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ivaleelovesmerlin · 6 years

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Happy birthday, Rou! I hope you are having a wonderful day, and that this year will be amazing for you. You are so creative and funny and such a kind and wonderful person. Thanks for being you! Here’s a little birthday story just for you! It’s set in our Martian universe after the boys get back to Earth. :-) Happy birthday!

Merlin wrapped his sandwich in a napkin, grabbed his favourite NASA water bottle from the fridge and carried them both to the living room where he flopped onto the couch. He was finally going to watch the new Green Lantern movie that had been released while Camelot 1 was en route to Mars. Arthur didn’t care for superhero films, so the movie had been sitting in Merlin’s To Watch list for weeks, but Arthur had a late meeting tonight, so Merlin was free to enjoy the latest adventures of one of his favourite heroes from the finally properly revamped Justice League.

He clicked on the movie, but almost as soon as the opening credits started, his phone buzzed in his pocket. He balanced his sandwich on the arm of the couch to fish out the phone and look at the screen.

“Video chat from Arthur Pendragon”

Rolling his eyes, Merlin paused the movie and swiped to accept the call. “Aren’t you supposed to be in a meeting?”

Arthur, who was bouncing on the screen a bit as he appeared to be walking out of his building, put on his best pouty face. “You know, you were much more pleasant in our chats when I was on Mars.”

“Yes, well, back then I was stuck on a spaceship having the same conversations over and over with the same four people, and also I felt sorry for you, since all you had to talk to were machines and potatoes.” Merlin held back a smirk as Arthur’s mouth dropped open in surprise at Merlin’s ruthless teasing. “But tonight, I have only two hours to watch Jade and Guy Gardner try to outsnark each other before you come home to grumble under your breath about how unrealistic it is for a ring to generate solid objects.”

“Well, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but Director Caerleon cancelled our meeting. She was downtown this afternoon, and then there was a big accident on 45 that had traffic so backed up, she decided just to head home instead of coming back to JSC.” Arthur’s eyes started twinkling, and Merlin knew he was about to receive payback. “It seems Fate was conspiring to convince you to let go of your childish obsession with people donning silly costumes and using their special powers to fly out to… save… someone…” Arthur trailed off and looked down, pressing his lips together, almost certainly remembering the moment last year when Merlin and Morgana had both put on spacesuits and used their magic to rescue Arthur as he floated helplessly in orbit above Mars.

Snorting audibly, Merlin chided, “That argument kind of backfired on you, didn’t it.”

“Just a bit, yeah.” Arthur admitted, chuckling. “Okay, I’m at the car, so I’ve got to hang up. Do you need me to pick anything up on my way home?”

When Merlin grinned evilly, Arthur turned his eyes skyward. He knew what was coming. “Actually, you know what would go well with this sandwich? Either some potato crisps or some fries would be great. Thanks!”

“You do know that when you make me buy potatoes, every single person in the grocery store stops me to comment? What does that tell you about your sense of humour? You’re not quite as clever as you think, Merlin!”

“Okay, fine.” Merlin threw his hand up in defeat. “Skip the crisps and just come on home.” When Arthur grinned triumphantly, Merlin felt a sudden burst of affection for his boyfriend, so he added, “I’ll make you a sandwich, too, and we can watch whatever you want.”

“Sounds good.” Arthur nodded and then went quiet for a moment, gazing almost longingly at Merlin. When he spoke again, his voice was deadly serious. “And Merlin? Only twenty more minutes.”

Merlin burst out laughing at Arthur’s callback to their many space chats during his time on Mars. “Only twenty more minutes, you adorable idiot.”

#brolinskeep #Happy birthday!#The King of Mars

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eagles-translated · 3 years

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Season 3 Prediction Post | Ludvig Johansson

Here is my final prediction post before season 3 premieres tomorrow! I've also made posts about Felicia, Amie, Klara, and Elias which you can read through if you'd like.

After season 2, we saw Ludde and Felicia finally reunite only for Ludde to be taken into custody by police after Jack had reported him for starting a fight at a party.

Prior to this, Ludde had confessed that he was the one who had caused the car accident that his brother Andreas took the blame for, and the police stressed the importance of how Ludde couldn't leave the county nor commit any crimes during their researching period.

We're left unsure with what exactly this means for Ludde in season 3. I personally believe that we're set up to think that Ludde got himself landed in jail, but that seems too drastic for me to believe. I think things will ultimately turn out okay and that Andreas gets let out of prison.

There's this shot in the trailer of Ludde, Adam, and Omar (most likely) and in the season 3 bloopers video we see the three of them at a party.

I was going to say that maybe they went out to celebrate the fact that Ludde's trial went well, but their clothes don't match in these pictures. For a second it seemed like Ludde was wearing the same suit he did to Ola's funeral, but he's not.

In the party shot we see a few people wearing party hats so I just know that there might be a birthday party going on, probably unrelated to Ludde. That clothing choice seems odd for Ludde, though.

I don't know why, but I also get the feeling that they're in Stockholm in the first picture when we see them out at night? Maybe Amie's concert has more attendees than just Elias.

So moving on to Andreas. There's a shot of a guy playing the guitar which could either be Andreas or someone random from Amie's storyline. I'm leaning towards it just being a musician from Amie's record label.

We do see Andreas arguing with Ludde in the trailer too, though (ignore the thumbnail to the left).

I think Andreas gets let out of prison, but both him and Ludde are having a hard time adjusting. Andreas went through a pretty serious depression in prison and wasn't eating anything at one point, according to Ludde's parents.

As I discussed in Felicia's prediction post, I believe she'll be going through her own mental problems as well and that this will cause a strain on her relationship with Ludvig. In the trailer we hear Ludvig say, pretty aggressively "What the hell are you thinking?!" and we're lead to believe that he's saying this to Felicia. He could be saying it to anyone (Andreas, Jack), though.

Anyway, Ludde having to deal with both Andreas and Felicia potentially having mental breakdowns could be a lot to handle for him. I don't see this boding well for him and Felicia's relationship, but I hope they won't break up a second time.

We do see them happy at a few points in the trailer, so maybe everything turns out okay in the end?

Really excited for that last shot! I think this is the same place that Ludde brought Felicia to when they went out on their first date, and this seems like a really sweet callback. Maybe this shot even takes place in the season finale, and is Ludde surprising Felicia in an attempt to apologize after the disagreements they've potentially had in season 3?

I theorized in Elias' prediction post that Jack would show up to the hockey arena and that he's the reason this fight in the trailer breaks out.

We see Mats and Ludde noticeably angry, and I can't really think of anybody else they'd be fighting with. Mats and Ludde both have reasons to be furious at Jack for what he did to Felicia.

Speaking of Felicia—I'm pretty nervous to see if there will be a rift between her and Ludde and how bad it's gonna be (or maybe we've been completely misled by the trailer!). I brought up Felicia's abortion in her prediction post as well and I don't really know how Ludde will react to that.

I'm so anxious to see how this will all turn out!

#eagles svt #svt eagles #ludvig johansson

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