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like ouroboros consuming itself by biblically_accurate_crow
Fandoms: In Stars And Time (Video Game)
15 Oct 2024
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You stare up at the gently swaying branches, fractals of light filtering through the space between the canopy, and breathe.
The world breathes with you, in and out, a soft breeze sweeping across the clearing. Grass tickles the back of your neck; you can feel the uncomfortable press of gnarled roots against your spine, and you swear beneath the bark you can feel a heartbeat, a steady thrumming that speaks of life.
It’s all so alive. It’s not the same fabricated, carefully designed set you stood on hours before. There is no stage anymore. The act is over. It’s not haunted by fragments of things left behind in past loops, in your memories, or in other pieces of you torn away from their home and tethered here by the stars. It’s no longer broken, failing, rotting away with the sickening smell of burnt sugar.
It’s. Alive.
… You’re alive.
The air is crisp, the birds cry out, the tree above you waves gently in the wind, and you are alive.
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In which I finally give Siffrin the recovery arc they truly deserve. And by that, I mean a messy one.
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15 Jul 2025
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Merlin is born with golden eyes that glow with a brightness even the sun envies.
His mother tries her hardest to protect him, but the people of Ealdor are fearful, and fear drives good people to do bad things.
He is only twelve summers old when they bind his wrists, and tie stones to his ankles - and throw him into the river.
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09 Jul 2025
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"Let him think I hate him. If that’ll stop him from risking his neck for me over and over again, then it’s a sacrifice I don’t have to think twice about."
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Arthur finds out Merlin has magic. He also finds out how often Merlin risked his life for him and so, he does the only thing he can think of to protect him: banishment.
Hurt and angry, Merlin leaves and swears to not look back.
But, when two years pass and Morgana shows up at Merlin’s door, urging him to fill Gaius’ position as Court Physician, Merlin agrees. He really doesn’t know why, but Arthur is sure Merlin would do just about anything to get on his nerves.
Unprepared for the shock of seeing Merlin back in the castle, Arthur is forced to speed along his plans to lift the ban on magic. But between stubborn councilors, a mysterious plague, a still angry Merlin, and Morgana being Morgana, Arthur is fairly certain he’ll lose his mind before the first year of his reign even ends.
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08 Jul 2025
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"I'm not sure what I'd have done."
"And I didn't want to put you in that position.”For better or for worse, Arthur knows Merlin's secret. The problem? Merlin doesn't know Arthur knows. This leaves Arthur with a predicament... and an opportunity. A test. Three trials and three opportunities for Merlin to prove he doesn't deserve death. Arthur hopes he will pass them. Maybe then the image of Merlin's golden eyes will stop haunting him.
Merlin opened his mouth. A noise unlike any sound Arthur had ever heard escaped from it. Loud and rumbling and guttural, inhuman, and in no way, shape, or form could actually be coming from his manservant.
But it was. And Merlin was speaking.
"O drakon, e male so ftengometta tesd'hup'anankes! Erkheo!"
For a minute, there was complete silence—a silence in which Arthur just stared from behind a tree in an incomprehensive daze.
But then there was a sound. Both loud and forceful and... familiar.
The sound of flapping wings.
AKA an in-depth character study of Arthur. I do not endorse Arthur's actions, but this is what I think he'd do in canon. This was my season 3 prediction!
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29 Jun 2025
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Deep in the forest an ancient temple slumbers, the legacy of a god carved into its walls, a promise of salvation and a promise of eternity.
Arthur Pendragon didn't go looking for the prophecy of the Once and Future king, but when a stranger pushes it into his lap he can't let go. Who the hell is Emrys, and why would a sorcerer help him in the first place? The druids hold the key, but the path to discovery is long, and he may soon wish he'd never step foot on it all. When a tragic sacrifice is made, Arthur is left with a choice between betrayal and forgiveness, understanding and ignorance, love and hate.
Meanwhile Merlin would follow his king anywhere, and he has. He could never bring himself to regret following Arthur that day, but he would always wonder how different life could have been if he had somehow convinced him to just go home. Tortured peasant boys don't make good Gods, and the consequences have the potential to change the world - if he could only escape the Sarrum long enough to try.
or: The one where Emrys is a God and doesn't know it, Arthur pushes until he breaks, Sarrum is evil and Merlin never wanted any of this to happen. Mordred's just happy to be here.
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22 Jun 2025