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- Ellem
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Well well well, if it isn’t once and future king and his friend/manservant/ other side of the coin/destiny/love of his life/boyfriend
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absolutely obsessed with the idea of the modern knights all packed into sir leon's soccer mom van
@arthursknight had an idea for all of you who were worried about merlin in the back
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guys are there any merthur x cyberpunk fics out there? the stuff you could do with merlin and emrys being slightly different but the same entities, instead of magic he communes with this emrys who is the core of everything in the net so it gives him a sort of supernatural access to people and things still… I have very limited knowledge of cyberpunk lore and terminology currently but what I do know makes me very interested in a crossover
maybe every time he reaches out to emrys he loses himself more and more but he has to in order to help arthur, so what you get is arthur begging him not to while merlin gives more and more of his psyche away to save the man he loves. very merthur coded if you ask me
Here is one where Merlin is a hacker with illegal body modifications that make him able to access machines with his mind rather than his computer! You also get a side of "the more he uses it the more it damages him" but there's specifics and it's later in the story
It's not a Cyberpunk crossover tho, just a Science-fiction AU (sorry I thought you meant cyberpunk as a genre, not as a specific piece of fiction)
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guys are there any merthur x cyberpunk fics out there? the stuff you could do with merlin and emrys being slightly different but the same entities, instead of magic he communes with this emrys who is the core of everything in the net so it gives him a sort of supernatural access to people and things still… I have very limited knowledge of cyberpunk lore and terminology currently but what I do know makes me very interested in a crossover
maybe every time he reaches out to emrys he loses himself more and more but he has to in order to help arthur, so what you get is arthur begging him not to while merlin gives more and more of his psyche away to save the man he loves. very merthur coded if you ask me
Here is one where Merlin is a hacker with illegal body modifications that make him able to access machines with his mind rather than his computer! You also get a side of "the more he uses it the more it damages him" but there's specifics and it's later in the story
Reblogged onceandfuturehighpriestess
rewatching merlin is like: here's the softest most joyful person you've met. watch as the universe slowly breaks him down and forces him to lose all of his happiness, but still smile away softly so his best friend doesn't know...
Reblogged aemelia
In honor of Merlin reaching number one on trending today!
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Merlin & Arthur being adorable as always - 2.04 "Lancelot and Guinevere"
Arthur: *gotta boast like I would to a knight!" They are huge, giant rats out to kill everything close to them.
Merlin: *scared*
Arthur: oh fuck no, Merlin, don't be scared. It's tiny. Tiny baby rats.
Honestly, I wouldn't have been surprised had Arthur hugged Merlin to make him feel better.
And just after this he doubles down with "They feast on human flesh" XD
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flowers for you
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“Irritated fans produce fanfic like irritated oysters produce pearls.”
— Anne Jamison (via pen-in-hand)
Reblogged regulusrules
“what happened to the young boy who came into my chambers just a few years ago?”
“he grew up”
Reblogged calamity-talvi
I don’t think any movie will make me feel the same ethereal sense of otherworldly sorrow and disembodied awe as that scene in Lord of the Rings where the loyal son is sent off into a doomed battle to please his vindictive father while Pippin sings a mourning song of his people
I was like 12 and high off this shit
These movies CHANGED ME
jaskierxyennefer
This is one of my favourite parts of the whole trilogy. It’s haunting.
And that Pippin takes actually a happy walking song of his people, because Hobbit songs are generally happy and about food and drink and gifts and things, and *transforms* it into a mourning song.
The song is from Fellowship, before all the heavy plot hits and they’re still in the Shire. It’s about walking, and how eventually all the bad things that scare or sadden you will fade away and you’ll be home warm by the fire.
And Pippin takes it, changes the lines, the key, and sings a song that is truly fit for Denethor’s great hall.
