ACBB 2021 MASTERPOST
Thank you to all our wonderful writers, artists, beta readers and hype readers who participated in this years After Camlann Big Bang! We hope you will consider participating again this year!
Below is the final masterlist for After Camlann 2021:
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Title: (Just Like) Starting Over
Author: Emrys_MK
Artist: dylogger
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Merlin, Past Merlin/Will, Hunith, Morgana, Sophia, Gwen, Mordred, Percival, Agravaine, George, Gwaine, Leon, Freya, Gaius, Finna
Rating: Mature
Word count: 33,000
Summary: Merlin Emrys mourns the death of his partner. He’s lonely and wants to have someone in his life, yet he isn’t quite ready to move on from his once-in-a-lifetime love.
Arthur Pendragon mourns the death of his recently-deceased father and struggles with the relatively recent realisation that he prefers men to women.
A memorable meeting at The Rising Sun could very well be a precursor to great things for these two lost souls. Unfortunately, someone known to both Arthur and Merlin doesn’t want them together.
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: mortality clings to butterfly wings
Author: lit-beyond-measure
Artist: sourdough-morbread
Pairings/Characters: Gwaine/Merlin, Gwen/Leon, Aithusa, Percival, Mithian, Gaius, Lot, Drea
Rating: Mature
Word count: 88,100
Summary: Sometimes, Merlin spoke the names of those they'd lost quietly into the dawn, allowing them to be caught in the soft net of the clouds and carried away on the wings of immortality with the breeze.
After abandoning Camelot for half a decade, Merlin finally returns at the request of an old friend and is met with a markedly different kingdom to the one they left behind. In the years spent away from the place they had once called home, Merlin has tried to move on from the failures in their past and sever all ties with their old life in the attempt to start afresh. Upon their return, though, they discover that some foundations cannot be so easily destroyed and find themself tethered to familiar forms by both the shadows of the dead and the promise of the future. With old Camelot on the brink of collapse, Merlin realises that perhaps they have been running from everything for a little too long and, this time, they are determined to not make the same mistakes again. After all, mortality is fragile and easily broken and sometimes it takes a death to fertilise the ground for new life.
Story and Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: My Big Fat Druid Wedding
Author: sethxo
Artist: lovelyal
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Lancelot
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 68,641
Summary: In a modern magical world, Merlin is a Druid living in a commune near Camelot. He works as a photographer in the city and does his best to fit in whilst keeping his magic a secret from all non-magic people except his best friend Will. Merlin would like nothing more than to live an ordinary life, but the Druids have one cardinal rule: Druids marry Druids. Merlin has been fighting to get out of an engagement to Mordred for several years to no avail, but when Arthur Pendragon enters the picture, sparks fly...only for Merlin to learn Arthur and his family hate Druids. With Arthur oblivious to Merlin's heritage, Merlin will have to choose between telling the truth or feigning ignorance, and possibly losing everything he's ever known along the way.
Story and Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: We Can Always Run
Author: queerofthedagger
Artist: kairennart
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Minor Elyan/Gwaine, Minor Gwen/Morgana, Leon, Hunith, Lancelot
Rating:Mature
Word count: 148,000
Summary: Arthur has always had distant dreams of leaving Camelot. They were never more than a wistful fantasy, at least once he grew up.
Finding out about Merlin’s magic changes everything though, and not only because Arthur would do more to keep Merlin safe than he cares to admit. What follows are secrets upon secrets, allowing the dreams to slip back in as all his father’s lies unravel around him. Slowly but surely, Camelot feels less like a home and more like a gilded cage, and Arthur isn’t so certain anymore whether he’s the right person to carry this legacy. If he even wants to.
One final secret, one opportunity, and suddenly the dreams aren’t mere dreams anymore. Merlin wouldn’t be Merlin if he didn’t follow wherever Arthur goes, and as they try to outrun Uther’s manhunt for them, they have to learn to live a life that’s about more than duty, other’s expectations, and a destiny that has never once cared for them.
Or: Arthur long since expected that one day, he might have to flee Camelot with Merlin. He just never thought that he would be the reason.
