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Everyone he trusted with his secret – Will, Freya, Balinor, Lancelot, and now Gaius – was gone. Arthur would never bring magic back to the land, and he would never let Merlin stand at his side the way Merlin had hoped he would. It was a cold awakening, years of baseless faith dashed against the fraying tapestry that destiny had made Merlin sew into his own skin, but an awakening nonetheless.
Merlin is shaken out of his obsession with destiny and his blind faith in Arthur. Arthur just wishes he knew how to get his closest friend back.
(For Merthur Angst Week 2021 Day 7: “No. You don’t get to talk.”)
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27 Apr 2026
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During a trip to Forest Sauvage, Merlin learns of a plot to overthrow Arthur and bring war to the five kingdoms; and Arthur learns that Merlin has magic.
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27 Apr 2026
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Merlin escapes from Morgana before she can heal him or implant the Fomorroh, leaving him lost and injured in the middle of the forest. By the time Arthur and Gwaine find him he is sick and exhausted, but on the way back to Camelot he manages reveal something shocking - he knows who the traitor in Camelot is, and that they are in league with Morgana.
But will Arthur believe him? And what will he do with this knowledge?or
An alternative plot for s4e6 - A Servant of Two Masters, where Merlin doesn't get healed or brainwashed and remembers Agravaine brought him to Morgana. Also the classic magic confession and Merlin being our favourite self-sacrificing idiot.
Pre-slash but gen if you squintSeries
- Part 1 of Defiance
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27 Apr 2026
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Remember when Morgana hired a 14-year-old (Daegal was his name) to lure Merlin into a ditch for her to poison him? And then the kid has a change of heart and helps Merlin and dies at the end of the episode? All this while the guy who held Morgana and Aithusa captive is chilling at a feast with Arthur?
What if Daegal decided to help Merlin by finding Arthur? What if that evil dignitary died instead?Or: Percival has one (1) thought, Morgana and Gwen are complicated, Gaius has a help wanted sign in the window, and Arthur is so glad he knows about at least two plants.
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04 Apr 2026
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Merlin is magic, and iron hurts magical creatures.
How did Arthur not catch that before!A study in the lengths Arthur will go to confess in every way but with words.
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04 Apr 2026