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i’m SORRY?? you’re telling me we were denied gwen serving this look?? who deleted this scene i just wanna talk

#reblogging again because !!!!!!!!!!!! #she looks sad but she doesn't seem bound by the stupid rules and expectations of camelot #she looks Confident #idk #i like that #more mature gwen who can stand on her own feet #also..... magic learning gwen? but that's another story

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bbc merlin - 03x10 Queen of Hearts

big plans important fate idiot duo reporting for duty

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he's everything to me

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3.09 Love in the Time of Dragons

#okay

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incorrect merlin quotes #11

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feeding into my merlin can do archery bs: i never knew this pic existed and my mind just- exploded. I mean imagine guys merlin doing archery IMAGINE IMAGINEEEE

i also made this a while back because i was delusional ⬇️⬇️ (not accurate posture)

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MORGANA PENDRAGON 4.05 ⋄ His Father's Son

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bbc merlin - 03x02 The Tears of Uther Pendragon II

i've said it once and i will say it again: the kindness in this show is as hated as magic. it's the parallel. it is the kindness in these characters that sets everything alight, the same fire that often follows those who use magic, haunting them. you can argue about rights and wrongs, but this is what it always ultimately comes back to. it's merlin's kindness that keeps him from blindly following fate. it's morgana's kindness that first allows her to taste that hatred, the one that's gonna settle deep within every inch of her softness. it's kindness that makes them fight and kindness that holds them back. it's the prayer and the song of the executioner. all of it, and i mean all of it, can be and is attributed to magic too. it's one in the same. it's love and it's hate. the dark and the light. the poison and the cure. it's everything.

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I think Merlin as Emrys is the chosen one, but the one chosen by him is Arthur

Who would you say is the Chosen One in BBC Merlin?

In Arthurian mythology itself, I'd say Arthur, as he's destined to be the Once and Future King, pull Excalibur out of the Stone etc. But in the BBC show, the focus is much more on Merlin and the crushing weight of his destiny under which he's crumbling, the choices and sacrifices he has to make. It is because of him that Arthur can become the king he is destined to be. For me, the Chosen One is the one who is predestined to do certain things, to do something heroic in order to achieve something, and the important thing is that he's the only one who can bring about whatever he's supposed to bring about. In my opinion, that would be Merlin here, not Arthur, since Arthur is more passive whereas Merlin is constantly working to fulfill his destiny and make the future he is supposed to bring come to pass. It's also important to note that Arthur doesn't KNOW that he has a destiny, which a Chosen One would.

So I'm wondering, in terms of the 'Chosen One', who would you say it is?

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Yadda yadda yadda that Reddit post about how he had no power to change anything yet everything is his fault

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bandit: *attacks merlin*

merlin: *hisses like a cat*

bbc merlin - 03x01 The Tears of Uther Pendragon I

sometimes we all need a reminder of: thank god this kid does actually have magic, because this survival method would get him nowhere fast

#hot btw

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KATIE McGRATH as MORGANA 𝕸𝖊𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖓 ⧽ 𝟏.𝟏𝟐 "𝔗𝔬 𝔎𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔤"

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anyway just a reminder for the myth lovers out there

king arthur was welsh. merlin was welsh. camelot was in wales. the lady and the lake she pops out of; welsh. excalibur; magic inanimate welsh object. etc.

on the way to see family, i drive past a lake that in which is welsh legend, is the last resting place of excalibur.

i’m just saying in my experience a lot of these legends had been so anglo-fied in the past and it’s like, all this cool shit is celtic welsh legend.

#always reblog

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MERLIN | 1.10 The Moment of Truth

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Magical orb that puts a crime count on everyone's head (while Arthur is king), counting the crimes based on the established laws. (Crime count in brackets)

Gwaine (127): this is an outrage

Arthur(3): I am as distraught as you

Gwaine (127): no, no. You don't get to say that! I've worked my whole life on this crime count and I've got less than THEM?

Merlin (847): *crosses arms* protecting Arthur comes with a cost. What I don't get.... Is THIS!!!!

Lancelot (1084): I can explain