merlination:

mamalaz:

The AU where Arthur knows about Merlin’s magic and is a mother hen about him getting found out

#can you just imagine Arthur and Merlin BOTH making up bullshit when Uther asks?#’So… HOW did you say the beast was vanquished’#’so you see father um… an eagle came and blinded it’#’yes um and then we um used berries to throw off our scent’#’yeah and then we um waited for it to fall asleep’#’and then we killed it’#’Where is the body then’#’we uh… we burned it’#’WHAT!?!? WHY?’#’to uh… prevent it from… uh coming back as a spirit and exacting its revenge on us. that’s a real thing#Gaius told me about it’ (via dollopheadsandclotpoles​)