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Arthur gave Merlin his cloak thinking only of the warmth it would offer in a snowstorm. He never thought his manservant may be mistaken for him and snatched by bandits. Nor did he expect his dashing rescue of Merlin to turn his world so utterly on his head.
Because the bandits hadn't kidnapped a prince. They'd snatched a sorcerer, and now captivity is the least of anyone's problems.
A golden age awaits, but can they claim it together, or are they doomed to fail?
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18 Aug 2025
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"You have a dark destiny, young witch; a dark future with only one chance of salvation."
Merlin is a prince hiding in Camelot, trying to keep his magic and true status a secret. But when the Great Dragon is released and Morgana discovers her powers, Merlin had to decide between helping his friends or keeping his secrets.
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- Part 1 of The Path of Emrys
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- English
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- 122,282
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- 19/19
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06 Mar 2025
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In which Merlin wakes up and chooses violence, and decides not to rethink that choice.
Or: Merlin realizes that, if he's going to keep Arthur safe and keep his magic a secret, he will have to get a little bit physical. Arthur has to rethink everything in existence when he's suddenly forced to confront the fact that Merlin can fight, and is in fact, bloody dangerous
Or: The author randomly thought "Murder Twink Merlin" while re-watching the show, and decided it was his mission in life to make that a tag.
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- Part 1 of Murder Twink! Merlin
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- English
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- 13,802
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- 9/9
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21 Feb 2025
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Merlin decides he needs to leave so he doesn't take his anger out on his friends, nor let it fester away like it did Kilgharrah. Lancelot refuses to let him go alone and tags along. Instead of just planning to stop and see Hunith in Ealdor, she decides she is joining them and Merlin can't tell her no.
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- Part 3 of Leaving Camelot
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09 Dec 2024
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Hurt by a confrontation with a drunk Arthur, Merlin decides he's had enough and leaves Camelot. As he's leaving, Agravaine follows him, determined to kill him so he'll no longer cause him further issues. So Merlin reveals his magic and kills him instead before taking the man's horse and leaving. He travels for a while, playing music at taverns to earn food and shelter before he ends up helping an injured patrol of Caerleon Knights. Queen Annis takes him in and assigns him to train her physicians before discovering his heritage and naming him a knight and reinstating his father's name.
Along the way, Merlin becomes embroiled in courts and councils, three stubborn and playful princesses, and attends King Arthur's wedding at his Queen's side.
Before long, Merlin is lord of his own township, conducting magic lessons, and locating Morgana to try and bring her to his estate as a peace offering to the court of Camelot.
He really wishes he'd found a cave to hide in instead of joining Queen Annis some days....
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- Part 4 of Leaving Camelot
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09 Dec 2024
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Altered Fate by rachiemcd
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones (TV)
05 Mar 2023
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Episode 5 fix it. Daemon goes to Rhaenyra’s wedding feast, planning to find a way to stop the marriage. However, the Gods of Valyria were watching, and decided to step in…
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- 6/6
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06 Aug 2024
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How would our story have gone if Baelon had lived to become King? What if he found his son Viserys was not quite suited for his supposed future role?
Facing the possibility of one day handing the realm over to his inept son, Baelon comes to a decision. His father had chosen a different heir, why then could he not do the same?
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- 8/8
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28 Jul 2024
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Buck and Ana seem to keep clashing during Eddie's recovery after the shooting. Both turn to Reddit for assistance, and both get answers.
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- 35,700
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- 23/23
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05 May 2024
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A Silent Kind of Strength by KittenCrusade
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
17 Apr 2023
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Izuku Midoria. Deaf. Quirkless. Tired. And done with Kachan's shit.
Its been almost a year since he lost the majority of his hearing. And he's doing his best to learn to cope with being disabled on top of being quirkless. It would be easier if his school mates would stop messing up his hearing aids.
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In which our favorite broccoli is hurting and exhausted. But still too stubborn to back down. You know what you do when something keeps breaking? You fix it and make it better than it ever was before.