Story and Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: For the stars shall speak of us
Author: lunapark / lauradonnelly
Artist: f-iddery
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Gwen/Lancelot; Gwaine, Elyan, Freya, Gaius, Hunith
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 40,618
Summary: In 1920s Tennessee, Merlin Emrys and Arthur Pendragon are forced to keep their relationship hidden behind closed doors. Though they live in constant fear of being discovered and torn apart, the pair find solace in the rustic life they have built for themselves-and the love that keeps them centered.
But when their worst fear becomes a reality, they must do what they can to survive, even if it means uprooting their lives and starting anew.
And then the dreams start.
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: Am I The Clotpole?
Author: tehfanglyfish
Artist: highlynerdy
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 45,097
Summary: Business is booming at the Rising Sun thanks to a new game called “Am I The Clotpole?” The rules are simple: people write in with their interpersonal disputes, an anonymous arbiter determines who was the clotpole in those disagreements, and tavern goers enjoy a night of gossip and reasonably priced drinks.
Even though his mouthy manservant proclaimed him a clotpole years ago, King Arthur loves the game, as it gives him an excuse to spend more time with Merlin.
The game is bringing people closer, including Arthur and Merlin, and all seems to be well until Merlin starts disappearing on Sundays, refusing to tell Arthur where he’s gone or what he’s been doing. When Arthur’s curiosity gets the better of him, he makes several unexpected discoveries about the man he’s been secretly in love with for years.
Will Arthur handle these revelations with grace and confess his own secret, or will he earn the title of Camelot’s biggest clotpole?
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Title: Are You the Once and Future One
Author: paxaq
Artist: whimsycatcher
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Elena/Sefa, Freya/Mithian, Gwen/Lancelot/Leon, Gwaine/Percival, Morgana, Aithusa
Rating: Mature
Word count: 53,964
Summary: MTV Presents: ARE YOU THE ONE: A Once and Future Match! Eleven self-identified ‘relationship disasters’ spend 10 weeks together, attempting to figure out who is their Perfect Match! And turn that disaster up a notch, because this season all contestants are bisexual! Hosted by the goddess in green, our emerald fiend, Morgana Pendragon. How will they keep their attention on each other when she’s in the room? Just another challenge for our luckless lovers. If they correctly match up before the 10 weeks are out, they’ll go home with One Million Pounds! This season has it all: Love! Heartbreak! Hypnosis! Drag! Carpenter lesbians! Twinks in crop tops! Absolutely ungodly amounts of pining! Can these gays with loads of emotional baggage find love? And maybe learn something about themselves in turn?
Story is here| Art is here| Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: My Significant Bother
Author: lea_ndra / nuttersinc
Artist: evaelisaa
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 96,152
Summary: Merlin's job as PR junior on the royal account isn't as glamorous as people believe: Most nights, he's saving Arthur, Duke of York and black sheep of the family, from possibly committing monarchy-shattering shenanigans. When tragedy hits and Arthur is now second in line to the throne, the public doesn't react too favourably to the new Prince of Wales.
A solution has to be found and Merlin's contribution is key to the problem: Roped into posing as Arthur's fake boyfriend, he's supposed to make Arthur's popularity levels rise with his steadfast and relatable presence and elevate him from scandalous rake to romantic figure...
Story and Art are here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: This Old World in a New Age
Author: 221B_Marauder
Artist: sushishin
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Balinor/Hunith, Uther/Ygraine, Merlin, Arthur Pendragon, Balinor, Hunith, Uther Pendragon, Ygraine de Bois, Nimueh, Kilgharrah, Lancelot, Freya, Mordred, Gaius, Morgana, Morgause, Gwen, Cenred, Aglain
Rating: Mature
Word count: 46,428
Summary: There have been rumors of Prince Merlin’s powers throughout the five kingdoms since his birth. Uther is one who covets Merlin’s power for both Camelot and Arthur’s reign, going as far as inviting Merlin to Camelot when he presents as Omega.
When Merlin travels to Camelot on behalf of his father's kingdom, he finds an arrogant and unlikable Arthur yet inexplicably finds himself saving both Camelot and Arthur anyway before finally returning to Essetir. It is only when his younger brother Mordred supersedes him as heir presumptive due to presenting as an Alpha that Merlin returns to Camelot.
Once again, Merlin and Arthur work together to save Camelot and then to get through the consequences of their fathers' enemies seeking revenge.
