#merthur brainrot is real

[himbo-aficionado]

I just think its interesting how at the very end of the story, we see Merlin walking past Avalon, the place where he sent off Arthur all those centuries ago. There are many different ways the scene could've went on to display his everlasting loyalty. It easily could've been a scene where maybe Merlin was with his wife and a kid who was named after Arthur, or he became a historian/scholar who kept the Arthurian legends alive after everything he went through or maybe even a physicist trying to build a time machine, find a loop in time to go back and fix the past.

But no.

We see him all alone, old and unequivocally miserable. No longer meddling with fate nor trying anything at all. Lost in a world beyond time that no man should live past or would even be able to comprehend. We see that he never moved on from Arthur, having somewhat a glimmer of hope deep within him. Nobody speaks about how insanely difficult it must have been to have hope especially when you have no end to your own life. As mortals, we can't even bear grief for a short period of time. Yet, Merlin lived the cursed life of an immortal, a life where he will only keep losing everyone he's ever loved. A life full of grief.

In the modern world shown, nobody even believes in magic or practises it and yet he...still believes that someday Arthur will return to him. In the past, he reiterates that he just wants Arthur to see that everything he does is for him. He tells Hunith that Arthur only likes him because he doesn't know him. We see he acknowledges that Arthur is doing acts of service because he likes him yet Merlin couldn't be satiated because he still wasn't his true self to Arthur. To be seen and known for who you truly are is to be loved, that is all he ever wanted from Arthur, even from the very beginning of their relationship.

"You never once sought any credit"

"Its not why I do it"

During the magic reveal, he said "I use it for you, Arthur. Only for you.", still desperately wanting it to be known that his entire life was devoted to Arthur. There was no talk about legalising magic and whatnot between them either after that. He only kept repeating that he was born to serve Arthur. We see in real time just how much he meant when he said "There will never be another like you, Arthur." Evidently, he meant that Arthur is the Once and Future King but it also plays out for Merlin, because there never was anyone like Arthur in his life after that. To the point where he could find no purpose upon losing Arthur.

And yes he keeps saying that its his destiny to be Arthur's servant, that he grew up and learned the meaning of duty but is that really all it is? Towards the end, it was apparent that Merlin's objective was no longer for magic to be accepted in Camelot (as much as he wanted it). Ever since he found out about Arthur's Bane, it was all about keeping him alive. Even when the great dragon told him that there is nothing he could do anymore, Merlin could not accept to lose Arthur. "I can't lose him, he's my friend." It didn't matter that magic isn't legal yet in Camelot. He could not give two fucks about it anymore or else we would've seen magic in the future scene. One can assume that he completely stopped trying to find a solution. Or even lost the will to live.

What I'm trying to say is that, the final scene really is more than just an epilogue to show his loyalty, immortality and despair. If you think about it for a moment, it shows that somewhere along all the fights, snide remarks, banter, and what he and Arthur think isn't exactly a friendship, - they're stupid, don't mind that - he was in love with Arthur. And Arthur loved him in return even in the face of death as the truth came crumbling down. Its not as simple as 'falling in love' because, I don't think Merlin woke up one day and realised that he was inconveniently in love with the idiot arrogant prince who was tied to him by fate.

Their love was inevitable but it definitely stopped becoming destiny and duty a long time ago, it became a choice. "I'm happy to be your servant till the day I die". Merlin was, and I quote "putting up" with Arthur not because it was his life sentence to do so; it was because he wanted to. The worst thing of all is: Merlin chose to do it for the rest of his life.

[ceastar432]

vampire merlin brain rot

merlin starving himself from human blood(even tho he needs it to survive) because he doesn’t want to bee seen as a monster like the other vampires who kill humans for their blood. Arthur finding this out and trying his best to get merlin to drink so he doesn’t have to watch his friend slowly dying.

Arthur pushing his arm uncovered forearm towards merlin: come on merlin just drink it!

Merlin pushing the man’s arm away from him: No!

