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arthur, to me, is the most tragic merlin character. he is betrayed by everyone he is close to. his whole family. uther was such a bad father to him, morgana went against him, agravaine was never with him. even merlin lied to him. all he tried to do was his best, yet he constantly felt like he was failing. he felt like he had to push people away, that he couldnt let them in. his life was cut short before he could show people who he was.

yes, merlin lost everyone, but he knew the whole time. he knew what was happening, he was able to try and stop it. arthur didnt know. he wasnt told a lot of things. people kept him out of their decisions.

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now cry

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Sir Lancelot, in a way, is like the male version of Dame Igraine.

Dame Brisen basically acts like Dame Elaine's version of Merlin.

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the point is that arthur starts out as very potentially similar to uther even though there is already kindness in his heart, and then develops to grow further and further away from him, while morgana starts out as very potentially different from uther even though there is already ruthlessness in her heart, and then develops to grow more and more like him. in this essay i will –

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you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

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I MEAN….

GUYS GUYS IS HE WEARING ARTHUR'S GLOVES????!!!

So Leather fades and it can fade to a brown colour and as good care as Merlin would take of these gloves 1500 years is gonna take its toll (and why the thumbs/fingers have holes)

LET ME HAVE THIS OKAY

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if mordred has one hater its me

#ALL THE HOMIES HATE MORDRED

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call his pussy british the way that I’m innit

#Gaius and Merlin #merlin is in the well btw #king arthur #arthurian legends #sir lancelot du lac #arthurian lit #arthur and merlin #arthuriana #sir kay #gawain #arthurian literature #bbc merlin

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The Guardian and The Warden.

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welcome to the bbc we only have a dozen actors and they're all in both merlin and doctor who (/torchwood)

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Oh Gawain <3

This came to me in a vision and I had to draw it or I would explode. I honestly don't have an explanation enjoy

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Maybe he's not the best, the biggest and the bravest of knights, but the lady of his heart gave him this wreath, and for her he is the best.

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merthur shipper 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"

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I remember reading meta on how gwen is better for arthur than merlin because she and arthur share love for camelot while merlin only cares about Arthur's wellbeing and it got me thinking about morgwen. gwen is the most selfless person in the series. she's forgiving, very rarely gets mad, she says that she wouldn't wish uther dead because what would it change and then cares about him for arthur. she cares strongly about the kingdom. thorough the series arthur merlin and morgana all have desires to leave camelot and the burdens behind. arthur wants a farm, merlin to run away with freya, morgana with druids. has gwen ever expressed that? even as queen?? it's funny that in the end she's the one sitting on the throne lol

and it's true she's better for king arthur than merlin because merlin coddles him too much, loves him too much to let arthur reach his potential. (also isn't that what morgana would want.. for a man to love her so much... lol)

and this brings me to morgwen because morgana IS 'selfish'. she wants to be angry, to punish, to have someone stand by her no matter what and share her anger and assure her she's not alone and will be safe. she will stand by those close to her no matter what but she expects the same in return and I'm not sure gwen would give it to her, because gwen is Good and morgana needs someone to stand by her even if she's the farthest thing from good. gwen loves arthur and lancelot for their nobility, loves arthur for the king he will be - brave, strong, courageous, selfless, upholder of laws, protector, carer of the people. and morgana doesn't feel like those things. she's scared, secretive, manipulative, orchestrated uthers murder in s1 already, and while kind her love for herself becomes stronger than for the people of the kingdom (understandable as she believes they would want her dead).

their relationship would be very volatile because they would disagree with each other's values and methods too much. merlin says he could never be like morgana, but they're very similar (if only merlin wasn't brainwashed by gaius and killi and decided morgana - sorcerer defender - is the pendragon worth fighting for..) . gwen is truly on the opposite side of the spectrum from them both.

morganas turn on gwen suddenly makes so much sense because the one person who's been with her through so much and who you could always count on before was destined to marry your perfect golden boy brother and with morgana not part of the vision it's not difficult to imagine they both would turn away from her now that she wasn't the perfect kind selfless king's ward but a sorceress with an agenda and desires for herself.

no point confronting them about it and risking her plan when she already knows them enough to be sure about this

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Meet my Dragons This little prince should be man enough to be his beloved warlock’s boyfriend? Not to mention that he is too tiny to be the Once and Future King who weights such a big destiny on his shoulders. Kilgharrah is not convinced yet…

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they were confreres in christ