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Salvou? Nos avise e compartilhe

-Dara

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energeticwarrior

they are so cute i love them so much but also i desperately need phil to reshave the eyebrow slit and put on the white shirt/choker again.. it would look good.. trust..

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Linked Universe Character Guide

I made this LU character guide for my friends and I thought it might be useful for any new LU fans out there! And also for anyone else who wants to info dump to friends about LU. So here you go :D

These characters are of course based on @linkeduniverse by Jojo! But, disclaimer, this does include some non-canon stuff (primarily the fandom nicknames and some War of Ages things) that’s common in fanfiction :). I made this for fun and for my friends so it includes my favorite tropes, canon and fanon.

Edit 4/4/23: Alt text and image descriptions added. Alt text only describes the official character art image (descriptions of all the images were too long for alt text and they were being cut off by my screen). Image text and other image descriptions are at the bottom of the post.

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reminiscing on dan and phil's life story together always makes me feel insane because it sounds like the plot of a fanfic: two freakishly tall awkward british gays with matching emo haircuts. dan starts out as a fan of phil, phil encourages him to make his own videos after they start talking online. dan only started trying to get phil's attention online on his 18th birthday and within months they meet up irl, and the Q&A video they make together the first time they meet blows up. within a little over a year they are practically living together, then they are accidentally outed because of a freak YouTube glitch as well as fans discovering old posts. nevertheless they become pioneers in what YouTubers can do outside the platform itself - Radio Hosts/Celebrity Interviews/Touring Stage Shows/Books/Party Games/Disney Cameos. they eventually come out via a dan video essay with 12 million views. later they move in to their third place together, a luxury home they bought and designed with all the money they made over the years. then when Dan goes on a solo tour in 2022 they reveal they that they had never spent more than two weeks apart since 2009. And don't even get me started on the joint gaming channel or the cat whiskers...

BUT the wildest part, that knocks me out every time I remember, is how phil, who allegedly has psychic abilities passed on from his grandmother, used tarot cards in a video to predict that he would meet someone with personality traits that exactly match dan's, about three months before they ever began talking online. like. how is that a real sentence I just typed. do we live in a simulation.

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danandfuckingjonlmao

ok everybody block dnp on all socials they have eyes everywhere. they know way to much. those omniscient fuckers are always watching. no one is safe.

like what do you MEAN you know about those stupid “real voice” compilations and people absolutely clowning about jumpcuts and smudged whiskers and what do you MEAN you’re aware of those 2009 phan theories people still debate to this day? what happened to “i don’t check my indirects” “i don’t go on the tags”?? i bet you’re lurking RIGHT NOW reading this very post. all men do is lie. can’t trust anyone 😤😪

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dan saying "this one's for you phil" and then immediately calling him a power bottom gave me 20 aneurisms

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shittydnpgamesideas

what am I supposed to post that lives up to the canon event of glow ray hull

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Honestly, based on how Phil immediately jumped on it when Dan said "can we talk about how existential crisis was a part of my branding," and obviously has serious thoughts about it based on how he sounded (I have trouble reading tone so take that with a grain of salt, but imo he sounded quite serious and almost angry?), I would love to know what he thinks of the "no homo Howell" memes or the fact that being "a failure" has been part of Dan's branding since the beginning. Hell, I want more of his thoughts about the existential crisis thing! There was a hard cut in the middle of Dan's sentence so they obviously said more about it but then just chopped it.

Idk, it just would be interesting to fully hear their thoughts, but even their little tidbits are so fucking interesting. Them talking about what bits were just "we have to do this because it's expected" and the "we were just saying yes to everything" was so interesting. I know it's not very #humor #branding, but I would genuinely love just a three hour long explanation of their behind the scenes thoughts and opinions.

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iknownowmerlin

dragonlord-emrys

BBC Merlin + fine literature (x)(x)

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vintage--lilacs

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jupitereater

why am i so obsessed with merthur

what is it about them

WHAT IS IT

(no actually someone tell me)

