Graphic - Arthur's Instagram profile
Title: National Treasure instagram: Arthur's profile
Artist: Hakka ( prue84 )
Fandom: BBC's Merlin (post-canon, modern magic) AU
AU: National Treasure
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (implied)
Characters: Arthur Pendragon.
Rating: G
Tagline: Arthur Pendragon's Instagram and an excerpt from it.
Series: National Treasure instagram
About the graphic: Arthur's Instagram is austere, like what people would expect from a mythical warrior king awakened 1500 years after his death. His shared photos are as professional and impersonal as one could get. Fascinated by this tool that can get an instant paint called "camera" (he has yet to be convinced there isn't magic involved in the process of capturing a still of life on a paper), he mostly uses it to capture places and things he likes. Not one to keep his phone with himself every moment of his wake hours to make selfies and snap photos for even the smallest thing, the portrays about his private life don't end up on Instagram, which is the only social media he has signed up to. Despite fans and followers begging him, he refuses to get profiles on other platforms: Merlin has explained and showed him their perks, but Arthur still fails to understand why someone would want to share their everyday life on a public platform. He certainly never climbed on a platform in the middle of the main square to scream his private matters to the gents on Camelot, and he doesn't see why he should do so from a platform that carries his voice to all the world.
His posts seldom have a comment, and when they do it's an explanation about the object, place or person in the photo.
About the AU: Under the graphic.
Notes: I have made only one post because the other pics didn't have any comment attached.
Notes 2: I did all my best but I couldn't find the reliable first source for the fireplace. It's very sad.
Tec stuffs (aka Behind The Manip): It was fun to play with layer effects to get filters that could agree with the "Instagram aesthetic".
Instagram graphic made all by-hand, with much moving/copy/pasting and, especially, a wearying research to find out which font the website used. No template site. Since I created my own template (with a couple of tweaks, including not cutting a longer IG Story title), it won't reflect any future changes the platform might make (I have no intention of modify my template).
Disclaimer: Don't own anything on this. Full credits below the graphics.
Crossposted: Dreamwidth, Deviantart (Home, Dragonlord's hearth), Tumblr.
Click to see fullsize (1200 x 1090)
Dragonlord's hearth
Click to see fullsize (673 x 600)
About the graphic: Merlin has built his haven on the shores of Avalon during the centuries and what initially was a shack has become a large cottage with countless rooms, any reflecting the style in vogue in the years he created them with magic.
Arthur likes to see history unfold by walking through the different rooms but some are simply too eccentric to not snap a picture.
Credits
Pierrefonds castle with the Pendragon banners, 26 April 2011. Photo by Peta Chow.
Picture for "Jousting" story, 10 June 2010. Photo by valderys.
Picture for "Training" story, 11 September 2009. Photo by loreley-se.
Picture for "Visiting Camelot" (left), 10 September 2010. Photo by chayiana.
About the AU
It's the 21th century and the existence of magic has been widely known since Guinevere, the last queen of Camelot, lifted the ban and had made Merlin her own advisor. With the centuries the myth of the Once and Future King has grown unchecked: Arthur Pendragon belongs to the category of the great people of history who the most have influenced the world, with the only difference that he will one day return.
Magic, for a number of circumstances never verified (possibly a mix of abuse and industrialization), seems like having been drained, leaving only the passive one: charms applied to old houses or objects still works, but new charms cannot be cast and are ineffective. Immortality is a rare gift unavailable to most, but few people belonging to the world Before The Drain still live, the oldest of them born in the Late Renaissance age.
Merlin, former wizard and oldest man of the world as the only one alive since the Middle Ages, is considered the world's grumpy uncle, that one parent who is a font of knowledge and tells funny stories about an otherwise serious topic like History but isn't willing to sit down and socialize with the youngsters (which means basically anyone, to him). Told to be always traveling, he imparts his knowledge almost exclusively through his blog, "Merlin's Cave". Unknown to all, though, Merlin has also a second identity under which he lives an almost ordinary life: Gaius de Bois, young professor of Medieval History at the University of Avalon, down-to-heart person, a professor much loved by his students, and, especially "nephew" of the Great Merlin.
Arthur Pendragon emerges from the secluded Lake of Avalon and his return is made official by Merlin with a post on his Instagram, a photo about the two halves of a broken coin (with Merlin's and Arthur's profile) reunited. Arthur leads a quiet life, residing in Merlin's cottage on the shores of the lake, with his grumpy (not-so) former servant to protect him from meddlers and fanatics. To preserve and allocate the necessary resources to restore a conducive environment for him and his needs of Middle Ages man, he is given the title of National Treasure that grants him a monthly revenue, total coverage of expenditures and funds to restore the castle of Camelot - castle that Merlin has preserved by magically miniaturizing it and placing it in a snow-less globe.
Merlin, through his social media and website, shares with the world the chronicles of how his king is adjusting to the modern times.
Arthur is initially followed by paps and generally by the curiosity of the people: it's just Merlin's angry presence (and an endless stream of ordinances) that shelters Arthur from the frenzy although soon it becomes an ordinary sight to see the king going around wearing his armor and sunglasses. When Camelot is restored, it gets the status of Principality within the United Kingdom, a kind of enclave named New Camelot on which Arthur is granted absolute power: initially a city-state, it grows when further lands and pastures are assigned to the principality to assure Camelot's self-sufficiency. Life in New Camelot, per Arthur's choice, doesn't reflect the innovations happened after the king's death, and the citadel will become a haven for people who wish to live a simpler (and less easy) life or simply unplug a bit from the modern times.
With time Arthur will fully embrace the perks of modernity, thanks to Merlin (and his money) who spoils him, and he'll even get a driving license (against Merlin's will). But that's another story for another time.
