#why cant we watch bbc merlin

[literatureandshit]

my roommates don’t let me choose what to watch when we hang out because they know all i’m gonna do is watch a show i’ve already seen 15 times in a row

#i’ll make the dinner but i can’t watch the show #i get bored ok #bc what do u mean we can’t watch nbc hannibal #or ted lasso #why cant we watch bbc merlin #guys cmon just let me stream one episode of letterkenny cmoooooon

[a-small-batch-of-dragons]

Crack Shot

Prompt: hey! i'm a MASSIVE fan of your work, literally my favourite ao3 author ever!! i had this idea that i thought was cute, been watching bbc merlin for the first time and thought 'hey, au idea, merlin and arthur as police officers/detectives?' very b99 right? now i cant get it out of my head ! im a bit of a stan for romantic arthur/merlin, just cause their banter is UNREAL. so yeah, love to see that! (could be situations where they are undercover??)... love your work, no pressure obv! :) - idealisticallyhopeful

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Warnings: gunshot wound

Pairings: merthur

Word Count: 2632

“How’s that for your first stakeout?”

“There is so much I really want to say to you right now.”

“Ah, don’t worry,” Arthur says as they head back into the city, “I’m sure I’ll get an earful later.”

“Keep your eyes peeled,” he hears his father’s voice over the radio, “we’ve heard reports of activity in the area. Remember: suspects are to be treated as armed and dangerous.”

“Understood.”

He hears his father ring off and groans.

“I’ve been doing this for years,” he grumbles, mostly to himself, “and yet you still treat me like I’m going to the shops for the first time.”

“He’s looking out for you, Detective, that’s all,” one of the other cops mutters, “he is your father.”

“Yes, something he won’t stop reminding me.”

“Well, it’s not every day you go on a stakeout with the son of Uther Pendragon.” He fidgets a little in the car. “’S a big deal for most of us.”

Arthur glances across at him. He’s not a big man, not like some of the other cops, but he’s got a good record and his aim is nothing to laugh at. “What’d you say your name was?”

“Lancelot, sir.”

Arthur huffs. “Seems the department has a thing for names of legend, huh?”

“You would know that better than me, sir.”

“You can drop the ‘sir,’ Lancelot, no need for formality this far from the precinct.” And my father’s burning ears. 

“…Arthur, then.” Lancelot’s mouth quirks up. “Though you may have a point about the names. I think one of the new lab technicians is named Guinevere.”

It startles a proper laugh out of him. “Are you trying to set me up, Lancelot?”

“No, no, not at all, sir, just thought it was a funny coincidence—“

Arthur waves a hand. “I’m pulling your leg, Lancelot.”

“…I see.”

He tears his eyes away from the warehouse to punch the other officer good-naturedly. “How long have you been with us?”

“A year this Thursday.”

Arthur whistles lowly. “And they let you come on a stakeout? Took me three years before my father finally let the reins slip.”

“…well, you are his son, sir.”

Arthur snorts. “So he should be protective of me?”

“So he’d be even more worried if you weren’t doing exactly what you were supposed to.”

“You have got a sense of humor.”

“We all have to pass the time somehow, sir.”

“I told you—“

“Drop the ‘sir,’ yes, I know. Force of habit.”

“Yeah, well,” Arthur mutters darkly, “not a bad one to have when Uther Pendragon is your captain.”

He can tell Lancelot’s giving him a look. “Yes, sir.”

When the silence gets a little too oppressive, Arthur shifts, pulling his coat tighter around him and sitting up. “So, what did the brief say?”

Lancelot lets him change the subject—good man— “the ring we’ve been looking into has recently moved operations. We aren’t sure exactly why but the trail they’re leaving suggests a supply chain issue. The sudden construction at the docks has interrupted part of their distribution network and they’re seeking alternatives.”

Arthur blinks. “You…did you memorize the brief?”

“I’ve got a very good memory.”

“I’ll say.” He adjusts his position again. “Did they let you know why we think it’s here?”

“Something about an old chemical factory, I think. There are channels that run under the harbor, some sort of old emergency procedure if anything were ever to breach the factory walls.”

“Possible escape routes.”

“Or smuggling tunnels.”

“You said you’ve only been with us a year?”

“A year this Thursday.”

Arthur taps his fingers on the steering wheel. “You’ve got very good instincts for someone so green.”

“You can’t blame me for not having my sea legs yet.”

Another laugh as Arthur glances over to see Lancelot’s deadpan face. “You let us sit here for three hours in silence and you’ve had this sense of humor?”

“Most stakeouts don’t come with ‘how to’ manuals, at least not anymore.”

Arthur’s about to retort when he catches something out of the corner of his eye. In a flash, he’s lowering himself, peering out over the dashboard as Lancelot shrinks in his seat. Their eyes track a single car, black, mid-size, driving over the bridge toward the factory gates. 

“Plate,” Arthur hisses and he watches Lancelot scribble it down, “make and model?”

“Got it.” 

The car drives up to the massive gates. Something flickers as the window rolls down, a hand emerging from the interior darkness to flash something at the camera. After a long moment, the gates groan as they open, the car disappearing inside as they close again with a thud. 

“Well,” Lancelot says quietly, “don’t suppose we can just follow them, can we?”

“Not in the car.” Arthur glances around. 

The gates are massive, truly, and there’s no way they can attempt to get through them inconspicuously. The factory is on one of the larger harbor docks, making it inaccessible from the land except by that one driveway. They’d need a boat if they wanted to get in on the other side, and that would be more conspicuous than another car driving up. 

He squints at the low wall near the very side of the dock. 

“Lancelot,” he says, pointing, “do you have the binoculars?”

“Yes, here.”

“Thank you.”

He peers closer. “Is it my imagination, or is there a door in the side of the wall there?”

Lancelot takes them, looking closer. “Looks like it.”

Arthur starts to pull on his coat. 

“Wait, where are you going?”

Arthur opens the car door, shrugging into his coat and making sure everything is where it’s supposed to be. “Going to have a quick look.”

“This is a stakeout,” Lancelot hisses, “not an investigation! We don’t have probable cause, we’ve got nothing!”

“You are new.”

“New and very aware of how often police abuse their power, sir.”

Arthur concedes with a nod. “Look, this old factory is city property. So are the docks. We’re allowed to walk up to the building, just not go inside it. Let’s just go verify that it is a door and then we'll come right back to the car, deal?”

Lancelot glares with the force of someone far older than them both. “I’m holding you to that, sir.”

“Technically I’m the one in charge.”

“I know.” Lancelot gets out of the car. “So we’ll just look at the door and come right back.”

“Why is it that I always get stuck with the smart-arse ones?”

“What was that, sir?”

“Nothing.” Arthur glares at him. “Are you saying the ‘sir’ on purpose now?”

Lancelot grins. “Perhaps, sir.”

Arthur just gives him a look s they skulk along the side of the docks. The cool night air turns frigid along the water, the waves kicking up bits of spray. Arthur pulls his coat tighter around him as they duck behind old concrete pillars and loading equipment. He keeps one eye on the factory gates and the other on their target. 

Finally, they duck behind a chainlink fence and slump against the wall. 

“That,” he pants through gritted teeth, “was much further away than I expected it to be.”

“Look,” Lancelot points, “a door.”

Arthur looks. “So it is.”

A very simple door, one that would lead right into the heart of the factory’s loading dock. The sign on it reads ‘Secured under City Order 9163.’

“9163,” he mutters to Lancelot who jots it down, “let’s look that up when we get back to the precinct.”

“We could also look it up in the car.”

“Alright, alright, we’ll go back, just…give me a moment?”

Lancelot turns to him, concerned. “Are you hurt?”

Arthur nods to the water. “Just not as used to the chill as I used to be.”

“I understand.”

They rest there against the wall for a moment longer before Arthur rallies himself. “Alright. Same as before, yeah?”

Only this time, they only make it halfway across. 

“Hey! Who are you?”

