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well with my soul by thewalrus_said
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
26 Dec 2025
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He has an advantage over nearly all his forebears, in that up until two years ago he had barely cultivated at all. There were ten-year-old junior disciples who could outfight him two years ago, until his da-ge burned his collections, and sworn over the smoking ashes that he would burn more and more until Huaisang complied. Huaisang had done the math then as well, his personal misery held up against the further destruction of priceless and beautiful things, and made his decision.
Even if he considers himself a priceless and beautiful thing—a valuation he becomes less and less sure of with each passing day—the destruction of one is worth preventing the destruction of many. So after a month of mourning, he had silently picked up his saber and returned to the training fields.
Huaisang had thought his sacrifice was merely of his spirit, his happiness. Now, it turns out, da-ge had claimed his very life that day.
And he had deliberately refused Huaisang that information.
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19 Jun 2026
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“Holy shit, did you see her in class today?”
“Yes! I don’t know how she wears shit like that and expects not to be laughed at.”
“Oh my God, she’s such a dyke.”
Shauna freezes. Technically she hasn’t moved since she got into this position, but her muscles tense up like springs, ready at a moment’s notice to fight or flight. She forces herself to calm down because she doesn’t even know who they’re talking about. Is it a horrible thing to say? Yeah, but it’s not surprising. Shauna’s heard the same prejudice from Mr. Taylor’s mouth enough to be a little desensitized to it. Whoever they were bitching about, it’s ultimately none of her business.
“I bet Van only joined soccer to be in the girl’s locker room,” they snickered.
Oh. They were talking about Van. Scratch that—it is Shauna’s business.
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Five times Shauna stands up for her teammates and one time they do the same for her.
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10 Jun 2026
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On a quiet night in May, the world crumbles to pieces. Jackie and Shauna, as well as their freshly-shattered friendship, are forced to navigate the apocalypse, all starting on Outbreak Day.
(An AU, loosely based on The Last of Us)
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09 Jun 2026
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A Reference Guide To Camelot’s Castle by BabyStepsAreStillSteps for Summer_Meadows
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
17 Jan 2023
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Summer_Meadows and I were lucky enough to get to go to the castle Merlin is filmed in, Chateau de Pierrefonds, and we've uploaded pictures and videos for anyone who would like to see more of the castle.
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07 Jun 2026
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How can Merlin be so competent and so useless at the same time? He could be the best hunter in the land! Arthur has caught him hiding animal tracks more often than anybody else has managed to find them! But when Merlin's connection to the forest goes wrong, Arthur must put his own hunting skills to the test.
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07 Jun 2026
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"How was your journey here?" Balinor asked.
“It would have been pleasant if a certain servant had stopped prattling on during the entirety of it.“ Arthur gave the black haired boy a pointed look, but the servant just shrugged and turned to Balinor.
„Don‘t mind him. He woke up at the wrong side of the bed today, which wasn‘t my fault, may I add. I‘m Merlin.“
And then he stuck out his hand, oblivious to the way Arthur‘s mouth dropped openOr, during the Great Purge, Balinor can convince Uther not to kill all dragons. Instead, Uther magically imprisons him and the remaining dragons at the Dragon's Keep. Now, almost twenty years later, prince Arthur regualary comes to check on him. Things change, when he brings a certain manservant with him.
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06 Jun 2026
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Arthur is relieved when Balinor the Dragonlord agrees to help, but dismayed when he refuses to come back to Camelot. Instead, Arthur is stuck waiting in the middle of nowhere while Balinor calls the dragon. To make matters worse, Arthur’s idiot manservant clearly has a massive crush on the guy: despite him being a grumpy, straggly, cave-dwelling sorcerer, who makes terrible cabbage pottage, Merlin hasn’t taken his eyes off him! Arthur will tolerate this nonsense for a couple of days, but only because he must save Camelot.
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06 Jun 2026
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“You’re horrible,” Morgana hisses at him quietly enough than only he and Gwen will hear, tugging at his cloak until it sits better across his shoulders. Her face never changes from her pleasant smile. Terrifying. “Straighten your back, you will not slouch! Gwen, tell him not to slouch!”
“Your Majesty,” Gwen says sweetly, “please do not slouch.”
“I highly doubt he’ll be looking at me,” Arthur drawls, “when he’s come all this way to marry you.”
(Arthur loses his father's trust, but he gains something better.)
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- Part 2 of Dyed in the Wool
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06 Jun 2026
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In many ways, things are the same as ever.