Story is here | Art is here here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: We Are Not Broken, But Rearranged
Author: planejane
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 88,993
Summary: When Albion’s need is greatest, Arthur will rise again.
Fourteen hundred years after the dragon’s prophecy, Merlin’s magic is fading. He’s starting to age. Yet this is the moment he finally finds Arthur, returned, reborn… and imprisoned in his own home, after car accident a decade earlier left him with life-changing injuries.
What use will these two broken warriors be in the hour of Albion’s greatest need? More’s to the point, what is Albion’s greatest need? No one (including Merlin’s crack team of reincarnated friends) seems to know.
Meanwhile, out of sight, a corrupt government and a wicked uncle scheme and plot. At the same time, in the deepest depths of Albion’s soil, the omniscient threads of an ancient magic call. They call to Arthur’s altered mind. They call to an ailing Merlin.
Their message is simple. For Albion to survive, Merlin and Arthur must thwart the biggest heist in history - no matter the cost.
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Title: Destiny Continued
Author: chaosgenes
Artist: chaosgenes
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 40,561
Summary: After living for centuries, the greatest warlock ever has finally snapped! Merlin, under his multiple alter egos, emerges as a mysterious and powerful threat in the 21st century. With Earth being fated to be crushed by an asteroid, this old man who can save them goes missing! In comes the ancient King Arthur, who everyone has their hopes on, but his head isn’t on straight and he isn’t as interested in saving everyone as he is in looking for Merlin. And to do that, Merlin’s descendent, Count Myrddin III, may be the key to help finding him.
Along the way, Arthur meets loyal servants, gets kidnapped several times, and rides dragons and unicorns, all while being accompanied by Myrddin, who turns out to be much more passionate and devoted to Arthur than any man ought to be.
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Title: Merlin's Stagnant Cottage
Author: lovelyal
Artist: aro-tarot
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Lancelot/Gwen, Gwaine/Elena
Rating: Gen
Word count: 67,439
Summary: After a chance meeting with the notorious Witch Emrys, Arthur Moore’s careful life plan of marrying Gwen and taking over his father Gaius’ shop is dashed. For he unwittingly attracts the attention of King Agravaine’s High Priestess Morgana and is cursed thrice his age! To break his curse, Arthur must meet Emrys again and join his ragtag team to save them all from King Agravaine’s tyranny.
Inspired by the world of Howl's Moving Castle.
Story and Art are here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: Fools & Monsters
Author: ashamedbliss
Artist: shadow_hole
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, side Morgana/Leon, side Gwen/Lance
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 123,439
Summary: When daemons hatch plans to seize power for themselves and transform the lives of creatures across the country, vampires and witches are left to unite against them. The only problem? They're mortal - well, immortal enemies.
Doctor Merlin Emrys, a powerful witch, only learns of the daemons' threat after a chance meeting with Arthur Pendragon, a vampire who was turned after the infamous Battle of Camlann.
To achieve peace among all creatures, they'll first need to get along themselves; so when Arthur threatens to drink Merlin dry, and Merlin conjures magic that could kill Arthur, things don't look so good for the two of them.
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Title: Child of Luck and Magic
Author: thenerdyindividual
Artist: dylogger
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Gen
Word count: 31,000
Summary: Uther enacts revenge for the death of Ygraine; The Great Purge. He lets one sorcerer live, Nimueh, as her visions help him in his war against magic. His world is rocked when she predicts the birth of a child who is destined to help restore magic to Camelot. Uther tries to get rid of the child when he is born, but the child is too lucky for that. Twenty years later, Merlin meets Uther and his life spirals into something out of a tale. He ends up engaged to and married to the prince, and going on a quest to prove his worth. Along the way he helps a sad blacksmith find his sister, learns how to break The Ferryman's curse, helps an ex-bandit become a knight, retrieves the scale from the dragon, and dethrones Uther with lots of cleverness and a lucky break.
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Title: Hounds of War
Author: bad_peppermint
Artist: alby_mangroves
Pairings/Characters: Arthur, Merlin (Gen or pre-slash)
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 72,074
Summary: Arthur has been king of Camelot for months now, ever since Morgana tried to kill him and succeeded in killing his father. He has been a warrior and a ruler all his life, but nothing has prepared him for the arrival of the druid sorcerer Emrys, sweeping into the halls of Camelot to pledge his allegiance.
