Summary: When Hunith foresees the dreadful future that awaits her son in Camelot, she twists fate by not sending Merlin to the legendary city. Unfortunately, destiny cares little for concerned mothers, and a certain injured blond prince ends up finding his way in Ealdor.
Or: a Different First Meeting AU where Hunith is a Seer and tries to protect Merlin from the tragedy of canon by not sending him to Gaius, but that doesn’t stop him from finding Arthur injured in the woods the next day.
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It is a fest centred around movies, where participants can take any films listed on IMDB – new, old, short, feature, animated, etc. – and turn them into Merlin fanworks. Just like Reel Merlin.
Excited? So are we!
How does this work?
Last year was fun, just as the previous years. But (there's a but!) since we are less mods, we'll try to do things differently, hoping you'll like it as much as we do!
First thing to be said:
To participate in the fest, please read through our Info on the fest and all of our Rules and Guidelines. Even if you've read them before, make sure to read them again as we have made considerable changes and additions. In case of any queries, send us an ask or contact us through our listed methods on our Contact Us page.
What we do want from you now?
Nice question! Thank you for making it!
Well, since this is for you, for have fun and all nice things, we'd like you to fill this form:
Interest check in
What will happen after that?
Well, after that, we'll know how to make this event better for everyone!
Announcing a new reading-based challenge for the BBC Merlin fandom! No writing involved, this challenge is all about reading the wonderful fanfics written by our talented and passionate community! Starting Jan 1st!
To participate in the challenge, make a copy of THIS SPREADSHEET and save it to your own Google Drive.
Check out the Info/Rules tab, familiarize yourself with the different categories and tasks on the Reading Challenge tab, and then track the fics you're reading/have read on the Fic Tracker tab. That's it!
This challenge runs for the entirety of 2026 :)
There are multiple challenge levels, ranging from completing a single task to completing every task on the entire spreadsheet! Those who complete any challenge mode (on the honor system, no proof needed) will earn bragging rights and a cute little sticker you can post on your tumblr blog to emphasize your achievements/bragging.
Questions? Shoot me an ask here on tumblr!
Want some fanfic community? Join the Tavern discord server (18+ only) to share recs, ask for fic recommendations, or get help with the spreadsheet! Link to the Tavern is on the first tab of the spreadsheet!
Want a fanfic reading challenge where you're encouraged to read in multiple fandoms? Check out the original Fanfic Reading Challenge! This Merlin version has been adapted & developed with permission.
Now get out there, grab a copy of the spreadsheet, & get reading!!
Introducing a month-long event for the Merlin fandom in October 2026: Sapphics in Merlin! For anyone who wants to explore and celebrate the sapphic possibilities of characters and relationships from the Merlin series!
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HOW IT WORKS:
Inspirations (aka the prompt list) has been released on August 15th!
Every day in October there will be 5 inspirations to choose from: a character from the series, a sapphic song, and three prompts. You can pick & choose which one(s) you want to create with! You earn bragging rights if you somehow manage to squeeze all 5 into your creation.
The only rules are that 1) your creation should focus on sapphic relationships or feelings, and that 2) your creation should feature at least one character from the Merlin series.
Acceptable creation mediums include: fic, art (digital, traditional, sculpture, photographs, whatever!), gifs, edits, manips, videos, web weaves, mood boards, playlists, meta/commentary, and anything else you can think of that you want to create! EXCEPTION: no AI creations.
There are no minimum requirements for any medium. You are welcome to make as big of a creation as you like, or as small as you like!
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QUESTIONS:
1) Do I have to participate every single day of the month? Nope! You're welcome to create for as many or for as few days of October as you like.
2) What if I miss a day but still want to create for those prompts? Go for it! You can post something inspired by the prompts from October 5th on October 6th or 10th or any other day after the 5th.
3) How long do I have to create fan works? A whole year! The bulk of the fest will happen in October, but life is busy and muses are fickle! You'll have until September 30, 2027 to create and post anything inspired by this year's prompts. (And then hopefully there will be another event here for next October!)
4) Can I create a work about trans* characters? Yes!
5) Can I create a work about XYZ? Any and all content is allowed as long as you use content warnings where you feel they are needed.
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POSTING:
You can post to tumblr and tag this account to be reblogged!
You can also post to the event's AO3 collection if so you desire!
(The collection will open on October 1, 2026!)
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WHAT ELSE?
Got other questions? Feel free to send an ask!
Excited about the event? Please reblog to spread the word! :)
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Are you a commenter, kudoser or lurker who loves Merthur and the Merlin fandom? Got some ideas for art, fic or other Merthur fanworks that you’d love to see created but either can't or don’t want to create yourself? Do you like receiving gift works made just for you? We’ve got you covered!
Merthur Glompfest is back for 2026 and we want YOU to send in some Merthur prompts! It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 to get started:
Check out the FAQ to determine whether you qualify as a Glompee.
Sign up HERE and submit your Merthur prompt(s)—all ratings/tropes/kinks welcome!
Sit back and wait for one of our wonderful Glompers to create your gift!
SIGN-UPS CLOSE: 15 Jan 2026
We hope you’ll join us for another fun-filled Merthur fest-and don’t forget to help spread the word! 💕
Largely inspired by @nomorezerocomments & @justleaveacommentfest.
As of this moment there are 68,344 fics on Ao3 in the Merlin fandom tag, and 9,741 of those have 0 comments, some which have hundreds and hundreds of kudos and even bookmarks but no comments.
There's plenty more that only have a few comments and yet are beloved by fandom. And this is just from a quick glance at ao3, I'm not even counting fanfiction.net, LiveJournal, here on Tumblr, and all the other fanfic places I'm not thinking of right now!
The goal of this is to (of course) comment on fanfic but also to interact with the community. Reblog fanfic, fanart, fan videos, edit, and all the other lovely things each other has made, as well checking up on fandom friends and just have a good time with each other.
And after all with the holiday season upon us, comments are the best gift to the fellow people in the community!
When will it start:
October 1!
When will it end:
January 10! So that it hopefully covers most of the holiday season for everyone!
Rules:
Comment on any Merlin fandom fanfic and tally up your comments!
Everyone is in charge of keeping track of the fics you commented on and how many comments you've left. This will work on the honor system as this is supposed to be as laid back as possible.
Show love to those fanfics that have 0 comments or barely any comments at all!
Show love to short fics/one shots, rare pairs, Gen fics, comment on those smutty fics that you never comment on!
No check in's, no sign ups, just commenting!
No AI fics! No AI comments! No AI at all!
What do I win:
The fandom old prize of Bragging Rights and having fun with your Community
But also if anyone wants to offer any fan creations as a prize incentive, I can throw some in for some extra fun 😃
Extra things to do:
Make a rec list of your favorite fanfics and/or the fics you've commented on and tag me in it so we can share them!
Send/tag me in your fics that you think deserve some more love
Send/tag me those fics that have 0 comments and let's work as a fandom to decrease those 9,000+ fanfics without any love
Any questions suggestions about anything? Send me a ask!!!
Here's the official unofficial prompt list of Merlinktober 2025
The prompts are based on the official Inktober prompts, which you can also find here.
You can combine them for inspiration or pick and choose: you’re welcome to tag/follow/submit a link to this blog if you’re doing Merlin fanart (or other fanworks) for Merlinktober, regardless of what prompt list you’re following!
I’m tracking the #merlinktober2025 and #merlinktober tags
