#And are also very happy that theyre seeing Merlin so happy

[gaiussleechtank]

In some random modern Arthur returns au, Merlin would be living in this small little everyone knows everyone village. And magic or not sorta world, everyone knows that Merlin is much older than he looks, that's he's lived there for a very long time and just keeps to himself most of the time.

Then Arthur comes crawling out of the lake and joins Merlin in the village, living at his sweet wee cottage.

And the little everyone knows everyone community goes mental that this new and random guy just starts living with the town cryptid.

One day, both Merlin and Arthur are at the town's only cafe/restaurant/ literal hole in the wall, and someone finally works up the courage to ask how the two met.

Arthur, still getting used to the modern world and trying to be very polite to the villagers: we knew each other when we were younger

Merlin who no longer gives two shits: yeah, and then I found him at the lakeside bleeding out from a stab wound after he had escaped a crazy cult

The poor person who now regrets asking: oh... That's nice?

[spacehostilityy]

NNT Rewatch s2ep7-12 !!

(Still from my drafts! Just moved back to college yesterday and today and classes start tomorrow. Wish me luck! My schedule sucks this year so I'll need it lol)

man this is flying by!! but lucky me, the druids’ holy land arc is one of my favorites

King learning throughout this season that not only does he need the other Sins, but they need and love him is so sweet. I just love the character development they all go thru this season

draw him like one of your french girls ~~

I love that Matrona has purple eyes like Diane, the small details really make it

I actually NEED to know what Monspeet and Meliodas’s relationship was prior to his betrayal. “I can’t believe HE’S the one who sensed us” ?? Whats that about🤨 also zeldris and monspeet seem to have been in good terms, like were they all friends?

I don’t know how its possible, but Monspeet’s voice is even hotter in spanish

I love that despite galand not being able to lie, they still don’t believe his stories lol

KAJSDKWUDFL I forgot how shocked i was with the reveal that Merlin stole Mel’s power i just love the druid training arc sm

theyre so silly i love them

do we know why jenna and zaneri don’t have wings? are they just hidden with magic or something??

okie so apparently they’re just inhabiting human bodies and their real bodies had wings. found this on the wiki, do we know where the info comes from?

WAIT do jenna and zaneri know elizabeth?? Like KNOW her?

HAHAHA this part always destroys me

ngl the best thing seven deadly sins as an narrative does is portray the intense agony and trauma from mel and ellie’s curses

anyway... the fact that Meliodas and Zaratras were of equal rank when they met is kinda funny

the absolute horror on meliodas’s face when he hears liz is just PERFECT

liz is so slay she’s everything i want elizabeth liones to be

King: uhh hey jenna...🥺 what are you planning to have us do in there😓

Jenna: isnt it obvious??? 🤨 rigorous training 😤😤

the way they cut btwn scenes of meliodas abt to lose it and him and liz being happy is just so well done

I love that they were trying to get Meliodas to abandon his emotions to keep his rage in check and then when he actually has no emotions we find out that he’s straight up evil and much, MUCH worse than before lol

the tears pooling on their insanely pointy chins always gets me lol. but also mel just violently sobbing and then suddenly being fine. Mans has serious issues with repression that can def be drawn to his daddy issues

BAN/ZHIVAGO ARC😭😭😭 a few observations: Ban is very clearly influenced by Zhivago’s style, like the clothes are so similar, the fact that they sent Ban to Aberdeen prison and his favorite is Aberdeen ale makes me think he associates it with his dad, Zhivago was hot, Ban mirrors Zhivago’s words to him to Elaine, Zhivago tells Ban to never trust humans and the only humans he ends up trusting are Escanor and Jericho, zhivago has lived in misery about the deaths of his children for almost 40 years :(

idk why this is one of my fave arcs it’s literally just angst lol

gil and howzer as boyfriends. Discuss.

seeing gowther fight hand to hand is actually pretty cool, i had assumed he was weak like king but he can hold his own

how did king not clue in when galand literally opened with “Meliodas its been such a long time” like BABE CMON

BAN TELLING JERICHO SHE’S HIS WALLET 😭😭

meliodas just mocking king for his lack of wings is always funny. nothing like a dick joke to make you feel better after Zhivago’s death

I HAVE to do a meliodas self hatred/relationship to being a demon post, i have so many thots

I LOVE WHEN HE GOES TO SEE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS HES SO BADASS

monspeet shielding Derieri from the rocks with his cape🥺

melascula is so sassy i love her

estarossa is my deranged babygirl i love him. that fucking freak

I JUST KNOW TAIZOO AND THAT LITTLE TWINK ARE FUCKING

taizoo is a bottom.

meliodas somehow has 15 year old rizz. like the fucking blond boys.

(not so) fun fact: Elaine is my mom’s name so its a little weird

nakaba’s size kind seriously needs to be studied

ESCANORRRRRR

okie doke that’s it join us next time !!

