Please, Reblog! IIt’s Called Self Defense. Apart From Having Here, In The US, One Of The Highest Cases

— Sylvia Plath

Another power move of the 2020

Merlin Challenge: Favourite Friendship (Merlin & the knights)

King Arthur’s Round Table

The Round Table represents everything that separated Arthur from Uther. People repeatedly point out how Arthur isn't so different from Uther as he'd like to think, because he, too, shunned magic. But that is because of upbringing, and inputted thoughts. 

Arthur believed in equality. 

The first time he met Percival, he told him to call him Arthur instead of the expected address (my lord, sire, my king). When he first found the Round Table, Merlin was an inseparable part of it, even though he was his servant. This is because he remembered and agreed with what Gwaine said, "Nobility is defined by what you do, not by who you are." He married the servant girl, daughter of a condemned blacksmith, for goodness' sake, because she was wiser than most nobles.

Why he refused to accept sorcerers and magicians is because he did not see them as equal. Every single sorcerer he had met had betrayed him in one way or another, were dangerous people he needed to be careful around. Nimueh, the witch-hunter, Kara, Dragoon the Great, Mordred and his beloved Merlin. His mother and  father both died of sorcery. He lost his half-sister to magic. They were criminals. Why would he allow sorcerers equal status if he wouldn't grant that to petty criminals or those acquitted of treason?

No, Arthur was fair to the very end. 

He promised Dolma that he would remember there is no evil in sorcery, only in the hearts of men, and he forgave Merlin.

If this world is real, although I will not insist that it is,

Then there should be a world where every character we pen is brought to life,

And yet another, wherein

We are only figments of their imagination.

A world where they see all the self-loathing and all the scars,

And they love it even when we cannot.

Another one wherein

They see our blind rage and our lashing out,

Where they are not blind to our faults,

And see they the scars we've inflicted on others in a mad, pained rampage

Where they see that our pain is no excuse, for the pain we cause others

Where they see us for the villains we've become

I do not know if this world is real, and I won't insist it to be so,

Therefore,

I do not know if the others can exist

But this thought alone, and memories of these lines,

That is enough for me to rein in my anger,

To love,

To let them fall in love with me.

- Milen

Gwen backpedaling to hide her crush: A story in three parts.

Season 5 Merlin + text posts because i love this absolute mess

CAMELOT but it’s 2020.

“While I am enjoying this exchange of pleasantries,“ Gabriel said, seeing that Henry was about to respond, "there do remain a few - central - questions about this invention.” Henry looked at him blankly. “Such as what?” “I believe, Henry, that he is inquiring whether this…doorway-” Charlotte began. “We’ve called it a Portal,” said Henry. The capitalization of the word was very clear in his tone. “Whether it works,” Charlotte finished. “Have you tried it?” Henry looked stricken. “Well, no. There hasn’t been time. But I assure you, our calculations are faultless.” Everyone but Henry and Magnus looked at the Portal with refreshed alarm. “Henry…,” Charlotte began. “Well, I think Henry and Magnus should go first,” Gabriel said. “They invented the blasted thing.” Everyone turned on him. “It’s like he’s replaced Will,” said Ggideon, eyebrows up. “They say all the same sort of things.”

— Gabriel Lightwood, Henry Branwell, Charlotte Fairchild and Gideon Lightwood (Clockwork Princess)