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PERCIVAL ╱ STRENGTH
‘drop the biscuit and i won’t bash you over the head.’ // @swordmade
❛ NOW THAT seems a little extreme. how about we say no deal & walk away ? ❜
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quickfire things
elyan can’t read. he can catch snippets of maps & recognize the shapes of words, but not actually the letters or the word itself. it’s mostly the names of locations & landmarks that he can recognize.
elyan’s feisty af. he’s quick & agile & an absolute windstorm when it comes to fighting. he packs a surprising amount of power in his punches considering for much of his life, he spent it as a blacksmith. still, there’s also an elegance to the way he fights. a trained quality to it.
elyan & gwen used to sneak out to watch the knights train. they’d hide in the shadows & then go home & fight with sticks.
these two siblings were the type to scrape their knees, going anywhere & everywhere that they can reach. they run around, holding each other’s hands & giggling as they dart around corners & explore the city’s secrets.
elyan was much closer to his mother than his father. her loss devastated him, as it did everyone. to this day, elyan still wears one of the bracelets his mother fashioned for him & never takes it off.
gwen made the other ones.
in turn, elyan also made some of the pins & combs that gwen would use to do her hair up. it was among the first things he ever made using the forge.
elyan feels the Worst over not coming back when he heard that his father died. he didn’t even hear the news until probably a good year and a half year after it had happened. he considered going back, but it didn’t feel like... he really had the right to after abandoning them like that. & then it had been so long afterwards that he felt like no matter when he returned, it was never going to be a good moment.
he’s one of those people that believes a lot of things can be solved by just talking about it. whenever he’s at odds with gwen, he’s the first to relent and sit down like alright, why are you mad. and then listening to her as she talks about why she’s mad and then apologizing for what he did. then he talks about his side of things & basically elyan promotes healthy communication & assuring all of his friends & family that he loves them very much.
he’s aroace thank-you very much.
#* speculation . ╱ ʳᵒᵒᵗˢ ᶜᵃⁿⁿᵒᵗ ᵇᵉ ʳᵉᶠᵒʳᵍᵉᵈ .#temporary#will probably be re-written into proper headcanons#but knowing me i say that but i'll never do it because i am Lazy
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GUINEVERE ╱ DEAREST
he’s right here in front of her still, his hands in hers and yet…she feels like she’s already lost him. they’ve shared everything for so long - they’ve had to, with what little they had. his shirts became fabric for her dresses, their meagre portions of food would feel like feasts when shared together, and in winter they would curl up with father to keep warm. they’ve always been this way - since their mother’s death it’s only amplified tenfold, and gwen can’t help but feel she’s losing herself with him.
���don’t send us money. we’ll be fine, you know we will. take care of yourself, please.❞ she knows he’s older, but there’s a fierce, alarming wave of protectiveness that floods through her, beating in her chest, and it’s then that she pulls away from him, smiles with dry eyes now. this is his choice - she can’t change that. ❝be good, stay out of trouble. take care of yourself.❞ she’s already said it but it bears repeating; with elyan, it always bears repeating.
HE HELD onto her for a moment more, hands not letting go before he breathed in quietly. elyan parted & left a distance between them. somehow, it had felt like he had already left. like there were already mountains dividing them & & it felt uncomfortable. all their life, they had never spent a moment apart save for the few years that elyan spent by himself before his father showed him this little bundle & called her guinevere. this was it. he knew it wasn’t the end, but it still felt like he was cutting off half of him. it was almost enough to make him turn back. almost.
❛ you’ve always taken care of me, so don’t go thinking you can stop me from doing the same, gwen. ❜ he smiled, a little sad and wobbly. he was going to miss her more than he would ever know. ❛ make sure you keep out of trouble too, alright ? write to me if you’re ever in trouble. i’ll come as soon as i can. ❜
#opusregina#* opusregina . ╱ ⁰⁰¹ .#* son . ╱ ᶦ ʷᵃˢ ˢᵒ ˢᵘʳᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵐʸˢᵉˡᶠ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐʸ ʳᶦᵍʰᵗⁿᵉˢˢ .#im so UPSET#ELYAN STOP#YOU KNOW YOU WONT#elyan stops writing back like 3 months in#MY BOY#MY PRECIOUS BOY YOU MEAN WELL BUT BOY ARE YOU DUMB
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My pension for forgiveness with my sister’s welfare is razor thin.
