#and i voted gwaine. sorry!!

[adhd-merlin]

you're posting so much about lancelot lately and i just want to welcome you back to hell. i hope you made the most of your brief escape

yeah it looks like I had a bit of a lancelot relapse. and whose fault is it!! it will pass, like... he's not even (sit down), he's not even my favourite character or anything. I'm just quite fond of the guy. And I like the star-crossed lovers trope because I'm basic.

also I have eyes and Santiago Cabrera is unbelievably hot.

[talesofnox]

LUCKY SHOT | bbc merlin

summary: the young maid tries her hardest to shield Arthur from a bandit’s crossbow attack—things go wrong, and Lancelot is left to pick up the pieces…

word count: 729

pairing: knights of the round table / fem!merlin, platonic pairing, focuses on Merlin and Lancelot

warnings: TW, blood, mentions of violence, major character death, suicide, grieving and depressed lancelot

tags: BBC, bbc, SCREW BBC, merlin writing, merlin imagine, merlin, bbc merlin, merlin emrys, lancelot, fem!merlin, Arthur Pendragon, gwen pendragon, leon, percival, gwaine, elyan, gauis, Camelot, knights of camelot, knights of the round table, bad writing, i am sad, this made me feel things, i am crying

a/n: I do not know any of the actors personally, nor do I own them or their characters. What’s written below is fiction and should be treated as such. I am essentially using them as a name-claim and face-claim. I’m creating my own character and using the actors as background characters, and just using their name and features for details. I do not directly associate the actors with any ideas used in my writing. This writing is to be used for entertainment and fictional purposes only.

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“Calm down, Merlin—calm down,” Lancelot murmured tearfully, forcing himself to avert his eyes away from the periodic spurts of his best friend’s blood seeping through the cracks between his clenched fingers.

“Lance…”

“You’re going to be okay; just stay awake. Please?” The loyal knight could to nothing more than encourage her to keep her eyes open, but it was not working. He was unaware of whether he was reassuring Merlin or himself. It did not matter.

“Someone get Gauis!” He could faintly hear Arthur behind them, yelling at someone—anyone—to gather the physician.

“Guess they—they got a l—lucky shot… huh, Lance?” Merlin struggled to get the words out, her voice stuttering with cracks.

Lance nearly gave himself whiplash with how fast he shook his head. “No! You’re going to be just fine. Please, Merlin, please!”

Her body gave a violent jerk, drops of blood flying from her stained tunic and splattering against Lancelot’s wet cheek. The blood mixed with his tears immediately, flowing down and dripping onto the cobblestone bricks his knees were resting on.

Merlin spoke again, her voice barely above a whisper. “I’m so tired, Lance.”

Her eyes shut involuntarily, and just as Lancelot believe her to be already gone, they fluttered again, folding into think slits from the glaringly bright sun.

The rest of the knights, along with Gwen, stood behind the heartbreaking duo, the latter sobbing into the shoulder of her brother’s chainmail whilst the others had gone silent, tears falling down their cheeks. Arthur seemed to be the worst of the group.

Every citizen in the courtyard watched the knight breakdown over the near-gone body of his first true best friend. They had all witnessed the attack; bandits stormed the grounds, pushing and shoving peasants away to rush the king on the steps. One man wielding a crossbow loaded his weapon and aimed. Before anyone could shout for cover, Merlin was tumbling down the steps, a bolt lodged deep in her side.

“Please, Merlin,” Lancelot sobbed for help, “Please.” He did not know what he was begging for at that point, he just needed Merlin to tell him it would be okay.

“’M sorry, Lance. ‘M sorry.” Merlin’s voice was near incomprehensible as her burdening eyes closed for the final time, her aching body dropping limp in the knight’s arms.

“No! No! Merlin!” Lancelot shouted through his choking sniffles at her parted mouth that gave off no breath, her chest that had ceased rising and falling.

He struggled to drag her to his chest when he heard the echoing footsteps, turning to see Leon and Percival making their way towards them.

The senior knight held Lancelot back in a tight embrace, spinning him around to hold the man’s arms at his side while Percival had the job of escorting Merlin’s body through the parting crowd to her and Gauis’ chambers. The shaking in his arms was obvious, but no one said a word.

