Merlin 201: The Curse of Cornelius Sigan
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lokifanFlaring torches, medieval miners, and discovering tombs in a take-off of Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamen! It’s good to be back.
Merlin 201: Merlin is a Horcrux
Arthur’s looking sweaty and muscular; Merlin’s looking obedient. I approve of all these things!
Sure, go into the place everyone’s just run out of screaming. Curiosity killed the cat, you know. But then I suppose the cat wasn’t the protagonist of a BBC flagship children’s programme, and therefore unkillable.
Dear scriptwriters, Arthurian England /= ancient Egypt.
Yes, all right, you can stop with the close-ups. The shiny bluemacguffin diamond is cursed.
>.< The constant use of regional – particularly Welsh – accents in BBC programmes to denote ‘cheery, but not too bright – likes a pint down the local’ is starting to make me irritable. If I had more time, I’d write a gen adventure fic in which Gavin, Stacey, Rhys and this bloke saved the world in a fantastically cool way.
...I’m sorry, I need a few minutes while I replay Merlin getting on all fours at Arthur’s orders.
Arthur’s so cute. Mouthing “an honour” to Merlin and looking all pleased with himself. ♥ He’s ever so enamoured of his ninja hand-signals too, isn’t he?
SHIT, BOAR. Well, Wart faced a boar in The Once and Future King, if I recall correctly, and this version’s a lot more muscular and armed. ...And faily.
Why are conmen always such dickheads on telly? Doesn’t it occur to them to, you know, charm people?
FINALLY, a sight of Morgana and Gwen! Hurray! And they’re cuddling in the night! Double hurray!
*sighs* It’s not OOC, but I do wish Arthur was less eager to replace Merlin.
Was making Merlin’s face fall in the dung really necessary, scriptwriters? I mean really?
Ahahaha. Loved the whole Arthur/Merlin conversation. “Clotpole. He called you a clotpole.” I bet ‘clotpole’, much like ‘ferret’ in Potter slash, is an insult used once in canon and endlessly in fanon.
Oh, the angsty music of Arthur/Merlin fights has returned! I am almost choking with glee. And aww for Gaius/Merlin!
LOL. DON’T BREAK THE HORCRUX, MERLIN.
Arthur’s already shirtless in front of Cedric! Thou foul betrayer! Who falls asleep abnormally fast!
I love how you can actually hear the rubies being made of plastic when Cedric chucks them about.
MERLIN: This sounds really ridiculous but it’s true!
ARTHUR: Remember how this always goes?
“Escort Merlin from the palace”?! What. The. Fuck?
FIGHT SCENE! ...Wait, no. CATFIGHT! ...Wait, no, comic relief! I can’t tell!
*sighs* I’m close to calling retcon on this situation. Arthur stuck Merlin in the cells over this? Really?
...And I don’t think Gwen screamed once last season. Not that she didn’t have reason to then, facing a giant living gargoyle, but it still felt odd, particularly since nothing else happened. Like it was only Gwen, as opposed to a random extra, to give her her contract’s worth of screentime.
Oh, there we go – Gwen being brave and awesome. And having peculiar upper-body strength, much like all the characters. I’m about her age, and I would not be able to drag a man Arthur’s size, wearing chainmail, anywhere.
...A lot of people have died in this episode; even for one of the BBC’s children’s programmes, it’d bloody. Merlin tends to do this really well, though.
Aww, heroic!Arthur. At least Merlin and the Slash Dragon’s saliva-of-power will save him from the consequences of his own recklessness.
LOL, get evil!Moist overpronouncing every word. I like how after the “poor, put-upon Merlin” bit, his pitch to make Merlin turn to the dark side comes down to, “and for once Arthur will have to bottom!”
But Merlin doesn’t want that. He’s a happy sub, thank you very much! (I actually very much enjoy the fact that Merlin has a protagonist who isn’t a leader, whose happy position as second-in-command is constantly reinforced. But I just want to make slash jokes.)
DOOOOM! Oh, no, a Gaius/Merlin hug instead. I’m even happier with that.
Oh dear. Witchhunts on the way.
Gaius is already doomed?! NOOOO! Gaius cannot be doomed! Still, definitely looking forward to the rest of the series. And the next episode -- The Once and Future Queen!!!
Merlin 201: Merlin is a Horcrux
Arthur’s looking sweaty and muscular; Merlin’s looking obedient. I approve of all these things!