“Shit,” Arthur mutters, holding out an arm to pin Lancelot behind the pillar, “stay quiet.”

The flashlight sweeps like a death sentence across the empty shipyard. Arthur grits his teeth, hoping that it’ll sweep right over them, turn off, and go back inside. 

“What’re you yelling about?”

“I saw someone.”

“Out here?”

“Over there. Two people. Came from around the side.”

“Shit. Spread out! Find them!”

He hears the crunch of footsteps and risks a glance around the pillar’s side. There are three flashlights now, each going in a different direction. Thankfully, the one who spotted them didn’t seem to notice where they went. 

“What’s the plan,” Lancelot hisses, “do we stay here?”

Arthur looks toward the abandoned garage where they stashed the car. He nods toward it. “They haven’t spotted the car yet. If we can make it to the garage, we can hunker down and wait it out.”

Lancelot nods. 

“On my signal.”

It’s become a deadly game of hide and seek. They creep around the old crane and slip behind a stack of shipping crates. Every now and then, a flashlight beam will peek over at them and Arthur’s breath will catch in his throat.

Eventually, they make it to the base of the garage. That’s the good news. 

The bad news is that the ramp they need to take up to the car has absolutely no cover. 

Arthur mutters a curse and draws his gun. 

“What the hell are you doing?”

“Make for the car,” Arthur hisses, eyes on the beams, “I’ll give you a distraction.”

“I can’t let you do that—“

“I told you,” Arthur says, looking at him with a grin, “I’m the one that gives the orders out here.”

Without waiting for Lancelot to answer, he starts to move. 

“Pick me up at the corner near the gas station.”

He hears Lancelot duck back into their hiding space as he slowly makes his way to the other side of the garage. When he sees the flash of Lancelot’s watch, he kicks over an old set of paint cans. 

“What was that?”

“Over there!”

Arthur sees Lancelot dashing up the ramp and grins, turning on his heel and making for the edge of the factory. He jumps over old crates. He swerves around a concrete pillar. He hears the sound of them getting closer. 

A bullet whizzes past his ear. 

“Shit.” Armed and dangerous, right. “Alright, fine.”

He ducks quickly behind the shell of a car and pulls his gun, watching the flashlights get closer and closer. 

“Where’d they go?”

“Fan out!”

He glances behind him. Too far to run with them so close. Another shot hits the car and he stumbles back. 

“There!”

He aims for the shooter’s shoulder and they duck behind a car just in time. 

“Shit, they’re armed too!”

The flashlights disappear behind cover and he takes a chance. 

“There they go!”

“Don’t lose him!”

Just before he ducks around the last pillar, he looks back and fires. A yelp as he hits his target and he sprints for the gas station. 

Lancelot’s waiting, thank god, and he gets into the car and they peel away. 

He doesn’t quite whoop with joy, Uther’s trained that out of him, but he does laugh in a way that makes Lancelot look over at him with concern. 

“How’s that for your first stakeout?”

“There is so much I really want to say to you right now.”

“Ah, don’t worry,” Arthur says as they head back into the city, “I’m sure I’ll get an earful later.”

---------

Arthur walks up the steps to his door and takes a deep breath. He fidgets with the cuffs of his jacket and swallows. He carefully opens the door and takes his shoes off before walking tentatively toward the kitchen. 

Someone’s already there, rummaging in the cupboards. Shit. 

Well, better now than never. 

“Hey,” he says warily, “uh, how was your day?”

Merlin turns to glare at him. “How was my day? You shot me, that’s how my day was!”

Arthur winces. “I didn’t know it was you!”

“That was supposed to be a stakeout, Arthur. Stake. Out. You were not supposed to leave the car, you absolute clot pole, you were not supposed to get caught!”

“You weren’t supposed to be there! You said that you were only called in for—“

“I was called in, what was I supposed to do, say ‘no, actually, my partner is supposed to stake out tonight, can’t have him seeing me?’” Merlin glares harder. “That would’ve gone over just swimmingly, would it?”

“Well, maybe if you weren’t such a—“

“Don’t you dare finish that sentence, Arthur Pendragon.”

Arthur raises his hands, edging into the kitchen. “Can I help?”

“I’d say you’ve done enough, but…” Merlin gestures at the bloody bandages from his first few attempts. “This is your mess after all.”

Arthur quickly shucks his jacket and washes his hands, coming over to carefully take the antiseptic and tuck his arm behind Merlin’s shoulder. 

“This will sting,” he warns softly, dabbing at the wound, “but it looks like it’s a graze.”

“I guess I should be thankful it was you that shot me, not Lancelot.”

“Oh, so you heard about him too?”

“The lieutenant wouldn’t stop bragging about him, of course, I heard.”

“Gwaine brags about everyone.”

Merlin snorts. “‘Cept you.”

“Oi!” Arthur pokes him gently in the side. “You’re lucky you’re injured right now, or I’d—“

“What?” Merlin smiles as he raises a challenging eyebrow. “You’d what?”

Arthur struggles for words for a few moments before angrily turning back to his work. He can hear Merlin snickering. “Shut up.”

“Or what, you’ll make me?”

“Yes, I will.”

“Ooh, how scary.”

Arthur’s retort sticks in his mouth as he finally sees the wound. He was right, it’s mostly a graze, but the streak of angry red against Merlin’s skin twists deep in his chest. He runs a thumb tenderly just under it, wiping away the last of the blood. 

“I don’t like seeing you like this,” he murmurs, the atmosphere closing in on them to create a bubble of intimacy, “especially when it’s my fault.”

“Hey,” Merlin says, gently lifting his chin, “it’s alright. You said you didn’t know it was me and it’s not even that bad. I’ve had worse.”

“You don’t exactly build up an immunity to getting shot, you know.” He looks pointedly at him. “Not even you.”

“What can I say, I’m just magic like that.”

Arthur can’t laugh, not when his hands are still too close to Merlin’s open wound. He bandages it with the utmost care, not too tight, not too loose, each movement a soft apology. Merlin lets him with the same fond smile on his face that he’s known to wear every time Arthur gets like this. 

“It’s not for much longer,” he says softly, “I’ll be back at the precinct before you know it.”

“I know.”

“And if you say I can’t handle it again—“

“I won’t.”

“Arthur,” Merlin says in that voice he knows Arthur is weak for and that’s not fair, “I’m alright.”

He glances up for a moment just to see Merlin’s face. “I know.”

The kitchen is warm and quiet. 

When he’s all done, he presses a kiss to the top of Merlin’s shoulder. “I’m sorry I shot you.”

“Mm.”

He looks up at Merlin with his puppy dog eyes. “Forgive me?”

Merlin rolls his eyes and cuffs him gently upside the head. “Prat.”

“I said sorry!”

#merlin #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #arthur 'disaster bi' pendragon #dragonbabbles #fic

[tiodolma]

Okay, now, I’m not sleepy! You can also erase the other ask, so long story short… Morgan and Merlin come from a post Camelot where Mordred and Arthur killed each other at the battle of Camlann. Merlin wasn’t around, because he was imprisoned with magic by Vivian/Nimueh (I’ll let you decide) and it took some time for Morgan to free him from that prison. Morgan and Merlin become good friends over the years and somehow find themselves in another world, aka BBC Camelot.

Will they be together? Eventually, but it takes a while for them to do so. Think slow burn. Here’s a bit of scenes shenanigans!

Morgan: I’m not getting married. Not now, not ever.

Advisors of Essetir: B-But your majesty think of the rumors. They’re unsavory. They say that you and your advisor are–

Morgan: What? Lovers? *snorts* Lies, utter lies. Merlin and I are friends, nothing more.

…

Hunith: You seem close. *looks at Morgan playing with her son, Merlin*

Merlin: We are, but we’re not together. Never were.

Hunith: *nods* Not together, perhaps, but probably intimate in the way men and women are.

Merlin: I will not confirm nor deny that.

…

Merlin: *looks at the dead Cenred* Was such force necessary?

Morgan: Either to kill or be killed. If anything, it was done out of self-defense.