Vax'ildan (via broexplosionmurder)
#elyan@arthur#I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT ELYAN WOULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING AFTER GWEN WAS BANISHED#* introspection . ╱ ᵇʳᵉᵃᵏᶦⁿᵍ ᶠᵉᵉˡˢ ˡᶦᵏᵉ ᵐᵃᵏᶦⁿᵍ .#* words . ╱ ʰᵒᵖᵉ ᶦᵗ ᵇʳᶦⁿᵍˢ ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵒᵐᵉ ˢᵐᵃˡˡ ᶜᵒᵐᶠᵒʳᵗ .
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#gif /#* elyan . ╱ ᵖʳᵃᶜᵗᶦᶜᵉ ᵐᵃᵏᵉˢ ᵖᵉʳᶠᵉᶜᵗ .#* guinevere . ╱ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵗʳᵒⁿᵍᵉˢᵗ ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿ ᶦ ᵏⁿᵒʷ .#* & guinevere . ╱ ᵈᵒ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵍᵒ ᶠᵃʳ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵐᵉ .#* opusregina . ╱ ʷʰᵉⁿ ᶦ ᵃᵐ ᵍᵒⁿᵉ ˢʰᵉ ʷᶦˡˡ ᵐᵃᵏᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵒʳˡᵈ ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ .#ASDHASJDHJASDHSAKHDASJKD
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writing-prompt-s:
write the backstory of your url
#a reference to his skill as a blacksmith of course. he makes swords and probably made is own or his father made it for him#but also it ties into my budding meta about how one of the reasons elyan left home was because he knew that if he stayed#he'd be nothing more than the blacksmith's son and then the blacksmith himself#and he felt like there was so much more out there for himself so he left to fo find whatever that was#and you know what -- elyan is /made/ to be a warrior. a soldier. a /knight/#he has all of the qualities of one and once he was knighted he slipped into that role so easily#like it was what he was born to do#elyan was made for the sword. to wield it to use it to bear it#* introspection . ╱ ᵇʳᵉᵃᵏᶦⁿᵍ ᶠᵉᵉˡˢ ˡᶦᵏᵉ ᵐᵃᵏᶦⁿᵍ .
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GUINEVERE ╱ DEAREST
she believes him. despite everything she believes him. elyan’s never been good at keeping up with these sorts of things - he’s always in the wrong place at the wrong time, and that’s why the idea of him leaving scares her all the more. she trusts him, of course she does. but she doesn’t trust everything else around him, doesn’t trust the world as a whole, that always seems to be out to get him? how can she possibly trust it, when she’s seen him go away for a week with innocent intentions, and come back bruised and cut and with no real explanation as to what happened.
he hugs her and she clings to him, feels small and vulnerable, like her heart is being torn to pieces. her fingers curl into his shirt - the one she’s repaired a hundred times at least - and she buries her tear stained face in his shoulder. ❝take care of yourself, elyan. for me. i can’t…i can’t lose you.❞ she moves back to look him properly in the eyes, fierce in her determination. ❝you’ll come back. at least to visit. and it’ll be different. dad’s already got more business…we’ll all be alright, okay?❞ she’s not sure whether she’s reassuring herself or him at this point; it’s always too hard to tell.
