Evil Magic Villan of the week: As the old folks say, we all have our inner demons.
Arthur, patting Merlin’s head: Fortunately, mine's an actual living being and is actively seeking out blood for those who wronged me. Right, Merlin?
Merlin, with Golden eyes wiping blood off his cheekbones: Whatever you say, cabbagehead.
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I like to think Merlin was a bit more feral as a kid.
He spent all his time in the woods because that’s where his magic was most comfortable and would only come back when he couldn’t find food.
Hunith had to make a rule that he had to come back at least once every two days or he’d be gone for a week at a time without any warning or thought as to why that’s a bad idea.
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Hello! I just want to start out by saying, don’t feel bad if you’re not posting as often. Real life and writers block happen to everyone, just make sure you’re taking care of yourself. If you’re still looking for head cannon ideas I’d like to suggest ways Merlin is different/ not quite human. The show said he was magic incarnated and then didn’t really give us much.
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I remember a few anons and asks and exchanges happening over this topic a little while ago!!
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His teeth just straight up grow back. He has no idea that this is not normal until embarrassingly late in his life. Man's got shark teeth. Doesn't matter how many times they get knocked out or chipped or bloody, they always just... grow back.
I don't think he would have multiple of the same organ (say... two hearts a la The Doctor) but his heartbeat and pulse like... reverberates all over his body when you listen close/press your fingers to his pulse point. It's damn near impossible to monitor this guy's vitals because they're so... vibrate-y and weird and everywhere. Not even Gaius knows how to explain it really, and he's the guy that knows about all the... objects and shit that you find inside a human torso. Lance tries to take his pulse once when he's unconscious or something and like... freaks out.
His eyes are kinda cat-like in that they shine a bit at night, but only when he's being... sneaky? Or dangerous? Or serious? When he's just chilling out as Merlin he's as blind as everyone else is in the dark, but when his head's in the game, his magic sort of subconsciously heightens his senses. Being able to see in the dark with shiny reflective eyes is part of that, not that he notices.
He's really dextrous, really good with his hands. He never really... learnt to? But he can do that trick where you flip coins between your fingers, and he can do card tricks, even one handed. He can pick people's pockets really easily and he's very good and pouring out/cutting/weighing specific measurements because his hands are so steady.
He has a sixth sense, a la Spiderman, in that it's actually pretty hard to sneak up on him. Even if he isn't consciously aware that someone is stood right behind him, there's a far off corner of his brain that knows exactly who it is and what they're doing and whether they're looking at him or not and how long they've been there. He puts on a show of being easily startled because pretending to be a complete wimp is the only way he knows how to be consistent. He doesn't think he could pull of being normal (read: normally unflappable, though may jump occasionally) without it being obvious that he's hyper aware of his surroundings.
He’s straight up never broken a bone. Look, I think a lot of this physical stuff (seeing in the dark, teeth growing back, no broken bones) is a manifestation of his brain?? Like he’s so powerful, he genuinely believes, after his baby teeth fall out and grow back for the first time, that that’s just how teeth work. So his magic makes it happen without him even knowing. He needs to see in the dark, he expects to be able to see in the dark, so... he can. He really doesn’t think the fall out the tree was that bad, it doesn’t even hurt that much, so before his body has time to process and send pain signals... his magic has already fixed it.
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I accidentally pressed post instead of save as draft, but it’s past midnight and I have work tomorrow, or... later today lol. So I’ll edit and add more soon!! Enjoy these ones for now though :D
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Merlin should be a little uncanny valley, as a treat
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just thinking about all the times arthur has been on his warpath and merlin, a lowly servant, a village idiot, a country bumpkin, is the one to stop him. with uther in the sins of the father, merlin's voice stopping him at the peak of his anger, with elyan in a herald of a new age, merlin reminding him that its not elyan, with annis' warrior in his father's son, merlin being the one he looks to before he shows mercy. all those times that merlin has been subjected to arthur's anger, merlin knowing arthur's rage better than anyone, merlin being arthur's calm in the storm, his voice of reason, his moral compass...
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My favorite thing about merthur is how utterly little Arthur knows about Merlin. Like he doesn’t know he has magic, he doesn’t know what he does when he disappears for days on end-hell, he thinks he spends it all in the tavern. He watches merlin sleep on the floor, make him rat soup, pretty obviously lie about many, many things, and still he’s just like “yeah that one. I want that one. Give him to me”
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Merlin : Why do you think I don’t like you? I do. I would kill for you.
Merlin : Ask me to kill for you.
Arthur : ...First of all, calm down-
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