Prompt Preview 1: Gen Prompts
Please be warned, this post will contain spoilers for series 1-3. We will endeavour to warn for any possible series 3 spoilers. Spoiler prompts will be marked immediately after the prompt number.
Prompt Preview 1: Gen Prompts
Prompt #11
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin, Uther, Gwen, Gaius
Era: Post Season Two Finale
Prompt: Uther hasn't given Arthur a break since the dragon's attack and it's beginning to show. Merlin tries to figure out a way to get the prince to rest.
Squicks: No slash please or graphic sex
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: Oh, you know, something gen for fun.
Prompt #57
Characters/Pairings: Bradley, Colin, Katie, Angel
Era: Currant non-AU
Prompt: Katie and Angel drag the boys to a pub after the filming of the dress scene in 2x09 (The Lady of the Lake). Poor Colin is being teased mercilessly, but with good nature by all three of his friends and co-stars (Katie being the most merciless of the lot). When they finally leave the pub, all of them are completely sloshed, Bradley has a passed out Colin slung over his shoulder and when they stop at Colin's hotel room, Katie runs down to her own room real quick. When she comes back, she has a certain purple dress with her. In the morning when Colin wakes up, he's wearing the dress and there's a note with a little picture on the bed next to him. The note says something like, "That colour really does suit you." The picture is of Colin wearing the dress and the note has a PS of, "BTW, by the time you see this, the entire cast and crew will have been emailed several pictures of you dressed in drag."
Squicks: None that I can think of for this story.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: I would be perfectly fine with Bradley/Colin established relationship and a few kisses, but totally not necessary. Hope I did this right.
Prompt #58
Characters/Pairings: Gaius
Era: xover with Battlestar Galactica
Prompt: The Gaius we know in the Merlin universe is just an older version of Gaius Baltar.
Through some sort of circumstance (It's up to you what exactly. Can be magical/mystical/technological/...) Gaius Baltar ends up in Camelot and is stuck there. He applies to be young Uther Pendragon's court physician, a position for which Gaius is more than qualified, given his scientific background.
Obviously there are major differences in Gaius' and Gaius Baltar's characters; I'd love this fic to explore how the self centered young scientist/politician/religious leader we know from BSG can turn into the kind and wise old man we see in Merlin.
Squicks: explicit sex, dodgy psychology
Maximum Rating: PG13
Additional Info: Bonus points for sticking as close to canon as possible in both universes.
Prompt #60
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur (or Merlin, Arthur)
Era: AU
Prompt: A Merlin version of the Old Norse Thrymskvitha.
A giant steals Arthur's sword and demands [female of your choice] as a payment (= he wants to marry her). Instead of sending [foyc] Arthur and Merlin dress up as bride and bridesmaid respectively and show up to the giant's wedding. Medieval hilarity ensues.
Squicks: hardcore bdsm, emphasis on bodily fluids, mpreg, non-con
Maximum Rating: NC17 (but as long as it's fun I'm happy with any rating, even Gen!)
Additional Info: Here's an English translation of the original.
Prompt #61
Characters/Pairings: Gen, possibly hint of Arthur/Merlin
Era: Modern and Canon
Prompt: Crossover with Wizards of Waverly Place - Emergency in the wizarding world allows the WWP family to meet modern day Merlin, who sends them back in time to fix something. Bonus points for, "You never said Merlin was so... hot." "Yeah, well, who would believe the wisest and most powerful of all the wizards looks like he's barely old enough to shave?"
Squicks: Please no underage pairings/side pairings
Maximum Rating: PG-13
Additional Info: I'm thinking more light-hearted comedy than angsty and serious.
Prompt #74
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Morgana, M/M possible
Era: AU
Prompt: The Secret Garden
Squicks: Watersports, Scat, ridiculously sappy nicknames/excessive fluff, major character death, 1st person POV
Maximum Rating: 17+
Additional Info: You can stay true to The Secret Garden or you can make it the same concept but in modern day, whatever. I just love the idea of Morgana coming in, changing Merlin's life, helping him to walk/see the world/etc... and possibly ending up together. Though Gen is TOTALLY COOL too!
Prompt #75
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin, Morgana, Leon, etc...
Era: Modern AU in America
Prompt: Seattle
Squicks: Watersports, Scat, ridiculously sappy nicknames/excessive fluff, major character death, 1st person POV
Maximum Rating: 17+
Additional Info: Completely open prompt, but I would love to see the characters born/raised/whatever in Seattle, WA, USA. You can pair anyone together or make it Gen, I honestly am just here for the city. =D It would probably work best if someone FROM the area, or who is comfortable with the area, wrote this. Real places, events, etc = awesome.
Prompt #76
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Arthur, Morgana, Leon, etc...
Era: Modern AU in America
Prompt: Broadway
Squicks: Watersports, Scat, ridiculously sappy nicknames/excessive fluff, major character death, 1st person POV
Maximum Rating: 17+
Additional Info: Open prompt. Just would love an AU of our characters loving/acting/experiencing Broadway in NYC! Any pairing, or gen.
Prompt #79
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin, Gwen (BFF), (Arthur/Gwen, Merlin/Gwen)
Era: Any
Prompt: Locked in a museum, trying on outfits.
Squicks: No Arthur/Merlin slash please.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Lots of banter and (I'm a bad A/G shipper for saying this) bonus points for Gwen/Merlin flirting . . . and jealous!Arthur
Prompt #92
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Gwen, Merlin, Morgana, A/G (main)
Era: Canon era
Prompt: The Lady of the Lake (2x09) - OT4 shenanigans. Gwen knows about Freya and tries to help/advise, Morgana stalks Merlin (for a change) and finds out, the girls try and get him to trust Arthur (they both know Merlin has magic, but you decided whether he knows they know). Arthur is just confused by all three of them acting strange.
Squicks: Freya not doing anything actually magic besides turning into a flying puma.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: This ep was/is a sore point. The whole insta-trust Merlin had with this girl bothered me immensely, as did his lame plan to runaway from his destiny (the girls can act as his common sense, well Gwen more than Morgana obviously - Morgs would just shake him).
Prompt #97
Characters/Pairings: Morgana (Uther, Morgause, Merlin)
Era: canon
Prompt: "Howl" by Florence and the Machine
If you could only see the beast you've made of me
I held it in but now it seems you've set it running free
Screaming in the dark, I howl when we're apart
drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart
Squicks: hardcore kinks like scat, excessive fluff, major character death, extreme OCCness
Maximum Rating: NC-17 but I'd prefer it NOT to be porny
Additional Info: Would love something focusing on Morgana's character and how the influence/actions of Merlin, Morgause & Uther have affected her. Don't mind hints at Merlin/Morgana or Morgana/Morgause but I'd prefer it to be more gen than anything else.
Prompt #109
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Era: canon
Prompt: What is in all those trunks and wardrobes in Arthur's rooms?
Squicks: non-con/dub-con, scat,
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Can be slash, pre-slash, or no slash. I'd like to see Merlin uncover some strange and possibly embarrassing things in any of Arthur's many storage places. Can be either that Merlin was charged with the task of cleaning them out (Camelot participates in spring cleaning?) or that Merlin got curious one day.
Prompt #116
Characters/Pairings: Lancelot, Arthur, Merlin
Era: Future-fic.
