merlin aka emrys aka definitely not a sorcerer

OUT OF CHARACTER.

CONTACT: PM or ask for plurk
FORMATTING: brackets preferred, but will match
BACKTAGGING: yes, my own speed varies
THREADHOPPING: always for texting, no for logs
FOURTHWALLING: yes to mythical wizard Merlin, no to BBC unless you're deadpool/gwenpool/etc

IN CHARACTER.

AFFECTION: OOC, fine with everything. Merlin's openly verbally affectionate, even if he's been advised it's not ~allowed to acknowledge friendship with someone (class divisions play into his canon a lot, bc medieval Europe). Physically, he'll happily return and even initiate hugs with friendly CR, and will likely tolerate it from neutral CR. If yours is a bit more stand-offish, Merlin can be useful for reaching across that friendship-barrier first.
SHIPPING: This writer isn't interested in ship!
VIOLENCE: OOC, most things are on the table, and I'm not terribly squeamish. The only real limit is that I like things to further storylines/be ultimately fun to play, so while minor injuries are generally fine, for anything debilitating, I'd like to discuss the 'so what' aspect of it at least a bit. (With Merlin, there's also slightly more leeway with injuries, as he can recover quicker with his magic — but considering self-healing warps in-game, be careful).
TELEPATHY: OOC fine. IC, Merlin has met people who can telepathically speak to him before, and will be surprised but unbothered. He'll be a lot more surprised at say, X-Men-style or Force-style telepathy that involves actually going into someone else's mind, however, and his response will then be contingent on CR.

PHYSICAL INFORMATION: Merlin's tall and thin but otherwise has no remarkable physical features. When he uses his magic, his eyes turn gold for the duration of the initial casting.

MENTAL INFORMATION: Nothing to note here; tho as stated, he's familiar with speaking telepathically, even across distances.

OPT OUT.

UNWANTED SCENARIOS: My trigger is something I don't want to see on my permissions post, but it's also atypical and rare to come up. If it happens to be mentioned in-thread, I'll PM you; this is less stressful for me than mentioning it here!

ADDITIONAL PERMISSIONS: this writer's not fussy about other content warnings and generally likes playing with things not often broached in rp, so you can throw most stuff in without consulting me (self harm, suicide ideation, purple prose, etc).

CONTENT WARNINGS FOR MERLIN: Merlin's canon is pretty standard BBC rated-TV-14 fare, but to be clear his narration/dialogue may eventually contain references to: death; prejudice; large-scale hunting down and killing of a specific group of people; bullying; servitude; and a lot of grappling with the idea of destiny/the greater good excusing (or not excusing) atrocities.

NOTES: for people not in-game with Merlin: i will happily play in a modern au/urban fantasy sort of setting if it fits the other characters better. i'm very open to cross-canon and ocs.