so. merlin 2.04. ASD;ALJFLD;ALKJFDL ALLOW ME TO FLAIL MADLY. BECAUSE THIS. THIS IS EVEN BETTER THAN LAST WEEK OH MY GOD MY SHOW IS COMING BACK LIKE IT SHOULD BE. IT HAS SHENANIGANS! AND QUESTS! EVERYTHING!
+ TEE HEE. THE OT4 IS BACK. POSSIBLY OT5. (i mean. "she has been more than a friend to all of us!" ... yeah.)
+ MORGANA. AND GWEN. GWEN AND MORGANA. HOW ARE THEY SO KICKASS TOGETHER. seriously, i loved all the little insights into their friendship, their little moment in the woods and gwen going when do i get to meet any decent men? and morgana's concern and gwen telling morgana to run and BRING HER HOME and the hug at the end and asd;aljkls;lfkjsl THEIR FRIENDSHIP MAKES ME SO HAPPY.
+ also, MORGANA KICKING ASS IN HER SHIFT. that was so awesome. /flail
seriously. my love for morgana is sort of starting to worry me, but she's just SO AWESOME I CAN'T EVEN. I MEAN. swinging her sword and being a badass and LOOKING BACK WHEN SHE HEARS THE SCREAM and her utter, obvious love for gwen ("she's more than just my maid!") and yelling at uther and yelling at arthur and OH MORGANA. ILUSFM.
+ OH GWEN HOW AWESOME ARE YOU JUST LOOK AT HER GO. kicking ass and taking names, that's what. pretending she's morgana and doing a fabulous job of it, too, and she's so clearly terrified, just so scared, but when hengist comes and pervs all over her she's all badass and proud and kickass and taking out that other bad guy, his howl of pain lasted, like, forever. OH GWEN SO AWESOME.
+ although lol at gwen falling down, and twisting her ankle so that she can barely walk, and then it's perfectly alright for the rest of the episode.
+ thank god arthur's finally catching up and realising that no, he can't just barge in and do whatever uther tells him not to do. and uther was fabulous. as usual. i don't get why people go on and on about how wrong he was not to send out knights. it's true that gwen would've most probably been dead had she not pretended to be morgana. it's true that she's "just" a servant, and morgana and arthur's attachments to their servants isn't all that normal, it really isn't, and he has to draw the line somewhere, and potentially losing a lot of good men just to save gwen, well, that's just not how it goes. so. you know. ILU UTHER.
+ THE ARTHUR & MORGANA SIBLING LOVE IT'S AMAZING. i just loved it, so so much, morgana begging arthur and then storming into his chambers and totally not seeing that he's actually packing and arthur gently and firmly going all, "morgana," (LIKE BRADLEY DOES TO EVERYONE LOL) and and and the packing and "BRING HER HOME" and ahhhh the love.
+ GAIUS & MERLIN HUG. I LOVE ME SOME HUGS. SO ADORABLE.
+ DISTRACT THE GUARDS. RIGHT. "THERE'S JUST NO PLEASING YOU SOMETIMES." <3333333333333
+ L-LANCELOT. I MEAN. LANCELOT! jesus christ, but that man is perfect in all the ways that count, not even kidding. you know, in an imperfect way. sort of. i love that he wasn't the perfect guy from last season, that he had his faults this time, that he hadn't had the best of times and had been affected by it. i just love it. and, well, his scenes with gwen were somewhat cheesy but i think santiago and angel really played it fantastically, it was all very real and touching and lovely.
LOOK AT THEM, OH. ♥
no but really. i don't generally like scenes like that, i really don't. i cringe whenever something as clichéd as that happens BUT JESUS CHRIST GWEN AND LANCELOT THEY ARE SUCH AN OTP AND I JUST WANT TO SMISH THEM OH BLESS. i feel terrible for saying this, but ohgosh SO ROMANTIC and lancelot being all noble and you are everything that is right in this world and i did not know you felt that way and that hesitant little smile right there and I WOULD DIE FOR YOU A HUNDRED TIMES OVER. LIVE FOR ME. OR EVERYTHING I AM HAS BEEN FOR NOTHING. seriously. and holding hands, eee! i just ... really can't even begin to describe how much i love this pairing right now. it's just epic.
+ S-SO MANY GOOD ARTHURMERLIN SCENES OH BLESS. OH, MY HEART.
+ LOL MERLIN FALLING ASLEEP AND FALLING OFF HIS HORSE. his face when arthur throws water on him, eee. ♥ also, "thank you, i feel so much better," AND THAT SARCASTIC FACE.