Lancelot fought to get his arms free, but Leon would not relent on his torso. “Merlin! Merlin, no! Let me go!” All he could do was pound on his friend’s back to get away, but Leon would not budge. He could only hold the broken man in his arms and let his cry.

The day they burned Merlin’s body at the lake or Avalon in front of the whole of Camelot was the hardest for most. They had decided to give her a soldier’s send-off—a unanimous vote for the council after Arthur had stormed out of the room in tears.

The citizens pretended not to notice the way one knight—who was adamant on himself lying her body in the boat—stumbled, shielding her body until he eventually crawled the rest of the way through the grass. The pretended not to notice when he gave up his noble title to live as Merlin did: a laborer. The pretended not to notice when few saw him tearing up while writing a letter on the training field.

However, they did notice when a shrill cry erupted from their queen when she discovered the body suspended from a beam in the armory, hanging from his neck by a rope.

They noticed the tears the rest of the Knights of the Round Table let their tears fall as they gave him a familiar send-off where he once gave Merlin hers.

[aftertheskyy]

Movie (K)nights

Omg whoever sent the ask, I'm so sorry that it took me this long to get back to this😩 I kept meaning to post and then other ideas...so sorry b. Modern! au

Continuing with the hc that Gwen and Morgana have a giant house - they host (they have a home theater or smt)

They can never decide on what movie to watch

Elyan prefers sci-fi or horror/thrillers

Merlin wants Harry Potter or How To Train Your Dragon - every single time

Gwen is partial to Disney

Percival usually votes for Pixar or Disney with Gwen (his favorite is The Good Dinosaur)

Gwaine wants a movie like Airplane or family-oriented movies (After he makes everyone watch Paddington (”It’s a talking bear!”) he doesn’t get a say.) But his all time favorite is Night at the Museum. He also loves Cars 2 and I will die on this hill

Leon and Lance: JUST PICK

Gwaine eats approximately 3 buckets of popcorn every time

Elyan’s snack of choice is chocolate covered raisins, I don’t know why

Gwen and Merlin to the thing were they use Red Vines as straws for their drinks

They also mix M&Ms with popcorn (my friend and I always do that,,,,we always get weird looks from the theater people back when theaters were open but if anyone else does that, I’ll love you forever) 

Yes, of course Gwen and Morgana’s home theater has an endless supply of snacks

Gwaine is a movie talker - always making comments and is quickly shushed by Leon

Leon falls asleep halfway through in the Dad Position™ where he’s still sitting up straight with his arms crossed

Morgana is the one who “multitasks” on her phone while the movie is going

But Gwen kicks her off

Before the movie, Gwaine and Merlin make giant pillow forts or something to hang out in

Arthur is a blanket hog

Merlin (like Leon) falls asleep sometimes (usually in the fort) and Arthur gently nudges him when the movie is over 

Drowsy! Merlin is adorable 

Arthur leads him back to bed, but Merlin mumbles something about wanting to finish the movie

Arthur just smiles softly and tells Merlin that they can watch the next day

[percyjacksonfan3]

Number 11 "How could you ask me that" for the fic prompts with merthur please

Thanks so much for the prompt! This was huge fun to write. I know you might have wanted some angst but I went with fluff instead so I could include one of my favourite cliche tropes.

Hope you like it!

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“Tell me the truth, Merlin. Right now.”

Arthur’s boyfriend looks back at him with wide eyes filled with nothing but hurt. “How could you ask me that?”

Merlin’s expression makes a pang of guilt go through Arthur before he forcefully shoves it away. This is serious.

“Arthur come on-” Morgana begins from beside them but he holds up a hand and she cuts herself off. Arthur sees the look she and Merlin exchange, one that clearly reads, ‘Sorry. I tried.’

“Let’s just forget it,” Gwen suggest valiantly from her place beside Morgana, always one to try and keep the peace between everybody. Her big brown eyes look worriedly from Arthur to Merlin and she bites her lower lip briefly. “I’m sure no one meant any harm.”

Arthur and Merlin both make indignant noises at that.

