Uther: you are not good enough for my son.

Merlin: you’re not good enough for your son.

Uther: excuse me?

Merlin: you heard me.

follow up to my Merlin does drag for plot reasons comic LOL

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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”

You're a better man than your father. Always were.

Bradley James as Arthur Pendragon

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more merlin textposts

except this one is just 50% everyone's favourite bisexual himbo

Merlin: *says something almost flirty as part of their usual banter*

Arthur: Don’t tease, Merlin.

Merlin, still joking around: It’s only a tease if you have feelings, Sire.

Arthur, really not having a good day: …Don’t tease, Merlin,

the fact that merlin kills arthur’s family members (uther aggravaine morgause morgana) because they keep dissapointing him is kind of insane to me

just hold me....

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One of my favorite Merthur interpretations is Straight!Arthur Bi!Merlin

But Arthur is ALWAYS saying the most out of pocket gay shit.

And Merlins like "Arthur I know you didn't mean to hit on me there so I'm gonna let you explain yourself before I respond"

And Gwen's like "this is why half the castle thinks you guys are sleeping together"

And Leons like "they're not???"

Father, please! I can't allow this! This is madness!

idk if anyone has ever said this, but when arthur died, a piece of merlin died with him. not just in a romantic way, but a LITERAL way. so we know that arthur exists only because of magic. because his mom couldn't get pregnant no matter what they tried, so uther sought out magic to make arthur happen.

we also know that merlin IS magic. he is the emrys. and since merlin is magic and arthur, someone so dear to him and made of magic, died, a part of merlin, died with him.

if you're going to ask if i'm fine, i'm not :3

Gods but the way people think Arthur was stupid, trusting Agrvaine so much, first, Agravaine was a manipulative bastard, who came just after Uther died, a time when Arthur sorely needed parental support, seeing as his Father died and in a way, his whole family was gone. Mother, already dead, father, his king, dead, his sister betrayed him, forgive him for thinking, someone who was his last link to his mother, who was manipulating him on daily basis into thinking that he's the only one who had good intentions and cared for him. At a time, when he was most vulnerable. Forgive him for thinking that person won't betray him. Forgive him for thinking he had little of his family left. Forgivr him for thinking, even after all that has happened he was still loved by someone of his family.

Gods but I hate agravaine more than Uther, more than Morgana, more than any other villain. The way he manipulated Arthur, Gods, that's legit breaking the whole man, I wonder how Arthur managed to trust people after such deepest betrayal. Nobody talks about it,

But to think even after all of this, he still accepted Merlin and loved him so much!