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@exclusivelymerlin

So it has come to my attention recently that I'm addicted to Merlin to the point where it has taken over my main blog, iwillalwaysbearealfan, so I decided to do this properly

I saw a post a while ago that joked about how fanfic writers love to give characters non-specific paperwork when they need the characters to be bored or tired from a long day. They speculated it’s because a lot of fanfic writers are either very young, or typically not very familiar with the jobs they’re writing about. And now that I’m back into reading merlin fanfiction I’m obsessed with how the equivalence of this for Arthur is shit to do with wheat and grain. Merlin wants to know where Arthur is? Oh he’s probably in a boring council meeting about wheat yields. Why has Arthur had a long day? Well he was spending all day surveying the grain storage for the upcoming winter. Arthur’s been arguing with other nobles? Probably because they all want more of the grain grown on their own land. This man is micro managing every single stalk grown in the kingdom of camelot no wonder he never noticed merlin’s magic

Hey op, don't call me out on my shit XD

coming up with an au were a dead character lives but shaking my head while i do it so everyone watching knows i support the role their death played in the narrative and consider it a legitimate writing choice

this is an awesome post to make if you want to get spoiled for every single piece of media on the entire planet

You can't tell me this wasn't Gwaine and Arthur trying to one up each other to seem like the better and stronger man in front of Merlin. Trying to claim they're each the one responsible for saving them all (mostly Merlin) from being killed? Literally standing toe to toe? Arthur is upset that Merlin trusts Gwaine like he trusts Arthur? They're absolutely competing for Merlin's affections.

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