ALonerInDisguise

Ravens, often called “wolf birds”, have a unique bond with wolves. In other words, there is a close and cooperative relationship between scavengers (crows) and large predators (wolves).

Merlin: hmmm now what if I just—

Merlin: [kills Uther to resurrect Ygraine]

Merlin:

Merlin: *laying over Arthur's lap, pouting*

Merlin: You're a terrible master. Don't know why I put up with you.

Arthur: *pulling Merlin's breeches and small clothes off, admiring his manservant's perky bottom*

Arthur: Mmm...sure you do.

arthur: there’s no “i” merlin, only “we”

merlin: ok then “we” are gay

Arthur : Wait...th-this is wrong, Merlin. We’re committing a sin.

Daegal: *points to Gwen* That's my mom.

Daegal: *points to Mordred* That's my brother.

Daegal: *points to Aithusa* That's my sister.

Daegal: *points to the Knights* Those are my uncles.

Merlin and Arthur are constantly referred to as two sides of the same coin.

Morgana, whispering to Arthur: is he trying to marry Elyan?

Arthur, whispering to Morgana: he better fucking not

Gwen to Merlin, completely in tune: yes! I can't wait for us to be family!!

Arthur, now frantically whispering to Morgana: do you have any idea what's going on? who's getting married? What's happening????

Morgana, whispering back just as frazzled: I have no fucking clue- oh shit they're walking towards us- act natural

Merlin, to Arthur: :)

Gwen, to Morgana: :)

Arthur and Morgana making quick panicked side eyes to each other: 👁👄👁

Morgana, trying to be casual confident girlboss: congrats! Who's getting married? Haha

Gwen and Merlin, glancing to each other with barely there smirks: well we are I suppose! Let's go!

*takes the arms of their best friends/crushes*

Gwen, seductively to Morgana: so I'm thinking at our wedding we should go with reds and purples, God you look amazing in purple

Morgana: *bluescreens*

Merlin, nonchalantly hanging onto Arthur's side like Arthur isn't already about to have a heart attack, getting really close to his face: so if I'm technically the Druid King, our wedding- yours and mine of course- will have to be a mix of cultures. I'm sure everyone will understand.

Arthur: ou- our? Um our? Ou- *bluescreens*

@fangirling-saved-me

(And other magic and merlin related stuff)

Merlin’s magic makes him warm to the touch but he’s always cold

He always got sick when he was young because his magic couldn’t fit inside his body so it made him ill to cope

Being a dragonlord gives him certain immunity to regular fire and complete immunity to fire spells

He unconsciously knows how to speak languages of the old religion and used to speak it frequently as a child

He's immune to any harmful magical spells

His magic didnt only make him immortal, but when he became fully realized he stopped ageing

Animals (predator and prey) dont react to him because they see him as part of the core of nature. To them, he's as natural as wind. He had to actively tone down his magic to make them react to his presence, he does it unconsciously now.

He can shapeshift into any animal

He likes spicy food.

He hates hunting not only cuz he hates killing innocent animals but because he could feel the magic leave the animal and return to the earth.

He used to bring back animals to keep as pets when he was little. Hunith had to draw the line when he brought back a bear. Bears arent even native to Essetir!

Merlin can feel the difference between magic that died and magic that left.

Everytime magic was purged from a magical area it would store inside Merlin until it could be restored to the land.

Of course, Arthur canonically reacts negatively to Merlin's magic reveal, but he comes around fairly quickly and the real issue was the deception rather than the magic.

Sometimes I'll read a fic and Arthur will be incredibly stubborn about magic being bad to the point where it's out of character. He had lost his mother to magic, but he still wanted to see the good in it when Uther was dying. Even after Uther died, he wanted to see the good in magic to save Mordred. He's always tried to consider the alternative.

Season 2, Episode 08 - "The Sins of the Father" "What if my father's attitude towards magic is wrong? Perhaps it's not as simple as he would have us believe. Surely not everyone who practices magic can be evil."

Season 5, Episode 05- "The Disir" "Perhaps my father was wrong, perhaps the old ways aren't as evil as we thought."

If it was the magic that bothered him in canon, he would've reacted far different. For example:

Arthur just watched Merlin (possibly) kill those two men. He watched his best friend and the person he trusted most use magic for violence; this is what magic is falsely associated with, but Merlin potentially confirms it in front of Arthur.

If the problem was the magic, he probably would've said something more along the lines of Merlin being a bad person or a monster. Instead he's far more focused on the fact that Merlin lied to him.

I don't mind if characters in fanfics are out of character sometimes, but I guess in this case, since it leads to Arthur being horrible to Merlin, it bothers me. It's an added reason to make him be cruel to him when there's plenty of reason there for a negative reaction already.

Merlin and Arthur are constantly referred to as two sides of the same coin.