#so whenever she finds merlin his signature/aura/whatever sixth sense thing she has would only recognize it as merlin and not emrys

[fluffypotatey]

Someone PLEASE explain how every freaking Druid and their familiar can recognise Merlin as Emrys, but not one, not two, but T H R E E High Priestesses of the Old Religion are like, "and who's this chucklefuck?"

short answer: hubris

long answer:

okay, imagine you're this badass powerful mage who's been given the title of Priestess of Avalon. you're hot shit and you know you're hot shit. you're the equivalent of magic royalty, so for the concept of Emrys (big, powerful, wizard said to hold ancient magic or is magic itself) to be this scrawny, lowly servant of Camelot would not cross their minds.

how come they never sense his magic???? idk anon that part escapes me

maybe they just went "oh what great power! can't be coming from this guy"

#'who's this chucklefuck' I'M SCREAMING #tbh morgana not recognizing merlin as emrys makes more sense than nimueh and morgause #she's lived with merlin in the castle for a couple years before 'falling to evil' and declaring camelot as her enemy #so whenever she finds merlin his signature/aura/whatever sixth sense thing she has would only recognize it as merlin and not emrys #i feel like nimueh realized too late (as in when he confronted her in the questing beast episode and she got hit w/ a blast of lightning) #morgause....idk if she ever did know #although one could argue she almost did but idk #one easy way to chalk up why none of the priestesses knew was would be merlin using a glamor or something to hide his magic signature #but then...how come other druids could still detect it??? #is there some emrys magic learning class the druids had???? #such a simple question but it brings an answer filled with holes :( #bbc merlin #merlin emrys #in conclusion: i'm sorry anon i am unable to provide a precise answer to your question but i hope it helped #i enjoyed trying to figure it out tho #asks #Anonymous