Artist: Hakka ( prue84 )
Fandom: BBC's Merlin (post-canon, modern magic) AU
AU: National Treasure
Pairing: Arthur/Merlin (implied)
Characters: Arthur Pendragon.
Rating: G
Tagline: Arthur Pendragon's Instagram and an excerpt from it.
Series: National Treasure instagram
About the graphic: Arthur's Instagram is austere, like what people would expect from a mythical warrior king awakened 1500 years after his death. His shared photos are as professional and impersonal as one could get. Fascinated by this tool that can get an instant paint called "camera" (he has yet to be convinced there isn't magic involved in the process of capturing a still of life on a paper), he mostly uses it to capture places and things he likes. Not one to keep his phone with himself every moment of his wake hours to make selfies and snap photos for even the smallest thing, the portrays about his private life don't end up on Instagram, which is the only social media he has signed up to. Despite fans and followers begging him, he refuses to get profiles on other platforms: Merlin has explained and showed him their perks, but Arthur still fails to understand why someone would want to share their everyday life on a public platform. He certainly never climbed on a platform in the middle of the main square to scream his private matters to the gents on Camelot, and he doesn't see why he should do so from a platform that carries his voice to all the world.
His posts seldom have a comment, and when they do it's an explanation about the object, place or person in the photo.
About the AU: Under the graphic.
Notes: I have made only one post because the other pics didn't have any comment attached.
Notes 2: I did all my best but I couldn't find the reliable first source for the fireplace. It's very sad.
Tec stuffs (aka Behind The Manip): It was fun to play with layer effects to get filters that could agree with the "Instagram aesthetic".
Instagram graphic made all by-hand, with much moving/copy/pasting and, especially, a wearying research to find out which font the website used. No template site. Since I created my own template (with a couple of tweaks, including not cutting a longer IG Story title), it won't reflect any future changes the platform might make (I have no intention of modify my template).
Disclaimer: Don't own anything on this. Full credits below the graphics.
Crossposted: Dreamwidth, Deviantart (Home, Dragonlord's hearth), Tumblr.
Click to see fullsize (1200 x 1090)
Dragonlord's hearth
Click to see fullsize (673 x 600)
About the graphic: Merlin has built his haven on the shores of Avalon during the centuries and what initially was a shack has become a large cottage with countless rooms, any reflecting the style in vogue in the years he created them with magic.
Arthur likes to see history unfold by walking through the different rooms but some are simply too eccentric to not snap a picture.
Credits
Pierrefonds castle with the Pendragon banners, 26 April 2011. Photo by Peta Chow.
Picture for "Jousting" story, 10 June 2010. Photo by valderys.
Picture for "Training" story, 11 September 2009. Photo by loreley-se.
Picture for "Visiting Camelot" (left), 10 September 2010. Photo by chayiana.
About the AU
It's the 21th century and the existence of magic has been widely known since Guinevere, the last queen of Camelot, lifted the ban and had made Merlin her own advisor. With the centuries the myth of the Once and Future King has grown unchecked: Arthur Pendragon belongs to the category of the great people of history who the most have influenced the world, with the only difference that he will one day return.
Magic, for a number of circumstances never verified (possibly a mix of abuse and industrialization), seems like having been drained, leaving only the passive one: charms applied to old houses or objects still works, but new charms cannot be cast and are ineffective. Immortality is a rare gift unavailable to most, but few people belonging to the world Before The Drain still live, the oldest of them born in the Late Renaissance age.
Merlin, former wizard and oldest man of the world as the only one alive since the Middle Ages, is considered the world's grumpy uncle, that one parent who is a font of knowledge and tells funny stories about an otherwise serious topic like History but isn't willing to sit down and socialize with the youngsters (which means basically anyone, to him). Told to be always traveling, he imparts his knowledge almost exclusively through his blog, "Merlin's Cave". Unknown to all, though, Merlin has also a second identity under which he lives an almost ordinary life: Gaius de Bois, young professor of Medieval History at the University of Avalon, down-to-heart person, a professor much loved by his students, and, especially "nephew" of the Great Merlin.
Arthur Pendragon emerges from the secluded Lake of Avalon and his return is made official by Merlin with a post on his Instagram, a photo about the two halves of a broken coin (with Merlin's and Arthur's profile) reunited. Arthur leads a quiet life, residing in Merlin's cottage on the shores of the lake, with his grumpy (not-so) former servant to protect him from meddlers and fanatics. To preserve and allocate the necessary resources to restore a conducive environment for him and his needs of Middle Ages man, he is given the title of National Treasure that grants him a monthly revenue, total coverage of expenditures and funds to restore the castle of Camelot - castle that Merlin has preserved by magically miniaturizing it and placing it in a snow-less globe.
Merlin, through his social media and website, shares with the world the chronicles of how his king is adjusting to the modern times.
Arthur is initially followed by paps and generally by the curiosity of the people: it's just Merlin's angry presence (and an endless stream of ordinances) that shelters Arthur from the frenzy although soon it becomes an ordinary sight to see the king going around wearing his armor and sunglasses. When Camelot is restored, it gets the status of Principality within the United Kingdom, a kind of enclave named New Camelot on which Arthur is granted absolute power: initially a city-state, it grows when further lands and pastures are assigned to the principality to assure Camelot's self-sufficiency. Life in New Camelot, per Arthur's choice, doesn't reflect the innovations happened after the king's death, and the citadel will become a haven for people who wish to live a simpler (and less easy) life or simply unplug a bit from the modern times.
With time Arthur will fully embrace the perks of modernity, thanks to Merlin (and his money) who spoils him, and he'll even get a driving license (against Merlin's will). But that's another story for another time.