I JUST WANNA BE WITH YOUUU I WANNA BE WITH YOU TONIGHT BUT I'M A LITTLE TOO LATE JUST BE CALM AND MOVE

destiny rests on the shoulders of albion's eepiest warriors

literally everything I have ever wanted from a Merlin episode: merthur, jealous Arthur, Merlin teasing him, shirtless Gwaine, effortless fighting and badass weapon-wielding

The extremely jealous Arthur mentioned in this post, video by @sirleoninsunglasses on tiktok

Arthur is bad at gift giving. Like, no, he isn't, not normally. He's just bad at giving gifts to MERLIN.

Because everyone else appreciates the thought or the worth of the gift. But usually, Merlin is the one send out to buy them or even come up with the idea or reminding Arthur of the birthdays.

So, it's just Merlin that Arthur can't find gifts for.

Every time he gives him something expensive, Merlin just sells it and gives the money away. Buys herbs with it or anything else.

The clothes Arthur gives him, Merlin never wears unless he forces him to wear them in formal settings.

A day off is accepted with suspicion and a full day of Merlin trying to figure out what's wrong with Arthur.

One Christmas, Arthur decides to try something new. He draws Merlin a picture. It's not a good drawing, it's just put on old parchment he can't use for speeches anyway, it's not a painted one from the royal painter as Merlin wouldn't know where to put a huge framed picture.

It's just a sketch really about Merlin and Gwen talking animately in Arthur's chambers because Arthur loved the sight and hasn't actually been able to work that day, when the people he wanted to be with were right there.

Arthur doesn't sign the picture, too scared of Merlin's response. He gifts him a new scarf alongside it because he's insecure.

Merlin cries when he finds it.

Like, he walks around and shows everyone and praises how much effort and skill had gone into it. He keeps it in a drawer and looks at it every day and never shuts up about it.

Arthur feels so encouraged, he starts drawing something for Merlin every day. And the next christmas, he looks Merlin straight in the eyes and gives him the whole folder.

Merlin, who hadn't known it was a gift from Arthur, nearly melts. And then he looks through the paintings and finds one of himself using magic. He doesn't say anything. He's too speechless to talk. He grabs Arthur and hugs him.

Arthur becomes really good at art after that.

Some might say he didn’t take the news well

Every king eventually brings out their own money. The Pendragon crest is naturally on one side, but the King's face normally goes on the other.

And Arthur does that, or intends to. But when he talks to the guy who is meant to get his profile, Arthur can't help but ask what kind of other symbols he could use. At first, he asks if he could put other people on it, then he figures that it would probably be too controversial if he put a face on the coin that isn't his own.

Then he asks if it could be a bird, like his mother's sigil. Originally, he wants to honor her, but then Merlin walks in to gather his clothes and it suddenly strikes him that Merlin has done so much for him, and never gotten any reward.

And Arthur doesn't mean his servant work, Merlin is rubbish at that. But what about his council? His advice? The fact that Merlin always speaks his mind, yet always has Arthur's and Camelot's best interest at heart. The fact that Merlin always goes out of his way to fight alongside Arthur, despite not being a knight.

In an emotional outburst, (after Merlin left again) Arthur orders the coin guy to make the other side of his coin a Merlin.

Right after that, he realizes what he's done and drowns his embarrassment in wine.

A couple weeks later, the money is created and put out into the kingdom. And everyone immediately connects the dots. The symbol is only on the golden one.

The day Merlin finds out is a normal day at first. Only that everyone is staring holes into his head and whispers about him. Merlin has been send to get Arthur's new shirts and hands the tailor a golden coin. He hands it to him, then stops and stares at the crest.

....

Merlin: Arthur???? What the fuck is this?

Arthur: *sweats* your salary?

Christopher: watches his dad make a new friend. 👍Hangs out with new friend decides he's kinda cool.😎 Gets left with dad's gf all the time while Dad is off with new friend.😐 Hangs out with Buck while Dad is with new friend. 🙂Watches Buck spiral about dad's new friend. 🙃Dad comes home injured after hanging out with Buck and new friend.😦 Buck is involved in the injury somehow? 😕And is now not visiting. 😠Dad asks gf to move in. 🫨

Christopher: I cannot deal with this I'm fleeing the state.

I think they deserve to hug more

this reminds me of the time someone on tiktok said fanfiction websites are like drug dealers: if you want the good shit, you go to a good dealer; bad quality drugs on wattpad, mid quality drugs on ff.net and excellent, well-sourced drugs from ao3. as someone who doesn't even do drugs this still makes total sense

Reading fanfiction on ao3 is like being addicted to drugs.

The first time you read one you experience this immense amount of euphoria and satisfaction (because of a well-done story or your ship having a solid dynamic etc.)

The high lasts for quite some time until you want way more of that special feeling so you read more and more until eventually nothing can satisfy you anymore.

But instead of trying to quit, we embrace the madness and let it takes us wherever it wants.

And I think that's beautiful.

so eddie 👨🏽‍🚒 pays 💵 the tab 🧾 we both 👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏽 run 🏃💨 out (🏳️‍🌈🤨) to the parking lot 🅿️🚘 and there’s a boot 🔒 on my front tire 🛞 [damn. that sucks.] yeah so— so obviously 🙄 at this point ☝️ i’m like 🗣️ “we’re not 🙅 gonna make ⏱️ the game 🏀” and eddie 👨🏽 goes 🗣️ “where ❓ is your spare 🛞” and i kid 🤭 you not 🚫 five 🖐️minutes ⏰ later the spare is on ✅ we’re driving 🚗 down the road 🛣️ and the old tire 🛞 is sitting on the side of the curb boot 🔒 still on [isn’t that illegal?] what ⁉️ no 🤨 no it’s not 🙅 illegal 🚨 eddie 🤠 would never 🚫 do something illegal 🚔 eddie 🪖 has a silver star 🎖️ [wasn’t he in some kind of underground fight club?] 🙄 that was ages 🗓️ ago and he had a ton of stuff going on 🥺

why am i so obsessed with merthur

what is it about them

WHAT IS IT

(no actually someone tell me)