Masterpost
Hello everyone! Since this blog has grown much more than I've anticipated, I figured that it was time to organize everything into a masterpost so people can find my different au's more easily. Happy reading! :D
Fics on AO3:
What to do When an Eldritch God Decides that You're Friend-Shaped: A Guide by Sir Leon the Long-Suffering: here
Archeologist Merlin and Immortal Camelot au: here
AU Prompts/Ideas
Balinor lives: Part 1/1
Merlin controls the Knights of Medhir: Part 1/1
Arthur thinks Merlin's a fairy: Part 1/1
Arthur becomes Emrys's familiar: Part 1/2, Part 2/2
Archeologist Merlin and Immortal Camelot: Part 1/3, Part 2/3, Part 3/3
Arthur obtains magic dolls of Merlin and Gwen: Part 1/1
Arthur thinks that Merlin needs to get laid for the safety of Camelot: Part 1/1
Morgana wants to be allies with Emrys: Part 1/2, Part 2/2
Merlin resurrects Lancelot, not Morgana: Part 1/1
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I'm curious, what instruments do you think Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, Morgana, and the knights can play (if any)
Here are some of my ideas (bear in mind I am not a musician or a musical expert in any way shape or form, and especially not in medieval instruments so if I say something that is wrong or list an instrument that has not been invented yet I'm sorry)
I reckon Arthur has some basic knowledge of a few instruments thanks to some tutors but he hated the lessons and dropped them the first chance he could so he could focus on his sword work
Morgana also got music lessons but unlike Arthur she loved them. She can play the harp, lyre, violin, flute, and any other instrument she could get her hands on long enough to practice with. I don't think pianos were invented yet but she'd be all over them if they were. She had less time to practice the older she got but as long as she had access to an instrument she tried to find time for it
I remember seeing a post that pointed out a lute style instrument in Merlin's room so I like to imagine he's pretty decent with one of those. I can see him playing a few songs from back home in Ealdor to unwind after a hard day of saving Arthur for the 100th time that month. He's a bit shy about it though and doesn't let anyone but Gaius listen to him
I don't think Gwen plays anything but she really enjoys singing. She hums to herself while she does chores and has sung Morgana to sleep many times after she has a nightmare
Gwaine plays the bagpipes and you can not change my mind on this. He's also pretty good with a lute and has used both to earn some extra money while traveling
Leon had music lessons like Arthur and Morgana and has tried out a few instruments. He took a liking to Violin and was pretty good at it too but had to stop playing when his training to be a knight took up all his time. He tries to play every now and then when he has free time but he's noticeably rusty which frustrates him
I'm undecided on whether Elyan, Percy, or Lancelot play anything but I can definitely see at least one of them surprising the rest of the group with an amazing singing voice.
Please let me know what you think, I'd love to hear others takes on this.
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Golden Age (Mergwenthur smutty AU)
To get some things clear:
Uther's long dead
Morgana's defeated
Magic is revealed
Arthur is married
Merlin is at his wits end
The druids were always talking about it, THE GOLDEN AGE. The moment in which Arthur would reign over a great and peaceful kingdom, and it wasn't until that precise moment that Merlin realized that he didn’t quite know how to achieve that.
Morgana had been defeated, and Arthur and Gwen knew of his magic, which was more than he ever imagine. The laws on magic were being discussed and negotiated with the council and everything was going apparently great. But where did that leave Merlin?
There wasn’t an immediate big danger. There weren't anymore epic prophecies that dictated the rest of his life. There weren't anymore ominous riddles that he had to decipher, and when there were this threats he didn’t have to do it alone anymore. And that was a great relief, but also was terrifying.
Merlin was on edge, he fell as is something was ought to happen. Something was meant to break the peace, a new threat in the horizon was going to try and spoil the peace and he was not going to let it happen.
Merlin had been on alert so many years that he felt anxious in front of a relatively calm time.
Now that he has time to actually spend, there a lot of thing that he never bothered to pay attention to. Like his undeniable attraction to Arthur for example. And now watching the King and Queen be gushy mushy hurt a bit more every time.
Because he cared for them deeply, but he didn’t have someone to care for him.
Suddenly he realized that he had been a mean to and end. He had been a tool to the prophecy nothing more. And now that that was completed he didn’t have a purpose again.
And what does a desperate anxious paranoid warlock do when he feels left out? Overwork himself!
He becomes obsessed with the idea that he had to be useful, so no one would notice he didn’t have a place anymore, that why he had so many jobs...
Merlin was technically still "just" Arthur manservant.
In reality Merlin was: Arthur advisor, Druid ambassador, Midnight Magic vigilante (even if it was no longer a secret, he wasn’t precisely advertising it tho), Magic consultant, Magic student (he still had a lot to understand), and Arthur manservant.