Knowing Billy Boyd gave his own melody to it and everyone had chills after hearing him sing it. This is how you get actors involved with the story and character, this is how amazingly well these films were cast. Fans have been singing that haunting tune in echoing halls and caves and towers for 20 years now and it never loses its beauty.
moonymango
Home is behind
The world ahead
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadow
To the edge of night
Until the stars are all alight
Mist and shadow
Cloud and shade
All shall fade
All shall
Fade
And even better: Billy Boyd composed the tune to the song and then performed it for Peter Jackson and everyone else while filming. They only did one take! That very first take is the one that’s used in the film! He’s just that good!!
Every now and then I like to pull up this video of Billy Boyd being endearing and silly and choked up about Boromir’s death scene, and then performing this song upon request:
I sing it as a lullaby to my children but I use the original “away shall fade” to make it less sad because they’re just babies. uwu
Not even my fandom and I have chills.
You know what, I’m not done. Every aspiring writer should watch that scene and keep in mind the axiom “every person is the protagonist in their own mind,” because Denethor and Pippin are having TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS.
Here’s the translation of how it goes.
WHAT DENETHOR SAYS: can you sing, Master Hobbit?
WHAT DENETHOR MEANS: I want entertainment and you’re from far lands. That’s a novelty here.
WHAT PIPPIN HEARS: I don’t care that I just sent my son to his death. Entertain me.
WHAT PIPPIN SAYS: yes. Well, well enough for my own people. But we have no songs fit for great halls.
WHAT PIPPIN MEANS: yes. But not for you. And our songs aren’t for people who engage in such cruelty.
WHAT DENETHOR HEARS: yes, but I’m embarrassed because mine are simple folk, and you’re very grand and regal. There’s no way I could be of any use to you.
WHAT DENETHOR SAYS: and why should your songs be unfit for my halls? Sing me a song.
WHAT DENETHOR MEANS: we’re all equals culturally. I’m a benevolent ruler, I don’t think your songs are inferior to those produced by my skilled musicians. Let me engage with your culture.
WHAT PIPPIN HEARS: I have literally already forgotten about my son. I’m more interested in entertainment and food, things you normally adore and which I’m making a mockery of by my actions. So sing to me songs of those things you love, entertainment and food. My son doesn’t matter to me and shouldn’t matter to you.
And then Pippin sings.
WHAT DENETHOR HEARS: what a pretty little song.
WHAT PIPPIN IS SAYING WITH THE SONG: fuck you for doing this to your son, who I love. Fuck you for doing this to me, as I mourn. Fuck you for making a mockery of the things I love, when it’s clear you don’t care for them any more than you do for YOUR SON. Your child, who you should want to protect. If you won’t mourn in these halls, by everything I hold dear I swear SOMEONE will.
Pippin can’t say any of this out loud. But his word choices are extremely deliberate. And so are Denethor’s! He does not see himself as a bad person! I don’t know enough LOTR to know if he’s a villain or just an asshole, but the important thing here is HE THINKS OF HIMSELF AS NEITHER. He’s a good guy who’s had to make some hard choices, that’s all. It’s the editing that tells you he’s not actually that at all.
This is a MASTERCLASS in “everyone is their own protagonist” and if this is the standard the movies rise to all the time I understand why y’all love them so much, because holy shit. That’s incredible.
LOTR Heritage Post
The best thing about LotR fandom is probably that it’s like a little ecosystem that does not require much new material to chew on. People regularly lift the lid and peek in and there is everyone feasting on a 24 year old adaptation like it’s a whalefall and they’re like are you STILL doing that? and we’re like yeah? Pull up a fuckin bone
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i think the reason why the assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the funniest political assassinations is for this very simple reason:
1 guy stabs 1 guy: not funny. that's murder.
2 guys stab 1 guy: even less funny. that's two against one.
60 guys stab 1 guy: uproariously funny. why do you need so many guys.
60 guys only manage to stab the 1 guy 23 times: I can't fucking breathe I'm laughing too hard, you suck at this
In honor of this day of celebration