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inamagicalhallucination · 2 years

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merlin au where merlin makes friendship bracelets for everyone he likes but plot twist he’s merlin and he likes everyone like come on he adopts ppl like 2 minutes into meeting them

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obviously gwen has one - one of the first if not the first he made in camelot - yellow and purple

and gaius too but his is one merlin made when he was a kid - its really old so the colors are faded but its made of all the thread merlin could find and its kinda ugly but he loves it anyway cuz he’s a fucking sap

and then during some attack on camelot sir leon pulled him back because its his fucking job but merlins like <3 omg a new friend and leons like uhhhh but he never takes it off

lancelot leaves camelot with honor and a yellow bracelet and a new best friend <3

even the great dragon has one but its less of a bracelet and more of a ring

a bunch of the servants have one - almost everyone in the kitchen (they give merlin extra food so he’ll make one) the guards outside gaius's door (which is lowkey why they never report the magic because they and merlin are besties)

morgana wears it with her ridiculously fine and expensive jewelry

sometimes visiting nobles leave with one

a bunch of shop owners have one

because merlin’s literally besties with everyone

but who doesn’t have one?

arthur

not because merlin doesn’t like him (though he’ll admit (only to himself) that perhaps he doesn’t want to be just friends with arthur) but because merlin simply doesn’t think he’d like one

on the other hand arthur’s seething with rage and jealously and when leon showed up with one arthur may have been a little more vicious in training

when one of the other knights gets one he gets vicious in training every training session since then

morgana knows and makes sure to flash her bracelet in front of his face

on the other hand merlin knows that arthur wouldnt like one but merlin still adores him so mayhaps he sews in a little pattern on the inside of arthur’s shirts that he’s mending where no one will notice but merlin will see him wear the shirt and think he’s wearing merlin’s friendship :)

yeah

#merlin #merlin bbc #i am back on my bullshit #bbc merlin #merlin headcanons #arthur pendragon #bbc arthur #prince arthur #gwen #gaius merlin #lancelot #morgana bbc #leon #sir leon #merthur #merthur headcanon #merthur au #merlin au

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ambriel-angstwitch · 9 months

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Merlin: That's ridiculous. Arthur doesn't have a crush on me!

Gwen: Yes he does.

Morgana: Yes he does.

Arthur: Yes I do.

#bbc merlin #merthur #king arthur #merlin x arthur #arthur pendragon #bbc merthur #merlin emrys #merlin bbc #bbc guinevere #guinevere pendragon #morgana bbc #bbc morgana #morgana pendragon #good morgana #merlin incorrect quotes #incorrect merlin quotes

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star-rie · 1 month

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okay merlin fic idea hear me out, what if the side characters (including antagonists) are so frustrated over merthur pining that they singlehandedly stop fighting just to pair merthur together

(in a very serious battle scene)

merthur: *being gay

morgana: could they be more obvious?

gwen: i know right, they’re like that for years

…

gwen: do you want to pair them up?

morgana: absolutely (calls a temporary truce)

*later that night they held the ‘people who are fed up with merthur gay pining’ conference to discuss a very convoluted on how to matchmake merthur (characters who appears include: the knights, mithian, elena, aggravaine, morgouse, cendred, the sidhe, freya, everyone really the list stretches to everyone, even uther, gwen and morgana are leading thoe)

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merlinspussy · 6 months

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Katie McGrath as Morgana Pendragon in Merlin (2008)

#another draft #Merlinspussy posting about Merlin in 2023???#crazy maybe even a bit bonkers #katie mcgrath #morgana pendragon #bbc morgana #morgana #morgana bbc #lady morgana #bbc merlin #merlin #merlin bbc

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specialinterestsgalore · 2 months

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Magic and Homosexuality in Merlin

As with pretty much any essay I post on here, this was mostly a minimally edited stream of consciousness. Because the show title is the same name as the main character, I tried to italicize when referring to the show and leave the text normal when referring to Merlin the character.

