Caethes

robin both got together and broke up with vickie offscreen. they kissed ONCE so will could see it and get hopeful. all of the rebelwise convos are about finding love. they couldve made robin a true queer mentor and have them talk more about their experiences growing up in a town like hawkins but they dont really – its just one conversation where robin assumes mike is straight. they try to make it seem like it was all about will accepting himself when his entire arc was centered around finding love, specifically with mike. this is them literally overwriting what they did in the last 4 seasons.

will is out here doing all the emotional heavy lifting of being in a tumultuous relationship all while he isn't even in one. mike and el's relationship gets magically fixed with this painting that symbolises will's love. they dont even have to talk it out ever in the show. will's love is so pure and powerful that it can save the lives of his friends, give him magical powers and fix mlvn but in the end its just a crush coz ofc gay love is so damn stupid isnt it. theres no way it could ever be reciprocated? only straight love is serious.

(like ofc none of this means ANYTHING at all)

THATS FUCKING DEVASTATING. but it's played as funny.

AND THEN it ends with Merlin saying "Arthur's thanking me, Uther's grateful, you're proud, I've never been this popular! just let me enjoy the moment" because every episode has to end on a light note.

My art for the @bbcmerlin-reversebang.

It was nice to dip my toe back into the fandom from an artist POV, if a little sad that in the end none of my authors made it to the finish line.

The idea here was for a modern day magical mystery, where Merlin gets called in to consult on a murder case with a suspect / witness who appears to be in a mental health crisis, and who looks oddly familiar. Maybe Merlin lost his memory or has been reincarnated, but he feels drawn to the mysterious man and compelled to help him.

KILL AI AND REBLOG AND CREATE ART IN 2026