Do you guys ever imagine what the night after Arthur met Merlin was like for Arthur?
Like, I imagine him going through the normal motions of his night, but constantly thinking about this random guy that dared to insult the prince. And yeah, now that guys in the stocks because he should be… right?
But ever since that encounter Arthur can’t stop thinking about it and it’s not because he hated it. He feels different. It felt different being around him. Why? Why does he feel a small ember of excitement at the idea of seeing him again?
He’s frustrated by all of this. What happened shouldn’t be affecting him this much. It doesn’t matter. And yet it feels like he just met someone he didn’t know he was waiting for.
“There’s something about you, Merlin… I can’t quite put my finger on it”
sorry for not posting much yummy art, i'm working very hard on my portfolio, so have a little merlin and arthur animatic wip i worked on a few weeks ago or so :]]
ARTHUR FINALLY GETS A HUG (and merlin one that he'll remember)
(hopefully i'll be able to finish this one day)
Okay but do you know what I mean when I say Potter x Black is just another variant of Merlin x Arthur. Everything is always Soldier x King. I beg will you die for your love or would you kill for it instead?
Tavern Maid Merlin: [leaning against Arthur's chest] Yes. Dealing with this one guy trying to grab my arse—
Arthur had begun drinking before accidentally spitting out his mead across the table, ignoring Merlin's mumbles of cleaning and the wary looks of his crew-mates who had overheard, they knew instantly that their captain would hunt down anyone inappropriately groping his lover; they each looked at one another and almost felt sorry for the poor sod that tried.
Pirate Arthur: [Internally seething] Who was it. I want their name Merlin. [Hands rubbing up and down his lover's flanks]
Tavern Maid Merlin: [rolling his eyes, smirking lightly] Don't worry, Aunty Bertha took care of it, she threw him out the doors flying. [Giggling]
A tall, sturdy, and heavily curvaceous figure walked by with a tray of multiple mugs of overflowing beer threw a fond smile over to Merlin and his friends.
Bertha: Right you are little bird, no one messes with you whilst on my watch!
Do you constantly think about how BBC Merlin randomly gave Arthur and Merlin a psychic bond which never comes back again until the very last episodes when Merlin communicates with Arthur telepathically through his dreams or are you normal
I love the headcanon that Merlin is scrawny and gawky when he first arrives in Camelot because he was underfed and used magic to cheat at his chores. However, I would love an au where Merlin shows up to Camelot wiry and farm-boy strong, and Arthur’s nose immediately starts bleeding.
I was watching the episode where Merlin disguised himself as the “dolma” and I was feeling frustrated at Arthur’s lack of concern to Merlin’s whereabouts. It goes against everything we’ve ever seen of him. He never forgets Merlin and he’s never calm when Merlin is in potential danger.
So I was thinking to myself, why? Why would Arthur forget Merlin? And I remembered that, despite being an old woman sorceress, he immediately felt like he knew her somehow. She is everything that Merlin is not (to his knowledge), and yet he somehow knows her. Just like he did with “Dragoon”.
“You seem familiar, sorceress” - Arthur
And as the “dolma” points out he’s forgetting something, he jokes with her the exact way he does with Merlin. “Ah, I thought things had gone unusually smoothly” + other lines. Why would he do that?
Because a part of Arthur knows Merlin is standing right in front of him. He’s unable to recognize that he’s forgetting Merlin, because he can feel that he’s standing right there. He bickers with her because that’s Merlin. She has to explicitly point out that it’s Merlin he’s forgetting, in order for his brain to override his feelings.
Arthur always knew the true Merlin. Even if neither of them knew it.
“I would recognize you in total darkness, were you mute and I deaf. I would recognize you in another lifetime entirely, in different bodies, different times. And I would love you in all of this, until the very last star in the sky burnt out into oblivion.” - Recognition
the final scene of merlin was so unnecessary and for what. traumatizing an entire country on christmas eve with the implications that the magical twink with the death wish has spent 1500+ years waiting by that mother fucking lake for his wet golden retriever of a mythical noble boyfriend to come back. and it DOESNT EVEN END WITH A REUNION. haunting. jail for ten thousand years. i am devouring it with pita chips and hummus.
uther doesn't approve of bottom!arthur, but nevermind the relationship with his manservant
[ALSO, thank you guys so much for all the love in the last merlin meme redraw, i really didn't think it would get that much attention!! :00 so thankyaa <3 you're amazing]