Which One Of U Was Going To Tell Me That Tea Tastes Different If U Put It In Hot Water?

Words from On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Compilation of the first part of TMA episode Posters.

What is your fave episode out of this lot?

Queen, King, Knight

For @merlintarotfest

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.

Story Idea: After 999 consecutive terms as Hell’s first and only president, Lucifer decides to step down, putting the entire netherworld in a panic about who will replace him.

At the same time, a recently deceased PR manager who sold her soul to a demon in her youth finds out the rights to her soul have been sold many times and she is now the property of a low-level government clerk who got her as a gift.

Seizing on the opportunity, she decides her meek and introverted new owner should be the next president of Hell. And she’s gonna make it happen.

A Thought:

As Emrys, Merlin is a very powerful sorcerer.

However, his utter lack of any formal training means Merlin is not a very good sorcerer.

The magic he does should be theoretically impossible, but he's got enough raw fucking power to just make it work. Infant demigod smashing blocks together and creating a Lego Death Star.

Merlin: *does magic that Should Not Work*

Other sorcerers:

AND THEY ARE RIGHT TO FEEL UPSET

IMAGINE YOU'RE A SORCERER. YOU'VE BEEN PRACTICING YOUR CRAFT, SHOOTING THE SHIT, LAYING LOW, PLOTTING PLANNING.....THEN THIS FARMY BOY TWINK SHOWS UP AND NUKES THE FUCKING PRIESTESS OF THE LAKE OF AVALON

I'D FEEL PISSED TOO

like, bro, you meet him, you're apprehensive of him bc 'shit that's emrys'. the emrys. the dude that's said to be the greatest sorcerer to ever walk the earth. you meet him. you can feel his magic and like holy shit, what the fuck was that??? you ask him how the fuck he gained so much power by the age of 21????

merlin: you mean....y'all don't also just have magic doing shit when you're a toddler

you, the sorcerer who has had to spend years getting control to fucking heat up a teapot: .........no.......no our magic doesn't do that

goddamn do you wanna just chuck this adult child into the lake and be done with it. better yet, you wish for the sprites to just pick you up and use your body as a sacrifice for entrance into Avalon.

and then, and then

you see how this motherfucker fights against bandits and "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU JUST PUSHING THEM AWAY??? WHERE'S THE SHOWMANSHIP??? THE PIZZAZZ??? HOW MANY SPELLS DO YOU KNOW???"

merlin, who forgot he can freeze time and space and can launch lightning bolts at people: uh....3???

it takes the triple goddess to restrain you from murking the prophesized warlock right then and there.

"NO, NO, FUCK THAT, FUCK THIS, FUCK ALL O' Y'ALL!" you scream as you jump on a ship and move to a place that doesn't have op young adult children who didn't study shit and yet still get an A+

This broke my heart.

5 times Merlin almost died and 1 time he didn’t.

just some lads, being fellows

Some writers: *meticulously plan out every plot point and the tone and meanings before they start writing*

Me:

Me when I pine all my days to travel home and see the dawn of my return