Merlin: Not how the court sees it.

Morgan: *shrugs* That’s what I have you for, don’t I? You know how to smooth your way out of trouble.

Months later…

Merlin: *looks at the dead Sarrum* This is going to be a political nightmare.

Morgan: Oh, relax, we’ll be fine.

Merlin: Two kingdoms, Morgan, we have conquered two kingdoms.

Morgan: Not my fault king Sarrum decided to attack our kingdom. No one can blame us fighting back, out of self-defense.

Merlin: *pinches the bridge of his nose* That’s not what they’ll think.

Morgan: *waves her hand* Again, we’ll be fine.

I love it hhhhhhhhhhh

I just realized that with the way this is going and judging by how young bbc merlin still is, Camelot’s Uther will attack next 😂 sarrum was his ally and he just wont stand by.

Merlin: I told you this was going to be a political nightmare

Morgan: darling, you’re not seeing the bigger picture!

Merlin: (eye twitching) what bigger picture, darling?

Morgan: we defeat camelot and uther, bring the kingdom under out control, united albion will come early.

Merlin: (facepalm) cheating destiny, are we?

Morgan: (strokes his chin) this time we make our own destiny, dear merlin.

Merlin: and what of this world’s arthur? How will he be king?

Morgan: (now sitting on his lap) Hunith tells me she has a relative that is a courtier in Camelot. He’ll raise arthur when Uther is dead and make the boy-king sympathetic to our cause.

Merlin: (wraps his arm around her waist, realizing, the camelotian courtier will be the stand in for sir ector at least in this world) verily, woman, by the name our lord and savior jesus christ, you have thought this one out too thoroughly

Morgan: (whispering in his ear) now i challenge you, love

Merlin: (chokes on air) love?!

Morgan: you decide what to do with Uther’s bastard princess. (Bites his ear lobe)

Merlin: (tightens his hold on her waist) she shall grow up with arthur but she shall be trained here for 3 months every year until her power grows.

Morgan: (stand abruptly and claps) i knew you’ll see it my way <3

Merlin: (watches her as she strides out the room like nothing happened) thirty years... thirty years and i could never still resist her (sigh)

...........

A few months later, Merlin, watches the younger Merlin stare longingly at the pretty little magical girl that just arrived. The boy is holding a bunch of flowers he just picked from the meadow.

Merlin: you okay there, bud?

BBC Merlin: who is she? Is she a fae?

Merlin: she’s a noble girl, daughter of the duke of cornwall. She’ll be staying with us for a month.

BBC Merlin: is she like me? Is she magic too?

Merlin: what do you think

BBC Merlin: My chest hurts here (points to the center) when i look at her

Merlin: why?

BBC Merlin: i cant breathe.

Merlin (amused) why?

BBC Merlin: (scrunches up his eyebrows) because she is very pretty, sir. I think I have been enchanted, sir.

Merlin: (trying not to laugh) Oh no! what are we to do?

BBC Merlin: (tears start to form in his eyes) Am I sick? Don’t I need to counter this spell?

Just then Morgan and Hunith walks nearer to them, bringing young morgana with them as well

Morgan: Morgana, the old man is Lord Merlin, my advisor. the boy is also Merlin. He’s a student of magic here.

BBC Morgana: (nods tightly and curtsies)

BBC Merlin: (walks up to the girl and hands her flowers) welcome to essetir, my lady

Merlin: ohohoho

BBC Morgana: (stares at Merlin)

BBC Merlin: (stares at her)

Staring match ensues

BBC Morgana: how did you know I like flowers?

BBC Merlin: Um you are very pretty

BBC Morgan: Your eyes are very blue

BBC Merlin: I like your eyes too! They are very green! Like the leaves on the trees in the early morn! Wait, did you enchant me?

BBC Morgana: How would I do that? I don’t have magic!

BBC Merlin: I have magic, look (creates a butterfly which then lands on Morgana’s flowers)

BBC Morgana: This is amazing. (Steps into bbc merlin’s personal space) Show me more.

BBC Merlin: You are not scared?

BBC Morgana: No

BBC Merlin: do you want to play? (Holds out his hand)

BBC Morgan: (smiles for the 1st time since her father died) i want to play

and the kids run off, forgetting their elders

Hunith: oh my. He doesn’t even do that back when we lived in our village

Morgan: they just threw all good manners out of the window

Merlin: (shakes his head while laughing)

Morgan: (hitting Merlin with her elbow) still smitten with every pretty young thing, isn’t he?

Merlin: hey!

Hunith: He said she was enchanting. (Giggles)

Merlin: before you three came to us, he thought he was spellbound.

Hunith: to be fair none of our village girls could compare to her.

Morgan: my dear you are most kind.

Merlin: that girl will have him wrapped around her finger real soon (sighs)

Hunith: (stares at the two of them) you’d know about that huh.

Merlin: Such is the bane of good little boys but it’s also a blessing. For beauty such as that is a gift that must be cherished.

Morgan: So at such a tender age, he’s also worrywart and a flirt.

Merlin: can you blame him though.

Morgan: not really 😌

#mergana #lololol #this is so fun

[nextstopparis]

there's something important about arthur saying "she died before i opened my eyes" and then ygraine saying later, "i remember your eyes, you were looking up at me"

#yes i am in fact watching the sins of the father again #get off my back ok #i dont know exactly why this is so important to me #i just know that it is #maybe because it implies that arthur never knew his mother /knew him/ and thus could never have guessed that he /was/ loved by her. even if #like its just one other way uther separated arthur and ygraine from each other #i dont know #i cant think im grieving for a fictional woman we were given less than crumbs on ok #bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #ygraine pendragon #2.08

[fraseris]

both at the exact same time. i feel like you as a person are to the queen what vocaloid is to victorian children. mainly because i thought you were english for so long

listen okay i need to address this it isnt even funny the way that the british have effected my entire personality and speech patterns dude it isnt even funny the other day i forgot the word for sweater and called it a "jumper" worst time of my life ive been religiously watching minecraft youtubers since the age of like 6 years hold and theyve all been british every last one of them its a miracle i dont have a british accent from young child sponge brain and ive watched 4 seasons of doctor who in the last week and thats not even getting STARTED on the old good omens & bbc merlin fixations dude every single good book that i like is british and its so british is like neil gaiman once talked about the classic british humor style of writing like in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy which is 1) a really good book that i adore and 2) JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER BOOK I ADORE and its so british its so british and i cant even write fic now without using words like "quite" and "rather" what am i do i look like micheal sheen to you and its just such an ordeal and ive only known one british person in my entire life she was from the south and i cared not for her but she was a furry and she was making a paper mache statue of her fursona and i had mad respect but we never talked and the last week before this pandemic started i saw her at my old dance studio and we were like the spiderman pointing meme and then over the weekend my life fell apart and everything was cancelled and i was stuck inside with WILBUR SOOT who had just grown a beard and was posting more often because of lockdown and you know that changed me it really did because i never talked to anyone because i was inside all the time and it was just me & my favorite haha funny insignificant minecraft youtuber wilbur soot it was a dark time for me and it never ended throughout this quarantine my only comfort and my only friend has been british media dude its all just british media and theres this youtube named justin kuritzkes and hes got this called "in love with a pizza" which is really good and i would seriously consider watching it along with the rest of that guys content he is american bless his soul a bright light & beacon of hope in these dark times and in that video he uses a BRITISH ACCENT and you know im watching doctor who right now in the background as i type this all out for you to illustrate the woes of my life and theres a person whos obviously supposed to be american but hes a british actor and i can TELL i can TELL that hes british and its really just very painful all the time and my dad wants to move to wales to wales which seems more interesting than england but theyre still british yknow and i dont want to go i will hate it there it will be so sad and gloomy and andrew garfield is british andrew garfield can you believe that ???? hes british and i learned that while watching doctor who this reminds me that david tennant is in both doctor who & good omens which happens to be a screen adaption of my favorite book good omens by neil gaiman and terry pratchett and theyre BRITISH and the book is BRITISH and david tennant is BRITISH and ive been watching this series called "staged" which is an adaption of this really interesting play called six characters in search of an author by some italian dude and its really actually kind of dull but the kind that makes you go "why does this exist i need to understand whats happening here whats its purpose" and in the show micheal sheen speaks welsh and it just reminds me that someday i might be forced to move to wales because of my dad and i think they should improve minors rights to their own mental and emotional and physical property and right to exist