The Spotify play list! Each song is in order of corresponding chapter! Except chapter 4 which has 2 songs!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4hTRDgTNAYD1JzF27Fkx0P?si=-pQsorR0SqWZyjiBr31gMw&utm_source=copy-linkSeries
- Part 1 of SKOS +
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- English
- Words:
- 231,513
- Chapters:
- 95/95
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Bookmarked by Polish_Toad
11 Jun 2023
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Arthur feels like he’s standing on a precipice without knowing how he got here. He swallows. “He—”
“—damned himself. So you’ve said.”
They stare at each other, and the distance between them seems to be growing in leaps and bounds. Arthur can’t remember the last time he felt so estranged from Merlin, not during the whole disaster with Caerleon, or when Merlin disappeared. Not even when—
“Then I’ve damned myself as well.”
Without intending to, Arthur pushes Merlin just one step too far. Now he's left without his manservant but a hundred questions, a world of hurt, and guilt that clings to him like a shadow. Well, and a notebook filled with drawings because apparently, Merlin can draw on top of being a sorcerer. No matter how often Arthur tells himself that he just wants to forget, he can't help but come back to the collection of sketches and notes, a chronicle of all that Merlin has done.
Maybe their story isn't quite over yet.
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- Part 17 of Merlin Stories
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- English
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- 19,050
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- 1/1
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28 Jan 2023
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Complicated Creation by Elemental
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
09 Sep 2020
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Midoriya Izuku is medically quirkless, not technically homeless, perpetually exhausted and doing his damned best despite it all. He also sees spirits, which might be cool if not for the fact that a) no one else does, b) they really don't like him very much, and c) he's pretty sure the heroes now think he's a villain working for the League.
Aizawa Shota just wants to take down Overhaul, rescue Eri, keep his students alive, get some rest, and find out how this Deku kid knows things he absolutely should not know about his personal life and the Shie Hassaikai case.
Unless Nighteye's right, and the kid really is a villain.
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- Part 1 of sum of all (and by them driven)
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Number One Dad! by TicoryBlues
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
01 Feb 2021
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Red eyes and blond hair, he must be a Bakugou. With a dash of Midoriya freckles, he was a recipie for chaos.
Bakugou's six year old son accidentally time travels to his father's high school days. How will Class 1-A react to the fact that their resident time-bomb is a family man?
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Enter Sandman by BecksyCosmo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
20 May 2022
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"Today we will be starting a new class once a week in underground heroics. We have an underground hero to work with us, and I know what you’re thinking, why would we need an underground hero to come in and teach you when you have ME, but here we are” petty but fuck it.
“Introduce yourself, answer their unending, irritating questions for 10 minutes, then Iida take roll call. I’m having a nap.”
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Aizawa is cranky as hell when he finds out that an underground pro-hero is coming to teach his class one day a week about underground heroics! But when he meets the guy and gets to experience his quirk first hand, he finally understands why.
Before long he's pining like an idiot, being teased by Shinso and being hurled head first into a nightmare villain case...
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Reformation by LocalCryptid7
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
29 Dec 2023
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After a failed suicide attempt, years of bullying, and his mother's death, Izuku Midoriya doesn't think he has any option besides joining the League of Villains. After all, foster care is no place for a quirkless kid like him. Plus, working as a hacker and analyst for the League doesn't sound like it would be too bad. But, after meeting a hurt little girl in Overhaul's headquarters, Toga and Izuku can't just sit back and take orders from Shigaraki anymore. With some careful consideration, Izuku figures a villain reformation program at UA doesn't sound horrible, even if it means having to put up with Bakugou.
NOW A PODFIC! Recorded and posted on YouTube by Put Your Hands Up Podfics! Link in last chapter!
