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"in sibbe gereste"

why do we continue to love bbc merlin over a decade after it's finale?

✨STARTING December 18th - 24th✨

hi guys!! we’re back at it again for merthurweek, as always🫡 we can’t wait to see what brilliant creations everyone makes!! we love you all. thank you for allowing us to do this each year🩷have fun and enjoy🥰

FOR FANFIC OR META WRITERS - prompts and/or themes for inspiration:

day one: royalty + angst

day two: knight!merlin + protective!others

day three: soulmates + hurt/comfort

day four: reversal roles au + humor

day five: bamf!merlin + angst with a happy ending

day six: “please forgive me” + dragons

day seven: magic reveal + canon era

we have made a ao3 collection under the name which can be found here 'merthurweek2023' - if you wish to add your fics

please put the day and prompt in your summary if posting to ao3.

reminder: merlin/arthur do not need to be the one to say the line or be the things exactly! and the + means and/or. these are mostly for inspiration alone. if you would like to just write royalty!merlin for day one, for example, and not use angst, then that's perfectly fine.

FOR GIFS/ VIDEO/ ART CREATORS - ideas and/or themes for inspiration:

day one: their theme song + red

day two: any poem + orange

day three: favorite quote said between/about them + yellow

day four: favorite parallel + green

day five: what does this ship mean/represent to you? + blue

day six: any quote + purple

day seven: what could have been + white

Rules:

Must be posted on tumblr so we can reblog!

Please tag your posts as #merthurweek2023 and/or tag us directly.

NSFW is allowed, just please tag appropriately.

Have fun and enjoy yourself! This week is all about supporting each other and sharing your work!

MERWAINE FEST 2023 - Starting July 30th - August 5th

tag #merwainefest2023 or this account directly ♥️

FOR FANFIC WRITERS - prompts and/or themes for inspiration:

day one: “i’ve been alone all my life” + angst

day two: “who did this to you?” + hurt/comfort

day three: “i’m not afraid of you.” + bamf!merlin

day four: “you feel like home to me” + protective!gwaine

day five: “i trust you.” + fluff

day six: “who am i?” + angst with a happy ending

day seven: free day♥️

FOR GIFS/ VIDEO/ ART CREATORS - quotes and/or themes for inspiration:

day one: “have you ever been in love? horrible isn't it? it makes you so vulnerable. it opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.” (neil gaiman) + red

day two: poem of your choice + orange

day three: your favorite quote + yellow

day four: “love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” (robert a. heinlein) + green

day five: “i am not afraid to die; i am only afraid of saying goodbye to you forever.” (shannon l. alder) + blue

day six: song lyrics that screams merwaine + purple

say seven: free day♥️

NSFW IS ALLOWED BUT PLEASE TAG APPROPRIATELY ♥️ ALSO i have an ao3 collection from all the merwaine fests that can be used for this one, too!