Arthur once again moving his arm towards merlin as if it was a meal being served(which it is): don’t be an idiot merlin!

merlin tears welling up in his eyes: i don’t want to be a monster!

arthur freezing staring at his friend who seems so feeble in front of him: …what?

merlin quite trying to hold himself back from sobbing: i… if i drink human blood i’ll be no different from the others…

they’re both silent for a bit the prince contemplating on what he just heard trying his best to thi of the right response(which isn’t his strong suit) and the servant thinking of ways to get away a pit in his stomach from what he just admitted holding him in place like a rock

they just so happened ugghh

i’m going to draw stuff for this au i promise once im not busy or tired

also at first merlin was able to substitute animal blood for human bcz he was weaker and didn’t need as much blood to survive but as time went on he found himself growing hungrier and hungrier despite as the animal blood he had but he refused to drink human blood. scared if he did he wouldn’t be the same, scared he would turn out like the rest of the vampires killing humans for their blood

[pricilla-omnia-et-nihil]

Ur tags r so true

I talk about Merthur so much that my parents didn't even blink when today, I said BBC Merthur instead of BBC Merlin

[jeremysknoxes]

url change swift-of-corvids -> jeremysknoxes

intro post!!

hi, i go by calista but you can call me cali :) i go by she/her, and im a minor! im an aquarius and an intp, and im a ravenclaw. im a swiftie, and i listen to maisie peters, hozier , olivia rodrigo, conan gray, fall out boy, and twenty one pilots as well :)

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fandoms im in (in no specific order)

six of crows /grishaverse

the raven cycle and the dreamer trilogy

secret shanghai

*sighs* shadowhunters (this fandom is a blessing and a curse) (the brainrot is brainrotting so hard)

the magnus archives and the magnus protocol CEASELESS WATCHERRR

merlin :D

all for the game (you know, i get it- *gunshot noises*)

the song of achilles

GOOD OMENS

dead boy detectives im so sudhudshsuhasi abt it atm

classic lit (wuthering heights, pride and prejudice, the picture of dorian gray)

shakespeare

probably more but i forgot

brainrotting over jonmartin, andreil, merthur, jerejean, gracetopher and thomastair at the moment send help

i held off on making this for so long because my pirating post is just way too useful for me so ill put a link here: pirating post

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#saves - saves

[oceangenasi]

merlin/arthur for ship bingo!!

As you may already know I’ve got the Merthur brainrot real bad 😔

Just two people who are canonically two halves of a whole, entwined by destiny, giving off those lovely sun/moon vibes 🥰🥺😭

[the-pen-pot]

Okay so look, I am slowly writing an Age-Of-Sail fantasy Merthur AU and this is giving me all those vibes. Like sometimes the brainrot is so real I cannot even begin to quantify it.

Running before the Wind (detail), by Montague Dawson (1890-1973)

[bluecrusadearcade]

merthur brainrot is real

Six of Crows Incorrect Quotes

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[a-star-is-here]

Why the fuck do those two guys look like Merlin and Arthur.

Or is that just the brainrot?

Advertisement for a computer-run gay dating service, The Advocate, 1969.

[ceastar432]

Very poor doodles of this au

Merlin is annoying to draw but I think I figured it out now to learn how to draw morgana and Gwen so they can kiss or whatever

vampire merlin brain rot

merlin starving himself from human blood(even tho he needs it to survive) because he doesn’t want to bee seen as a monster like the other vampires who kill humans for their blood. Arthur finding this out and trying his best to get merlin to drink so he doesn’t have to watch his friend slowly dying.

Arthur pushing his arm uncovered forearm towards merlin: come on merlin just drink it!

Merlin pushing the man’s arm away from him: No!

Arthur once again moving his arm towards merlin as if it was a meal being served(which it is): don’t be an idiot merlin!

merlin tears welling up in his eyes: i don’t want to be a monster!

arthur freezing staring at his friend who seems so feeble in front of him: …what?

merlin quite trying to hold himself back from sobbing: i… if i drink human blood i’ll be no different from the others…

they’re both silent for a bit the prince contemplating on what he just heard trying his best to thi of the right response(which isn’t his strong suit) and the servant thinking of ways to get away a pit in his stomach from what he just admitted holding him in place like a rock

they just so happened ugghh

i’m going to draw stuff for this au i promise once im not busy or tired

also at first merlin was able to substitute animal blood for human bcz he was weaker and didn’t need as much blood to survive but as time went on he found himself growing hungrier and hungrier despite as the animal blood he had but he refused to drink human blood. scared if he did he wouldn’t be the same, scared he would turn out like the rest of the vampires killing humans for their blood