OH MY GOOODDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!
All the way through my heart was leaping about in my chest cavity and my blood was all thrumming and I kept having to shove my fists in my face to stop myself from squeeing out loud with GLEE. AGHGHHHHHAHAHAHAH I LOVE THIS PROGRAMME SO MUCH it actually hurts
Things!
- Merlin and Arthur having a "moment" on the battlements!
- Arthur turning up unexpectedly in the forest!
- Heart-to-hearts by firelight!
- The tender looks!
- The cameraderie!
- The trust!
- Sleeping head to toe in Merlin's little shack!
- ARTHUR'S FOOT IN MERLIN'S FACE
- Morgana and Gwen sharing a bed (!) and TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY AND ARTHUR LOVE MERLIN. AND MERLIN HEARING!
- Gwen on a HORSE!
- Morgana in CHAINMAIL (and looking FIERCE)!
- Arthur being heroic (and looking BEAUTIFUL)!
- Arthur HELPING MERLIN WITH HIS ARMOUR
- Joe Dempsie being jealous of Merlin's new boyfriend!
- EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER COMMENTING ON MERLIN & ARTHUR'S MUTUAL LOVE.
- Morgana/Arthur!
- Arthur/Gwen!
- Morgana/Gwen!
- Morgana/Merlin!
- Merlin/Joe Dempsie!
- ARTHUR/MERLIN ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE.
- OT4 of awesome being AWESOME! I love how much they love each other.
What I want to know is this: wtf was Uther doing? Why didn't he come rampaging down to Merlin's little village and make Arthur and Morgana go home? But nevertheless I loved seeing Arthur doing his thing away from Camelot and his father (he is going to be such a good king!)
I reallyreallyreally like that they (Merlin and Arthur) are still sort of feeling their way around their friendship. They have a real ease with each other that transcends the master/servant boundaries: in each other's company they are equals. They clearly see this relationship as something worth investing in. HOWEVER, there is still the issue of magic - Merlin wants to tell him but doesn't think he can, and Arthur's comments about sorcery in this episode showed that he has a long way to go before he shakes off the prejudice/fear that he has inherited from Uther. I think that when he does find out he will feel incredibly betrayed and that is maybe partly why Merlin is holding off. OH BOYS.
(Next week: Unicorns!)