#I love arthur pendragon so much

[ispaintingcalmly]

“The people believe in you Arthur, but it counts for nothing if you don’t believe in yourself” — Merlin

“Merlin should take some of the credit, turns out he’s not always entirely stupid.” — Arthur

#i had so much fun drawing this #the scene looks so serene #and i love these quotes from the show lmao #merlin fanart #impressionism #artist on tumblr #digital art #painting #impressionist #merlin #merlin emrys #merlin bbc #bbc merlin #arthur fanart #arthur pendragon #king arthur #knight of the round table

[ncoley]

fellas does your boyfriend ever feel a little sad so you create an elaborate story that makes him think he's the chosen one from ye olde prophecies and you have everyone he's ever known stand around and clap for him

#bbc merlin #merthur #so i just watched sword in the stone pt 2 and this post is literally merlin #this boy loves his bf soso much #ignore the fact that arthur literally marries a woman 15 minutes later in the episode #arthur pendragon #author is the most specialest boy though i would also do this

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

The Ealdor episode is so fucking wild. Like, Merlin hears his village is in trouble and his mom is having a tough time so he’s like ok bye I’m going home forever and Arthur is like…. wait you're never coming back? So his besotted ass just follows him there. Like he's the ONLY heir to the throne and he says nothing to his father, just leaves in the middle of the night to go to some random village that isn't even a part of his kingdom. He goes up against a bunch of ruthless bandits with a village full of utterly untrained fighters just cause he wants to bring Merlin home I'M

#gay ass episode I swear #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merthur #merlin x arthur #arthur x merlin #ya'll always talk about how Merlin would do anything for Arthur #but Arthur would also literally do anything for merlin #merlin doesn't even ask for his help #Arthur just can't bear the idea of never seeing Merlin again #ACTUALLY THERE'S NO CONFIRMATION THAT MERLIN WOULD EVEN COME BACK WITH HIM #he just loves him so much

[godmerlin]

#bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merlinedit #merlingifs #merthuredit #colin morgan #bradley james #merthur #my gifs #arthur truly thought he'd make merlin feel better his little expressions i love him so much <3 #i love them BOTH so much <33

[thelotusarchives]

Arthur doesn’t leave the house without his emotional support manservant (warlock)! ❤️💙

#Merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #arthur pendragon #arthur x merlin #Art #they’re my scrunklies and I love them so much hehe

[chronicowboy]

devastated myself with thoughts of arthur, gwen and merlin raising a little girl as heir to the throne. you know gwen would be so excited when she met her, and she'd be such a good mother i literally can't think about it too much or i'll die but she'd teach her how to be kind and compassionate but never ever take anyone's shit. and arthur. well arthur's scared at first because he doesn't really get girls (or that's what he hides behind when actually he's just terrified he doesn't know how to be a father) like morgana could swordfight but she was still what he considered "girly", so what does that mean? but he loves her desperately, she's his pride and joy, so of course he gets the blacksmith to make her a little sword for her tiny hands and starts teaching her how to fight. maybe it ends in silly games half the time because she's just a kid and arthur never really got to be one but it's fun and it's perfect and it's happy. merlin watches from the sidelines fond and proud and so full of love he can barely breathe with it. when she gets a little older arthur starts letting her train with the knights so she can learn different fighting styles and they all let her win when she starts looking tired and they die very dramatic deaths just to make her giggle. and merlin. merlin would quite literally make mountains fall to make that little girl happy. he performs every trick she asks and takes her to meet aithusa at least once a week and maybe even teaches her a spell or two. and arthur watches this from the sidelines so fond and proud and full of love that he aches and he wonders how he ever thought this was evil - how he ever thought merlin wasn't this man who would conjure butterflies with the snap of his fingers just to see a little girl smile. and do you see it? how the power throuple of camelot becomes The parenting unit of all time?

#sami rambles #she's called morgan... #also bonus points if she actually is magic and merlin teaches her and arthur freaks out about it so much bc like. ingrained biases. #but two of the people he loves most have this special gift so really how could it ever be evil #ANYWAY #i just think gwen and arthur and merlin would make a fantastic parental unit and i want to cry #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #guinevere #merthur #gwenthur #merlin x arthur #merlin x arthur x gwen #gwen x arthur #mergwenthur

[marcskywalker]

no but arthur gaslighting everyone and their mother to believe that merlin doesn't have magic is so KSGFKJDKV

and it's not even on purpose. It's just because arthur believes in merlin so much; trusts his loyalty and the goodness of his heart.

