Best Long Magic Reveal Fanfics
Magic Reveal fanfics from 50k to 100k words — full novel length with room for slow development. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 4 Long Magic Reveal Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with magic reveal and falls in the 50,000–100,000 words range.
No matter what happens
by Eez_fan_works
“If you so much as touch us, Emrys will-“ Merlin's heart nearly stops.“Emrys?” The king cuts off in turn, confusion in his voice.“He’s only the embodiment of magic, last of the dragon lords, and is the most powerful warlock that has ever roamed the earth.” There is only silence as the girl's words h
Like I lived my whole life before the first light
by Once_Im_Reborn
Something was wrong. Not the “the world is ending, and we’re all going to die” sort of wrong, but an odd, humming some kind of wrong that Merlin could feel threading through the halls of Camelot like an intruder. He reached out with his magic more than once, trying to taste the disturbance, but noth
Eye-fucking across a round table
by TheElizaRoza
Eye fucking: to stare at someone with nefariously explicit intent and for them to do it back is a bonus. Arthur Pendragon has a problem. He cannot stop staring at Merlin. At first he blames the fact that his servant is irritating, mysterious, and seemingly incapable of acting like a normal person. T
Who is going to defend you?
by Secret_rose1
“You defended a Pendragon! Who is going to defend you?”[...]"I will." orWhat if fate was a person? What if the prophesy of Arthur's death, was not destiny but a choice. And what if Camlann was never meant to be the fatal battle.orBasically what would happen if the real danger for Camelot had appeare
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About Magic Reveal
A character's hidden magic is finally exposed — by accident, by sacrifice, or by choice — and the story reckons with everyone who was lied to. The defining trope of BBC Merlin fandom, where Merlin's secret from Arthur powered a decade of fic, though it appears wherever magic must be hidden.
Years of secrecy compress into one detonating moment, and readers love both the catharsis of the truth and the messy fallout of trust rebuilt or broken.
Common scenarios: Merlin revealing his magic by stopping a blade meant for Arthur, or a hidden witch caught mid-spell by the one person they most needed never to know.
About This List
This list of 4long Magic Reveal fanfics spans 277,152 total words. Kudos range from 73 on the newest entries to 1,386 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is General Audiences (1 of 4 fics).
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