aemelia

They have sexual tension from the first second they meet. “Hey. That’s enough.” “What?” … “You can’t speak to me like that.” “Oh, sorry; how long have you been training to be a prat, my lord?”
The sexual tension does not decrease; it very much does the opposite. I don’t know about you guys, but I do not look my friends in the eye for 30 long unblinking seconds, before alternating between meeting their (also long and longing) gaze, and staring at their lips. Perhaps I’m doing friendship wrong?
They banter, they have fun, they mock each other, they pull each other up, they argue, they challenge each other: to summarise, they have an actual multi-dimensional human relationship. Most love interests in media consist of (typically) a man and a woman haphazardly slapped into a couple of scenes together, and they ‘fall in love’ within ten seconds because She Is Hot And Blonde (or alternatively: Brunette And Not Like Other Girls!) and he… has muscles and wears a V-neck shirt? Idk. Anyway, the point is, we don’t normally see a friendship built up so realistically between two characters the way we see it happen between Arthur and Merlin. It feels very real and compelling.
Also, on that note, the actors just are insanely good, and also they have insane on-screen chemistry. I don’t think we would have felt quite the same way about Merthur if it had been a different pair of actors. They really nailed that dynamic.
There’s also the storyline. Very few love stories rival that of BBC Merlin. Kudos to them, lmao. The love story is SO layered and so compelling.
Firstly, we have the “opposites attract”, almost enemy-to-lovers type arc. Merlin is a peasant, and absolutely bursting with magic. Arthur is the prince, and the son of the medieval, magic-hating equivalent of Hitler. It’s a Romeo and Juliet trope — they’re not meant to grow close, but they inevitably do.
Secondly we have the whole destiny thing. The BBC really said “they’re soulmates” and dropped the mic. Two sides of the same coin, “he needs you; and you need him”, both weighed down by the same destiny, both needing the other in order to fulfil what they were born to do—but also, choosing each other, again and again, even if it means forsaking that destiny.
Thirdly, while they come from different classes (peasant vs royalty) they’re actually equals; Merlin is more Arthur’s equal than anyone else in the show, because Merlin has immense magical power (while Arthur has immense political power) and they’re both trying to navigate how to use their powers the right way. They’ve both been born into huge expectation (Merlin as Emrys, Arthur as the future king) and had pressure placed on their shoulders that is often unbearable.
They also just keep trying to die for each other. Peak romance. 11/10
We also have the “you are magic itself, Merlin” and “you were born of magic, Arthur” thing. Another romantic parallel, connecting them.
Also, and I really feel like screaming right now, when it comes down to it, they both want nothing more than to be with each other. Arthur’s private impossible dream is to live a simple life on a farm, where no-one knows who he is, except for Merlin. Merlin wants Arthur alive above all else; he gives up the chance for magic to be allowed in the kingdom, because he wants Arthur to live rather than allowing Mordred to survive and potentially kill him. He thinks he’s failed at the end, when Arthur is dying, but Kilgarrah tells him he hasn’t — and Merlin’s response is “he’s my friend, I can’t lose him”. That’s what really matters to Merlin; not their destiny, not anything else. It is meaningless to him without Arthur there beside him.
On top of all this, the tragedy of their love story is also what makes it so compelling. There are a million ways they could have averted disaster; number one, being honest with each other. But because of who they are, and because Merlin can’t bear to risk Arthur dying, they end up sealing their own fate. (This is actually their mentors’ fault. Gaius, Kilgarrah, Uther, and even Hunith—each of them teach their child/protégée to be fearful, to be secretive, to be distrusting. Merlin would have told Arthur about his magic, if Gaius, his mother and Kilgarrah hadn’t constantly warned him against it. Arthur would have accepted magic much sooner, if he wasn’t trying to live up to his father’s expectations.)
Their characters are also just really compelling, and they match each other really well. Merlin is outgoing, makes friends easily, isn’t afraid to start a street fight at the drop of a hat, talks back to the prince, literally So Feral it’s insane. Arthur — who puts on a macho act about being cocky and confident — is actually touch-starved, feels insecure and inadequate due to decades of daddy issues, and has never really had a genuine friend until Merlin turns up and starts treating him like a human being.
And yeah, just… the writing of the show. It’s romantic AF. The “I haven’t seen you smile these past three days”. The touch-starved prince asking “just hold me, please” as his best friend desperately tries to save him one final time. The romance of Arthur saying “you’re my only friend and I couldn’t bear to lose you”, and giving Merlin the last thing he has of his mother’s. Merlin saying “I do this because you’re my friend, and I don’t want to lose you”, while he tenderly touches Arthur, stroking his brow and hair. Merlin sacrificing whatever it takes, including his principles, if it means keeping Arthur alive.
And then: ARTHUR DIES IN MERLIN’S ARMS. Merlin HOLDS HIM while he DIES. And then he waits A THOUSAND YEARS, ALONE, for Arthur to come back to him. That is A LOVE STORY, a story of enduring yearning. Unparalleled.

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I think the most unintentionally pretentious part of me is I genuinely forget that most people do not have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of mythology and folklore. I literally just assume most people know at least the name of every Greek god. My mom and I were watching the Banshees of Inisherin and at the start, she asked "Do you know what a banshee is?" and I was so stunned because it would never occur to me to ask that question because I would never assume the average person doesn't know what a banshee is. The average person knows what a banshee is right. You know what a banshee is right. You know the names of the greek gods right. You know that norse myth where loki fucked the horse right. Right. RIGHT