Prompt: Arthur can't understand his best knight's loyalty to his long lost ex-manservant.
Squicks:
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: What I actually want to see is, somehow Merlin and Arthur are drifted apart. Arthur still doesn't know about Merlin's powers. But Lancelot refuses to badmouth Merlin.
Prompt #121
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Morgana, Kilgharrah
Era:
Prompt: Merlin, Morgana and the Great Dragon have some tea and a little chat together. Kilgharrah is a Arthur/Merlin shipper and Morgana-hater. Crack.
Squicks:
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info:
Prompt #123
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, Morgana
Era: AU
Prompt: Merlin always knew he was somewhat different, what he doesn't know is how much he was. The King's ward's life changes when he runs into the Queen's new maid Morgana; the Druid girl with wild tattoos and eery eyes.
Squicks:
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: Arthur is the King, Merlin is his ward, Gwen is the Queen. Merlin doesn't know about his powers but Morgana knows him as Emrys. Bonus if she also knows that this is AU. Double bonus if the fic includes lots of Arthur/Merlin scenes :D
Prompt #138
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Gwen/Morgana
Era:
Prompt: Merlin catches Gwen and Morgana in a romantic moment that he is tortured with until he finds someone to have his own with. - I want a kind of romantic type of fic. Nothing too graphic in any case - leaving it to our imagination who Merlin finds his moment with~
Squicks: For the purposes of this fic - anything sexually graphic.
Maximum Rating: G
Additional Info:
Prompt #150
Characters/Pairings: Balinor
Era: Pre-canon
Prompt: Balinor feels the death/pain of each dragon that’s is killed and Kilgharrah’s torment at being traped and losing all of his kin etc and this haunts him to a point he feels he should take his own life for the part he played in all of it (not being able to save the dragons and being tricked into trapping Kilgharrah) but something stops him…bonus points if it’s Kilgahrrah who stops him though telepathy.
Squicks: Dragonlords being the ones who kill the dragons, slash, OOC,
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: I want this to be rather dark and angst filled.
Prompt #151
Characters/Pairings: Any character(s)
Era: Cannon
Prompt: Seven Deadly Sins VS Seven Heavenly Virtues
Squicks: OOC, hardcore kinks, non-con/dub-con
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: I’d like it if one sin was chosen for a different character and then a virtue was chosen also for those characters so basically you choose 7 characters and each on would have a sin and virtue. Then I just wanted an introspective thing, with how they battle the two etc. Equally you could just focus on one character and do all the sins and virtues with that one person.
Prompt #157
Characters/Pairings: Gaius, Gorlois, Nimueh, Igraine, Uther
Era: pre-series
Prompt: “We were making the future, he said, and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is!” -HG Wells
Squicks: PWP
Maximum Rating: Sky is the limit.
Additional Info: I would really like to see the original OT4 in action. Before Uther became King, before the wars against Magic. More seeking genfic then ships but would love the interactions or relationships between them all.
Prompt #158
Characters/Pairings: Uther
Era: pre-series
Prompt: Squib. Squib- a term applied to a child born of magical parents but having no magical ability; they are considered to be the opposite of Muggle-born wizards/witches.
Squicks: N/A
Maximum Rating: Author's choice
Additional Info: I can't be the only one who noticed the people closest to Uther (i.e Nimueh, Gorlois and Gaius) all seem to have magic...
Prompt #159 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Gaius/Uther, or Gaius, Uther
Era: Series, or pre-series
Prompt: Fiona Apple - I Know
Squicks: Nope.
Maximum Rating: Whatever the writer likes.
Additional Info: The original Arthur/Merlin, anyone?
Prompt #161
Characters/Pairings: Any
Era: Canon era or Modern AU
Prompt:
When the daylight's gone and you're on your own
And you need a friend just to be around
I will comfort you, I will take your hand
And I'll pull you through, I will understand
(Song: ‘At Your Side’ - The Corrs)
Squicks: mpreg, non-con, dub-con
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info:
Prompt #164
Characters/Pairings: Arthur and Merlin
Era: Modern AU
Prompt: Arthur is a personal trainer and Merlin decides he wants to get in shape
Squicks: mpreg, non-con, dub-con
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Suggestions to go with the prompt:-
Can be slash pairing but doesn’t have to be. Lots of banter between the two would good (though I don’t think you could write a fic for this prompt without lots of banter and have them still in character - I dare someone to try)
Prompt #169
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Guinevere, OT4, Gwen/Merlin (BFF), Gwen/Morgana (BFF)
Era: Canon era
Prompt: After Gwen loses her father she decides it's enough, she's leaving Camelot. Only problem is . . . she's followed/stalked by the other three (separately) into the forest, who just aren't so okay with letting her go. With the four of them together HOW COULD THEY NOT RUN INTO TROUBLE?
Squicks: OOC actions besides Gwen wanting to leave.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Bonus points: The other three each offering a kiss (in some form, be it cheek or hand or mouth or forehead) at various points, Merlin hugging Gwen excessively, Arthur picking her weeds instead of flowers, Awkward "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" stuff between Arthur and Morgana, the boys managing to make the situation worse somehow.
Prompt #170
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Gwen, OT4
Era: Canon era
Prompt: Arthur, Gwen, Merlin and Morgana start growing younger - losing a year a day. They run riot.
Squicks:
Maximum Rating: PG
Additional Info: Bonus points for including: Gaius pulling his hair out in frustration, Uther and Gaius yelling at each other for losing the troublesome foursome, the kids taking a hostage or two and demanding to be listened to and taken seriously, Merlin cutting Morgana's hair, Arthur pulling Gwen's hair, Gwen being the most devious of all, Morgana pushing Merlin into the moat. Something exploding, the gang pretend to remember nothing when everything's fixed.
Prompt #183
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, (and anyone else you want to include)
Era: Future Fic / Present Day
Prompt:
"But Arthur’s grave is nowhere seen, whence antiquity of fables still claims that he will return."
William of Malmesbury in the early 12th century
When Arthur is finally mortally wounded in battle Morgana takes him to Avalon (your choice who else has joined him there). Legend has it that he will return. But time runs differently in Avalon and so when Arthur is cured of his wounds after [somewhat realistic timeframe of your choice] and finally returns to reclaim the throne of his kingdom he finds himself in the year 2010. (Your choice who else is going to return and if he actually succeeds in reclaiming the throne.)
Squicks: explicit sex
Maximum Rating: R (if it's for violence or language)
Additional Info: please keep it Gen
Prompt #187
Characters/Pairings: I only ask for Merlin and some OCs, perhaps an appearance by Arthur? Any pairing is fine.
Era: Canon or an AU
Prompt: There was once a theory that Merlin built Stonehenge, with the help of giants. I want to see this. (Wikipedia)
Squicks: Nothing too insane, and preferably no giant/human relations (or explicit scenes, at the least).
Maximum Rating: Any, though I would prefer a low rating for this one.
Additional Info: I'm pretty flexible on this; any pairings are fine, any rating is fine, but I would like gen.
Prompt #193
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Morgana, Arthur/Merlin
Era: canon
Prompt: Arthur isn't going to take Merlin's magic reveal as hard as Merlin fears, because Arthur's been there before, years ago, with Morgana.
