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   The Once and Future Professor by Buffoonery

   Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   25 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Merlin (Merlin)
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Severus Snape
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Fred Weasley
   • George Weasley
   • Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Knights of the Round Table (Merlin)
   • Gwen (Merlin)
   • Morgana (Merlin)
   • Harry Potter
   • Hermione Granger
   • Ron Weasley
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Angst
   • Immortal Merlin (Merlin)
   • Sad Merlin (Merlin)
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Epistolary
   • Bittersweet Ending
   • Historical Inaccuracy
   • More angst than expected
   • oops i did it again
   • my bad ig
   • no seriously NOT a fun romp
   • No beta we die like Merlin

   Summary

   Professor Emeric Ambrose is Hogwarts' new Muggle Studies teacher. His qualifications include a deep, personal animosity towards every major author of the Arthurian legends, an unnerving ability to reason with sentient furniture, and the eyes of a man who has been tired for a very, very long time.
   He's also Merlin.
   All he wants is a quiet life. But with a king in a painting who won't stop giving bad advice, a magical portrait of his nemesis down the hall, and two red-headed apprentices who are determined to learn the art of "narrative chaos," Merlin is about to discover that the only thing worse than being forgotten by history is having it come back to haunt you. Literally.

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   English

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   Chapters:

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