Merlin aired on the BBC from September 2008 through December 2012. Merlin is a retelling of the story of King Arthur, naturally focusing on Merlin, though it is certainly not in line with the typical legends of King Arthur and Merlin. In the traditional tellings, Merlin is a powerful sorcerer with almost complete knowledge of the past, present, and future (sometimes said to experience time backward), he is often the son of a demon or the devil himself, and is an ally or even court magician during the reign of Uther, Arthur’s father. In this depiction, Merlin is a young man, the same age as Arthur, born with a natural affinity for magic in a kingdom that has outlawed its use. He is sent to live with his uncle, the court physician, and becomes Prince Arthur’s servant. The concept of being forced to live with those who believe that a natural and unchangeable aspect of oneself is reprehensible or in a community that has effectively or literally outlawed this aspect is likely familiar to many members of the LGBT community. Both of the main magical characters, Merlin and Morgana, are forced to live among those who hate them for a fundamental aspect of themselves and often watch those they love insult, abuse, and even kill others like them. For LGBT people in our world and those with magic in Merlin the negative consequences of ‘coming out’ can range from social exclusion, loss of support from friends and family, homelessness, arrest, and even death.

Merlin is thrilled to meet his uncle Gaius and learn that while he chose to stop practicing magic to remain working in the palace, Gaius had much magical experience and knowledge. Merlin is lucky enough to find his own small community in Gaius and Kilgharrah, the Great Dragon, who help guide him. His mother, Hunith, is rarely seen but she has known about Merlin’s magic for his entire life and has always supported him. Though he has chances to leave the palace and live amongst other magic users, Merlin chooses to stay due to the relationships he forged. His experiences are very reminiscent of my own growing up. I often compartmentalized my relationships with friends and family from what I knew their opinions on same-sex attraction were. One of my closest friends in high school had a ‘Take Back the Rainbow’ keychain, a movement for removing the rainbow’s association with the LGBT community, and although seeing it was an upsetting reminder that no matter how close we were I would never be able to share moments like my wedding with him we remained friends until we moved for university. Similarly, it is impossible for Merlin to share a key part of himself with any of his friends and family but he chooses to stay and deepen these relationships.

The other main magical character in Merlin is Morgana. In this depiction, Morgana is the orphaned child of one of King Uther’s friends and allies and has been raised as Uther’s ward for most of her life. We later learn that Morgana is Uther’s biological child from an affair with her mother. Morgana was also born with magic but it presented itself much later than Merlin’s and initially, it is extremely distressing and confusing to her. If Merlin represents those who realize they are same-sex attracted at an early age and are given the support needed to become comfortable with themselves, Morgana represents those who only begin to realize their attraction in adolescence and have no support or resources to help them fully understand what is happening within them. Morgana begins to have prophetic dreams and nightmares and Gaius, being the court physician and having extensive magical knowledge, is aware that she is displaying magical abilities but neglects to use this knowledge to comfort or guide her. Though he has good intentions, Uther executes any magic users found in Camelot and would likely have little sympathy for his daughter. Gaius believes that ensuring that even Morgana does not understand her abilities will protect her from his wrath. While it likely does protect Morgana for a time, it also leads to her feeling that she has no support within the palace and feeling intense anger at those she used to consider family. An African proverb says “The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth” and Morgana is a textbook example of this. Though Gaius and Merlin attempt to support Morgana, they do so without directly letting her know how much they understand about what she is going through; Morgana can not feel their support and instead seeks out warmth from Camelot’s enemies. Her closest ally is her half-sister Morgose, a high priestess of the Old Religion, who has a (understandably) strong vendetta against Camelot and King Uther. This leads to Morgana being manipulated in some ways, though the love between the sisters is still obvious. In my opinion, this echoes how LGBT children who are not accepted by their communities are often led toward unhealthy and self-destructive coping mechanisms. LGBT youth, particularly those who are homeless or in foster care, have high rates of substance abuse and are more likely to engage in sex work or prostitution. They, like Morgana, are not given resources to help them cope with the lack of support they received in their childhood and the resulting trauma in healthy ways. This leads Morgana on a quest to destroy Camelot and those she feels have wronged her, destroying herself in the process.

