For The Love Of God, Write All The Self-indulgent Scenes You Want.  Be Utterly  Shameless About Including

I read your headcanon about Percival being a pagan without magic and I just couldn’t stop thinking about the crew going on a quest, or what not, and Percival doing some sort of ritual/prayer to honour Emrys and Merlin just standing their dying of embarrassment.

CF: omg, omg, omg. I had to write it. It’s glorious. Admittedly, I had to write it twice bc the first attempt got wayyyyy too long but still. Here you go:

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Quest 3 – Polyamory Appreciation Week

Quest Dates: 20/6/2021 - 26/6/2021

*Please wait to post your entries until the fest begins! It makes running the fest much easier for our guild keepers.

Welcome to The Guild's Next Quest!

[Before we continue, big thank you to @camelotsheart for this beautiful gif!!]

This week long mini fest is a Prompt Quest! There will be an overall, general theme to stick to, and then 7 Prompts (one for each day) will be provided centering around the theme, for you to use in your fanworks if you so choose!

This week we are doing things a little differently! We will have Double Prompts.

By this we mean, writers will have a daily couple prompt. There will be alternate prompts offered, though, if a particular couple does not resonate with you but you still wish to participate everyday.

This weeks Theme: Polyamory Appreciation Week!

Your Quest this week is to use the prompts below in your Poly love-filled fanworks!

You do not have to participate everyday, if a particular prompt does not resonate with you! If you wish to make a fanwork for each day, that is spectacular and we cannot wait to see what you do! If you only want to do a few days, or even just one, that is still great and we can't wait to see what you do!

Minimum Requirements

We aren't very picky here at the guild, but we do ask that your fanworks meet these minimums before you turn them in, and post them to the collection if you use Ao3!

***For Polyam Appreciation Week (lovingly acronym-ed PAW), we do require any works created contain a theme of polyamory! Gifmakers, editors and those who take from Merlin Footage, obviously have some leeway with this, but the implication at least should be there! This is Polyamory Appreciation Week, let's see some love for Poly love!!***

Fanfiction: 500 words minimum (no maxiumum!) Artwork: 1 completed work minimum (when it comes to completed, we trust that whatever you create you believe is complete. That means that works do not have to have color or anything special. Whatever you believe is complete is good for us!) Gifsets: 1 gifset containing 3 gifs minimum Edits: 15 second minimum Podfics: 5 minute minimum (with permission from writer, or clarification if you wrote the fic & recorded the podfic!)

For Writers - Daily Trope Prompts:

Day 1 – Merlin/Gwen/Arthur AND/OR Friends to Lovers Day 2 – Merlin/Gwaine/Arthur AND/OR Bed Sharing Day 3 - Elyan/Gwaine/Percival AND/OR Soulmates Day 4 - Mithian/Vivian/Morgana AND/OR Hallmark Au Day 5 - Merlin/Gwaine/Lancelot AND/OR Hurt/Comfort Day 6 - Morgana/Gwen/Mithian/Elena AND/OR Modern Era Day 7 - Merlin/Knights/Arthur AND/OR Fake Relationship/Marriage

For Editors/Gif-Makers - Daily Suggestions:

Day 1 - Favourite Ship Scene Day 2 - Most Chaotic Scene Day 3 - Your Ship + Symbolism Day 4 - Favourite Polyam Crackship Day 5 - Favourite Polyam Rarepair Day 6 - Quote Day Day 7 - Free Day

We look forward to seeing all of your entries! Don't forget to Turn In Your Quests & Add Them To Quest 3's Collection (which opens on the first day of Questing Week!) if you use Ao3 when you finish!

*Please remember to tag your works with your entry week (i.e. #entry: PAW) and #the sorcerers guild so we can find your entries and they are easily searchable! Especially if you do not submit your entries to the blog--if you don't submit them or use the tags, we won't be able to find your posts!

Good luck, Adventurers! - The Guild Keepers

P.S. The Merlin Pride Celebration will be running the week of this fest, and we 100% allow and encourage crossposting to MPC!!

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

EDIT: Well this got a lot of attention! I got a few users asking to print or repost my art and I am unimaginably grateful to everyone's interest, especially since it's a really simple drawing I made on a whim haha! Anyone who is looking to print these out to hang or hand out or repost on another platform is free to do so, although I ask you to credit me and let people know it's from my Tumblr profile! If anyone wishes to do anything else with my art or post and wants to clarify what I consent to then they can message me privately and I'll explain! <333 all my love to my queer siblings

Announcing the May Trope Mayhem Prompt List for 2025!

May Trope Mayhem is a multi-fandom/original creation event open to writers, artists, and creators of all kinds! Our creators have shared their favorite tropes, and we’ve put together a list of 31, one per day through the month of May. We encourage creators to join us for this month of fun tropey mayhem.

Our goal is to promote motivation and help with habit building, so we’re encouraging authors to keep their ficlets under 1,000 words, artists to stick to making just a sketch, gif makers to only do a single image, etc., as applicable to whatever you’re making.

This event is primarily held on Tumblr, but you’re welcome to participate anywhere Duck Prints Press has an account (you can see all our current platforms here) and we’ll keep our eyes on our tag everywhere!

