#bbc merlin 5x13

[pendrgnsolos]

ive always thought this song fit

↳ 5x13 - the diamond of the day, part 2

Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms

[thefabledpheasant]

The finale to Merlin is devastating, but you know what kills me? The tiny glimpse the episode gives us as to the banter we could’ve gotten if we had an earlier magic reveal:

Arthur is dying. And yet he gets this incredibly fond look on his face when remembering the day they first met.

Arthur is dying. And yet he looks at Merlin, the person who’s only just revealed his decade long lie regarding this thing that Arthur’s been raised to hate, and he jokes that Merlin cheated during their first meeting.

Arthur is dying. And he doesn’t really care that Merlin has magic. Only that he lied to him.

Can you imagine all the other moments of banter we could have had as Arthur found out all the other things Merlin did? How he didn’t really know how to juggle and that Arthur had a donkey voice for a bit because Merlin allowed it?

[counting-stars-gayly]

Sometimes, I think about how Merlin purposefully turned Arthur against magic twice—the first time to save his soul and the second to save his life—so when he finally told Arthur he was a sorcerer, it was the ultimate bamboozle.

“How could the bumbling idiot I’ve known all these years have been my greatest protector the whole time?” Yeah, sure. But also: “How could a sorcerer have chosen me over magic? Over his own freedom and the freedom of those like him? Over the gods who created him and the religion that saves him?” It’s one thing to die for someone and another thing entirely to give up who you are for them.

Obviously, Merlin was wrong, and that’s why playing God had an effect opposite to what he’d intended. But I think it’s so interesting to consider how Arthur might have viewed this confession. He was betrayed by Morgana because she loved herself more than her own brother and betrayed by Uther because he loved himself more than his own son. And all of this while Merlin, at first, fell in love with the cause and, then, even more with the man behind it. His loyalty to and love for Arthur was so pure it turned sinful, and I don’t think Arthur would have ever gotten over that. If he hadn’t died.

[cabbageheadss]

You're a loyal friend, Merlin

MERTHUR WEEK 2023 | Day 4: favourite parallel + green ↳ @merthurweek2023

[dryadalisliv]

*December rolls around*

Tumblr community: “are u okay?”

The Merlin fandom:

“Doing amazing, thank u”

[dont-let-me-eat-pears]

i call bbc merlin a comfort show as if it weren’t frustrating and traumatizing on like ten different levels, didn’t kill off almost every single character, and didn’t have the most disappointing, devastating, unforgivable series finale i’ve ever seen.

[amariram]

or

“I can’t lose him. He’s my friend”

[merlin-gifs]

MERLIN PARALLELS 3x02 | 5x13

[bibuck-saved-me]

insane parallels for insane people

[emrys-merlin]

I still love how Arthur goes from fearing and shocked that Merlin has magic and has lied all this time to “mErLin?” after Gaius says “there are those who say he is the greatest sorcerer to ever walk the earth.”

[merthurdaily]

MERLIN | 5x13 “The Diamond of the Day : Part Two”

[luciacaecilia]

Happy TENTH anniversary of BBC Merlin’s ending. In that time, not only has it remained a popular show, but it’s thriving. It outlasted the Queen of England. It remains in the top 100 for tumblr, and Alexander Vlahos still posts the yearly ‘I killed Arthur and Merthur is canon’ thing.

Y’all are like roaches in a nuclear blast.

EDIT: Vlahos does not post it yearly, and has since proven to hold some problematic views (x)

[insilentmagic]

I've wanted to do this thread for a long time. I believe that this very short but splendid frame is a pearl of #TDoTD and that "Stay with me" is Merlin's most human and heartbreaking sentence. Merlin always speaks from the heart to Arthur: you are the best king, Camelot needs you, you are generous, etc. But he never expresses his feelings. Ok, he calls him friend, but nothing more. Instead,at this moment,he says "Stay with me". Not "Stay in Camelot", or "Camelot needs you", no: he wants Arthur to stay with him, FOR HIM. For the first time it is not the sorcerer who speak, but the man. For the first time it is Merlin's heart that speaks: he is Just a man who loves, who loves his master, his friend, his brother, the Love of his life. There are no more brakes, there's no more destiny, just a man who for the first time asks for something just for him. And on his face in a few seconds (masterful #ColinMorgan) we see love and despair, tenderness and supplication, all in just three simple, heartbreaking words: "Stay with me".

[cabbageheadss]

'I was supposed to figure this out' - Patience by Ama Lou

[dryadalisliv]

[pyjamacryptid]

DoTD II Interlude: Homoeroticism

BBC Merlin + live commentary by @macaritaville @1kitwonder and I from our Merlin watch party

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