#bbc merlin dogs

[fluffypotatey]

I remain to this day fucking IRATE that we are told multiple times that Arthur owns dogs and yet we never see them. Particularly because I know waaaay too much about medieval hunting practices and the kind of dogs he would've had and I am salty.

Show us the doggos, COWARDS.

i guess....i guess you could say....they forgot to....let the dogs out?

[buumbaby]

merthur, but theyre dogs and cats

[abisalli]

just normal dragonlord things- like having a dragon climb on your back while you're trying to do the dishes

[ineffablejaymee]

its hillarious how protective arthur and the knights are of merlin

whicheverone you ask, they would say that merlin is a precious angel, anyone who would dare lay a finger on him would taste their swords, merlin is the best of them all the only one worthy of love

meanwhile merlin is leaning against a nearby wall, sighing dramaticaly with hands litetally covered in blood

and as far as the knights are concerned this aint blood, what are you talking about. this is merlin. the red on his hands is the paint he uses to customise clothes for orphans because hes such a good person, they dont deserve him hes so precious look at him

[vinegarce]

Arthur mentions his hounds like once (maybe twice?) throughout all 5 seasons of Merlin and I think we deserved more of that.

I would have lived some interaction early on with Merlin where Arthur is like annoyed by something and try’s to get his menaces of dogs to give Merlin a hard time. but like it’s Merlin so obviously they love him. And just like bowl him over with love and kisses.

I just want like 3 big scary dogs licking Merlin who’s on his back giggling. And Arthur pretending he’s upset even though no one believes him.

[yourfavecharacterisqueer]

i found these pictures on my pinterest and look how cute my boy is!

ugh, i just wanna wrap him up in a blanket, give him a hug and protect him from harm.

[wordsinhaled]

it's the fact that arthur "merlin is MY servant. he has my absolute trust" pendragon actively notices when merlin's sad and asks him what's bothering him and then tries to cheer him up and beams when merlin smiles again and says "that's better" as though all is right with the world

[gdn019283]

Merlin can shape-shift in the legends, so just imagine him turning into an actual bird and defecating on Arthur’s head for shit and giggles.

Ehm, so maybe you excepted something smarter, but that’s it.

Just Merlin’s usual shenanigans but as an animal.

He turns into a cat and purrs into Arthur’s soft furs and sleeps between his legs and Arthur complains but ends up cuddling him, then he wakes up with Merlin in his human form between his arms and kicks him out of the bed to fetch breakfast so Merlin turns into a goat and stares into Arthur’s eyes and eats his blankets instead.

Merlin as a dog going around barking at Arthur while he trains to scare him to bits.

Merlin as an horse pooping over Arthur’s bed roll in the woods during a patrol so they sleep together *a chorus of ‘awww’ heard in the distance*

Just Merlin’s idiot version but like in a farm.

‘The Farm of Merlin’ set in Camelot.

C’est très magnifique.

[dreamofcamelot]

Guys… do you see the vision??

[gyrhs]

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[aetherdecember]

Look, I love BBC Merlin and how they told the lore, but I’m a sucker for the relationship between Arthur and Mordred in the mythology. Specifically, I love how Mary Stewart (author of The Arthurian Saga**) and Nancy Springer (author of I Am Mordred**) wrote about the father/son relationship between them. So naturally, my brain has been conjuring up how I can include that in my Flipping the Coin au.

Since the main premise is Merlin died/Arthur lives, and now Arthur is the one waiting for Merlin to come back, things would stay consistent with canon up to the last episode (when Merlin flips the coin of their destiny and sacrifices himself so Arthur can live and thus stop Camlann from happening altogether). Which is where this idea will start:

Gwen is barren. She and Arthur never have kids. Eventually, everyone Arthur knows and loves dies. He can’t rule Camelot forever, and after Gwen’s death, he no longer wants to, so he fakes his death and wanders off figure out why he’s still here. He never gets an answer for that. Arthur spends the next millennium waiting. He keeps living. He meets people, experiences things he’d never experienced before, and learns things he’d never dreamed of learning. He can’t stay anywhere long, or else suspicions will rise, but he gets to see the world change, how technology advances, and witness humans continuing to be humans. When war breaks out, he joins the battle. It’s familiar. The rush of adrenaline is the same whether he’s wielding a sword or a gun. Only, he can’t see the enemy’s face anymore.

Peace comes again. At some point, he sleeps with a woman, and she happens to become pregnant. Bisexual disaster that he is, he’s had all sorts of partners from both sexes, but has never had this happen, even before the advent of reliable birth control. Later, he’ll learn her name is Morgause. She doesn’t look like the Morgause he knew before, nor does she act like her, but her name haunts him. After the baby is born, she gives him to Arthur, says she has no intentions of being a mother, and leaves. The last thing she had said to him was the baby’s name.

