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A small ball hovered in her hand, shining with a silver-blue light. It floated there, getting brighter and brighter before dimming again. Wisps of cloud swirled at its center. It was pure magic.
And the breath was stolen from Arthur’s lungs.
“I thought you’d recognize it. He said it was warm. He said it reminded him of home.”It has been one year since Merlin's death when Arthur meets Morgana on the battlefield.
Somehow, between all the guilt and shame, he discovers that his sister knew Merlin better than he ever did - and ever would. -
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Arthur is captured while scouting Cenred's territory and thrown into a dungeon cell. He's not alone—his cellmate is Merlin, a mysterious prisoner who somehow recognizes Arthur as royalty despite his disguise, and who tries to keep spirits light even as he's dragged away daily by guards.
Arthur quickly realizes something is terribly wrong. Merlin is dying, slowly drained by strange manacles and Cenred's hunger for magic. Over days and weeks, Arthur watches helplessly as the cycle repeats: recovery, torture, deterioration. He falls for the strange, brilliant boy who jokes through agony and shields Arthur from darkness.
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The knights of the Roundtable have finally received their first set of wages. Everyone wonders what Lancelot is going to use his on.
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“See,” Merlin said, still with that stubborn set to his jaw, but there was a slight tremble in his voice, now. “This is what you get for sticking your nose into things not concerning you.”
“Sticking–“ Arthur boggled. “Not concerning– YOU ALMOST DIED!” He bellowed from the top of his lungs.
“Whoo boy,” he heard Leon say from across the clearing.
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Day 17: “Oh God, I’ve Lost My Will To Live. Someone Call The Best Knight Of Them All, Sir Lancelot, To Find It.” by cactuscandle
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
17 Feb 2025
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“Well, this is the game. It is remarkably simple. You just have to steal Merlin’s neckerchief.” Immediately, complaints erupted from the knights.
“The neckerchief? He always wears it!”
“How are we supposed to steal it?”
“Merlin never takes it off for some reason — no way I’m going to risk my life and find out why!”
“Silence!” Arthur stared at the group, incredulous. “My knights, the most feared in the five realms, are terrified of my manservant?” They hung their heads in shame. “Even a squire probably could nick it off the idiot!”
“Is the squire still alive?” said a knight under his breath. Around him, his fellow brethren nodded their agreement, avoiding Arthur’s eye as he snorted.
“Merlin can be scary, Sire,” tried Lancelot. Arthur still looked like he seriously disagreed with the statement but after seeing the effect one pathetic coward had on a score of knights, he was forced to accept that yes, the Knights of Camelot feared Merlin the Buffoon.
Or 5 times Arthur gets blindsided by Merlin's ingenuity to stop the heists involving his neckerchief and 1 time Merlin gives up.
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In Ealdor, you court someone by braiding their hair. Gwaine does not know this. Merlin knows Gwaine does not know this. Which means that braiding Gwaine's hair can be just because Merlin wants to, not because he is really courting the man.
He is really courting the man.
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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.
Unluckily for Merlin, it was a love potion instead of poison, this time. -
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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 2 of But When He Walks In
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Merlin drinks a poison to save Arthur, but it has some horrifying effects