanted and decided that a whole community of ppl deserved to be wiped out #arthur is devasted bc you know what that means?????? #that means that when arthur raided that druid camp all those years ago as a young captain of the knights its purpose was never moral #arthur aided his father and his father LIED ABOUT IT #the sins of the father #s2 ep8 #2.08 #i'm not sorry but also i am sorry that the post is a little long #merlin meta

[zilabee]

Paul was great. He was full of fun and desperate to be Elvis. He did all the hair and everything, and he had a similar facial look, only he was prettier than Elvis. He didn't sag off like George and I did but we'd always see him in smokers' corner, and he drew great cartoons of members of staff - as soon as you looked at them you knew who they were. I stood next to Paul in assembly. (George didn't come in - he was still going down to the canteen with the other Catholics and Jews.) There'd be the lesson for the day and the headmaster's speech, when he named whoever he wanted to thrash with his cane, and in every hymn we sang I never heard Paul sing the melody - he always did the harmony line. I used to stand there and think, 'How the fuck does he do that?'

-Arthur Kelly, quoted in Tune In by Mark Lewisohn

#arthur kelly #the beatles #paul mccartney #I went looking for context for the 'prettier than elvis' quote #that has shown up on my dash a bit #I still can't work out his tone of voice #I suspect it's 'couldn't be as handsome as Elvis because he was too pretty' #rather than 'like Elvis but SO MUCH BETTER AND MORE LOVELY' #which is how it naturally reads to me I can't help it #I love the idea of them all thinking it #and all not saying it to each other because they don't want anyone to think they're queer #just because they noticed how beautiful paul mccartney is

[origamihoshi]

Help I played @oneknightstand-if's demo for their game and I can't stop thinking about the MC and how much I love them, so I drew my version of them.

Her name is Maika (but she's now going by Meika because names have power and there's noway she's going to tell an incubus her real name so why not just change one letter). She doesn't trust any of her allies, but to be fair one is a incubus and the other is a guy from her polo club she think is stalking her so she thinks she has some good reasons not to trust them, but it's okay because she has her beloved plant Audrey III and her magic 8 ball and surely they will never betray her.

I also didn't realize you can avoid getting possessed but when I think about it, it fits her very well that not be able to keep demons out of her head.

I love my weirdo amnesiac changeling who needs to stand out and make sure all eyes are on her, and wishes she could be a fairy princess instead of working in fast food.

#My Drawings #oneknightstand #one knight stand #oks-MC #oks MC #everyone keeps talking about King Arthur and Camelot and she has no idea what any of that is #and blames werewolves for everything #she wants to use magic so badly #but the only magic person she knows is Merlin and she doesn't trust them even if they healed her #and maybe helped push the demons out of her head? #I feel kind of bad for Adrian because he seems like a nice person but Maika keeps running into him and so she thinks he's stalking her #and I don't know if anything will ever change that #once she believes something it's hard to change her mind #she woke up in a desert with no memories and has no idea what her childhood was like #all she knows is that she's a changeling and it sucks that she can't use any cool powers because of that #what's the point of being nonhuman if you can't do anything cool? #her greatest power is lucid dreaming but I don't know how useful that's going to be for her #if dreaming means talking with Arthur and maybe the lady of the lake that probably won't go anywhere #because she most likely won't trust them #I love the fact you can make MC fucking weird as fuck and have nothing normal about them #I don't know if she's going to romance anyone when she can't seem to trust anyone #maybe sleep with people #her vice is lust after all #but fall in love? #I don't know

[arthursfuckinghat]

The worst part about playing rdr2 again is knowing who's going to die, how they're going to die, when they're going to die, and not be able to do a single thing about it

#sorry I'm just thinking about lenny and sean a lot #they're so full of life #sean is always cheering people up and talking about whatever nonsense he talks about #he fills the silence #lenny is always chirpy and keeping himself busy with reading but is always happy to talk #kieran too #he was always nice even when everyone was cruel to him or picking on him #he did chores and helped with the horses and did whatever he was told #and was grateful for it #nobody fucking noticed when he disappeared apart from mary beth #nobody got to mourn sean #but lenny and hosea both got what they wanted #they were buried with friends #I miss them so much its why I'm still on chapter two because everything's okay for now #micah is still in jail everyone's happy #its hard #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #mick squeaks #arthur morgan #lenny summers #sean macguire #kieran duffy #molly saying “I love you dutch” and getting a “thank you dear” in return makes my blood boil #oh molly

[rapha-reads]

Gods, I only have 5 days before my thesis is due and I still need to entirely write the last chapter and the conclusion and proofread the second half of chapter 2, I have so little time, but I'm here re-reading RWRB already and saving all the quotes that tear my heart open and split wide up the atoms of my souls, and trying not to drown in my emotions.

Like this:

But he thinks about Henry, and, oh. He thinks about Henry, and something twists in his chest, like a stretch he’s been avoiding for too long. He thinks about Henry’s voice low in his ear over the phone at three in the morning, and suddenly he has a name for what ignites in the pit of his stomach. Henry’s hands on him, his thumbs braced against his temples back in the garden, Henry’s hands other places, Henry’s mouth, what he might do with it if Alex let him. Henry’s broad shoulders and long legs and narrow waist, the place his jaw meets his neck and the place his neck meets his shoulder and the tendon that stretches the length between them, and the way it looks when Henry turns his head to shoot him a challenging glare, and his impossibly blue eyes—

Or this:

He watches Henry lather up and shave, put pomade in his hair, put on his Burberry for the day, and he catches himself wishing he could watch it every day. He likes taking Henry apart, but there’s something incredibly intimate about sitting on the bed they wrecked the night before, the only one who watches him create Prince Henry of Wales for the day. Through his throbbing hangover, he’s got a suspicion all these feelings are why he held off on fucking Henry for so long.