HERE WAS the truth : elyan would always follow his heart first. even if his head had reams of reasons to stay, pleading to him with the same cadence as gwen’s voice & telling him that he shouldn’t leave. that he shouldn’t be so selfish, leaving his sister & father behind all for some feeling that tugged at his entire being. he wasn’t being reckless with this. he taught himself out to wield a sword, watched the knights practice from a secret place & memorized their movements before practicing in the dead of night. he had trained for this. he had maps that he could partially read & a good head on his shoulders he was so sure of this. there was nothing in his life he wanted to do more than see the world with his own two eyes.
oh, he loved his sister. he loved his sister dearly. there was no person in this world that held such a large place in his heart. they weren’t twins, but sometimes it felt like they were because she seemed to be on half of him. his dearest friend, his closest confidante & the person who above all deserved a better brother.
he pressed their foreheads together, eyes as fierce as her own. a promise, as good as he could make. ❛ no matter what happens, you’ll always have me, okay ? i’ll be okay, so make sure you’re here when i come back. i’ll find work, i’ll send money when i can ❜ hand sought her fingers, clutching them close to his chest. a small smile, precious & true. ❛ i’ll be back before you notice. ❜
#opusregina#* opusregina . ╱ ⁰⁰¹ .#* son . ╱ ᶦ ʷᵃˢ ˢᵒ ˢᵘʳᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵐʸˢᵉˡᶠ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐʸ ʳᶦᵍʰᵗⁿᵉˢˢ .#im CRYIGN#ELYAN WHY YOU ALWAYS LYING#he's not he honestly thinks he can do this#he tried so hard the FOOL
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GUINEVERE ╱ DEAREST
it doesn’t surprise her.
there are a lot of emotion roaring through gwen’s mind but not one of them is surprise. there’s upset and confusion and, tucked into the back, acceptance. this has been a long time coming; elyan’s never quite been happy here. but even knowing that, even having seen it for so long, gwen can’t quite comprehend it. aren’t they enough? isn’t their little family in their little house enough? and even past that…haven’t they lost enough? after their mother, gwen can’t imagine their family shrinking again and yet…and yet.
tears spring to her eyes unbidden, and no amount of blinking can banish them. instead she raises her hands to scrub at her eyes, feeling altogether too childish and too small and too young to deal with any of this. which is, in itself, ridiculous. she’s been too old for years now. and elyan…elyan is turning his back on that. gwen can’t even find it in herself to blame him. ❝elyan -❞ she doesn’t get much further before her tears choke her, tilting her head into his palm. ❝- you’ll write, won’t you? you know…you know how father worries.❞
HE WISHED he could say that he felt wrong about this. he wished he could say that he felt guilty that the sight of her tears ( * take care of your younger sister, elyan ) were enough to undo his conviction. one day, long ago when they were still a whole family, they might have. he might have felt his resolve melt away from his spine & he’d turn around, placing his bag down on the ground & he’d tell her he’ll stay. he had known it for a long time. he had been feeling these tiny shifts around them, ever since their mother died. ( * later, he realizes that things had always been shifting. )
his thumb wipes away the tears snaking their way down her cheek & his lips purse before he’s pulling her into a tight hug. he wants her to know, to understand everything in his chest. there’s a whirlwind in there alongside the flicker - beat of nervous energy & collapsing sorrow. ❛ of course i’ll write i’ll have to find a place to settle down first. i’ll tell you where it is so you can write back to me. i won’t leave again until i get your letter. ❜
#opusregina#* opusregina . ╱ ⁰⁰¹ .#* son . ╱ ᶦ ʷᵃˢ ˢᵒ ˢᵘʳᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵐʸˢᵉˡᶠ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐʸ ʳᶦᵍʰᵗⁿᵉˢˢ .#IM OFFENDED YOU THOUGHT I WOULDN'T
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IT WASN’T anything that he could put to words it wasn’t anything that he could explain. it was like ... a heartbeat. there was something in the wind that nestled in the depths of his chest & kept tugging him out there. he liked camelot, he liked their home but there just seemed to be so much out there. more & more his gaze would linger on the woods that surrounded them. it felt right to him. there was just something about being out there that made him feel alive in a way he had never felt before.
there were problems of course. elyan adjusted the pack slung over his shoulder & gave his sister an apologetic look. he he had to do this. lips twisted & he reached out a palm, cradling her cheek gently. ❛ it’s not going to be for forever, i promise. i’ll come back, gwen. ❜
sc: @opusregina
#opusregina#* opusregina . ╱ ⁰⁰¹ .#* son . ╱ ᶦ ʷᵃˢ ˢᵒ ˢᵘʳᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵐʸˢᵉˡᶠ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐʸ ʳᶦᵍʰᵗⁿᵉˢˢ .#hey : ) charley : ) how : ) you : ) doin' : ) ? : )
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like this for a thing !!