THE EARS OF FURY! :D
+ ALSO MORE ARTHUR POURING WATER ON MERLIN LOL. AND MERLIN'S CONFUSED LITTLE FACE AWWWWWH AND AHAHAHAH HIS ATTEMPTS AT GETTING ARTHUR TO CONFESS HIS LOVE FOR GWEN.
:DDDD COLIN AND HIS FACES.
+ "OH NO. I KNOW THAT FACE. I'M NOT GONNA LIKE THIS, AM I?" THAT'S RIGHT MERLIN, YOU KNOW HIM RIDICULOUSLY WELL.
+ ARTHUR CHANGING HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE MONSTER OF THE WEEK WHEN HE SEES MERLIN'S SCARED FACE ASD;ALFJD. ♥ "THEY'RE LIKE GIANT ... BABY RATS." - "BABY RATS? THEY DON'T SOUND SO BAD." - "THEY FEAST ON HUMAN FLESH." - "MAYBE WE SHOULD GO OVER THE MOUNTAINS." MERLIN'S FACE RIGHT THERE EEEEE. and. oh god this show. because. RUBBING FRUIT ON EACH OTHER.
NO, SERIOUSLY. ARTHUR GOES AND SMEARS BERRIES ON MERLIN'S FACE AND IT'S SO CHILDISH AND PERFECTLY, UTTERLY ARTHUR AND MERLIN AND THEM BEING ALL FRIENDLY AGAIN AND THE BANTER AND AHHHHHHH BOYS.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S FEEDING MERLIN. WHAT.
+ "AHH, I JUST STOOD ON SOMETHING!" - "THAT WAS MY FOOT. D<"
+ and ASD;ALJFLD;ALKJFLD;LJKFLA;FLDJLA;FLDJL I CANNOT FULLY EXPLAIN MY EPIC LOVE FOR THE NEXT ARTHURMERLIN MOMENT I CANNOT. JESUS CHRIST OH THIS SHOW. ARTHUR APOLOGISES ASD;ALJKFLD;ALJKFDL I MEAN. HE SAYS HE'S SORRY AND ASD;ALFJDL LAUGHS AT MERLIN'S LITTLE JOKE ("OH, WHAT'S THAT WILDREN or whatever idk EATING? S'ALRIGHT, IT'S JUST MERLIN!") AND ASD;ALJFDL MERLIN'S FACE WHEN ARTHUR APOLOGISES IT'S JUST OH MY GOD THESE BOYS OH MY HEART. ALSO: "WELL, THEY DO SAY LOVE MAKES YOU DO STRANGE THINGS."
JUST LOOK AT THAT NECK. ARTHUR APPRECIATES IT, TOO.
HAPPY ARTHUR, EEE! ♥
YEAH OKAY THIS. ALSO DID I DETECT COLIN GOING BACK TO HIS IRISH ACCENT JUST A BIT THERE? FUCK YES I WANT ME SOME IRISH ACCENT.
+ also, arthur saying that gwen means more to him than anyone. er. when did this happen? sure, maybe he's in love with her but she's not, or maybe it's the idea of her. i don't know. but, i mean, he barely even knows her. they've kissed once. he's spent maybe ten hours with her alone, possibly even less. and he cares for her more than he cares for his father, morgana? yeah. no. not buying it. ("you wanna marry gwen?!" LOL MERLIN.) but we all know he was really talking about merlin, anyway. er. what.
+ so, basically, this is what it is: lancelotgwen is a big yes, and arthurgwen is ... not. i don't know, people. i like it well enough, i suppose, but i'm just not seeing it, not after this episode. it's obvious that gwen's utterly in love with lancelot, and why wouldn't she be? she's probably had feelings for him since they last saw each other, and now he comes in and recites poetry tells her he'd die for her and how lovely she is and la-di-da whatever. and HE IS SO BESOTTED WITH HER TOO. my god, but they're, like, the most otp in all of the show. and arthur's love feels very one-sided. i truly don't think gwen's in love with him. perhaps she loves him, yes, but loving someone and being in love with someone are two very different things. i truly do believe that she loves lancelot, and wants to be with him BUT THE PRAT RAN AWAY WHAT and it's just ... asd;alfjsl;lfkjs no.
+ but on the other hand, BRADLEY WAS FANTASTIC. seriously, it was just, nnnngh. oh arthur. when i first saw it, i admit i lol'd (mostly because of the ~ILU GWEN~) but thinking back NNNNNNNGH. he's just amazing, i mean it. he's just absolutely fantastic, he really is.