How can you participate? It’s easy! There’s just a few simple rules:

write a ficlet or a poem, create art, make a gif, or create any other content that you want, aligned with the prompt for the day!

post your correctly tagged fills to Tumblr, and we’ll reblog them! We’ll reskeet works on Bluesky, retoot those on Mastodon, you get the idea. Note: we do not use Twitter.

you must tag warnings such as gore, MCD, sexual content, etc., so that people can make informed decisions!

please also tag fandom and ship, so people can find what interests them!

we ask that you put the tags at the top of your post, so they’re easy to find.

if you write more than 1k words and post the whole text on Tumblr or wherever, please use a read more if the platform allows.

if you create something with NSFW content or potentially triggering material, please put the entire work under a read more.

Ping us (duckprintspress) or tag your creations “#may trope mayhem” and so we can find them! We’ll reblog all fills that follow the above rules and are posted between May 1st and June 8th, 2025. Posting starts May 1st!

If you post to AO3, you can also add them to our collection there!

You don’t have to sign up for May Trope Mayhem, just post your fills. You don’t have to be a member of the Press nor do you have to be following us. You don’t have to be part of a specific fandom. We’re open to all ships, genres, formats, ratings, kinks, etc.! You can post whatever properly tagged content you want. You don’t have to post fills on the corresponding day, though we ask that if you’re creating for a day that hasn’t happened yet, please wait for that day to post.

Participating in May Trope Mayhem? Want to chat fandom, books, creation, and more? Join our Book Lover’s Discord Server!

This is a low-pressure event, held in good fun, and we look forward to seeing what you create!

MAY TROPE MAYHEM Prompt List Text Version:

Fairy Tale Fusion

Bachelor Auction

Stowaway

Superhero x Supervillain

Inherited Blessing or Curse

Tiny Adorable Eldritch Horror

Love Triangle to Polyamory

Wardrobe Malfunction

Body Guard Character

Fake Dating

Ghost Love Interest

Idiots to Lovers

Unresolved Sexual Tension* (*resolved)

“Who did this to you?”

Character is Conveniently Unrecognizable in Glasses

Breaking the 4th Wall

Time Loop

Wing Grooming

Accidental Summoning

Language Barrier

The House is Alive

Pet Acquisition

A+ Parenting

Mentor and Mentee

Amnesia

Body Swap

Royal x Knight

Second Chance with a Former Love

Identity Porn

Accidental Baby Acquisition

Magical Familiar

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Boromir (Son of Denethor II) & Faramir (Son of Denethor II), Éomer Éadig/Faramir (Son of Denethor II) Characters: Éomer Éadig, Faramir (Son of Denethor II), Boromir (Son of Denethor II)(mentioned), Aragorn | Estel (mentioned), Denethor II (mentioned) Additional Tags: Canonical Character Death, not on screen though, It's just being discussed, Faramir misses his brother, Established Relationship, Denethor's A+ Parenting, Has convinced Faramir that he's not worth anything, Éomer hates Denathor for how he treated Faramir, So do I, Men Crying, Cuddling & Snuggling, Loving and supportive Éomer, Rohan (Tolkien), Post-Canon, Post-War of the Ring

Summary:

Faramir struggles with guilt over Boromir's death, as well as missing his older brother. Luckily, his husband Éomer is there to comfort him.

A Little Welding Never Hurt

Rating: M

Warnings: Graphic Descriptions of an Injury, Mentions of Drug Use

Summary: Based off of prompt #57. Hiccup tries to befriend the Armorwing, and it’s all going well until his prosthetic falls off and the dragon tries to help and weld it back on.

Hiccup cautiously approached the Armorwing, left hand outstretched. The dragon flicked its tail in agitation, snapped out at him, and Hiccup jumped back.

“Whoa, whoa! It’s okay! It’s me! Remember me? I helped you!”

“Yeah, and we also got it attacked by Singetails,” Snotlout said, folding his arms, and Hiccup looked to him with a roll of his eyes.

“Snotlout, the Flyers would have come after the Armorwing anyway,” Hiccup explained. “You know, because of the Dragon Eye lens.” He stepped away from the dragon, closer to his friends, who were in the bushes. He rubbed at his chin. “Maybe he’s afraid because there’s so many people around.”

“Hiccup, what are you suggesting?” Astrid asked.

“Maybe if I was given some time alone with him, he’d-”

“Uh-uh,” Fishlegs said, stepping forward. “No way, Hiccup. This dragon’s not tame in any way.”

Toothless made a rumbling noise as if in agreement, nudged Hiccup in the side.

“Look, guys, I know what I’m doing,” Hiccup assured them. “I trained a Night Fury after all.”

“Really, Hiccup? You’re gonna bring that up?” Tuffnut questioned.

“I mean, yeah.” Hiccup scratched at his head. “Look, what else do you want me to do?”

“Maybe leave the dragon alone,” Ruffnut said. “We don’t have to train it. We can just leave it scrap metal and go.”

“And get scorched in the process?” Hiccup asked, folding his arms, jutting out one hip. “No way. I’m doing this, okay? And besides, what if I can actually train it? Wouldn’t that be cool?”

