Merlin: The Hollow Queen [SPOILERS]
In a land of myth and a time of magic, this viewer has already spoiled herself silly. Again. But still wants to have some fun. So let's have at it!
Someone's skittering into Camelot! And over a wall! Only to probably break their arm. Clearly, this kid is not badass.
Gwen and Leon (and probably Elyan) caught frogs during the full moon? OMG BACKSTORY ABOUT GWEN'S CHILDHOOD IS AWESOME!
Flowers? How sweet! Arthur remembered? *snorts* More like Merlin probably did, but since when does Merlin ever get any credit for anything?
Gwen: *coos*
Arthur: *grins*
Merlin: *glares*
Gwen ordering Merlin to get her a hot bath? Yeah, why has no one noticed that she's a FUCKING ZOMBIE? *headdesk*
OMG the sweeping up and carrying her to bed? AHHHHHHHHH! *dies* SO JEALOUS!
Poor Merlin, he's the only one in the castle who has to work this late?
Merlin: Who are you?
Daegal: My name is Daegal.
Merlin: If you're here to kill me, I'm really not in the mood right now. Come back tomorrow and then I'll smite your ass.
Daegal: ...
AQ: Poor Merlin.
Valley of the Fallen Kings? Yeah, I totally get Merlin shaking his head there. Nothing good ever happens in that place.
Damn, Merlin, you're not in a good mood today that you're outright refusing to help someone in danger of dying.
Ah, that's better.
Credits!
Huh, lazing about in bed this morning, Gaius?
Den of murderers and cutthroats? Wow, just now figuring that one out after all the shit that has happened to Merlin and/or Arthur in that place all these years?
HAHAHAHA!
Gaius: ME?!?!?!?!
Merlin: No time to argue! Bye!
Gaius: *facepalm* I am so telling Arthur that you're in the tavern.
Merlin: Arthur won't even notice I'm gone.
Arthur (in Camelot): Merlin!
Daegal: ...
Merlin: *shrugs* He'll just assume I'm back in the tavern.
Teehee, Arthur can't find his comb!
Omg, these two are so cute! Now, if only Gwen wasn't possessed and Merlin wasn't acting like a half-dead zombie, things would be perfect.
HAHAHA! I totally would have thrown that comb aside and jumped onto the bed with him, but that's because I'm shallow like that and could care less if some noble is arriving. Arthur, or some noble? No contest there.
Arthur went all the way to Gaius' chambers looking for Merlin? Oh yeah, that's love. *bg*
*titters* I love it when Gaius confuses Arthur with physician talk! :D
Gaius: ... could take him all day.
Arthur: All day? But-but-but... who's supposed to look after ME? Who's supposed to make sure Excalibur is sharpened to within an inch of its life? Who is supposed to tell me I look like a prat with my crown on? WHAT ABOUT ME?!
Gaius: ... How old are you again?
Arthur: He's in the tavern isn't he?
Gaius: *headdesk*
Huh, so Daegal is trying to pretend he's badass? *snorts* He's skinnier than Merlin, tinier too.
Mom was a Druid? Interesting.
Arthur: How am I meant to get dressed?
Gaius: Considering you've been doing it for years, it shouldn't be too hard.
AQ: And if you really DO need help, there are about a thousand servants in this place who can give you a hand. Or I could.
Arthur: Uh, no. You scare me.
AQ: Pfft.
OMG ARTHUR WANTS GAIUS TO HELP HIM?!
*DIES LAUGHING*
Oh, this is hysterical!
Gwen's nightie's been torn! BUT THAT THING WAS AWESOME!
Merlin, seriously, you don't need to be giving all of your food away. You're thinner than a twig as it is.
Uh oh, Gwen's up to no good again! Though, I love her pretty blue dress!
Huh, this political talk is interesting! And this guy had Morgana under lock and key?
You don't want an apple given to you by Merlin? I'm starting to suspect that your cutesy-ness isn't all that it seems.
Morgana! Ah, you and Gwen are passing notes! How high school of them.
Huh, Daegal didn't hear him talk to him. This is interesting.
Flying V!
And Sarren was totally leering at Gwen!
MORDRED! *pets*
Putting him to the test? I don't like the sound of that, nor do I like that intrigued expression on Gwen's face. THIS SORT OF THING IS NOT GOOD FOR ARTHUR'S LIFE EXPECTANCY OR MY BLOOD PRESSURE!
I loved that 'oh shit' look on Merlin's face. I think he knew the moment Daegal looked over his shoulder. He didn't even have to turn around to know it was Morgana.