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: A Dream of Dragons
Author: slantedknitting
Artist: lfb72
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 40,060
Summary: Merlin, a fierce dragon, is captured and held prisoner in a deep cave under a castle. He believes he will perish, miserable and alone… until a second prisoner arrives. The man is small and annoying at first, but gradually they get to know each other, and soon enough the cave is almost tolerable.
Then the man escapes, and Merlin realises his whole world has been changed.Merlin, a fierce dragon, is captured and held prisoner in a deep cave under a castle. He believes he will perish, miserable and alone… until a second prisoner arrives. The man is small and annoying at first, but gradually they get to know each other, and soon enough the cave is almost tolerable.
Then the man escapes, and Merlin realises his whole world has been changed.
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: The Light Is Always Ours To Find
Author: dark_angel23
Artist: Venti Mocha
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Leon/Morgana, Gwen/Lancelot
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 30,922
Summary: After the untimely and sudden death of his father, Arthur Pendragon is informed of an obscure law that dictates that he has to marry before ascending to the throne.
The candidate his councellors have chosen for him isn't someone he would have picked himself, but Prince Merlin is a sorcerer, royal, and a Dragonlord, and would fit perfectly with what Arthur was planning as his first decree as King - The repeal of the magic ban.
They don't see eye to eye at first, but as a new threat rises on the heels of his coronation, with devastating attacks on the youth and the aristocracy of the Kingdom, would they be able to set aside their differences and work together?
Story and Art are here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: Real World: Camelot
Author: slantedknitting
Artist: Venti Mocha
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Arthur/Gwen, Arthur/Mithian, Merlin/Gwaine
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 40,787
Summary: Arthur goes on the Real World: Camelot, a reality show where he will live with 6 other strangers for a few months. He falls fast for Gwen, but is very attracted to Merlin. He ignores Merlin at first, thinking that will make the attraction go away, because he is determined not to come out on television.
Then he gets called out on it, and he has to start talking to Merlin. And the more they talk, the more Arthur is pulled in.
Story and Art are here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: Seeking Solid Ground
Author: Angelofalbion
Artist: Vickytokio
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Morgana
Rating: Mature
Word count: 65,065
Summary: The one thing Prince Arthur has always looked for, he’s never found. Pushed to the limits under the heavy weight of King Uther’s expectations, he breaks and does the only thing he can think of. He runs.
Adrift, lost and alone, he finds home in the guise of two nosy neighbours. But in the face of impossible odds will he be able to hold onto it when King Uther threatens everything he’s come to hold dear?
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: Bananarchy Split
Author: tari_sue
Artist: vickytokio
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, sides: Gwen/Lance, Leon/Gwaine, Ygraine/Nimueh.
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 82,292
Summary: What could be better than a summer spent selling ice cream on a beach in a sleepy fishing village on Cornwall’s idyllic north coast? It’s bound to be far less stressful than writing your dissertation for uni or selling insurance for the world’s most demanding father… right? It’s not as if you’d get caught up in a feud with a rival ice cream seller, or nearly drown, or fall in love with a complete prat, is it? Right? Reet.
Proper job.
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: Something Blue (ART inspired by We Are Not Broken, But Rearranged)
Artist: oestentia
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Merlin,
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: None
Summary: Fanart slash art masterpost for/inspired by the After Camlann Merlin Big Bang fic 'We Are Not Broken, But Rearranged'.
Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: Light of the Sun
Author: clea2011
Artist: lfb72
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Merlin, Hunith/Ygraine
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 97k
Summary: In a world where everyone knows that creating Jurassic Park was a bad idea...
Just because it could be done, that didn’t mean that it should. It was a pity that Cenred King didn’t get the memo. And that he ever got Ygraine DuBois involved.
This is the story of two generations of palaeontologists. A tale of love in a time of dragons. And dinosaurs.
A fanfic 65 million years in the making.
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: Maybe Now Is the Time
Author: geeklover
Artist: wyrm
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 47,159
Summary: Some people say "timing is everything." Well, Arthur Pendragon's timing sucks. It takes his best friend (and ex-boyfriend) Merlin announcing his engagement for him to realize what he could have had.
A well-adjusted person would go to the wedding to wish their friend well. Arthur is not so well-adjusted. He's come to the wedding to stop it...at all costs!
