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[anamuan]

(table # err, 5, i think, blatantly stolen from here.) I'm doing Merlin fandom, with a focus on Gwen and Morgana.

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043. Mission

[anamuan]

Arthur was your pretty standard 'hero', in the 'man of steel' sense. He could stop bullets w his sking and leap tall buildings in a single bound. He couldn't fly, and he wasn't super fast, but he got by. Morgana could control fire and ice, even to conjuring either out of nothing. "It's just simple chemical reactions," she'd say, "Basic science."

"Yes, but other people can't make basic science happen with their mind. Besides, the bit where you make them do what you want is not simple science," Merlin always countered.

Gwen could phase herself through solid objects if she thought abt it, and sometimes when she didn't think about it, a talent that had been v troublesome when she'd been younger and still sleepwalked. She also had a very random power s/ts little purple flowers sprung up out of the earth in her wake. It wasn't consistent and was completely involuntary, and the others mocked her mercilessly for it. Most useless superpower ever, right? Gwen would stammer and blush and protest, "It runs in the family, alright? My great aunt Matilda did it everywhere she went!"

Merlin, now, he was magic. He kept protesting that magic wasn't a superpower, and everyone else countered that it certainly wasn't not a superpower and then try to design an appropriate superhero costume for someone who was magic. Merlin very much did not want to be a superhero, and particularly did not want to wear a costume, but no one listened. Merlin's life was very hard.

They all had different reasons, but the end result was the same: mass conspiracy against Merlin. Morgana thought it would be a good opportunity for Merlin to stop living permanently in denial. Being a superhero was totally ok. He should stop being ashamed of the possibility and embrace himself for who he truly was. Gwen thought it would be fun, and trips were always better with Merlin along, so he should come on this one. Super secret super hero missions would, Gwen was certain, be no exception. And Arthur wanted to get back at Merlin for, well, everything ever. Because he could, and it would be funny.

That's why they told Merlin they were going on a weekend trip to the beach. Arthur was solely responsible for 'accidentally' leaving Merlin's bag at home, so that he had the clothes on his back and a pair of clean undies tucked into his backpack (which Arthur had made sure not to forget because Merlin's mom always packed the best snacks). Merlin wasn't thrilled to notice his bag missing when they got to the hotel.

Merlin was even less thrilled when Arthur produced a spandex monstrosity for him to wear instead. The fact that Gwen had designed it special for him didn't really help. At least they were actually at a beach.

Merlin didn't find out about the whole 'save the world!' mission aspect until after dinner, but Morgana had made sure to feed him at least two extra beers at dinner, with his stick-skinny frame, so he almost didn't care by then.