#i am posting #mutuals #ask #havocspiral

[creampievampire]

Could you go into the difference between the subtext and queerbaiting in it, I'm still kind of -well it's obviously gay but nothing was really ever said or shown that says that expect for people talking about it- Like are the characters and their relationship just queer-coded (positivly ofc lol) but the baitiness comes from them sort of confirming it off the show?

of course! im assuming by ‘it’ you mean merlin, but rather than explaining the reasons why i think bbc merlin is a matter of subtext (or queer coding) and not queerbaiting, i think it would be easier and more productive to explain the difference between the two in general. they are very similar - which is why i think a lot of people are unable to tell the difference between them - but they have important differences

just a warning, this is going to be a LONG post lmao ive bolded exactly what each term means below, after which i go into more detail on the whole issue. this is something im passionate about so,,, ♥

queerbaiting specifically refers to a marketing technique in which creators hint at but dont actually depict a queer character or relationship. They do this in order to attract a queer audience with the suggestion of a character or relationship they can relate to, while also avoiding alienating their queerphobic audiences

queer coding is the subtextual coding of a character as queer through the use of things like metaphor, allegory, hinting, recognisable traits/stereotypes/experiences, etc. This is done to build believable characters and create more complex plot lines, and it is also regularly used by people who want to tell queer stories but are unable to do so explicitly. it CAN be used negatively to enforce damaging stereotypes, but that is just a small part of its usage

both of these things utilise subtext in order to work. subtext is not only a crucial part of the creation of any piece of media, but is impossible to avoid.

an example of the most basic types of subtext is when a character tells someone that everything is going to be okay, but you can tell they dont believe it. or when youre watching a story unfold and you suddenly connect the dots and realise whats going to happen before its explicitly stated - you used subtext and the hidden meanings and hints to figure it out!

the people involved w a piece of media create their story with a specific purpose or meaning in mind, and they construct the subtext of the story to reflect that purpose/meaning. HOWEVER, the viewers dont always see things the same!

your experiences and personality shape the way you view and interpret every piece of media you consume. if you hate cops youll see the insidious undertones in cop shows - if you grew up with an abusive parent youll see the biting implications in a characters dialogue that others find innocent - if youre queer you will search for and fine queer characters everywhere, regardless of the creators intentions

now, both queerbaiting and queer coding use subtext to function, right? so how do you know which is being used and whether or not its a bad thing? its all about intention

to give a specific explanation of the difference im going to use two examples that are (arguably) very similar in the way their queer characters became canon

example 1: adventure time featured the characters marceline and princess bubblegum, who have been forever depicted as a couple in fan content. their interactions in the show were read into and latched onto bc we saw ourselves in them and we saw it as positive queer rep. but their relationship was never explicitly discussed during the course of the show and was only confirmed at the end of the final episode.

that makes 10 seasons in which their relationship existed only in subtext, and when it did finally exist in canon it was only for a few minutes, if that.

example 2: supernatural featured the characters dean and castiel (lol) who have been depicted as a queer couple pretty much since the first episode cas appeared in. i personally hung on their every interaction, analysed every glance between them, bc i interpreted deans character as a parallel to my own childhood trauma.

cas joined the show in season 4, so that makes 11 seasons in which him being gay existed only in subtext, and when it was confirmed he was immediately cut out of the show. the exact nature of dean and castiels relationship still remains in subtext.

so why is it that adventure time is widely considered perfectly fine but supernatural is dunked on as being the poster boy for queerbaiting?

its bc adventure time involved queer creators and was an earnest representation of queer characters, but they were boxed in by their publisher, Cartoon Network and thus the only way for the relationship to exist in the show was through subtext.

supernatural, however, consistently neglected their queer character and employed transparent tropes and stereotypes - bringing him in just sparingly enough to keep queer audiences interested while never being gay enough to alienate their macho manly man queerphobe audiences. they would have dean and cas stare into each other eyes for a full 30 seconds and then almost immediately follow it up with an episode about dean banging a disposable female character.

so imho adventure time falls under queer subtext, and supernatural falls under queerbaiting

when it comes to a show like bbc merlin i see a lot of debate about whether or not its queer coding or queerbaiting, and my intention is not to convince you of either. merlin was very much a product of its time, and i have argued the same about seasons 4-6 of supernatural as well, before the queerbaiting escalated and became exhausting to me

the purpose of this post is to start giving you the information you need to analyse any piece of media and come to your OWN opinion as to whether or not its queerbaiting or whatever else

people will ALWAYS have differing opinions about this shit yall. i have debated so many times w so many people about where the line is and whats okay and what should be ‘cancelled’ and if consuming something deemed problematic makes you a bad person or not

and my conclusion?

if youre capable of acknowledging the flaws and issues w a piece of media without trying to defend it as a shining beacon of purity simply bc you like it, then you do you. enjoy whatever you want to enjoy - if i think its reprehensible i simply will never interact with you lol

at some point everyone has to stop regurgitating these generic woke speak cancel culture speeches and buzzwords and formulate their own opinions

my advice to anyone reading this is to learn how to do close reading (ill provide a link to a wonderful short guide on it in a reblog bc tumblr hates links) and start really considering where you draw the lines with all types of content. decide for yourself whether merlin or supernatural or adventure time crosses the line into content you cant stomach, but respect other people whose interpretations differ from yours

i know a HUGE amount of people think supernaturals confession scene was homophobic and toxic - a slap in the face - but when i watched it i saw myself reflected in dean. a repressed bisexual whose emotions had been stunted by lifelong trauma, who wasnt ready to face his feelings for cas but quickly realising that his chronic avoidance and fear was about to tear them apart possibly forever. to me it was tragic and beautiful, and i loved it

i also think merlin is a tragic and beautiful love story, and to me its a pivotal piece of queer media that changed the way i viewed love and made me believe that it was a possibility for me bc i related so deeply to arthur

i hope that you can draw a satisfying answer from this, anon, and i apologise for this post being a full essay lol but i believe it needed to be said  - i dont think there is a right or wrong answer here

#long post #bbc merlin #merlin #supernatural #adventure time #subtext #queerbaiting #queer coding #frog talks #anon #ask

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BBC Merlin Rewatch:

01x01: The Dragon’s Call

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FIRSTLY THE FUCKING DESCRIPTION LMAO “Merlin, a young country boy” COUNTRY BOY AHAHDHSNDH IF ONLY YOU KNEW!!! ITS LIKE SETTING SOMEONE UP FOR DISASTER BUT THEN AGAIN THEY WERE SO LIKE I MEAN-

aw look at merlin all happy and smily, walking into camelot like he isnt going to witness the death of his best friend/king and basically everyone he loves

LOOK AT HIM HES SO HAPPY!!! HE DOESNT KNOW YET

“like everyone, he must live and learn” yo shut ur bitchass up lizard man u literally tried to murder everyone in camelot that one time

“his name: traumatised 😍😍”

AH YES THE OPENING!!1!1!-!-! AHHH THE AMOUNT OF HAPPINESS I FEEL HEARING THE OPENING

fuck ur bitchass uther no one likes u

“i pride myself as a fair and just king” sir didnt u like basically kill ur wife... and thousands of peo- OH MY GOD MORGANA BB ILY

oh jesus okay hes dead um chile-

“when i came to this land” wait i thought he was raised kn camelot brb i forgot im an idiot wait,,, does this mean before this it was the du bois family on the throne of camelot?? also, mired in chaos? u mean like.... before ur wife died and everyone was living peacefully? ....okay