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
Below is the final masterlist for After Camlann 2021:
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Title: (Just Like) Starting Over
Author: Emrys_MK
Artist: dylogger
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Merlin, Past Merlin/Will, Hunith, Morgana, Sophia, Gwen, Mordred, Percival, Agravaine, George, Gwaine, Leon, Freya, Gaius, Finna
Rating: Mature
Word count: 33,000
Summary: Merlin Emrys mourns the death of his partner. He’s lonely and wants to have someone in his life, yet he isn’t quite ready to move on from his once-in-a-lifetime love.
Arthur Pendragon mourns the death of his recently-deceased father and struggles with the relatively recent realisation that he prefers men to women.
A memorable meeting at The Rising Sun could very well be a precursor to great things for these two lost souls. Unfortunately, someone known to both Arthur and Merlin doesn’t want them together.
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: mortality clings to butterfly wings
Author: lit-beyond-measure
Artist: sourdough-morbread
Pairings/Characters: Gwaine/Merlin, Gwen/Leon, Aithusa, Percival, Mithian, Gaius, Lot, Drea
Rating: Mature
Word count: 88,100
Summary: Sometimes, Merlin spoke the names of those they'd lost quietly into the dawn, allowing them to be caught in the soft net of the clouds and carried away on the wings of immortality with the breeze.
After abandoning Camelot for half a decade, Merlin finally returns at the request of an old friend and is met with a markedly different kingdom to the one they left behind. In the years spent away from the place they had once called home, Merlin has tried to move on from the failures in their past and sever all ties with their old life in the attempt to start afresh. Upon their return, though, they discover that some foundations cannot be so easily destroyed and find themself tethered to familiar forms by both the shadows of the dead and the promise of the future. With old Camelot on the brink of collapse, Merlin realises that perhaps they have been running from everything for a little too long and, this time, they are determined to not make the same mistakes again. After all, mortality is fragile and easily broken and sometimes it takes a death to fertilise the ground for new life.
Story and Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: My Big Fat Druid Wedding
Author: sethxo
Artist: lovelyal
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Lancelot
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 68,641
Summary: In a modern magical world, Merlin is a Druid living in a commune near Camelot. He works as a photographer in the city and does his best to fit in whilst keeping his magic a secret from all non-magic people except his best friend Will. Merlin would like nothing more than to live an ordinary life, but the Druids have one cardinal rule: Druids marry Druids. Merlin has been fighting to get out of an engagement to Mordred for several years to no avail, but when Arthur Pendragon enters the picture, sparks fly...only for Merlin to learn Arthur and his family hate Druids. With Arthur oblivious to Merlin's heritage, Merlin will have to choose between telling the truth or feigning ignorance, and possibly losing everything he's ever known along the way.
Story and Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: We Can Always Run
Author: queerofthedagger
Artist: kairennart
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Minor Elyan/Gwaine, Minor Gwen/Morgana, Leon, Hunith, Lancelot
Rating:Mature
Word count: 148,000
Summary: Arthur has always had distant dreams of leaving Camelot. They were never more than a wistful fantasy, at least once he grew up.
Finding out about Merlin’s magic changes everything though, and not only because Arthur would do more to keep Merlin safe than he cares to admit. What follows are secrets upon secrets, allowing the dreams to slip back in as all his father’s lies unravel around him. Slowly but surely, Camelot feels less like a home and more like a gilded cage, and Arthur isn’t so certain anymore whether he’s the right person to carry this legacy. If he even wants to.
One final secret, one opportunity, and suddenly the dreams aren’t mere dreams anymore. Merlin wouldn’t be Merlin if he didn’t follow wherever Arthur goes, and as they try to outrun Uther’s manhunt for them, they have to learn to live a life that’s about more than duty, other’s expectations, and a destiny that has never once cared for them.
Or: Arthur long since expected that one day, he might have to flee Camelot with Merlin. He just never thought that he would be the reason.
Story and Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: For the stars shall speak of us
Author: lunapark / lauradonnelly
Artist: f-iddery
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Gwen/Lancelot; Gwaine, Elyan, Freya, Gaius, Hunith
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 40,618
Summary: In 1920s Tennessee, Merlin Emrys and Arthur Pendragon are forced to keep their relationship hidden behind closed doors. Though they live in constant fear of being discovered and torn apart, the pair find solace in the rustic life they have built for themselves-and the love that keeps them centered.
