Hunith’s Baby Is Home :”)

Merlin and Arthur in a fight/argument, so Merlin takes Excalibur in the middle of the night and goes to the square market and magically stuffs it in something stony.

The next day the peasants see it and are curious. Some men and children try to pull it out. It doesn’t work. Knights and guards come by to see what the crowd is about. They recognise the sword and try to stand guard while someone goes tell the king. Some try pull it out themselves.

Meanwhile the King goes crazy because his prized possession is missing and Merlin just insists that he has no idea where it might be. When Arthur is told that Excalibur was sighted but couldn’t be retreated the dread sets in.

He knows if he goes to the sword and couldn’t pull it out because Merlin was still angry at him his people will think less of him. So he declares that it was his doing to see if there is anyone in his kingdom worthier than him to be king. At the same time he tries to come up with a plan to win his sorcerer over again.

Just find a random drawing in my sketchbook

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modern arthur loves stealing merlin's clothes <3

(hc: merlin owns an obscene amount of wizard/magic merchandise because leon finds it hilarious and gifts merlin everything he can find)

math class got boring so there's a Stan sketch but it's @wolfythewitch gravity fowls au

Merthur fanart! Bc i havent drawn them inna while

Hello friendo, i am the hug wizard, would you like a hug?

Naw I would love a hug!

Our beloved trio but tiny

Arthur’s Love Confession

The word choice for Arthur’s confession is really… interesting. As many people have pointed out, if you remove the pronouns from the conversation, everything Arthur says can be true for Merlin as much as Gwen.

Here’s the thing: I’m a writer. I’ve said this before, and I’ll keep saying it when it comes to posts like this.

If I was writing a love confession from one of my characters, I wouldn’t have what they say be so vague that it would be unclear who they were referring to when taken out of context.

If you showed this conversation to someone who had no idea who these characters were other than a knight and a servant, it would be completely believable that the knight is talking about the servant he’s with.

Hell, Merlin’s reaction to Arthur being unable to say he’s in love and how certain he is that nothing could happen seems a bit strong considering the conversation is about Gwen, not him. He’s her friend and would understandably try to convince Arthur that they could be together, but the dialogue does it in such a round about, vague way before they get to the point. There’s no reason for them to be vague. They both know full well who they’re talking about.

I suppose I have to say this is an opinion of the writing because I can’t claim that the writers did anything with underlying intentions. It’s just seems strange to me how perfectly the description aligns. Even the lines not here could easily have the pronouns swapped and still make sense.

“How can I admit that I think about her (him/you) all the time? Or that I care about her (him/you) more than anyone? How can I admit that I don’t know what I’ll do if any harm comes to her (him/you)?”

It still works. We can’t prove that Arthur thinks about Merlin all the time, but there’s a damn huge amount of evidence that he cares for him deeply and can’t handle him being hurt. Anyone wanting to argue with me on this, go watch The Poisoned Chalice again, which is the FOURTH EPISODE by the way.

Other than that iconic episode, there’s plenty of other things. He doesn’t let Merlin drink the “poison” during the test at the labyrinth. He denies any accusations of him having magic whenever they come up, which is because he genuinely doesn’t believe he has any, but it also has to do with the fact that he would be executed. He always protects him in dangerous situations and tells him to run when things get too dicey. We all know how he acted when Merlin was believed to be dead.

Like I said, it’s weird how well the lines match up. And Arthur looks at him like this before the conversation:

And like this after this conversation:

Maybe I’ve just never had a “true bestie” because I have never looked at someone or had someone look at me like that. Arthur looks so flirtatious in that second gif man.

But anyway! That’s just some thoughts I was having about the love confession!

I kinda understand why Ares was so mad at Odysseus for not fighting Scylla. I mean, he used wine on Polyphemus, but when it came to Scylla...

He didn't even TRY tequila.

yours is the light by which my spirit’s born: yours is the darkness of my soul's return —you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars

Happy 16th anniversary, Merlin! (timelapse available here ✨)