MERLIN! *flail*
Huh, how did Morgana know that Merlin had a weakness for outcasts, specifically Druids? As far as she knows, he only ever helped one Druid, and that was Mordred when he was a wee lad (apparently she never knew of his torment on the subject). HOW DOES MORGANA KNOW THIS STUFF?
Ick, poison! DAMN, MORGANA - kicking him off that little cliff? NOT COOL!
MERLIN! He already looks like a ghost! *sob*
Ah, a party in Camelot. Interesting.
Arthur: We share an enemy.
Sarren: Sorcery.
Arthur: Um, I was actually thinking of Morgana specifically, because I'm still uncomfortable painting everyone with a single brush.
AQ: Why couldn't Merlin be here to see and hear that?
He kept her like an animal?
Ah, a weakness.
Dragon? Aithusa? *whimper*
Oh, Aithusa... you poor darling!
Dude, I FUCKING HATE YOU!
Good on Arthur, looking utterly disturbed by what he's just heard.
Yeah, I totally get your tears, Gwen. I even share them a bit.
Ah, Morgana, there goes most of my sympathy for you.
Yeah, the girls were totally making out after the fade to black.
Merlin! *cries*
Oh, the wounds, and the foam... *whimpers* If any Druid were to come along, now would be a good time. He can't even call for Kilgharrah!
Ah, hello Gaius. Aww, you left food out for him. *sniffles*
And wow - Merlin's learned how to keep his room clean.
Hm, Gwen dressing Arthur... this would be cool if she wasn't, you know, a zombie.
She was much more than that? Uh huh, was she more than that when you dragged her through the castle and flung her at Uther's feet back in the first series? Don't whitewash the past, Arthur.
Better than it than Gaius? I notice you don't say that she's better at it than Merlin. *smirk*
HAHAHAHA! He wants Merlin! *beams*
Okay, seriously, not liking Arthur getting his ass kicked. Not cool!
Um, this warrior that he's fighting though, is hot. Seriously.
EEEK! GET YOUR WEAPON AWAY FROM MY BOY'S NECK!
Gwen, stop smirking.
GWEN! Seriously, not cool at all!
Ah, so you finally came back, did you Daegal? ABOUT FUCKING TIME YOU LITTLE FAKER!
Yeah, you have every right to be pissed, Merlin.
Couldn't leave him to die? Oh, but you could lead him to the death? Brat.
Oh, Merlin... *sobs* MERLIN! NOOOOOOO!
Hah, Gwen, you looked so annoyed to see Gaius.
Gwen, fake concern doesn't become you.
Heh, loved Gaius glaring at her. He so hates her right now.
One-third of the kingdom's lands? God, Gwen, you suck.
Oh good, Merlin's still breathing.
You didn't know? You knew Morgana was fucking bug nuts, didn't you? You had to have figured that whatever she wanted with Merlin, it was nothing good. Idiot.
Yes, he betrayed you, and you don't take betrayal lightly. Just look at Morgana.
EEEEK! MERLIN MOVE YOUR ASS! ARTHUR'S IN DANGER!
Oh, Merlin, you and your injured self is so sweet.
Oh shit, MERLIN!
Hah, here come the bandits!
Merlin: I am so not in the mood for this bullshit. SHAZAM!
Daegal: OMFG!
Bandits: EEEEEK!
Merlin: *smirk*
AQ: *fangirls*
Oh, so hot guy is going to be the assassin? :(
Merlin: ... and if he found out he'd probably hang me.
Daegal: Then why do you help him?
Merlin: I have to. It's my job.
AQ: *sob* Is that all this has become to you now? A job? *cries*
Merlin, somehow, your words just aren't that convincing.
Said something? You know? Oh, I fucking hate you right now, Gwen.
Gwen: He's seeing a girl.
Arthur: *jealous rage*
Gaius: *bullshit meter goes through the roof*
Gwen: *innocent*
AQ: *seethes*
Yeah, Gaius is two shakes away from poisoning her.
Ah, so Daegal's an only child with a magical mother who died at Uther's hand. It's probably a common story for boys their age.
A new era... my ass.
RUN MERLIN RUN!
The round table! *drools*
I love spiral staircases. So pretty.
YES! You're gaining on him, Merlin! YOU CAN DO IT!
OMG FASTER!
HAH! DEAD ASSASSIN AND DEAD SARREN! *smirk* Alas for the assassin, since he was pretty.
Oh, poor Daegal... yes, dear, you did something good. You're not such a brat after all.
Oh, Merlin... I can't stand that sad look.
So, Merlin's the undertaker after all?
