#this ask does wonders to my merwen heart bc they are besties!!! and it's like bbc forgot they were besties after s3

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As much as I love Lance knowing about Merlin's magic, my dude is legit never around, so I propose Gwen knows about Merlin's magic instead.

Like, let her piece it together after "Excalibur" because she:

1) saw the Black Knight/wraith that could not be killed

2) had Merlin take a sword from her (hc she forged it, no I will not change my mind)

3) saw Uther kill the wraith with the sword she gave to Merlin.

She's smart enough to realise something Ain't Vibing with that, and then she starts thinking about all the other weirdness that happens around Merlin, like the thing with the dog statue and then how her father was cured and Merlin confessed to sorcery to save her and-

Oh.

And of course there's she tells him she knows because oh my god dude what the fuck are you doing? But then let her be involved in the Chaos. Let her vouch for whatever wackass lie Merlin comes up with to hide the Shenanigans. And this is still early, unsure, awkward Gwen, so let her learn how to weaponize that shit. Let her purposefully stammer and backtrack and turn things around until whoever was questioning her has no idea what the fuck they were even talking about to begin with and literally just wants to leave.

And oh man, you know that when Arthur finds out, she will not hesitate to drag his ass the moment he tries taking his temper out on Merlin. She is a nice person, but she ain't letting any one mess with her bestie/bae, she will take his ass to the woodshed like "listen here you spoilt, ungrateful little bastard, yes you have a right to be angry, but don't you dare put that anger on him, or I will shove you into the forge, so help me God," and Arthur not knowing what to do with that other than mentally chanting not now, boner because he is into being yelled at by her, apparently.

Just...more of the Gwen and Merlin relationship we were robbed of by the cowards writers at BBC.

friendly reminder that Gwen was Morgana's handmaid for...who knows how long, and they've been friends since the beginning sooooo Gwen knows how to utilize her shit well.

also Merlin and Gwen were already doing some wacky hijinks as simple servants, so i feel like it would be so easy for her to fall into that pattern when it comes for covering Merlin. it's like the time she had to play a fool while Merlin hid from Cook, or when she "accidentally" dropped a basket of linens to save Merlin from some pesky visiting noble (who just so happened to be bad guy of the week gunning for Arthur's life but that wasn't her problem then).

it would be so easy to slide her into Merlin's magic shenanigans (also maybe cut Gaius some slack bc that man is old and weary and his advice can be....something)