#merlin fic idea

[star-rie]

you know what i want to see? powerful merlin with his staff, fighting alongside with arthur and excalibur. But just like excalibur, arthur has a part on making the staff, specially made for merlin.

and later swapping place ( i don’t have a picture for arthur 😭)

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[bellalunadreams]

Merlin Cinderella au 🫣

I’m not good at writing but, I think it would be really cute to have a Cinderella au with everything being the same (setting and Arthur being the prince wise)

It would take place when Merlin just comes to Camelot, and instead of living in the castle, Gauis has a house/healing center in the lower town.

I don’t think the evil stepmother and sisters would come into play. But it would just be Merlin coming to Camelot like in the show and becoming quick friends with people in the kingdom (huge ‘everyone loves Merlin’ believer)

Uthur wants Arthur to marry to continue the bloodline and to secure him as next in line to rule. So he holds a ball for all eligible (noble) suitors in the kingdom (suspended disbelief of Uthurs possible bigotry 💀)

Merlin wants to go cause he thinks it’ll be fun but he can’t since he’s not a noble. He goes looking through Gauis’s old magic books to find a spell to change his appearance and accidentally summons a fairy godmother.

He gets his disguise but it’ll only last till midnight so he makes the most of it and causes as much mischief as possible, when else is he ever gonna get an opportunity to get into the castle and get away with anything he wants with no repercussions? (No one will recognize him 😈)

Arthur is overwhelmed with everyone practically throwing themselves at him so he gets away to the gardens( or something of that sort)

There he spots Merlin setting up a prank or something. He questions what he’s doing and Merlin says something like “are you a snitch?”

Merlin and Arthur proceed to pull pranks on a bunch of the nobles and Arthur has the time of his life for the first time in forever. Merlin doesn’t treat him like the prince, he treats him like just some guy and Arthur loves it.

They settle down back in the gardens with them both in a fit of laughter after their last joke. One of them makes a comment about having not danced the entire night, the overbearing music of the hall muffled but the quiet of the garden they dance together under the moonlight.

Arthur makes a comment about not even knowing Merlin’s name when the bells chime for midnight.

Merlin’s eyes widen like saucers and he takes off, shouting apologies as he goes. And in his rush off his neckerchief snags on one of the flower bushes.

Arthur finds the neckerchief and swears he’ll find that mysterious man again.

Merlin makes it back to Gauis’s hut just in time as the spell wears off and passes out in bed

The next morning there’s a royal decree to find the man danced with the prince and lost his neckerchief getting away

I feel that Arthur would be really determined to find him. And he would know that Merlin was not a noble, no noble would behave the Merlin did.

Arthur would personally go through the whole kingdom, house to house if he had to.

I feel like they would meet again in a really funny way too. Like Merlin would be delivering something for Gauis and they would run into each other like how they met in the show.

As soon as Arthur would hear his snarky comeback he would know that it’s him lol

Arthur would propose to him on the spot with the neckerchief

And they would live snark-ly ever after

#if I had the time and I could actually write I would #this is such a cute idea #I would love to read this fic so much #something run with this #PLEASE #LMAO #bbc merlin #Merlin au #Merlin #Arthur #arthur pendragon #Merlin fic idea #fic idea #merthur #murther #merlin x arthur

[princess-of-morkva]

have you ever imagined a scenario where arthur is reborn in modern times and remembers everything. so he misses merlin very much and wants to find him again. and he does.

but merlin doesn't remember.

for whatever reason, really. maybe he was reborn after killing himself at some point, because he waited too long. maybe he erased his own memory because remembering was to painful. we don't know any if that.

only that arthur is now here and merlin looks at him, with no hint of recognition, and asks

"sorry, who are you?"

#bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin shitpost #merlin fic idea

[procrastinatorrex]

Pot bunny for you to adopt or release into the world to be adopted:

Arthur asks Merlin his opinion on magic. Maybe Merlin has a moment of bravery, maybe Arthur calls him on his bullshit. After all, Merlin was born outside of Camelot. So Merlin gives a partial truth.

