just sittin there thinking about thw fact that merlin and arthur were just teens/young adults (18&20 yr) that never really had any romantic experience and probablly just assumed whatever was going on between them was just platonic and even if they did realise it was something more they couldnt do anything about it bc of merlin's destiny and arthur's responsabilities
and how arthur was gonna marry a princess from another kingdom only for political advantages and not love
and how it always was some unspoken thing even tho they both probablly knew and how after 10 yrs nothing had changed between them and arthur died without either of them saying anything and how terrible merlin must have felt after his death
this is kinda... for both today's day of Kyle Week (favorite Kyle ship) and day 7 (Post-Covid/Adult) just really early.
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okay first of all the song is Becoming Shadows by Stef Chura, in case anyone was wondering <3 (like the ending of the song with a little editing tho because. i only had so many frames in mind to draw lmao)
second, here are a few still assets from this (without the same exact texture + color grading used in the video tho. that stuff was done in after effects/when i was assembling the pieces)
third, i just really like how this preliminary rough painting/sketch layer looked so have that too
saw someone in the tag comparing our duck to daffy and it invoked my childhood memories of watching the looney tunes show. anyways have you guys seen that shit lately? it’s actually insane. anyways pics related.