#alternate merlin

[tiodolma]

🤔 I imagine that the universe Merlin and Morgana arrived in will have to rearrange itself around them. Some things change, others stay the same:

- Merlin's mother is Nimue, rather than Hunith.

- Morgause grows up with her parents. When Morgana's counterpart is born, Gorlois and Viviane are like, maybe we should name our daughter Morgan instead of Morgana. Later, another daughter is born called Elaine.

- Mordred is born to Gorlois and Viviane. Morgana is happy that little Morgan has him as her brother, while Merlin is going through another five stages of grief or something.

- Balinor senses him and Merlin have a connection and just assumes that's because they're blood kin. Merlin doesn’t tell him that in another universe the man was his biological father.

I'll have to think of more changes... 🤔🤔

what a lively colorful world this wouldve been.

Merlin going over five stages of grief over mordred is hilarious tho. he defiinitely would do this. HIs Morgana would be elated but also sad that she never got that kind of family.

It's also a nice coincidence that alternate merlin will also have blue eyes like nimueh hahahaha but god that kid would probably spoiled af

baby arthur's going to grow up with all these magic kids is cute.

[ollyrewind]

With you, I serve

With you, I fall down

Watch you breathe in

Watch you breathing out

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

I need a fic where Arthur knows magic isn’t inherently evil but doesn’t know about Merlin’s magic.

So he sees his new manservant being terrified of anything magical and tries to convince Merlin that magic can be good.

Meanwhile, Merlin thinks that Arthur knows about him so he’s trying to subtly convince Arthur that he should stop bringing it up.

Morgana just cackling in the background.

And it goes on until Ealdor when Arthur is like: “why the hell are you so anti magic if you have it?!”

And Merlin is so confused: “you didn’t know? But you kept trying to reassure me that you weren’t afraid of me.”

And Hunnith is watching all this unfold like: “ah yes, soulmates. Two sides of the same coin but if the coin is anything like their brain cells, it isn’t worth much.”

[wistfulvulpine]

S1 vs S5 + extra

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[cinnabons-treasure-trove]

Consort Merlin: [shining Arthur's armour]

King Arthur: [staring at his consort] You know you're not my manservant anymore, right love?

Consort Merlin: [humming] I know, but your safety is still my priority, that includes making sure your armour and weapons aren't rusted or tampered with.

King Arthur: [smiling fondly] Of course sweetheart.

[nietoprz]

another AU(?) where's merlin is mermaid🎣🎣

im so in love with mermaids AU i can't not to draw this🤧🤧

[moon-meteor-star-sun]

What if I wrote a very complicated Marauders fanfic that’s a Merlin au with Wolfstar and maybe a little Jegulus and Sirius was Arthur and Remus was Merlin and it had a bit of angst but was a happy ending?

[motionsikmerlin]

system of a down's hypnotize/mesmerize era

: )

[spookyspiritwriter]

Thinking of writing a modern day Merlin au.

Like, it's him sitting in a coffee shop, and he's just about to leave, when in walks Arthur, dressed up in a suit, ready for work, and Merlins freaking out in his head like "omg he's finally reincarnated!" And then he does something and Arthur gives him a business card, and then the next chapter or something pans to him being Arthur's personal assistant, and the entire Camelot gang works there too, and no one remembers anything for a while except Merlin.

Posted the first Chapter of this on Ao3. The Title is The Bitter Smell of Coffee by SpookySpiritWriter.

[tiodolma]

I imagine this happening regarding jealousy...

Morgana: *presents all her arguments against Nimue and how Merlin shouldn't talk to her*

Merlin: My lady, if I didn't know better I'd say you're jealous.

Cue denial and both proceeding to argue about it.

Merlin: ...Morgana you actually care about me?

Morgana (red faced from all the Nimue exposition she just laid out): I DONT CARE ABOUT YOU I HATE YOU. YOU POISONED ME STFU

Merlin (coming closer, with shoujo sparkle eyes): no... you do.

Morgana (backs away, hits the wall): I... I...

Merlin: (actually presses into her personal space)

Morgana: (blasts him away)

Merlin: Ow

Morgana: GET YOUR PRETTY FACE OFF OF ME YOU JERK

Merlin (cradling his bruised cheek): You called me pretty?

Morgana (head tilted high): I AM NOT BLIND YOU ASSHOLE

Merlin (now suave): Well my lady, if it helps you sleep at night, you are the most beautiful creature I ever beheld

Morgana: (throws all the chairs and tables at him)

[merlinktober]

Merlinktober will be returning for 2024!

