The Best Merlin Fics
My personal absolute favorite Merlin fics!
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Post-canon AU / Canon AU from S2. It's been ten years since Arthur drifted away from him on the Lake of Avalon, but even inside Camelot's walls, Merlin is still lost. Hiding from those who know him and cut off from his former life in self-imposed exile, he can't resist the temptation when a mysterious stranger offers him the chance to set things right. Merlin returns to the past, to an innocent, simpler time, armed with the knowledge of Arthur's fate. He knows the odds (and the stubborn people - Arthur in particular) are stacked against him and the obstacles he must overcome seem insurmountable. Can destiny be nudged enough to save Arthur's life, and is the price too high?
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Bookmarked by merthurmagic025
21 Apr 2020
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This is the one where Merlin goes back in time and diverts Arthur's life so that he lives but doesn't fulfill his destiny so Merlin goes back to try again and there are 3 Merlins, different versions, all trying to convince the youngest one to do what they think is the answer
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A modern magical comedy very loosely based on Ugly Betty. Publishing king Uther Pendragon has had enough of his playboy son seducing every female assistant he has ever had so he hires Merlin, a man he is sure Arthur will never sleep with. Merlin would be more insulted by this fact if he wasn’t so busy trying to juggle his duties, save Arthur's skin from ruthless fashionistas and keep his magic a secret at the same time. Expect appearances by oil-lathered knights, the occasional mad druid, a perverted Will and a mental caretaker who lives in the basement and keeps harping on about coins and destiny.
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Bookmarked by merthurmagic025
16 Mar 2020
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This one is soooo good. It feels like a modern au but it's actually reincarnation. It's got creepy basement janitor Kilgarrah and everyone's working in an office!
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It is the 57th annual Hunger Games, and Merlin Emrys stands at the Reaping ceremony with Guinevere Smith at his side, unable to hear the roar of the crowd over the ringing in his own ears. Because Merlin is about to face his best friend and twenty-two strangers in a fight to the death, where there can only be one victor.
In a twisted game where death seems the only certainty, Merlin will find himself tested in ways no one could have ever predicted - and may even find himself fighting for more than just his own life as he enters into an unlikely alliance with Arthur Pendragon, the Career tribute poised to win it all.
Merlin/Arthur AU, set in the Hunger Games universe.
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Bookmarked by merthurmagic025
26 Jun 2020
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AMAZING. Hunger Games AU, with a bit of a reincarnation twist. Merlin and Arthur team up, Gwen wins, but they aren't dead and they have to face some destiny now
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When a never ending drought plagues Camelot, Arthur and Merlin have bigger problems to deal with than pesky little things like feelings.
Arthur and Merlin are clueless, and the Knights are tired of their bullshit.
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07 Jul 2020
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Super cute and some angst! The earth is dying because magic has been killed by Uther, so there's a major drought.
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“You’re the Prince?” Merlin says, eyeing him. He hesitates, then adds, defiant, “The Mad Prince of Camelot.”
Arthur doesn’t move. There’s quiet for a long time, then he says it. “I am.”
“You don’t seem mad,” he says.
The smile wells up from somewhere deep, and very sad. “Well, Merlin,” he says, “give me time.”Series
- Part 1 of Magical Bloody Sex Assassin
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Bookmarked by merthurmagic025
14 Mar 2020
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This is a series but the others aren't as good.
Arthur is the "mad prince of Camelot" but he's under a curse and Merlin helps him, originally just given to him as a bedwarmer