avery :P

they were both born/created from magic by a father (figure) who sought to destroy it. they were both lied to about their creation and about magic as a whole from their childhood.

both of them were placed in charge of their respective armies—the knights and the emperor’s coven—from a very early age; giving them too much responsibility that isolated them from the rest of their peer group, until they met another outsider (luz and merlin) like them and they finally made a friend.

most of all they just want to fit in the way everyone else seems to, but they can’t. to his friends, hunter will always be belos’s ‘nephew’, and arthur will always be uther’s son.

the golden guard and the golden prince.

also they’re both blonde bitches.

their stories and character arcs reflect each other so well, and i don’t understand how i didn’t see the connection before?? like??

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80518961

SUMMARY

'He watched again as Merlin seemed to create a ring of energy around him with the music. Deft fingers skipped over the strings, drawing Arthur completely in. He was well acquainted with the sight by now, seeing as he had replayed it so many times in his mind, and yet he couldn't find it in himself to look away from the expert hands in front of him.

But then something else, something more important, pulled his eyes away.'

Or

Arthur catches Merlin playing some awesome music and realises he's in love with him because musicians are hot. (alternate title: 'of clotpoles and citoles')’

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