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Since King Arthur ascended the throne the council has been persuading him to marry, yet he wants to marry for love. Their solution? Find Arthur's soulmate.
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It is the 21st century and Merlin is still waiting for Arthur.
Fighting with time that never stops.
Time that makes Merlin forget and forget.
Time that takes and takes.
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Arthur buys the house, but it takes the two of them to make it a home.
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- Part 2 of Going Home
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Merlin is born with golden eyes that glow with a brightness even the sun envies.
His mother tries her hardest to protect him, but the people of Ealdor are fearful, and fear drives good people to do bad things.
He is only twelve summers old when they bind his wrists, and tie stones to his ankles - and throw him into the river.
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The Kingdom of Camelot has a new, furry addition to its castle inhabitants, but the pampered feline isn't all just fluff and lazing about. As his master will soon learn, Merlin is no ordinary cat...
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- Part 10 of SFW Bingo Fills
- Part 2 of 🎨 chaosgenes’ SFW Art
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After a plague ravages Albion, an orphaned Merlin arrives in Camelot, where he falls in the hands of the criminal Kanen. Too afraid to use his magic, Merlin has no other choice but to join Kanen’s gang of child thieves and steal to survive. Ten months later, Prince Arthur returns from a mission to a crime-infested city and disarrayed court, with King Uther paralysed by grief over Morgana’s death. Determined to restore order, Arthur tackles the task of cleaning up the Lower Town, where he meets Merlin—only to learn that the problems in Camelot run far deeper than he had first thought…
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Lancelot stared at him with deep eyes heavy with sympathy and sadness, "What if a day comes, when both magic and medicine are not enough to save a life, What if Arthur died? What would become of you Merlin? i dread such a day and pray to never live and witness it."
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Merlin always knew that he could risk anything if he has to if it could save Arthur's life , he was always sure that there would be no limit to what he might sacrifice , himself included.
An enlightening conversation to how Merlin turned into a morally grey character by s5.
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“My friends are my hoard,” Merlin groaned into the table his face was slammed on and Gaius raised an unimpressed eyebrow.
“Is this you just now realising it, or just you finally admitting it?” He asked and Merlin raised his head and glared at him.
“Gaius, how am I meant to deal with this? I mean, they’ve already asked me so many questions! And today-! I accidentally revealed to Percy my magic!” Merlin complains.
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It's been five years since Merlin became a dragonlord and now he's going through "dragonlord puberty." He grows wings, talons and fangs and gets Dragon-like behavior, such as collecting a hoard.
Which would be all fine and dandy except that Merlin's inner dragon decided to hoard his friends and now Merlin has to hope none of them notice his strange behaviours.
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The Prince still stares at the Throne, occasionally throwing a glance to the crown next to it and Merlin does what he always does when Arthur is bothered by something, he does something so treasonous that he’s forced to shout at Merlin rather than stew in his own thoughts. Quickly striding up the short three steps and across the platform, Merlin throws himself down on the Throne, a violent act of treason. Arthur is merely staring at him as though he is the stupidest and most astounding person he’s seen. “What- Merlin what on earth are you doing? You cannot sit there, even the stupidest of people know that!” Merlin shrugs, stretching out like a cat.
“It’s just a chair Arthur,”
“It’s the bloody Throne!”
“A fancy chair then,”Or; Arthurs scared of the Throne and becoming a king, Merlin decides to remind him it's merely furniture
Or or; I have an unhealthy obsession with Throne and Crown scenes.
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Albion awaits its Golden Age.
Or: The magic revolution and reveal we all deserved.
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- Part 1 of The Golden Age
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"I couldn’t let him die of a wound caused by my kin,” Balinor explained, each word expressed deliberately, as if each syllable he said was carefully thought out, “I couldn’t let someone you clearly were so… fond of…” he seemed to trail off.
Merlin caught up to what his father was implying and his eyes went wide, “Fond? Oh, no, you’ve misunderstood– you’ve got– you’ve figured it wrong!” Merlin spoke fast, tripping over his own words, awkward laugh sounding forced, “Me– me and Arthur? Arthur? That’s laughable! That’s–” he shook his head. Arthur, the prat? The clotpole, the turnip-cabbage-vegetable, the dollophead? Sure, he may be the other side of his coin, but Merlin was much shinier, dammit! “I’m much shinier!”
“You’re much…” Balinor (his father, he reminded himself) shot him a quizzical look, “...shinier?”
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The thing is: Merlin thought – with the kind of naïve hope he hasn't allowed himself since Morgana's betrayal – that putting his big secret out in the open, hearing Arthur decide to repeal the ban on magic, being freed of years and years of subterfuge, and so on and so forth, would actually bring him relief. And yet here he is, weeks later, unable to sleep because he's waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Merlin can't sleep, so he decides to try out some spells. Arthur watches.
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As the royal wedding approaches, Merlin searches for items requested by a magical rhyme, Gwen crafts two gowns and contemplates loyalty, and Arthur is just doing his best.
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The war is over. Arthur has fallen... and Merlin's grief will bring Camelot to her knees.
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In which Merlin is a prince, but doesn't know it.
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Merlin had long since given up that Arthur would return. He had moved on with his life, and was currently a detective in London. It was hundreds of years later, and Merlin was doing fine. He had friends. A best friend even, Iris. He still missed Arthur, but he was no longer waiting for the prat's return.
But when bodies start turning up with alarming similarities to things in Merlin's life, he dares to start hoping, that maybe, maybe it was time for Arthur's return. But is it the right time, and is Merlin willing to give everything up to save the world again?
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- Part 1 of Timeless
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In Your Shoes (The “Swap Our Places” Remix) by s0mmerspr0ssen for Clea2011
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
18 Jun 2023
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Arthur is in dire need of an attitude check, so Merlin helps him: with a body swap spell. Chaos ensues.
(A remix of Clea2011’s fic “Swap Our Places”)
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Shortly after coming to Camelot, physician’s apprentice Merlin learns that Prince Arthur is suffering from a mysterious ailment nobody is willing to talk about. The Prince keeps exclusively to his chambers and is in danger of losing his status as heir apparent to the throne. When Merlin finally comes face to face with him, the Prince and he do not exactly hit it off. But in spite of Prince Arthur’s initial hostility, Merlin finds himself determined to help him – with medicine as much as with magic.
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When King Uther gets word of a dragon sighting, he sees a chance to finally get his hands on Balinor’s son, the last dragonlord. Prince Arthur is determined to prove himself and makes it his personal mission to slay the beast and capture its master. But amongst rising tensions with Mercia, Camelot’s hunting party is attacked and Arthur ends up alone in the forest, severely injured. He stumbles upon Merlin, who has been on the run with Aithusa ever since his father’s death. Merlin, oblivious that the injured stranger is the Prince of Camelot, ends up helping him – a fateful decision…
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In search of a powerful book of spells hidden within locked and dusty chambers, Merlin find himself drawn towards a painting discarded on the ground covered with a sheet.
Not due to the talent of its artist, but instead the hum of magic coming from within the canvas.
Something inside it was alive.
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- Part 1 of Merlin Short Stories