Wait a damn minute Merlin is an actual nightmare of a servant. Imagine you're the Prince and all of a sudden and only two seconds after surviving an assassination attempt you're stuck with this scrawny, clumsy fucking dude with a really shifty air about him who spends literal days in the tavern with zero notice, steals your food, tried to spy on a guest, doesn't let you hunt, can never fucking be found when you need him even though he is the literal manservant to the prince, which you would think should be a priority but apparently he has better things to do, and is always talking like he's the only thing standing between you and certain death???? Then he gives you attitude? Literally I would throw things at him too. Arthur is misunderstood he's actually being too nice
resurrected arthur but it’s a sitcom. merlin sees a blond guy in armor being fished out of a lake on the news and the first words out of his mouth are “what the fuck”. he keeps telling people arthur is foreign and that’s why he has a strange accent and keeps being rude. he has to stop arthur from stabbing a wet floor sign with a letter opener. merlin repeatedly threatens to dump arthur back in the lake if he keeps misbehaving. arthur brings home a dog on his first ever outing by himself and from then on arthur and merlin have a dog. everyone keeps mistaking them for a gay married couple. see my vision.
after magic is legalized, when merlin is bored he likes to just make various animals and lets them roam free. there’s a ton of cats and dogs and mice and frogs and birds and even a horse that one time (sorry leon) and so. many. butterflies. just around the castle
so arthur gets used to it and likes to pet all the cute and cuddly ones. BUT. merlin often likes to shapeshift and arthur will mistake him for one of the animals he’s created so it goes like
arthur, picking up the cat who was head butting his legs and rubbing his body all over him: cat! :o
merlin, purring in his arms and really laying on the charm:
arthur, absolutely enamored with the cat and thinking up names for him, he just can’t let this one go it’s too cute: what a cute kitty
merlin, in arthur’s arms, soaking up all the affection, purring louder than a motor (ahem what’s that?): *shifts back into human form* why thank you my lord. you’re not so bad yourself
arthur, annoyed: *drops merlin onto the ground* i want a new court sorcerer
been thinking about these two (shocking i know), but consider:
John tugging at Arthur's clothes to nudge him at certain directions or to stop during high-stakes situations;
John pretending to fidget, ie scratching Arthur's cheek or rubbing his chin, in order to turn his head in the proper direction to keep up appearances;
John helping Arthur fix his clothes and hair since he can't see those;
John reaching out for things first so that Arthur can follow the general location of his left hand for the item;
John pinching Arthur's side to get his attention;
Arthur pinching John's hand, uno reverse style;
John learning to use a fountain pen for writing, cus proper pressure and flow are an important aspect of it;
also Arthur and John puzzling shorthands together, so that John can make sense of it;
Arthur occasionally trying to puzzle architectural styles from John's descriptions, so that they can get on the same page of what terms they are both familiar with;
same with plants and animals, trying to nail what species John is seeing from descriptions alone;
WIP time. Not entirely sure about the last couple shots, if anyone’s got any pointers about anything please let me know! I also don’t want to cause anyone motion sickness if the movements are a bit strange
I redrew that one drawing I made like, I think 2 years ago, Originally Arthur wasn't supposed to be shirtless but I got so proud of that arm that I decided not to cover it up
here's a close up
I ALSO DID A TIMELAPSE(half-way through cuz its when I remembered)
and if for some reason you want to know I was listening to Kids Again by Artist vs Poet (its in my merthur playlist)
Danny's adopted, but his parents...aren't who you'd think.
It was a genuine adoption; a teenage mother who couldn't handle a child, giving up a baby to a family better suited for it.
Danny, meanwhile, turned into a halfa, saved the world multiple times, and became the Ghost King.
He's sitting through a boring meeting with the Observants, subtly doing his math homework behind the piles of paperwork in front of him, when one of them says something...off.
"I suppose it would only make sense you'd inherit a throne; you were always destined for one."
After some questioning, prodding, and outright threatening, the Observant flat out says what he means.
Danny's father is Arthur Curry, Aquaman; King of Atlantis.
The only reason Danny survived becoming a halfa the way he did was because of the diluted Atlantean blood in him. It wouldn't be enough for him to live underwater, but it was enough to bolster him so that he could semi-survive high exposure to Ectoplasmic Radiation.
He'd be seen as crippled by any pureblood Atlantean, due to his human heritage outweighing his Atlantean one.
That was what the Observant had meant.
Atlantis was always going to deny Danny the throne there, so of course Fate would rewrite itself to see that the little King got a Throne regardless.
Now Danny has a conundrum.
Because he was invited to a meeting with the Justice League, and Aquaman is absolutely going to be there.
Happy to report I have finally started listening to Malevolent and to no one's surprise I am already obsessed (I'm almost done with s2 atm please don't send me spoilers yet sdlkfj)
I'll skip over my usual formality of having one normal art post before diving into shitposts let's not waste anyone's time here