Squicks: Infidelity (in the cheating sense; polyamory is all good)
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: I'd be happy with gen and close friendships, or romance in either or both pairings. :)
Prompt #202
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin
Era: any
Prompt: Merlin & Arthur as rubber duckies!
Squicks: ducksex!
Maximum Rating: G
Additional Info: Really looking for art for this one but if you're inspired to write fic then so be it!
Prompt #203 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Gwen
Era: no preference
Prompt: nun!Gwen
Squicks: nun!sex (keep it gen please)
Maximum Rating: G
Additional Info: Prefer art but fic is most welcome too!
Prompt #204
Characters/Pairings: Arthur OR Arthur/Merlin
Era: no preference
Prompt: Noblesse Oblige by http://oglaf.com WARNING: NSFW
Squicks: mpreg, non-con, scat/watersports etc
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Crack please!
Prompt #213
Characters/Pairings: little!Gwen/little!Morgana, maybe little!Arthur/little!Merlin,
Era: any
Prompt: little!Gwen and little!Merlin have roped little!Morgana and little!Arthur into playing wedding. little!Gwen and little!Morgana get "married'.
Squicks: shota/lolita, non-con, hardcore kinks like scat and bloodplay, gender-bend
Maximum Rating: PG
Additional Info: I'd like to see something very sweet and innocent and fluffy for this- fic or art, any era.
Prompt #225 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Bradley/Colin OR Merlin/Arthur
Era: modern AU if you go with Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: One of the boys is secretly obsessed with Justin Bieber (not like that - just his music, okay?) and the other one finds out about it (how is up to the author). Teasing ensues.
Squicks: established relationship, mpreg, complete crack, the usual hardcore kinks, non-con, uber!fluff
Maximum Rating: PG-13
Additional Info: Can be slash or gen, I don't mind. As long as there is plenty of banter and teasing! ;D
Prompt #248
Characters/Pairings: Lancelot, Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, Morgana, Uther (and anyone else you want to include)
Era: modern American!AU/"Heroes" crossover
Prompt: The modern Merlin characters set in the Heroes universe. Lancelot meets Isaac and they are both (obviously) freaked out by the fact that they're identical. But are they twins separated at birth or are they something else??
Squicks: mpreg, non-con, hardcore kinks, lots of fluff, extreme OOCness, crack
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: I'm not looking for the Merlin characters to be cast as characters from Heroes. I want them to be themselves just... with super powers and set in the Heroes universe. I'm happy with this being gen, but if you want to include some Merlin ships, then I would prefer NO Arthur/Gwen, Arthur/Morgana or Uther/Anyone please. (Though Arthur/Merlin is always welcome!) Up to author what powers the Merlin characters have and also which Heroes characters you include (other than Isaac). Though you get bonus points for Peter & Sylar and EVEN MORE bonus points for hints of Peter/Sylar! ;D
Prompt #257
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Will (or Merlin/Will), Hunith
Era: Canon
Prompt: Merlin and Will growing up in Ealdor. Hi-jinks ensue.
Squicks: character death, non-con, watersports, scat, mpreg
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Humour and coming of age would be preferred. Gen or slash is fine, but please end it happily before Merlin leaves for Camelot. I would love to see scenes where Will discovers Merlin's magic and the pranks they pull all over the village afterwards (including the incident with Old Man Simmons and the tree).
Prompt #264
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Merlin (or Bradley/Colin) OR all the characters
Era: modern AU
Prompt: MSN CHAT! Arthur sends Merlin naughty messages and Merlin is very confused until he realizes what's going on. No narration or descriptions, just the chat log between the two of them. Bonus points for creative/funny usernames~
Squicks: watersports/scat, non-con, mpreg, OOC
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: I originally thought of this as an Arthur/Merlin prompt but I wouldn't mind to see this written as a Gen prompt (MSN chat between all cast members) Of course you could always have all characters chat and then Arthur contact Merlin privately
Prompt #269 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Edwin
Era: canon
Prompt: either something from Edwin's past before he came to Camelot, or an alternate future in which he didn't die
Squicks: OOC-ness
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: none
Prompt #270
Characters/Pairings: any
Era: Pokemon!AU
Prompt: uh, Pokemon!AU. Merlin as the bold protagonist, Arthur as his rival, Uther as his father the Pokemon Professor, Morgana as a Gym Leader, Morgause as a member of Team Rocket... the Great Dragon(ite) in the background...
Squicks: nothing
Maximum Rating: PG
Additional Info: I was thinking art for this, but fic works too and this is totally a serious prompt, I swear
Prompt #297
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin (Arthur/Merlin) + anyone else you want
Era: no preference
Prompt: "HELP! HELP! I'M BEING REPRESSED!" ~ from "Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail"
Squicks: mpreg, scat/watersports, non-con, gender bend, major character death
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: Crack is most welcome for this one! Slash or gen is fine.
Prompt #304
Characters/Pairings: Merlin & Arthur
Era: Canon era
Prompt: An enchantress is attacking Camelot's king, plunging him into a dream where he seems to be living his worst nightmares. You know the rest of the tale, Arthur and Merlin go to find her... The problem with this powerful witch is that she uses the biggest fear on every man's heart to bring him down and make him lost into the illusion. Arthur doesn't want to accept (and not even think about confessing) that his biggest fear is to loose Merlin.
Squicks: Effeminate boys, OOCness, Gore, extreme violence, angst, too much fluff.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Fan fiction, please. Arthur still is not aware of Merlin's magic, and they're not a couple (yet, but if you think their relationship can develop into that after this, it'd be great).
Prompt #317
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Era: Canon era, preferably post S2.
Prompt: Arthur is out riding with some of his men and Merlin (a hunt, a mission, your choice) and he and Merlin are cut off from the rest of the group. A getting together fic, a bromance, a getting closer friends, that's all up to you.
Squicks: Non-con, mpreg, scat
Maximum Rating: As high as you want to go
Additional Info: I'm a sucker for canon hints and tie-ins, so if you're one for those I'll love it even more!
Prompt #338
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Era: Canon
Prompt: Due to an unexpected magical accident/event/attack, Merlin is de-aged to a baby/toddler and in the process reveals his magic to Arthur. Arthur looks after ickle!Merlin while trying to hide him from everyone else until he re-ages.
Squicks: Watersports/scat/BDSM
Maximum Rating: PG-13
Additional Info: Arthur working through his anger over Merlin's magic while he's ickle. Morgana/Gwen finding out & helping Arthur with Merlin. Arthur not wanting Gaius to know about Merlin for fear of The Eyebrow...and getting blamed for what happened. Uther NOT finding out about Merlin/Merlin's magic.
Prompt #342 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Gauis
Era: Pre-Cannon/Cannon
Prompt: From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed
Squicks: bashing of my beloved Gauis, OOC, Gauis telling on people, physically killing them himself,
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: I was thinking a inner monologue about his guilt at standing by during the prime of Uther’s war on magic and the people he had to watch die. Something dark and angsty.
