No, Actually I Will Never Be Over Annabeth Throwing Her Knife Into The Ocean Hoping Percy Will Notice

Parents (when their child is young): "I know everything. You must obey my every command. The tiniest amount of doubt toward me is considered so disrespectful that I'm justified in hitting you for it.

Parents (when their child is grown): "Please forgive me. I'm only human. There's a lot I didn't know. I tried my best."

Every king eventually brings out their own money. The Pendragon crest is naturally on one side, but the King's face normally goes on the other.

And Arthur does that, or intends to. But when he talks to the guy who is meant to get his profile, Arthur can't help but ask what kind of other symbols he could use. At first, he asks if he could put other people on it, then he figures that it would probably be too controversial if he put a face on the coin that isn't his own.

Then he asks if it could be a bird, like his mother's sigil. Originally, he wants to honor her, but then Merlin walks in to gather his clothes and it suddenly strikes him that Merlin has done so much for him, and never gotten any reward.

And Arthur doesn't mean his servant work, Merlin is rubbish at that. But what about his council? His advice? The fact that Merlin always speaks his mind, yet always has Arthur's and Camelot's best interest at heart. The fact that Merlin always goes out of his way to fight alongside Arthur, despite not being a knight.

In an emotional outburst, (after Merlin left again) Arthur orders the coin guy to make the other side of his coin a Merlin.

Right after that, he realizes what he's done and drowns his embarrassment in wine.

A couple weeks later, the money is created and put out into the kingdom. And everyone immediately connects the dots. The symbol is only on the golden one.

The day Merlin finds out is a normal day at first. Only that everyone is staring holes into his head and whispers about him. Merlin has been send to get Arthur's new shirts and hands the tailor a golden coin. He hands it to him, then stops and stares at the crest.

....

Merlin: Arthur???? What the fuck is this?

Arthur: *sweats* your salary?

2023 we've got:

That unknown translator saying they never changed the Supernatural script

SNW spirk meeting for the first time and straight up kissing in vulcan style at first contact (plus maybe aos4?)

Bisexual Jaskier with a male love interest

WWDITS S5 Nandor knowing word for word the letter Guillermo wrote him

Season 2 of good omens with aziracrow kiss

Season 2 of OFMD "I love everything about you" that is still airing

Lokius arising

BBC Merlin possible comeback

You know... if they announce NBC Hannibal season 4 I think that could save the internet.

I hate to break it to you guys but once you Merlin you can't Merlout

This is the magic lucky word count. Reblog for creativity juice. It might even work, who knows.

In honor of Merlin reaching number one on trending today!

Some might say he didn’t take the news well

“i’m never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm” used to slap so incredibly hard and now the intro to careless whisper just makes me laugh and that is both sad and funny

careless whisper fucks so insanely hard and i will never forgive the internet for making it a "meme song." tonight the music seems so loud i wish that we could lose this crowd maybe its better this way we'd hurt each other with the things we want to say. if you even care.

bbc merlin - 03x12 The Coming of Arthur, Part I/03x13 The Coming of Arthur, Part II

never gonna be normal about this

generative AI literally makes me feel like a boomer. people start talking about how it can be good to help you brainstorm ideas and i’m like oh you’re letting a computer do the hard work and thinking for you???