#things i miss: merlin

[plumadesatada]

just remembered a fic on AO3 (or more likely LJ because it had that distinct late 00's experimental vibe) that appeared double-spaced oddly, in that some paragraphs would be spaced normally and others would have double or even triple spaces in between. it was about one half of the otp getting over the other's death (or coma, can't remember which), so all the comments were about how poignant the use of visual spacing was as a means to convey all the emotional holes in the character's life.

and then the author replied like... *giggle* guys it's NOT double spaced. try selecting the whole text

and we were all like "no WAY"

but we selected the text, and yes!!!

the "holes" in the story? they were actually lines and actions from the dead/coma character's ghost, rendered invisible to the eye by the simple trick of coloring the text the exact same as the background, revealed by nothing more than a click and a drag of the mouse

a story about the profound loneliness of losing your the partner of your life and having to make do without them, without anything to fill the holes they'd left behind, suddenly became a story about the profound helplessness of seeing someone you love suffer from your absence while you are right there, unable to do anything about it, unable to communicate that you love them enough to suffer unseen and unheard with them, just to keep them company they'll never know about

it was then that I truly realized how *superior* the digital medium is to plain printed paper, how the medium and the format can add to a story.

I think about that fic about once a year. I wish I could find it again

EDIT: FOUND IT!!!! UPDATE HERE

#probable fandoms for it (that I was in at that time): naruto Hikaru no go deathnote maybe? #definitely not Harry Potter or BBC merlin. I can't recall what else I was into back in 2008-2009 #God I miss those Fandom days. everyone was doing such NEAT things both coding and writing wise #fanfic #pretty sure it was LJ #UPDATE: IT WAS LJ AND THE FIC IS BBC SHERLOCK 🤮 #but still worth reading

[adhd-merlin]

merthur shippers are always like "tee hee I could take you apart with one blow :) do you know how to walk on your knees?? gay!" meanwhile merlin is going around casually dropping lines like "his life is worth a thousand of mine" and "I know him better than I know myself" and "magic isn't just a part of me it IS me. and of course I use it only for arthur"

#missing the forest for the trees i think #i need to make a list of top 5 insane things merlin has said about arthur. we need to make a poll #merthur #merlin #* #1k

[justaz]

merlin who grew up in a small village and only having one (1) friend growing up (will) and them two being thick as thieves and not making friends with anyone else so they have like no boundaries and they eventually begin to court without really knowing what they’re doing but just knowing that they’re super close and care for each other deeply but not being able to put a name to what they are. which in turn leads to merlin growing up thinking that like spending 24/7 together, holding hands everywhere you go, staring into each others eyes and at each others lips, cuddling at night even when it’s boiling hot, and kissing is normal in platonic friendships which leads to a LOT of misunderstandings and miscommunication when he gets to camelot.

#merlin x will #what’s their ship name #whatever #merlin completely missing gwen’s flirting in the early seasons #thinking him and lancelot are just really good friends despite the fact that they’ve kissed multiple times #thinking him and gwaine are BEST friends after spending the night in his room #(gwaine never correcting that bc he’s used to the whole one night stand move on kinda thing. he’s a fling queen.) #never questioning what the fuck is going on with him and arthur #merlin: i love all my very good friends :] #literally all of camelot: i’m in love with you #merlin emrys #bbc merlin #mergwen #merthur #mercelot #mergwaine #multishipper #merlin’s harem #oblivious merlin 🔛🔝 #arthur pendragon #sir gwaine #sir lancelot #guinevere #this is just adding on to my previous bbc merlin post LMAO #i just decided to post it separate

[whogirl42]

If I had a nickel for every time Katie McGrath played a character who... was adopted at a young age by a rich and powerful family with a prejudice against anyone not strictly human, (that she later rebelled against, wanting her abilities to be recognized as a force for good), had a brother who was the clear golden child who she was close with as kids only to later grow apart due to irreconcilable moral and political differences, had her adoptive father be revealed to be her biological father, had sapphic vibes with a woman who she was close with in her youth (who later went on to lead an empire) before an apparent betrayal soured the friendship, had a close friendship (with major romantic undertones from day 1) with someone who hid their special abilities from her, resulting in a massive feeling of betrayal and a turn to the dark side, discovered as an adult that a close female relative she never knew is in fact a witch - and that she is also a witch...

