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Colin: Did you actually fall asleep in that log in the background? 

Bradley: I think I might have done. It wouldn’t surprise me. I was trying to create the image that basically you’ve got this dashing knight in the form of Lancelot, and then you’ve got an oaf inthe background, who’s asleep, snoring, mouth wide open, just looking incredibly unappealing. 

Because I think, essentially, Lancelot is the better choice for Guinevere. I think, if anything, it’s just Lancelot’s absence that’s the only thing that keeps them apart. 

Arthur’s main focus is Camelot.

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S1E9: Excalibur

Redrawing a screencap from every episode of Merlin... (until I get bored with it)

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On this gay ass Merthur blog, I'm taking a moment to support the non-binary community! I hope you support them too!

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Quest 03 : Polyamory Appreciation Week (PAW)

Day 06 :  Quote Day

“There’s only two people, and that would be Merlin and Guinevere, who could say, ‘By the way, I am a sorcerer,’ or, ‘I have magic.’ I think those are the two people who stand the best chance of receiving some sort of understanding from Arthur,” - Bradley James  

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MERLIN ✗ GWEN ✗ ARTHUR  ⤷ 3.10 | Queen of Hearts (insp)

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My headcanon about Arthur's mortality (or how I think he was able to survive before Merlin came to Camelot)

"(The griffin is a creature of magic.) It is born of magic, sire, and it can only be killed by magic." - Gaius, S1E5

Alright, since Merlin is trending again for no reason I'll share one of my lastest headcanons I came up with during my last Merlin rewatch.

There was something about this line from Gaius and the way the camera then directly pans out to Arthur that made me think of an interesting headcanon that would explain how Arthur managed to survive so long without Merlin.

You see, according to this logic, because he was born of magic, Arthur can only be killed by magic (or weapons forged by magic *winkwink*). So he could never really die from simple illnesses or battle wounds unless those were directly inflicted by magic. And, since Uther started the purge against magic right after Arthur was born, he probably wouldn't have had much contact with it in his early years (at least until he became a knight and started going out on quests, raids, etc).

That would explain why (much like Merlin) he seems able to endure so many injuries (broken ribs, poisoned arrows, etc) that other knights can't. (I mean, just the fact that this man didn't sustain some severe brain damage from all the times he's been knocked out is impressive lol)

What I'm saying is that being born of magic must have given him some sort of endurance that other mortals don't have, because by Gaius' logic the circumstances of his birth in itself made him a sort of creature of magic (just like Merlin).

It would also make for a good Canon divergence fic in which this was the reason that made Uther start the purge in the first place (to protect his son from the only thing that could kill him)...and it can get even more angsty if you add in the fact that Merlin is literally magic itself, but I digress.

Anyway, I'm probably reading way too much into this. I doubt the writers would've thought so far ahead as to put foreshadowing so early on in the series. But I just thought it was an interesting headcanon and just another fun parallel between Merlin and Arthur.

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Soo...no Merlin?

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Merlin: I’m incapable of love. I’m a monster, I kill people without hesitation, I lie and keep secrets, people think I’m a drunk, and I’m also actively breaking at least twelve laws at any given moment.

Also Merlin: *makes butterflies and flowers out of his magic, puts on light shows with fire embers and would do literally anything for the people he cares about*

Arthur, Lancelot, Gwaine and many, many others: I am… deeply in love with him.

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for @forever-rewatching-merlin

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my favourite thing is characters who just met the person theyre literally going to be wildly in love with for the rest of their lives and theyre like “:/ they’re not all that” this is so embarrassing for u

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here to contribute to the undying fandom

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MERLIN 1.01 | 5.13

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insp.

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Modern merthur is kind of giving “why are we like this”

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MERWENTHUR INCORRECT QUOTES | SUCCESSION 2.02 for @flyingpurplepeopleeater42​ & @arthurpendragonns​

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