Merlin: I don't have one. BECAUSE SHE'S DEAD AND SERVING AS THE LADY OF THE LAKE AND BABYSITTING LANCELOT'S GHOST GOD I FUCKING HATE THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
Arthur: That's not what Gwen says.
Merlin: Does she now... I AM GOING TO FUCKING KILL HER I DON'T CARE IF SHE'S A ZOMBIE. SHE AND MORGANA ARE BOTH FUCKING DEAD.
Yeah, Merlin's going to fucking kill her if he doesn't save her.
Oh, so Arthur noticed the limp. Interesting.
What? I can think of a few things.
Next Week: Gwen up to no good. Gwen and Morgana. Arthur! Mordred! Gwen getting knocked out! Mordred! Morgana! AITHUSA WTF HONEY?! Omg, will Gwen FINALLY be de-brainwashed?!
Merlin: Merlin was really the highlight for me this week. He was just so sullen and mullish for most of the episode. One really gets the feeling that the events of the series are catching up with him. Gwen's been brainwashed and is trying to kill both Arthur and Merlin on a weekly basis, Mordred's presence is a constant reminder of Merlin's vision of Arthur's death, and the dream of a united Albion under a golden age never seems so far away. Then there was this latest plot that was barely foiled - something's gotta give, seems to be the message at the end of the episode. I'm just hoping that Merlin's hoping that he doesn't have to kill Gwen to free her from Morgana's grip.
Arthur: I was pleased that he actually admitted that he missed Merlin. The two have been together for so long that I imagine that the idea of a different servant is completely abhorrent to him, which could explain why he didn't just summon a temporary servant to help him until Merlin came back. I also wonder if he really believed the story about Merlin going off to visit a girl. There was something flat in his teasing, I think, like he didn't believe a word of it. So much going on here.
Gaius: Quite amusing, watching him having to help Arthur dress. I got a good chuckle out of that.
Morgana: Oh, Morgana. I wanted to sympathize with you a little, after what Sarren did to you and Aithusa, and I did, but, yeah, poisoning Merlin? Not cool at all. You're probably going to pitch an unholy fit when you find out that he's still alive.
Gwen: Zombie Gwen is starting to piss me off. Can we please have an end to it? Watching our beloved Gwen reduced to this is no longer fun, not after having two spies/moles/assassins in Camelot before. Can we please have something different?
Overall, it felt a bit like a filler episode, though Merlin's behavior was rather intriguing. Watching him be so sullen and resentful was interesting.
Someone's skittering into Camelot! And over a wall! Only to probably break their arm. Clearly, this kid is not badass.
Gwen and Leon (and probably Elyan) caught frogs during the full moon? OMG BACKSTORY ABOUT GWEN'S CHILDHOOD IS AWESOME!
Flowers? How sweet! Arthur remembered? *snorts* More like Merlin probably did, but since when does Merlin ever get any credit for anything?
Gwen: *coos*
Arthur: *grins*
Merlin: *glares*
Gwen ordering Merlin to get her a hot bath? Yeah, why has no one noticed that she's a FUCKING ZOMBIE? *headdesk*
OMG the sweeping up and carrying her to bed? AHHHHHHHHH! *dies* SO JEALOUS!
Poor Merlin, he's the only one in the castle who has to work this late?
Merlin: Who are you?
Daegal: My name is Daegal.
Merlin: If you're here to kill me, I'm really not in the mood right now. Come back tomorrow and then I'll smite your ass.
Daegal: ...
AQ: Poor Merlin.
Valley of the Fallen Kings? Yeah, I totally get Merlin shaking his head there. Nothing good ever happens in that place.
Damn, Merlin, you're not in a good mood today that you're outright refusing to help someone in danger of dying.
Ah, that's better.
Credits!
Huh, lazing about in bed this morning, Gaius?
Den of murderers and cutthroats? Wow, just now figuring that one out after all the shit that has happened to Merlin and/or Arthur in that place all these years?
HAHAHAHA!
Gaius: ME?!?!?!?!
Merlin: No time to argue! Bye!
Gaius: *facepalm* I am so telling Arthur that you're in the tavern.
Merlin: Arthur won't even notice I'm gone.
Arthur (in Camelot): Merlin!
Daegal: ...
Merlin: *shrugs* He'll just assume I'm back in the tavern.
Teehee, Arthur can't find his comb!
Omg, these two are so cute! Now, if only Gwen wasn't possessed and Merlin wasn't acting like a half-dead zombie, things would be perfect.
HAHAHA! I totally would have thrown that comb aside and jumped onto the bed with him, but that's because I'm shallow like that and could care less if some noble is arriving. Arthur, or some noble? No contest there.