[amortensie-moved]

heyyyyyy nixie!!!! how are you? i've missed randomly stopping in to admire the cats on your blog, hit you with a string of incoherent nonsense, and then disappear again. in fact, i've missed it so much that i've come to do just that <3

so,,,,, if you saw me ask cass these same questions, don't think about it. in fact, forget you saw it at all because it makes this soooo much more mysterious,,,,,, i have some random yet specific questions for you to answer. they will make some semblance of sense in approximately 14-21 business days, i promise.

what is your favorite food?

favorite color?

favorite song(s)?

favorite tv show/movie?

favorite book genre?

favorite hobby?

do you have any random habits?

what is your love language (when it comes to giving and receiving)?

what is one thing that you think you’re just incredibly amazing at? (the more random the better, asdfghjklkjhgfd)

what is one thing we should never entrust you to do/complete?

what languages do you speak/understand? are you currently learning any?

what is your ideal type when it comes to a romantic partner?

if you were getting a small tattoo (and I mean babie size) where would you get it?

is there anything simply iconic about you that you think the public ought to know?

anyway, ily bestie <3

OLIVE!! HI!!!

super glad to see you on my blog! i’m doing quite well, thank you very much! i’ve missed your presence so much, and like you, i’ve also been on and off in activity in this site due to personal busy-ness.

while i am a teensy bit curious, the questions do seem like such fun, so here are my responses after the cut:

1. i love love love sinigang! its this filipino soup that i’ve only ever tasted homemade, and boy it is delicious! this is a recipe that nearly every filipino household has memorized in their own little way, and it just reminds me of home

2. yellow :)

3. once upon a december from anastasia or alternatively, to mix it up, your ex lover is dead (final fantasy mix) by stars

4. ohh this question is hard. a recent fave of mine is the sound of magic which is constantly giving me brainrots every other day, but merlin is a show that will constantly live in my heart!

5. classic literature! i love all types, but gothic literature is particularly interesting to me. also love fantasy!

6. my favorite hobby is crocheting and knitting! i group them together as they are essentially the same fiber art, just different methods to create v similar things

7. i sing random opera notes when i’m nervous lol ( not particularly good at it, but somehow vibrato and high notes are unlocked in those occasions )

8. i give love through gifts! my go-to gift is to crochet a tiny heart stress plushie for people and ahh theyre and i get so happy giving them. i love sharing food or even just odd things i find. as for receiving, i am such a sucker for words of affirmation. heartfelt silly notes my beloved <3

9. i am practically an expert at untangling yarn and knots by now. after being into the fiber arts for about three years, its safe to say i’ve done it far too much.

edit: i forgot to mention this before, but proud to say that one of my weirdest best talents is that i can accurately mimic a goat sound. in addition to this, i can make rlly weird sounds out of this and shift the vowels so it just sounds really odd and cursed 😭. its hard to explain— but its my favorite trick to show off and make people laugh in confused horror

10. i am known for being one of the biggest hazard myself. i am super clumsy, and my sense of self preservation is usually thrown out the window when it comes to tasks that are physically taxing. in addition to this, my fatal flaw is perhaps my un-athleticism

11. other than english, i’m understand tagalog! it is my first language, and while i don’t speak it much, i understand it fluently. as for learning, i’ve been studying french for two years now, however i am far from fluent (yet).

12. ooh this is an interesting question! i haven’t had a non-fictional crush in a while hah so its more difficult to narrow down a specific type. besides the general criteria ( like not being an asshole ), overall, i just look for someone who is really sweet and caring! being smart is also a big plus for me, as i would like someone whom i can share my academic interests with. and i’d prob like someone who is a tad more extroverted than me to balance my reservedness. think golden retriever energy.

13. i would prob get one below my ear on my neck. i feel like its a cool enough place, and i can always hide it with my hair or makeup if necessary.

14. i am like halfway through owning a small business hah. at the moment, i’ve just been selling locally through crochet/knit commissions, but i am in the process of expanding to online! and, for anyone who is a mutual and interested, i might share my public insta acc for it via dm if you pinky promise not to share it linked to my tumblr ( it has semi - personal info )

[styleswithaseaview]

also i'm a hufflepuff, so it'd be cool if you wrote one where y/n is a hufflepuff who is few years younger then cedric and even though y/n doesn't think she's anything out of the ordinary, cedric makes sure she feels welcome and included, maybe showing her the secrets of the common room, or helping her with her studies (like a study date) ??? idk. happy new year, ev!

Not So Ordinary

Cedric Diggory x Hufflepuff!Reader

We meet no ordinary people in our lives.

- C.S. Lewis

taglist : @cedricsbrowncurls @hoe4cedricdiggory

a/n : ok this is kind of shitty but here we are! hope you like it, lovely. sorry it’s a little terrible, i’m very busy atm but i still enjoyed writing it!

Y/N mulled through the first five years of her Hogwarts experience. She was a blurry figure in a yellow robe that was always in the background of group photographs; always standing like she didn't belong, because that's what she believed.

Her interests were seemingly simple, cliché, ordinary, even. She enjoyed charms class a good amount, as well as reading. She did well in school, but was never top of her year. She didn't have one set friend group, or a clique she belonged to. She was just... There.

Frankly, that's all she thought about herself. Other people weren't interested in her, so she wasn't interested in herself.

It's not like she was disliked; she was moderately popular, and had on and off friends. She didn't have that zest for life, though, and her subconscious had a feeling that one day, it would walk into her life.

And it he did; wearing a yellow robe and adorned with all the charm and looks possible.

Cedric Diggory was light in human form. Y/N was looking for something that would make her giddy in anticipation for the day; and without even trying, Cedric gave her that.

He was two years above her, and the most popular guy in Hufflepuff if not his whole year. His charming demeanor and enchanting looks were deadly.

Y/N gazed at him longingly during the few classes she had with him. She knew she'd never have a shot with him - a plain, inexperienced, young Hufflepuff? There was no way in hell.

Until one snowy Sunday afternoon. Hogwarts hallways were absent of any people, it seemed, and in usual fashion, the stairs were being temperamental; Y/N was near screaming as she tried to get to her dormitory.

She paced up and down the staircase, trying to wait until the path led to the Hufflepuff dorms; which in theory, would be an efficient tactic, but she’d been waiting for an opening for close to a half-hour and was starting to go mad. She turned to walk back again, and ran directly into a wall.

