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How To Love a Living Thing absolutely DEVASTATED me. Mind the tags and notes because it does get pretty dark but it’s really damn good imo
Merlin fic rec list

To Be A King by clotpolesonly Teen And Up, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen, Merlin and Arthur, Merlin and Mordred, Gwen/Arthur, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Merlin’s Magic Revealed, Canonical Character Death, BAMF Merlin, Dragonlord Merlin, Original setting, Magical kingdom, King Merlin, Royal!Merlin Summary: When Merlin discovers that his father was an estranged prince and he himself is now the only heir to the throne of a magical kingdom, he is forced to leave Camelot for the perils of a royal court. Will Merlin be able to win Arthur’s favor again before Morgana launches an attack on a defenseless Camelot? Will he be able to defend his own kingdom at the same time or will all be lost? -
A Matter of Sovereignty by Kizmet Gen, No Archive Warnings Apply, Friendship Summary A visiting prince takes it into his head to brutalize Merlin, but sometimes the solution to a problem is in how you phrase it.
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Bumps and Bruises by platonic_boner merthur, implied/suspected abuse, Protective Arthur, Magic Revealed, pre-relationship, teen an up, canon typical violence,
Summary: Arthur notices Merlin’s constant injuries, and decides he needs to step in and protect Merlin.
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Finding Home by riventhorn Arthur/Merlin, Hurt/Comfort Summary: Written for a kinkme_merlin prompt. When Gaius retires a new physician takes over and quickly kicks Merlin out of his room and takes it for himself. Arthur finds Merlin sleeping in the stables…and it’s winter.
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How To Love A Living Thing by Polomonkey Mature, merthur, Merlin/Arthur, Pendragon (Merlin), Hurt/Comfort, Abuse, Violence, Sexual Harassment, Drowning, Guilt, Romance, Protective Arthur, Mild Sexual Content, Redemption, Healing, Canon Era
Summary Guilt ridden and lonely after his confrontation with Nimueh, Merlin slowly begins to isolate himself from Arthur. When two knights take it upon themselves to teach him his place, Merlin finds himself with nowhere to turn. Will he be able to reach out to his prince before it’s too late?
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Obeisance by casspeach Gen, No Archive Warnings Apply, Merlin/Arthur
Summary: It’s not that Arthur won’t share his toys, just that he expects to get them back undamaged
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All’s Well That Ends Well by StormDancer explicit, Merlin/Arthur, Arthur Finds Out, magic reveal Summary: Merlin spent the week and a half that Arthur was gone splitting his time between crafting careful explanations that never ended up explaining the important things, the things that would make Arthur listen, and making half-baked plans to escape to Ealdor. He found a number of fire-proofing spells that would have no effect if they decided to cut his head off, and figured out how to adapt an invulnerability spell he had been trying to find a way to cast on Arthur without him noticing so that it would protect him from being decapitated, but it would have no effect on anything but metal. Despite all his frantic searching, he did not find a teleportation spell, because that would have been too simple and if there was one thing Merlin had learned in his years at Camelot, it was that nothing was ever simple.
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Deeds by the5leggedCricket Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Episode Related, Oblivious Arthur Pendragon, Teen and Up,
Summary: Arthur is coming of age, and that means he’s about to get Deeds—marks on his body telling him of his soulmate’s greatest accomplishments. But as he tries to find his soulmate, he also makes some worrying discoveries about the kind of person his soulmate is.
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Honorable Intentions by smilebackwards Gwaine/Merlin, Guinevere/Arthur Pendragon, Courtship, Protectiveness, Protective!Arthur, Teen and Up, Summary: There are several considerations Arthur would like to go over, starting with the state of Merlin’s virtue.
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Laundry’s Hard Work by supercalvin Gen, Teen and Up, Canon Era, can be read as pre-slash, BAMF Merlin
Summary: Wasn’t Merlin supposed to be…tiny? When the hell had he learned to use a sword and not fall on his backside? Where the hell did those scars from? What the hell?
or Arthur still thinks Merlin is the young boy he met ten years ago and he starts to notice things in his manservant that he wasn’t aware had changed at all.
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Fathom Me Out by supercalvin Merlin/Arthur, Canon Era, Magic Revealed, Teen and up,
Summary: After ten years, Arthur thinks he has Merlin all figured out. But as he watches Merlin, he finds out that he has more questions than answers. The longer he thinks about it, the more uneasy he feels. So he pushes it aside. Except, he can no longer ignore the questions he has about Merlin. Not your everyday reveal!fic
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Loyalty Before Royalty by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle Gen, Gwen & Merlin, Arthur and Merlin being the most iconic duo? I think tf not, Gwen and Merlin wreaking havoc? Teaming up against Arthur? That’s the most iconic duo there, as usual, Explicit Language, Fluff and Humor, Attempt at Humor, Arthur is so exasperated, someone help him, good thing he loves them both
Summary: “Where did you get that?” Arthur asked, but he already knew the answer. “Gwen.” “…and the horse?” “Gwen.” “What about the-” “Gwen.” Merlin interrupted. Arthur nodded. At this point, he wasn’t sure why he even bothered to ask. He was pretty certain his wife was going to knight Merlin any day now.He looked Merlin up and down for a few moments before accepting it all with a sigh. “As long as you get my armor to me tomorrow…I don’t care.” He finally said, turning away. Merlin cleared his throat. “Gwen gave me tomorrow off.” “For the love of God.” Or I hate that Gwen and Merlin’s friendship kind of withered away in the later seasons so here’s a oneshot about her and Merlin abusing her new royal powers because that’s what happens when your best friend becomes queen.
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Know It All Knight by Shi_Toyu Leon & Merlin, Knights of the Round Table, Magic Revealed, protective leon, Arthur Finds Out, Oblivious Arthur
Summary: Leon couldn’t say for sure when the exact moment was that he figured out Merlin had magic. He’d suspected it for a little while, to be honest. He definitely had it figured out by the time Arthur managed to ‘kill’ the Great Dragon. What Leon could say for sure was the exact moment he figured out that no one else had figured out Merlin had magic.
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Ooooh I would love to read this
Imagine an episode of Merlin where another kingdom comes to visit and they have a court sorcerer. Uther would be furious, Arthur might learn something, and Merlin? He sees a sorcerer standing openly at their liege's side, respected and honored. Something he can only dream of. Is he tempted to tell Arthur? Is he tempted to leave? Does he lose hope for Camelot or find inspiration in seeing how magic is accepted in another kingdom?
Now that I've typed it, I think I might write it! But it would have been a very interesting episode to see, I think.
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Merthur really have it all huh. King and lionheart dynamic. Fucking hate at first sight then speedrun to trying to die for the other. Slow burn? Never heard of her. One of them wears gloves and one doesn't and I'm not even gonna bother to explain why that is top fucking tier. Lies and secrets that could bring about the doom of the kingdom. Obviously adore each other but will actually fucking die before saying it with actual words. The prince is a gigantic asshole who doesn't know how to show care or ask for attention like a person who had healthy emotional development as a child and oscillates between pulling pigtails and acting like an over-eager puppy or both at the same time. Domesticity levels previously unheard of. They canonically wear each other's clothes. One of them makes up words and the other promptly starts using them. Both are extremely into the other's specific brand of dumbassery. Their love language is fucking playing together. "I don't want you to change" fuck this fuck everything
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Y’all should read this, it’s really nice
A New Low
Author: Rosie_Rues
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Word Count: 14,957
Details: Arthur/Merlin, background Gwen/Morgana, Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Merlin Modern AU, Diabetes, Teaching, Alternate Universe - Office.
Summary: Written for the prompt of diabetic!Merlin stuck in a lift with Arthur. It grew from there.
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Something about mlm wlw solidarity
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Just spent the last couple days reading through this, it was very entertaining lol
A Modern Manservant
Author: Mamalazzer
Rating: Explicit
Details: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Lancelot (Merlin), Will (Merlin), (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Percival (Merlin), Elyan (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Hunith (Merlin), Uther Pendragon (Merlin), Nimueh (Merlin), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Modern:Still Have Powers, Alternate Universe - Reincarnation, Reincarnation, BAMF Merlin, Magic Revealed, Community: paperlegends, Soulmates.
Summary: A modern magical comedy very loosely based on Ugly Betty. Publishing king Uther Pendragon has had enough of his playboy son seducing every female assistant he has ever had so he hires Merlin, a man he is sure Arthur will never sleep with. Merlin would be more insulted by this fact if he wasn’t so busy trying to juggle his duties, save Arthur's skin from ruthless fashionistas and keep his magic a secret at the same time. Expect appearances by oil-lathered knights, the occasional mad druid, a perverted Will and a mental caretaker who lives in the basement and keeps harping on about coins and destiny.
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For the art prompt. I see a lot of Merlin looking after Arthur wounds but not many of Arthur taking care of Merlins
I love wound care stuff in fics and art 😌

