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When Prince Arthur sets out on his first official journey to represent the Crown of Camelot, all he really wants is to prove himself and make his father proud. However, an undesired gift sets him on a path of self-discovery, and his life changes forever as the principles of his youth come crashing down.
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No one has seen Merlin since he fled Camelot, and his death sentence, over six years ago. With Camelot under siege by Morgana's undead forces and Excalibur, his only hope of defeating them, stolen, Arthur embarks on a hopeless mission to find the lost sword. In a sacred forest he stumbles upon a changed Merlin. The two reconcile and Arthur starts to understand that their bond goes deeper than friendship. All the while Merlin is secretly grappling with the revelations of his own immortality and visions of Arthur's imminent death.
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An AU and alternative S4/5 mostly inspired by the Welsh pre-Merlin Myrddin, a mad soothsayer exiled to the woods, and Quest for Camelot 1998. More references in the notes. There's no need to know any of it!
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When Arthur looked, the end of his nose was decidedly red, so were his eyes. He seemed a little exacerbated. “Merlin, do you have hay fever?” he asked, incredulous.
“Ugh, a bit, why?”
“You’re immortal.”
“But I’m not infallible!” he sniffed, banging down his staff. “Not completely anyway...”
Arthur blinked, his mouth open, head shaking. “That the Gods and magic conspired to make a creature such as you, I don’t think I’ll ever fathom.”Series
- Part 1 of Now and Forever
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The hollow queen (and her not so hollow husband) by King_of_camelxt_e
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
01 Sep 2023
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Merlin is sick of this war.
He is sick of everything. He is sick of murder plots and people trying to kill him- of people trying to kill Arthur.
He is sick of Arthur being stupid and of Morgana being stupid and of Gwen being possessed and of innocent people dying to protect a cause that is his to protect in the first place.
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Merlin is upset and Arthur doesn’t know how to help. Ensue gay panic and secrets no longer being secrets
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- Part 1 of The correct canon !
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King Arthur seeks out the druids to make peace, but is soon haunted by strange dreams of a masked man set on killing him.
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- Part 14 of Kinkalot 2023
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Arthur's journey of unravelling his manservant's secret.
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- Part 5 of TML - August Writing Challenge 2023
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Arthur knows about Merlin's magic, protects him until Uther dies, then lifts the magic ban and comforts Merlin when he has a relief breakdown.
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- Part 1 of Merlin Fix-Its
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Born-a-girl Merlin and Lancelot get married by magic in a ceremony without knowing, starting in Lancelot-Du-Lac.
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- Part 1 of Suddenly Married
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On a cold night Merlin can only be found in one place, his super secret book nook that no one knows about. Until, that is, Arthur forgets to give him something and follows him out into the library. He discovers that along with a dinner fit for royalty, he's also in possession of documents that Arthur himself can barely even understand.
Arthur sighs, reading his to do list out loud. "Fix the guard rotation schedules, research greeting customs for the nobles visiting next week, check the locks in the upper tower, talk the stable boys out of a boycott, rework budget in anticipation of price influx from outsourcing merchants, find a subtle way to tell Arthur I'm arranging a peace treaty on his behalf without making him think I'm plotting a coup. Really?"
Merlin nods. "I'm going to be busy tomorrow. But right now I'm more focused on getting this speech finished, accepting Queen Corvina's invitation, and finding a way to make sure the upcoming winter doesn't destroy our crops and completely wipe out our profit margins like it did last year." He tells them, sipping his water. "Because if we lose any more than 12% of what we normally sell we won't be able to afford the impending upcharge for our outsourced materials."
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angels are only created to be silent, invisible guardians to the humans they were made for, and after many years of waiting, merlin is finally given his charge: the prince of camelot.
merlin has been taught that angels who have emotions are the ones who get casted out from divinity; though, he never really understood the appeal of “feelings,” so there is nothing for him to worry about…right?
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Merlin and Arthur have finally found each other again, and are happily settled in Oxford. But the course of true love never did run smooth, even for the most powerful sorcerer to ever walk the earth. Arthur’s quiet, desperate yearning for family consumes him, yet ends up liberating them both.