Or so she thought.

“Sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't see you.” a voice said. Y/N jumped. Not a wall. Not a wall, in fact, but Cedric Diggory.

“Oh, shit, ” she muttered, blush creeping onto her cheeks. After a moment, she was able to stammer out, “Sorry, pardon my language. Ugh. I'm so sorry, Cedric, I can't figure out for the life of me how to work these damn staircases, ” Cedric seemed amused, letting out a small laugh before he caught himself.

“Sorry, I'm not- I'm not laughing at you, I'm just- sorry. I'm not used to people swearing around me.” He said, running a hand through his hair.

“Oh?” Y/N said, cocking her head. He nodded. She smiled.

“Guess I'll have to get used to it, then.” He said quietly, looking into Y/N’s eyes. She looked confused, wondering if he knew who he was talking to. Her?

“Anyways, ” Cedric started, “the trick with these is to actually just stop moving altogether. If you just kind of, ” he motioned to his still body in the middle of the steps, “stand there, it gives up, essentially.”

“Like this?” Y/N said, standing next to him and mimicking his posture. He grinned, nodding.

“Exactly.”

The stairs ceased their movement, finding their path up to the dormitories.

“Merlin, you're right!!” Y/N said excitedly, bounding up the stairs and turning to face him as he walked up behind her. “I mean- not that I'm surprised.”

Cedric let out a dry laugh. “You’re Y/N, right?" He said, holding out his hand.

“Y-yes, how did you know that?” Y/N said as she shook his hand carefully. It seemed to fit perfectly around hers.

“Oh, I don't know. I must've heard Sprout say it, ” he shook his head.

“Hm, ” Y/N said, blushing. He knew her?

———

For a few weeks after their first meeting, they had short conversations in the halls and Cedric told Y/N about the secrets of Hogwarts he’d learnt in the past year's. Y/N gazed at him in awe as he told her all about the common room’s hidden passageways that led to the kitchen; he was incredible.

“You know, I could introduce you to some of my friends. I think you'd like them, and they'd absolutely adore you.” Cedric said one night as they sat across from each other on the plush yellow couch of the common room.

“Me? Wh- you'd do that?”

“Of course, lo- Y/N.” Cedric said, grinning.

“Why- they wouldn't like me. You're so...” she looked down at her hands. “Popular. Theyre not going to be remotely interested in underclassman that tags along with you like a lame little puppy.” Y/N frowned.

“Y/N, you can't possibly think of yourself like that. Are you serious?” Cedric said, furrowing his brows. Y/N felt tears brimming in her eyes, but didn't know why. Cedric moved closer to her on the couch as she started to silently cry. What if’s raced in her mind. Was Cedric doing it as a dare? Bringing her around, showing her to his friends so they could get a laugh? No, he wouldn't do that, she thought, but she desperately scoured her mind for an inkling of reasoning behind his unbridled kindness.

“Hey, hey. Y/N. Look at me.” Cedric said. Y/N reluctantly looked into his grey eyes, expecting to be met with ridicule. Instead, he wiped a tear off her cheek, tucking her hair behind her ear gently. “This probably isn't the right time to say this, but... Y/N, I’m in love with you. I have been for over a year. I overheard Sprout talking to you last year, and... I just... Can't keep myself away from you. You enchant me, and when I first bumped into you in those halls, I took the chance to show you around to spend time with you. I'm sorry I didn't tell you.”

“Ced- Are you feeling alright?” Y/N stopped crying, a look of concern crossing her face. She put the back of her hand to the brunette’s forehead. “Did someone give you a love potion or something? Bloody hell, ” she said, shaking her head.

“N-no? Not exactly the response I was going for, gotta say.” Cedric mumbled.

“You're serious?” Y/N said, shock setting in.

“I wouldn't lie to you, love.”

“Ced, I- Merlin. I've been in love with you since I first saw you. That sounds cheesy as hell, but it's true. Are you actually serious? Like, you're in your right mind?”

“Yes, Y/N. Was I not obvious enough?”

“I mean- I thought it was just you being nice, ”

“No, darling, it's me being entranced by you,” he said.

Y/N bit her lip. “So what now? I mean I guess if we both felt it we've been on, what, ten unofficial dates?” She giggled, biting her lip.

“I say we make them official. There's no rules, right?”

“Right.”

“So, Y/N, would you do me the honor of being my girlfriend?” he said, holding her hands in his.

“Yes, yes!” she said, an excited grin on her face. He kissed her hands gently, looking into her eyes. Her breath hitched in her throat, unable to say anything.

“Can I kiss you?” he said, eyes flicking down to her lips. She nodded, blushing as she met him halfway in a soft kiss. He pulled her closer by her waist, and the kiss got more passionate as the two moved rythymically.

He pulled away, planting gentle kisses on her jawline and down to her neck until he found the spot that made her suppress a moan. She was wrapped around his little finger, absolutely entranced by the boy before her.

She wasn't ordinary to him. She was an embodiment of light and love in his eyes, and being together caused the other’s light to consume each other in blissful harmony. They gave each other the zest for life they'd been searching for.