While Merlin never acknowledges the similarities between the plight of magic users and those in the LGBT community or the homoerotic tension built up between Merlin and Arthur and Morgana and Guinevere, among other characters, for many fans it is a powerful allegory.

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targarrus · 1 year

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i support women’s wrongs <3

#merlin bbc #bbc merlin #morgana #morgana pendragon #morgana bbc #2023 #tw blood #i love her so much she deserves to do bad things

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quotidian-oblivion · 5 days

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for the Melrin ask - Worst thing you think Merlin ever did. im so curious about this one

I had to think so much about this one too.

I don't know. I love Merlin, he's my favorite character. I justify everything he does, even if it's bad. That's what happens with any favorite fictional characters.

I don't want to say "Not telling Arthur sooner" or "Mistrusting Mordred" or "Poisoning Morgana" or anything of the like because, to be fair, that's a given. It's something a lot of us will lament about. Mainly because the writers did not do their job properly (imo).

I'd say, the worst thing he did, to me, is be passive.

I'm bringing up my own values and morals here because I believe that Merlin ruined himself and all of Albion by being passive. By listening to the dragon and not doing his own research. By being whatever Arthur needed him to be. By taking things upon himself. By not trusting others because that's what he was told.

If Merlin had been a little more assertive and a little more sure of himself and what he wanted, then the show would have gone on in an entirely different direction. But he's passive. For the majority of the show. The biggest time where he's not is in the first scene where he challenges Arthur because he wanted to stay true to his ideals and values which was to stand up against bullies who prey on the ones who can't defend themselves against them.

If he had been more assertive, he would have told Arthur earlier, he wouldn't have poisoned Morgana, he would have trusted Mordred or even Gwaine and the others more.

But he let himself be led by Destiny and Kilgharrah and Gaius and whoever else advised him rather than take some time to think things through first. Like Arthur does.

The thing about Merlin and Arthur here is that Arthur really is bolder than Merlin, but in a different way. He is bold in a way Merlin lacks, which is with practical and tactical matters. He questions Merlin's judgement, questions his father's judgement, Gaius's judgement. Agravaine was a main villain for season 4 because of his perfect ways of manipulation and deceit in a way that it got past Arthur's critical thinking and assertiveness. Arthur doesn't take things at face value and is willing to consider different ways things can go and the show mostly shows that when it comes to questioning Merlin's judgement (like about Agravaine and the siege tunnels and about Gwen at first etc). But in the first few seasons, he questioned his father's judgement a lot too but the fandom mainly focuses on Merlin's opinions vs Arthur's even though he and Uther had met head-on-head multiple times.

Arthur doesn't take things at face value which is why it's possible for so many magic reveal fics to look and be accurate.

But Merlin does. Merlin takes a lot of things at face value. He took Kilgharrah's sayings at face value, he took Gaius's (good-hearted but misguided) warnings at face value. He took what the druids said, what Edwin Muirden said, what Julius Borden said, what that druid seer in the Diamere episode said, and so many others at face value. Just accepted it without thinking much about it and went forward.

Don't get me wrong, Merlin has a very strong moral compass and moral thinking. But he lacks critical thinking. Something which Arthur doesn't lack. They complete each other in this way.

But if we're not looking at all that then I'd say the worst thing I believe Merlin ever did was poison Morgana because- WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK MERLIN, DID YOU NOT THINK OF ANY OTHER FUCKING SOLUTION???? HOW ABOUT GETTING MORGANA OUT OF THE CASTLE? HUH? WHAT THEN? WHAT ABOUT TELLING HER THAT HEY, I'M GONNA POISON YOU BUT DW I HAVE THE ANTIDOTE SO THAT I CAN REVIVE YOU AGAIN WHEN MORGAUSE COMES AND LIFTS THE SPELL BC I KNOW THAT YOU DONT WANT THIS EVEN THOUGH YOU THINK UTHER SUCKS. I MEAN, THE USED THAT PLAN SEVERAL HUNDRED TIMES ALREADY, WHY COULDN'T THEY USE IT THIS ONCE???????