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In which Merlin is surprised to discover that being a dad ain’t half bad
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- Part 2 of Poetry Does Merlin Bingo 2023
- Part 2 of Written in the Stars
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[Podfic] The Whole of the Moon by NotInPubPods (NotInPublic) for teachinghimpoetry
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
21 Apr 2023
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Merlin and Arthur have finally found each other again, and are happily settled in Oxford. But the course of true love never did run smooth, even for the most powerful sorcerer to ever walk the earth. Arthur’s quiet, desperate yearning for family consumes him, yet ends up liberating them both.
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In which Merlin is surprised to discover that being a dad ain’t half bad
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- Part 2 of Written in the Stars [Podfic]
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[Podfic] The Dark Heart of the Matter by NotInPubPods (NotInPublic)
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
21 Apr 2023
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Merlin and Arthur get off on the wrong foot when they first meet, but they soon realise there are much bigger things to focus on. They put their differences aside to save the world, and realise their joint destiny is written in the stars.
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In which Merlin really does teach Arthur some poetry.
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- Part 1 of Written in the Stars [Podfic]
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“Henry’s Pizzeria, what can I get for you?” He automatically said, his ‘customer’ voice activating despite the late hour.
“H-hi, i-is that Henry’s Pizzeria?” Came a shaky, unsure voice. Arthur felt his eyebrow twitch. Great, he was going to have to spend the next 20 minutes talking through the menu with a, presumably pissed or stoned (maybe even both), teenager. -
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Merlin has been in Camelot almost two years and life here is never dull, sometimes she wishes it were.
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- Part 1 of Magic Herself
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“There’s something about you, Merlin - I can’t quite put my finger on it.” Arthur's not an idiot; he can see the glimmer of gold in Merlin's eyes. But he's hesitant to call Merlin evil, and he's even more hesitant to call Merlin out on his sorcery. He won't lose any more than a night's sleep over the boy, however, and he certainly won't try to figure out what it is about the boy that has him so captivated.
He won't.
[A sort-of fix-it to 1x01.]
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- Part 1 of Arthur Knows
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For the prompt: : with few other therapy options available to him, Merlin turns to drawing to release the dark emotions piling up inside of him. His art skills grow as his life experiences become more horrible. His art is dark and cruel and hopeless: sharp lines, aloof faces, evil magic, friends turning on friends, ghastly wounds sick with the reek of betrayal. Merlin finds it a relief and hardly notices that his sketchbook grows darker by the day.
But when Arthur finds the sketchbook, his eyes are not clouded by the same ignorance. He is first amazed by Merlin's skills, but the further he turns the pages, the more alarmed he becomes. What in the hell is Merlin hiding behind that expressionless face? -
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Arthur, Merlin, and Morgana (group name pending), aren't the only ones who will need to be ready for the golden age.
Emrys heals everyone from Nimueh's plague, deciding to claim this act publicly and hoping it will lay the path for a future where people can see the good in magic.
Arthur finds out something shocking about his heritage and is forced to re-evaluate what it means to be a pendragon.Series
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Arthur and Merlin don't know where to go from here. They'll simply have to put a valiant effort into figuring it out
In which Merlin and Arthur try to find a way to make their friendship less akward, Arthur is fervently in favor of good education , and Merlin doesn't agree with Gaius' choices when it comes to Morgana's magic.
Also, there's Valiant, with an evil plot that will teach Arthur something about the fate of sorcerers in Essitir he'll never forget.Series
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After the events of the dragon's call, Merlin decides to wait and see about this whole destiny thing. To his surprise, however, it's the prince, not the dragon, who drags him into facing his destiny, instead of avoiding it.
Or: Arthur asks things of Merlin that are impossible under normal circumstances, the prat. Since he's met him, Merlin has revised his opinion of the man a little, and he would know to say that Arthur is only a bit of a prat. a half-prat if you will. Merlin wants to do his job well, in part to avoid the horrible whinging he might be subjected to, and in part because underneath all the prattishness, Arthur is a good man who genuinely has a lot on his plate, and needs the support. Luckily for Merlin, his master's impossible demands are a lot more possible with magic.
Unluckily, Merlin fails to realize that Arthur also knows these things are impossible without magic.
In which there are a lot of things that could kill Merlin, including Arthur's bathwater.Series
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merlin is grieving. arthur is there to help.