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a clever boy.
elyan is as clever as they come. a different sort of intelligence to the other knights. while gwaine brings wordly experience, leon brings courtly knowledge, lancelot brings a fox’s cunning, percival brings a simple insight elyan brings this almost contradictory combination of spontaneity & logic. elyan acts very much in the moment. he’s breathtakingly creative & shows a great deal of flexibility in his thought process. he knows how to prioritize, knows how to keep a level head & take risks when they’re necessary. he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty, unafraid to leap into the void he’s also not stupid. he’s not reckless by any stretch of the means. he doesn’t take risks just for the sake of it & he doesn’t tread so cautiously that he doesn’t act at all. he threads the line in between, but also walks a different line entirely because elyan’s not equilibrium elyan is flow. elyan’s this unfathomable energy contained within human skin that just keeps swimming.
#* out . ╱ ᶦ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ˢᵖᵉᵃᵏ ᶠᶦˢʰ .#me: trying desperately to make it seem as if i know what im talking about#i haven't watched the series proper in years#and elyans frustratingly not the Biggest person with content#a tentative#* speculation . ╱ ʳᵒᵒᵗˢ ᶜᵃⁿⁿᵒᵗ ᵇᵉ ʳᵉᶠᵒʳᵍᵉᵈ .#for the time being
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Merlin Characters + Tropes: Sir Elyan
#gif /#* elyan . ╱ ᵖʳᵃᶜᵗᶦᶜᵉ ᵐᵃᵏᵉˢ ᵖᵉʳᶠᵉᶜᵗ .#* merlin . ╱ ʰᶦˢ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ ᶦˢ ᵐᵉʳˡᶦⁿ .#* guinevere . ╱ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵗʳᵒⁿᵍᵉˢᵗ ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿ ᶦ ᵏⁿᵒʷ .#* arthur . ╱ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜʳᵒʷⁿ ᵘᵖᵒⁿ ʰᶦˢ ʰᵉᵃᵈ .#what !! an angel !!!#also god bless the fact that elyan wasn't that Overprotective Brother trope like man#' it seems things have changed for you '#CATCH ME YELLING
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canon divergent.
elyan left with gwen when she banished. there is no way that elyan who canonically, loves his sister more than anything & anyone in his life ( * he only loves one woman ) & is as loyal as they come could ever just abandon his sister, no matter what charges had been placed against her.
i actually don’t remember what happened when gwen was banished, only that at some point she was a doe ? or something. will update when i rewatch ( * must have bleached these scenes from my mind ).
elyan lives. the enchanted sword wounded him gravely, but elyan lived. elyan is no longer an active knight of camelot post the dark tower, having been crippled at the end of the fight. he can’t move without his side aching & protesting. he can’t hold a sword without his swordhand shaking, but he can still fight. he can still ride & move. mayhaps not as swiftly as before, but he still has that feral elegance & grace to his movements. the cape may no longer be on his shoulders, but elyan has always been a fighter & he won’t let anything stop him from fighting alongside his brothers in any way he can.
strict details of his wound & subsequent life afterwards are liable to change, but no matter what, elyan lived because gdi bbc stop killing off all your poc !!
#* speculation . ╱ ʳᵒᵒᵗˢ ᶜᵃⁿⁿᵒᵗ ᵇᵉ ʳᵉᶠᵒʳᵍᵉᵈ .#also if anyone takes that ' he only loves one woman ' as anything relatively incest-y G E T OUT#hon ESTLY
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