+ and colin. just. jesus. i mean, personally, i'm not all too fond of the quick path they've taken with the arthurgwen, but arthur's sadfaces hurt all the more when coupled with merlin's sadfaces, right there when he gets that arthur's hurting, when he gets that holy shit, it's lancelot, and he and gwen love each other, and merlin just hurts for arthur, because all he wants is for arthur to be happy and he just BREAKS MY HEART because he's so loyal, he cares so much about arthur (and i'm not talking as a shipper here) and it's just. god. this had me wishing SO HARD that arthur would just SEE IT, see all that merlin's done for him, everything he's sacrificed for him, and appreciate merlin for who he really is and asd;aljfkls;alkjfls merlin merlin merlin i just seriously want to pick him up and squeeze him and never let go. ♥
HURTS HURTS HURTS. D:
+ also, merlin giving arthur advise and being all supportive and going all "\o/ :DD" about arthurgwen and trying to be optimistic about it FUCK YES this is what merlin's all about, too. i don't really even care about the WHOA WAIT A MINUTE GWEN ARTHUR WHAT because this scene, god, it's just brilliant.
+ also also also i can't believe i almost forgot this: "if you dare tell anyone about this ... i promise i will make your life a living hell." - "you mean more than you already do?" - "yeah." :DDDDDDDDDDD
+ "WE COULD TALK ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS WHILE YOU WALK. :D" - "SHUT UP, MERLIN." :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
+ CREEPY GIANT NAKED MOLE RATS ARE CREEPY. DUDE. SERIOUSLY. FUGLY.
+ CREEPY PERVY BAD GUYS ARE CREEPILY PERVY.
+ ARTHUR AND MERLIN SCALING A CASTLE WALL LIKE MYROR THE NINJA ASSASSIN WHUT. "oh! now you're just being a show off." :DDDD
+ ASD;ALJFDL;ALKJFDL THAT SCENE WHERE MERLIN HAS TO DISTRACT THE GUARDS (AGAIN!) AND IS ALL CUTE AND ADORABLE AND VERY VERY SILLY AND "IT'S HIM YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT" AND ARTHUR POPPING UP AND KNOCKING THEM OUT ASD;ALJFDL.
... good god. i watched that scene again and "IT'S A FUNNY STORY" IDEK THE WAY HE SAYS IT'S JUST SO ADORABLE I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. WHY COLIN WHY WHY WHY. *flaily flail*
+ ASD;ALJFDL THE BOYS IN THE GUARD!CLOTHES. WHY DO I FIND THAT SO HOT. UM.
+ yay for merlin dropping chandeliers on people again! i've missed that, heeee! :D
+ ARTHUR BODILY THROWING MERLIN BEHIND HIM TO PROTECT HIM FUCK YES.
+ seriously lol at ~significant glances~ when they were about to get out of the tunnel. you could see merlin just going all, "... well, shit." I'M SORRY SHOW, I KNOW IT WAS MEANT TO BE ~SERIOUS~ BUT REALLY IT WAS KINDA HILARIOUS.
+ ALSO AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA.
"I'LL JUST ... SIT HERE THEN."
OH GOD MERLIN WHY ARE YOU CHANNELING CASTIEL OF ALL PEOPLE.
+ i'd have wanted more of the lancelot & merlin bromance. because let's face it, they did share a bed last season. er. what. THEY DID. and i'd love to see more of their friendship because it's obvious they consider each other friends but but but. i was still ridiculously happy over melin doing some magic while lancelot's watching. ♥ it was really refreshing, knowing that merlin could do his thing without worrying that someone's there to see it.
+ ASD;ALJFDL WHAT LANCELOT NO DON'T GO. YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME GWEN! DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD: no but seriously asd;alfjkls. but the scene with merlin and gwen after that was ridiculously lovely, ohgosh. GWEN'S SADFACES. D:
+ I REPEAT: MORGANA & GWEN HUG. OH GOSH. OH MY HEART.
OH MY GOODNESS. THE LOVE!
+ "look on the bright side! you've still got me!" AND MERLIN'S LITTLE BEAM RIGHT THERE SO PRECIOUS.
but. you know. i'd really like an episode that's about them. we've had gwen episodes and lancelot episodes and morgana episodes, but none that actually concentrate on arthur and merlin. don't get me wrong, i love what they've done with it, with morgana especially, but. still. WHERE ARE MY BOYS. THE SHOW'S MOSTLY ABOUT THEM. IN MY MIND, AT LEAST.
but still. PRETTY FUCKING EPIC. ♥
ALSO BECAUSE I REALLY REALLY CAN'T NOT:
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ASD;ALJFDL BRADLEY. ♥ :DDD