EDIT 2/27/2024 - I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR THE SALE OF BOOK/FICBINDING OF THIS FANFICTION. I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR THE SALE OF THIS FIC IN ANY FORMAT. ALL CHARACTERS/PLACES/THEMES ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE ORIGINAL CREATOR(S), THIS WORK IS JUST FOR FUN, NOT FOR ANY SORT OF PROFIT.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 162,456
- Chapters:
- 42/42
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27 May 2022
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The Villain’s Barista by Cherraim
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
10 Oct 2021
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From having nothing to having everything he’s ever wanted thanks to his kidnapper(?), all Izuku needs to do is take care of the guy’s “villain” cafe. It’s not gonna be that hard, right?
Midoriya Izuku: a barista, an analyst, and a kid that now has happiness in his life.
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- English
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- 23/23
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- 74
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- 1,898
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25 May 2022
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"Who dares defy me, the Last High Priestess of the Old Religion and rightful Queen of Camelot?!"
Somewhere in the further part of the peasant crowd a little commotion broke out as people presumably tried to move out of the way for someone. Morgana must have missed it however because she kept squeaking at no one in particular.
"Too much of a coward to come forth? Are you just going to hide behind all these peasants? That is quite alright with me. I will slaughter every single one of them until I have found you little rat. Guards!" As one all the mercenaries hefted their crossbows back onto the by now panicking crowd of civilians. Arthur could do nothing to stop it. He was utterly helpless against her magic and felt nothing but shame as he closed his eyes in front of the terror that was about to unfold. But then...
"NO. NO MORE."
________________________________In which Merlin is done, the citizens of Camelot are done and Arthur doesn’t understand the world anymore. When Merlin reveals himself, all seems lost to him. But he gets help from somewhere unexpected, which in hindsight he really shouldn’t be so surprised about.
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- English
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- 8,737
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- 6/6
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- 5
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- 236
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02 May 2022
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In Need of Backup by Red_127
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
02 May 2022
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Everyone knows that Eri loves Izuku, but that didn't stop her family from being jealous about it.
After Eri’s melt down when she isn't allowed to see Izuku, the family ends up learning that Izuku understands Eri far more than they ever realized.
They were able to save Eri, but who is going to save Izuku?Series
- Part 5 of Stories I Write Instead of Working
- Part 1 of In Need of Backup
- Language:
- English
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- 54,844
- Chapters:
- 19/19
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- 2
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- 1,300
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11 Mar 2022
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Owe Yourself by daylightbreaks
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
01 Jan 2022
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Izuku struggles with the pain in his hands after the sports festival. But because he knows how badly it feels to struggle with pain, he recognizes it in others - specifically, his teachers who try and hide it - and decides to do his best help the ones around him who are also in pain.
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5 times Izuku helps his teachers when they’re in pain, and 1 time they help him.- Language:
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27 Feb 2022
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Post Kamino Ward, moving into second semester, All Might is hit with a de-aging Quirk and this is not a good situation for Aizawa. At all.
This is actually much more than leading a (technically injured) ally away from the scene of a battle and into safe custody, because Aizawa really, really doesn't need the holy grail of protective masculinity and his violent gay awakening incarnate standing there and making curious, flirtatious eyes at him every time they stop for a cross-walk signal.
All he has to do is not do the thing. He can not do the thing, right? Wrong.
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- English
- Words:
- 28,586
- Chapters:
- 4/4
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10 Feb 2022
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Plan R: Reform (Revenge) by Blueseabird2
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
16 Oct 2021
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If Aizawa-sensei is right (he is) and Izuku can be a hero without a quirk, then maybe there are a few other people who could also be heroes if given a chance. So Izuku uses his analysis skills and his intern connections (family) to develop Plan R: Reform. Aizawa helps, but is a little busy with Plan R: Revenge. Don't worry, he has his own allies (family) to make sure no one hurts his Problem Child again.
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- Part 2 of The Hero's Consultant (Son)
- Part 4 of Dadzawa and Problem Child Works
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 27,045
- Chapters:
- 6/6
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- 53
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- 1,076
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- 17,024
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- 187,336
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16 Oct 2021