Arthur went all the way to Gaius' chambers looking for Merlin? Oh yeah, that's love. *bg*
*titters* I love it when Gaius confuses Arthur with physician talk! :D
Gaius: ... could take him all day.
Arthur: All day? But-but-but... who's supposed to look after ME? Who's supposed to make sure Excalibur is sharpened to within an inch of its life? Who is supposed to tell me I look like a prat with my crown on? WHAT ABOUT ME?!
Gaius: ... How old are you again?
Arthur: He's in the tavern isn't he?
Gaius: *headdesk*
Huh, so Daegal is trying to pretend he's badass? *snorts* He's skinnier than Merlin, tinier too.
Mom was a Druid? Interesting.
Arthur: How am I meant to get dressed?
Gaius: Considering you've been doing it for years, it shouldn't be too hard.
AQ: And if you really DO need help, there are about a thousand servants in this place who can give you a hand. Or I could.
Arthur: Uh, no. You scare me.
AQ: Pfft.
OMG ARTHUR WANTS GAIUS TO HELP HIM?!
*DIES LAUGHING*
Oh, this is hysterical!
Gwen's nightie's been torn! BUT THAT THING WAS AWESOME!
Merlin, seriously, you don't need to be giving all of your food away. You're thinner than a twig as it is.
Uh oh, Gwen's up to no good again! Though, I love her pretty blue dress!
Huh, this political talk is interesting! And this guy had Morgana under lock and key?
You don't want an apple given to you by Merlin? I'm starting to suspect that your cutesy-ness isn't all that it seems.
Morgana! Ah, you and Gwen are passing notes! How high school of them.
Huh, Daegal didn't hear him talk to him. This is interesting.
Flying V!
And Sarren was totally leering at Gwen!
MORDRED! *pets*
Putting him to the test? I don't like the sound of that, nor do I like that intrigued expression on Gwen's face. THIS SORT OF THING IS NOT GOOD FOR ARTHUR'S LIFE EXPECTANCY OR MY BLOOD PRESSURE!
I loved that 'oh shit' look on Merlin's face. I think he knew the moment Daegal looked over his shoulder. He didn't even have to turn around to know it was Morgana.
MERLIN! *flail*
Huh, how did Morgana know that Merlin had a weakness for outcasts, specifically Druids? As far as she knows, he only ever helped one Druid, and that was Mordred when he was a wee lad (apparently she never knew of his torment on the subject). HOW DOES MORGANA KNOW THIS STUFF?
Ick, poison! DAMN, MORGANA - kicking him off that little cliff? NOT COOL!
MERLIN! He already looks like a ghost! *sob*
Ah, a party in Camelot. Interesting.
Arthur: We share an enemy.
Sarren: Sorcery.
Arthur: Um, I was actually thinking of Morgana specifically, because I'm still uncomfortable painting everyone with a single brush.
AQ: Why couldn't Merlin be here to see and hear that?
He kept her like an animal?
Ah, a weakness.
Dragon? Aithusa? *whimper*
Oh, Aithusa... you poor darling!
Dude, I FUCKING HATE YOU!
Good on Arthur, looking utterly disturbed by what he's just heard.
Yeah, I totally get your tears, Gwen. I even share them a bit.
Ah, Morgana, there goes most of my sympathy for you.
Yeah, the girls were totally making out after the fade to black.
Merlin! *cries*
Oh, the wounds, and the foam... *whimpers* If any Druid were to come along, now would be a good time. He can't even call for Kilgharrah!
Ah, hello Gaius. Aww, you left food out for him. *sniffles*
And wow - Merlin's learned how to keep his room clean.
Hm, Gwen dressing Arthur... this would be cool if she wasn't, you know, a zombie.
She was much more than that? Uh huh, was she more than that when you dragged her through the castle and flung her at Uther's feet back in the first series? Don't whitewash the past, Arthur.
Better than it than Gaius? I notice you don't say that she's better at it than Merlin. *smirk*
HAHAHAHA! He wants Merlin! *beams*
Okay, seriously, not liking Arthur getting his ass kicked. Not cool!
Um, this warrior that he's fighting though, is hot. Seriously.
EEEK! GET YOUR WEAPON AWAY FROM MY BOY'S NECK!
Gwen, stop smirking.
GWEN! Seriously, not cool at all!
Ah, so you finally came back, did you Daegal? ABOUT FUCKING TIME YOU LITTLE FAKER!
Yeah, you have every right to be pissed, Merlin.
Couldn't leave him to die? Oh, but you could lead him to the death? Brat.
Oh, Merlin... *sobs* MERLIN! NOOOOOOO!
