#merlin gaius

[dollopheadedmerlin]

I am forever grateful that they gave Gaius a lil BAMF moment in the last two episodes of Merlin. He showed up in Merlin's room with a damn shovel (why did he have a shovel???) And just punted that lil slimy punk across the room and beat it till it stopped moving. That thing ate Merlin's magic but Gaius just pummels it with not even a little bit of a spell what an icon

#mine #merlin #gaius #merlin gaius #bbc merlin #bbc merlin gaius

[daisymintt]

Arthur: Yeah, Gaius hasn't talked to Alice since the Great Purge.

Gaius: All right.

Merlin: Wait, you haven't talked to her in 60 years?

Gaius: It's been… I'm not that old, Merlin.

Merlin: Aren't you, though?

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[emrys-merlin]

The best BURNS in the series.

#bbc merlin #merlin #merlin bbc #arthur pendragon #Morgana Pendragon #Nimueh #merlin gaius #kilgharrah #uther pendragon #sorry i can't hate kilgharrah #i love that little shit lol #poor gaius anyway #merlin season 1 #merlin season 4

[incorrect-batfam-quotes-mostly]

#merlin memes #knights of the round table memes #knights of the round table #knights of the round table incorrect quotes #merlin #merlin bbc #sir leon #sir gwaine #sir elyan #sir percival #sir lancelot #arthur pendragon #lady morgana #merlin gwen #merlin gaius

[alannacouture]

I’m gonna go with… Hmm, this is tricky 🤔

NOT MY EDIT

#merlin #merlin bbc #bbc merlin #merlin edit #merlin memes #merlin text post #gaius #merlin gaius #richard wilson #alannacouture

[skatesfullofsunshine]

The whole line, “You never cease to amaze me,” that Gaius throws out in episode one, The Dragon’s Call, had me thinking. From what I gather, Gaius is Hunith’s older brother, so she’s probably mentioned his nephew’s antics before in prior letters, like the one we first see her writing and him reading in the pilot episode. Given all of that, it’s possible by the time the events of The Dragon’s Call happens, Gaius is well aware of Merlin’s penchant for trouble. With all of that in mind, the dialogue makes a lot more sense to me, now. 

#Merlin #Merlin BBC #Merlin Gaius #Merlin Hunith #Hunith #Gaius #BBC Merlin

[sauronbo]

Me who's been enjoying my own quiet little corner of Tumblr reblogging Merlin content, fanart, and posting RP stuff for years, welcoming the new Twitter users:

Yes, Twitter is Uther in this case. 😂

#muskpocalypse #twitter vs tumblr #elon musk #merlin #I'd put text on the gif if only I knew how #merlin gaius #uther pendragon #twitter migration #rewatching Merlin in 2022

[crack-canon]

If Uther Pendragon hates magic, he’s a racist against unicorns so I offer you this

Kirin Merlin disguised because there’s no other Kirin’s aside from Balinor

In his disguised form, Merlin gets big ol floppy ears and a “fur” patch on his nose from his scales

Uther only ever saw one dragon lord so he didn’t know much about the prominent features

Camelot would probably consist of

-Mules

-Donkey

-Bovine like

-earth ponies and huge work horses are the majority

Druids would probably be

-Deer/Elk

-Unicorns of course

-and any pony that have managed to learn any other form of magic without horns/antlers

#merlin giaus #Merlin gaius #Merlin bbc #my art #MLP #uther pendragon

[that-nerd-who-writes-fanfiction]

Remember that one time Merlin called Arthur a toad then said magic was outlawed so he’d never turn into a handsome prince?

What if he kept doing that casually, as his way of showing Arthur magic can be useful.

For example:

Arthur: do you ever wish there was a way to start fires without needing to gather firewood?

Merlin: there is. Your father outlawed it.

Arthur: there must’ve been a reason. Fire can be dangerous if it gets out of control.

—

And he tries to defend it, but it doesn’t hold up and over time Arthur starts just making sarcastic comments instead of actual defenses

—

Arthur: torches are so inconvenient. We need a better way to make light that can keep hands free for swords or other weapons.