“merlin, seeing a person who's been stated had been studying magic get beheaded: [a magical being himself] ah,, welcoming.” -my gf

“since the great dragon was captured” ....so did no one think about where they put a dragon?? a captured one at that. ud think he’d be more smart but nah he just left a random ass dragon under his castle like THAT is going to end well

YUHH MARY COLLJNS HATE HIM!!! YELL BABEY YELL!!! “you took my son!” YES MURDER HIM OMG I CAN FEEL HER PAIN

“a son for a son!” omg why couldnt u have killed uther bb ur the perfect villain i love u ur literally just a loving mother i-

OOOOO GAIUS

.....why is there a bunny mask in there

why is thERE A BUNNY MASK-

why didnt merlins eyes glow when he dragged the bed to gaius to save him

also whats this slomo magic why didnt he do this after this why did season one haveso much magic and like every other season was just everyone throwing it back

like i get instinctual magic but like.... if its instinctual wouldnt it happen more especially when his powers get stronger-

gaius: what did you just do?!

also gaius, five seconds later: i know what it was!! i just wanted to know where you learned it

merlin: 😐

merlin, about his magic: i was born like this

gaius, who knows full well warlocks exist: impossible!

(are warlocks naturally born knowing how to use magic without learning? i mean if u have to learn magic like a sorcerer then whats the difference between a warlock and a sorcerer cuz wouldnt sorcerers atleast have to have some magic in them to actually cast spells? am i dumb or do i just not get it)

wait so merlin arrived in camelot on a wednesday

merlin, walking into camelot: it is wednesday my dudes

merlin: [witnesses an execution] aaaAAAAAA-

“someone that might help him find a purpose of his gifts” oh honey he’ll get something mUCH LARGER THAN THAT-

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oH MORGANA

SHUT UR BITCHASS UTHER SHE WILL KILL YOU-

“the more brutal you are, the more enemies you’ll create” oh the waY SHE PREDICTED THEIR FUTURE OO

ah bless u lady helen/mary collins we love them spicy villains

...why do you have a dressing table in a tent

[watches mary collins murder lady helen] i never snitch on dadd- ...someone pls delete me

merlin, about his instinctual magic: i just do it!

gaius: ...lord have mercy what did i just sign myself up to

what ever happened to sir olwen did he die from accidentally overdosing

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oHHH THERE HE IS THERE HE IS THERES MY BOY!!! MY LIL PRAT MAN!!!!

merlin looks so offended, oh god i could watch this whole scene for HOURS

oooOOOO YES MERLIN FUCK HIM UP!!! SHOW HIM WHOS BOSS

“do i know you?” “im merlin” “so i dont know you” ugh theres already sexual tension

“i would never have a friend who could be such an ass” “or i one so stupid”

also them, ten years later: “i use my magic for you arthur, only you” “just hold me” “i cant lose him! hes my friend!” “thank you..”

“tell me merlin, do you know how to walk on your knees?” OOOOH THE BOYS ARE FLIRTING

NOT THE “would you like me to help you?” SIR YOU ARE FLIRTING SO INTENSELY AND DONT EVEN REALISE IT SIR DO YOU KNOW YOURE FALLING IN LOVE

im convinced atleast half the knights with arthur were like “ayo thas kinda sus bro 😳😳 ayo 😳😳”

arthur: tell me merlin, do you know how to walk on your knees? would you like me to help you?

merlin: ....i really dont know how to answer that

imagine being paid to throw fruits at colin morgan omg id be so thrilled

OOOH HERE COMES OUR QUEEN GWEN!!! MY LOVE MY EVERYTHING YES ILY

gwen: well, arthur looks like one of those, save the world kinda men... and you dont

merlin, 1500 years later, having failed his destiny: well i mean you’re not wrong

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gaius: uther banned magic a long time ago

merlin, flabbergasted as if he wasnt raised on tales of the death of his kind every day in the kingdom right next to his: why?!?!?

gaius: the dragon is imprisoned where nobody can free him

merlin:

(that is the face of someone knowing full well hes going to free that dragon. look at him. he’s already made up his mind.)

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[sees merlin and arthur in the marketplace] oh heres he is again heres the lil bitxh ooo theyre about to FIGHT

god hes flirting so hard without even realising it, oh my god

“i could take you apart with one blow” “i could take you apart with less” um sirs this is a mcdonalds drive thru 😃

arthur: ahah, you’re in trouble now~ 😏😏

i had to pause cuz wHAT THE HELL WHY DOES HE SOUND LIKE THAT-

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....yall are yelling very loudly, um, arent there guards near yall? people passing by? please relax

“im just a nobody, and i always will be” OH IF ONLY YOU KNEWWW

“if i cant use magic, i might as well die” ....well, ive got a surprise for you-

“maybe theres someone with more magic than me?” like... a whole dragon? i mean if you say so 👀

merlin about why he was born like this: if you cant tell me, no one can!

a fucking dragon, basically every magical creature and the druids: WELL-

the camelot guards are so stupid how the hell is this kingdom still standing

how does kilgharrah know merlins name? in prophecy hes known as emrys (and we see basically every magical being call him emrys and not merlin,, i think). so how does he know? did he stretch his neck long enough that he could somehow hear merlin? is it cuz theyre kin? is it cuz merlin and gaius were yelling so loudly that kilgharrah could hear them all the way in his cave? ig we’ll never know 🖐

merlin: where are you?!

kilgharrah:

kilgharrah: without you, arthur will never succeed.

merlin: ....oh look, im already paranoid

the amount of sadness i feel hearing kilgharrah say “none of us can choose our destiny, merlin. and none of us can escape it” is INSANE cuz in season one you can SEE merlin trying to escape it. hes doing his damned best trying to have some control over his life. and then in later seasons you can see the light slowly drain from his eyes as he becomes just another toy for the gods to be entertained by. he realises he cant control a single thing about his life so he does the one thing he can: protect arthur. and he loses SO MUCH because of it! its not fair, he deserved so much, and when he finally got everything he could ever ask for, it was taken away from him by his own mistakes.

arthur, seeing morgana in a beautiful dress: god have mercy 😍

uther: .....um

the way they set arthur and morgana up as if they arent gonna make them siblings i- what the fawk 😄

person A, who knows arthurian lore: oh no! arthur is going to have an affair with morgan(a) and have mordred! oh no!!

person B, whos seen merlin: oh no in this show its worse

person B, knowing full well theyre siblings: much worse....

gwen: who’d wanna marry arthur? 🙄

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gwen, getting crowned queen of camelot: well fuck

hhhnghnh yes queen sing them to sleep yes murder his bitchass (and fail but like its the thought that counts)

on a sidenote tho this is such a fun way to murder someone, id try this

the absolutely OFFENDED “FATHER!” and the horrified look in arthurs eyss when uther announced merlin would be his manservant is PRICELESS OMG

oh the way uther unintentionally plants the first seed of his sons love story omg 😍😍

Conclusion: this episode is a 10/10 greatest episode with so many iconic scenes omg. mary collins u will forever have my heart for unintentionally kickstarting merlin and arthurs relationship destiny. i loved the whole thing and oh GOD does it already hurt knowing full well how the show ends

#this was a RIDE #eli’s merlin rewatch #yes i have to say everything that happens in the episode pls leave me alone #01x01: the dragon’s call #merlin #arthur pendragon #uther pendragon #morgana le fay #morgana pendragon #guinevere #guinevere pendragon #gwen #gaius #kilgharrah #lady helen #mary collins #bbc merlin

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why merlin is really sad if you have a basic understanding of history

Please excuse any errors, I wrote this at 5am and did not proof read.

