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justaz · 3 months

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*merlins magic gets exposed in front of the knights*

merlin, magic user: oh fuck

arthur, finally taking this opportunity to pretend as if he just found out merlin has magic after agonizing for the past month on how to bring it up: you have magic?

lancelot, merlin defender, already knew of merlin’s magic: no! i have magic

gwaine, merlin defender, already knew of merlin’s magic, lover of chaos, ride or die: no, i have magic!

mordred, desperate for his hero’s approval bc no matter what he’s done emrys just stares at him with distrust and the poor boy is tired and so close to tears: no…i have magic.

percival, raised by druids and bonded strongly with mordred over that and does Not agree with the persecution of magic in camelot, had an inkling that merlin had magic but no proof: no. i have magic.

*leon and elyan exchange a look, elyan, amused and leon, exhausted, elyan shrugs*

elyan, knows how much gwen adores merlin and completely understands her stance bc merlin…is merlin, down to clown and put on a show, really playing up the dramatics: no! i have magic.

leon, exhausted, has known of merlin’s magic since he stepped foot in camelot, knows of his feelings for arthur and arthur’s feelings for him, knows arthur knows of merlin’s magic and wouldn’t harm him, thinks everyone is being absolutely ridiculous:

*the knights stare hard at leon and even merlin looks slightly offended at leon not jumping to his defense with the rest of the knights, arthur hasn’t said anything and is staring at leon expectantly*

leon, sighing: …no. i have magic.

#radio rebel reveal #>>>#idk if the idea that percival was raised by druids is either canon or a big fandom hc or just something i saw once that stuck with me #but i love it #anyways they’re all idiots #merlin bbc #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #sir lancelot #sir gwaine #sir mordred #sir percival #sir elyan #sir leon (the long suffering)#(he’s trying to be a brave knight of the realm as he always dreamed to be as a kid. too bad all his friends and king are complete fools)#merthur #idiots of the round table #look me in the eye and tell me i’m wrong #incorrect merlin quotes

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blue-and-violet-flowers · 3 years

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Okay, so I have this very patchy gen swap au, which is very confusing because not only have I not watched the show, but there's a lot (read: a small amount) of wikipedian arthurian legend lore that I will 'try' to explain.

Here are the things that I figured out in no particular order whatsoever:

• Gaius and Hunith are still siblings, but closer in age

• I don't know if Lot is in the show but he is now and Gwaine is his brother, because he (Gwaine) was apparently his and Morgause's son in the legends (and so was Agravaine???), but here it wouldn't work and current arrangement somehow fits

• Lancelot and Freya are siblings because according to the all-knowing wiki he was at least briefly raised by her, and I want siblings

• Mordred is usually Arthur's son but obviously that doesn't happen, neither here nor in the show, so off to join the royal siblings he goes

• In my head Leon and Kay are the same person, you know, even though Key chain was supposed to be rude, but they're both kind of Arthur's brothers AND they both have *magic powers* immortality and whatever the other one had going on (I don't remember very well, but I remember that when I read about his powers my brain went into shutdown and I was like: what the hell???, so there's that)

• I don't know if Tom (Gwen's and Elyan's dad) should be Uther's brother or cousin, but either way it's hilarious to me

• Balinor is obviously a Freylin child (I just had a vision of dragonlord Hunith but that's for another time)

• Ygraine, Agravaine and Tristan are also siblings (I use this word a lot and I refuse to stop)

• There's also the fact that there is a myth about Tristan and Isold (don't make the same mistake I did, Isold is in fact a woman and that's not a tragedy about two gay men in arthurian times)

• Remember Leon? Remember the druid named Isildur (I might be confusing fandoms but bare with me) who is sometimes headcannoned as his dad? Yes, well, Leon now has a druid child. Congratulations!

• This au is also a great way for some ~character development~

• I honestly think that if the Purge happened Arthur wouldn't kill sorcerers, but instead he would exile them (which is also bad but at least there's no executions) it could be named idk, Expulsion, or something

• Magic propaganda is still a thing

• Aithusa is now old as dirt and Kilgharrah can be her/his/their young apprentice/son/annoyance

• Vivienne is Lot's and Margause's because they had a lot of children in canon (did I just refer to legends as canon? Yes, yes I did (hi, this is editor me, please ignore this comment from 10 pm me)l

• Since I don't know a first thing about Geoffrey and Alice they're now siblings, simply because I can

• Freya's dead and Lady of the Lake so now sometimes Balinor will sneak out to Avalon and be like: Sup mom

• I just had the brilliant idea to make Nimueh Balinor's sister and Merlin's daughter (am I aware of their relationship in the legends? Yes. Am I gonna ignore it? Also yes.)

• I've got nothing on Percival, sorry

#merlin #au #merlin au #merlin bbc #arthur pendragon #bbc gaius #hunith #balinor #bbc uther #mordred #leon the long suffering

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