Merlin S209- the Lady of the Lake
(Yeah, yeah I'm incredibly behind)
1. They struck a deal wherein Bradley James takes off more clothing every season, didn't they?
2. Bath time! Yay, naked Bradley!
2a. WHAT THAT IS A PERFECTLY NORMAL LOOKIN' MODERN TOWEL. Fail.
2b. What half-arsed botch of OE and ME is that spell anyway?
2c. And then Arthur throws a tanty and Merlin is soaking wet and 'raring to go'. BWAHAHA.
3. Haelig, is that his name? THAT IS NOT HOW YOU'D PRONOUNCE THAT WORD. Also, it means holy. Wtf.
4. And then Merlin has another Great Queer Metaphor, I mean, conversation, with Freya. Hmm. I wonder why in Merlin's arc, the fellow-magic users are all female, and in Morgana's, they're all male? Except Morgause, I suppose.
5. The candle-dance is adorable! Also that spell sounded like respectable OE and it sounds like they actually gave him some accent coaching. Go Colin go!
6. LOL LOL flying food! Merlin would be best in a food fight. Also AHAHA don't take Arthur's food away, or he will be a cranky baby.
7. Naturally Arthur will not stand for people bullying his boyfriend. OR FOR THE IMPLICATION THAT HE'S FAT.
8. Hmm. Merlin left home because he couldn't trust people. And yet no one seemed hostile to him when they went back there, were they?
8a. Merlin, honey, you can't keep your girlfriend in a basement. What kind of romance is that, hmm? And obviously you can't leave Arthur. OH THE WOES.
8b. This whole Merlin/Freya arc IS in here to throw us off the Merlin/Arthur scent, isn't it? SIGH. Dear Merlin, this is ridiculous, you've seen her for all of, what, two or three hours total? She is not the answer to your big queer magic problem!
9. Oh, I say, Secretly A Magical Beast Woman is turning into a repeated trope here, isn't it? First Troll Lady, then Freya. And I think some others that I've forgotten? *eyes the bbc suspiciously*
10. Merlin, you can't honestly tell me that what you want in the world is a house and a few cows and a lake? No Arthur?
11. 'What a man does in his spare time is completely up to him'. AWWW ARTHUR, SO LIBERAL MINDED. Bet you're just upset that you weren't invited. DAMN RIGHT THE COLOUR SUITS HIM.
12. Uh, Merlin, honey, why didn't you steal peasants' garb for your PEASANT GIRLFRIEND? She's going to stand out like nothing on earth.
12a. Oh, Freya. Love. Her insecurity crisis - I'm kind of impressed at how it's been handled, and also squicked. I mean, why *would* you trust Merlin? I bet she's wondering what he's going to want out of it. And... she knows she can't stay with him, and she might not actually even want to, but she has to fake being in love with him because she's dependent on him. :s
12b. MERLIN, HONEY, of course Gaius knows how it feels. Don't dismiss the old!
13. Ok what the hell kind of beast is that? Were-cat-flying-thing? Why can't we just have a werewolf and be done with it?
14. Arthur. You don't hold your sword like a javelin. You just don't. You're all off balance, your side is exposed, it's ridiculous. Stand straight, keep your sword in the defensive until the last possible moment, and... bah. I shouldn't have to be telling you this. Even fencers with their flopsy swords don't stand like that!
15. Yay, it's the Lake of Magic People again! What, do the BBC have access to exactly one piece of forest and no more? (Ok, two. The Lake of Magic People and the Clearing With the Exposed Tree-Root That We Shoot From Many Angles)
16. How MANY pairs of boots does Arthur own? That's, um, improbable. ARTHUR IS CLEARLY A SHOE FETISHIST. Or perhaps Merlin is? But a fetishist for EXACTLY ONE KIND OF BOOT and no more.
16a. AHAHA ARTHUR you have proven your masculinity! By headlocks and hair-scruffling! And D'AWW MERLIN, all you needed was a hug from Arthur. <3
What I have learned from Merlin so far:
any woman with whom a man falls in love will turn out to be secretly efil, or a monster, or both.
