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one of my favourite kinds of merlin/merthur fics is “i can excuse homosexuality but i drew the line at peasants” uther

a close second would be “i can excuse homosexuality AND the peasant thing but i draw the line at magic” uther

all this especially when he’s actually mildly supportive of merthur and approves of merlin

on that note fic recs please!!

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Another thing I love about the Merlin fandom is how Merthur shippers still love Gwen.

That Gwen is still written or drawn to have a happy ending and is still loved and cared for.

A lot of fandoms will find reasons to drag the canon partner or completely erase them to fit the narrative that supports their own ship.

But Gwen, the vast majority of the time, is given happiness and is portrayed as both capable and respected.

In this essay-

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I'm watching Merlin for the first time, currently in season three, and I have to say: Gaius is not a physician, he's a professional Gaslighter, Gatekeeper and Girlboss

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Teacher AU where Arthur is the sports and history teacher...

And Merlin is the janitor.

Everyone respects and fears Arthur in equal measure, except for Merlin who has to manage the entire facility and clean up after Arthur's tougher sport events and keeps ridiculing him for expecting so much from 14 year olds.

Arthur never makes fun of Merlin's job for reasons unknown, but their constant beef is just hilarious.

Years later they learn that Merlin just took the job to make sure Arthur wouldn't be left to his own devices. This was all intentional. They are married.

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DEI does not mean lower standards.

You are thinking of white privilege.

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The two parter “king uther fucks a troll” episode of Merlin is truly such a fine piece of absurdist television. Morgana is already “evil” at this point. Merlin and morgana both hate uther. Uther is a really dark character for the rest of the show. The amount of vision is takes to have him be under a spell where he’s like “I LOVE this troll! She is beautiful! Stop being mean to her” while every other character is united for once being like “please please stop fucking the troll! She doesn’t like you! She’s tricking you!”

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obsessed with the woman at the dmv who replied with a firm “no” when asked if she wanted to be an organ donor but when the clerk asked ��do you want junk mail? we sell your name and address to companies” she paused and gave a very thoughtful yet decisive “…yeah”

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It’s kinda hilarious to me how down with murder Merlin is. Like I feel like most shows, especially family shows, have the character at least be morally conflicted about killing. If not out right refusing to kill.

Merlin does not give two shits. He murks someone in the first episode, zero conflict. His body count must be at least in the thousands by the end of the show (considering he took out a whole army). But let’s not forget all the up close and personal murders he commits.

I recently rewatched the changeling, and in that episode in quick succession he kills Grunhilda, the Sidhe and then gives Gaius a look like “do I need to do everything myself?” And gives Elena the potion. ZERO fucks given, he is so unfazed. Merlin is always down for murder. It’s so funny.

And I support him lol.

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I wanna push you around

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Here's a quick au idea that just came to me today:

In a modern au where Merlin is still waiting on Arthur, historians recently discovered a whole batch of legal documents from Arthur's reign. These documents detail many changes he made to the laws of Camelot, including the repeal of the magic ban (which the historians assumed was just a halt on witch hunts).

However, one thing that the historians note as strange were the large number of laws that only applied to the king's personal manservant, who was never mentioned by name in the documents. These laws range from oddly specific, such as 'the king's manservant shall not accompany knights to the tavern', to downright bizarre decrees that make no sense, like 'the king's manservant is hereby forbidden from pointing out stew in the king's hair.'

The historians' first guess was that perhaps King Arthur was going a bit mad in his later years, but they didn't find any other ludicrous laws besides the ones pertaining to his manservant, which then led the historians to question the identity of this manservant and his relationship to the king.

All of this culminates in a historical exhibit showcasing the documents and postulating on this mysterious manservant of king Arthur. Many scholars flock to the exhibit, eager to examine the documents and debate their meaning and impact within a historical context.

Which then leads to a very tired Dr. Merlin Emrys, a medieval history professor, being dragged by his colleagues to see the exhibit and having to stifle is laughter as these world-renowned scholars tear their hair out trying to understand what was essentially a prank war between him and Arthur.

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I keep wanting to post “rip Merlin you would have loved to do drag” but since Merlin is immortal it is entirely possible that he has and does do drag

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Authors who post like this are so deliciously unhinged. At this point it’s not even a fic- it’s a literary hostage situation, and i am ✨sat✨ ☕️

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can they invent butch purse already

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Saw a post about how Sam is Brennen's foil but Vic is Sam's foil