Prompt #343
Characters/Pairings: Uther,
Era: Cannon
Prompt: Behind blue eyes but my dreams they aren’t as empty as my concision seems to be Link to full song, with lyrics
Squicks: Romantic/sexual relationship with any of the main characters but Igraine, slash, hardcore kinks, OOC, non-con/dub-con
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Just something delving into his character, the man he was before the death of Igraine, after her death, relationship with Arthur, Morgana, Gauis, Nimueh. His ongoing war with magic etc his anger, pain etc just go wherever it takes you
Prompt #346
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Will
Era: Canon-AU/Modern-AU
Prompt: "Lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones, and I will try to fix you" (full lyrics). Something where Will doesn't die in 1x10, and Merlin comes home in serious need of some TLC.
Squicks: mentions/aftermath of rape, non/dub-con
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: Porn-free? Unless it fits I guess, and preferably no Merlin angsting over another romantic relationship - maybe he's sad over Balinor (or something) and needs his Boy/Best-friend to cheer him up?
Prompt #351
Characters/Pairings: Merlin + Will OR Lancelot
Era: either canon, pre-canon or future canon
Prompt: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." ~ Henry David Thoreau
Squicks: non-con, mpreg, scat/watersports/etc, BDSM, excessive fluff, major character death, gender bend
Maximum Rating: Any
Additional Info: Can be slash or gen, I don't mind.
Prompt #354
Characters/Pairings: Gen, but a dash of Merlin/Arthur would be fine.
Era: Canon Era
Prompt: Labyrinth cross-over. Arthur has grown tired of his father's laws and commands, so he summons the Goblin King, asking him for help. Clearly, he doesn't know who he's messing with but anyway, he happily agrees to go and rule in his Palace as a Goblin Prince. Merlin knows that he must find him before he turns into a goblin, so he goes through the Labyrinth, but when finally finds the prince, he seems to be enjoying it, so he doesn't really know what to do... until he realizes the Goblin King's intentions. Merlin will have to disuade Arthur, some way, to make him come back to Camelot.
Squicks: OCCness, excessive fluff, MPREG, major character death, gore, extreme violence, too much angst.
Maximum Rating: 17+
Additional Info: Be creative!
Prompt #357
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur or gen.
Era: Canon
Prompt: Powerful!Merlin shows the range of his powers for the first time. Cue awed!Camelot, particularly Arthur. May be used as a kink but I just really wanted to see Merlin being a badass and everyone being in awe of his badassery.
Squicks: Hardcore scat, BDSM, character death, OOCness, bad/evil/power hungry!Merlin
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Bonus points for sheepish Merlin and woodland creatures or Morgause showing up and being all, "Merlin, you are epic and blahblah too good for Camelot" and Merlin is all, "But I love it here/Arthur is my destiny." Obvi, don't use my quotes. Hehe.
Prompt #366
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Era: Any
Prompt: Arthur orders Merlin to spy on his fanclub.
Squicks: Main Character death, dark fics, scat, infidelity, sad endings.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: I say any era, cause I could see this as either a group of noble women in the castle kind of thing, or a modern day university thing. Totally up to the claimer to do whatever they want. XD
Prompt #373 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Guinevere/Merlin, Arthur/Guinevere (established), young Pendragon offspring.
Era: Canon
Prompt: When Arthur's busy being King or away at war Merlin protects/laughs with/tickles/entertains/cries/bandages/tucks in/reads to/listens/hugs the royal family. They'd be lost without him.
Squicks: No cheating . . . okay, maybe slight 'emotional cheating' where Gwen relies on Merlin when it comes to the day-to-day kid stuff or when she needs someone to listen to her fears. He's the one who can always make her smile.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Gwen can count on Merlin to remember his promises.
Prompt #379
Characters/Pairings: Gwen/Merlin, Gwen/Morgana (friends), Merlin/Morgana (acquaintances), Arthur/Gwen
Era: Canon
Prompt: AU S1. Merlin tells Gwen everything, but she doesn't have time to absorb it or respond because her father's just been arrested for MAGIC.
Squicks:
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Angst it up. Use it as an opportunity to go 'WHAT IF Gwen had known Merlin could have broken Tom out of jail should he have chosen to?', 'WHAT IF Merlin had trusted Gwen with the knowledge that Morgana was plotting to watch Uther die?', 'WHAT IF Gwen had met the Dragon pre-flambe Camelot?' etc.
Prompt #381
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Gwen, Gwen/Merlin, Arthur/Merlin (friends)
Era: Modern
Prompt: Late night conversations when the only TV shows on are absolute rubbish but like HELL are they turning it off (that's WAY too much effort).
Squicks: No cheating, so maybe no 'formal' relationships between either couple.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Be nice to see: the three of them, compared to A/G alone, G/M alone and A/M alone. Staying up so late it's morning and they are hysterically tired and stupid.
Prompt #386
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Arthur
Era: Canon
Prompt: Merlin is becoming uncomfortable with the things he's willing to do for Arthur and the sort of man he's becoming in pursuit of his supposed destiny. One day, he saves Arthur's life with magic, Arthur sees, Arthur flips out. Arthur tells Merlin he's betrayed him, Merlin counters with all of the things he's done for Arthur, even when he found them morally dubious. Merlin leaves Camelot to get his head on straight, Arthur eventually follows. Whether or not he brings Merlin back is up to you.
Squicks: Watersports, scat, PureEvil!Uther, PureEvil!Morgana
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: There's a scene at the end of 2x09 where Merlin's polishing Arthur's boots and he looks so...resigned. The break between Merlin's inner life and what he's allowed to show really got to me in that scene, as well as in the inn bedroom scene in 2x13. I'd really like a character study addressing the fact that Merlin's been to some pretty bad emotional places and become willing to do some pretty sketchy things in the name of a destiny described to him by a creature whose ultimate motive was revenge. I'd really like to see a character study dealing with those things; the wondering if Kilgarrah was right about his destiny, where he draws his moral lines, what is his relationship with Arthur. I'd prefer that it remain Merlin-Arthur friendship than Merlin/Arthur romance, but if romance is the only possible way you can see to come at it, then go right ahead.
Prompt #392
Characters/Pairings: Ygraine, Uther, Balinor, Hunith, Goloris, Arthur, Merlin, Morgause, Morgana
Era: canon or pre-canon
Prompt: The truth is, Ygraine had two daughters before she and Uther had to use magic to conceive Arthur. So, basically...
Ygraine + Goloris = Morgana
Ygraine + Balinor = Morgause
Ygraine + Uther = Arthur
Balinor + Hunith = Merlin
Squicks: hardcore kinks, fluff, death of any of the four "children", gender bend, mpreg, explicit sex scenes between the parents, Arthur/Gwen or Arthur/Morgana
Maximum Rating: PG-13/R (but keep it gen please!)
Additional Info: I don't care if you have to play around with canon/timelines/character's ages to make this work, I just really like the idea that Arthur, Morgana, Morgause and Merlin are all related (well, Merlin's only related to Morgause, but you get the idea). You can either focus on the parent's story or on the "children" and them all discovering the truth.
Mod note: Prompts are generally sorted by the "main" pairing, but some prompts may appear on more than one list, depending on the pairings requested.
See also these posts: Arthur/Gwen and Gwen/Merlin, Het Pairings (Excluding Arthur/Gwen and Gwen/Merlin), Arthur/Merlin I, Arthur/Merlin II, Slash Pairings (Excluding Arthur/Merlin), Femslash Pairings, Threesomes & Moresomes!