“No,” Leon leans forward to look more intensely at Merlin. “I’d like to know too.”

Merlin gasps, turning those innocent blue eyes to Leon for a moment. “Leon!”

“He didn’t do anything,” Gwaine cuts in, shifting where he sits beside Merlin. “Honest.”

“Like you would tell us the truth if he did,” Elyan rolls his eyes from where he and Percy are sitting together.

“Oi! If that’s an insult to my honour-”

“Come off it Gwaine,” Mordred interrupts him with a fond smile. Beside him, Lance carefully counts out their pile of money. “We all know you have no scruples when it comes to this.”

“Everyone that’s enough.” Arthur cuts back in calmly. He hasn’t taken his eyes off of Merlin this entire time, and for the most part Merlin hasn’t looked away from him either. “Merlin just answer the question. Did you cheat?”

“You’re being ridiculous.”

“Oh am I?” Arthur retorts. “Because last I counted, you and Gwaine only had 3 100 pound bills between you, and now I see 5.”

He points across the Monopoly board to where Merlin and Gwaine’s pile of money sits innocently beside their large sprawl of property deeds. While the rest of the teams are struggling to get more than three properties, Merlin and Gwaine have somehow managed to acquire all of the brown and yellow ones.

Arthur knows them too well to trust them for a second. “Someone’s cheating.”

“Or maybe you just suck at Monopoly,” Merlin bites back.

“Alright guys, let’s not get carried away.” Lance says carefully.

“I do not suck at Monopoly!”

“Could have fooled me,” Merlin sticks out his tongue. “Leon is the only reason you even have those 2 properties.”

“It’s not my fault I land on Chance or Community Chest every time!”

“Bad luck mate,” Percy says in sympathy.

“Uh, yes it is. If you were good at the game you wouldn’t have that problem.”

“I can’t control how the dice land, Merlin!”

His boyfriend just shrugs unconcerned. “The gods of Monopoly just don’t seem to like you.”

“Wha- the gods of Monopoly?” Arthur splutters, arms flailing as he throws them up into the air in exasperation and makes Leon have to quickly jerk out of his way.

“I told you we should have played Pictionary instead,” Gwen says mournfully, making Morgana snort beside her.

“That would be even worse. Have you forgotten the last time?”

Mordred touches his own temple in remembrance of when Arthur took off his shoe to throw at Merlin but ended up hitting Mordred in the head instead.

Merlin had killed himself laughing over it.

Right now though the two of them are too busy standing up to glare at one another across the table to notice the looks being exchanged by their friends.

“I love game nights,” Percy says mournfully. “Shame we can only have them once a year.”

“I thought this would end once they started shagging.” Elyan notes and Leon and Lance both shake their heads simultaneously.

“Not these two. The competitiveness isn’t sexual tension, it’s just...”

“Foreplay?” Gwaine suggests and the rest of the table groan. Lance looks like he regrets saying anything at all.

“We heard that,” Merlin says in an aside to the rest of them before looking back at Arthur. “Look, clotpole, if you had eyes and a working brain you’d be able to see why Gwaine and I have more money without us having to resort to cheating-”

“A working brain?” Arthur repeats, sounding strangled.

It’s then that Leon interjects. “Oh, he’s right Arthur.”

Arthur turns from where he’s been considering leaping across the table to wrestle Merlin to the floor and force the truth out of his boyfriend to look at his friend. “What?”

“They passed Go.” Leon points at where their dragon icon sits innocently. “Last turn I think. We forgot.”

Arthur stares at the board.

“Oh. Well that’s alright then.”

He sits down abruptly and nods at Mordred to roll for his and Lance’s turn, happy to continue on with the game now that it’s been clearly established everyone is playing by the rules.

“Clotpole,” Merlin repeats, but he sounds fond and there’s laughter clear to be heard in his tone so Arthur just rolls his eyes before looking back at him with affection.

Their gazes hold and Arthur feels warmth spread through him.

“Ugh,” Morgana interrupts, making them both look at her. “I vote that after tonight we retire Monopoly from Game Night.”

“Agreed,” the rest of them all say immediately, making both Merlin and Arthur roll their eyes. Honestly, the pair of them aren’t that bad.