[fishoutofcamelot]

📂📂📂📂📂📂

6 headcanons, lets go! I'lll do one for each of my ships this time, just to mix things up

Merwen

Theyre always making some kinda noise. Whether its laughing as they walk down the corridor, singing while they do laundry, or just humming a duet while they make flower crowns in an open field. They even make noises while sleeping, as Merlin mutters in his sleep and Gwen sometimes snores (not nearly as loudly as Arthur tho!). They also just. Dont shut up. Both of them are very talkative, and if they get onto a good enough convo they will NOT stop, even chatting through the night and into the early morning

Elyaine

They trust each other with their lives, but are both private individuals who dont like sharing information about their pasts. Its a matter of respecting the other persons privacy, really; elyan doesnt talk about why he ran away, gwaine doesnt talk about his family, and they both respect each other for it. Theyll open up about the important stuff, but they dont know every little thing about each other and they quite like it that way. They are both incredibly independent people who often need their space with that sort of thing - but also know that if they ever do want to talk about it, their bf will be right there to comfort them

Merwaine

They are very playful, and have a running game where theyre trying to see who can steal percivals dagger first (but no magic!). Loser has to propose. Thats the only reason they havent gotten married yet; theyre both so anxious about being the one to propose (rejection dysphoria is HIGH with these dumbasses) that theyre determined to be the one to win. Theyre also just. Really competitive. And since theyre both extremely competent, and because Percival is ALSO extremely competent, theyve been in a stalemate for 5 years

Freylena

Elena ran away from home to learn more about the sidhe, to make sense of what had happened to her and maybe find herself. This led her to Avalon, where she met the spirit freya. Elena began visiting the lake every day, just to talk to freya some more. Eventually her fathers knights tracked her down to take her home, but she found out that freyas spirit can manifest in any body of avalon water - so elena just took a pouch of avalon water with her to take home. They chat regularly now. Elenas father isnt strict about magic, and doesnt mind, just so long as his daughter is happy

Arlance

Arthur has like a tsundere thing going on where he likes to give Lancelot nice gifts, but then immediately insists thereafter that he DOESNT like lancelot, Lancelot is DUMB and STUPID and its not like he LIKES him or anything (he totally does). Luckily, merlin understood what was going on and managed to clue lance in before he got the wrong idea. Merlin thinks its absolutely hilarious. Lancelot thinks its tragic how arthur is too insecure to be open with his affection, and has refrained from confessing his love to keep arthur from being uncomfortable. The knights all have a bet to see who confesses first

Merelyan

One sassy, judgemental, magic-aligned trainwreck is bad enough. But TWO of them??? In a relationship together?????? Arthur KNOWS theyre talking crap about him behind his back, and one day he WILL prove it. For them, insulting rich people together is practically how they show affection

Thanks for the ask! <3

[merlinssaggyyfronts]

BBC Merlin Rewatch:

01x01: The Dragon’s Call

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FIRSTLY THE FUCKING DESCRIPTION LMAO “Merlin, a young country boy” COUNTRY BOY AHAHDHSNDH IF ONLY YOU KNEW!!! ITS LIKE SETTING SOMEONE UP FOR DISASTER BUT THEN AGAIN THEY WERE SO LIKE I MEAN-

aw look at merlin all happy and smily, walking into camelot like he isnt going to witness the death of his best friend/king and basically everyone he loves

LOOK AT HIM HES SO HAPPY!!! HE DOESNT KNOW YET

“like everyone, he must live and learn” yo shut ur bitchass up lizard man u literally tried to murder everyone in camelot that one time

“his name: traumatised 😍😍”

AH YES THE OPENING!!1!1!-!-! AHHH THE AMOUNT OF HAPPINESS I FEEL HEARING THE OPENING

fuck ur bitchass uther no one likes u

“i pride myself as a fair and just king” sir didnt u like basically kill ur wife... and thousands of peo- OH MY GOD MORGANA BB ILY

oh jesus okay hes dead um chile-

“when i came to this land” wait i thought he was raised kn camelot brb i forgot im an idiot wait,,, does this mean before this it was the du bois family on the throne of camelot?? also, mired in chaos? u mean like.... before ur wife died and everyone was living peacefully? ....okay

“merlin, seeing a person who's been stated had been studying magic get beheaded: [a magical being himself] ah,, welcoming.” -my gf

“since the great dragon was captured” ....so did no one think about where they put a dragon?? a captured one at that. ud think he’d be more smart but nah he just left a random ass dragon under his castle like THAT is going to end well

YUHH MARY COLLJNS HATE HIM!!! YELL BABEY YELL!!! “you took my son!” YES MURDER HIM OMG I CAN FEEL HER PAIN

“a son for a son!” omg why couldnt u have killed uther bb ur the perfect villain i love u ur literally just a loving mother i-

OOOOO GAIUS

.....why is there a bunny mask in there

why is thERE A BUNNY MASK-

why didnt merlins eyes glow when he dragged the bed to gaius to save him

also whats this slomo magic why didnt he do this after this why did season one haveso much magic and like every other season was just everyone throwing it back

like i get instinctual magic but like.... if its instinctual wouldnt it happen more especially when his powers get stronger-

gaius: what did you just do?!

also gaius, five seconds later: i know what it was!! i just wanted to know where you learned it

merlin: 😐

merlin, about his magic: i was born like this

gaius, who knows full well warlocks exist: impossible!