Prompt Preview 1: Gen Prompts
Prompt #11
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin, Uther, Gwen, Gaius
Era: Post Season Two Finale
Prompt: Uther hasn't given Arthur a break since the dragon's attack and it's beginning to show. Merlin tries to figure out a way to get the prince to rest.
Squicks: No slash please or graphic sex
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: Oh, you know, something gen for fun.
Prompt #57
Characters/Pairings: Bradley, Colin, Katie, Angel
Era: Currant non-AU
Prompt: Katie and Angel drag the boys to a pub after the filming of the dress scene in 2x09 (The Lady of the Lake). Poor Colin is being teased mercilessly, but with good nature by all three of his friends and co-stars (Katie being the most merciless of the lot). When they finally leave the pub, all of them are completely sloshed, Bradley has a passed out Colin slung over his shoulder and when they stop at Colin's hotel room, Katie runs down to her own room real quick. When she comes back, she has a certain purple dress with her. In the morning when Colin wakes up, he's wearing the dress and there's a note with a little picture on the bed next to him. The note says something like, "That colour really does suit you." The picture is of Colin wearing the dress and the note has a PS of, "BTW, by the time you see this, the entire cast and crew will have been emailed several pictures of you dressed in drag."
Squicks: None that I can think of for this story.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: I would be perfectly fine with Bradley/Colin established relationship and a few kisses, but totally not necessary. Hope I did this right.
Prompt #58
Characters/Pairings: Gaius
Era: xover with Battlestar Galactica
Prompt: The Gaius we know in the Merlin universe is just an older version of Gaius Baltar.
Through some sort of circumstance (It's up to you what exactly. Can be magical/mystical/technological/...) Gaius Baltar ends up in Camelot and is stuck there. He applies to be young Uther Pendragon's court physician, a position for which Gaius is more than qualified, given his scientific background.
Obviously there are major differences in Gaius' and Gaius Baltar's characters; I'd love this fic to explore how the self centered young scientist/politician/religious leader we know from BSG can turn into the kind and wise old man we see in Merlin.
Squicks: explicit sex, dodgy psychology
Maximum Rating: PG13
Additional Info: Bonus points for sticking as close to canon as possible in both universes.
Prompt #60
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur (or Merlin, Arthur)
Era: AU
Prompt: A Merlin version of the Old Norse Thrymskvitha.
A giant steals Arthur's sword and demands [female of your choice] as a payment (= he wants to marry her). Instead of sending [foyc] Arthur and Merlin dress up as bride and bridesmaid respectively and show up to the giant's wedding. Medieval hilarity ensues.
Squicks: hardcore bdsm, emphasis on bodily fluids, mpreg, non-con
Maximum Rating: NC17 (but as long as it's fun I'm happy with any rating, even Gen!)
Additional Info: Here's an English translation of the original.
Prompt #61
Characters/Pairings: Gen, possibly hint of Arthur/Merlin
Era: Modern and Canon
Prompt: Crossover with Wizards of Waverly Place - Emergency in the wizarding world allows the WWP family to meet modern day Merlin, who sends them back in time to fix something. Bonus points for, "You never said Merlin was so... hot." "Yeah, well, who would believe the wisest and most powerful of all the wizards looks like he's barely old enough to shave?"
Squicks: Please no underage pairings/side pairings
Maximum Rating: PG-13
Additional Info: I'm thinking more light-hearted comedy than angsty and serious.
Prompt #74
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Morgana, M/M possible
Era: AU
Prompt: The Secret Garden
Squicks: Watersports, Scat, ridiculously sappy nicknames/excessive fluff, major character death, 1st person POV
Maximum Rating: 17+
Additional Info: You can stay true to The Secret Garden or you can make it the same concept but in modern day, whatever. I just love the idea of Morgana coming in, changing Merlin's life, helping him to walk/see the world/etc... and possibly ending up together. Though Gen is TOTALLY COOL too!
Prompt #75
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin, Morgana, Leon, etc...
Era: Modern AU in America
Prompt: Seattle
Squicks: Watersports, Scat, ridiculously sappy nicknames/excessive fluff, major character death, 1st person POV
Maximum Rating: 17+
Additional Info: Completely open prompt, but I would love to see the characters born/raised/whatever in Seattle, WA, USA. You can pair anyone together or make it Gen, I honestly am just here for the city. =D It would probably work best if someone FROM the area, or who is comfortable with the area, wrote this. Real places, events, etc = awesome.
Prompt #76
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Arthur, Morgana, Leon, etc...
Era: Modern AU in America
Prompt: Broadway
Squicks: Watersports, Scat, ridiculously sappy nicknames/excessive fluff, major character death, 1st person POV
Maximum Rating: 17+
Additional Info: Open prompt. Just would love an AU of our characters loving/acting/experiencing Broadway in NYC! Any pairing, or gen.
Prompt #79
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin, Gwen (BFF), (Arthur/Gwen, Merlin/Gwen)
Era: Any
Prompt: Locked in a museum, trying on outfits.
Squicks: No Arthur/Merlin slash please.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Lots of banter and (I'm a bad A/G shipper for saying this) bonus points for Gwen/Merlin flirting . . . and jealous!Arthur
Prompt #92
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Gwen, Merlin, Morgana, A/G (main)
Era: Canon era
Prompt: The Lady of the Lake (2x09) - OT4 shenanigans. Gwen knows about Freya and tries to help/advise, Morgana stalks Merlin (for a change) and finds out, the girls try and get him to trust Arthur (they both know Merlin has magic, but you decided whether he knows they know). Arthur is just confused by all three of them acting strange.
Squicks: Freya not doing anything actually magic besides turning into a flying puma.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: This ep was/is a sore point. The whole insta-trust Merlin had with this girl bothered me immensely, as did his lame plan to runaway from his destiny (the girls can act as his common sense, well Gwen more than Morgana obviously - Morgs would just shake him).
Prompt #97
Characters/Pairings: Morgana (Uther, Morgause, Merlin)
Era: canon
Prompt: "Howl" by Florence and the Machine
If you could only see the beast you've made of me
I held it in but now it seems you've set it running free
Screaming in the dark, I howl when we're apart
drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart
Squicks: hardcore kinks like scat, excessive fluff, major character death, extreme OCCness
Maximum Rating: NC-17 but I'd prefer it NOT to be porny
Additional Info: Would love something focusing on Morgana's character and how the influence/actions of Merlin, Morgause & Uther have affected her. Don't mind hints at Merlin/Morgana or Morgana/Morgause but I'd prefer it to be more gen than anything else.
Prompt #109
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Era: canon
Prompt: What is in all those trunks and wardrobes in Arthur's rooms?
Squicks: non-con/dub-con, scat,
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Can be slash, pre-slash, or no slash. I'd like to see Merlin uncover some strange and possibly embarrassing things in any of Arthur's many storage places. Can be either that Merlin was charged with the task of cleaning them out (Camelot participates in spring cleaning?) or that Merlin got curious one day.
Prompt #116
Characters/Pairings: Lancelot, Arthur, Merlin
Era: Future-fic.
Prompt: Arthur can't understand his best knight's loyalty to his long lost ex-manservant.
Squicks:
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: What I actually want to see is, somehow Merlin and Arthur are drifted apart. Arthur still doesn't know about Merlin's powers. But Lancelot refuses to badmouth Merlin.