Merlin: Magic, but it’s illegal so you’re stuck with carrying a torch.

Arthur: last time I needed light because you were dying it wasn’t evil.

Merlin: well, it’s unfortunate that you don’t know how to use magic then, sire.

—

Until he just can’t defend it

—

Arthur: six weeks?! I can’t miss six weeks of training for a broken foot! Is there some way to speed it up? Or just… fix it now?

Gaius: I don’t think-

Merlin: yes.

Gaius, who knows Merlin’s plan: *sigh*

Arthur: Thank god. Do it then.

Merlin: No. It’ll land us all on the pyre and I’m quite fond of, y’know, breathing, so suck it up.

Arthur: why is that kind of magic illegal? Surely healing isn’t evil.

Gaius: what you ask is treason, sire. Please be cautious.

Arthur: …

—

Merlin: who knows? Maybe all the bandits will decide to magically take a day off so you can go hunting without being hunted.

A few hours later, being chased through the woods by bandits:

Arthur: non magic sucks!

Merlin: yep. You can always repeal the ban once you’re king!

Arthur: huh… you know, I think I will.

Merlin: great, pardon my treason then. *magically knocks out the bandits and summons their horses and Arthur’s weapons back*

Arthur: THIS WHOLE TIME?!

Merlin: yep.

Arthur: …

Arthur: I can’t believe that worked.

Merlin: me neither, to be honest, sire.

—

Then they both laugh about it and Arthur repeals the ban, magic is free, Morgana is never evil, Agravaine doesn’t exist, and Mordred comes back to Camelot and gets therapy.

#bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin emrys #merlin #merthur #incorrect merlin quotes #headcanon #i’m bad at tagging #gaius merlin

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 5.07 A Lesson in Vengeance

#colin morgan #merlin #bbc merlin #merlinedit #ee #gifs #m #it's hard to pick the star of the scene...merlin's smile? gaius' wig? the empty soup bowl gaius is doing his best to convince us has soup? #507

[adhd-merlin]

happy "it is wednesday" wednesday

#( holiday queue ) #to be fair to gaius it often sneaks up on you #i love them both so much #the sneaky duo of grey morality #merlin and gaius

[lauravian]

S1E13: Le Morte D'Arthur

Redrawing a screencap from every episode of Merlin... (until I get bored with it)

#cheated a bit and did a zoomin of this shot #i had about 2 pixels to go from to draw their faces #also sorry gaius for deleting you from the frame #merlin #bbc merlin #merthur #merlin art #my art #merlin screencap redraws

[daisymintt]

Gaius: [Trips and almost falls] Whoops! Not as spry as I was when I was eighty.

#bbc merlin #merlin incorrect quotes #incorrect merlin quotes #incorrect quotes #the adventures of merlin #bbc gaius #merlin gaius #gaius #gaius merlin #merlin #merlin bbc #merlin emrys #the aristocats

[mossmx]

But you're not meant to be here till Wednesday! It is Wednesday.

Happy 15th anniversary!

episode 01 x 01 The Dragon's Call (20 September 2008)

#Merlin #Gaius #bbc merlin #merlin fanart #15th anniversary #episode 1 #01x01 #the dragon's call #mossmx art #merlin bbc #style exploration #Gaius iconic from moment 1 #thanks to Mira for inspiration #and to chatzy for enabling #:)

[incorrect-batfam-quotes-mostly]

#merlin bbc #merlin #merlin memes #sir gwaine #sir lancelot #sir percival #sir elyan #sir leon #arthur pendragon #lady morgana #merlin gwen #merlin gaius

[whydon-twego]

"You have Arthur's complete trust" Merlin laughs when Gwen tells him this and asks her what she is talking about.

Gwen looks at him strangely, as if she thinks Merlin is joking but then she sees Merlin's expression and can't hide her surprise.

"Merlin, you do realise that you're the person Arthur trusts most in the world, right?" Merlin chuckles again but this time it is with a sense of guilt and annoyance that won't let him alone.

"I don't think so."