But when their worst fear becomes a reality, they must do what they can to survive, even if it means uprooting their lives and starting anew.
And then the dreams start.
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: Am I The Clotpole?
Author: tehfanglyfish
Artist: highlynerdy
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 45,097
Summary: Business is booming at the Rising Sun thanks to a new game called “Am I The Clotpole?” The rules are simple: people write in with their interpersonal disputes, an anonymous arbiter determines who was the clotpole in those disagreements, and tavern goers enjoy a night of gossip and reasonably priced drinks.
Even though his mouthy manservant proclaimed him a clotpole years ago, King Arthur loves the game, as it gives him an excuse to spend more time with Merlin.
The game is bringing people closer, including Arthur and Merlin, and all seems to be well until Merlin starts disappearing on Sundays, refusing to tell Arthur where he’s gone or what he’s been doing. When Arthur’s curiosity gets the better of him, he makes several unexpected discoveries about the man he’s been secretly in love with for years.
Will Arthur handle these revelations with grace and confess his own secret, or will he earn the title of Camelot’s biggest clotpole?
Story is here | Art is here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: Are You the Once and Future One
Author: paxaq
Artist: whimsycatcher
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Elena/Sefa, Freya/Mithian, Gwen/Lancelot/Leon, Gwaine/Percival, Morgana, Aithusa
Rating: Mature
Word count: 53,964
Summary: MTV Presents: ARE YOU THE ONE: A Once and Future Match! Eleven self-identified ‘relationship disasters’ spend 10 weeks together, attempting to figure out who is their Perfect Match! And turn that disaster up a notch, because this season all contestants are bisexual! Hosted by the goddess in green, our emerald fiend, Morgana Pendragon. How will they keep their attention on each other when she’s in the room? Just another challenge for our luckless lovers. If they correctly match up before the 10 weeks are out, they’ll go home with One Million Pounds! This season has it all: Love! Heartbreak! Hypnosis! Drag! Carpenter lesbians! Twinks in crop tops! Absolutely ungodly amounts of pining! Can these gays with loads of emotional baggage find love? And maybe learn something about themselves in turn?
Story is here| Art is here| Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: My Significant Bother
Author: lea_ndra / nuttersinc
Artist: evaelisaa
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 96,152
Summary: Merlin's job as PR junior on the royal account isn't as glamorous as people believe: Most nights, he's saving Arthur, Duke of York and black sheep of the family, from possibly committing monarchy-shattering shenanigans. When tragedy hits and Arthur is now second in line to the throne, the public doesn't react too favourably to the new Prince of Wales.
A solution has to be found and Merlin's contribution is key to the problem: Roped into posing as Arthur's fake boyfriend, he's supposed to make Arthur's popularity levels rise with his steadfast and relatable presence and elevate him from scandalous rake to romantic figure...
Story and Art are here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: This Old World in a New Age
Author: 221B_Marauder
Artist: sushishin
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Balinor/Hunith, Uther/Ygraine, Merlin, Arthur Pendragon, Balinor, Hunith, Uther Pendragon, Ygraine de Bois, Nimueh, Kilgharrah, Lancelot, Freya, Mordred, Gaius, Morgana, Morgause, Gwen, Cenred, Aglain
Rating: Mature
Word count: 46,428
Summary: There have been rumors of Prince Merlin’s powers throughout the five kingdoms since his birth. Uther is one who covets Merlin’s power for both Camelot and Arthur’s reign, going as far as inviting Merlin to Camelot when he presents as Omega.
When Merlin travels to Camelot on behalf of his father's kingdom, he finds an arrogant and unlikable Arthur yet inexplicably finds himself saving both Camelot and Arthur anyway before finally returning to Essetir. It is only when his younger brother Mordred supersedes him as heir presumptive due to presenting as an Alpha that Merlin returns to Camelot.
Once again, Merlin and Arthur work together to save Camelot and then to get through the consequences of their fathers' enemies seeking revenge.
Story is here | Art is here here | Reblog on Tumblr here
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Title: We Are Not Broken, But Rearranged
Author: planejane
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 88,993
Summary: When Albion’s need is greatest, Arthur will rise again.
