Graphic - Arthur's Twitter profile
Title: Tumblann twitter: Arthur's profile
Artist: Hakka ( prue84 )
Fandom: BBC's Merlin (post-canon, modern magic) AU
AU: The battle of Tumblann
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (implied)
Characters: Arthur Pendragon
Rating: G
Tagline: Arthur's Twitter (no specific year, october)
Series: Tumblann twitter
About the graphic: Arthur doesn't live with the smartphone in his hand but perhaps he does, judging by the counter of his tweets.
One would expect that the Once and Future King would have a very institutional Twitter, but Arthur Pendragon has never been a conventional king, so you get comments about fanfictions he read and complaints about his life of young man saddled with the duty to care to King of Snarkiness Merlin.
About the AU: Under the graphic.
Notes: Eventually, Magic allows the return of Aithusa, some kind of second chance for both her and Merlin (who failed her). Her egg pops up out of nowhere and Arthur and Merlin will raise her. Aithusa will decide on her own that Arthur is her "papa dragon". Arthur certainly doesn't spoil her because Pendragons don't do spoiling, everyone knows that.
Notes 2: I haven't really decided in which year (or even decade) Arthur would return (either in this AU and generally in every return!AU of mine. I only have this vague idea it would be near the debut of BBC's Merlin, most likely after the Season 1 aired.
To pick the joining date I just made an homage to Bradley James' Twitter, from which I've also taken the numbers of "following" and the idea of the linktr.ee (because Arthur clearly has more than a mere Twitter account).
Notes 3: Yes, I did write a fanfic for Arthur and Merlin as dragon dads. Be my guest.
Tec stuffs (aka Behind The Manip): Twitter graphic made all by-hand, with much moving/copy/pasting. I worked from a screencap of Twitter made in 2017, so this doesn't reflect later changes over Twitter. I liked better the square icons over the rounded (they are also easier to make) so I decided to keep the old graphic.
Disclaimer: Don't own anything on this.
Crossposted: Dreamwidth, Deviantart, Tumblr.
Click to see fullsize (1345 x 1490)
About the AU
It's the 21th century like we know it, but magic is widely spread and has long since become part of everyday life. The legend of the Once and Future King is real and the people of England are eagerly awaiting for his return. Officially Merlin (with the appearance of Dragoon the Great) is known to hide somewhere and it's said that he will reveal himself when his king will be back; for now Merlin lives his life as the young Professor Gaius de Bois, teaching Medieval History at the University of Avalon and being a renowned historian for his expertise in the Matter of Britain.
When Arthur finally emerges from the Lake of Avalon, he can live his new modern life without changing name nor hiding his true identity, while Merlin returns and keeps his two identities: the official old warlock and the young Professor, claiming that the young Gaius is his nephew.
Although the fact they are lovers is just a rumor, and they've never given any hint that the rumor is true, Arthur and Merlin are in a romantic relationship so they do share the royal bed.
Intrigued by the fact people had told his story, Arthur - without a kingdom to rule and generally something to do with his time - embarks on the quest to read all books and see all movies and shows about him, to either laugh or wonder what exactly Merlin had done in all these centuries when people twisted the true story about Camelot into something that has little to do with the original. He eventually discovers social media and becomes pretty much addicted to it. He will go down the Hell path when he will eventually sign up to Tumblr, but that's another story for another graphic...
Artist: Hakka ( prue84 )
Fandom: BBC's Merlin (post-canon, modern magic) AU
AU: The battle of Tumblann
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (implied)
Characters: Arthur Pendragon
Rating: G
Tagline: Arthur's Twitter (no specific year, october)
Series: Tumblann twitter
About the graphic: Arthur doesn't live with the smartphone in his hand but perhaps he does, judging by the counter of his tweets.
One would expect that the Once and Future King would have a very institutional Twitter, but Arthur Pendragon has never been a conventional king, so you get comments about fanfictions he read and complaints about his life of young man saddled with the duty to care to King of Snarkiness Merlin.
About the AU: Under the graphic.
Notes: Eventually, Magic allows the return of Aithusa, some kind of second chance for both her and Merlin (who failed her). Her egg pops up out of nowhere and Arthur and Merlin will raise her. Aithusa will decide on her own that Arthur is her "papa dragon". Arthur certainly doesn't spoil her because Pendragons don't do spoiling, everyone knows that.
Notes 2: I haven't really decided in which year (or even decade) Arthur would return (either in this AU and generally in every return!AU of mine. I only have this vague idea it would be near the debut of BBC's Merlin, most likely after the Season 1 aired.
To pick the joining date I just made an homage to Bradley James' Twitter, from which I've also taken the numbers of "following" and the idea of the linktr.ee (because Arthur clearly has more than a mere Twitter account).
Notes 3: Yes, I did write a fanfic for Arthur and Merlin as dragon dads. Be my guest.
Tec stuffs (aka Behind The Manip): Twitter graphic made all by-hand, with much moving/copy/pasting. I worked from a screencap of Twitter made in 2017, so this doesn't reflect later changes over Twitter. I liked better the square icons over the rounded (they are also easier to make) so I decided to keep the old graphic.
Disclaimer: Don't own anything on this.
Crossposted: Dreamwidth, Deviantart, Tumblr.
Click to see fullsize (1345 x 1490)
About the AU
It's the 21th century like we know it, but magic is widely spread and has long since become part of everyday life. The legend of the Once and Future King is real and the people of England are eagerly awaiting for his return. Officially Merlin (with the appearance of Dragoon the Great) is known to hide somewhere and it's said that he will reveal himself when his king will be back; for now Merlin lives his life as the young Professor Gaius de Bois, teaching Medieval History at the University of Avalon and being a renowned historian for his expertise in the Matter of Britain.
When Arthur finally emerges from the Lake of Avalon, he can live his new modern life without changing name nor hiding his true identity, while Merlin returns and keeps his two identities: the official old warlock and the young Professor, claiming that the young Gaius is his nephew.
Although the fact they are lovers is just a rumor, and they've never given any hint that the rumor is true, Arthur and Merlin are in a romantic relationship so they do share the royal bed.
Intrigued by the fact people had told his story, Arthur - without a kingdom to rule and generally something to do with his time - embarks on the quest to read all books and see all movies and shows about him, to either laugh or wonder what exactly Merlin had done in all these centuries when people twisted the true story about Camelot into something that has little to do with the original. He eventually discovers social media and becomes pretty much addicted to it. He will go down the Hell path when he will eventually sign up to Tumblr, but that's another story for another graphic...