Which is proven when Percy and Elyan surprise everybody and end up winning, which causes not only Arthur, not only Merlin, but Morgana, Leon, Gwaine and Mordred as well to all stand up and accuse them of cheating. The board is flipped. Money goes flying. A little green house is crushed under Percy’s foot.

The Monopoly board is packed up and shoved to the bottom of Merlin and Arthur’s closet.

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And there we go! I hope you enjoyed this, I know it ended up being less Merthur-centric but hopefully it was still entertaining. Thank you so much again for the prompt nonny, I really had a lot of fun writing this!

For anyone else who’d like to send me prompts you can find the list here!

[bisaster-energy]

Among Us in Camelot

Can y'all imagine Among Us with the Round Table + Merlin, Gwen, Morgana like bruh

Leon would be unexpectedly really into like he'd host every game and everyone just lets him bc he's their trusted host

And every time someone calls a meeting cos "fuck theres a dead body" he just

And Merlin is almost always Imposter but no one is willing to vote him out because look at him:

And even tho he's obvious as fuck about venting no one really suspects him til it's too late so yeah needless to say he's good at faking tasks cos hello he does that all the damn time

And Arthur wants to know why there's no option to fight the imposter one on one cos "this isn't even a fair fight! I have no weapons!! I'm just minding my business then i get cut in half? Outrageous!!" He dies cos he refuses to try and escape b4 the imposter can get him lmao

Everyone votes Gwaine out cos that man is sus bc he's running around instead of doing tasks cos he's either lost or doesn't want to

He'll follow ppl around to make them uneasy on purpose and act all surprised when they all agree he's sus

Gwaine will call an emergency meeting and be like: I missed merlin sorry for the inconvenience and meanwhile Merlin was just sabotaging the O2 lmao

If he and merlin are imposters at the same time?? Lord Have Mercy.

No one ever knows when Percy is the imposter because he acts exactly the same whether he's a crewmate or not so no one sees that shit coming until their screens say defeat most of the time

Lance would feel bad about lying about being imposter so if someone straight up asked he'd be like "yeah I shut down the med bay sorry :(" and he'd just much rather be a crew mate okay!! Like don't get me wrong if he's paired up with Merlin/Gwaine they'll go all out but if it's just him his conscious will kick in

Elyan just wants to finish his damn tasks in peace and loses his shit when someone dies cos he'll be about to connect his last wire and some asshole will call an emergency meeting cos some idiot got themself killed like damn let him work

Gwen and Morgana destroy the boys whenever they play cos they're too fucking powerful idk what else to say honestly (the only thing is given the chance morgana will absolutely risk getting voted out for the chance to off arthur just to piss him off) they're chaotic but they're in a completely different league bc say what you will about Evil!Morgana and Posessed!Gwen but they suited each other and planned shit out so of they're both imposter they win every time

Leon: there's a traitor in our midst

Merlin, who was just fucking up the reactor: idk red seems kinda sus :/

Arthur: Merlin you bastard we haven't crossed paths once this whole time

Merlin: that's what makes you so sus

Gwaine: lmao

Elyan: can someone explain why the FUCK WE'RE HERE COS I HAVE A TO DO LIST DAMN IT

Percy: ?

Arthur: someone killed lance and no one was at the scene except me so being the model citizen i am I reported it

Lance: I still can't believe I was killed me I thought we were all bros ;_;

Merlin: no one finds it weird that arthur here was the only one there?? No one?

Gwaine: yeah that's pretty sus dude

Arthur: okay but you don't have all the facts

Percy: ??

Arthur: im literally the coolest one here so you can kill me off but the game would lose it's zeal

Everyone:

Arthur:

...Red was not the imposter...

And god forbid they let Mordred play because Merlin would set him up constantly skkakskaka

Mordred will literally be in the middle of a task in storage while someone dies in electrical and the first thing Merlin says will be: Green is sus :/ and Mordred, who was promised an alliance, just:

So yeah that's my take on how it'd go

Additions are welcome please i want to laugh

[k-s-morgan]

Sorry if you have already answered an ask like this, but do you have some merlin fanfic recommendations? Or a list? I find your take on Merlin's and Arthur's relationship to be spot on.