Prompt #121
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Morgana, Kilgharrah
Era:
Prompt: Merlin, Morgana and the Great Dragon have some tea and a little chat together. Kilgharrah is a Arthur/Merlin shipper and Morgana-hater. Crack.
Squicks:
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info:
Prompt #123
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, Morgana
Era: AU
Prompt: Merlin always knew he was somewhat different, what he doesn't know is how much he was. The King's ward's life changes when he runs into the Queen's new maid Morgana; the Druid girl with wild tattoos and eery eyes.
Squicks:
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: Arthur is the King, Merlin is his ward, Gwen is the Queen. Merlin doesn't know about his powers but Morgana knows him as Emrys. Bonus if she also knows that this is AU. Double bonus if the fic includes lots of Arthur/Merlin scenes :D
Prompt #138
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Gwen/Morgana
Era:
Prompt: Merlin catches Gwen and Morgana in a romantic moment that he is tortured with until he finds someone to have his own with. - I want a kind of romantic type of fic. Nothing too graphic in any case - leaving it to our imagination who Merlin finds his moment with~
Squicks: For the purposes of this fic - anything sexually graphic.
Maximum Rating: G
Additional Info:
Prompt #150
Characters/Pairings: Balinor
Era: Pre-canon
Prompt: Balinor feels the death/pain of each dragon that’s is killed and Kilgharrah’s torment at being traped and losing all of his kin etc and this haunts him to a point he feels he should take his own life for the part he played in all of it (not being able to save the dragons and being tricked into trapping Kilgharrah) but something stops him…bonus points if it’s Kilgahrrah who stops him though telepathy.
Squicks: Dragonlords being the ones who kill the dragons, slash, OOC,
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: I want this to be rather dark and angst filled.
Prompt #151
Characters/Pairings: Any character(s)
Era: Cannon
Prompt: Seven Deadly Sins VS Seven Heavenly Virtues
Squicks: OOC, hardcore kinks, non-con/dub-con
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: I’d like it if one sin was chosen for a different character and then a virtue was chosen also for those characters so basically you choose 7 characters and each on would have a sin and virtue. Then I just wanted an introspective thing, with how they battle the two etc. Equally you could just focus on one character and do all the sins and virtues with that one person.
Prompt #157
Characters/Pairings: Gaius, Gorlois, Nimueh, Igraine, Uther
Era: pre-series
Prompt: “We were making the future, he said, and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is!” -HG Wells
Squicks: PWP
Maximum Rating: Sky is the limit.
Additional Info: I would really like to see the original OT4 in action. Before Uther became King, before the wars against Magic. More seeking genfic then ships but would love the interactions or relationships between them all.
Prompt #158
Characters/Pairings: Uther
Era: pre-series
Prompt: Squib. Squib- a term applied to a child born of magical parents but having no magical ability; they are considered to be the opposite of Muggle-born wizards/witches.
Squicks: N/A
Maximum Rating: Author's choice
Additional Info: I can't be the only one who noticed the people closest to Uther (i.e Nimueh, Gorlois and Gaius) all seem to have magic...
Prompt #159 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Gaius/Uther, or Gaius, Uther
Era: Series, or pre-series
Prompt: Fiona Apple - I Know
Squicks: Nope.
Maximum Rating: Whatever the writer likes.
Additional Info: The original Arthur/Merlin, anyone?
Prompt #161
Characters/Pairings: Any
Era: Canon era or Modern AU
Prompt:
When the daylight's gone and you're on your own
And you need a friend just to be around
I will comfort you, I will take your hand
And I'll pull you through, I will understand
(Song: ‘At Your Side’ - The Corrs)
Squicks: mpreg, non-con, dub-con
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info:
Prompt #164
Characters/Pairings: Arthur and Merlin
Era: Modern AU
Prompt: Arthur is a personal trainer and Merlin decides he wants to get in shape
Squicks: mpreg, non-con, dub-con
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Suggestions to go with the prompt:-
Can be slash pairing but doesn’t have to be. Lots of banter between the two would good (though I don’t think you could write a fic for this prompt without lots of banter and have them still in character - I dare someone to try)
Prompt #169
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Guinevere, OT4, Gwen/Merlin (BFF), Gwen/Morgana (BFF)
Era: Canon era
Prompt: After Gwen loses her father she decides it's enough, she's leaving Camelot. Only problem is . . . she's followed/stalked by the other three (separately) into the forest, who just aren't so okay with letting her go. With the four of them together HOW COULD THEY NOT RUN INTO TROUBLE?
Squicks: OOC actions besides Gwen wanting to leave.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Bonus points: The other three each offering a kiss (in some form, be it cheek or hand or mouth or forehead) at various points, Merlin hugging Gwen excessively, Arthur picking her weeds instead of flowers, Awkward "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" stuff between Arthur and Morgana, the boys managing to make the situation worse somehow.
Prompt #170
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Gwen, OT4
Era: Canon era
Prompt: Arthur, Gwen, Merlin and Morgana start growing younger - losing a year a day. They run riot.
Squicks:
Maximum Rating: PG
Additional Info: Bonus points for including: Gaius pulling his hair out in frustration, Uther and Gaius yelling at each other for losing the troublesome foursome, the kids taking a hostage or two and demanding to be listened to and taken seriously, Merlin cutting Morgana's hair, Arthur pulling Gwen's hair, Gwen being the most devious of all, Morgana pushing Merlin into the moat. Something exploding, the gang pretend to remember nothing when everything's fixed.
Prompt #183
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, (and anyone else you want to include)
Era: Future Fic / Present Day
Prompt:
"But Arthur’s grave is nowhere seen, whence antiquity of fables still claims that he will return."
William of Malmesbury in the early 12th century
When Arthur is finally mortally wounded in battle Morgana takes him to Avalon (your choice who else has joined him there). Legend has it that he will return. But time runs differently in Avalon and so when Arthur is cured of his wounds after [somewhat realistic timeframe of your choice] and finally returns to reclaim the throne of his kingdom he finds himself in the year 2010. (Your choice who else is going to return and if he actually succeeds in reclaiming the throne.)
Squicks: explicit sex
Maximum Rating: R (if it's for violence or language)
Additional Info: please keep it Gen
Prompt #187
Characters/Pairings: I only ask for Merlin and some OCs, perhaps an appearance by Arthur? Any pairing is fine.
Era: Canon or an AU
Prompt: There was once a theory that Merlin built Stonehenge, with the help of giants. I want to see this. (Wikipedia)
Squicks: Nothing too insane, and preferably no giant/human relations (or explicit scenes, at the least).
Maximum Rating: Any, though I would prefer a low rating for this one.
Additional Info: I'm pretty flexible on this; any pairings are fine, any rating is fine, but I would like gen.
Prompt #193
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Morgana, Arthur/Merlin
Era: canon
Prompt: Arthur isn't going to take Merlin's magic reveal as hard as Merlin fears, because Arthur's been there before, years ago, with Morgana.
Squicks: Infidelity (in the cheating sense; polyamory is all good)
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: I'd be happy with gen and close friendships, or romance in either or both pairings. :)
Prompt #202
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin
Era: any
Prompt: Merlin & Arthur as rubber duckies!