As I was lying in bed this morning, thinking about BBC Merlin, I came to a depressing conclusion. Merlin post series would go through ALOT of shit before we see him at the very end with the truck. (Keep in mind this is from an American; any british/welsh person should feel free to correct me)

First, let’s establish when the events of Merlin took place. If we go off of the dates of the legend of Arthur/when we know the Anglo Saxons started invading, it puts us between the years 491-539 CE. The show takes place over about 7-9 years, so lets put it at the very end of this time line because 1, the quasi-historical records but Arthur and Mordred’s death between 537-539, and we can imagine that Uther and Arthur’s grandfather dealt with the earlier Anglo Saxon invasions/peaceful immigration.

We also know that Avalon is based on a location in Somerset, England. For the location of the Battle of Camlann, the original legend has it either close to/or on Snowdon Mountain in Wales. This might put Camelot in Eastern Wales/Shropshire, (which was once part of Wales,) or Herefordshire. This makes sense because the original tales of Arthur are of Welsh origin and Merlin speaks an older form of Welsh when casting spells. Camelot could also be at Warwickshire castle, where the show was filmed. (It’s also the county where Shakespeare was born!) Either way, it doesn’t really matter, this part is more for fun. What you really should keep in mind is that the whole Camelot gang would have been indigenous Britons, a people we don’t know much about. The Pendragon family likely had Roman ancestors. I’m not sure what language they would have spoke, but my guesses or either Welsh or Common Brittonic. The pendragons religion is a little up in the air since both Christianity and Paganism were both accepted at this time, but given possible roman ancestors and Uther’s hate of magic, I’m gonna say Christian.

So now we have a time and 3 major locations set, let’s look at what would happen post series. Arthur is dead and in the Lake, so let’s assume Merlin spends his time going back and forth between Somerset and Wales/Shropshire/Herefordshire/Warwickshire. After Arthur’s death, the Saxons keep on coming in overwhelming waves until 560, they were finally the dominant group. They would outnumber the Britons about 4 to 1. It’s still debated what exactly happened to the Britons, but we know that some moved to Britainy in France, but most were assumed into the new Anglo Saxon culture. Merlin and Gwen would be in their early 50s, the knights a bit older, and Gaius would probably not be alive. From the records of this time imply, The Anglo Saxons did still allow Briton rulers to rule if they were subject to the Anglo Saxon’s rules, customs and language. Gwen might have even been forced into marrying an Anglo Saxon guy. Eventually as these Briton rulers died off, and eventually all of England became ruled by Germanic kings.

But Merlin would still be alive throughout all of this, wondering how this takeover was not Albion’s greatest time of need. He would have to see all his remaining friends die of war with the Anglo-Saxons or old age. He would lose his Briton-Romanic roots and have to accept the new Germanic culture. He would eventually learn to speak Old English and see the growth of Christianity in England. A lot of stuff would happen but I kind of don’t care for about 500 years. All you need to know is two things: Camelot would basically become a county with little power and be subject to the Houses of Wessex, Denmark, Wessex again, Denmark again, Wessex again, then a random guy named Harold shows up. Merlin would see all this and be like “hey I know who would be a good king right about now but hes lowkey dead so,”

So Merlin would live in Anglo Saxon england for 500 years until William the Conqueror shows up in 1066 and takes over England, and now England is ruled basically from France. Merlin would be like what the fuck Albion is being ruled by some rando, where’s Arthur this is a time of need. No Arthur. Some more bullshit happens after William’s son Henry I dies, (he named his daughter heir and all the men were like “wOmEn CaNt RuLe!!!”) After that, nothing that would pertain to Merlin till 1157. It’s possible Merlin could think Richard I was a reincarnation of Arthur or something like that, but Richard was highkey an idiot and didn’t do anything important besides let his brother John be in charge and John sucked so Merlin would realize Richard does not equal Arthur.

In 1274, Edward Longshanks was king and I don’t think Merlin would like him very much. He colonized Wales and famously was a jerk to Scotland. He idolized Arthur and the knights, which would probably piss off Merlin even further. He would wonder if this was Albion’s greatest hour of need and if Arthur would come. No Arthur.

1337, the Hundred Year’s War Starts. It goes well for England at first and Merlin would think, oh it's just another war. Nope. It goes on in bursts for 116 years, and with the intervention of Joan of Arc, the French win. Merlin would think, “Arthur this might be a good time to come back when we are losing a huge war!” But no Arthur. (I do think Merlin would be sympathetic to Joan of Arc though.)

1455 to 1487 is the War of the Roses. Merlin would have to watch England tear itself apart over the crown and would think, “This is gotta be it. Arthur is gonna be the one to come out of this and fix the country and bring back Camelot.” But he wouldn’t come. It’s possible he could think that Henry VII was a reincarnation of Arthur and would meet him, but it wouldn’t be him.

1553. Mary I becomes Queen of England and kills a lot of people, including Lady Jane Grey. She tries bringing back a religion that was just not working for a lot of people. Merlin would see this and think, “Arthur come back with your tolerance and fix this.” But no Arthur.

1649. The English Civil War Happens. They cut off Charles I’s head and Oliver Cromwell is instated as Lord Protector. Puritanism is the new religion. For Merlin this would be really not great for him. Magic would be even more hunted then before. He would definitely think this is it. Albion’s greatest hour of need! But Charles II becomes king, not Arthur. And Charles II would not be a reincarnation of Arthur, nor would William and Mary later.

Skip ahead to Napoleon’s conquest of Europe in the Early Nineteenth century. I’m not quite sure what Merlin would make of Napoleon, but he’d see the situation as a good time for Arthur to come back. But no Arthur.

Then both World Wars! England was in a lot of trouble both times and it would probably be the time that it would make most sense for Arthur to come back. But he doesn’t. And honestly that makes no fucking sense to me. Wouldn’t it be a great sequel to the show if Arthur came back in 1918, to pick up the mess of the first World War and help fight the second? Am I going crazy? Most likely yes.

Well, this has gone on wayyyy to long so I will end this analysis here. I know I left out alot, but I tried to cover the important stuff. The main takeaway is that Merlin would go through a WHOLE lot. He would change languages at least twice, watch everyone die, and magic wain in use from repeated witch hunts.

#bbc merlin #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #arthurian mythology #anglo saxon #richard i #war of the roses #mary i of england #english civil war #oliver cromwell #Morgana Pendragon #gwen merlin #lancelot merlin #merthur #gwaine #morgwen #arwen #arthur x gwen #Arthur x merlin

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If you were to put Tin and Can in the BBC Merlin universe, what do you think they would be

Ugh, interesting. Hm lets start with Tin, that one is easier. So, hes obviously at least a nobel. Maybe even second born prince of some other kingdom. Not sure where to place him, since I would make him brother to Mithian, but we do know she doesnt have a sibling and concerning the middle ages, Tin would have been crownprince, so theres that. So I will go with some noble family in camelot, since I want him to be connected to Arthur in a way. They would go along splendidly, since their “I’m better than you” is only a mask in some way and I can see them having some fun on boring feasts and stuff like that. Arthur complaining about his idiotic manservant, while Tin wonders why on earth Arthur is even putting up with such an incompetent servant.

Can on the contrary is like I said before in my mind the knight in shining armour and I would love for him to actually be that chaotic knight, who all others shake their heads about, a bit similar to Gwaine in that way, always a bit messy, searching for something to eat etc. Then again Can is a commoner, and I cant imagine him as some noble, so no knight in shining armour, at least until Arthur gets crowned king and doesnt care about status and stuff anymore. Before that, where to put Can? Okay, I decided, his mother is a seamstress in camelot, working mostly for the servants of the castle. Therefore Can is often instructed to bring the repaired or newly sewn clothes to the castle. And since he’s friendly and very interested in all the gossip of the royal family, he likes to hang out there, sneaking into the kitchen, because the cook is very fond of the boy with the big smile and though she’s always complaining, kicking him out of her kitchen, shes still fetching him some snacks, which Can accepts with the brightest smile on earth. Afterwards he hangs out in the castle, gossiping with the maids and servants. He’s quite fond of Gwen, because they get along fine and Gwen always knows the best stories about that idiotic prince of camelot.