To say that he was being pulled thin was to take it lightly
So one day he just colapses, under pressure and the king and queen are ever so worried about him.
They are confronted with the idea that Merlin was overworking himself and they weren’t aware, they knew Merlin had been distancing himself from them, and they both were, individually hurt by it, but hadn’t said anything because of the other sakes.
And they are confronted with the idea that they both care too much for him, and the lack of Merlin had been affecting them.
So they talk. And its a really hard conversation in which Gwen forces Arthur (and herself) to see that his relationship with Merlin is not a normal one, forces to admit his feeling, fully prepared to be faced with the reality that maybe Arthur would realize he loved Merlin more.
And Arthur confesses both his feelings and the fact that he was unaware of those, that he never really saw Merlin under that light, but also forces Gwen to admit that she had had a crush on Merlin since day 1, and she was way to sweet on him.
And they both feel conflicted and guilty, but they keep talking.
At one point it almost feels like thats the end but Arthur stops it.
It doesn't make sense, he love Gwen, he knows that, he feels that, he tells her that. Crying because they fully felt like this conversation could have been the end of the relationship.
Kiss me. Gwen ask, and they kiss desperately, and they tell each other that they love each other because it's true. But doesn’t erase the previous conversation.
Would you like to kiss him too? She ask, and Arthur is blushing hard with embarrassment but he had resolved himself to be truthful and open.
Yes, he answered a bit breathlessly and to his surprise Gwen's reaction was to moan softly. Then she blushed furiously but Arthur wasn’t mad, or offended just surprised.
And you? He ask, she doesn't answer but nods shyly, and Arthur just imagines it. Merlin with his charming smile and dumb ears kissing Gwen softly in the lips, and know he understands Gwen sentiments because that's the hottest thing ever.
He kisses Gwen in retaliation and she responds accordingly, what would you do to him? she asks, while kissing and sucking his neck. Arthur can barely form words becase suddenly he is imagining this scenario with Merlin of all people, and that got him so hot and bothered that he just had to fuck his wife so good.
They have sex while asking each other questions about Merlin. And at first they answer vaguely, inocently... but then thats not enough.
I want him to kiss me, I want him to lick me, I want him to suck me, I want him to fuck me, I want to fuck him... I want him.
They both end up flushed, and a bit guilty for using Merlin in their fantasies.
They keep talking, at this point there's no denying that they both want Merlin, they both are attracted to him, and that they both feel something for him, but then again that's their perspective. Now what do they do with that information.
None of them want to force Merlin into something he wouldn’t want, and they can't be sure that Merlin would want something like this, with them, with both.
Gwen knows that for a fact that Merlin is in love with Arthur, even if Arthur doesn’t want to believe it.
They resolve in confessing, mostly Gwen. Worst case scenario, Merlin keeps distancing himself from them and it hurts but they at least would have tried.
Days later Merlin enters the royal chambers sheepishly, with their food and puts the table. He apologizes for collapsing on the job, because he was doing something rather important that had to be handled by three people in Merlin's absence, and the royal couple want to scream.
merlin is abit scared because Arthur is being really nice. And that irritates Arthur, which makes Gwen laugh.
We missed you. Arthur says while taking Gwen's hand and Merlin had to look away. That confused them.
I'm sorry, he answers.
No, we are. I didn’t even notice the sheer amount of work you are responsible for, I should have divided your duties a long time ago. Gwen speaks, as the lady of the house. I could maybe free you from your manservant duties for the moment? so you could focus on the magic laws? She suggests innocently unaware that by doing so she is braking a bit of Merlin's heart. His manservant duties are the ones that keep him close to Arthur, close to them.
Oh.. i supposed it’s fine, Merlin was going to answer before Arthur interrupted.
No, that wont work, that caught the attention of Merlin and Gwen. He would be too far again Arthur explained sounding calm and collected.
Oh, that's true! Then how about we get Gaius a errand boy? I'm sure he would appreciate it She kept talking without missing a bit.
Too far? Merlin asked confused.
We told you we missed you, Gwen responded reaching for his hand.
I've been working really hard Merlin didn’t know why did he said that.
You always do, I don't know were would we be without you
I've been trying to be useful Merlin talked a bit brokenly
You don't need to be useful Merlin and aren't those the words of the miracle. Merlin broke down crying because how the hell is he supposed to react.
Gwen and Arthur are panicking because what the hell did they do to make him cry like that. They run up to him and try to find out, Merlin is trying to scape embarrassment but he doesn’t get to far and reluctantly admits his latest thoughts.
