I love this idea! And to pair it with a child groomed as a weapon and nothing more would be a divine meal of angst
I love a character raised to be a weapon as much as the next guy. But what really gets me is a character raised to be a shield. Who can’t fathom being needed—or even being wanted— beyond keeping others safe. Who believe they are alive only to insure someone doesn’t die. no matter the cost. Characters who self-sacrifice not because they think they deserve it, but because no one else does deserve it, and it’s their job to protect.
Characters who’ve been told that’s why your important. Your worth something because this other person/ thing is important, and you are here solely to keep them safe.
Bonus points if it’s not a legitimate job they’ve been given. Maybe at one point it was, but now that they are free from it, they haven’t given up that mentality. No one is forcing or asking them to do this, but they need to. They need to in order to be deserving.
"He's a hopper for sure!" -Tsuyu
I just saw a fic where Arthur kisses Merlin to get away from bad guys ( The subtle art of blending in by itsnautica) and you know what would be funny ? Instead of resolving their sexual tension ™️ Merlin is like ‘wait a minute 🤔 this actually work pretty well to get away from people’ and just decide to use it CONSTANTLY with everyone
A sorcerer killing people in the city and Merlin need to spy on him in a busy alley ? Merlin throws a coin towards a sex workers who ‘’’’’coincidentally’’’’’’ is there and start kissing the live out of her (that moment when to save the king you just become the best client in town for sex work, well kiss work with some lap sitting sometime)
Arthur instead of going from ‘he is always at the tarvern’ to ‘he was actually saving my kingdom’ goes from ‘he is at the tavern’ to ‘ he is WHERE. MERLIN ? MERLIN ?!?!? MERLIN !!!!!!’
Need to check if someone is leaving Camelot in the middle of the night ? Oh, dear, oh lord merlin could simply not control himself he just had to kiss that stable hand (the stable hand is this 🤏 close of bursting out of laughter in the middle of their fake moan)
No, he isn’t caring a dead body. It’s not his fault if his new lover just fall asleep after having a orgasm 😔 Why is he put into a cover ? Well his clothes got in the way you see. Now if you would excuse him he would like to put his beloved in his brand new bed
(Nobody tell Arthur how many times Lancelot got kissed or I think someone will die.)
Allow me to offer you all merthur fanart… referenced from La belle dame sans merci, 1893 by John William Waterhouse… I love them so much
I need to do more merthur fanart soon 🫶
Merlin: So that’s why it’s my destiny to protect Arthur.
Lancelot: I’m sure the basement dragon was very convincing, but that still doesn’t seem like a reason to stay where your very existence is a literal crime.
Merlin: Have you seen Arthur yet?
Lancelot: No?
Merlin: *gestures to the window overlooking the training field to see Arthur with his gold hair and blue eyes looking pretty*
Lancelot: Oh. Understandable. Out of curiosity, where can I get a destiny?
a cottage full of vines + old books , what a dream 🌿
Where the fish at
“Eagle on Ice” ~ Photography by James Geddes
man i know that recovery form mental illness isn't a linear path but FUCK
I would so watch a series that's just merlin and gaius going about their lives. arthur is there, but it ain't about him. he makes an appeareance now and then as the comic relief guy. the series is part procedural/part sit-com. merlin and gaius investigate to solve the magical mystery of the week. gwen is merlin's best buddy and occasional helper, but he still has to keep his magic a secret around her (she finds out at some point, of course). gaius's errands in the lower town set up the episode's subplot. he has a friend who keeps getting her chickens stolen or something. she thinks there's sorcery involved. she's right. it's the fearsome chicken-stealing Cockatrice, a creature of legend impossible to defeat. unless
I like plants and gay stuff, and merlin is very gay
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