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look-how-they-massacred-them · 6 months

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Peggy Carter submission

Morgana Pendragon submission

General James Ironwood submission

#look how they massacred them poll #look how they massacred my girl #look how they massacred my boy #peggy carter #marvel comics #marvel peggy #morgana pendragon #morgana bbc #bbc merlin #bbc merlin morgana #general james ironwood #james ironwood #rwde #rwby #rwby ironwood

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witchthewriter · 2 years

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𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞

⤷ female, ambiguous race, and any size reader. Requests are open, thank you for reading!

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SFW🌿

⭑ Being taken by her charm and mystery

⭑ You met when she was still at Camelot, but she was still planning to kill Uther

⭑ You were sent to court Arthur, but were too enamored by Morgana to even think of marriage.

⭑ You liked Merlin and Arthur - they welcomed you to Camelot with open arms. And you felt like you could stay there forever

⭑ But there was something about the cousin of the would-be King

⭑ You bring such light to Morgana - you always look on the brighter side of life. You’re hopeful and tentative

⭑ Merlin tries to keep you from Morgana. “She isn’t ... you shouldn’t be around her.”

⭑ Which doesn’t help

⭑ Because absence makes the heart grow stronger

⭑ Eventually you tell Morgana how you feel, even though you have no clue what she’s planning. And she’s stunned. Utterly and completely. Surely this is a trick? Who put you up to this?

⭑ You leave with Morgana and don’t care that she’s ‘evil.’

⭑ What makes a person ‘bad’, ‘evil’?

⭑ And why isn’t Uther seen that way?

⭑ You completely understand Morgana’s point of view, and definitely agree with her. (I mean, she has a point?)

⭑ And who is Arthur? One man? What makes Merlin so important?

⭑ You want Morgana to teach you magic, and she does. She shows you everything she knows.

⭑ Being so in love that you would sacrifice yourself for the other

⭑ Merlin tries to stop Morgana by turning his attention to you. And at first he thinks you might be under a spell, but to his horror, he realises that you’re not.

⭑ Arthur always lets you go free if he has you trapped, he doesn’t have the heart to kill you

⭑ You use this to your advantage

⭑ Her pet names for you are: ‘my love,’ ‘my heart,’ ‘my life’

⭑ No one dares talk back or down to you. You are Morgana’s partner, her other part, her betrothed.

⭑ Will never put you in the line of danger, and if someone hurts you, she will obliterate them

⭑ She loves doting on you, and will get her people to find you the most elegant dresses and jewelry

⭑ Likes brushing your hair and braiding it

⭑ Washes you in the evening, after a long day, while the two of you converse about the day, what you’ve found out and what to do next

⭑ You’re the only one who knows her plans

⭑ And she NEVER makes you involved (if you don’t want to be)

⭑ Morgana feels like she doesn’t deserve you, and tells you that you can go back to your family, or to Camelot. That she would never hurt you and you can be free.

⭑ But you’re always stunned by this -

⭑ You would rather die

⭑ She loves when you play with her hands, fingers, and palms. A shiver always goes down her spine when you do it.

⭑ You’re the only person who can truly make her laugh

⭑ Relationship Tropes:

✧ Pure and Confused (You) x In Denial (Morgana)

✧ “I care about you!” x “You shouldn’t!”

✧ Cheerful Optimist x Grumpy Asshole

NSFW🔞minors dni!

⭑ She likes being dominated

⭑ And you’re usually the top

⭑ Which surprised Morgana incredibly, because you seemed to pure, so innocent?

⭑ “I know a lot of things my love, I’ve read about them!”

