Merlin Deserved Better

Sir Leon (BBC Merlin 4x11)

| Oh...the world's a strange place, Guinevere. Never underestimate the power of love. I've seen it change many things.

#this scene makes me FERAL#FROTH at the MOUTH feral#clear the way gwaine help him down gently#hold his head in ur lap#bbc merlin

@sirwilliamofdeira my thoughts e x a c t l y

#let's give merlin the tiniest sliver of hope before immediately snatching it away again (2/?)

MERLIN 2x13, ❝ The Last Dragonlord ❞

SIR LEON in His Father's Son | 4x05

save me characters doing fucked up things out of self-preservation…..characters doing fucked up things out of self-preservation save me………..

save me character who made an undeniably terrible decision but man i dont know what i would have done either………

One of the funniest things about merlin fanfic is when they write magical fight scenes and its so fucking difficult to do because merlin doesn't fight in a normal way.

Like with other fandoms there's like a technique. Like there are spells to cast, techniques to use, difficulties and simple approaches. But merlin doesn't subscribe to any of that.

Like this is basically a god with the skill of a toddler.

He just tanks shit.

He doesn't even know that many spells. Like his opponents are doing all this magical techniques and hand-wavey stuff and he just... stands there. Like maybe he stumbles back sometimes, but most of the time he just takes it.

Like his opponents will be doing the magical equivalent of tornado kicks, flips, and somersaults and then he gets like a papercut. Then he lopsidedly punches with the worst form ever seen and his opponent gets flung back 200m.

He's the singular most annoying person to ever have to fight, cause you're out here pulling out your best moves, then he flicks you on the forehead and you die.

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You know what's one thing I'm disappointed we never got in Merlin? After the troll episodes, the entire event was never brought up again!

I mean, I understand if the people of Camelot would rather forget about the whole thing, but Arthur had a troll for a stepmother for like a week and Merlin never teased him about it later on?!

I would really like to write a fic or au some day set in the Golden Age where it's discovered that dragonlords got their powers from being descended from ancient powerful dragons that shapeshifted in humans and had half-human children.

And Arthur's reaction is to turn to Merlin and go "So what you're telling me is that one of your ancestors was deranged enough to sleep with a dragon? That certainly confirms my theory that your insanity is passed down through your blood."

And of course Merlin immediately fires back, "And remind me Sire, which of our family trees includes a troll?"

Arthur sputters for a moment before shouting that that doesn't count, she enchanted his father and the whole thing was a trick, before Geoffrey pipes up and says, "Actually sire, as it was an official wedding, Queen Catrina the Troll was officially added to the Pendragon family tree. And as the marriage was never formally annulled before her death, she cannot be removed from the record."

Arthur's left horrified by this, while Merlin's laughing his ass off.

I just think a scene like that would be neat!

You know, I didn't think that one of my most popular posts would be a joke about Arthur's troll stepmom, but I'll take it!

Now I definitely have to incorporate this into my next au!

thought of gwaine trying to sneak into camelot while he was banished just so he could see merlin and it was so funny to me for no reason

bonus:

Gwen: Arthur, which dress should I wear today?

Arthur: You’ll look amazing in anything.

Gwen: Thanks, but I’m actually having a hard time deciding what to wear, so I’m asking you.

Arthur: You look beautiful everyday.

Gwen: I appreciate it, this isn’t a trick question, please just tell me what to wear today.

Arthur: Absolutely anything.

Gwen: This isn’t working.

Gwen: Merlin! Red dress or light purple one?

Merlin, shouting from the other room: Red! The purple one makes you look too friendly for council meetings!

Gwen: Thanks!

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