#its kind of like the irony between gwen and morgana 'some people are just born to be queen'

[camelotsheart]

Anyway Merlin is the Once and Future King pass it on

#literally no one calls arthur the once and future king except kilgharrah #actually is there even anyone who says 'once and future king' except kilgharrah and merlin and the fisher king? #and like the whole theme of the fisher king episode is 'this is not arthur's quest. it is yours' #so there are in fact 2 prophecies #one regarding emrys as the one who will bring the golden age of albion (and merlin fulfils that by killing morgana) #and the second about 'arthurs bane' and him dying in camlann #nowhere does it say anything about merlin and arthur together as a unit - except from the mouth of kilgharrah #who 200% had his own agenda. First his freedom. and the second to bring about the golden age of albion #i feel like kilgharrah knew that there was a once and future king but didnt know who. and he assumed it was arthur #thus he manipulated merlin using that frame of mind #its kind of like the irony between gwen and morgana 'some people are just born to be queen' #the once and future king title fits merlin more anyway as someone who has always been and always will be #this is 60% forever-rewatching-merlin's idea btw i'm crying too #so yeah.....'arthur will rise again' is just....merlin taking on the role of the once and future king and protecting #'the future of camelot. the future of albion. the future of the united kingdoms' just as arthur had said before camlann 🙂💔 #bbc merlin #merlin meta