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[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

Sunny 𖤓 he/him

Irish/Scottish, family person, known rambler, Merlin connoisseur, artsy, metal head, D&D nerd, video edits, sometimes fanfic writer, happily stuck in fairyland.

Come talk to me about fantasy things or anything really✨

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

@KimThuesing They closed out the show and left about 9000 emotional tabs open that we’ve been clicking through ever since lol.

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

There’s several different disagreements I have with this speech (lol). Maybe I think about this more than the actual writers... Now my INFJ is coming out and I’m gonna ramble some more cause this is fun.

I at first didn’t like Merlin defining his relationship to Arthur as ‘servant’, and something that also rubs me the wrong way is how easily this can sound like an acceptance of a preordained feudal hierarchy, which feels especially strange beside the values represented by the Round Table. Some people are “born to plow fields,” others are born with the destiny to rule, Merlin is born to serve, everyone has their predetermined place, and fulfillment comes from accepting yours. The implications of that wording are uncomfortable to me even if that wasn’t the intended meaning.

Merlin says the word ‘born’, not ‘choose’. And omg now that’s a completely different rabbit hole to keep in mind about Merlin’s agency in a story about destiny.

“I was born to serve you.”
Destiny. Predetermined purpose. Merlin’s role in relation to Arthur existed before Merlin chose anything.

“I choose to serve you.”
Agency. Devotion. Love. Merlin can be Arthur’s equal and nevertheless voluntarily do things in his service.

The series repeatedly asks Merlin/the audience to tolerate heavy present day costs because Arthur is destined to create something transformative in the future, then he dies before that is fully realized. So what demonstrated that this man deserved such extraordinary devotion and divine destiny? Arthur changes, but the transformation feels frustratingly incomplete. I wanted to see him actually become the king Merlin sacrificed so much to create. They spent five seasons telling me where this was going, only to end it before we got there.

So even if I were to accept that worldview, the story didn’t justify it. What did all of Merlin’s sacrifice accomplish that validates the destiny the story itself kept insisting upon? Perhaps the unresolved destiny was deliberately tragic, but then Merlin was given a destiny he could never actually fulfill. The promised purpose of his sacrifice remains incomplete.

Anyway apparently ‘servant’ is one of my trigger words now 😂

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

I already knew Merlin was this devoted to Arthur, I wanted to see Arthur demonstrate that he understood what Merlin meant to him. There’s a little glimpse of an emotional reckoning, but they shy away from really paying it off like they could have.

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

The emotional distinction I’m making is between service as an act of devotion and servant as the definition of their relationship. I wanted them to evolve beyond that hierarchy to show how much they’d grown, and for Arthur to acknowledge that Merlin had become more than just his servant. Their devotion has become so profound that I wanted the language defining their relationship to catch up with what the show had already demonstrated.

[only for you @samecoin21]

To serve is to love.
You can serve someone even as an equal. It is a choice.
A choice of love
#merlinbbc

[pips 🌼 @PENDRAGONFEVER]

just remembered this edit exist and i just gained 10 years to my lifespan

[𝜗𐬹 ۫ ۪ akio @lvrakio]

#MERTHUR⠀ ⟡˙܀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🫍
⠀ ⠀⠀🫧⠀ ⠀ ﹒₊⠀
making the colour palettes was so hard to do i almost gave up

₊﹒ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀🪸 ܀˙⠀

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

This scene is so buzzy.

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

Could they be any cuter? Miss them like crazy.

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

@emrysfairys Arthur knew he’d look adorable in that hat.

[ekin @arthursspoon]

merthur "I swear I've seen your face before" ?

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

I always kinda hated that Merlin says this tbh. I don’t want Merlin reinforcing this master/servant thing, I want Arthur to realize they’ve always been best friends and equals.

[rori ☆ jasmine day!! @sherloqks]

merthur mention

[tarns🪟 @mouldymerls]

erm ceilings merthur

[lucía @bisexualancelot]

#MERLIN colin morgan bloopers *:･ﾟ✧

[arfa @arifa_says]

me trying to defend myself without bursting into tears

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

just want to curl up and watch Merlin today and eat ice cream 😔

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

Does that look like what Merlin thought about? To me that look is saying ‘I don’t know if I want to strangle or kiss you’.

[𝒮𝓊𝓃𝓃𝓎 @Royal_Clotpole]

Got some of these in the mail and I’m going to read through them. Willing to bet they can’t even describe it the exact way it happened in the show, cause it’s gonna sound too gay in black and white.