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like-sands-of-time · 8 months
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Do you think the writers realized that the way Gaius was flipping back and forth between "Merlin you're overreacting/seeing things that aren't there/trying to change the future" and "Merlin the situation is dire/this is definitely what's happening/you alone must do this ~dangerous~ thing"
Combined with the way he is a known sorcerer, not only to the court but to the king, kept like the other magical artifacts for times of injury to the royal family that his magic might be useful
Combined with the way this man picks and chooses when to help magic users escape Camelot unharmed or when to stand by and see them captured/killed
Combined with the way he gaslights the shit out of morgana even after he knows Merlin and Morgana know of her powers
That it All equates to a massively manipulative person????? He's doing everything he can to survive, damn the very real shit going on around him. Oh what's the best course of action for another child of magic born to the same lady Vivienne who's first child you snuck out of camelot? Keep her in the dark, keep her fearful and unaware of her dreams and her powers, but yeah she's Evil now because she chooses to see the good in magic and the evil in the king for killing it (which is just another plot issue but whatever nows not the time).
We can only imagine what Camelot looked like in the days of the dragons and all other magic kind, probably a lot healthier, more vibrant, more prosperous. Nevermind that Gaius got to spend his whole youth with that prosperity, Morgana (and Merlin) surely can't miss something she never had!!!!!!!!!!!
And Merlin! Sure he takes Hunith and Balinor's boy in, because he needs an apprentice, because the circumstances line up, because destiny, whatever the reason. And he cares about Merlin's life enough to sacrifice himself multiple times (only because Merlin is Emrys the god among men, immortal, sworn to serve Arthur the once and future king for all of time) But he does not really help Merlin in the following ten years. The boy who came to Camelot, the opinions he held, the care he had for others, that boy is lost or warped more like through years of Gaius' (and Kilgharrah before they just like changed his personality) careful commentary undermining Merlins beliefs and changing his actions. Then when said actions obviously work out poorly(think, self fulfilling prophecy episodes, episodes where Merlin is convinced to outright lie to Arthur's face, etc) then it's Merlins fault and Gaius is there to comfort him and then they share a funny little moment and everything's fine !!!
Like, did the writers mean to write it like this because ho-ly shit! That's how it reads every single episode. Merlin the young warlock would not have done these things. The boy he was in season one? When confronted with admitting his magic(the thing he was so self conscious of, but so proud of at the same time) or lying to Arthur to his face he would have spoken the truth. Gaius (and Kilgharrah) turned him into a man deceitful manipulative tool, bent on controlling Arthur without ever telling him the truth and letting him make his own mind.
Because that Arthur, the Arthur of season one, would have taken in the knowledge of both Merlin his friend, and morgana his sister, and stood up for them, helped keep them safe, accepted them and their magic. That Arthur clearly loved morgana and Merlin above all else, even though he struggled with saying it, he proved it in his actions. Merlin (through his mentors) TURNs Arthur from magic, when he was willing to save Mordred, willing to sympathize with magic users, to see their worth, to spare them if they did not commit crimes, willing to accept the help of a foreign mage in the caves, and willing to question his father To!! His !! Face!! About the knights code.
You're telling me Merlin would forget about these things, would lie to Arthur that Morgause lied, when he could have just said, hey she showed you your mum, but killing your dad isn't the answer. How FUCKING hard would that have been? This show made Merlin a bad guy, a man against his own kind. that's the real tragedy. Merlin, emrys, would never do these things in season one. He had to be convinced by his mum not to tell Arthur after will died. He was willing to share. The show themselves didn't want it, because it provided comedy(how does Arthur not see!!1!) And angst (how does Arthur not see !?!)
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by bluevalentine69
Words: 2312, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Hunith (Merlin), Freya (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Uther Pendragon (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Sophia (Merlin), Vivienne (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Percival (Merlin)
Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - High School, Friends to Lovers, Temporarily Unrequited Love, Pining Merlin (Merlin), Pining, Light Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Oblivious Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Twisted and Fluffy Feelings, Humor, Smut, Explicit Sexual Content, Blow Jobs, Rimming, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Coming of Age, Coming Out, Uther's a good guy, Merlin's mums are gay, Freya and Hunith are BAMF, Hunith's a Sex Therapist, And a teacher at his school ..., merlin loves glitter, Happy Ending
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ao3-rickylmerthurj2 · 5 years
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Sex Education by <a rel="author" href="/users/bluevalentine69/pseuds/bluevalentine69">bluevalentine69</a>
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2tHnnDY
by bluevalentine69
Words: 2312, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Hunith (Merlin), Freya (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Uther Pendragon (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Sophia (Merlin), Vivienne (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Percival (Merlin)
Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - High School, Friends to Lovers, Temporarily Unrequited Love, Pining Merlin (Merlin), Pining, Light Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Oblivious Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Twisted and Fluffy Feelings, Humor, Smut, Explicit Sexual Content, Blow Jobs, Rimming, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Coming of Age, Coming Out, Uther's a good guy, Merlin's mums are gay, Freya and Hunith are BAMF, Hunith's a Sex Therapist, And a teacher at his school ..., merlin loves glitter, Happy Ending
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2tHnnDY
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ao3feed-merlin · 5 years
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Sex Education
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2tHnnDY
by bluevalentine69
Words: 2312, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Hunith (Merlin), Freya (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Uther Pendragon (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Sophia (Merlin), Vivienne (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Percival (Merlin)
Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - High School, Friends to Lovers, Temporarily Unrequited Love, Pining Merlin (Merlin), Pining, Light Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Oblivious Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Twisted and Fluffy Feelings, Humor, Smut, Explicit Sexual Content, Blow Jobs, Rimming, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Coming of Age, Coming Out, Uther's a good guy, Merlin's mums are gay, Freya and Hunith are BAMF, Hunith's a Sex Therapist, And a teacher at his school ..., merlin loves glitter, Happy Ending
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2tHnnDY
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