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okay i wanna talk about people undermining cardan’s decision to exile jude. i cannot stress this enough, he didn’t exile her for the sole reason of impressing her, that was just a bonus. it wasn’t a haha i got you moment. it’s funny i get it, but the jokes blow it way out of proportion.

if you actually read the books you’d understand he mainly did it to pacify queen orlagh because she was literally demanding jude be given to her so she can imprison her again in the undersea for killing balekin. this way, jude will be safe while they were finalizing the treaty. in no way would orlagh go along with anything as long as jude was still hale and in elfhame without punishment.

he knew she’d be angry, but he had full confidence she would understand the riddle (which was why he was so confused when jude was trying to bargain for her exile to end) and come back, but she didn’t. instead she thought “pardoned by the crown” was only a mistake in his wording and that if she were to come back, he’d only exile her again or have her killed or imprisoned. up to halfway in TQON jude still didn’t see what cardan felt for her. she still thought it was only a big game to him—that everything he did was a ploy. but it wasn’t.

cardan in TWK didn’t even think he could hurt jude, he had no idea she loved him back, and you can hardly blame him, the walls jude built around herself are sky high. plus he’s terrified of her lol. again, cardan didn’t exile her to hurt her or prank her. it wasn’t an elaborate ploy to “impress her,” that was just a bonus. the main reason was to keep jude safe from orlagh while they were finalizing the treaty.

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what if i told you that i find the family dynamics of madoc’s household more interesting than judecardan what then

i’m convinced that some of you skimmed through tfota to get to the romance bc how do you take a book that’s like 10% romance and 90% worldbuilding and plot twists and spying and political intrigue and market it only as “enemies to lovers”?

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i’m convinced that some of you skimmed through tfota to get to the romance bc how do you take a book that’s like 10% romance and 90% worldbuilding and plot twists and spying and political intrigue and market it only as “enemies to lovers”?

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cardan greenbriar who has been so mischaracterized lately.

cardan greenbriar who is not "a yassified boy who would make grwm tiktoks and vlogs."

cardan greenbriar who was neglected by his mother and family.

cardan who thought the only way he'd be validated by his father was to act out and be cruel.

cardan greenbriar who was nursed by a cat because his own mother was too busy at parties to be bothered to nurse her own son.

cardan greenbriar whose mother was sent away and he was sent to live with his older brother who abused him.

cardan greenbriar who canonically (i believe) developed stockholm's

cardan greenbriar who hated himself just as much as he hated jude.

cardan greenbriar who thought he was unlovable because— who would ever love someone as cruel as himself?

cardan greenbriar who said: "i used to pretend i was playing hide and seek, and that no one ever found me because i had chosen such clever spots to hide. of course, no one ever looked, anyway."

yes, he is clever and sarcastic, but i'm so tired of people saying "he's a twink," "omg he's so submissive and breedable." did we read the same series?

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Movie Costumes | Sarah's ballgown, Labyrinth (1986)

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LABYRINTH (1986) dir. Jim Henson

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reading a fantasy book set or inspired by the medieval era/myths and looking up fanart and seeing the characters dressed in prom dresses 💔💔💔

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It’s all inevitable and all his fault

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merlin is the best tv show ever bc every episode arthur is like “oh that’s my attention seeking whore, merlin. what is it now, dumbass?” meanwhile the merlin and morgana subplot:

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BBC Merlin (2008-2012) trending again as it does a few times every year, NBC Hannibal (2013-2015) trending once again as it does every year, Hilson (ship name for Dr. Gregory House and Dr. James Wilson) from Fox's House (2004-2012) trending in Tumblrs House Renaissance

It is March 2025 for those without timestamps on.

Truly modern TV has nothing on whatever the fuck they put in 2000's and 2010s homoerotic television named after one of the main characters

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AU where Arthur finds out about the prophecy and pieces together that "his closest ally Emrys" must be Merlin because who else would it be, but incorrectly assumes that Merlin doesn't know and therefore has never practiced magic before.

Even better if he finds out early season 1 so He's just so devastated the entire time and he's just like "I can't believe this, this prophecy is going to turn my best friend into a sorcerer, and it's all my fault for being the once and future king" and Merlin's in the back just murdering a sidhe

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the funniest part about merlin is the fact that he’s even around for most of the show. like what the fuck is he doing there. no other person with a personal servant is tailed like arthur is. and yet nobody fucking blinks an eye at his presence.

like there are at least three separate occasions where the plot for an episode is uther sending arthur on a super secret confidential mission with the fate of the kingdom at stake, and they have a whole conversation like ‘i need you to understand the importance of the secrecy of this mission.’ ‘understood father, i will take only my most trusted men.’ ‘no arthur, you and YOU ALONE must go.’ ‘i understand.’ and then it cuts to the super secret mission and fucking merlin is just there. like. road trip with my best buddy. what a view. love this horse. like ARTHUR?

everyone always forgets he exists the second a fight happens, too. every goddamn time the knights go on a short patrol that god forbid merlin not tag along for they get attacked by bandits or whatever and merlin doesn’t even carry a fucking sword and after the fight arthur always turns around and merlin is just kinda standing there in the middle of the fight picking at a hang nail. nobody considers it wild that he’s there for all of this. the one time he actually bothered taking a sword off a dead guy to defend himself with arthur saw him holding it and he mocked it like ‘lol the fuck are you of all people gonna do with that’ THEY FULLY EXPECT HIM TO JUST STAND AND WAIT FOR THE FIGHT TO END

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bbc merlin is a fun silly show that begs the question what if you were given a destiny you didn’t understand and you betrayed yourself time and time again in what you think is a selfless act of love that will serve a greater purpose, only for that to be the exact reason you fail and the undoing of the person you love most. and then the random filler episodes are like this witch is doing terrorism in camelot by sneaking magic mushroom bombs into the soup and merlin has to gaslight arthur into thinking he doesn’t like mushrooms or something idk

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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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Merlin was legit cleaning Arthur's chambers like this...

this man seriously had unparalleled job security i swear to god