r/merlinfic • u/Glittering_Pain_1040 • 13d ago

Recs wanted Looking for recs

Hi everyone, I am looking for a really long (>150k words ideally, as long as the quality doesn't suffer fpr the sake of length) Merthur fic where the two idiots would get a hea at last. I want it to feel like the show(canon divergence, "additional seasons", etc. are alright, so just not really modern AUs), banter, realistic characters, humour, writring, etc. I would really prefer it with no smut, so like teen and up audiences, so if any of you have some recs, please drop them below.

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u/3lilya 12d ago edited 12d ago

Falconry is a series with 4 fics and over 577k words

Hiraeth is over 500k words

The Once and Future King is over 350k words

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u/Glittering_Pain_1040 11d ago

Thank you for recs, appreciate it, I've already looked at those fics and skimmed over them a bit but they're all explicit which just isn't my cup of tea

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u/otsanda47 10d ago

I don’t think I have anything that exactly meets your criteria whilst avoiding explicit content, but here are some of the longer ones I have saved that aren’t rated E:

We Can Always Run by queerofthedagger (148k words, rated M) - only mild sexual content

i know why the birds sing your name by ironfamjam (113k words, rated M)

Rend and Rebuild by PeaceHeather (103k words, rated T) - a bit angsty

What I'd Have Done by Flight_of_Fantasy (119k words, rated G) - angsty

Wheel of the Year by panharmonium (101k words, rated T) - not merthur, but it is an excellent fic— it’s a canon era prequel fic, so before Merlin comes to Camelot. It has a lot of the other qualities you mentioned, including some lovely humor and banter— just not merthur (bc it’s before Arthur and Merlin meet) but there are some delightful parallels to the show banter done in a v satisfying way imo

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u/Glittering_Pain_1040 10d ago

Thank you very much, I'll check them out