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Lancelot would gladly give up his knighthood to whisk Merlin away to safety, but he knows it’s just a pipe dream. All he can do is hope that when the sword hanging over the warlock’s head inevitably falls, he’ll be able to shield him from it. Because he can’t lose another family.
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If everyone believed one of their dear friends had magic, would that have led to a more positive outcome for everyone?
(AKA: Merlin and Lancelot causing chaos and enjoying it)
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Better to Have Fought and Lost than Never Fought at All by nie_narzekam
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
22 Aug 2025
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Lancelot raised himself and stood for a moment with his head bowed, as if gathering strength to face his prince’s displeasure. Then he straightened and followed the anxiously hovering servant. There was tension in his every movement, and Merlin had a distinct feeling that Lancelot wasn’t preparing an apology. No, he was readying for another (though quite different) battle.
Cursing silently, Merlin sprinted after them. He wasn’t going to stay on the sidelines for this one.«»«»«»
Merlin gets mistreated by a visiting noble, which leads to Lancelot losing (it) and having a crisis of purpose as a knight.
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Merlin came to Camelot with the intention of becoming a physician.
Despite his job as manservant to the king, that dream was never forgotten.When Merlin gets the chance to leave Camelot, Arthur panics.
Luckily for Arthur, banquets with other kingdoms tended to end up badly, so Merlin couldn't leave him quite yet.
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“Gwen.” Her own brother joins the show, scowling. “Stay out of this.”
Gwen doesn’t. “How dare someone like you,” she pokes at the direction of the knight, because if Leon thinks so lowly of Merlin, then she shan’t think highly of her once friend. “Speak to royalty like that?” Leon’s eyebrows are knitting together, which is strange, Gwen was under the impression he had found out long ago – but there is no time for that, because she needs to take it even further. “To your own Queen?” She stands tall and hopefully intimidating.
What is a snake-woman compared to two Queens?
In Gwen's humble opinion, a wench who doesn't stand a chance.Series
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Merlin didn’t know what was happening. All he knew was he was lost and hurt. He just wanted to go home, but everything was so big and scary. But the man with gold hair seemed very nice. He promised to help him find home. The only question was, could he trust a stranger.
Or Merlin gets hit by a spell and turns into a child and Arthur does everything he can to bring Merlin home.
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- Part 26 of Would You?
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‘Come back to me.’
‘Always.’
It becomes a sort of ritual, five words exchanged every time Lancelot leaves the citadel. And then, one day, Merlin discovers that he’s not the only one who needs that reassurance. -
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“Merlin, do you know this fiend? Has he threatened you into allowing him to take your appearance somehow?!”
“Yes, I do know him, but he hasn’t stolen my appearance or anything of the like. It is, technically, his face too.”
Arthur’s brows furrowed with confusion. What was Merlin going on about now?
“This really wasn’t the introduction I would have liked, but I guess it’s too late for that now. Everyone, I’d like you all to meet my twin brother, Emrys.”
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After a ritual gone wrong, Merlin's soul is split into two different bodies: one with magic and one without. And because destiny apparently had it out for him, the knights catch both of them in the same place. Without any better explanation, Merlin blurts out the only believable lie that he can think of: that the two identical Merlins are twin brothers. -
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It's a normal mission. There are his knights and then there are bandits. Even the arrow isn't shocking and that the druids are helping him doesn't seem too out of character for the peaceful tribe.
But then, from one moment to the next, Arthur is alone. The world around him doesn't make sense anymore. There are no druids and worst of all, no Merlin. Instead, he finds his mother. Magic is legal and everyone treats it as if it's all perfectly normal.
Because this is a timeline where his mother never died. Which means that Arthur doesn't exist. And for some reason, neither does Merlin.
And slowly, Arthur begins to piece together the lies that he'd been told.
Aka: Arthur makes a little trip to an alternate dimension
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- Part 76 of Merlin's magic
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Months ago, Merlin was banished for a botched attempted at poisoning Morgana.
Arthur hasn’t seen him since.
He’s sitting in a meeting, and the Prince of Meriti won’t shut up about how in love he is with his Court Sorcerer, a man named Emrys.
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Merlin makes his own destiny in a new kingdom. He’s doing fine without Arthur.
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It started subtly.
Merlin hummed while sweeping.
This alone would have raised eyebrows. Merlin didn’t hum. He sighed. He groaned. He made sarcastic comments under his breath and grumbled about “chamber pot distribution logistics.” But now he was humming.
Now he was smiling.
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Merlin has lived through many, many things. He continues to live through many, many things.
The fact that he can do this does not prevent Gwen and Arthur from worrying when he makes some, frankly, quite questionable decisions.
Or, five times Merlin makes Arthur and Gwen worry, and one time they make him worry in return.
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- Part 3 of It Started With a Flower
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Merlin tells Gwaine about his magic in a moment of vulnerability, and Gwaine starts paying more attention to Merlin’s mental state.
The castle residents express protectiveness and disapproval over the pair’s growing closeness.
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- Part 1 of But When He Walks In
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Merlin drinks a poison to save Arthur, but it has some horrifying effects
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Merlin notices how the usually loud and mischievous knights seems to preen under Merlins praises and endearments. Merlin finds he likes Gwaine's reactions.
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When Merlin recuperates from what Gwaine was almost certain would be his death, he kisses him out of sheer relief and definitely nothing more—at least that’s what he tells Merlin. Unfortunately, Merlin believes him. It’s not the first time something like this has happened to him, after all…
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Getting captured is nothing out of the ordinary for Merlin and Arthur. However, when their captors use Merlin to get Arthur to spill his secrets, their imprisonment turns deadly. In his final moments Merlin has only one question for Arthur, but will he get the answer he wants?
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- Part 6 of Would You?
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'Merlin?' He heard a concerned voice shout in the distance. He looked up, but his vision was so blurry that he had trouble seeing Arthur walking towards him.
'Merlin what's wrong?' He heard him say. Arthur sounded worried and scared, and for a moment Merlin wanted to run to him and comfort him, but then he vaguely realized that it was about him.
'Merlin?'Or: Merlin and Arthur have been happily married for two years, the ban on magic has been lifted and after much talk and much more love, Arthur and Merlin live a wonderful life together in Camelot. But when a mysterious illness suddenly strikes Merlin, everything changes, and Arthur must fear for his husband's life.
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“Never wander alone, my darling, or Jenny Grinteeth will get you,” Hunith used to say. “Or if you forget, make sure you say the rhyme - that wards her off.”
Jenny Grinteeth leave me be, my mother loves me, leave me be.
Jenny Grinteeth is a game they play. But as Merlin is sucked into life at Camelot, he wanders alone more than ever. He is surrounded by people, but he doubts they love him; they can’t really even know him. The loneliness becomes so routine, he forgets his mother’s warnings and the funny, little rhymes, which might otherwise have saved his life.
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The wind whispers to those who listen, as do the rain and the worms. They whisper of a foolish king and a merciless deity. They whisper about the slow decay of the world and the rebirth of all things.
They whisper that, during the Great Purge, Uther trapped a being no mortal was ever meant to trap. He bound it in the deepest cave of his kingdom and atop the highest peak of his land.
And the rain whispers: fear not, for only mortals remain bound forever. The seasons will come and go, the world will freeze and the snow will melt. And one day, Emrys will be free once more. Magic will walk the Earth anew.
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Arthur is in love. Merlin is tired. And Mordred will free Emrys, no matter the cost.
[Emrys revealed - Good!Mordred]
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- Part 2 of Orpheeeeus’ God!Merlin AUs