As the days get shorter and October gets closer, so does our challenge to appreciate two marvelous things: Merlin and ink!

Stay tuned for this year's list and spread the word 🖤

Again I'd like to thank @lefayeart, who started with the 2019 list and @schweetheart that kept the event going before me.

I'll love to see what comes out of everyone's pens this year!

[hopelessromantic5]

I feel bad for not having posted any merthur in a while.

Here’s a small, Cinderella-esque AU snippet from my drafts. 🫶

Apollo didn’t even snicker in discomfort at the boys approach, in fact, he almost preened.

“He’s beautiful.” The boy murmured, putting his palm flat to the horses snout. Apollo loved it, which was strange.

“He never lets anyone touch him, aside from me.” Arthur says, mostly to himself.

“Tell them to be gentle. And approach with respect.” The boys, startlingly blue eyes flick up to Arthur then back down to the horse.

“What do they call you?” He asked before he could think better of it.

“Never mind what they call me.” He patted the snout once more and moved two paces back, finally taking in Arthur’s full form.

“What is someone like you doing in the forrest alone?”

“Is my identity that obvious?”

“I’m afraid so, sire.” A small smirk finds its way onto his face. “It was your cloak…and your posture, that gave you away.”

Arthur laughed despite himself.

“Well, now we are unbalanced. You know my name and I do not know yours.”

Merlin did not respond but the small smile didn’t leave his face as he turned to look out into the forest.

“Your knights will be here soon, Prince Arthur.”

The prince snapped his neck in that direction and held his breath, listening for sounds of movement. He heard none.

“How do you know?”

That got him a small shrug.

“I have my ways.” The raven haired boy began gathering his bag full of plants.

“I fancy keeping my head, sire, so I’ll be taking my leave. You will be safe with them.”

“Why would they take your head?” Arthur couldn’t help but question gently.

The boy shook his head and said nothing.

His blue eyes found Arthur again, which caused little bubbles of nerves in his stomach.

“Please, be careful. These woods are not always kind and surely will not show a Pendragon any mercy.”

“If that is the case, how are you surviving without a weapon?”

“Who said I didn’t have a weapon?”

The sound of hooves and clanking armor distracted his eyes, and when he looked back to the spot the boy had been standing, he was gone.

Vanished into thin air, or into the trees. But Arthur never heard a rustle, never a footstep.

He was disappointed to see him go but glad that he was gone before the knights broke through the tree line. If Arthur’s suspensions were correct, he didn’t want the boy interrogated by them either, even if a handful of them were as noble as they come.

Arthur didn’t really want to take that chance.

[niishiki]

“The only thing I do know is that I can't know anything.” “That’s nonsense.” “Tell that to Socrates then.”

[thenerdyalien]

Hey, I just dropped the first chapter of a new fluffy merthur fic I've been working on. It features soft Arthur, oblivious Merlin and time travel shenanigans... I had a lot of fun writing this one, hope you enjoy!

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Merlin (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Merlin/Arthur, Ygraine & Arthur Pendragon, Hunith & Merlin, Balinor & Merlin, Gaius & Merlin Aditional tags: Alternate Timelines, Time Travel, Ygraine Lives, Uther dies instead of her, Uther Pendragon Never Banned Magic, Arthur Pendragon Knows About Merlin's Magic, Oblivious Merlin, Soft Arthur Pendragon, Caring Arthur Pendragon, Smitten Arthur Pendragon, Prince Merlin, Established Relationship, is it established if one of the people involved doesn't know about it?

Summary:

“Good evening, my love! What kept you so long?” Arthur greeted him warmly as soon as he walked into the room. “Your what now?!” Merlin blurted out wide-eyed. Surely he couldn't have heard that right. But Arthur was unfazed by his apparent confusion and promptly planted a kiss on his lips as if it was the most natural thing in the world for him to do.

Merlin accidentally stumbles into a timeline where Arthur seems to think he is his lover, and a very affectionate one at that. Now he just has to figure out how he got there, how can he get back to his own time and why Arthur keeps thinking about poetry.

Or: Arthur is not emotionally constipated and Merlin doesn’t know how to deal with that.

[nietoprz]

my artwork where there is like AU(or something??) where merlin is a half-dragon

im afraid to post this but hope u like it (^///^)

[sonicspotlight]

Cafe AU doodles from last year. Some of these designs are a bit outdated (also sorry for the quality of the images)