Ars longa, vita brevis

*Somewhere in Britannia where no-one can see anyone*

Escanor: Merlin-san, I just want to thank you for retrieving me. I-

Merlin: *putting her finger on his lips* Shhhh. It’s no big deal.

Escanor: *looking like he’s about to manifest Sunshine* M-merlin!

Merlin: I’m a glutton for knowledge and now I want to know everything about you. Everything about us. You’re not getting away this time.

Also Merlin: *smirking*

Escanor: *about to explode again* So about the d-date…

Merlin: *kissing Escanor on the cheek while steering her broom upward* Be patient, Escanor. Only three more weeks.

ESCALIN WEEK 2021 CHALLENGE(S)!

For Day 7, while it is a “free day” when you can let your creativity run free, we want to invite you to participate in this year’s challenge, if you want to do so. We decided to split the challenge into 3 smaller ones, so you can pick and choose which one works best for you! You will only need to participate in any 1 of these 3 in order to win your 100-word drabble!

For writers: "No Words"

Because Escanor and Merlin both are the “show, don’t tell” type when it comes to loving one another, and let’s be real, neither of them really need words to understand each other <3

Write a story without using dialogues. Challenge yourself to convey the feelings and emotions through actions and descriptions in your story.

For visual artists:

"Dusk to Dawn"

Because their love story goes on every single hour of the day.

Use this specific colour palette for your work. You may also change the colours' saturation and/or brightness.

"Black and White"

Because nothing is as certain as how much they love and care about each other.

Just a Satoru Gojo with “punk” clothes for @bertazsleepyhead :3

Escalin Week 2021 is almost here! This year, the week of November 7-13 will be the week of celebrating our favorite lovebirds/sins with a week of music, stories, and art. Post your art, stories and more on Tumblr and Twitter under the tags #escalinweek and #escalinweek2021! Remember to include these tags in the first 5 tags of your post.

In general, this event is not NSFW, hence, we will not be reblogging explicit NSFW/gore/heavy themes. However, we will reblog mild nudity/moderate gore and such. If they’re on par with the manga, especially manga panels directly out of the manga, we will reblog them. Please make sure to tag everything accordingly and include content warning when appropriate. We will also try to do so for the sake of everyone’s comfort level.

Under certain circumstances, we may reblog explicit NSFW works: We will reblog NSFW works if they’re tagged correctly, censored in some way and posted where users must consent to viewing the work.

For visual works, this means the explicit visuals must be cut off/censored, so the work is not explicit upon viewing in the preview. A link to an external site with tags such as NSFW, smut or lemon will do.

For fanfictions, you should add all appropriate tags and/or a clear summary, and a link to the entire work (such as AO3, FF, Wattpad, etc.)

There will absolutely be no stealing/plagiarism ever accepted, to respect the hard work and efforts of the amazing creators out there. Any violations will be reported and disqualified.

The prompts this year are:

DAY 1: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY | KISS | BLUE

DAY 2: NO LIE | WHAT IF | EBONY

DAY 3: I’M YOURS | PERFECT | YELLOW

DAY 4: IS THIS LOVE | STAY | SILVER

DAY 5: KISS IT BETTER | EUPHORIA | AMBER

DAY 6: LIKE I'M GONNA LOSE YOU | SHELTER | GOLD

DAY 7: 'FREE DAY' (CHALLENGE) | RED

The reward for participating for at least any 3 days, or the challenge, will be a 100-word Escalin drabble with a prompt of your choice by our mods this year: Nitefyre, Rory (RoryWild on AO3, author of “How It Should Have Gone” and “Searching for the Light”), and Aisling (sailingskye on AO3, author of the “All Kinds of Trouble” series). Details on the challenge will be announced within the next 2 weeks!

To show our gratitude for your support for Escanor and Merlin, we will be dropping little gifts, lovingly curated by Nitefyre, Rory and Aisling, throughout the weeks leading up to this year’s Escalin week, for everyone who chooses to participate this year!

“Please don’t be in love with someone else, Please don’t have somebody waiting on you.”

Taylor Swift - Enchanted

*Young Escanor training*

Meliodas: Three words, YOU NEED TO TRAIN MORE!

Young Escanor: Wait that's actually four-

Meliodas: Sate sate sate...If you can count you are not training hard enough jijiji!

Young Escanor: What?!

Meliodas: And stop looking at Merlin already...

Young Escanor, blushing: ...Yes.

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Merlin: *looking at him while he trains*

Elizabeth: He is really handsome riiiight?

Merlin, realizing she is not alone: WHAT?! I was taking notes of his behavior, he is really special.

Diane: Yeaaaah special...

Merlin: Leave me alone.

Elaine: Someone is in loveeee.

Gowther, smiling: Your heart rate has increased a lot Merlin.

Merlin: Leave me be I am not in love with him *quickly turns around a crashes into someone*

Young Escanor: You are in love with someone...? I MEAN, I AM SORRY MY LADY I WASN'T LOOKING WERE I WAS GOING, ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!

Merlin: I am perfectly fine, I can take care of myself big lion, don't worry.

~The girls and Gowther follow Merlin~

Merlin, talking to herself: I don't love him, of course I don't.

Elaine, Diane, Elizabeth and Gowther: *Singing*

Who'd' ya think you're kiddin'

He's the Earth and heaven to you

Try to keep it hidden

Honey, we can see right through you

Girl, ya can't conceal it

We know how ya feel and

Who you're thinking of ~

Merlin: STOP! I won't say I am in love, and stop singing about it, this is just stupid! I am going home!

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Also, Merlin at her lab: *Singing*

Oh-ohhhhh

At least out loud,