(are warlocks naturally born knowing how to use magic without learning? i mean if u have to learn magic like a sorcerer then whats the difference between a warlock and a sorcerer cuz wouldnt sorcerers atleast have to have some magic in them to actually cast spells? am i dumb or do i just not get it)

wait so merlin arrived in camelot on a wednesday

merlin, walking into camelot: it is wednesday my dudes

merlin: [witnesses an execution] aaaAAAAAA-

“someone that might help him find a purpose of his gifts” oh honey he’ll get something mUCH LARGER THAN THAT-

—

oH MORGANA

SHUT UR BITCHASS UTHER SHE WILL KILL YOU-

“the more brutal you are, the more enemies you’ll create” oh the waY SHE PREDICTED THEIR FUTURE OO

ah bless u lady helen/mary collins we love them spicy villains

...why do you have a dressing table in a tent

[watches mary collins murder lady helen] i never snitch on dadd- ...someone pls delete me

merlin, about his instinctual magic: i just do it!

gaius: ...lord have mercy what did i just sign myself up to

what ever happened to sir olwen did he die from accidentally overdosing

—

oHHH THERE HE IS THERE HE IS THERES MY BOY!!! MY LIL PRAT MAN!!!!

merlin looks so offended, oh god i could watch this whole scene for HOURS

oooOOOO YES MERLIN FUCK HIM UP!!! SHOW HIM WHOS BOSS

“do i know you?” “im merlin” “so i dont know you” ugh theres already sexual tension

“i would never have a friend who could be such an ass” “or i one so stupid”

also them, ten years later: “i use my magic for you arthur, only you” “just hold me” “i cant lose him! hes my friend!” “thank you..”

“tell me merlin, do you know how to walk on your knees?” OOOOH THE BOYS ARE FLIRTING

NOT THE “would you like me to help you?” SIR YOU ARE FLIRTING SO INTENSELY AND DONT EVEN REALISE IT SIR DO YOU KNOW YOURE FALLING IN LOVE

im convinced atleast half the knights with arthur were like “ayo thas kinda sus bro 😳😳 ayo 😳😳”

arthur: tell me merlin, do you know how to walk on your knees? would you like me to help you?

merlin: ....i really dont know how to answer that

imagine being paid to throw fruits at colin morgan omg id be so thrilled

OOOH HERE COMES OUR QUEEN GWEN!!! MY LOVE MY EVERYTHING YES ILY

gwen: well, arthur looks like one of those, save the world kinda men... and you dont

merlin, 1500 years later, having failed his destiny: well i mean you’re not wrong

—

gaius: uther banned magic a long time ago

merlin, flabbergasted as if he wasnt raised on tales of the death of his kind every day in the kingdom right next to his: why?!?!?

gaius: the dragon is imprisoned where nobody can free him

merlin:

(that is the face of someone knowing full well hes going to free that dragon. look at him. he’s already made up his mind.)

—

[sees merlin and arthur in the marketplace] oh heres he is again heres the lil bitxh ooo theyre about to FIGHT

god hes flirting so hard without even realising it, oh my god

“i could take you apart with one blow” “i could take you apart with less” um sirs this is a mcdonalds drive thru 😃

arthur: ahah, you’re in trouble now~ 😏😏

i had to pause cuz wHAT THE HELL WHY DOES HE SOUND LIKE THAT-

—

....yall are yelling very loudly, um, arent there guards near yall? people passing by? please relax

“im just a nobody, and i always will be” OH IF ONLY YOU KNEWWW

“if i cant use magic, i might as well die” ....well, ive got a surprise for you-

“maybe theres someone with more magic than me?” like... a whole dragon? i mean if you say so 👀

merlin about why he was born like this: if you cant tell me, no one can!

a fucking dragon, basically every magical creature and the druids: WELL-

the camelot guards are so stupid how the hell is this kingdom still standing

how does kilgharrah know merlins name? in prophecy hes known as emrys (and we see basically every magical being call him emrys and not merlin,, i think). so how does he know? did he stretch his neck long enough that he could somehow hear merlin? is it cuz theyre kin? is it cuz merlin and gaius were yelling so loudly that kilgharrah could hear them all the way in his cave? ig we’ll never know 🖐

merlin: where are you?!

kilgharrah:

kilgharrah: without you, arthur will never succeed.

merlin: ....oh look, im already paranoid

the amount of sadness i feel hearing kilgharrah say “none of us can choose our destiny, merlin. and none of us can escape it” is INSANE cuz in season one you can SEE merlin trying to escape it. hes doing his damned best trying to have some control over his life. and then in later seasons you can see the light slowly drain from his eyes as he becomes just another toy for the gods to be entertained by. he realises he cant control a single thing about his life so he does the one thing he can: protect arthur. and he loses SO MUCH because of it! its not fair, he deserved so much, and when he finally got everything he could ever ask for, it was taken away from him by his own mistakes.

arthur, seeing morgana in a beautiful dress: god have mercy 😍

uther: .....um

the way they set arthur and morgana up as if they arent gonna make them siblings i- what the fawk 😄

person A, who knows arthurian lore: oh no! arthur is going to have an affair with morgan(a) and have mordred! oh no!!

person B, whos seen merlin: oh no in this show its worse

person B, knowing full well theyre siblings: much worse....

gwen: who’d wanna marry arthur? 🙄

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gwen, getting crowned queen of camelot: well fuck

hhhnghnh yes queen sing them to sleep yes murder his bitchass (and fail but like its the thought that counts)

on a sidenote tho this is such a fun way to murder someone, id try this

the absolutely OFFENDED “FATHER!” and the horrified look in arthurs eyss when uther announced merlin would be his manservant is PRICELESS OMG

oh the way uther unintentionally plants the first seed of his sons love story omg 😍😍

Conclusion: this episode is a 10/10 greatest episode with so many iconic scenes omg. mary collins u will forever have my heart for unintentionally kickstarting merlin and arthurs relationship destiny. i loved the whole thing and oh GOD does it already hurt knowing full well how the show ends

[gringolet]

hi why do you ship gawain with lancelot? not trying to start shit im just curious

God so this is a true fact but I’ve been thinking about them since sophomore year of high school (i'm a college sophomore now) so this is going to be lengthy and involved. But i think Lancelot and Gawain have a really interesting dynamic as well as a lot of support in text which i think makes them compelling.

