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“Yes, well, perhaps trying to control your mind wasn’t the best strategy. Better to let you remain in full control this time.”
Merlin was even more confused, but he knew that this sure as hell wasn’t going to end well. Morgana was powerful– maybe not as powerful as him, but still powerful.
“Though you probably won’t be fully sane by the end of it anyways,” Morgana said in a frenzy, like the thought had possessed her entire being. “It’ll be inevitable. Arthur has to die, and it will be by your hand.”
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Morgana traps Merlin in a time loop, where the condition for breaking out is Arthur's death.
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Arthur survives the battle, but Merlin is left wandering the halls of a castle that no longer feels like home. Empty rooms stretch on forever. The tether between them frays in quiet, invisible inches. Merlin keeps choosing him, over and over—and wonders if he’ll ever be chosen back.
or, the exact opposite of the only 1 bed trope but it's angsty
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- Part 17 of Devils and the Details Works
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Harry Potter and the Battle of Excalibur by ExcaliburStuckInMyStoneHeart
Fandoms: Merlin (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
24 Aug 2025
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This is the last part in a three-part series!
After the death of Dumbledore, the wizarding world feels like it's in shambles, but beneath the surface, the light is moving forward, gathering up their weapons and people preparing for the big battle. Merlin gathers his old friends together to search for Death’s EarthBound items.
While Harry is hunting for Horcruxes, new friends will be found and old ones remembered. It's a battle against who becomes stronger before the final battle commences. Will it be Morgana and Voldemort, or will it be Merlin and Harry Potter? Only time will tell…
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- Part 3 of A Techno Mage
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No one can escape their destiny, not even the immortal god of Magic, Emrys. Arthur dies at Camlann, as foretold. But Camelot still stands, and she needs a ruler.
Gwen is crowned Queen, and instates First Knight, Sir Leon, as Regent and Advisor to the Crown. He hates every second of it and decides to resurrect the king.
Leon had come back from the dead once, why couldn’t Arthur? And if Leon used magic to do it, maybe the King will finally get around to revoking that stupid magic law.
— a gosh dang fix it fic bc how dare they.
aka leon gets tired of his survivors guilt and decides to cope with it in an unhealthy way you can’t have survivors guilt if everyone else survives -
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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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“Merlin, I'm the greatest swordsman in the five kingdoms.” Arthur boasted. “I’ve fought more battles than I can count.”
”I’m aware, sire.”
”And I’ve always survived.”
”Not always.” Merlin muttered.
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The day Arthur dies is the day Merlin refuses to let end. Again. And again. And again. Merlin’s stuck in a spiral—a dizzying, cruel dance of death and reset. With each attempt, his heart grows heavier, his magic darker, until all he can do is break.
And when the shards of his despair drag Arthur into the storm, the past and present shatter, leaving nothing but raw truth and fragile hope.
Now there's no more running. Just the two of them, the end of the world, and everything left unsaid.
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Merlin reflects on Arthur a thousand years after his death.
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Merlin saved Camelot with his magic—but the display was terrifying enough to turn even his closest friends away. Now, the people who once cared for him look at him with nothing but fear. He’s been replaced in Arthur’s and the queen’s chambers, scorned in the streets, and pushed out from every last one of his roles.
He drifts through the castle like a ghost, watching Arthur slowly restore magic to the kingdom—without him.
He tells himself it’s enough. That it has to be enough.
Then a visiting kingdom arrives—openly magical, warm, and welcoming. For the first time in what feels like an eternity, Merlin is seen, valued, liked.
He stayed for the promise of Albion. But maybe Albion has come—and Merlin simply isn’t part of it.
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Merlin doesn't like, or has even tried, wearing dresses. If only he could convince Arthur of that.
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- Part 5 of 2025 Pride Month
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ask the wrong questions (i'll answer with a fake smile) by GlitterFairy_21225
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
02 Jun 2025
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A tragedy followed by an almost tragedy leads to a misunderstanding that shuts down the entire castle for days on end.
Merlin doesn't know how correct it without revealing things that are better kept hidden.
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“Track him, corner him, subdue him… just like we would with any dangerous creature.”
“Not a creature, Arthur. Just Merlin.”
Merlin wasn’t supposed to hear them—but now he’s running, heart pounding, as the knights of Camelot—his friends—close in. They’d sounded so certain, so cold. He didn’t stop to ask how or why, he just ran. Now he doesn’t know where he’s going, only that he has to keep moving.