It’s only… Well, back when Merlin still had things like secrets, or privacy, or self-respect, he would have thought that of the secrets, the magic would have been the one to truly catch Arthur’s interest.
But no. It’s the other secret that Arthur picks and plucks at.
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06 Jun 2026
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The next time Arthur doesn’t say thank you, Gwaine puts his hand on Merlin’s back, stroking down the long length of it, from the short curls of hair at the nape of his neck to the neat cinch of his waist.
“Thanks,” he praises, throwing a wink to an agape Arthur as he does. It’s wonderful.
So wonderful, in fact, that for the next fortnight, for every brusque word that spills from Arthur’s lips, Gwaine spills three sweet ones.
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06 Jun 2026
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“I’m the king,” Arthur says grumpily, swallowing around the stone that has settled in his throat, “I can wear what I want.”
“What about what I want?”
“I’m the king,” Arthur repeats slowly, since Merlin is being particularly thick, “and so you can also wear what I want.”
Or, Arthur dresses Merlin, which goes about as well as you would expect.
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04 Jun 2026
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“Get out of my sight, and don’t come back until you can prove to me why I should allow you to remain in my service.”
Merlin stares at Arthur, confused. His tone was ominous, and it certainly sounded like a threat, but Merlin can’t quite work out what part is supposed to have him shaking in his boots. He’s halfway back to Gauis’ chambers when it dawns on him: Arthur actually thinks this stupid, degrading job is something he would be willing to fight for - as though Merlin’s life wouldn’t be complete without the honor of scrubbing the sheets Arthur manages to soil on a disturbingly regular basis.
In which it takes Merlin a bit longer to warm up to Arthur than it does in canon, but he gets there in the end.
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04 Jun 2026
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He tries to tell himself its fear of the magic, of the thinning veil between the worlds, of the possibility that his servant has been enchanted by whatever foul witchcraft is happening here. But he finds he cannot lie to himself in this place, on this night, and as he looks at Merlin he doesn’t see the glassy-eyed, empty expression men wear when they’ve been enchanted. Instead, his eyes are bright with wonder and a pure joy; the same face he’d worn that morning in the great hall, and the first time he saw Camelot in the snow, and when they’d seen that (blasted) unicorn.
And Arthur knows, deep in his belly, that what he truly fears is that this isn’t foul witchcraft at all, but that Merlin may belong here more than he ever has with Arthur.
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04 Jun 2026
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Arthur was having a terrible day.
Merlin had been late (a phenomenon so common it hardly bore remarking upon) and had nicked all of Arthur’s sweetmeats, training was called off due to a light drizzle his knights insisted on calling a thunderstorm, Merlin dropped half of Arthur’s armor on his foot, and now there was apparently a murderer in the castle.
And, what’s worse, Merlin had disappeared and hadn’t been seen in hours.
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04 Jun 2026
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It has been less than a week since Merlin came back to Camelot with damaged vocal cords and an agonizing throat. A patchwork of bruises, colours of the sky during a storm and violets in full bloom have appeared on Merlin’s throat. Some of them are the shape of fingers. Others are vague, and meander across his skin with all the direction and purpose of clouds.
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04 Jun 2026
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The roof caves in and the truth comes out.
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03 Jun 2026
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King Arthur sets out to keep his promise to the spirit of the Druid boy by repealing his father's ban on magic. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done, for reasons including but not limited to the following:
(1) He can't change the law until he understands magic better, but no sorcerer is willing to explain magic to him until he changes the law;
(2) The sorcerers all have some strange obsession with Merlin, which is awakening all sorts of feelings in Arthur that he really doesn't fancy examining too closely;
(3) He is starting to feel like the butt of some Druid-population-wide inside joke involving the mysterious phenomenon called Emrys; and
(4) Oh yeah, Morgana is still trying to kill him.
Thus he embarks on a journey of discovery, diplomacy, accountability, and self-improvement, and maybe even falls in love along the way.
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03 Jun 2026
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Merlin does not poison Morgana.
She poisons herself.
This is the aftermath.Or, Merlin and Morgana's friendship lives on and thrives.
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03 Jun 2026
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"Is this blood?" Arthur murmured, feeling some wetness on his fingers that were around Merlin's shoulder.
"Are those bandages?" Gwaine said at the same time, pointing at the white cloth peeking from underneath Merlin's tunic.
Arthur lifted Merlin's tunic to check. To his horror, he discovered his whole torso covered in bandages, while Melin lay limp is his arms.
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02 Jun 2026
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Arthur is king, and change is in the wind.
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30 May 2026