Am standing by for the episode in which Gwen turns out to be a vampire!
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1. They struck a deal wherein Bradley James takes off more clothing every season, didn't they?
2. Bath time! Yay, naked Bradley!
2a. WHAT THAT IS A PERFECTLY NORMAL LOOKIN' MODERN TOWEL. Fail.
2b. What half-arsed botch of OE and ME is that spell anyway?
2c. And then Arthur throws a tanty and Merlin is soaking wet and 'raring to go'. BWAHAHA.
3. Haelig, is that his name? THAT IS NOT HOW YOU'D PRONOUNCE THAT WORD. Also, it means holy. Wtf.
4. And then Merlin has another Great Queer Metaphor, I mean, conversation, with Freya. Hmm. I wonder why in Merlin's arc, the fellow-magic users are all female, and in Morgana's, they're all male? Except Morgause, I suppose.
5. The candle-dance is adorable! Also that spell sounded like respectable OE and it sounds like they actually gave him some accent coaching. Go Colin go!
6. LOL LOL flying food! Merlin would be best in a food fight. Also AHAHA don't take Arthur's food away, or he will be a cranky baby.
7. Naturally Arthur will not stand for people bullying his boyfriend. OR FOR THE IMPLICATION THAT HE'S FAT.
8. Hmm. Merlin left home because he couldn't trust people. And yet no one seemed hostile to him when they went back there, were they?
8a. Merlin, honey, you can't keep your girlfriend in a basement. What kind of romance is that, hmm? And obviously you can't leave Arthur. OH THE WOES.
8b. This whole Merlin/Freya arc IS in here to throw us off the Merlin/Arthur scent, isn't it? SIGH. Dear Merlin, this is ridiculous, you've seen her for all of, what, two or three hours total? She is not the answer to your big queer magic problem!
9. Oh, I say, Secretly A Magical Beast Woman is turning into a repeated trope here, isn't it? First Troll Lady, then Freya. And I think some others that I've forgotten? *eyes the bbc suspiciously*
10. Merlin, you can't honestly tell me that what you want in the world is a house and a few cows and a lake? No Arthur?
11. 'What a man does in his spare time is completely up to him'. AWWW ARTHUR, SO LIBERAL MINDED. Bet you're just upset that you weren't invited. DAMN RIGHT THE COLOUR SUITS HIM.
12. Uh, Merlin, honey, why didn't you steal peasants' garb for your PEASANT GIRLFRIEND? She's going to stand out like nothing on earth.
12a. Oh, Freya. Love. Her insecurity crisis - I'm kind of impressed at how it's been handled, and also squicked. I mean, why *would* you trust Merlin? I bet she's wondering what he's going to want out of it. And... she knows she can't stay with him, and she might not actually even want to, but she has to fake being in love with him because she's dependent on him. :s
12b. MERLIN, HONEY, of course Gaius knows how it feels. Don't dismiss the old!
13. Ok what the hell kind of beast is that? Were-cat-flying-thing? Why can't we just have a werewolf and be done with it?
14. Arthur. You don't hold your sword like a javelin. You just don't. You're all off balance, your side is exposed, it's ridiculous. Stand straight, keep your sword in the defensive until the last possible moment, and... bah. I shouldn't have to be telling you this. Even fencers with their flopsy swords don't stand like that!
15. Yay, it's the Lake of Magic People again! What, do the BBC have access to exactly one piece of forest and no more? (Ok, two. The Lake of Magic People and the Clearing With the Exposed Tree-Root That We Shoot From Many Angles)
16. How MANY pairs of boots does Arthur own? That's, um, improbable. ARTHUR IS CLEARLY A SHOE FETISHIST. Or perhaps Merlin is? But a fetishist for EXACTLY ONE KIND OF BOOT and no more.
16a. AHAHA ARTHUR you have proven your masculinity! By headlocks and hair-scruffling! And D'AWW MERLIN, all you needed was a hug from Arthur. <3
What I have learned from Merlin so far:
any woman with whom a man falls in love will turn out to be secretly efil, or a monster, or both.
Am standing by for the episode in which Gwen turns out to be a vampire!
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