Gaius is currently a physician. Merlin is learning from him. Gaius was a healer. He cannot teach Merlin, not without risking both of their lives. And Merlin cares about Arthur, about the knights. They lead dangerous lives, the job demands it. Medicine can only do so much, and Gaius turned to medicine to make up for what he lacked in power. He's knowledgeable, and he's also old. That knowledge could very well die with him.

And Arthur reads between the lines. Maybe he realizes Merlin can do magic, and was able to all along. Maybe he just decides to let Merlin try, since he is related to Gaius. If magic does run in families, Gaius was able to stop at his King's command so Merlin may be able to as well.

Maybe he allows medical use of magic and starts from there. Maybe he's still too wary of magic to do that, but he trusts Merlin and uses him alone as a trial run. Either way, Merlin feels he can breathe a little easier. Especially when Gaius teaches him a spell to minimize the damage of a concussion.

Ah! This is my first ever ask! That's so fun. Thanks for the plunnie, I'm happy to use it, and/or for others to adopt if they'd like to (so feel free to adopt this plunnie if you are reading this and interested!). I really like the angle of "magic is useful leave me alone", because it's true, and I think Arthur would be practical enough to realize that... though maybe after he got done being mad. I also think it's funny, the dynamic of "oh well, Merlin's only doing it a little bit, it's probably ok" and then whoops... he's the most powerful sorcerer ever... 😅

tbh I think you could even extend it a bit to the realization that Uther himself has been OK with magic when it served him (i.e. the castle being built with magic, Nimue, etc,) in the past. This is a very cool idea! I don't know that it's short enough for me to put a snip here for you, but I'll tag you if/when I write it up and add a link!

I'd probably do this as Merthur, H/C, and Partial Magic Reveal in the first or second season.

So, to conclude-- thanks for the ask! If you have any ideas you'd like to request that are shorter I'm happy to spin up a drabble, other than that I will use this plunnie if I can for sure! Cheers!

#merlin fic idea #merlin prompt #prompt

[justaz]

omg omg omg

arthur gives merlin his mothers sigil thinking that hes going to die and wants to finally tell merlin how he feels and what better way of conveying the intensity of his emotions and how serious he is other than marriage? merlin accepts the sigil which means theyre married!! yay!! only. they both survive and arthur QUICKLY realizes that merlin has no idea the significance of the sigil. he has no idea theyre married. and arthur has no idea how to tell him bc then hell have to explain WHY he gave him the sigil aka WHY HE PROPOSED and now that hes not staring death in the face. he just. cant.

blah blah blah time skip to happy ending

the druids invite arthur and merlin to a celebration of the unification of emrys and the once and future king and the fruition of their destinies. merlin and arthur are excited bc finally peace is here and magic is returning and this can be the next big show of trust and reconciliation between camelot and the druids and so theyre there in the druid camp having fun when theyre approached and asked to participate in the ceremony. theres a huge buzzing crowd watching as the elder druid ties their hands together and goes on and on about the magnificence of two men standing before them and their great destinies and how the two sides of the same coin are joined finally as the prophecy said all those years ago. merlin doesnt realize it was a handfasting ceremony until hes talking to a few of the druids later on

anyway. merthur accidental wedding(s). now they both know theyre married but they dont know the other knows theyre married bc different ceremonies and traditions and all that. arthur is all awkward about it bc hes emotionally constipated. merlin is convincing himself he doesnt have to bring it up to arthur bc its not like the DRUID marriage ceremony is legally binding in camelot. they didnt sign any papers or anything. theyre not really married in camelot so arthur doesnt have to know. and then merlin can selfishly keep this truth close to his heart. even if its not reciprocated.

married life shenanigans ensue. merlin and arthur both have to physically stop themselves from calling the other their husband. jealous spats when out in the tavern or when visiting royals/nobles stop on by. leon knows all and is this close to snapping. extra protective idiots. and idk someone catches merlin holding the sigil and explains the significance of it or a druid asks arthur where his husband emrys is and my boy is STRESSED about being caught but then the druid brings up the handfasting ceremony. stupid idiot x stupid idiot.

you see my vision, right?

