#mooooom arthur pendragons making me sad again

[nextstopparis]

i do think one of the reasons why arthur gave merlin ygraine’s sigil, specifically, is bc merlin was the only person who really Got it. like. idk. he was presumably the only person arthur really talked to about how much he wanted to know her. he was the only person in arthurs life that witnessed arthur seeing and talking to her for the First time. he was the one who witnessed those first words between mother and son and just how tightly arthur clutched her. like i think he wanted merlin to have it because every memory arthur had of his mother, merlin also knew. was apart of, in some way. regardless of whether arthur thought that ghost was real or not - she was still his mom for that first bit yknow. i think maybe he wanted to leave one of the last things he had of her to someone who knew better than others how much he loved her and wanted to know her etc