Snotlout sighed in defeat. “Have fun losing another limb.”

“Great.” Hiccup wasn’t going to let anyone else argue with him. “So the rest of you take Toothless, and uh, go check out the island, I guess.”

“Shouldn’t we at least leave Toothless with you?” Fishlegs seemed nervous.

“He’ll just freak out the Armorwing,” Hiccup pointed out, gesturing to the dragon behind him. “Guys, I’ll be fine.”

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Knights of the Round Table Found Family Head

Canon

(Does this fit with historical context? No. Does this fit with the show? Maybe but unlikely. Did I have fun thinking about it? Absolutely.)

One of the first knightly shenanigans the round table boys did together when they got back to Camelot was to basically just set up in whichever rooms were closest to eachother (besides Leon, who would later regret not joining these shenanigans) and just not moving. There was so much uproar that it didn't even register as an issue, especially because Lancelot and Percival were sharing one because neither wanted to be the one to shuffle someone out of the rooms next door.

But also, none of these men were overly used to having rooms of their own, so it just turned into a common room type place? Like two rooms eventually got all the beds and thats where sleeping happens but the other room just kinda... became their own version of a home?

Because if you think about it, the commoner knights were commoners, who had a very different version of living to nobility. And I can see these guys trying to be proper nobility but hating how... isolating it is. And while they can go to the tavern every night for company, it's really far and people look at them like they're different now. So it starts out with them all congregating together after meals in one of the rooms so that they could be themselves for a little while(and Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, or Leon would join them because honestly, it was nice to just exist around eachother as equals) And thats obviously not very efficient because it was never the same room and sometimes one of them would be trying to sleep because they had an early patrol, so it was really just a matter of logic to move the beds into two rooms and have one common room, so Elyan moves his bed into Gwaine's room but eventually musical beds happens until everyone is happy with the arrangement (I always like to put Gwaine with Percival even if I'm not shipping them because their dynamic makes me happy but like, it's up to you who goes where).

Then eventually things have calmed down and the Steward is like "what... the fuck?" But in polite speak. And goes to Merlin, who everyone goes to for things regarding the Round Table people because he's the only one who understands the dynamic fully, and he goes on about how this isn't how it's supposed to be and they're going to make scandals and everything is terrible and he has to fix it. And Merlin listens to his grievances and eventually just says, real politely, "listen, I know they're unconventional, but they're knights and it's been approved by Prince Regent Arthur, but I will make sure that your worries are addressed to him." Because he's at the point where he's #TiredOfEverything. And he does bring it up to Arthur, who mulls it over for roughly 2.45 minutes and basically just says "ehhh, it isn't hurting anything and it makes them happy" and there's A Look that translates to "and I enjoy it too" so they end up just letting them and it becomes one of those things that happens in Camelot that everyone knows but now it's just a thing.

And the absolutely chaotic energy of the boys living together lends itself to some pretty baller shenanigans, but also some pretty fucking good bonding.

I’m so excited for this!! Maybe I’ll actually finish some of my Mercelot fics this time 😅

✨mercelot week 2025✨

✨starting MAY 25th to MAY 31st✨

FOR FANFIC WRITERS - prompts and/or themes:

Day 1: “it took you almost 4 years to fully trust me, and it took you all of one minute to stop.” + Lancelot Du Lac episode AU

Day 2: “do you not get it? we don't ever get a happy ending, we don't ever go home!” + hurt/comfort

Day 3: “whether you like it or not, i’m not giving up on you” + pre-season 4 AU

Day 4: “i will be the greatest loss of your life” + humor

Day 5: “what about me?” + the darkest hour AU

Day 6: bamf!lancelot + angst

Day 7: free day + au of your choice

there is an ao3 collection under the name which can be found here “mercelot week 2025” - if you wish to add your fics

please put the day and prompt in your summary if posting to ao3.

reminder: merlin/lancelot do not need to be the one to say the line or be the things exactly! and the + means and/or. these are mostly for inspiration alone. if you would like to just write the quote for day one, for example, and not use the au, then that's perfectly fine.

FOR GIFS/ VIDEO/ ART CREATORS - quotes and/or themes:

Day 1: “somewhere between the night we met and the day you left, there was love, so much love.” + red

Day 2: parallels + orange

Day 3: au + yellow

Day 4: “it’s strange. i felt less lonely when i didn’t know you.” + green

Day 5: song lyrics + blue

Day 6: favorite poem + purple

Day 7: free day + rainbow

rules:

must be posted on tumblr so i can reblog!

please tag your posts as #mercelotweek2025 and/or tag this account directly.

NSFW is allowed, just please tag appropriately.

have fun and enjoy yourself! this week is all about supporting each other and sharing your work!

questions, concerns, or just wanna talk? you can dm or send asks at this account or my main @bellamyblakru

In case anyone finds it helpful because mobility aids are horrifically expensive and inaccessible…

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

He also is working on cheap, open source, accessible designs for beach chairs, off road chairs, motorized attachments (think smart drive), and so on. Plus he skateboards in his wheelchair. Cool dude, helpful info, pass it on.