⭑ You love smutty books and read them out loud while Morgana is getting changed

⭑ She focuses a lot on your breasts; squeezing, massaging, and playing with them.

⭑ And she loves blood play - whether it’s from a bite, or period blood. It makes her feral.

⭑ Definitely into sex magic, and spells are extra strong while you’re having sex (if you’re curious it’s an actual real thing)

⭑ Morgana is quite loud, especially when she cums. She’ll moan your name, whining and panting as she reaches the height of her orgasm.

⭑ Likes to push you up against a wall and place her hands on the wall, either side of your head.

⭑ She feigns being the dominate one and everyone thinks you’re the sub but she will do whateVER YOU SAY

“On your knees, Morgana.”

“Yes, my love.”

⭑ Very good at aftercare - Morgana likes to keep you comfortable, safe and warm. She will set herself on fire if that meant you would be warm.

#morgana #morgana x reader #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #bbc merlin headcanons #merlin headcanons #merlin bbc headcanons #merlin #king arthur bbc #morgana bbc #bbc morgana x reader #morgana headcanons #headcanons #evil morgana x reader

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all-i-do-is-live-in-daydreams · 5 months

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still in my loki era but I'm having morgana thoughts. I would like you all to know that I fully believe morgause turned morgana into the end product we get of her. we never see what happens to morgana after morgause takes her. we have pretty much no idea what happened the year or so that she was gone.

I know morgana has been through a lot and that she's even right in some of her thoughts (uther 😒 hope he burns in hell) but the morgana in the last few seasons is a complete 180 from the morgana from season one. even with all the terrible shit she went through at the hands of uther and the neglect and fear she suffers from, I don't think she would've ever naturally turned into the dark sorceress she later becomes.

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that-one-chaotic-npc · 1 year

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Head cannon: Arthur dosent know what periods are, so Merlin, Gwen and Morgana take it upon them selves to inform him.

#merthur headcanon #bbc arthur #prince arthur #arthur pendragon #merlin emrys #bbc merlin #merlin the series #morgana #morgana bbc #Gwen #merlin #head cannon #merlin headcanons #bbc #arthur cant look at any girls for a week #he thinks its fake at forst #at luke 26 yewr odl this man learnt

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inamagicalhallucination · 2 years

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arthur, tipsy: merlin’s the most useless servant ever, he’s super clumsy and he’s stupid and he cant do anything right >:(

morgana: then get off his lap ig

merlin: wait don’t say that

arthur: no

#tipsy arthur is clingy and wont let merlin move even if that means sitting on top of him #still sober enough to insult him tho #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #merlin #merlin headcanons #merthur #merthur headcanon #morgana bbc #arthur pendragon #incorrect merlin quotes #merlin incorrect quotes #bbc merlin incorrect quotes

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ambriel-angstwitch · 8 months

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Guinevere: So you know about your crush on Arthur?

Merlin: I don't have a "crush on Arthur"

Morgana: Oh right, you just want to date him and marry him and live with him forever

Merlin: It’s called admiration and respect

#I honestly couldn’t decide whether I wanted it to be Arthur or Merlin talking in this incorrect qoute #I ultimately went with Merlin but idk if I should have done Arthur #bbc merlin #merlin emrys #merlin bbc #merthur #merlin x arthur #bbc merthur #good morgana #morgana bbc #bbc guinevere #merlin incorrect quotes #incorrect merthur quotes #incorrect merlin quotes #guinevere #morgan le fay #bbc morgana #morgana pendragon #bbc gwen

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star-rie · 18 days

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a long rant/idea/rambling of how i want bbc merlin plot to go

Season 1

General: stays the same (light-hearted season) but merlin starts to question gaius and kilgharrah, empathizes with morgana. Elyan is introduced somewhere between episodes. Gwen father didn’t die. Mordred ISN’T introduced yet. Morgana is gaslighted by merlin + gaius (not forever i swear guys)

Finale: merlin vs nimueh (epic battle this time), merlin is almost close to loosing but gaius helps him, however nimueh survives