Hello! Thank you - I was surprised to get your ask because I’m not very active in this fandom)) But I have many stories to recommend. These are some of them, maybe you’ll enjoy them, too. 

Fics dealing with the ending.

And like the cycle of the year, we begin again is my 'official' post S5. It's about Arthur finally being resurrected. It has the most in-canon Merlin and Arthur I've ever seen - every action, every thought, every little quirk are portrayed flawlessly, imo.

Time and Tide. It's a short story that helped me cope with the finale: Arthur is brought back right away, but the final scene with old Merlin walking past Avalon is still incorporated logically and beautifully. So it offers a hopeful look at the tragedy while staying canon-compliant.

The Long Shadow. Canon divergent, Merlin saves Arthur.

Lost in Forever. Also very in-canon: another look at how the battle could have ended. Arthur and Gwaine live, but Merlin is missing because after a fight with Morgana, he forgot his identity and he's wandering around as Dragoon.

Onsægness. Saving Arthur via Cup of Life.

I will make you whole again. Merlin actually uses magic to save Arthur.

Interesting canon-era stories.

Millions of peaches. Just a short lovely Arthur-knows fics.

The Ivy Crown. Realistic long slow-burn that will feels like the best dark episode of the show. Very in-character, with the slow and believable development of Arthur's reaction to Merlin's magic.

Rheged is long and beautiful, deviates from some point in S5 and features intense love and obsession. Springes to Catch Woodcocks Merlin nearly dies protecting Arthur, and Arthur with the knights have to nurture him back to health, with many revelations coming to the surface. About Time is great semi-AU. In it, Merlin travels back in time in the hope to correct his mistakes. Such a Life, a Heart, a Mind as Thine is about Arthur triggering dangerous magic and being unable to find his obsession with Merlin. Heed the warnings here. Heart Lines is a soulmates AU set in canon era. The Frog Prince has Arthur being cursed and unable to speak with anyone. Uther is hiding him in the castle, and when Merlin arrives, he's the only person who can understand Arthur. Lantern in the Dark It has a lot of Merlin/Percival, but Merthur is the heart of this story. The Scent verse. It's about Arthur and Morgana being turned into vampires and Uther embracing this fact. Arthur meets Merlin and can't stop himself from pursuing him. If you can't access the stories, give me your email, I'll send them to you. A Song from Far Away Arthur and Merlin meet as Cenred's captives. Beauty in the Ashes of Our Lives "After Merlin is executed for Uther's murder, Arthur's world falls apart." The World I Built for You "If I told you to execute Mordred, would you do it? Merlin wondered, losing himself in the blue of Arthur's eyes. Can I save you like this, even if it damns me?" Thick as Sorcerers Mordred tries to get Merlin to like him. Arthur is jealous.

Modern AUs: Heart in a Headlock It's an extremely well-written A/B/O with amazing twists and characters. Sadly, it's not finished, but it's very long and it ends at a more or less bearable point. A Modern Manservant "Publishing king Uther Pendragon has had enough of his playboy son seducing every female assistant he has ever had so he hires Merlin, a man he is sure Arthur will never sleep with." In Your Name plus its sequel by Bohemia. Very long and amazing. Features Prince Arthur and Merlin who saves his life by accident, The Heart's Search Selection process where Arthur has to choose his consort. In Spite of Everything, the Stars London. 2015. The government is set to vote on ending the microchipping of magic users, and Arthur Pendragon has been tasked with kidnapping prominent Magical activist Merlin Emrys to influence the outcome. Now I Will Unsettle the Ground Beneath You Great reincarnation story (though I usually don't go for them). Love, obsession, and friendship explored very beautifully. Coffee and Cigarettes Not finished, but only one chapter was left and ends well. "Arthur's getting married, and a frantic Merlin has three days to remind him who it is he really loves."

If you enjoy any of these, you can also try my list here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1c4uuPTO1Mjja8zB6-rs0k6jR1NU77Tfa?usp=sharing There are some rare stories there that I managed to find by miracle)