Sure, go into the place everyone’s just run out of screaming. Curiosity killed the cat, you know. But then I suppose the cat wasn’t the protagonist of a BBC flagship children’s programme, and therefore unkillable.
Dear scriptwriters, Arthurian England /= ancient Egypt.
Yes, all right, you can stop with the close-ups. The shiny blue
>.< The constant use of regional – particularly Welsh – accents in BBC programmes to denote ‘cheery, but not too bright – likes a pint down the local’ is starting to make me irritable. If I had more time, I’d write a gen adventure fic in which Gavin, Stacey, Rhys and this bloke saved the world in a fantastically cool way.
...I’m sorry, I need a few minutes while I replay Merlin getting on all fours at Arthur’s orders.
Arthur’s so cute. Mouthing “an honour” to Merlin and looking all pleased with himself. ♥ He’s ever so enamoured of his ninja hand-signals too, isn’t he?
SHIT, BOAR. Well, Wart faced a boar in The Once and Future King, if I recall correctly, and this version’s a lot more muscular and armed. ...And faily.
Why are conmen always such dickheads on telly? Doesn’t it occur to them to, you know, charm people?
FINALLY, a sight of Morgana and Gwen! Hurray! And they’re cuddling in the night! Double hurray!
*sighs* It’s not OOC, but I do wish Arthur was less eager to replace Merlin.
Was making Merlin’s face fall in the dung really necessary, scriptwriters? I mean really?
Ahahaha. Loved the whole Arthur/Merlin conversation. “Clotpole. He called you a clotpole.” I bet ‘clotpole’, much like ‘ferret’ in Potter slash, is an insult used once in canon and endlessly in fanon.
Oh, the angsty music of Arthur/Merlin fights has returned! I am almost choking with glee. And aww for Gaius/Merlin!
LOL. DON’T BREAK THE HORCRUX, MERLIN.
Arthur’s already shirtless in front of Cedric! Thou foul betrayer! Who falls asleep abnormally fast!
I love how you can actually hear the rubies being made of plastic when Cedric chucks them about.
MERLIN: This sounds really ridiculous but it’s true!
ARTHUR: Remember how this always goes?
“Escort Merlin from the palace”?! What. The. Fuck?
FIGHT SCENE! ...Wait, no. CATFIGHT! ...Wait, no, comic relief! I can’t tell!
*sighs* I’m close to calling retcon on this situation. Arthur stuck Merlin in the cells over this? Really?
...And I don’t think Gwen screamed once last season. Not that she didn’t have reason to then, facing a giant living gargoyle, but it still felt odd, particularly since nothing else happened. Like it was only Gwen, as opposed to a random extra, to give her her contract’s worth of screentime.
Oh, there we go – Gwen being brave and awesome. And having peculiar upper-body strength, much like all the characters. I’m about her age, and I would not be able to drag a man Arthur’s size, wearing chainmail, anywhere.
...A lot of people have died in this episode; even for one of the BBC’s children’s programmes, it’d bloody. Merlin tends to do this really well, though.
Aww, heroic!Arthur. At least Merlin and the Slash Dragon’s saliva-of-power will save him from the consequences of his own recklessness.
LOL, get evil!Moist overpronouncing every word. I like how after the “poor, put-upon Merlin” bit, his pitch to make Merlin turn to the dark side comes down to, “and for once Arthur will have to bottom!”
But Merlin doesn’t want that. He’s a happy sub, thank you very much! (I actually very much enjoy the fact that Merlin has a protagonist who isn’t a leader, whose happy position as second-in-command is constantly reinforced. But I just want to make slash jokes.)
DOOOOM! Oh, no, a Gaius/Merlin hug instead. I’m even happier with that.
Oh dear. Witchhunts on the way.
Gaius is already doomed?! NOOOO! Gaius cannot be doomed! Still, definitely looking forward to the rest of the series. And the next episode -- The Once and Future Queen!!!
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Date: 2010-01-20 02:25 am (UTC)Honestly, it is cool that the main character isn't running the show, well theoretically but really if he were, there would be piles of junk everywhere because he really is an awful manservant.
Trailers are great at misdirection. :D
Yes, Cedric and Merlin were having a catfight. I loved Arthur's face in the fight, too.
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Date: 2010-01-20 11:27 am (UTC)LOL, right? This was just like the Lancelot episode, in that the subtext was, like, FLAGRANT.
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Date: 2010-01-20 02:28 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-01-25 12:00 pm (UTC)ICON WIN.