Fourteen hundred years after the dragon’s prophecy, Merlin’s magic is fading. He’s starting to age. Yet this is the moment he finally finds Arthur, returned, reborn… and imprisoned in his own home, after car accident a decade earlier left him with life-changing injuries.
What use will these two broken warriors be in the hour of Albion’s greatest need? More’s to the point, what is Albion’s greatest need? No one (including Merlin’s crack team of reincarnated friends) seems to know.
Meanwhile, out of sight, a corrupt government and a wicked uncle scheme and plot. At the same time, in the deepest depths of Albion’s soil, the omniscient threads of an ancient magic call. They call to Arthur’s altered mind. They call to an ailing Merlin.
Their message is simple. For Albion to survive, Merlin and Arthur must thwart the biggest heist in history - no matter the cost.
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Title: Destiny Continued
Author: chaosgenes
Artist: chaosgenes
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 40,561
Summary: After living for centuries, the greatest warlock ever has finally snapped! Merlin, under his multiple alter egos, emerges as a mysterious and powerful threat in the 21st century. With Earth being fated to be crushed by an asteroid, this old man who can save them goes missing! In comes the ancient King Arthur, who everyone has their hopes on, but his head isn’t on straight and he isn’t as interested in saving everyone as he is in looking for Merlin. And to do that, Merlin’s descendent, Count Myrddin III, may be the key to help finding him.
Along the way, Arthur meets loyal servants, gets kidnapped several times, and rides dragons and unicorns, all while being accompanied by Myrddin, who turns out to be much more passionate and devoted to Arthur than any man ought to be.
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Title: Merlin's Stagnant Cottage
Author: lovelyal
Artist: aro-tarot
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Lancelot/Gwen, Gwaine/Elena
Rating: Gen
Word count: 67,439
Summary: After a chance meeting with the notorious Witch Emrys, Arthur Moore’s careful life plan of marrying Gwen and taking over his father Gaius’ shop is dashed. For he unwittingly attracts the attention of King Agravaine’s High Priestess Morgana and is cursed thrice his age! To break his curse, Arthur must meet Emrys again and join his ragtag team to save them all from King Agravaine’s tyranny.
Inspired by the world of Howl's Moving Castle.
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Title: Fools & Monsters
Author: ashamedbliss
Artist: shadow_hole
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, side Morgana/Leon, side Gwen/Lance
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 123,439
Summary: When daemons hatch plans to seize power for themselves and transform the lives of creatures across the country, vampires and witches are left to unite against them. The only problem? They're mortal - well, immortal enemies.
Doctor Merlin Emrys, a powerful witch, only learns of the daemons' threat after a chance meeting with Arthur Pendragon, a vampire who was turned after the infamous Battle of Camlann.
To achieve peace among all creatures, they'll first need to get along themselves; so when Arthur threatens to drink Merlin dry, and Merlin conjures magic that could kill Arthur, things don't look so good for the two of them.
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Title: Child of Luck and Magic
Author: thenerdyindividual
Artist: dylogger
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Gen
Word count: 31,000
Summary: Uther enacts revenge for the death of Ygraine; The Great Purge. He lets one sorcerer live, Nimueh, as her visions help him in his war against magic. His world is rocked when she predicts the birth of a child who is destined to help restore magic to Camelot. Uther tries to get rid of the child when he is born, but the child is too lucky for that. Twenty years later, Merlin meets Uther and his life spirals into something out of a tale. He ends up engaged to and married to the prince, and going on a quest to prove his worth. Along the way he helps a sad blacksmith find his sister, learns how to break The Ferryman's curse, helps an ex-bandit become a knight, retrieves the scale from the dragon, and dethrones Uther with lots of cleverness and a lucky break.
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Title: Hounds of War
Author: bad_peppermint
Artist: alby_mangroves
Pairings/Characters: Arthur, Merlin (Gen or pre-slash)
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 72,074
Summary: Arthur has been king of Camelot for months now, ever since Morgana tried to kill him and succeeded in killing his father. He has been a warrior and a ruler all his life, but nothing has prepared him for the arrival of the druid sorcerer Emrys, sweeping into the halls of Camelot to pledge his allegiance.