    In a lot of ways they are equals in a way neither of them is with anyone else-- they are, in the vulgate at least, the two best knights in the world, the two arthur trusts most and who are famous even among other good knights. Its almost isolating, that level of renown, and you see that Lancelot in particular is uncomfortable with it, though they both at times have stories of trying to escape their own names. Of course they would understand each other in a way no one else could.

    Despite the fact that Lancelot quite literally steals his place as number one, gawain is never resentful of this, never upset to lose to lancelot. In fact he seems very happy to sing his praises to anyone he meets, like in Lancelot and the Hart with the White Foot, where he says of lancelot that “He is the best knight alive in the entire world, and moreover the most handsome.”

    In the stanzaic morte, he tells elaine of shallot that 

“Such a leman as thou hast one,

 In all this world ne be no mo.

There is no lady of flesh ne bone

In this worlde so thrive or thro,

Though her herte were steel or stone,

That might her love holde him fro.”

Or, translated,

Such a love as you have, 

there’s no better in the world.

There is no lady of flesh or bone,

In this world so lucky or stubborn

Though her heart were steel or stone,

She could stop it  from loving him.’

In the vulgate hes constantly running after lancelot, happy to play sidekick as long as it means lancelot's company. He pretty infamously says this about lancelot:

Then Sir Gawain thought a little, like a man who believed he would never be well again. “If God were to grant me my health,” he said, “I’d immediately wish to be the most beautiful maiden in the world, happy and healthy, on condition that he would love me above all others, all his life and mine.”

I think this is really interesting because its not a devotion gawain shows to anyone else outside of his family. Hes oddly protective of lancelot, considering he can very well fend for himself usually. In the dutch hart, he literally tracks down and kills a man who hurt lancelot, before tying his body to his horse and dragging it around like achilles. He also rescues and heals him in morien, gets the whole court in a tizzy looking for him after a battle with galehaut where he spends a year searching, drags lancelots poor cousins all over looking for him after a tournament, freaks out when he goes missing in the hart (: “He lamented more grievously than anyone ever will, or had ever done before, because he thought he had lost Lancelot, the daring knight.”) like jesus gawain calm down.

He explicitly forsakes his devotion and duty to the country in favour of lancelot; in morien, hes called to take his place as king because arthur is gone, and he refuses in favour of, you guessed it, running after lancelot.  In chretien it is said that 

“Now I will tell you the truth, and you must not think I lie, that Gawain would not wish to be chosen king, unless he had Lancelot with him. “

And he lies to arthurs face multiple times in the vulgate and morte to hide lancelot's various crimes.

Speaking of crimes, theyre both uh, well. Literal serial killers. And you know its good to have hobbies in common in a relationship. No but seriously they represent a lot of the darker parts of knighthood. From lancelots bit with the proud knight in kotc to gawains… what can be only described as massacres in the dutch texts. They both have very odd relationships with death, with gawain so familiar with it by being surrounded by violence from a young age that it no longer affects him, while lancelot is almost the opposite-- its very distant to him. 

I think thats another reason i like them; theyre similar in a lot of ways but in just as many they are opposites. Gawains whole deal is being charming, manipulative, educated and good with words. Lancelot is in contrast, especially in chretien and the vulgate, at his most inept in social situations. You note that in the hart, its gawain that has to talk him out of the marriage he accidentally agreed to (“ But he does not at this time wish to marry you-- you must understand...”) etc.  while gawain is centered at court in a web of political alliances, lancelot is a fair unknown, who can and does disappear for years and generally avoid court when he can. I think they work well as a team because of this.

Lancelot certainly think so, at least in the morien: Quoth Sir Lancelot: "By the Lord who made me, and who shall be Doom's-man at the last day, come what may thereof, since Sir Gawain rideth hence 'tis not I will bide behind!”

He isnt as quotable outside of one specific scene ill get to later, and most of what he does say is in aside to himself, like the lengthy speech he gives in knight of the cart while debating to himself why gawain has failed to rescue him, and if this means gawain doesn’t love him (“He ought indeed to receive your aid whom you used to love so devotedly! For my part I may truly say that there is no lodging place or retreat on either side of the sea, where I would not have searched for you at least seven or ten years before finding you, if I knew you to be in prison. But why do I thus torment myself? You do not care for me even enough to take this trouble.”) trust me it goes on like this for quite a while. 

On a side note, i think its a bit reminiscent of a scene from the vulgate where gawain thinks that lancelot is in  love with elaine of shallot--

 “That night he thought a lot about Lancelot and said to himself that he would not have thought that Lancelot would have aspired to leave his heart in any place that was not nobler and more honourable than all others. ‘And yet,’ he said, ‘I cannot really blame him if he loves this girl… (he goes on in debate with himself)...

    That night Sir Gawain slept very little, because he was thinking of the girl and Lancelot,”

the morte specifically calls gawain the man lancelot loves most in the world, according to a prophecy of merlins. Then, the kicker: he kills gawains brothers on accident, gawain swears to kill him in revenge, and lancelot…. Refuses to kill gawain, or even to renounce love for him. When asked about the fight, he says:

 “I do not know what the outcome will be, but I do know that if I were the winner and ought to cut off his head, I should not be able to kill him for all the world, because I think he is too noble. Moreover, he is the man, out of all those in the world that have meant anything to me, that I have most loved, and still do,”

Gawain forgives him on his deathbed and writes a letter, the entirety of which i implore you to read. He begs lancelot’s forgiveness and for him to return from france and see gawains tomb, “for all the love that was betwixt us”

I think you could interpret this as a very passionate friendship, certainly, but i am gay and so i think they are too. Not only because of the texts but because of the fact that their dynamic is fun and interesting and they work well together.

