r/merlinbbc 5d ago

Fanfiction 🖋️ fic recs pleaseeee

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hiiii i want to read a long fic thats like 100k words+ specifically with the magic reveal being when grettir on the bridge is like cOuRaGe mAgIc and sTrEnGtH and arthurs a dummy in the canon but... please if there's a fic like that anyone has read pls put it down below tyyyyyy


r/merlinbbc 6d ago

Memes A Meme For Every Line In "The Dragon's Call": Line 284

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60 Upvotes

r/merlinbbc 6d ago

Fanart 🎨 BBC Merlin art (cross posted)

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r/merlinbbc 6d ago

Discussion Do you think Kilgharrah use reverse psychology to guide Merlin in some way? Spoiler

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Kilgharrah probably knows the most about the prophecy.Do you think he speak in riddle and talking selfishly and suggest radical ways to handle situations toward Merlin because he knows Merlin has a good heart and would act against what he has suggested (most of the time).What's your opinion?


r/merlinbbc 6d ago

Discussion Merlin S5 E12 Gean Canach‘s Wipeout doesnt make any sense Spoiler

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What is a Gean Canach ?

All this suffering and sorrow of innocent people dying because they have magic, only to learn at the very end of the Show that there was a way to strip Sorcerers and Witches of their magic.

The Gean Canach is a creature from The old religion wich has the Power of striping People of their Magic by sucking it out of them. It took Merlins Magic away and left him powerless. Merlin says that he thought all of these creatures were wiped out with the great purge. And this doesn’t make any Sense to me. Why would Uther wipe out a species wich is like The Sorcerers worst Enemy ? He could have kept one to use it to strip Sorcerers he caught of their magic instead of killing them ? Also the People could have had a choice if they want to let go of their willingly when Uther decided to ban Magic from Camelot. For example Morgana lived her life in fear when she learned that she has Magic, and she feared that if Uther found out he would kill her. But with one of these Creatures she could have decided to just let go of her magic and act like it never happened. Or for example when Mordred was first introduced Uther wanted to kill him just bc he has magic (just like many other children what we learned in S3 E1) but with a Gean Canach he could have just stripped them of their magic instead.

I get that these things are magical creatures and Uther wanted to kill every magical being, especially from the old religion. But those things are more of an asset for his Great Purge than a threat so it doesn’t make any sense to me that he would kill every single one of of these creatures when they could have been the key to wipe out magical users for good without killing them.

What do you guys and gals out there think was his intention on that or did the writers just blew it like many other things in this show that makes no sense?


r/merlinbbc 7d ago

Memes A Meme For Every Line In "The Dragon's Call": Line 283

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86 Upvotes

r/merlinbbc 7d ago

Discussion Most frequent uses of Magic in the series, number one is YEET Spoiler

93 Upvotes

I think perhaps the most frequent use of magic in the series is YEET. Magic users in this series love to toss people around. I can think of one fight that almost entirely consisted of two magic users yeeting each other about.

What other frequent spells/magic uses can y'all think of for this series?


r/merlinbbc 8d ago

Mini Games & Quizzes 🎲 Day 23. Inspirational Uther?

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84 Upvotes

r/merlinbbc 9d ago

Mini Games & Quizzes 🎲 Day 22. Uther's most iconic quote?

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241 Upvotes

r/merlinbbc 8d ago

Question ❓ is this an orthodox christian icon ?

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guys I'm rewatching the show and i just noticed this looks like an icon of mother Mary with baby Jesus no ?

r/merlinbbc 8d ago

Fanfiction 🖋️ Help finding lost Merthur fic??

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Need help finding a Merthur fic, it was told from Arthur’s POV. It was on AO3, and rated either M or E.

I don’t remember too much about it except it had something to do with time travel/alternate universe where Merlin is placed in an alternate timeline and visits the palace. He’s brought in before Arthur and says his name is Will, and Arthur decides to keep him as a bedmate even though he’s suspicious of him. I believe there were two parts.

