#Mercelot

[justaz]

arthur notices merlin and lancelot’s chemistry in s1 and then merlin and gwaine’s chemistry in s3 and comes to the conclusion that merlin likes men with long hair. in completely unrelated news, arthur thinks he might look good with long hair and decides to grow it out

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Arthur: You cannot solve your problems by dragging along a man faking his status.

Merlin: Obviously. That’s why I brought two.

Gwaine: And he didn’t drag anyone anywhere.

Lancelot: That’s true, we came willingly.

[sword-wielding-sapphic]

[emrysmoss]

Can you guys believe that some of the most influential early screenwriters and directors had to sneak queer subtext into popular media for so long that it seeped into straight screenwriters’ subconscious baseline for writing compelling characters and plot, thus, accidentally creating the the gayest non-gay television show to ever exist and that show is called BBC Merlin

[sneakyboymerlin]

had to make my own version of this (the original template was uhh… questionable)

blank template under the cut!

[amirmeavid]

Merthur is an otp for real, but I have such tremendous respect for Merwaine and Mercelot shippers because they really went 'Merlin deserves better' and STUCK TO IT unlike an unfortunately large amount of the merthur fandom that just decided merlin should be ok with being abused as long as he has the occasional sassy oneliner.

And this is not me dragging on merthur as a ship, its my favourite too, especially when written well. Its just me remarking on the fact that love is just not enough for a healthy relationship, and too many merthur fanfics ignore that.

Arthur HAS to change.

[1asbrightasthestars3]

When the fic is SO GOOD that you just have to slam your phone on your bed and take a second to breathe.

[francrows]

"Would, say, the Most Powerful Warlock To Ever Walk The Earth be able to do stop the rain?"

"I think that would be a bit harder to explain than the shirt, Lance. Or the pie. Besides, messing with the weather is not the best idea."

"But could you?"

"Oh, for sure."

[kissme-withyour-cherrylipstick]

I should have gone for a PhD in literature with a focus on Arthurian legend (BBC Merlin smut)

[aventuras-de-andre]

the only thing funnier to me than the potential gwaine/lancelot argument when gwaine finds out lancelot knew about merlin’s magic and he didn’t is arthur trying to butt into that conversation.

lancelot is like of course I knew. and gwaine is like?? the fuck is that supposed to mean? and then arthur says he also feels betrayed and gwaine and lancelot turn to him like

[theroundbartable]

Imagine being Lancelot, like-

You come to Camelot, trying to become a knight, only to meet a giant ass hypogriff on your way. You save this scrawny servant's life, and not only does the boy know the prince, he immediately commits identity fraud for you, then reveals himself a sorcerer, and everytime you see him again after you were banished, his poweres grow increasingly unhinged.

That one time he suddenly has a sword that can kill the immortals that just attacked, another time he has a dragon pet. Sometimes he talks to lake spirits or is treated by druids like a mix of a god and an eldritch horror.

It only gets worse. He's amazing, he's terrifying, you're compelled to protect him. You have no choice but to die for him.

[lesbicosmos]

me: :)

*remembers both lancelot and arthur's last words to merlin were "thank you"*

me: :(

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

I’m rewatching Merlin again and I just love how Lancelot seems sensible but is actually bat shit insane.

He’s got his morals, obviously, but he’s also just as chaotic as Gwaine and Merlin in his own way.

Like, a day after meeting Merlin he committed identity fraud.

Then he found out Merlin had magic and immediately decided keeping it secret would be more fun than turning him over, which would’ve gotten him the knighthood that he’d been dreaming of his entire life. Really love that he’s not a class traitor there.

Then he rode off into the sunset, cape billowing like a dramatic ass theatre kid turned DnD player with a leaf blower (talking from experience on that one)

Then he joined a fight club

Was fully prepared to sacrifice himself for Gwen with a hero’s death

Then left for some personal growth, which was fair enough but I’m kinda disappointed we didn’t get to see more of his character development. That’s what headcanons and fics are for though.

But then in Camelot, after getting his knighthood, he constantly encouraged Merlin to use his magic - with his “I’m sure a man of your talents can think of something” like they weren’t in a busy hallway where anyone could’ve seen - and casually fell in love with seeing magic used freely. The look in his eyes whenever he sees Merlin using magic is just soft, I don’t know how else to explain it. (Take that in whatever context you want it, I’m a sucker for Mercelot but romantic or platonic doesn’t matter to me.)

And THEN! Merlin survived the Dorocha and he tried to prank the king, someone secretly but not so secretly in love with Merlin, with his “Bad news, he survived.” Thing.

There’s definitely more, but I just love how chaotic Lance is and how much he got away with because his reputation as the noblest knight gave him a lot of freedom to do dumb stuff and then bat his eyes all pretty to get out of trouble.

[justaz]

Arthur & co getting transported to the time before magic was outlawed and preparing for a dark and scary world of bloodshed and horror only to find a world that shines and gleams with happy, smiling faces and magic flying free. Sorcerers are a natural part of daily life and are no different than the average citizen. Arthur is a bit stumped and Merlin is overjoyed, practically bursting with excitement as he takes in the world around him. He keeps running off to perform magic openly but Arthur worries about him getting hurt bc he doesn’t trust this world so Merlin has to keep sneaking away but Arthur just keeps chasing after him and Merlin keeps running away and Arthur…eventually buys a child safety harness (cough a leash cough) to keep Merlin with him. Lancelot helps him break out. Arthur puts them both on a leash- I mean, child safety harness. Gwaine busts them out bc hes a slut for casual treason and pissing off Arthur

[emrysmoss]

men in Camelot will see Merlin and be like “is anyone else gonna lay down their life for this guy in the sluttiest way possible?” and not wait for an answer

[nononsensesblog]

Remember when Merlin collapsed in front of everyone and all that Arthur did was roll his eyes and his close friend Gwaine just stared at him and the only one who rushed to check on him was Lancelot? What the hell was that about huh