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Imagine Arthur had a letter prepared for Merlin before every battle, excursion, and adventure, thinking that trip might be his final trip, and he knows he'll do whatever he can to make sure Merlin survives.

And even after years of still coming back out of these dangerous situations alive, and having so many letters that have never fulfilled their purpose, he can't find it in himself to stop, cause there's always the chance that one of these days might be his last day.

The letters began as apologies to Merlin for how he treated him, how he was forever grateful that Merlin stayed by his side, and it would include a note with his signature and sigil that had a stipend of gold for Merlin to have; so it sort of turns into a will, specifically for Merlin, but was mostly still a letter. Arthur, although always conscious of the fact Merlin was just a servant, still felt guilty, distressed, and downright miserable of the idea of Merlin receiving nothing if Arthur were to be killed.

So the bequests (a gift of personal property that someone leaves to you in their will when they die, had to look up the name, cuz saying "gift" did not feel right) start to evolve, so to speak. First it was gold, then it was a permanent place in the household (removed after several times of Merlin saying he would never serve anyone else), after he became King, he added Merlin becoming an official part of the council, then it was his mother's sigil (also removed after he had actually given Merlin the sigil), his mother's estate and any other estates Arthur had, his own ring (removed when/if he married Gwen), and so on.

The first person he told about these letters was Leon, then Gaius, maybe Gwen and possibly other knights of the round table.

So, when the final battle happened, and Arthur had passed, at least 2-3 people knew about the stacks of letters the King had for his manservant. But once Merlin brought Arthur to the Lake of Avalon, he never went back to Camelot. And unfortunately, Merlin also had some letters he had left Arthur, only Gaius knowing of them.

And it could be an even more bittersweet ending if you want to imagine Merlin starting several journals with entries made for Arthur, but also for himself, so he doesn't forget anything, or if Leon did turn out to be immortal and the absolute relief and joy he feels after finding Merlin, and tells him about the letters; maybe he carried the unsent letters of his friends for all these years, and now, one side of them can now be sent and received, even if whatever Arthur wanted to leave Merlin is no longer around or existing. But it wouldn't even matter, because all Merlin wanted for Arthur to stay alive, and now all he wants is for him to come back.

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i attended a medieval literature class where every single student had watched bbc’s merlin and some of the ways the show was described include

‘the one where king arthur has a hot magical twink’

‘has an evil cgi dragon acting like a bridge toll giving prophecies and riddles’

‘the gay one with the gays and the lesbians’

and my personal favourite, ‘merlin commits too hard to the bit and suffers for it’

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"That is the law of magic. To create a life there had to be a death, the balance of the world had to be repaid."

Arthur had to die to give eternal life to Merlin. If he was destined to die in the hands of the druid, at least a part of him will forever be with the man he loved truly.

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Someone has a crush lol

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Dislike the ships all you want but you can't tell me that their ship names doesn't sound cool as heck.

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This was funnier in my head

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Is this anything

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the idea that yelena is the light to dispel the void but john is what activates sentry by pissing him off.

in the heat of the battle when there's quite literally no hope left, john turns to bob and goes, "what are you going to do about this, bobby?" he'll keep saying shit until it works. and it's going to be painful for him and the team, but it's what needs to be done.

bob gave john full permission to do this, like a break in case of emergency hose. john hates it but he hates saying no to bob a lot more.

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if fanfic writers aren’t making “cucumber” Bob’s safeword you all are dead to me

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Okay, but.

Bob and Sentry accidentally switching places right in the process and John noticing it immediately without even seeing his face or irises of his eyes.

The way Bob's trembling soft moans are replaced by low grunts, the way the hand that was previously gently buried in his hair tightens to the point where it's almost too much. And then, of course, John will see how the sweetly scrunched eyebrows turned into a slight frown, how instead of an open mouth there is a clenched jaw, and how his eyes, previously full of immense love, were now filled with clear smugness and arrogance.

And John, feeling high from the fact that he's the reason they're switching uncontrollably like that, is barely able to hold back a smile.

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Bob doing the dishes actually deserves all the praise like do you guys have any idea how much three (!) super soldiers eat

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John: *falls from a great height* Girls: *laughs at him* Bob:

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How can Cupid?

How could you be so cruel?

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sm1 rob and villain stone 🥴 (for @lalalaurieart!)

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Thinking about the early days of Robotnik and Stone... They're both orphans with a dislike of humanity and a fascination with machines of mass destruction, so I wonder if they ever talked about their personal lives and private traumas.

...Probably not. But maybe they came close?

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Lucienne really took her chance to hire some new staff as soon as she could

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I don’t think we talk enough about the fact that Wilson with all honesty and no joke bought house a book and wrote “Greg, made me think of you”

Like hello?? That is not normal in any sort of way

First of all the fact that he even wrote a note instead of just giving him a gift is a whole thing on its own. They are not the people to do that so Wilson was obviously doing this on purpose

Also Wilson calling him Greg is just so personal on so many levels they never call each other their first name and don’t even try to excuse it by saying it’s a gift card so it’s more personal

And then “made me think of you”?? In what world is that platonic babe. “Made me think of you” is basically I want you to come over and fuck me

Ps. So we’re not gonna talk about how Wilson says it’s from Irene Adler a secret past lover of house and Irene Adler was indeed a lover of Sherlock Holmes. I love how they’re not even hiding this is inspired by Sherlock