Headcanon That Freya And Arthur Become Afterlife BFFs In Avalon, And Even Though They Can't Return To

Arthur: We need to create a distraction.

Percival: You want me to try? If I flex real hard I can make my shirt explode off of my body.

Arthur: Wait, you can seriously do that?

Gwaine: Oh, yeah! I've seen him do it. One of the buttons flew off and hit Elyan.

Modern AU where Merlin has a favorite chinese restaurant that he goes to and he eventually befriends the owner, Kilgharrah. Every time Merlin asks him for advice, he just places a fortune cookie on the table and walks away.

Gaius : I’m having a child

Merlin : oh that’s great-

Gaius, slamming down adoption papers : it’s you sign here

merlin: hey, it’s really muggy out today

arthur: if I go outside and all our mugs are on the front lawn, I’ll kill you

merlin: *sips coffee from bowl*

#yay #we’re not grounded

merlin, to uther: wassup

arthur: please be formal, merlin

merlin: wassup sir

i can bet that it would happened,,

Uther: If you have any suggestions or complaints about the way I run my kingdom, feel free to put them in the suggestion box.

Gaius:

Gaius: That’s a garbage can.

Uther: Exactly.

Say what you want about BBC Merlin, but none of the actors had to go as hard as they did with their performances. It was a show for kids, the CGI was shite, and on Robin Hood (which was the series before Merlin) no one except Richard Armitage bothered to act as seriously. 

But the fact that they did is what makes it so popular, what makes it endure, what pushes it and its characters and ships up the list in the fandom metrics each year. The actors took it seriously, they left an amazing legacy, particularly Colin Morgan and Bradley James. Even the devastation of the ending couldn’t break the fandom apart because it was sad, but it was so well done you almost didn’t mind. And that’s why a show which ended eight years ago is still so strong in the hearts of so many people.

sorry