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In the Hour of Need by american_mcdaddy_1776
Fandoms: Hetalia (Anime & Manga), Merlin - Fandom
24 Jul 2025
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In the Kingdom of Spades, magic is forbidden, loyalty is everything, and the weight of a crown can break even the strongest hearts. A prince rises. A servant guards him from the shadows. And in a time of war and sacrifice, a promise is made—one that will echo across generations.
When Spades falls into darkness, the kingdom's greatest secret stirs again. -
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“You-” Ygraine said, stepping up to point a finger in Uther’s face. “You are a liar and a murderer. The fact you think someone as sweet and caring as Vivienne is destined to marry you is a tragedy in itself, but if you expect me to hand over my brother’s rightful claim to Camelot’s throne-”
“My claim to Camelot’s throne,” Uther threw back, face growing more red as Arthur looked between his parents in utter bewilderment. Merlin didn’t blame him. He had envisioned Uther and Ygraine’s love story to be more… well, less based in war and battles.
Ygraine’s eyes narrowed as she grabbed a goblet of wine and threw it in Uther’s face. A few of the guards shifted, but Uther only raised a hand to pause them, spitting out the wine with furious eyes.
“You,” Ygraine said coldly. “Are unworthy to sit upon a stool, let alone a throne.”
From a few feet away, Balinor scoffed as he sipped from his own goblet. “I kind of like having her as a hostage, Uther. She livens up the place.”
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In a desperate attempt to save Arthur at Camlann, Merlin tries to reverse time. It works perhaps a tad too well.
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First Arthur was miserable and stuck in a time loop. Then Arthur was stuck in a time loop with Merlin, which was significantly more enjoyable. But even the best time loops must end.
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An exploration of what a non-desperate end to a time loop would look like.
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Merlin never expected waiting for Arthur to return would be so hard, but he's watched everyone he has ever loved die, and been alone for longer than anyone ever should. He's ready to give up, alone and desperate, when a fateful encounter changes everything. Only with that encounter comes new dangers, old friends, and a renewal of an ancient destiny. The time to return magic to Camelot has finally come. TW for grief and character death *completed*
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Merlin had dressed Arthur every day for a lifetime. It was a universal truth, no matter the mission: if Arthur wasn’t ready, Merlin would make sure he was.
But Merlin never talks about the way the armor had felt when he touched it for the last time.
A little oneshot about Merlin's grief Post-Camlann. Can be read as Merthur or gen.
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Every lad in the neighbourhood knows to leave the old man at 775 alone. He never comes outside, mutters to himself, and once tamed a badger like it was nothing. When Jaden chucks a rock through his window on a dare, he doesn’t know what to expect—and he's still surprised.
A gentle, kid’s-eye glimpse into how Merlin is doing at the time of Arthur's reincarnation.
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King Arthur is supposed to resurrect at the time of the people’s greatest need. 'Greatest need' - what is that? And who in the future counts as 'his people'?
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The Sword and the Cross by GeorgeOdinson, Northern_Lady
Fandoms: Arthurian Mythology & Related Fandoms, Arthurian Mythology, Merlin (TV), King Arthur (2004), Once and Future King Series - T. H. White, The Sword in the Stone (1963)
26 Apr 2025
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Far in the future the world is preparing for the return of the one true King. They will be ready for him, if only they can find him. The Roman church is a place of great power. They now have the holy grail and rule over the entire world. The church has been holding tournaments to find Arthur for over a hundred years. Even if they can find him, how many will die trying to be him?
Vivienne Breton is sworn to silence in service to the church for ten years. Patrick is an entrant in the tournament. Will they herald the coming of Arthur or destroy what the church has been trying so hard to build?
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- Part 1 of Relics and Reason
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Arthur keeps overhearing secret conversations between Merlin and a new servant. He has many questions, the first of which is: who is this king they keep talking about and why does Merlin seem to have so much faith in him?
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Whatever magic Merlin had done to teach him the language was working fast, but not fast enough. There were still awkward moments when his brain sort of stuttered as it tried to make sense of something very new. He understood magazine and lawn chair and sun hat and trees and modern, but the marks on Merlin’s shirt were still a mystery to him. Eventually, his mind stuttered again, and he almost understood.