I’d have two nickels.

Which isn’t much, but it’s weird it happened twice

#Did I get everything? #Wasn't expecting the Gwen-Andrea parallel but here we are #I haven't actually watched SG since s2 so I might have missed some possible parallels with Sam Aries but I really just don't know who she is #Apart from being close to Lena and having some sort of evil alter ego #lena luthor #morgana pendragon #katie mcgrath #supergirl #bbc merlin #Going through my drafts and it's amazing the things I'm finding #Had completely forgotten about this one lmaooo #mine

[artsyitzy]

Merwaine

😃They're such great friends 😁

#merlin the series #bbc merlin #merlin #gwaine #mergwaine #merlin x gwaine #gwaine total had a thing for Merlin you can't convince me otherwise #they're besties your honor #or are they? #they total slept together #bisexual #bisexual gwaine #merlin prob thought of it once #they total kissed once #gay merlin #i love the gays #merlin 2008 #i miss them #how dare they kill him #merwaine #merwaine anyone?

[atdawn]

COLIN MORGAN as JOHN ARMSTRONG The Crown 3.04

#colin morgan #the crown #tvedit #smallscreensource #ee #gifs #he's cute in this episode i can't believe i watched the full thing just for him #also i sort of fell out of merlin for a while and totally missed him having a 'hot journalist' moment?? good for him

[nextstopparis]

I thought we were friends.

#i saw a tik tok slide show thing (idk) a while ago and it was a poem and this LINE #FUCKED ME UP. #anyway. i always thought that at least in That One Scene in 3.01 morgana was actually glad to be back #i do think for a moment she did get hit with how much she actually missed arthur #FOR A MOMENT #whatever. anyway #bbc merlin #pendragon siblings #merlinedit

[missingmoonflowers]

Personally, I love pretending all of my interests are all in one universe. Like yes, there’s two brothers and an Angel fighting monsters together while, not too far away, a friend group of kids tries to save the world from an evil dimension that’s the reverse of their world. And who are you to stop me from saying that in Maine, a very similar friend group is stopping an evil killer clown as we speak? May I add that in England theres a detective and his partner solving crimes while a Bentley races down the past the building they’re in on its way to stop the apocalypse? And don’t forget how in the past, there was a king and a warlock who helped the kings kingdom evade destruction even though magic was banned. Or how about the fact that right on over, and back to the present, in Japan there’s a group of five magical girls fighting witches to save the people of their city. Oh and don’t forget the reports of a strange telephone box back in England that appears through multiple points in history. Funny to think this is all happening in the same world and nothing can convince me it isn’t.

#supernatrual #spn #good omens #it movie #IT #bbc sherlock #sherlock #merlin #bbc merlin #madoka magica #puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #doctor who #dr who #I probably missed a few tags but eh #not even into IT really just thought it would be funny to add #OH SHIT I MISSED #stranger things #st #there we go knew I missed one

[theladyfae]

if only i could wake you up

if only i could fall asleep

i'll love you when the oceans dry

i'll love you when the rivers freeze

she calls me back – noah kahan

(click for better quality, do not repost)

#happy 10 years to the cruelest finale ever <3 it was such a lovely episode though i wouldn't change a thing <//3 #i cried making this its so :(( i miss them so much #bbc merlin #merthur #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #the diamond of the day #merlin fanart #fae draws

[ladyofthelake]

fuck me imagine what a merthur reunion would look like with how Bradley and Colin look now jsfadskfasdkfa

#like dayum bradders is buff af #and colin is like fine wine #I mean they were always beautiful <3 I love them as spring lambs #and miss bradleys crooked teeth #but gOD beardy merlin and beardy arthur do things to me #merthur

[emryswisdom]

HELLO!! I am June‼️‼️🗣️

this is obv a Merlin sideblog🥰🥰 main acc: @junebuggyyyy she/they pronouns please!!🫡

I also rlly like SPN(unfortunately), good omens, trolls movies lowkey, twilight, Percy Jackson although i have yet to read all of the books yet, and probs other things that I can't remember rn

I do ship merthur ofc, MORGWEN AS WELL🩷🩷🩷!!! mergwen is so serious to me and GWENLOT MY LOVE