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He’d Choose the Incarnate of Courage, Victory and the Sun, Rather than his Own Heart Begging for Blood. by fallen_stxr
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
09 Apr 2025
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Merlin follows the knights into the forest when there was a reported woman that was killing hunters and farmers in gruesome ways. The woman promises a cure to his magic fueled sickness after he's been attempting to repress his magic. Merlin will forever regret agreeing.
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Merlin's head tilted to the side as he watched the blur of silver start running backwards. Black spots covered his vision.
His eyes simply could not see, other than the darkness of his very thoughts. Only if he could see his beautiful, victorious smile one last time. His numb body simply could not feel anything, other than the very gates of hell. Only if he could feel his pulse beating through his wrist one last time. His smell was blocked, other than the reek of vomit and tears and sweat and bile and blood. Only if he could smell him one last time. His ears fuzzed, others being able to make out the crackling sound of his life fizzing out. Only if he could hear his voice again and again and again. His tongue burned numb - unable to taste, other than the carved fire of bile, burning into his throat like acid.
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- Part 6 of Mentally-Ill Merlin (Merthur)
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Dead People Don’t Talk and Alive People Don’t Know When To Stop. Walking Corpses Should Use Their Words Wisely. by fallen_stxr
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
09 Apr 2025
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A depressed Merlin doesn't have such a horrific day. He talks with Arthur and Mordred. Arthur and Merlin share their views on magic.
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"“Why are you sympathizing with sor- with those monsters?”
Then reality hit Merlin again. Right, sorcerers were malicious - evil. A waste of life."
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It would be better to read this as Part 5 of my series, "Mentally-Ill Merlin".
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- Part 5 of Mentally-Ill Merlin (Merthur)
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Merlin refuses to use his magic because magic is evil. Is he evil?
An anti-magic Merlin gets kidnapped. Will a handsome prince come and save him? Or will he resort to his monstrous ways?
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"“What do you want from me?” He whispered out. It was more than enough for them to hear with the eerie silence of the night. They all came out from their places and Merlin heard a loud bellowing chuckle."
"Merlin concluded that this experience made him feel a little more human, especially since he almost escaped with no magic. He felt like his throat was a little more open, even with all the blood. He could probably use this as an excuse not to talk, post-traumatic stress disorder or something. He should. Make his life easier."
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- Part 4 of Mentally-Ill Merlin (Merthur)
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Wiping One's Memories, In Attempt of Saving One's Heart. Dig This Hole With Me, My Undead Darling. by fallen_stxr
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
08 Apr 2025
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Merlin has to prepare to go to the borders to help a small town on the border of Camelot. He feels... different. Everything feels surreal - fake. He's losing his grasp on what's real and what he's imagining. He feels empty, lost and disoriented.
Everyone's worried. He covers it with lies of course.
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He’s beside Arthur. He’s next to Arthur - where he belongs, yet all he wants is for the ground to swallow him whole.
He’s walking and walking and walking.
The world is deaf when he speaks and begs and cries, the world doesn’t stop when he takes a break; When he is deaf the world send riddles and people to frustrate him, the world continues wherever or whoever he is or choses to be - whether the chores are never done, whether he feels defeated, whether he gets to have fun - Life is never completed.
When the balance of earth is repaired at one end of the coin - Magic, it collapses on the other - Courage.
The tear ducts keep breaking loose, the secrecy won’t end, there are cracks in the foundation of his life, and the repairs of one’s chainmail - one can't keep everything in mind.
(Remix of a poem: The washing never gets done - Jaan Kaplinski).
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- Part 3 of Mentally-Ill Merlin (Merthur)
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"He truly is a self-destructive monster; the purest form of magic itself."
"He deserves it. Just one. "
"Why does he feel like this? Why does he feel like he wants to rip his heart out? Why does it feel like it’d be better if he wasn’t here to burden everyone?"
"why does he feel like he would be better off dead?"
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Merlin’s life is falling through his fragile little fingers like sand.
Enjoy! <3
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- Part 1 of Mentally-Ill Merlin (Merthur)
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When Merlin sets out to teach mindspeech to Arthur, he couldn't have known just how much it would affect the friendship between King and Court Mage.
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- Part 6 of Podfic
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This part takes place in the same time as the part two of the series "Uthers great plan: part two"
It is Merlin's POV of what happened to him and what made him stop fighting against Uthers wishes.
The boy just can't get a break.
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- Part 6 of Uthers great plan
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Since King Arthur ascended the throne the council has been persuading him to marry, yet he wants to marry for love. Their solution? Find Arthur's soulmate.
As with many events in Camelot, a spot of trouble finds its way.