Merlin 308: The Eye of the Phoenix
Spuriously shirtless Arthur! One of my favourite flavours of Arthur :D
I cannot tell you how much the renewed focus on Gwen & Merlin’s friendship is pleasing me. Very cute, plus it makes me all 0T3-lovin’.
I like the securalised take on the knight’s vigil, too.
Fisher King, yay! I already saw this once but remember NOTHING. And it’s cool to see the Fisher King show up - I read Corbenic by Catherine Fisher over Christmas, which is a modern retelling of the original tale of the King, the Grail and Percival.
PERILOUS LANDS R PERILOUS
ARGH BRIEF MOMENT OF MORGANA AND GWEN SMILING TOGETHER RUINED BY MORGAUSE >.<
OMG I THINK GWEN KNOWS.
KISS, YAY. I am just glad to see them ACTUALLY INTERACTING instead of making the audience take their Luv on faith.
Morgana, if you are mean to Gwen, there will be consequences!!
LOL GWAINE. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS JUUUUUUUUUMP. And let your hair fly behind you!
The red light over the Perilous Lands (and the Dark Tower!!) is kind of hilarious.
Oh Gwen :(( I’M SO SORRY THAT YOUR BEST FRIEND’S EVIL.
Bradley James needs to just keep making faces forever.
Gwaine/Merlin bonding ♥ Somewhere Arthur is saying make a man a fool and he calls you a thief my foot!! YOU’RE STEALING MY BOY! and he doesn’t know why :)
Ooh-er, wyverns. FIGHT SCENE!
Bradley has actually rocked the no-dialogue acting in this one.
Something that’s really nice about Merlin is that it shows how incredibly stupid the Lone Hero thing is. Arthur buys into it and that tradition, but the programme not only shows the necessity of having help, it doesn’t ever make him seem less heroic for it. :D
That was a pull moment, not a push moment, Gwaine!
Yay mythology moment! And again, even though it was Merlin’s quest and his powers are strong, he will need help :)
I like how Merlin ends up on his knees, offering something to the king. All this subverted stuff of the vigil to prove you’re worthy, before you’re knighted and ready to protect your kingdom.
ARTHUR: *gives Merlin an arm-bump*
GWAINE: *gives Merlin a hug*
MERLIN: See! You used to show me affection like that! A BOY HAS NEEDS!
LOL, I love Gwaine ~slow-moing away with his hair ~flowing.
The cute Arthur/Merlin scene followed by the painful Morgana/Gwen scene hurts my heart. :(
But! We’ve clearly started the build to the series climax. HUZZAH.
I cannot tell you how much the renewed focus on Gwen & Merlin’s friendship is pleasing me. Very cute, plus it makes me all 0T3-lovin’.
I like the securalised take on the knight’s vigil, too.
Fisher King, yay! I already saw this once but remember NOTHING. And it’s cool to see the Fisher King show up - I read Corbenic by Catherine Fisher over Christmas, which is a modern retelling of the original tale of the King, the Grail and Percival.
PERILOUS LANDS R PERILOUS
ARGH BRIEF MOMENT OF MORGANA AND GWEN SMILING TOGETHER RUINED BY MORGAUSE >.<
OMG I THINK GWEN KNOWS.
KISS, YAY. I am just glad to see them ACTUALLY INTERACTING instead of making the audience take their Luv on faith.
Morgana, if you are mean to Gwen, there will be consequences!!
LOL GWAINE. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS JUUUUUUUUUMP. And let your hair fly behind you!
The red light over the Perilous Lands (and the Dark Tower!!) is kind of hilarious.
Oh Gwen :(( I’M SO SORRY THAT YOUR BEST FRIEND’S EVIL.
Bradley James needs to just keep making faces forever.
Gwaine/Merlin bonding ♥ Somewhere Arthur is saying make a man a fool and he calls you a thief my foot!! YOU’RE STEALING MY BOY! and he doesn’t know why :)
Ooh-er, wyverns. FIGHT SCENE!
Bradley has actually rocked the no-dialogue acting in this one.
Something that’s really nice about Merlin is that it shows how incredibly stupid the Lone Hero thing is. Arthur buys into it and that tradition, but the programme not only shows the necessity of having help, it doesn’t ever make him seem less heroic for it. :D
That was a pull moment, not a push moment, Gwaine!
Yay mythology moment! And again, even though it was Merlin’s quest and his powers are strong, he will need help :)
I like how Merlin ends up on his knees, offering something to the king. All this subverted stuff of the vigil to prove you’re worthy, before you’re knighted and ready to protect your kingdom.
ARTHUR: *gives Merlin an arm-bump*
GWAINE: *gives Merlin a hug*
MERLIN: See! You used to show me affection like that! A BOY HAS NEEDS!
LOL, I love Gwaine ~slow-moing away with his hair ~flowing.
The cute Arthur/Merlin scene followed by the painful Morgana/Gwen scene hurts my heart. :(
But! We’ve clearly started the build to the series climax. HUZZAH.