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Prompt:

In a world where a-b-o is a thing, Prince Arthur is an Alpha. He’s been told all his life that one day he would marry an Omega, likely one of Royal blood.

There are fewer Betas in this world (the minority rather than the majority), and they are looked down on by the other genders. Betas cannot have any status and are always common no matter their birth. Betas are considered lesser, considered these sexless things. Yes, Betas have been known to have families with other Betas, but this is thought to be more of an anomaly (which they would realise isn’t true if they looked for even a moment). As a general rule they are assumed infertile, asexual. This is one of the reasons why Betas are used as personal servants to nobility.

Well Merlin, Arthur’s Beta manservant, is ready to challenge Arthur’s views, to show him just how passionate and sexual a Beta can be.

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merlin reboot idea except this time the main character is arthur and the show is called arthur

jk not that arthur, lol. anyway the pilot opens with an asmr inducing first scene of an unnamed protagonist emerging from a morning workout in the pool. as we see him get ready for the day, we hear faint whispers of a name, one we can’t quite understand, but he seems to recognize. he turns around but no one is there, only the audience sees a brief glimpse of a pale face with dark hair spread out around it in the reflection of the water. we follow him as he gets ready, but we never get a glimpse of his face. the seconds and music build up as he finishes his routine and heads to the university he teaches at. the keychain in his hands shines like the blade of a sword, and the hat he wears rests on his hair like a crown. we see his students greet him and learn he’s a bit of a favorite professor. the big reveal comes when he’s about to enter his office. the camera pans to the placard on the wall, which reads

penn drake, associate professor of medieval english and arthurian literature

the camera follows him inside, rises, and there surrounded by books and iconography of legends from long ago, the face of arthur pendragon in modern garb stares back to the shock of the audience. this story is not about a young boy discovering magic in a kingdom that persecutes it, but of a man plagued by dreams of the legends he studies, haunted by the face of a man he has never met, and sent on a quest to restore magic to the world

we’ve always assumed that merlin would be at arthur’s side at the time of his return, that he would find him, but what if arthur is reborn and spends the next 40 years of his life searching for a purpose? what if the purpose arrives when albion’s need is greatest—when merlin has all but given up, unaware that somewhere out there resides the king of legend, the king he swore himself to, the king he’s been searching for all this time.

call the show pendragon.

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Prompt:

Despite all the noble Omega’s his father keeps parading before him, the only one Arthur wants to take as his mate is his Beta manservant (if he’s amenable).

However, he doesn’t know the secrets his servant is keeping from him. One will make his hopes and dreams easier, more attainable, whereas the other will make it infinitely more difficult.

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Prompt:

Arthur’s known about Merlin’s magic almost from the beginning.

When he first discovered it, he tried to warn Merlin, discreetly - commenting on the dangers of magic without addressing Merlin’s magic specifically so he won’t have to arrest him. Over time though, he slowly learns - from Merlin - that magic isn’t all that his father has always claimed.

After this, it becomes a bit of a game to them; Arthur warning Merlin about magic, and Merlin coming up with the most outrageous of stories to try to explain it away.

But then the day comes when Arthur realises that Merlin never knew that Arthur always knew the truth.

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Anhora Keeper Of The Unicorns really did have the toughest time of it, in terms of being a Magical Personage in Camelot.

I mean, not only did the guy have to deal with constant virgins endangering their lives by wandering alone through bandit-infested woods just to pester his unicorns, Anhora also had to witness this exchange between these two besotted idiots:

Arthur: I’M drinking the poison

Merlin: No, ME.

Arthur: Never! I shall die for you instead!

Merlin: That’s my job! You’re worth more than me!

Arthur: No YOUUUUU

Merlin: No YOUUUUU

Anhora: *extremely put-upon sigh*

Arthur: You’re so smart Merlin and clever Merlin and- hey what’s that over your shoulder?

Merlin: WHERE?

Arthur: *yoinks the cup*

Merlin: NOOOOOOOO Arthur my Arthur no no no let me die for youuuu.

Arthur: Never Merlin I shall die for you now!