Season 2

General: introduction of mordred on the second ep (merlin hates him), ep 1 is abt balinor (mentor figure for merlin + should meet with hunnith), arthur finds out abt ygraine (and yes merlin lied abt it) + starts questioning uther, we got more arthur’s pov when merlin is at the ‘tavern’ (episodes where merlin is not there and focuses on arthur instead), morgana finds out abt her magic. Freya + gwen romance plotline happened. Percival + Gwaine introduction, merthur kiss but they never acknowledge it (yep they’re in denial)

Finale: kilgharrah lost hope of merlin so he turns to nimueh (in a hidden scene nimueh told arthur the truth abt his birth), nimueh + uther battle (but nimueh lost NOO), balinor DIES, merlin stops kilgharrah, glimpse of morgause (at the ep end). Morgana made a decision to kill uther

Season 3

General: aithusa is born (morgana + kilgharrah + merlin really likes her), morgana villain arc (she finds out that merlin is gatekeeping magic from her + merlin trying to kill mordred lmao), either morgwen romance or gwencelot (i can’t choose), gwen’s father died, this season = gwen’s arc

Finale: magic reveal, uther’s death, morgouse + morgana attacked the castle, morgana and morgouse fighting + breaking of to their own path (morgana realizes morgause is kind of twisted evil)

Season 4

General: arthur banning merlin from camelot (merlin runaway arc), arthur + gwen + the knights running the kingdom, morgana redemption arc, morgouse + aggravaine becomes main villain, political shit in camelot (like other kingdom who also despises sorcery/power manipulation, an in-depth look of other kingdoms), GAIUS DIES, hunnith + aithusa + kilgharrah scenes, mordred + merlin + morgana bonding, ygraine scenes, arthur trying to forget merlin but CANT, oh and aggravaine is also a villain here but he actually has personality and pure evil, arthur getting excalibur, arthur is really struggling to find himself here (to be like his father or follows his heart). Btw merlin is there and it shows every time magic related enemies attacks camelot/everytime arthur is about to die really but he’s literally in the shadows now and arthur pretends not to notice

Finale: morgause + aggravaine attacking the kingdom, arthur accepts + forgiving merlin + morgana back and assign them as court sorceress + court physician, hunnith scenes, arthur tolerating magic, adopting mordred (apology for killing his father lol), probably adopting aithusa

Season 5

General: arthur lifts the ban against magic, marrying merlin, cendred is a villain here (however he is introduced in s4), merlin GETTING A STAFF (also introduced in previous seasons but he’s worthy of it here, arthur made it btw and it’s a power up for melrin)

Finale: morgause + cendred finale attack, a few deaths (they won thoe cuz this is the good ending)

End:

Camelot brings a new era (symbolizing change)

Arthur: King

Merlin: Queen

Gwen: Court Advisor

Morgana: Court Sorceress

Aithusa: Court Dragon

Why i think merthur should be canon:

1) they’re gay

2) real reason: so i think its good for the plot too since magic is a euphemism for gay, relates to the theme of arthur bringing change to camelot but other than marrying a servant, he marries a MALE servant who has magic ☺️🫶😘🙏

Series ends with everyone at the roundtable, gathering for a meeting

Okay that’s it let me know what you want to change 🥰

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reidanart · 11 months

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obligatory morgana redraw one year later since I started being comfortable enough to post art in 2021. Again, I can't believe how much my style has changed without me noticing and somehow the lineart is more similar to my 1st?

#morgana le fey #morgana bbc #my art #merlin fanart #also super glad I posted the original #since I lost everything off my other laptop :)#invest in a usb drive kids

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moltenzephyr · 7 months

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I was wondering why Ainsley looked familiar. Turns out it's from all the Katie McGrath my friends fill my dash with!

#Ainsley Slater #Rainbow High #Katie McGrath #Lena Luthor #Morgana BBC #I haven't watch Supergirl or Merlin but when I saw the Ainsley doll me brain just immediately went #''I know you...''

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