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1. By Any Means Necessary by Merlinfirstlastalways

   Fandoms: Merlin (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   04 Aug 2023

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Knights of the Round Table (Merlin)
   • Uther Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Merlin (Merlin)
   • Morgana (Merlin)
   • Gaius (Merlin)
   • Kilgarrah (Merlin)
   • Merlin wakes up and chooses violence
   • and keeps choosing it
   • BAMF Merlin (Merlin)
   • Confused Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Confused Uther Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Violence
   • mostly canon typical violence but a few more violent bits
   • Graphic Description of Corpses
   • Body Horror
   • but only slightly - Freeform
   • Murder Twink! Merlin
   • it is my mission in life to make that a tag
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Canon Era
   • no beta we die like Merlin's enemies
   • Spymaster! Merlin
   • swordsman! merlin
   • Powerful Merlin (Merlin)
   • Competent Merlin (Merlin)
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • off-screen sex
   • hints of bdsm
   • Bottom Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)
   • Top Merlin (Merlin)
   • fighter! merlin
   • Assassination Attempt(s)
   • bandits
   • Good Morgana (Merlin)
   • Uther Regrets All Of His Life Choices
   • Long-Suffering Leon (Merlin)
   • Sir Leon the Long Suffering
   • The inherent homoeroticism of swordfighting
   • arthur pendragon has a competence kink

   Summary

   In which Merlin wakes up and chooses violence, and decides not to rethink that choice.

   Or: Merlin realizes that, if he's going to keep Arthur safe and keep his magic a secret, he will have to get a little bit physical. Arthur has to rethink everything in existence when he's suddenly forced to confront the fact that Merlin can fight, and is in fact, bloody dangerous

   Or: The author randomly thought "Murder Twink Merlin" while re-watching the show, and decided it was his mission in life to make that a tag.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Murder Twink! Merlin

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   13,802

   Chapters:

   9/9

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