Even when he catches merlin doing shady (shady AS FUCKKK) shit, there is never any serious questioning or doubt. They'll banter and be nosy about each other, but there is never any serious interrogation on what merlin is doing or what he's hiding.

and then, because he believes merlin so much, he goes and convinces everyone else (his knights, his father, his court members) to have trust in merlin as well. not just that, he actively berates anyone who doubts merlin?????

every time I remember dotd where arthur says "you don't have magic, merlin. I would know" there is legit a physical pain in my chest and stomach that I can't stand WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK

#bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin #merthur #meta #I LOVE how much faith arthur has in merlin #and even in general arthur is someone who has a lot of faith and is loyal to a fault #but I LOVE IT when that loyalty is pointed towards merlin #I'm insane about them actually #AND THEY'RE INSANE ABOUT EACH OTHER #even merlins steadfast believe in arthur; that arthur will always do the right thing #it's so KJGSDFBDD #wtf is wrong with them

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 4.05 His Father’s Son

#merlin #arthur pendragon #bbc merlin #merlingifs #ee #gifs #m #arthur #405 #i cannot stress enough how much i love this episode and the way they are in it #merlin is so caring :(

[young-artist-ai]

Idk if you take requests but if you do could you please do murther sketch’s of Merlin falling asleep in Arthur’s bed while he’s supposed to be cleaning Arthur’s chambers and Arthur finding him and thinking Merlin looks so cute that he just tucks him in instead of shouting at him to wake up.

I do not know what exactly you meant, but I did something. I planned one sketch, but somehow it turned out to be a comic.

I hope you like it!

#i love them so much #little kittens #Merlin #merthur #merlin bbc #art #fanart #comic #art on tumblr #merthur art #Merlin fanart #merlin x arthur #arthur pendragon #merlin emrys

[weaponizedducks]

the merlin ending is so heartbreaking. arthur is discovering for the first time exactly who merlin is. morgana is tightly holding on to her last shred of hope, realising all of her efforts were in vain. gwen waits for a husband who will never come home, and camelot waits with her. gwaine dies for nothing, in percivals arms, and percival watches. arthur feels he's been lied to for ten years, and merlin thinks he hates him. morgana dies alone, unloved. we as the viewers are given the last shred of hope, the miniscule belief that he might just lives, but it is in vain. merlins efforts, his life, his destiny, is in vain. he has failed. Arthur dies anyway. gwen and Leon and percival and merlin are the only originals left. merlin spends the rest of his life and many more waiting for arthur, and that is how it ends. on a positive so faint it can barely be heard. it ends with a broken queen and a grieving kingdom and a failed sorcerer and a dead king. it ends, centuries later, with arthur gone and merlin waiting

#morgana does NOT die unloved I love her so much #but srsly I'm in tears #why the fuck would the BBC do this #gotta fucking bone to pick with the bbc #no actually I do love the ending #it's so tragic it means people will talk about it #it's horrible and heartbreaking and tragic and real #merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #arthur pendragon #blue rewatches merlin #blue analyses things

[echoesofcamelot]

Never over how happy and carefree Arthur looks when he is with Gwen and Merlin.

Look at him he is glowing! You can tell he doesn't need anything else. He has his whole world with him.

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BONUS: Merlin and Gwen reading him like an open book

#I haven’t seen him this happy in a long time Merlin please 😭 #but he is right #we only get to see arthur this happy in moments like these #when it’s just the three of them #when he is with his two favourite people in the world #HE LOVES THEM SO MUCH #and they make him feel complete #and it is canon! #time to cry for them again I guess #insane show insane #ot3 #mergwenthur #merlin #arthur pendragon #guinevere #bbc merlin

[deadpools-left-arm]

so arthur looks at merlin like this EVERY EPISODE and people still don't believe they're in love????