Merlin: No let me-

Arthur: No let ME-

Anhora: I SWEAR TO GOD IF I ACTUALLY HAD PUT POISON IN THAT CUP I WOULD DRINK IT MYSELF!

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my favorite thing abt the merlin fandom is when it randomly trends and everyone is like “huh? what’s going on” and the merlin fandom is just: oh we collectively all remembered how much we love merlin and decided to post about it

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Prompt:

In a world where soulmates are a thing, you can find your soulmate by matching it to its pair. The common people will often leave their marks uncovered (so long as their mark doesn’t appear somewhere scandalous) in the hopes of finding their soulmate, whereas nobility are know for keeping their marks hidden as to not be taken advantage of (and disguising when they marry for politics despite their soulmarks). Royalty are even more secretive, understandably. (Somehow, most people find their soulmates within their own classes. Shared experience perhaps.)

Only select few have seen Prince Arthur’s soulmark, one of those being the captain of King Uther’s knights. By chance, this knight sees Merlin’s mark when forcing him into the stocks once more.

The knight takes Merlin before the king, exposing his mark. Uther doesn’t want his son to end up with some peasant, some boy, but he can’t just have the boy killed either - he knew what it was like to live with a broken bond and wouldn’t wish that upon his son, especially when most broken bonds end in suicide.

So how will Uther deal with this unexpected setback? Will he blackmail, imprison, or exile the boy? Or something else entirely?

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BBC Merlin + Text Posts

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uther: you will be married to princess katharine in the next fortnight.

arthur, calmly: no, i will not.

uther, angry: yes, you will. it is for the good of the kingdom.

arthur, smirking: you misunderstand me, father. i cannot.

uther, eyes narrowed: and why not?

arthur, still smirking and somehow beaming: i cannot marry, as i am already married.

basically i think it’d be funny if this happened and arthur revealed he had married merlin, making merlin the prince of camelot (arthur already crown prince and i think merlin should also be king when arthur is crowned but king consort works in this scenario)

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They are trapped. Truly this time.

The knights are forced into a small room, conditioned to wait until their captors decided upon their fate.

It's not Arthur's fault, he thinks. How could he have known they were waltzing into the territory of gods? Sure, if he had listened to Merlin... But since when did Arthur ever listen to Merlin? He regretted that now.

They had tried slashing the walls with their swords as well as the doors, but neither of them could get a scratch on it, let alone pass through. They had seen a man be smitten by one of the gods in question. It had been a terrible, gory sight. A god who had smiled at them when impaled, told them attacking them would get them minus points. His voice never wavered, his smile never faded. Then the god made their way through a door without even touching it. The door vanished around them, never having to open.

There was a sign on that door, that was the reason why Arthur knew that person had been a god.

Only gods may enter

Humans were unable to.

Merlin sighs and draws attention to himself. "Well, I guess this is it."

Arthur: we're not going to die here, Merlin.

Merlin: no. I guess not. But I suppose, I will, after.

Arthur: after? Why would you -

Merlin shrugs, then turns to the impeccable door. As if to test it, he touches the wood. His hand goes through. "Shit", Merlin mutters, but doesn't look surprised. A second later, he's gone.

Arthur doesn't realize that he tried to stop him until his own hand collides with the hard wood of the door that swallowed his servant. Arthur's eyes are stuck to the sign. Slowly, very slowly, his mind connects the dots.

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BBC Merlin Reverse Bang Returns!

Announcing the second round of the BBC Merlin Reverse Bang!

Sign-ups will open in about a month on Sunday, August 27!

Writers, artists, podficcers, betas, and alphas are all welcome to sign up next month! Please note that we have made some changes to the format of the fest for our second round, so definitely check out our updated carrd site!

A brief summary of changes:

we’ll have sign-ups for both betas and alphas

artist requirements have been reduced

podficcers & their writers will have a delayed posting schedule

participants will have more check-in points with the mods

and artists/podficcers will have the option to allow their concepts to be claimed by more than one writer. This means there will be 2 rounds of claiming in order to allow for more writers to participate

For full details, check out the updated FAQs, Info/Rules, and Schedule.