This, and the entire chapter at the lake house, that makes me want to cry so much:

They chase each other around the pier, race down to the lake’s shallow bottom and shoot back up in the moonlight, all elbows and knees. Alex finally manages to catch Henry around the waist, and he pins him, slides his wet mouth over the thudding pulse of Henry’s throat. He wants to stay tangled up in Henry’s legs forever. He wants to match the new freckles across Henry’s nose to the stars above them and make him name the constellations.

This, and why does my heart hurt so much:

He thought he was reckless before, but he understands now—holding love off was the only thing keeping him from losing himself in this completely, and he’s gone, stupid, lovesick, a fucking disaster. No work to distract him. The tripwire of “Things Only People in Love Say and Do” set off.

And fucking this, and it kills me that when it boils down to the heart of it, what they both want more than anything is just fluffy, simple, ordinary domesticity and intimacy:

It drives me nuts sometimes that you don’t get to have more say in your life. When I picture you happy, I see with your own apartment somewhere outside of the palace and a desk where you can write anthologies of queer history. And I’m there, using up your shampoo and making you come to the grocery store with me and waking up in the same damn time zone with you every morning.

... Huh. Wait. Hold that thought. I'm having ideas for my thesis.

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #rwrb book #rwrb quotes #firstprince #firstprince quotes #ALSO THESE ASSHOLES FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL SCHEMA OF BLOND GUY STUCK IN A ROLE HE DOESN'T WANT / BLACK HAIR GUY BEING AN ICON #you know the model arthur and merlin style you know #oh holy fuck how did it take me AN ENTIRE WEEK to make the connection merthur/firstprince and why did not one of you told me #i'm going to have merthur/firstprince thoughts and breakdowns now cheers great #I'M SORRY BUT THE PARRALELS ARTHUR/HENRY? i am dyiiiiing send help i am never fucking recovering #rapha rambles #rapha reads

[skramzposting]

GOD HES SO FINE

OH MY GODDDDDD AUGHHH PLEASEEEEEE

#arthur morgan #fine as fuck #PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE #I WANT HIM #i want him so bad #GOD OH MY GODDDDDDDDD #red dead redemption 2 #cute boys #PLEASE HES SO FINE HELP MEEEE

[shinobufied]

i saw this tiktok (yeah, i know) the other day where this person talked about all their "least favourite" things in rdr2 and for their least favourite character (everyone act surprised) they picked Abigail. And I mean like, yeah sure, you can dislike her, nothing wrong with that.

But out of all the characters? Amongst the rapists, racists and misogynists and she's the worst?

Like, it can't even be about the writing because she, objectively, is a really well written character.

It's just so ridiculous to me because I know damn well it's just because she "nags" John all the time and its so upsetting bc in one hand you have all this disproportional hate towards her and in the other hand you get camp interactions where she asks Arthur for 5$ so she can at least buy her son some clothes because she has nothing and the father of the child runs around robbing shit and not finding it in himself to at least provide financial support.

#yes ill cut john some slack he comes around and takes proper care of them everyone cheered #but like especially in the beginning #where she nags and argues with him the most is just bc she wants him to help take care of their child #bc she has NO stability and cant even go make money herself #that mustve been so scary for that poor woman #and these people look at it and go HELLO?? #how much common sense do you have to lack to watch a struggling mother with her child trying to get the father to help #while MICAH is strolling around annoying and insulting everyone in a 50 mile radius #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #arthur morgan #john marston #abigail roberts #abigail marston #rant post

[lovebotomy]

underrated merthur dynamic I need more of is arthur being smart and court savvy like the prince he was taught to be and merlin smart when it comes to magic only and off the rocks insane horrible at making any sort of decision otherwise the only reason his stuff works due to his inhumane power and abilities

#s1 merthur was literally the best dynamic I need more of it #hate himbo arthur actually that man has been taught to kill since birth whatever stop making him useless #and merlin literally just wants to do smoke horses and fire dragons stop making him some sort of strategist #merlin isn't dumb in the way he pretends but he's still horrible when put in charge which is most of the time since he never asks for help #merlin doesn't run camelot!! he writes speeches for guilds of polishers and kills occasionally #later season arthur is my main enemy #non incestuous heterosexuality ruined my boy I'm sorry

[verityblack]

Seeking Merlin fic recs of cannon divergence after s2 ep8 Sins of the Father, with Arthur not going back to hating magic again after learning the circumstances behind his birth and then he and merlin team up.

#i stumbled across this episode playing on the tv #and i now crave a better solution cuz Arthur was so so close to accepting magic #uther can die #i'll also accept fics where he doesn't but i just really want a non magic hating arthur from that episode pls #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin bbc #fic recs #fic rec request #seeking fic recs #me #arthur pendragon #s2 ep8 sins of the father #help me find this fic #please #i will also post any i find in the comments #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #ffnet #fanfiction #fanfic #ff.net #season 2 episode 8 sins of the father #merlin season 2