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[the-pen-pot]

Not me sitting here thinking about writing a fic where we start with Arthur dying in Merlin's arms after Camlaan and it's all tragedy and then the magic rises and they both end up back at that first day, in the marketplace, Merlin with "How long have you been training to be a prat, my lord?" dying on his lips as they stare at each other, fascinated, horrified, so fucking relieved because they both remember ALL of it and none of it's happened yet and this time they can maybe make it to a different, better ending.

And they can do it together.

#Merlin #Merthur #Fic Idea

[regulusrules]

Insane Merlin AU

Hear me out, hear me out!

What if, instead of waiting for Albion's moment of greatest need, Merlin brings it upon them?

Like. After years of desperately waiting, Merlin would be like, “Arthur needs a catastrophe to wake up? Well, I'll do one.”

To the point of what if he is the one responsible for the destruction of Camelot?

And Arthur actually comes back then, only to watch in horror how Merlin turned, and it would be up to him to save Merlin this time

Holy shit

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[marcskywalker]

Obsessed with this idea of Arthur always being magic positive (or atleast magic neutral initially) and being against Uther's rule. The more he grows, the more protective he gets of Camelot and it's people. He tries to turn the other way, and let sorcerers escape whenever he can see that they've done no harm.

But he never realises that merlin is a sorcerer. In fact, he thinks merlin shares his father's opinion about magic, so he always tries to be discreet and hides the fact that he is saving so many sorcerers.

Till one day when Uther gets information that a 7 year old girl has been spotted doing magic in Camelot. He orders Arthur to find the girl and have her executed. Merlin, obviously, gets wind of this and goes to rescue the girl, only to find Arthur wrapping her in his cloak and trying to sneak her out.

Imagine Arthur getting on his knees, near tears, begging merlin not to turn the girl in, "Magic isn't always evil, Merlin. I promise you! Please she's just a girl, she shouldn't be punished for existing."

Merlin: 👁️👄👁️

#Arthur Pendragon #Merlin #Merthur #BBC merlin #Headcanons #Fic ideas #Prompt

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Anyone else think Merlin would prank Arthur by suddenly being really competent as a servant?

Like, acting like George only less kiss ass?

And he gets all the knights and Morgana and Gwen in on it to gaslight Arthur into thinking nothing is different?

Would Arthur think he’s plotting murder or enchanted? I can kinda imagine him being fine with Merlin planning to kill him, like “it’s Merlin. He probably has a good reason”

#bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin emrys #merthur #the knights of the round table #guinevere #good morgana #morgana #headcanon #fic ideas #i’m bad at tagging

[malsdia]

merlin fic where he accidently (or not) turns himself into a cat. decides he likes it a lot cause it gives him more freedom to move around and 'no thoughts head empty only meow' mentality. so he just goes around as a cat sometimes.

he also absolutely abuses the cat privilege to just knock shit off castle shelfs. stealing things from the castle kitchens. but most importantly absolutely annoying the fuck out of arthur whenever he's pissed off at him.

he will get into his chambers and bite him for no reason. steal food from his plate. arthur is confused as fuck and he cant really punish a cat. so he has just accepted that he has now developed a rivalry with a cat.

also, merlin as a cat is the sweetest to everyone else. he'll sit with gwen for hours and climb in her lap and purr. but the minute he sees arthur, it's like a switch is flipped. everyone else in the castle is Amused.

lancelot is the only one who knows its merlin btw. but he absolutely aids and abets merlin whenever he can. he will sneak him into arthurs chambers. or help him down from high places that merlin thought he could climb them but he actually couldn't so now he's stuck.

also, arthur sometimes confuses merlin with other stray cats. so he'll be seen looking at stray cats with suspicion and sometimes yelling at them with merlin laughing his ass off behind him

#criminal lack of merlin as cat fics btw #someone should fix that #bbc merlin #merlin #guinevere #arthur pendragon #lancelot du lac #fic idea

[star-rie]

merthur au where king arthur is tired that the women are crazy over him and the royal court is nagging him to marry so he turns to merlin instead:

Arthur: i need you to be my husband

Merlin (dropping plates on the floor): WHAT?