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Title: A Dream of Dragons
Author: slantedknitting
Artist: lfb72
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 40,060
Summary: Merlin, a fierce dragon, is captured and held prisoner in a deep cave under a castle. He believes he will perish, miserable and alone… until a second prisoner arrives. The man is small and annoying at first, but gradually they get to know each other, and soon enough the cave is almost tolerable.
Then the man escapes, and Merlin realises his whole world has been changed.Merlin, a fierce dragon, is captured and held prisoner in a deep cave under a castle. He believes he will perish, miserable and alone… until a second prisoner arrives. The man is small and annoying at first, but gradually they get to know each other, and soon enough the cave is almost tolerable.
Then the man escapes, and Merlin realises his whole world has been changed.
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Title: The Light Is Always Ours To Find
Author: dark_angel23
Artist: Venti Mocha
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Leon/Morgana, Gwen/Lancelot
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 30,922
Summary: After the untimely and sudden death of his father, Arthur Pendragon is informed of an obscure law that dictates that he has to marry before ascending to the throne.
The candidate his councellors have chosen for him isn't someone he would have picked himself, but Prince Merlin is a sorcerer, royal, and a Dragonlord, and would fit perfectly with what Arthur was planning as his first decree as King - The repeal of the magic ban.
They don't see eye to eye at first, but as a new threat rises on the heels of his coronation, with devastating attacks on the youth and the aristocracy of the Kingdom, would they be able to set aside their differences and work together?
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Title: Real World: Camelot
Author: slantedknitting
Artist: Venti Mocha
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Arthur/Gwen, Arthur/Mithian, Merlin/Gwaine
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 40,787
Summary: Arthur goes on the Real World: Camelot, a reality show where he will live with 6 other strangers for a few months. He falls fast for Gwen, but is very attracted to Merlin. He ignores Merlin at first, thinking that will make the attraction go away, because he is determined not to come out on television.
Then he gets called out on it, and he has to start talking to Merlin. And the more they talk, the more Arthur is pulled in.
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Title: Seeking Solid Ground
Author: Angelofalbion
Artist: Vickytokio
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, Gwen/Morgana
Rating: Mature
Word count: 65,065
Summary: The one thing Prince Arthur has always looked for, he’s never found. Pushed to the limits under the heavy weight of King Uther’s expectations, he breaks and does the only thing he can think of. He runs.
Adrift, lost and alone, he finds home in the guise of two nosy neighbours. But in the face of impossible odds will he be able to hold onto it when King Uther threatens everything he’s come to hold dear?
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Title: Bananarchy Split
Author: tari_sue
Artist: vickytokio
Pairings/Characters: Merlin/Arthur, sides: Gwen/Lance, Leon/Gwaine, Ygraine/Nimueh.
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 82,292
Summary: What could be better than a summer spent selling ice cream on a beach in a sleepy fishing village on Cornwall’s idyllic north coast? It’s bound to be far less stressful than writing your dissertation for uni or selling insurance for the world’s most demanding father… right? It’s not as if you’d get caught up in a feud with a rival ice cream seller, or nearly drown, or fall in love with a complete prat, is it? Right? Reet.
Proper job.
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Title: Something Blue (ART inspired by We Are Not Broken, But Rearranged)
Artist: oestentia
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Merlin,
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: None
Summary: Fanart slash art masterpost for/inspired by the After Camlann Merlin Big Bang fic 'We Are Not Broken, But Rearranged'.
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Title: Light of the Sun
Author: clea2011
Artist: lfb72
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Merlin, Hunith/Ygraine
Rating: Teen and Up
Word count: 97k
Summary: In a world where everyone knows that creating Jurassic Park was a bad idea...
Just because it could be done, that didn’t mean that it should. It was a pity that Cenred King didn’t get the memo. And that he ever got Ygraine DuBois involved.
This is the story of two generations of palaeontologists. A tale of love in a time of dragons. And dinosaurs.
A fanfic 65 million years in the making.
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Title: Maybe Now Is the Time
Author: geeklover
Artist: wyrm
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Merlin
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 47,159
Summary: Some people say "timing is everything." Well, Arthur Pendragon's timing sucks. It takes his best friend (and ex-boyfriend) Merlin announcing his engagement for him to realize what he could have had.
A well-adjusted person would go to the wedding to wish their friend well. Arthur is not so well-adjusted. He's come to the wedding to stop it...at all costs!
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