#he only reconsidered coz someone else had to suffer for his ignorance

[tiodolma]

Arthur: "What do you think Merlin, should magic have a place in Camelot?

Merlin, who has listened to Arthur make a valid case on how his life and kingdom are always threatened by magic; Merlin, who still keeps seeing sorcerers arrested and burned just for existing inside Camelot; Merlin, who's close friends who are all politically powerful regularly call sorcerers as "fanatics", "heretics", "deranged", "desperate" and "dangerous"; Merlin, who'd been told over and over again that his worries are "merely superstition" and "nonsense"; Merlin, who'd been mocked for having "funny feelings"; Merlin, who has seen Arthur steadfastly uphold his father's policies that All Magic is Evil; Merlin, who have been told repeatedly by major magic institutions that Mordred would murder the King; Merlin who has had first hand experience of prophetic visions always coming true; Merlin, who has chosen Arthur's safety over everything else, even over Merlin's freedom: "There can be no magic in Camelot."

#the disir #bbc merlin #bbc arthur #bbc camelot #merlin crit #arthur crit #on camelot #merlin was already set up to answer like that ffs #i cant fcking blame him #when arthur only defers to magic when hes at a disadvantage #and i hate how merlin blames himself for that answer #Arthur's mind was already made up before he answered that question #he only reconsidered coz someone else had to suffer for his ignorance #a member of his own court got him to Move jfc #he would never developed sympathy for magic with the way the disir pushed him into a corner lol #in the first 4 years of arthur's reign camelot is not safe for anyone with magic periodt #the bigotry runs too deep