Mordred.

That night, Arthur holds Mordred and weeps.

There is irony in his son being named Mordred. First, in that the legends surrounding him, Merlin, Camelot, the Knights of the Round Table, and all of it, had long ago decided Mordred was his son. And two, in a retelling of that legend, it had aptly phrased what he sensed was happening now. Granted, he isn’t a sorcerer, he doesn’t have magic, so he can’t support his feeling with anything other than he’d been around a long time and knew to his very core that it was true. Mordred’s birth is a signal of the beginning of the end.

Fatherhood brings him a new sense of purpose. Gone are the days of loneliness and drudgery. Every day with Mordred brings a new light into his life. Each smile is a miracle. Seeing Mordred experience things for the first time brings a new appreciation. Being there to watch him grow makes time fly like it never has before. But Arthur is afraid. He doesn’t want to be his father. He doesn’t know how to be a father, or what the right way to do it is. In all the years he’s been on the Earth, he’s never known a man who could concretely say, “This is the way to raise a son,” and actually reap the fruits of their efforts. Too frequently, he’d seen sons grow outside of the visions their fathers molded for them and receive only disappointment and disdain in return. So he was afraid, because he too had been that son.

*cue a series of fluffy father/son one shots of Arthur raising Mordred until Merlin comes back, takes one look, and is is like WTF????? No, I won’t have Mordred for a step son >:(*

**Mary Stewart and Nancy Springer have several other works, not just the stories I mentioned. The ones mentioned are the ones I’m pulling inspiration from ^^

Additional notes below the break:

Guinevere’s barrenness is not a headcanon I typically subscribe to for BBC Merlin. My headcanon is that after Arthur’s death, Gwen gives birth, and their child eventually succeeds her as ruler.

I’ve always seen Mordred’s appearance as the harbinger of Arthur’s downfall. Thus, the reason for the plot bunnies in my brain going crazy with this idea of how I could bring him in, still remain mostly canon compliant with BBC Merlin, and build off some of my favorite parts of the lore. (Mandatory disclaimer: for BBC Merlin, I don’t headcanon Mordred as Arthur’s son. But for the mythology, I do wholeheartedly support that canon.)

Arthur’s choice to participate and live once Camelot is gone is a decision to contrast my headcanon of how Merlin handled it. I don’t think Merlin thrived. I think he stayed busy, and tried to remain hopeful, but I think he was anxiously consumed with the anticipation of wondering when Arthur would come back. In this au, Arthur may or may not know that Merlin is supposed to come back (I’m still working on that detail), but he’s always been around others. I think he would seek camaraderie, and companionship, and that he would connect with others but only to a superficial level. I don’t think he’d exist in a void of loneliness. Plus, he doesn’t have the guilt of knowing he failed because the pressure from the prophecy is very one sided *coughcough*causemerlinnevertoldhim*coughcough*

Anyways, that’s enough rambling from me about this. I’ll probably share some snippets of writing next because there are some fantastic scenes coming together in the draft so stay tuned! ;D

[kirbsto]

Obligatory thruple post

[lesbicosmos]

songs that remind me of the main 4 merlin characters and ships bc there are a couple i can't get out of my head

merlin

in the woods somewhere - hozier

tired - beabadoobee

run boy run - woodkid

another love - tom odell

arthur

i bet on losing dogs - mitski

viva la vida - coldplay

soldier, poet, king - the oh hellos

pompeii - bastille

morgana

which witch - florence + the machine

broken crown - mumford & sons

castle - halsey

arsonist's lullaby - hozier

gwen

sofia - clairo

graceland too - phoebe bridgers

never love an anchor - the crane wives

merthur

king and lionheart - of monsters and men

heavy in your arms - florence + the machine

all things end - hozier

hurts like hell - fleurie

true love - p!nk

all i want - kodaline

morgwen

wrong direction - hailee steinfeld

the story of us - taylor swift

we fell in love in october - girl in red

what about us - p!nk

dream girl - baby queen

arwen

ophelia - the lumineers

ghost of you - 5 seconds of summer

like real people do - hozier

mergana

forest fire - brighton

the scientist - coldplay

dynasty - miia

my tears ricochet - taylor swift

[jakrispy7161]

Devotion

[star-rie]

merlin future au where merthur are boyfriends and when arthur introduce merlin to his family merlin was surprised to find out that arthur is related to his ex-bff now sworn enemy morgana

[questions-about-blorbos]

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