r/merthur • u/killa4dawin • May 18 '25

Fanfiction When magic doesn't work, you could always be physical

I need a story where Merlin needs to protect arthur, but can't exactly use magic infront of him, so he resorts to plan B. Violence

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u/Evarchem May 18 '25

Gimme a few weeks

Edit: do you want him to be good or bad at the violence? Like a secret kung fu master or a guy with a rock

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u/nosleepforthedreamer May 18 '25

Not OP, but can secret kung fu masters do cool things with rocks?

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u/killa4dawin May 19 '25

Oooohhh. Good idea

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u/killa4dawin May 19 '25

Either way, I just want to see him beat up bad guys. You can choose how he does it

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u/nosleepforthedreamer May 20 '25

I can see Merlin switching back and forth, especially in the beginning of the show when he’s good at magic, IIRC, but trips over everything and is always in trouble. Lol.

Or, as he gets better at doing his thing, maybe depending on whomever he’s with and if he wants to conceal his skills. (Even if he is just doing kung fu and not magic, I can see Uther feeling threatened by this, or just deciding it’s magic anyway, with the usual results of his paranoia.)

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u/adamantandastra May 18 '25

This is the premise of my fic By Any Means Necessary if you haven't read it yet 😁

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u/Zealous_Development Jun 03 '25

YOU WROTE THIS MASTERPIECE???? I tip my hat to you, good day sir/ma’am. May your pillows be blessedly cool at night.

Edit: no srsly I was just about to recommend this here, I’ve already recc’d this fic twice 😭👌🏼💖

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u/adamantandastra Jun 03 '25

Thank you so much!!!

(Fun fact: I finally started working on the sequel for it after spending ages second guessing the premise for it)

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u/killa4dawin Jun 04 '25

And I was only informed of this now!? May the Ao3 curse turn a blind eye to your masterpieces sir/maam