In today’s episode, MissSnowFox and momo talk about Gwaine/Merlin, aka Merwaine. We look at how their ship was developed on the show and what fandom’s made of them.

The episode runs just a couple of minutes under 2h and features a lot of momo showing best intentions to get more into this ship, and Rox trying desperately to combine it with Merthur or else her heart will break.

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News:

thekingschambers-group on tumblr
Merlin kink meme
Merthurdaily’s anniversary fest
Resurrection – A Merlin (F)anthology

Resources

Archaeologist_D’s comment on Episode 16
Merlisten discord
Amphigoury’s comments via discord private message, published with permission
Amphigoury’s comments via discord private message, published with permission
Amphigoury’s comments via discord private message, published with permission
Amphigoury’s comments on discord
MissSnowFox’ YouTube channel
Merlin Tournament of Champions
Episode 25: Gwaine & Leon character analysis

Statistics

[as of October 2018, Archiveofourown.org]

Disclaimer: The works listed below (especially the ones in the Top 3 categories) are Merwaine works by the best estimation of momo, who compiled the stats. Momo checked the summaries, tags, and author’s notes to determine if these fics looked like they actually focused on Merwaine as a pairing, or at least gave the pairing a central role, rather than treat them as background decoration. If any of the listed fics aren’t Merwaine works by the estimate of a Merwaine shipper, we apologise for the error.

Top 5 by Kudos

• An Alternate Path by BadPennyGirl
  • Fanart with concept/story idea
  • 0 words, General
  • Published: 24 June 2013
  • 1,302 Kudos
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrel by matchsticks_p
  • 2,487 words, Teen
  • Published: 01 May 2011
  • 1,294 Kudos
• Honorable Intentions by smilebackwards
  • 2,138 words, Teen
  • Published 01 Apr 2011
  • 1,293 Kudos
• Talk Sense to a Fool and He Calls You Foolish by Theriechenbachevent
  • 98,791 words, Not Rated
  • Published 28 Jan 2016, Completed 29 Jan 2017
  • 1,150 Kudos
• Gwaine (Or: Good In Everyone) by Jennistar
  • 48,177 words, Mature
  • Published 8 Oct 2012, Completed 11 Feb 2013
  • 724 Kudos

Top 5 by Comments

• Talk Sense to a Fool and He Calls You Foolish by Theriechenbachevent
  • 222 comments
• For the Love of All Who Gather by Nebula5030
  • 92,053 words, Teen
  • Published 9 Sept 2018
  • 220 Comments
• Written in the Moon by Pelydryn
  • 5,981 words, Mature
  • Published 8 Feb 2017, Completed 31 May 2017
  • 92 Comments
• Along a Wandering Wind by Hope
  • 63,401 words, Explicit
  • Published 6 June 2011
  • 88 Comments
• A New Day by Hershey_chan
  • 19,557 words, Teen
  • Published 2 Jan 2017, incomplete since 19 June 2017
  • 75 Comments

Oldest

• Breathing Spell by eldee
  • 10,441 words, Explicit
  • Published 8 Nov 2010

Newest

• Love by Hecate_Trivia
  • 200 words, Not Rated
  • Posted 4 Nov 2018

Longest

• Hunger by EachPeachPearPlum
  • 242,251 words, Explicit
  • Published 21 Sep 2013, Completed 7 Aug 2017
  • Part 2 of the Secrets ‘verse

Shortest

• 蜂蜜酒和很多亲吻 by cyrialec
  • 79 words, Teen
  • Published 10 Oct 2018
• Plus jamais ! by Mad_Amethyst
  • 94 words, Gen
  • Published 24 Feb 2016

Mentioned Fanworks/Recs

Accidental Memory in Case of Death by derryere
Knights of the Air, by riventhorn
Intended, by new_kate, podficced by lunchee
The Curious Incident of the Harpies in Broad Daylight, by kaydeefalls, podfic by lunchee [the fic where Lancelot and Gwaine meet while fighting monsters during their banishment from Camelot]
The Sex Shop Around the Corner, by hermette, podfic by meri*
Every Story is a Love Story, by lady_ragnell, podfic by carefultread
“But he told you who Gwaine’s in love with?”, gif set by colinmorgasms
alternate version of “But he told you who Gwaine’s in love with?”, by colinmorgasms
The Student Prince, by FayJay, podfic by FayJay
Leon Knightley, series by Clea2011 [Leon/Gwaine], podfic by Vodka112

*Only podfic still available, link leads to podfic post.

half-naked Merwaine kisses by whothebuckdraws

Merlin & Gwaine | Rubik’s cube, edited by lovelydreams2x
Gwaine giving Merlin flowers, art by beansterpie
Merlin reveals his magic to Gwaine mini-comic by whothebuckdraws

(Safe) Words, series by leashy_bebes, podfic by leashy_bebes
Five times Merlin Performs Magic in Front of Gwaine, by bewarethesmirk, podfic by Sophinisba
Waking up with you hiding in my bones, by growlery, podfic by fire_juggler
Ever More and More, by matchsticks_p, podfic by Sophinisba

[Merlin/Gwaine] I wanna do bad things with you, edited by TheStrangelf
Merlin/Gwaine | Dropped, edited by TheSnowWhiteQueen21
Merlin/Gwaine – Ho Hey, edited by itriedtofindthesound [momo forgot to mention this one during the podcast but definitely meant to rec it!!!]

whothebuckdraws, artist on tumblr