#i love arthur so much #merlin bbc #merlin 2008 #arthur pendragon #merlin x arthur #bbc merlin #seriously like today i saw a pinterest comment that said “stop shipping them they're best friends” #SHUT UP THE SHOWRUNNER SAID THEY'RE IN LOVE #and anyway look at them #fully two men in love

[arthurpendragonsass]

yk there's a lot of talk about the way merlin is practically a god but lives as an unassuming servant, and seeing this surprises druids/other magic users. i wanna see kind of the same thing happen to arthur with the people of his kingdom. we know arthur so intimately, from merlin's pov, but i wanna see him as a living legend. stories of his valor spreading across land, blown out of proportion and missing details. “the prince slayed the great dragon and gifted its head to the king!” “some say the goddess blessed him when he was born, when she took the queen back. how else does one survive an attack by a questing beast?” “he held out his hand and the sword stuck in solid stone flew to him! iwan says meredith’s aunt saw it herself!” “the word has come, king arthur defeated annis’ champion—a giant of a man!” old men discussing arthur’s policies, comparing them with those of previous rulers, and being glad that it's him on the throne “finally, a good fucking king.” people having faith that their ruler is generous and fair and can be approached in times of need, and having the comforting knowledge that he would do his best to help because that's what he did with the other village last year! young boys dreaming to join his army and young girls daydreaming about a fairy tale ending with him (or vice versa, obv). just... arthur of his people.

what I'm saying is i want an outsider pov character study of arthur pendragon king of camelot. hope that helps

#like give me a kid from one of those outlying villages #they've heard so much about their king and fiercely adore him #they come to camelot..for trading purposes? bringing arthur a gift? or simply for a chance to see him #and when they do‚ they realise arthur is flesh and bone just like the rest of them #except his golden heart that is‚ in liz’s gorgeous words‚ big enough to fit his entire kingdom. #and for that person arthur goes from a disembodied idol to a real hero #and their love for him *solidifies* #sigh idk man #i just want to see the world sing his praises #(while he's busy tracking down his idiot manservant bc does he expect him to dress himself??!?) #arthur pendragon #aka the loml #bbc merlin #also if there are fics like this already you know what to do<3

[sherlockruiningmylife]

What is currently killing me about merthur is the whole Merlin fell first but Arthur fell harder. Because if this is true (which I fully believe it is) and Merlin was so so broken over Arthur's death. And waited dutifully and solemnly for 1500+ years. Then just imagine, imagine (!) what Arthur would have done if Merlin died. Broken wouldn't begin to describe it. He would have raged and torn the world apart to bring him back. If Merlin turned dark in s5 trying to prevent the end, then imagine how dark Arthur would become if he lost Merlin. Nothing, I mean nothing would have stopped him from bringing Merlin back.

#if anyone has fic recs plz lmk #also #i am all behind the merlin being immortal #even before the crystal cave #but i like the angst #and thinking about just how much arthur feels #his love is so strong #but it would blind him #as it blinded merlin #merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #arthur pendragon #all the angst #merthur fanfic

[stevenslittleshop]

Constantly stuck between “Arthur and Merlin were still just boys, they were best friends with the whole world against them” and “they were in LOVE. They were ROMANTICALLY ATTRACTED to each other”

#and I mean #one doesn’t exclude the other #the two can co-exist #and I love them so much #and either way they loved each other #merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #arthur x merlin #bbcm #merlin x arthur #camelot #arthur pendragon #bbc merthur #merlin headcanon

[onceandfuturelesbian]

time travel merthur fics

- once and future by taketheshot

- a glimpse into the future by fahrenheitlove

- golden age by supercalvin

- unweave a rainbow by midnightlefay

- we’ll be a fine line (we’ll be alright) by merlinemrys (divineauthor)

- not our first time around by seravia

- time, mystical time by andiwriteordie

- i stepped out of time and landed in your lap by surrenderdammit

- the prick of a finger in exchange for a rose by 3ckster

- let’s do the time warp (hopefully not again) by justalittleobsessed

- long live the king, the priestess and the warlock

- time and time again by deansbrokenheart

- déjà vu by elirwen

- the time warp by p_peaches

- time’s arrow by schweet_heart (series)

- if i’d only known by albusgellertalways

- did i ever tell you that i have a quilt named wilt? by katasstrobee

- restart by plant_night

- albion: does not compute (plutonia’s birthday bash round robin) by little_dhampir, moonflower999, nebula5030, orphan_account

- stranded by fluffssnowflake (theyneeddrying)

- merlin is almost wise by lindsey_kkay

- past imperfect by thehoyden

- no more fucks to give by merlioske

- truthful dreams by scatteredmerlin

- would you wait for me by noel803

#i love this trope so much #if anyone has any recs lmk #bbc merlin #merlin #merthur #arthur pendragon #bbcm #merthur fanfic #fanfic #merlin fanfic #onceandfuturelesbian fic recs #time travel #merlin fanfic rec #merthur fanfic recommendations #update