#bbc Arthur

[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.

[confused-wanderer]

An arc that should’ve been added in Merlin was just how downright terrified Merlin was of him.

Especially with the whole magic thing. He was scared of Arthur. Scared of him as a warrior. Scared that everytime he wielded a sword Merlin thought it was meant for him. Scared that every glare just a little too harsh, every comeback just a little too snippy and suddenly he’d be staring at Arthur from the guillotine.

Arthur was his executioner. Arthur was his grim reaper, waiting for an opening so he could swoop in. But most of all, Merlin was scared of him as a friend. As someone he trusted. Because if he let magic slip around him, even just one flicker that’s the last time he would see Arthur smile at him.

And Arthur notices. He doesn’t know why Merlin flinches a bit too hard when Arthur mock draws his sword in a show of anger, he can’t place his finger on how if he added even a little heat behind those words his friend would stiffen.

Until one day Merlin has to accompany him to face a magic kight who he’s clearly nervous about. And it’s only when Merlin flinches do the pieces slide together for him. That it clicks why Merlin’s face looked so familiar whenever Arthur accidentally overstepped a boundary he never knew existed.

I want to see the look on his face as he stared at his best friend, and realised that he was afraid of him.

And obviously the Angsty arc following Arthur trying to redeem himself and be better towards Merlin without changing their dynamic too much and Merlin is getting more and more tense because with how soft Arthur’s acting it’s like he’s winning Merlin’s trust, and maybe Merlin wants to tell him if the man keeps this up.

[shad0w-ink]

redraw of Sun & Moon Merthur

Many think that the God of the Sun and the God of the Moon hate each other, that they both compete for the sky.

But truly they've been married for over millennia and are just a very competitive couple

( I might be making a comeback...maybe...possibly..idk yet)

[myoonmii]

Some might say he didn’t take the news well

[gramnel]

Echoes

[tiredcowboyy]

sometimes I wake up In a cold sweat thinking about the idea that kilgharrah was just using merlin to get the outcome he wanted which was to end the pendragon bloodline. That he knew how it would end and that without merlin it wouldnt all occur, so he convinces him that all his decisions will help save arthur knowing damn well where it leads them.

[notozthewizard]

Clingy Arthur doodle

Because I can

[tiny-and-witchy]

[cinnabons-treasure-trove]

Cat Arthur: [sees Merlin sleeping]

Cat Merlin: [napping on a cushion Morgana bought for him]

Cat Arthur: "You know, you never used to sleep this much when we were humans." [Nudges Merlin with his snout, whiskers twitching]

Cat Merlin: [yawning, one eye open] "That's because I don't have to run after you cleaning your royal mess. Now let me sleep, this cushion needs my attention." [Closes eye, ready to sleep again]

Cat Arthur: [miffed at his mate beginning to ignore him, before climbing and laying on top of the black cat]

Cat Merlin: [sighing] "Seriously Arthur?"

Cat Arthur: [growls, roughly licking Merlin's ears and head in typical prattish response]

[another-trans-nerd]

Okay how the FUCK did Arthur keep his cool????

I just got dressed in armor by my friend because he’s making a ren faire knight costume and he needed someone to demonstrate on and hoOOOooOoly SHIT that’s gotta be one of the most intimate acts I’ve ever engaged in

(Yes I have a slight crush on this boy but hush)

Point is, our boy Arthur was WHIPPED and he had Merlin dress him everyday??? Either bantering or in solemn quiet where the words “I love you” or “be safe please” hang lingering in the air but neither wants to say it?????? Bro I may be asexual but if a fucking buff man who’s killed for me and who was in love with me who looks like Colin fucking Morgan tenderly put armor on me I’d make out with him on the spot

Arthur is truly the strongest of them all holding on to that tiny shred of heterosexuality

[strawlessandbraless]

I need him biblically. I need him in a way that’s concerning to feminism.

[crystaiskiess]

they deserved to hug so much more than they did

[thenerdyalien]

So I was getting lost in a Merlin Wiki rabbit hole, as one does, and I stumbled across the page for spells. And turns out the writers actually put a lot more thought into it than I initially thought (they're not actually just shouting random words in Old English). But what shocked me the most was learning what Merlin was actually saying to Arthur while he was unconcious in the Poisoned Calice episode. I always thought he was trying to enchant some sort of protection spell to keep Arthur safe while he couldn't be there for him. But turns out he was actually declaring poetry, POETRY to Arthur the whole time!

That's right, Merlin was declaring actual POETRY to Arthur on his deathbed!! I kept seeing the wiki mention verses from a book called Beowulf and I got curious so after a quick Google search, I found out that it's actually one of the most famous epic poems in Old English and I just lost it!! I never thought this episode could get any gayer...

[gramnel]

is this how it ended??

[is-arthur-back-yet]

Has Arthur come back yet?

Year 1 Day 141

Yes

No

FUCKING MAYBE IDK



[deuteragonist1]

Wait a damn minute Merlin is an actual nightmare of a servant. Imagine you're the Prince and all of a sudden and only two seconds after surviving an assassination attempt you're stuck with this scrawny, clumsy fucking dude with a really shifty air about him who spends literal days in the tavern with zero notice, steals your food, tried to spy on a guest, doesn't let you hunt, can never fucking be found when you need him even though he is the literal manservant to the prince, which you would think should be a priority but apparently he has better things to do, and is always talking like he's the only thing standing between you and certain death???? Then he gives you attitude? Literally I would throw things at him too. Arthur is misunderstood he's actually being too nice