Nowadays she tells him, about that new manservant who had the guts and nerve to challenge the crownprince on his first day in camelot and Can is in awe, because damn, thats a level of idiotic, not even he does manage. So he hears all those stories of Merlin mouthing off to the crownprince, being sassy, throwing the future kings stuff in some random corners instead of actually cleaning the room, that he really really wants to meet that guy. Because he cant decide if Merlin is the toughest guy ever or one with some deathwish and one braincell only.

Its months later when they actually met, because Gwen is away with Morgana on some girly trip or whatever girls do, when they travel and therefore its actually Merlin whos around when Can delivers the new clothes. And Merlin actually doenst have a deathwish and more than one braincell and Can really likes that guy. Turns out Merlin can tell even better stories and Can listens to all the shit he says about his master. Can has a bit of a herocrush on Merlin, while Merlin is obviously very oblivious. They met a few times and since Merlin is a nice guy, he actually greets Can when they pass in the courtyard, sometimes stopping to have a short chat. And Can beams and Arthur does notice this. And we all know how Arthur reacts when someone pays attention to his Merlin, so he actually shouts at Merlin, while Merlin just rolls his eyes and keeps on talking, until theres a loud “MERlin” blasting through the citadel. Merlin giggles and Can does wonder how such a nice guy can work for such an arse.

One day Can passes the training field and stops for a moment to admire the swords and the fights going on, because wouldnt it be cool to be a knight? He’s still watching when starting to walk, clashing right into someone and they go down in a twirl of limbs and shouts. Well the other one shouts, because Can is way to cool for that, thank you very much. And okay, he wasnt looking, but thats no reason to curse at him and being that fucking rude. He takes it back, he doesnt want to be a knight, because nobles are fucking assholes. Can being Can, he’s not going down without a fight, so he actually punches the guy after the third insult. And he remembers to late, that this is no good idea, punching a noble does have consequences esp. when everyone can see you. And oh fuck, is that the crownprince coming their way?

Thankfully Merlin is not far away, actually being the first to be there and trying to calm down that noble bastard, trying to save Can from punishment, now arguing with the crownprince himself. And Can is once again awestruck. The nerve of that guy. And its actually going well, until bastard guy looks at Can watching Merlin and says “What? He’s your boyfriend or why are you protecting him?” And Merlin laughs but doesnt see how Arthurs whole attitude changes and now he looks at Can and Can can feel the hair at his back rising. He’s so fucked. He tries to look as innocent as he can, but Arthur has murder written in his eyes and what on earth is going on.

So Can goes in fightmode and shouts again at bastard guy, while Arthur is fuming and Merlin is really done. What has he ever done to deserve this life? So yeah, end of the song, Merlin does have his way to calm down his future king, pointing out how those two blow off while being around each other and he may has an idea, because he’s way smarter than most people give him credit for, especially his idiot of a master and he sees the way Tin reacts completly out of character concerning Can and thinks: hm, interesting. So he actually gets the punishment for punshing a noble down to Can running errands for Tin for the next days while he’s here and Can changes his mind. Merlin is no hero, and not someone to be in awe off, he’s actually a horrible person, betraying him like that.

And okay maybe Tin is not that bad when you get closer to him, but he’s still an arse but Can can handle idiots and they actually get along quite well, when Tin is not a snob, which Can gets never tired of pointing out. 

And its years later when Arthur decides knights do not need to be a noble, only need to be brave and have a pure heart and being loyal and its actually not Merlin pointing out, but Tin, that Can is all of that. And huh when exactly did those two get so cozy with each other? He needs to ask Merlin later about that, because for some reason, Merlin does always know whats going on in this kingdom. But yeah he’s right, so when the time comes, Can gets knighted and Tin is beaming with pride and yeah, NO ONE BLOODY DIES IN MY CAMELOT. Thank you very much. The End

#sooorry #I bet you wanted a short answer #but here #have my whole headcanon #dollopheadsandclotpoles #tincan

[kimegumi]

Update on my Untamed journey:

5 min into ep 1: good god these bitches gay! good for them, good for them.

Ep 6: why does xichen only appears on my screen to scream GAY RIGHTS directly at lan wangji and wei ying?

Ep ???: if anything happens to wangji i'll kill everyone in this room and then myself

Ep ???: you know what I will definitely kill someone and i'm starting with you, wei ying. how DARE you mention women and heterossexual stuff to my gay baby boy mr lan wangji? He's GAY, painfully so.

Ep ???: dear god wangji is so gay. that's a homossexual.

Ep ???: the three brothers are everything to me. So wholesome. So pure. So cute. I would kill for ms yanli. cheng is definitely going to do some bad shit tho isnt he.

Ep ???: sometimes this series feel like a horror show and I love it???

Ep ???: ok so, i've connected the dots. The cringe is at its highest, we have "magic" and "magical"/historical/mythological creatures, extremely loud homoerotic subtext (that is canon on another platform) between the two main male characters, the whole thing is set in a historical context with terrible cgi (like really bad like so bad i want to kill myself); bitches be solving weird "magic"-related murder misteries while pinning for your bestfriend even tho they cant say they're bestfriends exactly so they just have really intense eye sex (wangji is bitches).... I- is this merlin?? am i watching BBC merlin? Is lan zhan/wangji yearning for his gay lover to come back from the dead bc he never got the chance to say he loves him? Is that where this is going? Is that the opening scene to this fucking show?

Ep ???: aight imma smack a bitch, back the fUCK OFF from lan zhan wtf

Ep ???: wei ying i will not hesitate bitch, mention women ONE MORE TIME—

Ep ???: i'm barely talking about the actual story here to avoid spoilers but it's so so good, i'm hooked

Ep ???: things are getting wilder

Ep ???: things are getting sadder

Ep ???: im an emo bitch

Ep ???: it goes without saying that i love the two wen brothers, specially ning, baby boy baby. I just feel like he's gonna die at some point and i refuse to indulge this thoughts.

Ep ???: xichen definitely knows his brother's gay and he's so supportive, a true ally.

Ep ???: i just feel so fucking sad for wangji? bitch really knows only two words and they are "wei ying". three, if you count "boring/shameless" (it varies with the translation).

Ep ???: number one on my hitlist gotta be that madame yu bitch die

Ep ???: guys..,,,.. wangji is..,.so.... f,,,,uckin,,, g.,...ay,,,,,,,,.

Ep ???: I ??? (here i was supposed to write a spoiler but i want this post to be spoiler-free)

Ep ???: is like they both radiate chaotic gay energy but from directly opposite sides, one is the confident extravagant gay and the other is the panicked introvert gay.

Ep ???: yes im aware that in the original format they are a couple, but the amount of TENSION in the series as well? Like the eye sex game?? yeah bitch you better blindfold him, you better cuddle!!!!!!!!

Ep 25: who allowed that much angst and why do I feel like it's only getting worse?

Should I keep doing this? Sksjjdjd fuck im loving this show so much it hurts

#the untamed #untamed # 陈情令 #Chén Qíng Lìng #MDZS #mo dao zhu shi #mdzs novel #merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #lan zhan #wei ying

[ariereii]

okayyyy so i just had a really weird dream. that included a dream within a dream (i thought i woke up, messaged my friend what happened then went back to sleep and had more of the dream but turns out all of that was part of the dream) (cw: n/sfw text. foursome/i cant remember how many people were in it, at least 4 but there was supposedly group sex happening in the dream, eventho i only remember the bit before it happening) also this is pretty long so buckle in.

so, i was in it at one point??? idk if i was at all times, but there was a thing like it was saying that the public (??? i think it was public like people watching from afar like it's a fucking sporting event, being recorded) group sex was (somehow???) to promote like you know. The opposite of toxic masculinity. like positive male emotion things.