Hah, Gwen, you looked so annoyed to see Gaius.
Gwen, fake concern doesn't become you.
Heh, loved Gaius glaring at her. He so hates her right now.
One-third of the kingdom's lands? God, Gwen, you suck.
Oh good, Merlin's still breathing.
You didn't know? You knew Morgana was fucking bug nuts, didn't you? You had to have figured that whatever she wanted with Merlin, it was nothing good. Idiot.
Yes, he betrayed you, and you don't take betrayal lightly. Just look at Morgana.
EEEEK! MERLIN MOVE YOUR ASS! ARTHUR'S IN DANGER!
Oh, Merlin, you and your injured self is so sweet.
Oh shit, MERLIN!
Hah, here come the bandits!
Merlin: I am so not in the mood for this bullshit. SHAZAM!
Daegal: OMFG!
Bandits: EEEEEK!
Merlin: *smirk*
AQ: *fangirls*
Oh, so hot guy is going to be the assassin? :(
Merlin: ... and if he found out he'd probably hang me.
Daegal: Then why do you help him?
Merlin: I have to. It's my job.
AQ: *sob* Is that all this has become to you now? A job? *cries*
Merlin, somehow, your words just aren't that convincing.
Said something? You know? Oh, I fucking hate you right now, Gwen.
Gwen: He's seeing a girl.
Arthur: *jealous rage*
Gaius: *bullshit meter goes through the roof*
Gwen: *innocent*
AQ: *seethes*
Yeah, Gaius is two shakes away from poisoning her.
Ah, so Daegal's an only child with a magical mother who died at Uther's hand. It's probably a common story for boys their age.
A new era... my ass.
RUN MERLIN RUN!
The round table! *drools*
I love spiral staircases. So pretty.
YES! You're gaining on him, Merlin! YOU CAN DO IT!
OMG FASTER!
HAH! DEAD ASSASSIN AND DEAD SARREN! *smirk* Alas for the assassin, since he was pretty.
Oh, poor Daegal... yes, dear, you did something good. You're not such a brat after all.
Oh, Merlin... I can't stand that sad look.
So, Merlin's the undertaker after all?
Merlin: I don't have one. BECAUSE SHE'S DEAD AND SERVING AS THE LADY OF THE LAKE AND BABYSITTING LANCELOT'S GHOST GOD I FUCKING HATE THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
Arthur: That's not what Gwen says.
Merlin: Does she now... I AM GOING TO FUCKING KILL HER I DON'T CARE IF SHE'S A ZOMBIE. SHE AND MORGANA ARE BOTH FUCKING DEAD.
Yeah, Merlin's going to fucking kill her if he doesn't save her.
Oh, so Arthur noticed the limp. Interesting.
What? I can think of a few things.
Next Week: Gwen up to no good. Gwen and Morgana. Arthur! Mordred! Gwen getting knocked out! Mordred! Morgana! AITHUSA WTF HONEY?! Omg, will Gwen FINALLY be de-brainwashed?!
Merlin: Merlin was really the highlight for me this week. He was just so sullen and mullish for most of the episode. One really gets the feeling that the events of the series are catching up with him. Gwen's been brainwashed and is trying to kill both Arthur and Merlin on a weekly basis, Mordred's presence is a constant reminder of Merlin's vision of Arthur's death, and the dream of a united Albion under a golden age never seems so far away. Then there was this latest plot that was barely foiled - something's gotta give, seems to be the message at the end of the episode. I'm just hoping that Merlin's hoping that he doesn't have to kill Gwen to free her from Morgana's grip.
Arthur: I was pleased that he actually admitted that he missed Merlin. The two have been together for so long that I imagine that the idea of a different servant is completely abhorrent to him, which could explain why he didn't just summon a temporary servant to help him until Merlin came back. I also wonder if he really believed the story about Merlin going off to visit a girl. There was something flat in his teasing, I think, like he didn't believe a word of it. So much going on here.
Gaius: Quite amusing, watching him having to help Arthur dress. I got a good chuckle out of that.
Morgana: Oh, Morgana. I wanted to sympathize with you a little, after what Sarren did to you and Aithusa, and I did, but, yeah, poisoning Merlin? Not cool at all. You're probably going to pitch an unholy fit when you find out that he's still alive.
Gwen: Zombie Gwen is starting to piss me off. Can we please have an end to it? Watching our beloved Gwen reduced to this is no longer fun, not after having two spies/moles/assassins in Camelot before. Can we please have something different?
Overall, it felt a bit like a filler episode, though Merlin's behavior was rather intriguing. Watching him be so sullen and resentful was interesting.