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a bunch of moments made arthur the king he was supposed to be. if only uther would stop threatening to take away his crown..
At the castle of Camelot, many things are a-stirring. a lady of magic, a once and future king, Emrys, and a bunch of peasants and knights together in an illegal council..
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BBC merlin largely inspired by the dead poets society (you do not have to have watched it to understand)
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'Arthur stared down at him, breathing heavily, eyes drifting across Merlins face in a way that was beginning to make him feel like a prize cut of meat. He wasn’t quite sure whether to look away and risk losing the game of mental gymnastics they had been performing, or to return the intensity and chance doing something incredibly improper. Like hitting him. Or worse.'
When Sir Arthur of Camelot is sent to the Kingdom of Ealdor to foster friendship between the two previously warring nations, Prince Merlin gets more than he bargained for with the imperious Knight. A little ire and a lot of attraction spurns a secret relationship neither of them could have anticipated. With the weight of a prophecy that divides them and Sir Arthur in a battle between love and a Knight's honour, can they ever really be together in a tale of two kingdoms who seem destined to be at war?
*rating may change*
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On the first day of summer, Merlin writes about Arthur’s death.
The sun is shining and the flowers have just begun to bloom. Golden grass waves around him, tall enough to cover his head if he were to lay flat, but not quite tall enough to as he lounges back against a tree at the top of a hill overlooking the kingdom. The breeze is soft and warm. His hands have ink smeared along the sides of them. It sticks in the crevices of his skin no matter how much he scrubs them, and he’s beginning to think it’s permanent.
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After Arthur's death, Merlin begins to write.
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- Part 1 of once and future
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We have each lost our other halves, and somehow the fates brought us together to be whole.
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Merlin dies in Arthur's arms, only to come back to life. Merlin does not come back the same.Set in a dystopian future, where both Merlin and Arthur have already regained the memories from their first life.
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present day Arthur finds Merthur content and becomes very confused.
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Centuries after the death of King Arthur, Merlin is waiting for him in the English town of Glastonbury, where the isle of Avalon still stands proud. He waits patiently, looking up to the night sky for an explanation of his existence.
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Losing Arthur- Innocent Stars by miss_elizabeth_jane
Fandoms: Once and Future King Series - T. H. White
14 Jun 2024
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Rex quondam, rexque futurus.
Arthur has finally found some of his footing in highschool, trailing the shadow of his cousin, Kay, who fondly nicknamed him “Art”. He’s trying his best, writing every night a verse of a poem he’s been working on to illustrate his life. Kay aspires to join the highly praised Pen&Ink writing club. Art thinks that Kay will definitely make it into the club, because he’s done read-alouds at monthly library meetups, and he’s a perfect writer(in Art’s eyes). But what follows defies both of their expectations…
This is the first “book” of Losing Arthur, and is called “Innocent Stars”. The format is similar to T.H. White’s original formula– four “books” and each is darker. This, of course, being the first, will be very fluff-filled and not too deep.
Please don’t copy to Wattpad. It’s annoying.
If I was a child, did it matter?
Hint to the theme: innocence is clinging tightly, and slowly loses its touch through art’s way in life.
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- Part 1 of Losing Arthur
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Merlin has hit rock bottom...drinking, drugs, sex...nothing can fill the void in his existence. For nearly a millennia and a half, he has walked the earth, struggling to find a purpose to his life without his king. His magic is as broken as he is, causing him actual pain whenever he tries to use it. Waking up in a seedy motel room in Cardiff after a night of drinking he is lost and empty. Then he hears about a naked, seemingly intoxicated man found wandering the streets, babbling in a language no one understands, and suddenly there is hope. King Arthur has returned at last. And he's not the only one...
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È trascorso molto tempo dall’ultimo saluto ad Artù sulle sponde del lago di Avalon, quando Merlino si trova a riflettere sulla sua vita e sul suo futuro.
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- Italiano
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