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karistiltskin · 3 months

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what if i said "but I would die for you in secret" but imagine merlin and arthur.

peace lyric analysis as merthur:

"Our coming-of-age has come and gone

Suddenly the summer, it's clear

I never had the courage of my convictions

As long as danger is near

And it's just around the corner, darling

'Cause it lives in me

No, I could never give you peace"

OUR COMING-OF-AGE?? okay, listen. as we know, arthur's coming-of-age moment is linked to his coronation. He literally has an episode called "The Coming of Arthur" parts one and two (S03 E12-E13). it's arthur becoming king and merlin starting to finally feel like he's getting somewhere with their destiny because of arthur's crowning. this is our setting. we're now in the after.

"I never had the courage of my convictions as long as danger is near" SHUT UPPPP SHUT UPPPP like actually oh my god. as long as danger is near is so so sick and speaks so loud. merlin absolutely does have the courage of his convictions and just to clarify, collins dictionary [colin morgan ;) ] states it as the confidence to do what you believe is right, even though other people may not agree or approve. BUT when arthur is in danger he does not do the "right" thing. he listens to the giant lizard instead or gaius (still love him) and does anything, anything, to make sure arthur doesn't get harmed no matter what.

rip morgana and getting poisoned.

rip mordred's entire existence.

although arthur attracts danger, merlin attracts just as much. and merlin is magic. (ugh, I'm getting sad and the only reason i won't cry is cause i'm in the middle of a lecture. a nighttime lecture). merlin can never give arthur peace because he is everything arthur was conditioned to hate. arthur can never give merlin peace because he's a king with expectations from Camelot and neighboring kingdoms. aka they can never be peacefully together without the threat of danger from them both and towards their relationship.

"But I'm a fire, and I'll keep your brittle heart warm

If your cascade ocean wave blues comes

All these people think love's for show

But I would die for you in secret

The devil's in the details, but you got a friend in me

Would it be enough if I could never give you peace?"

merlin lights arthur fires. that's it. that's the tweet.

merlin is also arthur's closest friend and confidant. he definitely gets arthur to see other perspectives on a situation and makes sure he remains compassionate and fair. for example, that look arthur gave merlin in S05 E11 during kara's trial?? my god. or the episode where arthur killed that one king's son under the influence of his uncle, the sleaze.

THEY WOULD DIE FOR EACH OTHER IN SECRET. NO ARGUMENTS. they've proved episode after episode again that they would no questions asked. people who don't know them just go "he's just a servant" or "you would choose him over your kind?" (ouch) not knowing the depth of their relationship. but yes. yes they would. and they would not have a single regret. they would deny the hell out of it but the proof is in their actions.

but you got a friend in me yes ma'am they do.

and it would be enough. it would. do they need a reminder that they were both born in mind of each other? that it was written since the beginning of time? that both of them have their own personal demons that instead of running away they'd take care of each other instead? that they're the most important person for each other and nothing can split them apart because they've grown to trust each other so much that their souls have intertwined? two sides of the same coin? other half of my soul, as the poets say???

"Your integrity makes me seem small

You paint dreamscapes on the wall

I talk shit with my friends

It's like I'm wasting your honor"

from arthur's pov he knows merlin is better than him. the way he interacts with people, his morals and values, his humbleness, just everything really. he pretends to be mad and upset about it but there's such deep admiration in it that he's actually self-aware.

dreamscape (google) definition: a landscape or scene with the strangeness or mystery characteristic of dreams

arthur finds merlin so strange!! so strange and mysterious.

the walls: i read this one fanfic on ao3 called "The Tragedy of Godhood" by Lilmia_Casand (read it!! it's so good. short, but beautiful) and the summary states:

"Merlin had gotten better at controlling his magic over the years, but it still spilled over, as if he were the source instead of someone calling upon it. It seeped into the castle walls, into the stone floors..."