How he doesn't know if he has a reason to there anymore now that the prophecy is apparently fulfilled, how anxious he was because of the uncertainties of the future, how even if he finds a place and a purpose is afraid that i would change things between them, how thing had already changed and he felt left out, how he was still afraid that they were resentful of him of his mistakes, of his lies.
Gwen and Arthur listened to him with a heavy heart recognizing their bit of fault in his perspective. Even if they were unaware in that moment.
To be continued...
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arthurian dashboard simulation
🦌 jovesganymede
lancelot kind of homophobic for killing that giant just for keeping knights in a dungeon to whip. or jealous
🧅 villeinous
morgan le fay needs to stop trying to fuck her way about the table round and come to my hamlet. out of the way chastityboy i’m about to get it
🧅 villeinous
jesu i have been trapped for a year to be drained with diabolic sex
🐗 hungryserf
op where is this happening. the diabolic sex
✍🏻 tonsurance
we need to get gawain off the streets every time i check in he’s killed twenty more knights when does it end
🔮 preeminentwycche
i heard he was unicorning for older het couples
🫂 merlinbignaturals
serial killer AND bad bi rep
🖼 theilluminatedmaid
reopening commissions !! <3 the farm has been razed to the ground again and even one would help so much
🖼 theilluminatedmaid
i just got a guinevere x lancelot commission from MORGAN LE FAY ?? 😭😭
🫘 t4tgwencelot
she’s actually so real
🦌 jovesganymede
need her
🐻 strongandtrue
if i saw merlin i’d kill him with a hammer
✝️ spiritussanctus
actually some of the most disgusting shit i’ve ever seen on this hellsite all you freaks unfollow me rn if you find this shit funny. those are real knights with real families. i bet op is a fucking gw/ncelot too
🪰 wretchedesthive
lancelot isn’t going to fuck you
⚔️ roundtablewatch
sir kay spotted in camelot
🐗 hungryserf
girl who cares
🫦 nakedasaneedle
likely place for him to be
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country bumpkin merlin not knowing anything about city life and accidentally courting arthur without knowing
merlin, watching gwen give lancelot her favor: why do you do that
gwen, heart eyes at lance and not paying that much attention to the conversation: so he knows i’m rooting for him
merlin, with an Idea: ah.
gwaine, lover of chaos, pisser offer of nobles and royals alike, ultimate wingman: merlin…you have such lonely lips. shall i introduce them to mine?
merlin, unaware of the game gwaine is playing: so you can steal my breath away? i think not, scoundrel
arthur, crushing his goblet in his hand:
merlin: arthur’s been in a bad mood recently :( i should cheer him up
merlin, remembering when arthur was put out when merlin brought morgana flowers and not him: i know just the thing
merlin, bringing a bouquet of carnations, roses, and tulips and setting them on arthur’s table while he’s eating breakfast: good morning, sire
arthur, trained on flower language in hopes that one day when he was to take a queen he could woo her easily, trying not to audibly choke on his sausage as he reads merlin’s declaration of love sitting in front of him:
arthur, who recently found out about merlin’s magic and was trying to find a way to bring it up, catching him in the act and watching merlin panic to explain himself:
merlin, Freaking: and i swear to you arthur, i have only ever used it for you. my magic is yours. my life is yours. i am yours. i would never do anything to harm you. i have protected you for years and will continue to do so at your side if you’ll have me
arthur, already believing them to be courting, desperately trying to figure out if that was a proposal for marriage or not but tired of being confused and deciding fuck it: here.
merlin, taking it: i…uh…huh?
arthur, watching merlin with hawk eyes and trying to figure out what he’s thinking and feeling: it’s my mothers sigil
merlin, confused as FUCK but is focusing on the fact that arthur is handing him something of his mother rather than a death sentence: my…my lord?
arthur, realizing how scared merlin’s must be about him finding out about his magic and trying to comfort him while also proposing, killing two birds with one stone: i will always keep you at my side, merlin, so long as we both shall live. if you’ll allow me.
merlin, almost collapsing with relief and tearing up, smiling at arthur as if he had parted the storm clouds to allow sun to shine down on them in that moment: of course…of course, arthur. always and forever.
merlin, watching the castle staff rush this way and that: wow. this banquet must be incredibly important
sir leon the long suffering, day one ride or die, one of the original merthur shippers: banquet? merlin, this is for your wedding
merlin, overworked and exhausted: my WHAT? to WHO??
leon, regretting everything he’s ever done in his life that led him to this moment: to…arthur?
merlin, over joyed but also absolutely befuddled: i’m getting married to ARTHUR?????
leon: you two have been courting for the past year or so, have you not?
merlin: i’ve been COURTING ARTHUR?????? FOR A YEAR?????????
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