"my new headcanon for Arthur's refusal to promote Merlin. :D Who's going to drag him out of bed otherwise? (I'm still curious to see how they are going to solve this potentially awkward issue with Gwen in the same room ..."
That was my fear at the beginning of the series. That they'd just have Gwen tagging along with them. Arthur/Gwen scenes are always my least favourite of the show. They don't do anything for either character. I've been pleasantly pleased that there was only that very brief scene at the beginning of ep 1. If I knew Gwen and Arthur being married meant we'd have less of those cringe worthy scenes, I would have lobbied for it years ago!
"Gwen's development makes me a bit apprehensive. She's shown as more of a decisive ruler than Arthur ever was, tbh" I would be fine if they had followed though with the decisiveness from the first episode, but they backed down and had her come up with a half brained plan which didn't really work. It was all a bit wishy-washy. I like the idea of her being more effected by power than Arthur. Uther was decisive, Morgana is decisive as they were/are effected by power in a negative way. I like that Arthur stands out as being thoughtful.
Yeah, it would be nice to have a little movement on banned magic. I always thought that this show set up a really great background with Uther, Gaius and the Purge and what happened back then, and they never referenced it as much as they could have. When they do it's brilliant, and they you really feel the consequences of what happened then in the present day.
That was my fear at the beginning of the series. That they'd just have Gwen tagging along with them. Arthur/Gwen scenes are always my least favourite of the show. They don't do anything for either character. I've been pleasantly pleased that there was only that very brief scene at the beginning of ep 1. If I knew Gwen and Arthur being married meant we'd have less of those cringe worthy scenes, I would have lobbied for it years ago!
"Gwen's development makes me a bit apprehensive. She's shown as more of a decisive ruler than Arthur ever was, tbh"
I would be fine if they had followed though with the decisiveness from the first episode, but they backed down and had her come up with a half brained plan which didn't really work. It was all a bit wishy-washy. I like the idea of her being more effected by power than Arthur. Uther was decisive, Morgana is decisive as they were/are effected by power in a negative way. I like that Arthur stands out as being thoughtful.
Yeah, it would be nice to have a little movement on banned magic. I always thought that this show set up a really great background with Uther, Gaius and the Purge and what happened back then, and they never referenced it as much as they could have. When they do it's brilliant, and they you really feel the consequences of what happened then in the present day.
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