This was the first thing I thought of (this quote stuck with me, it got bookmarked) and i couldn't have said it better. here's a play by play: arthur lives in a castle. the castle has walls. a lot of walls. he sees these walls everyday. the walls are familiar. the walls stay. the walls are forever. he can't imagine the castle without his walls.

walls = life/the future

magic is part of merlin's mystery because he's essentially hiding HIMSELF.

(does this make sense? no, prob not but bear with me)

there's an air about merlin where when you think about him, you realize you actually don't know much about him. he's a mystery. you know his jokes, you know where he's gonna be at whatever time of day (not the tavern, contrary to what arthur thinks), you know his favourite food. you don't know about his parents, you don't know why he saved arthur at his first feast, you don't know why he stays around.

arthur reflects on this and realizes it one day when merlin starts to become unavoidable in his mind. then he thinks, 'i really know nothing about this boy.' over time, merlin stays by his side, always, and arthur is so dependent on him that he starts worrying if he'll ever leave and if not him, camelot (he has abandonment issues 100%).

also see: S01 E10

hence, "you paint dreamscapes on the wall" is arthur saying, "you're the biggest mystery i've ever met and you make me wonder what every day will be like with you. will you be here tomorrow? and the day after that? until I'm married and have children who will favour you over me? will you be here to see them? to see me? i can't see it through the haze. i can't see you through the haze."

moving on—fuck that was so much longer than it needed to be—arthur and merlin talk shit about each other ALL THE TIME it's hilarious. and they know the one "bad" thing they talk about doesn't define their entire character because they hold each other in such high regard but... well...

(they definitely have regrets after)

"And you know that I'd swing with you for the fences

Sit with you in the trenches

Give you my wild, give you a child

Give you the silence that only comes when two people understand each other

Family that I chose, now that I see your brother as my brother

Is it enough?"

they both go all out for each other but with a focus on merlin, he goes ALL. OUT. it's war with him. nothing is half-assed. he fights, and fights, and never takes it less than seriously. but he also is there at arthurs lowest moments. when they're losing and when arthur is feeling too much or has too much on his shoulders. he's there. through it all.

merlin will give arthur anything he asks. he's already given him the purpose of his life and has hidden his magic until arthur's dying day because he thought that's what arthur needed and thought he would never accept him as he is so he gave it up.

but he's also given arthur the best thing he has. a friend. understanding. communication without words. souls recognizing souls, so much that the silence may be quiet but words are being exchanged through that same silence.

also, speechless eye conversations that range near the line of sexual tens—

then in the last line, merlin is saying: your people are my people. your burdens are my burdens.

"But there's robbers to the east, clowns to the west

I'd give you my sunshine, give you my best

But the rain is always gonna come if you're standing with me"

this goes both ways!! the only difference is that arthur's is visible and merlin's is hidden. explanation: arthur no doubt has enemies, it's not a secret. being a king and a target from the magic community, that man is almost getting killed everyday. it is not a peaceful life. he knows that. but nonetheless, he has shown merlin his best before—merlin is literally the reason he reaches the best person he can be, like the growth omg—so he knows he can give it but he knows there's a lot of baggage (external and internal) that comes with being with him.

as for merlin, his enemies are a secret. and they're dangerous. arthur faces some of those same enemies but from the product of what they've created, not them personally. no, merlin goes head-to-head with the people who curse/try to kill arthur. and he gives arthur a version of his best (he still has to keep many many secrets) but even if it's limited it's still genuine. although his secrets, his late nights, and his pure exhaustion are a part of him as well. and you can't have sunshine without rain.

okay ,WOW, i'm wrung out. it feels incomplete so i might add additional things later on but for now, enjoy.

once again, thank you if you read this, thank you bbc merlin, and thank you taylor swift.