Squicks: ducksex!
Maximum Rating: G
Additional Info: Really looking for art for this one but if you're inspired to write fic then so be it!
Prompt #203 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Gwen
Era: no preference
Prompt: nun!Gwen
Squicks: nun!sex (keep it gen please)
Maximum Rating: G
Additional Info: Prefer art but fic is most welcome too!
Prompt #204
Characters/Pairings: Arthur OR Arthur/Merlin
Era: no preference
Prompt: Noblesse Oblige by http://oglaf.com WARNING: NSFW
Squicks: mpreg, non-con, scat/watersports etc
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Crack please!
Prompt #213
Characters/Pairings: little!Gwen/little!Morgana, maybe little!Arthur/little!Merlin,
Era: any
Prompt: little!Gwen and little!Merlin have roped little!Morgana and little!Arthur into playing wedding. little!Gwen and little!Morgana get "married'.
Squicks: shota/lolita, non-con, hardcore kinks like scat and bloodplay, gender-bend
Maximum Rating: PG
Additional Info: I'd like to see something very sweet and innocent and fluffy for this- fic or art, any era.
Prompt #225 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Bradley/Colin OR Merlin/Arthur
Era: modern AU if you go with Merlin/Arthur
Prompt: One of the boys is secretly obsessed with Justin Bieber (not like that - just his music, okay?) and the other one finds out about it (how is up to the author). Teasing ensues.
Squicks: established relationship, mpreg, complete crack, the usual hardcore kinks, non-con, uber!fluff
Maximum Rating: PG-13
Additional Info: Can be slash or gen, I don't mind. As long as there is plenty of banter and teasing! ;D
Prompt #248
Characters/Pairings: Lancelot, Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, Morgana, Uther (and anyone else you want to include)
Era: modern American!AU/"Heroes" crossover
Prompt: The modern Merlin characters set in the Heroes universe. Lancelot meets Isaac and they are both (obviously) freaked out by the fact that they're identical. But are they twins separated at birth or are they something else??
Squicks: mpreg, non-con, hardcore kinks, lots of fluff, extreme OOCness, crack
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: I'm not looking for the Merlin characters to be cast as characters from Heroes. I want them to be themselves just... with super powers and set in the Heroes universe. I'm happy with this being gen, but if you want to include some Merlin ships, then I would prefer NO Arthur/Gwen, Arthur/Morgana or Uther/Anyone please. (Though Arthur/Merlin is always welcome!) Up to author what powers the Merlin characters have and also which Heroes characters you include (other than Isaac). Though you get bonus points for Peter & Sylar and EVEN MORE bonus points for hints of Peter/Sylar! ;D
Prompt #257
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Will (or Merlin/Will), Hunith
Era: Canon
Prompt: Merlin and Will growing up in Ealdor. Hi-jinks ensue.
Squicks: character death, non-con, watersports, scat, mpreg
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Humour and coming of age would be preferred. Gen or slash is fine, but please end it happily before Merlin leaves for Camelot. I would love to see scenes where Will discovers Merlin's magic and the pranks they pull all over the village afterwards (including the incident with Old Man Simmons and the tree).
Prompt #264
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Merlin (or Bradley/Colin) OR all the characters
Era: modern AU
Prompt: MSN CHAT! Arthur sends Merlin naughty messages and Merlin is very confused until he realizes what's going on. No narration or descriptions, just the chat log between the two of them. Bonus points for creative/funny usernames~
Squicks: watersports/scat, non-con, mpreg, OOC
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: I originally thought of this as an Arthur/Merlin prompt but I wouldn't mind to see this written as a Gen prompt (MSN chat between all cast members) Of course you could always have all characters chat and then Arthur contact Merlin privately
Prompt #269 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Edwin
Era: canon
Prompt: either something from Edwin's past before he came to Camelot, or an alternate future in which he didn't die
Squicks: OOC-ness
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: none
Prompt #270
Characters/Pairings: any
Era: Pokemon!AU
Prompt: uh, Pokemon!AU. Merlin as the bold protagonist, Arthur as his rival, Uther as his father the Pokemon Professor, Morgana as a Gym Leader, Morgause as a member of Team Rocket... the Great Dragon(ite) in the background...
Squicks: nothing
Maximum Rating: PG
Additional Info: I was thinking art for this, but fic works too and this is totally a serious prompt, I swear
Prompt #297
Characters/Pairings: Arthur, Merlin (Arthur/Merlin) + anyone else you want
Era: no preference
Prompt: "HELP! HELP! I'M BEING REPRESSED!" ~ from "Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail"
Squicks: mpreg, scat/watersports, non-con, gender bend, major character death
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: Crack is most welcome for this one! Slash or gen is fine.
Prompt #304
Characters/Pairings: Merlin & Arthur
Era: Canon era
Prompt: An enchantress is attacking Camelot's king, plunging him into a dream where he seems to be living his worst nightmares. You know the rest of the tale, Arthur and Merlin go to find her... The problem with this powerful witch is that she uses the biggest fear on every man's heart to bring him down and make him lost into the illusion. Arthur doesn't want to accept (and not even think about confessing) that his biggest fear is to loose Merlin.
Squicks: Effeminate boys, OOCness, Gore, extreme violence, angst, too much fluff.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Fan fiction, please. Arthur still is not aware of Merlin's magic, and they're not a couple (yet, but if you think their relationship can develop into that after this, it'd be great).
Prompt #317
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Era: Canon era, preferably post S2.
Prompt: Arthur is out riding with some of his men and Merlin (a hunt, a mission, your choice) and he and Merlin are cut off from the rest of the group. A getting together fic, a bromance, a getting closer friends, that's all up to you.
Squicks: Non-con, mpreg, scat
Maximum Rating: As high as you want to go
Additional Info: I'm a sucker for canon hints and tie-ins, so if you're one for those I'll love it even more!
Prompt #338
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Era: Canon
Prompt: Due to an unexpected magical accident/event/attack, Merlin is de-aged to a baby/toddler and in the process reveals his magic to Arthur. Arthur looks after ickle!Merlin while trying to hide him from everyone else until he re-ages.
Squicks: Watersports/scat/BDSM
Maximum Rating: PG-13
Additional Info: Arthur working through his anger over Merlin's magic while he's ickle. Morgana/Gwen finding out & helping Arthur with Merlin. Arthur not wanting Gaius to know about Merlin for fear of The Eyebrow...and getting blamed for what happened. Uther NOT finding out about Merlin/Merlin's magic.
Prompt #342 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Gauis
Era: Pre-Cannon/Cannon
Prompt: From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed
Squicks: bashing of my beloved Gauis, OOC, Gauis telling on people, physically killing them himself,
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: I was thinking a inner monologue about his guilt at standing by during the prime of Uther’s war on magic and the people he had to watch die. Something dark and angsty.
Prompt #343
Characters/Pairings: Uther,
Era: Cannon
Prompt: Behind blue eyes but my dreams they aren’t as empty as my concision seems to be Link to full song, with lyrics
Squicks: Romantic/sexual relationship with any of the main characters but Igraine, slash, hardcore kinks, OOC, non-con/dub-con
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Just something delving into his character, the man he was before the death of Igraine, after her death, relationship with Arthur, Morgana, Gauis, Nimueh. His ongoing war with magic etc his anger, pain etc just go wherever it takes you
Prompt #346
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Will
Era: Canon-AU/Modern-AU
Prompt: "Lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones, and I will try to fix you" (full lyrics). Something where Will doesn't die in 1x10, and Merlin comes home in serious need of some TLC.
