Rating: General Audiences
Category: Gen
Fandom: Merlin (TV 2008)
Relationships: Leon & Merlin (Merlin), Gwen & Merlin (Merlin), Gwaine & Merlin, Knights of the Round Table & Merlin (Merlin), Minor or Background Relationship(s)
Characters: Leon (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Elyan (Merlin), Percival (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Knights of the Round Table (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Lancelot (Merlin)
Additional Tags:Meta, Analysis, Nonfiction, Fannish Nonfiction, The Great Purge (Merlin), Magic, magical persecution, Merlin's Magic Revealed (Merlin), Canon Relationships, Mentioned Gaius (Merlin), Mentioned Morgana (Merlin), Discord: Land of Myth (Merlin)
Language: English
Originally Published: 2023-08-02
Word Count: 2,641
AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49059670

Summary

Of the members of the Round Table who are not already aware of Merlin's magic, I assert that Sir Leon would be the most likely to react well to a reveal of Merlin's magic. This meta details my supporting evidence for this assertion. For the sake of comparison, this work includes a section for each other relevant character, delineating the factors which are likely to affect their sympathy for magic (and Merlin, in particular).

Notes

Thank you to Glon_Morski for beta-reading this! Thank you to the Land of Myth Discord server for the conversation that inspired this.

I wrote this accidentally. I mentioned this long-held belief of mine in a conversation in the server. Honestly, I was just intending to elaborate a bit, and then suddenly I had over 2,500 words written. Why can I do that yet can’t seem to write when I want to work on any of my long-term works-in-progress?

Come join the Land of Myth Discord server to participate in discussions like the one that inspired this meta essay!

Rating: General Audiences
Category: Gen
Fandom: Merlin (TV 2008)
Relationships: Merlin & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Knights of the Round Table & Merlin (Merlin), Lancelot & Merlin (Merlin), Lancelot & Knights of the Round Table (Merlin)
Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Original Characters, Elyan (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Percival (Merlin), Leon (Merlin)
Additional Tags: Minor Gwen/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), POV Outsider, Post-Season/Series 04, Secrets, Not a Magic Reveal, shade!Lancelot mentioned, Past Character Death, Podfic Welcome, Angst and Humor, Angst, Humor, Discord: Land of Myth (Merlin), Blanket Permission
Language: English
Originally Published: 2022-05-28
Word Count: 1,985
AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39277239

Summary

When Emrys, the Once and Future King, and the Knights of the Round Table wander into a seemingly abandoned temple, its spirit guardian decides to attempt to give destiny a little shove. They force Emrys to reveal a secret that burdens him, only Emrys chooses to reveal a secret regarding a dead knight and supposed betrayal. They just wanted to reveal a magical being, not an emotional mess. Whoop

Notes

This is a response to a prompt and subsequent conversation in the Land of Myth Discord server.

Prompt:
I love magical cave/potion/enchanted item fics where characters are forced to reveal one secret they haven't told/or/kept hidden in exchange for passage or freedom or whatever they needed from this person/object/place. A lot of them obviously are magic reveals for Merlin but what about one where Merlin reveals the truth about shade!Lancelot and how Gwen was under mind control and never betrayed Arthur?
Bronte added: (The keeper demanding the secret really was trying to force Emrys to reveal himself, but once they see how everyone reacts to that secret, they decide to quietly back away and just accept it)

Thank you stanzas and N16 for the prompt. Thank you FriendlyNeighbourhoodWriter for the quote which inspired the summary: "I just wanted to reveal a magical being not an emotional mess."
Thank you Glon_Morski for beta-reading.
Thank you to the Land of Myth server in general for your encouragement.

Unexpected Emotional Mess

End Notes

Please enjoy this meme I edited which Perrin, guardian of the sacred temple, would surely appreciate if they were ever given the chance to experience modern internet culture.

This is an edited version of the, "It's more likely than you think," meme.