#i am def missing things #i will update as i go🫡 #intro post #looking for moots #bbc merlin #bbcm #merlin emrys #camelot #merlin #merthur #bbc arthur #guinevere #bbc gwen #arthur pendragon #supernatural

[hurglewurm]

i watched almost human nine years ago,

#???????????????????????? #i remember i saw on the like. entertainment news #'this show got cancelled' #and i was like. cool. immediately watched all of it #NINE years ago????????? in twenty fourteen??????? #how old am i??????????????????? #alligates says things #i guess i also. watched merlin as it was coming out (think i started when ? s2 or s3 was airing) #unlike a lot of my friends. who watched all of it Recently #anyway man i used to watch shows #shows used to drop an episode a week. miss those days

[katnissgirlsmakedo]

I’M BACK!!!!

#yayyyyy they let me back in <3 #for those of you who missed it. i was briefly suspended for url hoarding #it was a whole thing. we had a bit of a vip only vibe going on on a sideblog last night #but i’m back just in time for the day i had planned to paint my nails and watch merlin #you’re gonna wish they kept me suspended later

[touhoutivations]

"You! Hey, yes you!" "Why aren't you dancing and jumping up and down with glee? Allow yourself some darn whimsy- wiggle your hands, go tippy tappy with your ankles, hum something, anything! You should never be ashamed of how you express joy, no matter how 'cringe' people make you think you are."

"So c'mon! I've got a new solo I wanna test out on this awesome swing piece I've been working on, so vibe and jive~! Now a-one and a-two and a five six seven eight!"

#merlin touhou #merlin prismriver #merlin prismriver touhou #mod yuyu #touhoutivations #i often forget just how much i miss stimming until i'm doing it and it brings so much joy to me #even if you can't do it the exact way you want- even just simple things like pedalling you feet back and forth to a rhythm #i used to do that to ghostly passenger hagberjhf- or even just drumming on a table when you're alone GOD it feels so good to do

[cupidsintern]

I just think Jonathan and Argyle get up to totally harmless but extremely hilarious hijinks. I think if they came across a lone safety cone they would simply leave it in the middle of the nearest road and die of stoned laughter every time a confused driver slowed down and drove ever so carefully around the thing. No harm, but total chaos. Oh also they are in love

#jargyle #this is a real thing me and my friend Jaime did lmao #JAIME IF UR READING THIS I MISS U HOW IS ENGLND #this post is made for merlin tho hi bestie

[loregoddess]

so I've been watching the KH Union Cross stuff (in order, thank goodness, this would be so confusing to piece together otherwise), and like, I knew enough about UX that the appearance of the foretellers at the end of KH3 wasn't confusing bc I knew who they all were, but getting the expanded, explained lore and I'm like okay, actually these weirdos in animal masks are pretty cool, glad to know they'll show up (presumably) in future games

also I'm glad that memorizing the Latin names for the seven deadly sins is finally paying off

#I'm still going to have to comb the wiki or something later to figure out some lingering questions #which I probably still have bc I got a condensed version of all the games for just the story content #so any weird bits of minor worldbuilding that occur due to like gameplay stuff I'd totally miss out on #or I just simply Don't Remember what something was when it was explained bc I was distracted by the outfit designs or something #(I am so distracted by character designs all the time and KH outfits are off-the-wall distracting) #but like overall actually the UX stuff is very interesting! #love to see that lack of communication and poor decision making is not just limited to the old men of the series #(except Merlin he's fine actually he's the only old man who does not seem to make poor life choices) #like wow so many issues might have been avoided if decisions were made differently #which I mean the story works great bc the tragedy is knowing that things could have been better but would never be #bc the characters wouldn't have made the decisions differently bc of their characterization #and UX being Oops All Prequels means it was fated to be tragic in some way or another bc like #you do not get the setting of KH w/out the tragedy of the first Keyblad War (and possibly other things?) #so like I'm fine with the characters making poor decisions bc it makes a good story but also Hot Damn #KH is just generations of mistakes and poor life decisions #and the kids are actually really doing their best at every turn even if they're against the absolute worst odds #and still the theme of the power of friendships persists...absolutely excellent #oracle of lore