Squicks: mentions/aftermath of rape, non/dub-con
Maximum Rating: R
Additional Info: Porn-free? Unless it fits I guess, and preferably no Merlin angsting over another romantic relationship - maybe he's sad over Balinor (or something) and needs his Boy/Best-friend to cheer him up?
Prompt #351
Characters/Pairings: Merlin + Will OR Lancelot
Era: either canon, pre-canon or future canon
Prompt: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." ~ Henry David Thoreau
Squicks: non-con, mpreg, scat/watersports/etc, BDSM, excessive fluff, major character death, gender bend
Maximum Rating: Any
Additional Info: Can be slash or gen, I don't mind.
Prompt #354
Characters/Pairings: Gen, but a dash of Merlin/Arthur would be fine.
Era: Canon Era
Prompt: Labyrinth cross-over. Arthur has grown tired of his father's laws and commands, so he summons the Goblin King, asking him for help. Clearly, he doesn't know who he's messing with but anyway, he happily agrees to go and rule in his Palace as a Goblin Prince. Merlin knows that he must find him before he turns into a goblin, so he goes through the Labyrinth, but when finally finds the prince, he seems to be enjoying it, so he doesn't really know what to do... until he realizes the Goblin King's intentions. Merlin will have to disuade Arthur, some way, to make him come back to Camelot.
Squicks: OCCness, excessive fluff, MPREG, major character death, gore, extreme violence, too much angst.
Maximum Rating: 17+
Additional Info: Be creative!
Prompt #357
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur or gen.
Era: Canon
Prompt: Powerful!Merlin shows the range of his powers for the first time. Cue awed!Camelot, particularly Arthur. May be used as a kink but I just really wanted to see Merlin being a badass and everyone being in awe of his badassery.
Squicks: Hardcore scat, BDSM, character death, OOCness, bad/evil/power hungry!Merlin
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Bonus points for sheepish Merlin and woodland creatures or Morgause showing up and being all, "Merlin, you are epic and blahblah too good for Camelot" and Merlin is all, "But I love it here/Arthur is my destiny." Obvi, don't use my quotes. Hehe.
Prompt #366
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur
Era: Any
Prompt: Arthur orders Merlin to spy on his fanclub.
Squicks: Main Character death, dark fics, scat, infidelity, sad endings.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: I say any era, cause I could see this as either a group of noble women in the castle kind of thing, or a modern day university thing. Totally up to the claimer to do whatever they want. XD
Prompt #373 CLAIMED FOR FIC
Characters/Pairings: Guinevere/Merlin, Arthur/Guinevere (established), young Pendragon offspring.
Era: Canon
Prompt: When Arthur's busy being King or away at war Merlin protects/laughs with/tickles/entertains/cries/bandages/tucks in/reads to/listens/hugs the royal family. They'd be lost without him.
Squicks: No cheating . . . okay, maybe slight 'emotional cheating' where Gwen relies on Merlin when it comes to the day-to-day kid stuff or when she needs someone to listen to her fears. He's the one who can always make her smile.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Gwen can count on Merlin to remember his promises.
Prompt #379
Characters/Pairings: Gwen/Merlin, Gwen/Morgana (friends), Merlin/Morgana (acquaintances), Arthur/Gwen
Era: Canon
Prompt: AU S1. Merlin tells Gwen everything, but she doesn't have time to absorb it or respond because her father's just been arrested for MAGIC.
Squicks:
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Angst it up. Use it as an opportunity to go 'WHAT IF Gwen had known Merlin could have broken Tom out of jail should he have chosen to?', 'WHAT IF Merlin had trusted Gwen with the knowledge that Morgana was plotting to watch Uther die?', 'WHAT IF Gwen had met the Dragon pre-flambe Camelot?' etc.
Prompt #381
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Gwen, Gwen/Merlin, Arthur/Merlin (friends)
Era: Modern
Prompt: Late night conversations when the only TV shows on are absolute rubbish but like HELL are they turning it off (that's WAY too much effort).
Squicks: No cheating, so maybe no 'formal' relationships between either couple.
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: Be nice to see: the three of them, compared to A/G alone, G/M alone and A/M alone. Staying up so late it's morning and they are hysterically tired and stupid.
Prompt #386
Characters/Pairings: Merlin, Arthur
Era: Canon
Prompt: Merlin is becoming uncomfortable with the things he's willing to do for Arthur and the sort of man he's becoming in pursuit of his supposed destiny. One day, he saves Arthur's life with magic, Arthur sees, Arthur flips out. Arthur tells Merlin he's betrayed him, Merlin counters with all of the things he's done for Arthur, even when he found them morally dubious. Merlin leaves Camelot to get his head on straight, Arthur eventually follows. Whether or not he brings Merlin back is up to you.
Squicks: Watersports, scat, PureEvil!Uther, PureEvil!Morgana
Maximum Rating: NC-17
Additional Info: There's a scene at the end of 2x09 where Merlin's polishing Arthur's boots and he looks so...resigned. The break between Merlin's inner life and what he's allowed to show really got to me in that scene, as well as in the inn bedroom scene in 2x13. I'd really like a character study addressing the fact that Merlin's been to some pretty bad emotional places and become willing to do some pretty sketchy things in the name of a destiny described to him by a creature whose ultimate motive was revenge. I'd really like to see a character study dealing with those things; the wondering if Kilgarrah was right about his destiny, where he draws his moral lines, what is his relationship with Arthur. I'd prefer that it remain Merlin-Arthur friendship than Merlin/Arthur romance, but if romance is the only possible way you can see to come at it, then go right ahead.
Prompt #392
Characters/Pairings: Ygraine, Uther, Balinor, Hunith, Goloris, Arthur, Merlin, Morgause, Morgana
Era: canon or pre-canon
Prompt: The truth is, Ygraine had two daughters before she and Uther had to use magic to conceive Arthur. So, basically...
Ygraine + Goloris = Morgana
Ygraine + Balinor = Morgause
Ygraine + Uther = Arthur
Balinor + Hunith = Merlin
Squicks: hardcore kinks, fluff, death of any of the four "children", gender bend, mpreg, explicit sex scenes between the parents, Arthur/Gwen or Arthur/Morgana
Maximum Rating: PG-13/R (but keep it gen please!)
Additional Info: I don't care if you have to play around with canon/timelines/character's ages to make this work, I just really like the idea that Arthur, Morgana, Morgause and Merlin are all related (well, Merlin's only related to Morgause, but you get the idea). You can either focus on the parent's story or on the "children" and them all discovering the truth.
Mod note: Prompts are generally sorted by the "main" pairing, but some prompts may appear on more than one list, depending on the pairings requested.
See also these posts: Arthur/Gwen and Gwen/Merlin, Het Pairings (Excluding Arthur/Gwen and Gwen/Merlin), Arthur/Merlin I, Arthur/Merlin II, Slash Pairings (Excluding Arthur/Merlin), Femslash Pairings, Threesomes & Moresomes!