We look forward to seeing everyone sign up at the end of August! In the meantime, feel free to spread the word, ask any questions you might have, or get started on brainstorming your concept(s)!

PS. Wonderful promo art by your new co-mod, Pearl09!

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Prompt:

Merlin: *embarrasses himself when he first meets Arthur and feels embarrassed about it*

Merlin: No, shut up, I’m concentrating.

Arthur: … On?

Merlin: Not making the ground open up and swallow me.

Arthur: ….. Do you mean that figuratively?

Ground: *rumbles*

Merlin, eyes snapping open: That wasn’t me. It was a coincidence.

Arthur: ……. Do these sorts of coincidences happen often to you?

Merlin, sighs and deflates into a frustrated despair: Unfortunately.

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And unfortunately for Merlin, these sorts of ‘coincidences’ do happen to him often.

And then, years later, he’s surprised to learn that Arthur worked out he had magic years ago.

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Prompt:

Originally it was Merlin who brought them all together, Arthur, Gwen, and the Round Table Knights. But they all moved up in the world while Merlin stayed a servant. He’s depressed and lonely but… let’s face it, Merlin would never leave them voluntarily.

So when he does leave, it’s not voluntary (but I’ll leave it up to the imagination whether anyone else knows this or not).

Regardless, without Merlin there, fractures the others never realised existed between them started to crack wider, until everything was on the cusp of collapsing.

The only thing holding them together right now is their unified goal to find Merlin and bring him home.

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Prompt:

When someone uses magic, their eyes glow with gold, the magic within them visible in that moment as it’s brought to the surface.

Merlin was born with gold eyes. His mother kept him hidden away from everyone for years until he learned to suppress his magic consistently enough for his eyes to show their blue.

He isn’t quite so good at continuing to suppress his magic in his sleep though, so his eyes will always return to their more natural gold.

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Prompt:

By some twist of magic or another, Mordred trips back in time, arriving not long before The Dragon’s Call.

He’s no longer out for revenge against Arthur, or not entirely - he feels like he settled that score in Camlann. But he feels no loyalty to his Once King either.

What he does want… is Merlin.

He always idolised Emrys, wanting a closer bond with him than what he had. He knows now that that’s because Merlin chose Arthur over him.

Well, not this time.

This time Merlin would choose Mordred, he would make sure of it. Merlin would be his in every way possible. Camelot could fall and burn, as far as he was concerned. And maybe, maybe, he would show up at the last moment to tell Arthur what he stole from him before he even knew what he’d lost.

He travels to Ealdor, seducing the young Emrys to his side, doting on him, loving him, and being loved in return.

But destiny has a funny way of working things out. Mordred is no longer Arthur’s bane. Instead, Arthur is his.

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Mordred/Merlin, with eventual Arthur/Merlin and MCD(Mordred).

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Prompt:

One day, Arthur met the dragon far beneath the castle, and slowly began visiting him more and more, the dragon becoming an advisor to him. When his father died, assassinated by a vengeful sorcerer, Arthur became King. One of his first acts is to reach out to the druids.

Both the druids and the dragon tell him that his kingdom will not prosper, that it will eventually fall, unless he finds his destined sorcerer, binding them to him. Only the figure is shrouded in mystery and shadow, too powerful to be seen clearly, even through prophecy, because they’re using their magic to stay hidden. Arthur will know them when they die for him, but live.

Two years into King Arthur’s reign, a 19 year old Merlin (or however old you imagine him to be at the beginning of the show) arrives in Camelot. The dragon and druids don’t recognise him as he’s unconsciously using his magic to stay mostly hidden (magic has only been made legal recently, and he and everyone else are still cautious). King Arthur isn’t as much as a prat as he would have been had Merlin met him younger, but the king is in his late 20’s/early 30’s. Merlin still lucks his way into becoming the King’s manservant though.

Their friendship slowly grows, even as Arthur continues quietly searching for his destined sorcerer. Then Merlin drinks poison for Arthur (morteus flower perhaps?). Arthur tries to save him, but doesn’t get back in time with the cure.

Luckily for him, Merlin turns out to be immortal. 😏

Now Arthur intends to tie Merlin to him in the most binding (and satisfying) way possible.