(notice how i didn't use the word love once)

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katherine-mcnamara · 2 months

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eddiediaaz · 11 months

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Oooh, I spent the night getting a wee bit wine drunk and watching the first few eps of Ted Lasso S03, and when I came back to tumblr, your new merlin pfp threw me for a loop! But I figured it out quickly enough. ;) Hope you're having a good night, and hope you also got some rain over the last couple of days to clear out the smoke and ash.

you are too kind <3 we did get some rain today, but we need a lot more!! hopefully it'll only get better from now on.

funny you mention ted lasso, because i'm about to pick up where i left things last night (i watched the first 5 episodes) hehehe. also i'm a bit jealous, i also want to get wine sangria drunk right now!!

i will always go back to a merlin something, it is my once and future fandom heheheh

#alie replies #bluroux #i am a merlin victim first and then a person

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walkingcontradiction42 · 2 years

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Larry, Martha and Jim in John Joseph Merlin’s Roller Skates | Horrible Histories S03 Ep02, requested by anonymous

#horrible histories #horrible histories s03 ep02 #larry rickard #martha howe douglas #jim howick #six idiots #gif #requested #larry in this gives me life #lifeeeee #that man glides as if he is floating #comedy gold

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lauraspringuniverse · 3 years

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On rewatching merlin on netflix:

1) Morgana's character arc sucked, like it was so all over the place

2) Gwaine is my precious (alcoholic, murder-y) baby and he needs to be protected

3) Merlin/Gwaine bromance in S03 is better than the Merlin/Arthur bromance

4) I'm not ready for E02S04

5) The CGI is cringe-worthy bad, but it grew on me

#bbc merlin #merlin #gwaine #morgana #arthur pendragon #netflix #rewatching

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dreamcrow · 5 years

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[lake house, morning, s03e09; general concept = "missing scenes from late s03." what were barbara and strickler doing while everyone else was off on merlin's fetch quest?]

"I still can't believe this is a real manuscript," she says. "I didn't think—I never realized people could actually use them, still."

"Properly maintained, parchment codices are very durable. And this one is—very old." He hesitates, like he's not quite sure how much he's allowed to say. "Fourteenth-century, mostly. Some of its contents are much older than that."

She thinks she hears the edges of another question there, but she's not certain she's ready to ask how old are you really, not now, for fear she might get an actual answer.

So instead, she settles on: "Did you copy this?"

"Parts. These pages in particular, no."

These pages are all in some writing system she's never seen before, tight and dense and unreadable in compact, elaborate characters. It's not English, at least not that she can recognize, nor any of the piecemeal Latin she'd picked up over years of med school.

A thought occurs to her, and she has to muster all her self-control to keep from going starry-eyed, despite herself. "Are these in Troll?"

His eyes dart up to hers, and he shows her that little half-grin. Then he says something back to her, just a few words she doesn't understand, and her eyes go wide with the realization: he just spoke Troll, to her.

tfw u spend two days learning about manuscript restoration just to end up realizing the anecdote responsible just won't take the story where you want it to go (although you love it dearly)

#stricklake #wip tag #(i guess??)#there was more but this was the best ~1/3 of it #ANYWAY #the first two chapters of this are finally DONE #and i finally figured out what was slowing me down in ch. 3 (i.e. this)#just under 12k... gotta go fast 💪💪💪#trollhunters

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kayzean · 6 years

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When you hear “Merlin”

Before watching Trollhunters (especially s03): Merlin? oh the badass wizard? COOL!!

After watching Trollhunters: OOOOO BOY IM GOING TO DROP KICK THAT BASTARD INTO THE SUN.

(I honestly can never hear/watch ANYTHING having to do with Merlin without pulling a disgusted face.)

#AND I MEAN ANYTHING #ok i get that its just Trollhunters' merlin (that i know of) that is an asshat #but still #i hear merlin #and im like #*gags* ugh im going to kill that bastard #like i can be watching any movie and hear merlins name #and then im pissed all over again #trollhunters #trollhunters season 3 #trollhunters spoilers #Merlin #even #For the glory of merlin #is now ruined #THAT PRICK DESERVES NO GLORY

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