Oh, and if anyone was wondering why i call them remarkable, here is another quote from the vulgate, following the first fight with gawain:

‘It is certainly remarkable of you,’ said King Bors, ‘to love him so deeply when he hates you mortally.’

‘Find it remarkable if you wish,’ replied Lancelot, ‘but he will never be able to hate me so much that I stop loving him.’

[thisisamerlinonlyevent]

abt that post of immortal squad merlin, leon, mordred and morgana, i have spent DAYS of my life thinking abt their shenanigans n shit. one thing i like to touch upon on this story is morgana’s guilt and her carousel like journey of accepting it and moving on.

(TW: hanging, suicide, nooses, death, hallucinations)

theres obvisouly the very first down of when she finally realizes what the fuck she has done (as i have said in the other post) BUT that lasted about 100 years. after that she was ready to fuck around and find out and do shit n not think abt things too much (she also accidentally turned herself blonde which didnt help things at the time since a lot of ppl thought they were vampires or smth n wanted them dead n morgana suddenly with a new hairstyle certainly didnt help so they *did* magic their ways into the royal court at the time for protection purposes n also for possible chaos inducing gremlin purposes)

one that i have always been fond of is the low period of the 21st century. i would like to remind y’all (or inform yall if i hadnt tell u this) that these bitches cannot die. u can kill them.... for a bit. n then theyre back. sometimes tho the coming back process can be fucked with by external factors n it can take a while or even be threatened to follow through with the death thing.

morgana, around 2018, gets plagued by hallucinations of a woman getting hanged in a beautiful white dress from centuries ago. she hears a voice of a woman telling her things, things she doesnt entirely understand since theyre out of context but they all have the same message: she has done something wrong and it cannot be forgiven.

by 2018 these bitches have been alive for 1500 years. they do keep diaries just to not be forgotten but do u think they read them like everyday or something? NO. so truthfully they dont know the specifics of why the fuck theyre alive for so long or why they need to stay in fucking england but they do cuz they thing its important.

these hallucinations of a blonde man bleeding and dying, a black woman old and frail and so sad, a handsome brunnet with a skull for a face dressed in black, a long haired man miserable and tortured with a tall bulky man next to him old and tired, and lastly just a skeleton with long white hair, PLUS the hanging woman, PLUS that damn voice is slowly drivng morgana mad.

it culminates to her going to a ruined castle next to a lake. she gets glimpses of what shes done, not understanding completely and then suddenly, a blonde woman in red welcomes her and smiles. tells her shes not nothing wrong, shes forgiven. come lets say hello to your friends, lets get you changed.

she changes morgana to a night gown from centuries ago, beautiful but simple and deeply nostalgic. she comes to meet the people form the hallucionations but they look happy and healthy. the blonde man, her brother apparently, forgives her for what she has done and understands it. he steps away and the beautiful woman is standing in a simple blue dress. it feels like a sleepover suddenly when they start dancing around the castle grounds, laughing and twirling.

morgana gets to a balcony where she can see them all alive and happy, with merlin and leon and mordred as well, theyre all happy. she turns to the woman, who has a necklace with a family crest, their family crest the woman says, their sisters. 

morgana’s magic acts up though, something is wrong. when she turns to the balcony the necklace is a noose, and shes beyond the balcony. she holds on for dear life and calls out for morgause who she knows is the woman in red. she looks cold, her eye looks wrong and shes not smiling anymore. she comes closer and whispers “it’s time to let go, sister” and pushes her out. she falls and her neck snaps, killing her.

merlin, mordred and leon feel it when it happens and theyre on the move immediately. merlin senses a familiar curse, and so he searches abt it int heir diaries. he finds it quickly, morgause and morgana and she did because of it. he had noticed morgana had distanced herself and had been down, beating herself for every little thing. staring at the air, screaming, talking to herself. they had tried to talk to her but she can and will lock herself out when she wants to.

they get in touch with other magic users and curse breakers, also spirit specialists. mordred gets real antsy whenever they visit both the body and the castle itself. when he felt morgana die he sought her out immediately and it was him that called merlin to say he found her, dead. he’s quiet during the process of getting her back, he feels watched and he doesnt like it. 

leon and merlin are more hands on ‘lets try to find morganas spirit and free her of whatever curse morgause has on her this time’. they get faced with distorted versions of their friends, unrecgonizable to them, just another creature to beat.

they reach a bedroom where they see morgana standing, so the three charge at it. merlin gets in first but something pushes leon away and the door closes, impossible to open. as leon tries to destroy it only to watch it regenarate right infront of him, mordred turns around and knows that whoever is watching them is close, and hes been itching to kill it since hes stepped foot in the damn castle.

merlin learned from the curse breakers and spiritualists that the best way to break the curse on a ghost is to take their spirits to a middle plain where they can reach common ground and help the spirit come back home. he forms a link with morgana. 

they both wake up in different lakes gasping for air. merlin is determined to find morgana and bring her back while morgana wantes to find merlin to get him back alone. they get plagued with visions, memories. the middle plane is fragile, and theyre both powerful sorcereres who are very VERY emotional. they come close to breaking it apart, trapping them both, but something pulls them back. merlin doesnt waste time and runs to morgana, he needs to find her and bring her back. 

morgana is tired and she knows she shouldnt be saved. morgause, disguised as an old woman, acts as her guide and takes morgana’s hand back towards the lake she awoke from, intending to drown morganas spirit. halfway through, merlin finds them. he calls out to morgana but its no use shes still sinking. 