And the people in it were like. a few characters from bungou stray dogs (I REMEMBERED THEM IN THE DREAM in the part where i thought i woke up BUT NOW I ONLY REMEMBER CHUUYA but Dazai might have been and I s2g I cant remember who else) also this character Justin from 13 reasons why????? (even tho i literally cant remember seeing any of these people. i just remember that's who i said was in it in the fake wake up part)

and tHEN at one point I was like, IN IT just before it happened, but then I was like (cw: unsanitary. v gross) "MY KNICKERS AREN'T CLEAN FUCK I CANT JOIN IN WITH THIS" and then all of a sudden I was Arthur pendragon from bbc Merlin in this weird thing that looked like a locker room for a sports thing (not school??) And he/I(?) asked Merlin to borrow some underwear and I think he agreed the scene just cut onto another one

also, before anything started (I dont remember anything actually starting but It Did) this dude was listening to music with headphones and i said "okay dont judge me remember some of that music isnt mine" bc for some reason the rest of the people there put music on my thing. and he was like "lol okay I'm gonna judge your music" and I made one of those jokes like "lol u just listen to music the whole time and dont even do any sex" or whatever the phrase was (which is the exact joke i would actually make)

And I THINK that headphones dude was this random guy from my highschool and primary???? But idk?? It sounds/feels like him anyway but in the dream Idk so???

(i realise that's makes it more than 4 ppl in it including me but dreams dont make sense but I remember there only being 4 ppl at 1 point)

This is where it gets extra complicated, cos I dont know how to explain/link this. and spooky.

We (me and the people in the group sex maybe??? Although it seems like the actual people changed and idk if I was actually me but yeah. But in the dream I'm sure the group of people I'm about to talk about and the people doing the sex thing are the same. Somehow) woke up in this thing and we like ???????? Got off the ground or something????? (Maybe waking up from the dream/something of having those foursomes or whatever???) And then had to walk through this thing???

And I cant remember why or what happened. But apparently they/we needed to figure something out, to get out, but couldn't.

At one point near the end or at the end they/we were like. "Okay we give up we're gonna go" so we walked to the exit and I remember this huge scary massive door-cage-like thing coming at us, trapping us and we were like "okay I guess we are staying" cos that shit was scary and we started to walk through the thingy and I cant remember much of that. Apart from at one point there was a lil tunnel to an outside area but we were still trapped.

(there was another bit that was linked somehow and I cant remember or explain this exactly but it was some spooky scary thing that was somehow related to those same people)

#if u read all this like it to let me know cos omg oof this is long #there was other shit that happened in the bit i thought was reality i might say after in the tags #personal #my dreams #< i tend to say them a lot on here #long post #I'll just say that something else happened where I dropped my phone off my bed and i woke up briefly and i CANNOT REMEMBER IF #tHAT WAS A DREAM OR REAL LIFE EVEN NOW #and its driving me insane #what is real?????????

[sozotohakai]

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Rules: Answer these 85 statements about yourself, then tag 20 people:  @torntruth @ask-cross-marian @pandemicnight @noahwisdom @darkfeathered @solstellarianallen and anyone else, if you want to of course~

last

1. drink - Cola and water

2. phone call - my brother

3. text message - my brother

4. song you listened to - had a few on shuffle (Re:make from ONE OK ROCK, Strike Back opening of Fairy Tail, Kaze no Uta from FLOW, Funkist Shine opening of Tales of the Heroes Twin Brave, and three of MAD, Preserved Rose, Crest of Z, and Identity). Fun fact: they’re all from my Tales of playlist (which is a playlist of Tales amv).

5. time you cried - Last week, when we watched the Anita ship sinking scene in DGM

ever

7. kissed someone and regretted it - Kind of? didn’t really feel like a kiss, more like a puppy licking, but I did regret inviting the guy over. Lesson learned that day: two glasses of alcohol are already enough to do things you wouldn’t do sober.

8. been cheated on - No, unless I never leaned the one boyfriend i had for a short time did have someone else.

9. lost someone special - My very special ones are still there, but I did lose people I care for.

10. been depressed - I believe so, never very deep, though it was deep in my last year of college.

11. gotten drunk and thrown up - Never been drunk enough for that

fave colours

12. Blue

13. Green

14. Gold

in the last year have you…

15. made new friends - Oh yes~

16. fallen out of love - Nope

17. laughed until you cried - Oh yes

18. found out someone was talking about you - in good ways yes

19. met someone who changed you - I’d say yes

20. found out who your friends are - I would say yes

21. kissed someone on your facebook friends list - Nah

general

22. how many of your facebook friends do you know irl - Almost all of them, I use it only to add offline people I know. Which would be 10 or so? But beside mom and bro, and three friends of mom and I, I don’t have contact anymore.

23. do you have any pets - No, but at my bro’s home, there’s a cat, Grisou.

24. do you want to change your name - Not really, I mean my surname yes, I want only my mom’s one.

25. what did you do for your last birthday - Oh boy I can’t recall

26. what time did you wake up today - I think it was 10 am

27. what were you doing at midnight last night - Sleeping

28. what is something you can’t wait for - New DGM chapters, mom’s retirement finalizing. Patient about but still can’t wait, writing more of my second novel, next time we’re eating out at our fave restaurant.

30. what are you listening to right now - Nothing

31. have you ever talked to a person named tom - Dont think so

32. something that’s getting on your nerves - Knowing when people are bothering my friends

33. most visited website - Tumblr, youtube.

34. hair colour - dark brown

35. long or short hair - Short, neck length

36. do you have a crush on someone - On a waiter at our fave restaurant >> and also on an online friend which I cant figure out if its platonic or not.

37. what do you like about yourself - Being silly, my personality, my haircuts when I get it done as I want, my eyes.

38. want any piercings? - No

39. blood type - I think its O

40. nicknames - Chris, Silly, Queen of Feels

41. relationship status - Single

42. zodiac -Cancer

43. pronouns - They/them and she/her

44. fave tv shows - DGM, Natsume Yujjinshou, BBC Merlin, The Voice (France).

45. tattoos - None but sometimes I’m tempted. Would be either dragon(s), wolf(ves) or fox(es). or wing(s).

46. right or left handed - Right handed, though apparently the weird thing is that use the knife with my left one (apparently you tend to use your dominant hand?)

47. ever had surgery - No

48. piercings - None

49. sport - None, though I do walk a lot

50. vacation - Visiting Ti, visiting online friends, touring UK and Ireland, visiting Japan.

51. trainers - I favor boots. If that’s the question.

more general

52. eating - I love to eat a few different food so its varied.

53. drinking - Cola, tea and water

54. i’m about to watch - Nothing tonight, or maybe check Markiplier channel

55. waiting for - finish this and read, also energy to write again

56. want - To write for threads and fanfics and my novel.

57. get married - Neutral about it? It feels like something I can only know if it’s a shared wish with a partner.

58. career - Writer

which is better

59. hugs or kisses - Hugs

60. lips or eyes - Eyes

61. shorter or taller - Taller

62. older or younger - Around my age (not too younger or older, though older works better than younger)

63. nice arms or stomach - Both? Arms?

64. hookup or relationship - Relationship

65. troublemaker or hesitant - A bit of both

have you ever

66. kissed a stranger - Not total stranger, kissed someone I only knew for a few hours yes

67. drank hard liquor - Dont think so, but maybe a bit at my friend’s restaurant

68. lost glasses - Dont have glasses

69. turned someone down - Yes

70. sex on first date - 99% no, 1% for super rare case

71. broken someones heart - I’m not sure, I dont know it, if I did

72. had your heart broken - Yeah

73. been arrested - No

74. cried when someone died - Yeah

75. fallen for a friend - Yes

do you believe in

76. yourself - Yep

77. miracles - Yes

78. love at first sight - Experienced it, but that’s why I’ll say it’s more like, instant want to date, but not love-love.

79. santa claus - When I was little. Now I kind of think, Santa is everyone.

80. kiss on a first date - I do think it can happen

81. angels - Yes

other

82. best/closest friends names - Ti, Chelle, Sommer, Brandon, Sparky, Allen.

83. eye color - Brown

84. fave movie - Godzilla (1998, 2014, and the 2017/2018 animated one). Though I love a few movies.

85. fave actor - Colin Morgan

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