MERLIN ep. 4x06 (A Servant of Two Masters) - Review post (my first!)

[i_m_sidhwen]

Beware, squee and some flailing ahead! - as well as major abuse of emoticons... ;)
Also, my Merthur love is showing; plus theories about Merlin's shirt (IDEK)...
I have a few complaints directed at the writers... but overall:
This was a great ep! \o/

Comments

[bluebeeangel]

Arthur's look when he saw Merlin had been injured was awful. They both have this thought that they should always be there to protect the other and Arthur looked so guilty that he had failed.

Merlin uses very blatant open magic in that scene. It's felt to me that he's taking more and more risks with it. Like when he tried to cure Uther or last week when Arthur was fighting The Giant. It's like he can't keep it under control as much now things have become more fraught for Camelot.

Oh Morgana is stark raving mad now. You can't blame her though. Over the past few years everyone has either betrayed or or died and she's living in a shack by herself. It's pretty clear why she's a couple of heads short of a gommorah.

I guess it's all in Colin's deliverance though!)
It was totally in the delievery. It was perfect and so blatant.

BTW: Have you noticed Merlin seemingly having a new shirt??
Yes, I saw it in the first episode of this season, because I thought the colour setting on my tv had screwed up! I think it is quite strange about why it's a mixture of the two colours. I do like the idea that he messed up when doing his laundry. I also think that maybe it's something to do with what red and blue symbolise on the show. I haven't quite figured out yet if this used when light and dark sides of Merlin are combined or if Purple has new significance altogether. I'm working on it though ;)

I think Agravaine has a very good way of throwing off Arthur, by menioning his family. It's obviously a topic Arthur is very sensitive about and can be manipulated with.

I was looking forward to the Merlin/Morgana face off too. We're slowly getting little bits of their magic combating. A tiny bit last week and then a bit more this week. I loved it.

I really enjoyed your review! I loved the gifs you used to!

[i_m_sidhwen]

I agree with the points you made!

What is your opinion on the significance of red and blue on the show? My take would be: Red is obviously Arthur's (Camelot's) colour. I always saw blue as Merlin dominant colour - so mixing them could signify the change in their relationship: Merlin becoming more of an adviser and being more on equal grounds with him? The intertwined destiny?

Oh I realized because of your quote... it has to say "Colin's *delivery*", right? I already went and changed that just now ^^
(I wrote the review during the night - and had already spotted a few errors before posting it, but obviously not all of them.)

Happy Birthday, belatedly! :)
(I hope you're not already feeling the effects of "old" age? ;) )

[bluebeeangel]

That's a really good point point about what red/blue mean on the show. Mine's a bit similar. I find that red is the dominant colour for Merlin and Arthur. Blueish shades I've found always to be used on darker character, so with respect to Arthur/Merlin is could almost symbolise their darkness and flaws.

I do like your interpretation of one representing Merlin and one Arthur and mixing them to intertwine their destiny! That's the thing about trying to read things like colours and themes in a text; there's not really a right answer, it's all based on opinion and examples as it's not usually especially blatant or prominant within the text. That's proper subtext.

Thank you! Luckily old age hasn't quite fully overtaken me yet. I'm on the lookout for it though!