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Re watching Merlin and I don't like that the knights didn't do anything when Gwen arrested Merlin (S5, E7). They're supposed to be his friends! So I wrote a fic changing that. Here's some guards recounting my version of how things really went down.
"Did you hear about the time the knights blew up the dungeons for the King's manservant?"
A general negative murmur ran around the group of guards sitting in Camelot's Rising Sun tavern.
The night shift dungeon guard glanced about to check that no nobles were listening. "Ok. Right, so it was back when our King Arthur was poisoned. Queen Guinevere arrested Merlin on suspicion of poisoning him. Cleared later of course," He added when there was a shocked gasp. "But he did end up in the dungeons. So there I was keeping an eye on things, doing my job and the lad only left through the royal escape!-"
"The royal escape? I thought he was a manservant. What is it that Merlin does here?" A new squire asked in confusion.
The guard raised his hands. "Not my department. Way above my paygrade."
"So you let him just go?"
"The king was poisoned mate, Merlin might be soft in the head at times but he’s a half decent physician. Probably went to Gaius and tried to find a cure or whatever."
"Anyways, later that night Sir Leon. The bleeding First Knight of Camelot is coming over chatting to Me. He’s carrying pillows and blankets and said the cook was making a full meal instead of the normal prisoner rations. He's wanting to make Merlin more comfortable while they sort out what he believes must be a mistake."
'Top bloke is Sir Leon.' 'Good lad.' the guards chorused.
"Yeah proper decent chap. But I'm there tryin' to figure out how to say 'he already left' when there's this massive explosion. So I rush to open the cell doors only to find a ruddy sword pointed in me face. Get this, it was Sir Gwaine, behind him was Sir Percival and both of them covered in dust. There's wood splinters and smoke everywhere from who knows what! And I do mean everywhere.
"Sir Gwaine yells at me 'What have you done with him? Where is he?' Sir Leon batters him back like 'What are you doing here?' Then they argued until they cleaned up the mess and organised cover stories for Merlin's disappearance."
"What did you do?"
"The only thing I could do in that situation. I casually walked backwards until they'd forgotten I was there. No way was I getting involved in that drama."
The other guards uttered murmurs of 'good call,' 'Nice one,' 'Wise.'
"But that's not even the best part. Next day, King gets better right and insists I let Merlin out. So I goes down there expecting the cell to be empty. And guess what? Merlin has only snuck back in the cell. He's there pretending to wake up all innocently as though he thought no one would notice that he'd been gone."
#overheard in the rising sun#bbc merlin#merlin s5 e7#a lesson in vengeance#merlin#knights of camelot#knights of the round table#fanfiction#merlin fanfic#no one can tell me this isn't canon#my writing#knights of the thick table#first post
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We all know Merlin is really smart and powerful, but he is seen as clumsy and a bit dumb by the people of very high standing he is constantly around.
Something that I sometimes forget is how charming Merlin is without magic.
I'm watching s5 e7 and Tyr Steward was accused of treason bc Arthur's saddle was designed to break. Merlin went to talk to him in the cells and was able to attempt to negotiate all the info and?? of course Merlin can do that?
Ive always been so focused on how he is a powerful force hiding in plain sight that I forget where he is socially. The other people working in the castle must trust him so much, they see and understand how much he runs around in his work (not even including saving camelot with magic)!!
Im not sure in what context we wouldve gotten more of this, but I would've loved to see more of Merlin's connection with the castle staff just to showcase how charming Merlin is navigating both social classes of camelot.
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okay hi so I saw your thing about christianity in merlin and it got me thinking and now I have a list of every episode if it has a reference to religion so here’s a list if you want
S1 E1: The Dragon’s Call
3
(Bible reference, well wishes, “”prayer”” [‘God have mercy’ as Morgana enters])
S1 E7: The Gates of Avalon
1
(“Like prophets”)
S1 E12: To Kill the King
1
(Uther prays[?] at Morgana’s “father’s” gravestone)
S1 E13: Le Morte d’Arthur
1
(“I know that the gods will look after me”)
S2 E11: The Witch’s Quickening
1
(“You will go to hell”)
S2 E12: The Fires of Idirsholas
1
(“If I need a servant in the next life”)
S3 E8: The Eye of the Phoenix
1
(The quest- transcending body, quest revealed in a vision)
S3 E9: Love in the Time of Dragons
1
(“Miracles”)
S4 E1 & 2: The Darkest Hour (Parts 1 & 2)
1
(The whole like underworld stuff / spirits etc)
S4 E3: The Wicked Day
1
(The people have a vigil for Uther, note that this doesn’t have to be religious though- but it Could be)
S5 E3: The Death Song of Uther Pendragon
1
(“The journey to the next world”)
S5 E5: The Disir
1
(“The gods” decide fate)
anyways I might have missed some and obviously the reference to the idea of an old religion is throughout, but the fact that religious experiences seem to occur to even Uther and Arthur (see: Arthur’s quest, presuming this is real and not just him spending time deciding, but with everything else that happens surrounding that episode I don’t think it truly is just a decision of his own mind), implies that there is a deeper belief than “oh there’s probably an afterlife” or even “oh there is an afterlife”, but rather a belief that a god or gods are able to communicate to humans. idk maybe none of this is new or interesting but if it is, it’s here !
anon. come closer. I'm gonna kiss you on the mouth
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BBC Merlin + S5, E7 ❝A Lesson in Vengeance❞
They haven't a chance. The citadel's on full alert. Every entrance, every exit's being watched. Trust me, Arthur's safe as long as he remains in Camelot.
That's just it. What if he's not safe here? What if Camelot's the most dangerous place that he could be? Who could have access to the stables? Who could've known the way out to the cells? Who knew that Tyr would do anything to protect his mother? You need to stay close to Arthur and do whatever you can to protect him.
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Arthur: Merlin, I would strongly recommend that you start showing less interest in Gwenivere's clothing, aaand a little more interest in mine.
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s5 e7!!!! Merlin heals Arthur of poison! Such a stressful scene with Merlin's history of unsuccessful healing magic but he's done it!
#if this isnt merlins first time dont come at me 🫣#I have a post somewhere about healing magic not being merlin's strong point#but now i cant find it#did i hallucinate that-#anyways im so proud of my boi#he was expecting to fail like in the past ;n;#late night thoughts#merlin#bbc merlin#merthur#s5 e7#s5#my post
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