Arthur (who thinks this is brilliant idea): it’s simple logic merlin if you marry me, the court will back off and the women will be scandalized!

Merlin: arthur im a guy

Arthur: merlin what part of women will be scandalized did you not understand, plus merlin, have you actually heard of ‘homosexual royalties’ before?

Merlin: i don’t think so…?

merlin ended up being arthur’s husband for an indefinite amount of time

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[without-honors]

Merthur Idea (so feel free to ignore if you don’t wanna read all of this)

Can you imagine if like, in one of the MANY magical shenanigans Merlin gets into and thinks he has to go off and die for Arthur, Lancelot tells Arthur what Merlin plans to do?

Like say it’s some canon-divergent AU and Merlin is going to go off and fight some big bad or try and trade his life for Arthur. He says his goodbyes to everyone in the castle: Gaius, Gwen, Morgana, Gwaine, Arthur. He hopes Gaius gets the letter he wrote to his mother

And when Merlin says bye to Lancelot, Lance knows something is wrong. Knows Merlin’s keeping something from him and is worried immediately. It isn’t until Lancelot speaks to Arthur that he puts it together.

Arthur tells Lancelot about Merlin seeming weird to him too. Seeming too sincere, too nice before leaving to Ealdor for his ailing mother. Lancelot knows Hunith isn’t sick and realizes: Merlin’s gone on a stupid, idiotic journey to lay down his life.

Lancelot doesn’t tell Arthur of Merlin’s magic but does tell him that Merlin doesn’t intend on returning and is in fact planning to die so ofc our favorite Pendragon gathers all his knights and goes after Merlin.

As they’re traveling, Arthur is so upset by the last conversation he had with Merlin bc that moron actually planned to die and didn’t bother to tell him? Didn’t bother to let Arthur say goodbye and talk him out of this fool’s quest?

While on the journey, Arthur learns that this isn’t the first time Merlin’s done something stupid like this and wonders what else Lancelot knows that Merlin is keeping from him.

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[whydon-twego]

Arthur is used to the court, he is used to standing at a certain distance from his interlocutor, he is used to etiquette and protocols, to speaking in a certain tone of voice, to never lowering his eyes showing weakness and, as a result, he is used to servile people, to people who never respond to him in kind and to making do when something goes wrong and he would only need a hand on his shoulder because he would not dare ask for anything more.

Merlin is none of these things.

Merlin invades his personal space, responds to him in kind, hugs him when something goes wrong and reassures him with kind but firm words.

Arthur does not know why he expected Hunith to be something different, after all, Merlin must have taken after someone in the family.

Hunith, when Merlin decides to visit her and take Arthur with him because "you have to get to know my mother better!", bows on the first day and calls him sire.

On the second day, she already has him help in the kitchens and teaches him how to prepare a meal from scratch, not commenting on the fact that he doesn't even know how to mix a bit of flour and water and, indeed, resting a hand on his shoulder congratulating him when -Arthur knows- he has done the bare minimum.

On the third day, she hugs him.

Arthur holds her so tightly that he is sure he will hurt her, but he has never been hugged like this, not even by Merlin, and Arthur absolutely will not cry.

That night, lying on the bed on the floor with Merlin, Arthur hugs him and thanks him.

Merlin laughs and tells him he now expects a meal prepared from scratch from him.