he screams the only words that come to mind, “i forgive you” and that stops them dead in their tracks, making them turn around. morgana is confused and merlin steps closer to help her out. morgause though, is tired of this shit. she pulls both of them down, they shall drown together. but morgana, shocked and relieved by merlins words breaks the surface. but not merlin. she screams and swims around, she tries to look for him underwater but its too dark, its night time.

merlin himself blames himself for events he barely remembers. he too feels like he cant be forgiven. but he cant leave them behind. he knows he needs to do something important, he needs to live. so as morgana cries on the shore merlin comes back gasping for air, swimming to her as she comes back to the water for him.

they argue for each other, both self sacrificing idiots and self loathing fools. morgana tells him she knows she did the wrongdoings its a fact, shes evil n loathsome. merlin reminds her that everybody has forgiven her, centuries ago, he read their diaries. shes forgiven and shes good. now please come back. n they do.

mordred has kept himself busy with morgauses spirit and in her weakened state of losing both ther prey he goes ham on her, abusing his new found death related magic and tearing her apart. when he comes back to leon, who finally broke down the door (since morgause’s spirit is dead) and is inside with the other two very drenched magic idiots, they all gape at his black bloodied state.

so ye that it. i took obvious inspo from thohh and a bit from teenwolf also thobm and yeah. again this is all in good fun so!! dont take it too serious

[ethernetchord]

hello ethan! i missed you!

i kind of thought you don't smoke, i don't know why. i do smoke, but i am trying to do it less. because it is so expensive, and, of course, unhealthy.

god, maurice. i have always wanted to watch the movie and also read the book, but they are both very expensive in my country, but i will! the book is on my tbr-list for two years now... dead poets society is my favourite movie of all time. and, also, i fell into my dark academia phase again??? partly because of you and your blog... you won't belive me, but i have never seen the lion king... i'm the youngest one of my siblings and i only watched what they watched. i always wanted to watch it but i never got to choose the movie...

one of my faves also is the miseducation of cameron post. both the movie and the book. i am a huge fan of back to the future as well! also, a stupid one, superbad. it's so funny and i love bill hader..

oh, how'd you like the fs movies? which one was your favourite? i'm sure we are soulmates, it's not just coincidence, dear. about dorian grey, i will get to it and i'll tell you when i will.

oh god, who is your favourite doctor? i can't believe you're into doctor who also. and you mentioned halloween, i don't know what my costume will be yet :( based on your profile pics, you would look amazing as four!!!!!!! can't wait for it.

Ii'm fine. for the first time in weeks i feel truly okay! also, i didnt have too much of a hangover! i love talking to you and just letting all my thoughts out. hope you are doing alright! and i hope you're happy to receive my ask <3

-🐝

hi! its good to hear from you, as always. im glad to hear youre trying to give up smoking. i know it can be hard but in the long run it's probably worth it. i grew up around smokers so i never personally had the desire to i guess. I'll put a keep reading here, so that I'm not flooding people's dashes with my incoherent rambles.

getting a physical copy of maurice is really strangely difficult? firstly, it's expensive and always sold out? but anyway, i read a digital version but i do hope to get my own physical copy mainly for annotation reasons and because certain books, certain stories, i just really like to have them close by. i keep the goldfinch next to my bed eventho i've read it 3 times already because sometimes i just itch? to get my hands on it and to feel the story in my hands again. i hope you get to it soon as well, i hope one day we can discuss these books together as well. im so happy you like dps! (do you maybe run a dps oriented blog here... my detective skills are perking up) that film really does mean a lot to me and honestly, just as with the goldfinch, and interestingly you as well, i can't seem to get enough. no bother that you've yet to see the lion king, it'll always be there and i hope that when you do eventually watch it, that it reminds you of me.

(also i can't believe i dragged u back into the dark academia thing, wow my power. i never really considered myself a dark academia blog because i'm so all over the place but i suppose we do align well with that general sub-culture? aesthetic?)

the miseducation of cameron post! i am going to watch it right after i send this your way, i've been meaning to for ages since so many friends have said good things about it (and queer media is so crucial to me) and now that you've expressed your admiration for it i must. as for superbad and the back to the future films- these are classics and in my opinion great comfort films. i never got overly into the lore of the bttf films but theyre entertaining and fun, every rewatch remains enjoyable.

my favourite fear street was probably the second one, i loved the energy and the soundtrack and how fast paced it was. im a sucker for nonlinear progressions so this series really nestled into my heart really quickly. which one did you like the best?

and doctor who? it literally blew my mind when you brought it up last time. my favourite doctor (og series) is 4, evidently, and from the modern series probably 10. david tennant is just a favourite for me and he never disappoints. i also loved the seasons he did, he truly had some of the best companions. i didn't ask last time but which doctor who book were you reading?

if I do end up going as 4, trust me, tumblr will see the picture evidence.

I'm so glad you're feeling pretty good :D (and that the hangover wasn't so bad) i feel the same btw, its nice to just go off in rambles with you and waiting for your next ask always leaves me wondering what more territory we'll end up having in common (as it seems we're nearly identical.) have you been watching any shows recently? do you prefer tv shows to films or vice versa? I've been rewatching merlin personally. also, answer as vaguely as you'd like, but are we close in age? (I was born in 2003) also if you know them, what is your Hogwarts house and mbti? i know these seem odd questions but I love knowing these tiny personality indicators. however, getting to know your actual personality is much more fun.

i look forward to your next ask!

much love, ethan.