The beginning of the end - Merlin 4x12
It’s not the best episode in S4, but it’s a very nice setup for the final episode. I wasn’t bored one single minute and I loved that not just the leads but also most of the regular characters got a moment of their own, and something very specific to them. (GWAINE! Welcome back! You were missed!)
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Any sort of finale they have that doesn't include a major Merlin reveal is just going to be so lame-sauce. And it will reinforce the idea that Camelot getting taken over like this happens all the bloody time and truly drastic measures (like Merlin finally just OWNING some bitches with big magic sparkles) will never happen. And then I weep for the show, and wonder why the hell I'm still hanging on. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS REVEAL FOR 3 DAMN YEARS AT THIS POINT. AGH.
Long rant is long. But I appreciate everything you wrote; totally in agreement. :
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But yeah, I totally hear you, I feel like everything in this season has been building up to a reveal. Like hardcore. And if it doesn't happen, I'm just going to assume the writers are the SLOPPIEST writers in the history of forever, or they're just big cock-teases or something.
I will be waiting in anticipation for the next episode. God help us all.
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YES! I got the same vibe, but then I can't imagine Arthur not saying anything about it or openly confronting Merlin - he's a man of action, and after everything that's happened to him this season, I don't think he'd be able to contain himself. But the idea is certainly fascinating. It would be cool if they did a bit of a Lois & Clark cliffhanger - Merlin tells him he needs to speak to him one evening and being in an obviously serious, shaken mood and Arthur just telling him equally seriously "Is this the moment where you tell me about your magic?" or "Who is asking - Merlin or Dragoon? Or is it Emrys now? I've lost sight of your many identities..."
It's also my number 2 problem with the reveal is that it makes Arthur look STUPID. The biggest problem with Merlin not trusting Arthur enough to tell him about his magic and Arthur still not cottoning on is that it's unfavorable and disgraceful to both characters - both come off badly. Arthur has been shown to be quite observant and ( ... )
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The more they drag it out, the worse it paints both of them.
I completely agree with all these and your three paragraphs on the matter, delaying the reveal is not just a matter of suspense and keeping a secretive childish air. It's slowly destroying the show from the very heart - the main characters.
Twisting canon until it resembles logic is good fun. And I much rather try to do so instead of writing the whole thing off as bad, as many people do - because I want to enjoy it after all!
But if there is no reveal I'll have to reevaluate that.
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Heeeeeee... ;D I tend to get... carried away? And those boys don't exactly help matters - I could gush and/or rant about them all day. If it gets too much, you need to stop me! I herewith give you the right to veto :)
Twisting canon until it resembles logic is good fun. And I much rather try to do so instead of writing the whole thing off as bad, as many people do - because I want to enjoy it after all! Maybe I've just been desensitized and trained in twisting reality during my time as an X-Files fan. Chris Carter was a genius, but was also considered the spawn of Satan due to his teasing and somewhat questionable plots. He didn't just use words like "obfuscating", he lived them, LOL! In the end, he overdid it with teasing the fans about finally answering some of the longstanding questions and resolving some plot points and they really got pissed off and turned away. I really don't want this to happen with "Merlin", but on the other hand, compared to Chris ( ... )
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Strangely, to me this conversation was yet again another way to push the reveal back once more. Merlin wouldn't want to have Arthur feel betrayed by someone he trusted once more, now would he?
That's how I took it. I'm no longer hoping for a reveail in the finale.
The brief apparition of Dragoon in the trailer for the next episode just made me grit my teeth.
Arthur about to pull Excabilur from the stone gave me shivers, though. And Kilgharrah!
I think that brain addled!Arthur was supposed to be funny but it wasn't for me. It was disturbing and I didn't like to see Merlin not batting an eyelash at using that kind of magic on Arthur.
Tristan and Isolde leave me cold. I wonder what is the point of them.
I was so glad to see Hunith after all this time that I cried. Too bad that the reunion with Merlin wasn't as heartfelt as I would ( ... )
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Strangely, to me this conversation was yet again another way to push the reveal back once more.
They seem to be giving off mixed signals - half of the fandom seems to be convinced they doused all hope for a reveal in this season, the other half sees the signs for a reveal left and right. In hindsight, they’ve been quite clever about it, haven’t they? ;)
Merlin wouldn't want to have Arthur feel betrayed by someone he trusted once more, now would he? That's how I took it. I'm no longer hoping for a reveail in the finale.But if he keeps mum about it, won’t it make it things even worse once Arthur finds out? (and find out he will - they can’t have him stay deliberately dumb forever or not have someone else notice something’s up - unless they want me to lose all respect for every character involved) I get that Merlin’s worst fear is to lose Arthur. I get that Arthur still being anti-magic makes Merlin hesitant to tell him about it. But Arthur’ ( ... )
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It's Gaius who has the idea of using magic to subdue Arthur, after all. Instead of immediately agreeing, Merlin should have argued that he didn't want to use that kind of magic on Arthur. Gaius would have insisted on the urgency of the situation. Just a line from Merlin and it wouldn't have looked so bad.
And I agree with you, it's obvious that Merlin didn't really know what the spell was exactly going to do to Arthur otherwise I don't think he would have used it. He probably expected some kind of unconsciousness.
What I really liked is Merlin's happy reaction when he realises that Arthur is back to his old self. It's ob
I LOVED the return of S3 Gwaine :o)
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from no other point of view does it make any sense that Merlin AND Gaius did just...nothingNah, I think it's just lazy writing - with kids, I've often experienced that they are usually the first ones who go "we have to do something/we have to help!". There's this lovely little anectode that Bradley once told in an interview - how he went to the theater with his parents when he was 4 or 5 years old, and in the middle of the (pantomime) play, the narrator posed a question like "but whoever will help Aladdin (?) into the cave?" (or something similar) and he was the first to pipe up "I'll do it!" *dies of cuteness, but feels strengthened in her belief in children* Even the smaller ones must be wondering why Merlin/Gaius didn't do anything even though they already had some hard facts ( ... )
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I think I gave up hoping for a reveal about 3/4 episodes ago. I still have a slight inkling that maybe the very, very last scene will be a reveal in some way. It's only a slight inkling though and I think we'll go into season 5 with Arthur knowing the same as he does now.
The thing that annoyed me most about last week was Merlin's apparent lack of concern about Morgana and Agravaine's plot to overtake Camelot. He was much more concerned about Bambi Gwen.
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