I've been madly in love with your picspams for a while now, but this week the part I like the best is NOT actually the slo-mo rehashing of every adorable face Merlin makes throughout the entire episode--don't get me wrong, he's still as pretty as ever, and I totally appreciate your appreciation of that, but this week I'm all about the meta-rants.
Srsly, Merlin, did you really think the fucking dragon had no sense of self interest at all? Did it not occur to you that maybe it doesn't LIKE being chained up under the castle? And yes, the writers may be trying to shove Arthur and Gwen into an adorable (from an aesthetic viewpoint) but (I think, based on their respective character and relationships up to this point) unlikely relationship, and fine, it's their right, though god only knows why they picked NOW to make a play for historical accuracy, but do they have to cut down so drastically on the number of times Merlin and Arthur are in the same room to do it?
Which is all another way of saying "right on, way to go, this was a highlight for my week already."
Thank you, I'm so glad you liked it, hon! #SMISHES# ^___^
This show is, by nature, ridiculous, so we're willing to accept a lot of cheesy, unbelievable things from it, but sometimes the writers do something so enormously stupid that you just have to say, "Um, WTF are you doing there?"
I was hoping no one would get turned-off my the sudden srs bzns moments in this episode reaction (WHY ARE YOU THINKING THINKY-THOUGHTS ALL OF A SUDDEN? I DEMAND A REFUND, ITEM WAS NOT AS DESCRIBED!!), so I'm really pleased that you liked those parts and have furthered the discussion in your comment. <333!
I never used to think of the dragon beyond someone who was there to help Merlin fix his problems--which is how Merlin still thinks of him, I'm sure--but, when I did finally stop to consider what life was really like for the dragon, I realized how awful and soul-killing it was to be trapped like that. I mean, even the most gruesome and perverse criminals in the justice system get an hour of sunshine every day--the dragon has lived in unbroken darkness and quiet for twenty years. And even if he gets out, he's still the last living member of his species, because Uther committed genocide on the rest. Compared to that, of course Merlin's problems seem petty and distant to the dragon!
Also, whenever Arthur and Gwen are together it's like, "Duty! Justice! Will you go to the junior prom with me?", which is nice enough, I suppose, though perhaps not a sturdy base for a marriage, but then when Arthur's with Merlin or Lancelot's with Gwen it's, like, "Passion! Attraction! Epic longing!", so perhaps the writers are keeping Merlin and Lancelot away because otherwise they couldn't get Arthur and Gwen to notice each other, IDK. Whatever's going on, I want my show to get its gay back!
Srsly, Merlin, did you really think the fucking dragon had no sense of self interest at all? Did it not occur to you that maybe it doesn't LIKE being chained up under the castle? And yes, the writers may be trying to shove Arthur and Gwen into an adorable (from an aesthetic viewpoint) but (I think, based on their respective character and relationships up to this point) unlikely relationship, and fine, it's their right, though god only knows why they picked NOW to make a play for historical accuracy, but do they have to cut down so drastically on the number of times Merlin and Arthur are in the same room to do it?
Which is all another way of saying "right on, way to go, this was a highlight for my week already."
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This show is, by nature, ridiculous, so we're willing to accept a lot of cheesy, unbelievable things from it, but sometimes the writers do something so enormously stupid that you just have to say, "Um, WTF are you doing there?"
I was hoping no one would get turned-off my the sudden srs bzns moments in this episode reaction (WHY ARE YOU THINKING THINKY-THOUGHTS ALL OF A SUDDEN? I DEMAND A REFUND, ITEM WAS NOT AS DESCRIBED!!), so I'm really pleased that you liked those parts and have furthered the discussion in your comment. <333!
I never used to think of the dragon beyond someone who was there to help Merlin fix his problems--which is how Merlin still thinks of him, I'm sure--but, when I did finally stop to consider what life was really like for the dragon, I realized how awful and soul-killing it was to be trapped like that. I mean, even the most gruesome and perverse criminals in the justice system get an hour of sunshine every day--the dragon has lived in unbroken darkness and quiet for twenty years. And even if he gets out, he's still the last living member of his species, because Uther committed genocide on the rest. Compared to that, of course Merlin's problems seem petty and distant to the dragon!
Also, whenever Arthur and Gwen are together it's like, "Duty! Justice! Will you go to the junior prom with me?", which is nice enough, I suppose, though perhaps not a sturdy base for a marriage, but then when Arthur's with Merlin or Lancelot's with Gwen it's, like, "Passion! Attraction! Epic longing!", so perhaps the writers are keeping Merlin and Lancelot away because otherwise they couldn't get Arthur and Gwen to notice each other, IDK. Whatever's going on, I want my show to get its gay back!
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