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Merlin is not being taken advantage of in the forest. He’s living his best life out there with the squirrels and the ‘berries’ and no doubt some fairies while he’s at it.
The issue that Arthur has with Merlin going off to have sex in the forest is that he does it without having sex with Arthur first. He can forgive most of Merlin’s faults, but this one is egregious, and he simply cannot overlook it—as he tells Lancelot who stares at him in response.
“You want to have relations with Merlin?” he asks.
“Am I a joke to you?” Arthur asks back.
Lancelot doesn’t have a good answer to that; he’s only got more stammering and then unhelpful indignation about Arthur ‘abusing his authority’ over Merlin which is all eye-roll worthy and exhausting.
Arthur does not need some peasant telling him how to treat his other peasant.
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02 Jul 2026
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After two years of peace, a woman accused of magic is brought before the king for judgment. Unbeknownst to Arthur, his verdict will tip Camelot into a devastating spiral and shake the faith of the one person who believes in him above all else. Featuring a few perilous ventures, light introspection, cryptic druids, Sir Leon, and snow.
(or: a reveal told in three parts)
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02 Jul 2026
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'What happened to you?'
Merlin grimaced. He must look worse than he realised for Arthur to sound like that: genuinely aghast, as if he thought Merlin might collapse at any moment. It wasn't that bad. He'd wiped the worst of the mud and blood off.
'Gaius needed herbs.'
Sometimes all it take is a little tender loving care to shift the balance of friendship into something more.
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18 Jun 2026
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Merlin hates it when there are visiting nobles in Camelot.
He hates the frantic scrubbing that starts days before their arrival—servants on hands and knees polishing stones no one will think to look at, tapestries beaten free of dust that will settle again by morning, silverware counted and recounted as though a missing spoon might spark a war.
He hates the way the castle stops feeling like home.
And he especially hates Arthur during these visits.
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14 May 2026
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Arthur caught his sorcerer’s eye again. “If Emrys did have a simple, human identity, you wouldn’t have any suspicion who it could be, at all?”
“I wouldn't, I’m afraid.” Merlin shrugged one shoulder, seeming somewhat defeated. “I’ll look into it.”
Once, years ago, Arthur had been sure he could tell when Merlin was lying through his teeth. How frustrating it was to know that couldn’t be further from the truth.Or: In a fixed-it post-canon, word begins to get out about the godlike sorcerer Emrys who will aid the Once and Future King to unite all of Albion. This, of course, results in all the leaders of Albion beginning their attempts to win the elusive Emrys’ favor, in order to be chosen as his prophesied King.
Even as his Court Sorcerer, Merlin lives to antagonize Arthur and decides to inform the world -as Emrys- that he has already chosen his King, in a... less-than-conventional way.(Can be read standalone from the series.)
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29 Apr 2026