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I love seasonal fruits they're like girl we're back lol
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happy pride month my lovelies! (credit to the artist MadebyJimbob! <3)
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In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.



P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3
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Spinning around in front of the AC unit like some kind of reverse rotisserie chicken
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Arthur: Merlin, what the hell are you doing?!
Merlin: I was taking a nap, clotpole
Arthur: On my throne?!?
Merlin: Well you weren’t using it. Besides, I do most of the work. I deserve this overrated chair
Arthur: Get off of it!
Merlin: No!
The knights: *betting on who’s going to win this argument*
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And like the cycle of the year, we begin again ~ Mini comic (part 1)
Hi !! I finally come with the promised comic 😁 I started it several months ago, and although there have been days when I haven't known how to move forward, I have had a lot of support from @ineffablesbooks GRACIAS AMIGA!! We are both big fans of Merlin and especially of the INCREDIBLE fanfic that @katherynefromphilly wrote. I don't know what I would have done after finishing s5 without this story, so thank you so much, I love how you write Merlin and Arthur. Anyway, I hope you like this comic as much as I liked doing it. Stay tone, because this is only the first part!! So in a few days there will be part 2, I also don't rule out making more mini comics of other scenes in the future, so wait for it, I hope you like it and enjoy it!!
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I don't remember exactly when I started to draw for fun a little cover for the fanfic "And Like The Cycle Of The Year, We Begin Again" It was supposed to be a quick and -not to complicated- drawing 😂 but now I wanna do the whole cover and back cover and add so many details !! I guess we'll see if that happens 🔜



Anyways IF YOU haven't read this fic..WHAT HAD YOU BEEN WAITING? Is sooo good 😭 I wish I could read it for the first time again !!
Of course a special thank you to @katherynefromphilly for the fic, and for been the inspiration for a lot of my art 💕
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