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[bloby-876]

I REALLY LIKE the idea of Arthur, Gwen, and the knights coming back out of the lake without a Merlin there to meet them.

And they're like super confused (and soaking wet) and either a random pedestrian takes pity on them or they have to figure shit out on their own but either way they get accustomed to modern society eventually and one of them gets curious enough to look through history books.

At first, they're just learning about the past because it's interesting (and they want to find something about Merlin) and someone points out a particular painting that looks like the knights of the round table???

so they start paying a bit more attention.

And even though there aren't many photos for the older times, There's this interesting name that keeps popping up.. Emrys, I think it's called?

#merlin #bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #bbc arthur #immortal merlin #fic ideas #knights of the round table #merlin prompt #bbc gwen #merthur

[gaelic-holiday]

New fic idea: Merlin tells everyone he has magic right from the start, but no one believes him.

Arthur: How did you manage to bring me rolls that are still warm, Merlin?

Merlin: Magic, sire. (with a teasing grin)

Arthur: Haha, very funny, Merlin

Gwen: How did the poultice you gave me heal my father?

Merlin: Magic.

Gwen: You can tell me me the truth, Merlin. I know you're not foolish enough to use magic in Camelot.

Merlin: I really, really am.

Gwain: How do you keep not dying when we run into bandits?

Merlin: I use my magic to protect myself.

Gwaine: Lol, nice one, Merlin.

Leon: Hey Merlin, why are you reading from a book that looks like a book of sorcery?

Merlin: Oh, because I have magic and am studying spells so I can use it better.

Leon, laughing: If you say so, Merlin.

Percival: Hey Merlin, how do you get the fire started so quickly?

Merlin: Magic. Forbearn is a really easy spell.

Percival, laughing: Alright, fine. Keep your secrets, 'oh mystical sorcerer'.

Elyan: And where do you keep disappearing to, Merlin?

Merlin: Oh, just saving Arthur from whatever assasin or magical threat crops up this week!

Elyan, playing along: Oh really? And which was it when you missed going to the tavern with us?

Merlin, completely serious: Morgause sent a swarm of enchanted birds to try and rip out Arthur's heart.

Elyan: You have a strange sense of humour, Merlin.

Uther: And how, precisely, did you survive the encounter you've just described?

Merlin: I used magic.

Uther:...I have no idea why my son seems to like you so much. You're an idiot.

Arthur: Hey, he's my idiot. And my idiot is just the kind of person to joke about having magic to the king of Camelot.

Merlin: Why do you assume I'm joking?

Arthur: See what I mean?

Lancelot, the only person besides Gaiuss that actually knows about Merlin's magic: How on earth do you keep that a secret?

Merlin: I don't. I use magic in front of literally everyone, and no one believes me.

Lancelot: You're joking.

Merlin: I literally use magic to fill Arthur's tub in front of him every day, and he assumes I'm joking about having it.

Gaius, very distressed: Merlin, you really should be more careful with your magic.

Merlin, calls Arthur over: watch this trick!

Merlin, summons a glowing, clearly magic butterfly in front of Arthur: Isn't magic neat?

Arthur, patting Merlin on the shoulder: Like you could ever learn magic, Merlin. Make sure you polish my armor again, will you?

Merlin: Why, do you intend to use it as a mirror?

Arthur: *flips Merlin off and walks away*

Merlin: See Gaius? Perfectly safe.

Gaius:...

Merlin: If it wasn't so convenient for me, I'd be very worried about how unobservant our future king is.

#merlin #fic ideas #merthur #they're idiots your honor

[arthurpendragonssassydaggers]

“I love you” “it will pass” but it’s a Merthur magic reveal fic and Merlins “I love you” and Arthurs “it will pass ” because every time something this big was revealed the person revealed “stopped loving him”. (“Why are you still doing this”)

#bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin #merthur #merthur fic idea #By the end of the fic everything is okay and they talk it out #Because of course it doesn’t pass