16 Bookmarks by bog_mann
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"She doesn't question how he even knows about that — she is not even surprised that she is not surprised. She thinks about his question instead, and comes to no good answer.
"I don't know," she admits, "I don't think I had one."
Once, not even that long ago, she would have been reluctant to give such an answer; to show such a weakness. Not anymore though — not when it's Merlin. (He poisoned her; he should not be safe. He is.)
"I just wanted something better. For Gwen, for myself."
Merlin keeps looking out the window, down to the courtyard. It helps.
"You were angry," he says, "so was I." He takes a breath, calculates his next words. "I almost left you to it, you know," he admits, no shame in his voice, "it was Gwen that changed my mind." At this, he looks up, meets her eyes, and she sees herself mirrored in them; the frustration and the anger, but none of the vengeance.
"How?" She cannot help but ask."
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I've run out of reasons to defend myself for not doing proper summaries...
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- Part 1 of Sanctuary
Bookmarked by bog_mann
22 Feb 2026
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Despite all the supposed trips to the tavern none of the knights have seen Merlin drunk. They decide to rectify that. A poor decision, really.
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- English
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- 9,704
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- 2/2
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- 837
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18 Feb 2026
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Merlin and Leon are Courting (According to Gwaine) by localspacearo
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
12 Feb 2024
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Merlin and Leon have been getting really close lately, and Gwaine is suspicious
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- Part 3 of Immortal Besties Merlin & Leon
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14 Feb 2026
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the pale morning sings of forgotten things by habituallywastingtime
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
19 Dec 2025
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It’s a daily battle, reigning in his magic.
But there is something wrong with his magic and there is something wrong with Merlin.
As Merlin finishes working the buckles on Arthur’s armor, he feels a creaking in his bones.
The moment Balinor’s pulse finally stilled on the forest floor, Merlin’s magic changed. No longer is his magic a flower waiting to bloom in his cupped palms, it’s an animal backed into a corner waiting to sink its teeth into the ones who put it there. The mutt at his feet has lost its patience.
There’s a flint being struck under his skin, generating sparks, seeking dry brush to ignite and swallow in flame.
Merlin is terrified.
He isn’t a seer, never mastered the art of scrying, but even he knows something is looming over the horizon.
or Merlin’s Dragonlord powers let him shift into a dragon, things go to shit, and then there are more dragons.
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- Part 1 of the dragon's roar
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- English
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- 124,411
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- 16/16
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25 Jan 2026
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Audrey Buford has never seen an odder couple in her thirty years of being a real estate agent.
Or: After Arthur’s return, Merlin and Arthur try to find a house; but homes are hard to come by, especially when you’re not really sure what you’re looking for.
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- Part 2 of we had once; now we have the future
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05 Jan 2026
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what some circumstance stole by Chrome
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
04 Sep 2024
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For a magic-user intent on siphoning pain for power, both Hob Gadling and Edwin Payne represent unique opportunities. United in dire circumstances, a man incapable of dying and a boy long dead forge an unusual friendship--and try to survive the experience.
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“When you died,” Hob said. “How old were you?”
“Sixteen.”
“That,” Hob said, “Is awful.”
Edwin shrugged. “Life is, I’m afraid,” he said.
“Can be wonderful, too,” Hob said. “I promise.”- Language:
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- 8/8
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Bookmarked by bog_mann
19 Dec 2025
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“You’re the clumsiest excuse for a servant I’ve ever met!” Uther bellowed across the room, and everyone looked nervously at Merlin.
“Yes, Arthur says I have the elegance of a newborn lamb.”
Or…
Merlin becomes Uther’s manservant for a week.Series
- Part 1 of The King’s servant
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10 Oct 2025
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There's a man that goes to the library Luz works in.
He takes the spiders that crawl in the walls or rest on the books carefully between his hands, and takes them outside. He wears colorful clothes and brings flowers to decorate the library.
She would look at him, at his long skirt, at his short t-shirt and the flower crown the kids made for him and wonder if he escaped one of the fairy tails he reads.
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- English
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- 4/4
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07 Oct 2025
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Season 5 AU. Merlin gives Mordred a chance. Mordred wants to please Lord Emrys. A slow and very rocky road to friendship or at least understanding. Merlin is a God! What happens when Arthur finds out exactly who his manservant is?
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- English
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- 29/29
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20 Sep 2025
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Merlin, feeling so many things he can't make sense of, leaves to clear his head. He gets lost in the beauty and wonder of nature and loses all sense of time as he wanders among the woods and animals.
The wolves he's with want to show him something strange, and he follows. He finds hordes of people around a strange tower in snowy lands where he meets an unusual blue creature that talks to him in his mind. Having been surrounded by animals so long, Merlin has forgotten what speaking normally or telepathically feels like and stumbles over words and phrases that feel unfamiliar.
Gwaine convinces him to return to Camelot even briefly.
Merlin likes Gwaine and decides that he will be his.
He speaks to the gathered people in the council chambers briefly before retreating back to the woods with his partner happily in tow.
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- Part 2 of Leaving Camelot
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07 Sep 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
- Chapters:
- 9/9
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- 638
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20 Aug 2025
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Bookmarked by bog_mann
09 Aug 2025
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This is a series based on BBC Merlin.
It's about Merlin's magic and his relationship with Arthur. In as many different ways as I can imagine.
The knights and servants and other characters will also have many appearances. But the main focus will be on Merlin and Arthur.There is no need to read the stories in any order or all of them at all. Each story is it's own idea. They can be read separately.
#Ilovemagic
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Bookmarked by bog_mann
07 Aug 2025
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As Arthur dies in Merlin's arms at Camllan he confessed the love he's held close to his heart all this time. In his shock Merlin doesn't say it back, until it's too late. His grief shakes the earth, claws the sky, and tears reality asunder. For the first time in his life he holds nothing back and in his soul he has one desire. A second chance.
His magic complies.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 117,890
- Chapters:
- 25/25
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- 505
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04 Aug 2025
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"With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not." - S. Gruen
where arthur slowly comes to figure out who merlin truly is— a liar.
(but he loves him anyway)
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- Words:
- 106,951
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- 16
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- 214
Bookmarked by bog_mann
02 Aug 2025
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Me @ Merlin Writers: What if You Didn't Murder My Favorite Characters? by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle
Fandom Merlin (TV)
05 May 2020
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This is just me being salty and writing a bunch of AUs where certain characters survive and are awesome later on in the series (none of them are related). They all have some sort of relationship with Arthur. Here's What I got so far and an updated version of what is officially coming.
- Balinor Lives: Returning the Favor
- Gwen and Merlin’s Friendship Lives: Loyalty before Royalty
- Will Lives: In Which Arthur Lets a Sorcerer Live and Regrets It
- Freya Lives: The Prince Who Cried Witch
- Lancelot Lives: Calling the Middle Man
- Uther's Redemption Arc Lives: Fool Me Once
- Hunith's Relevance in the Show Lives: Exceptionally Exceptional
- Ygraine Lives: The Only Rules that Apply to Rulers
- Alator Lives: The Salt of the Forsaken
- Aithusa's Potential Lives: 10 Reasons Not to Fight a Dragon (a Guide by Arthur Pendragon)
- Deagal Lives: The Servant's Apprentice
- Mordred Being Good Lives: Guarding the Guardian
- Gwaine and Merlin's Love Lives: Needless to Say
- Elyan Lives: (Not Written Yet)
(cont. in notes bc i ran out of txt space lol)- Words:
- 181,630
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- 13
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- 2,226
Bookmarked by bog_mann
02 Aug 2025