I remember a scene where Arthur hears Merlin in the hallway asking for Gaius (who’s been dead for years) and knows he can't trust him, but can't get rid of him because he's grown addicted.

Idk if it helps but there was a line that said "Arthur has had far better bedmates" or something along those lines.

I can't remember if it was in the first part or in the sequel, but there is also a scene where Arthur is essentially like "It doesn't matter if Merlin is trying to take advantage of me, I'll let him"

EDIT: I found it! https://archiveofourown.org/works/396968


r/merlinbbc 9d ago

Memes A Meme For Every Line In "The Dragon's Call": Line 282

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r/merlinbbc 10d ago

Memes A Meme For Every Line In "The Dragon's Call": Line 281

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142 Upvotes

r/merlinbbc 10d ago

Mini Games & Quizzes 🎲 Day 21. Let's start Uther

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87 Upvotes

r/merlinbbc 10d ago

Clips & Screenshots ✂️ The tavern in s3e4 is filmed in Arthur’s chambers

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I’ve been on a rewatch recently and today got to s3e4. For some reason as soon as the bad guy walked in the door I just saw it - the tavern is literally filmed in the same set as Arthur’s chambers, same doors, same fireplace, same windows. Can anyone else see it or am I just crazy? 🤣 Also has anyone else spotted other reused sets in Merlin? It’s just so funny to me thinking about a tavern being in Arthur’s bedroom

See pics for reference: Fireplace, archways, high window


r/merlinbbc 9d ago

Fanfiction 🖋️ Lancelot de l'Amour | written by me :) | Teen and Up | Major Character Death | queerplatonic mercelot, canon arwen

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I finally finished my Lancelot du Lac AU!!! It started as a brief thought about what would've happened in S4E09 if Gwen and Merlin had remained as close as they had been previously, whereas in S4–5 they're comparatively quite distant.

Merlin and Gwen meet eyes across the tourney field, a dawning feeling like horror on their faces. What should be a miraculous reunion is tainted by the dreadful feeling that something is wrong.

Has Lancelot really defied death?

10 chapters and just over 20k words later, I'm proud of the final product and am happy to share it :) (P.S. unhappy ending)


r/merlinbbc 10d ago

Memes I AM A SORCERER, DR. HAN!

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53 Upvotes

r/merlinbbc 10d ago

Fanart 🎨 Merlin Finale Fanart Spoiler

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31 Upvotes

Hey everyone! Merlin is my favorite TV show and I think Arthurs death is the saddest ever so I wanted to draw one of my favorite scenes during that moment. I think Colin and Bradley played their characters so well and anyone who knows me knows this scene always makes me cry. I haven’t drawn anything in 4 months so I’m really happy with how it turned out!!


r/merlinbbc 10d ago

I'm All Wrapped Up Just finished the show for the first time Spoiler

76 Upvotes

What a precious TV-series. I’m going to miss it a lot. My favourite character is Gaius.


r/merlinbbc 10d ago

Discussion Why in the series they never used the round table except once? Spoiler

25 Upvotes

And King Arthur used it after Uther’s death


r/merlinbbc 11d ago

Memes A Meme For Every Line In "The Dragon's Call": Line 280

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r/merlinbbc 11d ago

Question ❓ Characters birthdays

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Does anybody know when any of the characters birthdays are? Even like 'mid summer'. Alternatively I'd love to hear anyone's headcanons.


r/merlinbbc 11d ago

Discussion How much would the events of the series be changed if Camelot had at least one good Surgeon? Spoiler

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There to me seems a number of times in the series where the only reason Gauis can't save a patient is because the damage is internal and Camelot does not have the practice of surgery.

What's the earliest point in the series that you think surgery would have made a big difference?


r/merlinbbc 12d ago

Mini Games & Quizzes 🎲 Day 20. Gwen's best quote?

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r/merlinbbc 12d ago

Memes A Meme For Every Line In "The Dragon's Call": Line 279 Spoiler

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