Gwen, who until then had been mending one of Morgana's dresses, puts down her needle and thread and looks at him seriously, Merlin doesn't think he has ever seen her like that.

"You two fooling around and teasing each other is fine, Merlin, but you can't really think Arthur doesn't trust you. You can come and go from his rooms as you please, whether he's there or not, you have the keys to his room, and you're the only person who has them, and the whole castle knows perfectly well that Arthur has priceless things in there. I know you shave him every morning and believe me, that is not the job of a manservant,"

"But he is the one who-"



"That's right, Merlin. He's the one who."

Gwen seems genuinely annoyed that Merlin doesn't grasp how much Arthur trusts him, and Merlin finds himself having a chasm in his chest because he doesn't want to think about it. He doesn't want to think about Arthur's trust in him, he doesn't want to think that Arthur thinks Merlin is a person worthy of his trust, because Arthur is the most noble and sincere person in the world and Merlin is hiding most of his life from him.

"I have to go, Gwen."

Merlin leaves everything where he is and does not even turn around when Gwen (probably guilt-ridden from that lecture) calls him back.

Merlin hides in the first crevice he finds and struggles to breathe.

He struggles to breathe because Arthur trusts him and he knows it, but he tries to think about it as little as possible. He tries to live life day by day and not think about tomorrow and how long it is that he is lying to him. He tries not to have a heart attack every time Arthur looks at him and smiles or pats him on the back saying "good job!" or when Arthur is the first to worry about him when they are attacked by bandits.

Merlin tries not to think about Arthur's scream when they were separated on a mission and Merlin had to drop rocks to protect him. He tries not to think about the time he had to steal the keys from Arthur's room and Arthur, finding him in the room early in the morning, didn't bat an eyelid at the excuse of the woodworms because Arthur trusts him and simply told him to leave.

Merlin is a horrible person who does not deserve this kind of trust, not when he is lying to the most important person in his life.

"Breathe."

Merlin, caught in the middle of a panic attack he didn't even realise was happening, jerks at the voice and Arthur's hand resting on his shoulder.

"Breathe, Merlin, come on, in and out, calmly, follow me" Arthur takes deep breaths and Merlin tries to keep up with him but Arthur's mere presence makes the situation worse and Merlin finds himself with tears in his eyes as Arthur looks at him more and more worried.

"Gwen!" shouts Arthur then and Gwen is at his side within moments "Go get Gaius, I can't move Merlin from here in this condition."

Gwen looks at Merlin and she's so worried and feeling so guilty that Merlin wants to say something to her but is already so much if he can breathe.

Gwen leaves and Arthur and Merlin are alone and Arthur strokes his back trying to calm him down and Merlin bursts into tears. 
Arthur lays a hand on his shoulder and settles him on top of him, not holding him too tightly for fear of Merlin's breathing getting worse.

"I was looking all over for you, you know? I thought you'd be at the tavern or having fun somewhere and instead, I find you here doing the doppol-head."

Merlin laughs between sighs and sobs and Arthur continues.

"You have a myriad of tasks to do. My armour is completely ruined, I have no idea where my sword is and you were supposed to revise my speech for this afternoon but apparently, you had better things to do."

Merlin's breathing calmed and he was finally able to concentrate better, noticing that the king was sitting on the dirt floor next to him and practically rocking him.

"Arthur…"

Arthur turns his head slightly but they still can't make eye contact.

"I have magic."

Arthur stiffens and Merlin already feels lost without his king by his side even though he is still physically there.

"Alright," Arthur murmurs and Merlin gets up to look at him because there is no way he is hearing correctly. Arthur turns to look at him and his expression isn't the happiest but Merlin can't blame him "we've been through a lot worse, haven't we?"

And etiquette be damned, what is right or not right to do at court, Merlin throws himself onto his king and holds him as if he never wants to let him go again, holds him trying to tell him everything he is unable to say right now in words.

Arthur holds him just as tightly and Merlin finally knows that everything will be all right.

And that is how Gwen and Gaius find them, embraced tightly in the middle of a corridor in Camelot.

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