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lokifanLook at me powering along! For me, I mean :p
WELL. That’s certainly an angstful way to begin the new series! All those Redcloaks...
Oh Gaius. You’re so good with the exposition. *hugs him* More than a year is actually a long time between series; I suspect Morgana is now super-evil and way more powerful, and Gwen and Arthur are rather further along.
LOLOLOLOL.
MERLIN: Owwww.
ARTHUR: Something wrong?
MERLIN: All this riding. I’m not used to doing it all day.
ARTHUR: Oh, is your little bottom sore?
MERLIN: Laugh it up, sire, you’ll be sorry when I get to top.
ARTHUR: Now is it nice to go riling me up in front of the men?
MERLIN: You started it.
Arthur’s adorable little hand gestures are back! *\o/* I love ninja!Arthur.
FIGHT SCENE!
I like that they resolutely refuse to give Merlin any sort of swordfighting ability.
I love ‘dollophead’. Mostly because it clearly originated with not being able to say “shithead” on teatime television.
Morgana! You are looking marginally less coiffed than usual!
Can I just say how much I love the ‘old style’ bags on Merlin? The aged tote bags and satchels of Medievalness bring me joy :D
Aww, happy King Giles!
HEEE. There is the very first EVIL MORGANA SMIRK. Love it.
EURGH mandrake. It's really a shame they've decided to handwave Morgana’s corruption: it’s shameless, actually: oh yes, well, she changed from a fairly interesting conflicted protagonist to super-evil villain off-screen. But this is far from the worst Morgana le Fay’s suffered from Arthurian writers down the centuries, so I shall try to get over it. :( At least the Bechdel Test looks likely to be passed with charming consistency...
Honestly Arthur. >.< Bullying your servants isn’t big or clever. ...And karma, not to say Merlin, will punish you.
Our first close-up murder by Morgana, followed by her snapping at Gwen. Yep, this one’s lost to the Dark Side.
Ooh, domme!Morgause telling off her pushy sub! Love it.
I’m not generally crazy about telly showing us people’s eldritch visions, but the little boy was SUPER CREEPY. Especially in the silent-accusation context.
EURGH MANDRAKE TO THE FACE. EURGH.
MORGANA: There’s nothing you cannot do.
MORGAUSE: It’s you who gives me strength.
MERLIN: Come on, even I’m not this blatant about my gay affair.
AHAHAHAHA. That was a brilliant pay-off for all the times Merlin’s followed a villain REALLY BLATANTLY and they somehow haven’t noticed. Also, scary.
I say this so often but I LOVE GAIUS, HE IS MY FAVOURITE FOREVER. I love him for being the servant-yet-authority-figure with the nerve to tell Arthur what he needs to do, even if Arthur won’t listen.
HELLO MERLIN IN CHAINS.
MORGAUSE: You intrigue me, Merlin.
MERLIN: Um, I don’t usually do the kneeling-in-chains for -
MORGAUSE: You do so much for Arthur.
MERLIN: Seriously, we’re exclusive -
MORGAUSE: FINE. *wanders off*
ARGH GIANT SCORPIONS :(
Poor Arthur. It’s especially sad because this should be a brother-and-sister-standing-together moment.
SERIOUSLY OMG THE NOISES THE CREATURES ARE MAKING UPSET ME :(
So, I was distracted from the DOOOOOOM for a moment by it changing from high noon to night in an instant without Merlin’s situation changing at all. But basically, DOOOOOOOOOOOM.
WELL. That’s certainly an angstful way to begin the new series! All those Redcloaks...
Oh Gaius. You’re so good with the exposition. *hugs him* More than a year is actually a long time between series; I suspect Morgana is now super-evil and way more powerful, and Gwen and Arthur are rather further along.
LOLOLOLOL.
MERLIN: Owwww.
ARTHUR: Something wrong?
MERLIN: All this riding. I’m not used to doing it all day.
ARTHUR: Oh, is your little bottom sore?
MERLIN: Laugh it up, sire, you’ll be sorry when I get to top.
ARTHUR: Now is it nice to go riling me up in front of the men?
MERLIN: You started it.
Arthur’s adorable little hand gestures are back! *\o/* I love ninja!Arthur.
FIGHT SCENE!
I like that they resolutely refuse to give Merlin any sort of swordfighting ability.
I love ‘dollophead’. Mostly because it clearly originated with not being able to say “shithead” on teatime television.
Morgana! You are looking marginally less coiffed than usual!
Can I just say how much I love the ‘old style’ bags on Merlin? The aged tote bags and satchels of Medievalness bring me joy :D
Aww, happy King Giles!
HEEE. There is the very first EVIL MORGANA SMIRK. Love it.
EURGH mandrake. It's really a shame they've decided to handwave Morgana’s corruption: it’s shameless, actually: oh yes, well, she changed from a fairly interesting conflicted protagonist to super-evil villain off-screen. But this is far from the worst Morgana le Fay’s suffered from Arthurian writers down the centuries, so I shall try to get over it. :( At least the Bechdel Test looks likely to be passed with charming consistency...
Honestly Arthur. >.< Bullying your servants isn’t big or clever. ...And karma, not to say Merlin, will punish you.
Our first close-up murder by Morgana, followed by her snapping at Gwen. Yep, this one’s lost to the Dark Side.
Ooh, domme!Morgause telling off her pushy sub! Love it.
I’m not generally crazy about telly showing us people’s eldritch visions, but the little boy was SUPER CREEPY. Especially in the silent-accusation context.
EURGH MANDRAKE TO THE FACE. EURGH.
MORGANA: There’s nothing you cannot do.
MORGAUSE: It’s you who gives me strength.
MERLIN: Come on, even I’m not this blatant about my gay affair.
AHAHAHAHA. That was a brilliant pay-off for all the times Merlin’s followed a villain REALLY BLATANTLY and they somehow haven’t noticed. Also, scary.
I say this so often but I LOVE GAIUS, HE IS MY FAVOURITE FOREVER. I love him for being the servant-yet-authority-figure with the nerve to tell Arthur what he needs to do, even if Arthur won’t listen.
HELLO MERLIN IN CHAINS.
MORGAUSE: You intrigue me, Merlin.
MERLIN: Um, I don’t usually do the kneeling-in-chains for -
MORGAUSE: You do so much for Arthur.
MERLIN: Seriously, we’re exclusive -
MORGAUSE: FINE. *wanders off*
ARGH GIANT SCORPIONS :(
Poor Arthur. It’s especially sad because this should be a brother-and-sister-standing-together moment.
SERIOUSLY OMG THE NOISES THE CREATURES ARE MAKING UPSET ME :(
So, I was distracted from the DOOOOOOM for a moment by it changing from high noon to night in an instant without Merlin’s situation changing at all. But basically, DOOOOOOOOOOOM.