I can honestly say that the last position I thought Id find myself in after 5.13 would be feeling defensive of it. Yet weirdly as I read forums and reviews pointing out its many flaws, or Arwen fans sniping that there was no goodbye with violins with specially imported backlit window and no kiss cough I find myself almost bristling. Which is
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Can't write coherently right now but:
Magic reveal: good, though it proves they could have done it beautifully in the lapse of a season.
Morgana never takes a stroll without her pet snake that she transports in a trunk and has apparently been immortal all those seasons because she is… a high priestess……. O-kayyy
Poor Aithusa fucks off once again.
The Lake Has Changed, it has now an island with yet another tower in its middle… (good catch Freya, by the way)
“The king is dead long live the queen” all hail queen Mary-sue, winner of the Happy Ending, can rule the kingdom with Leon at her side now -_-
Gwaine bites the dust, but not Perceval. I was expecting them both to die when they stupidly took off after Morgana.
Why Old Merlin in the end?? *cries* (I'm chosing to believe it's a disguise and he can take his young appearence back at anytime but it still spoils the last scene :/)
But all the M/A scenes were perfect and if they could do that in the end, why, oh why could they not have done the entire season like that??? *sighs*
“just hold me” *cries*
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But they even managed to do Battle Queen!Gwen, that was icing on the cake …
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So Gwen's got to go. She won't last a week after the wedding. She ended up in a nunnery in the legends, didn't she? There has to be a reason why we know nothing about the great and glorious reign of Queen Mary Sue, first female monarch of Camelot. We owe a lot to Good King Leon, who sadly was conquered within a few months of his reign by the hordes of CGI armies who annually invaded Camelot.
I have given a lot of thought to this. :)
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I can't see her ruling long either. She's not of royal blood (something her stans want everyone to forget, but no one would in those times). I'm sure warlords and royalty everywhere would make a run for Camelot and challenge her right to the throne.
I've also seen quite a lot of fanfic about Merlin returning to Camelot to help her, but I can't see that happening either. It was never about Camelot for Merlin. He would stay near Avalon, waiting for Arthur. What if Arthur should wake while he isn't there?
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I can't see Merlin returning to Camelot either; if he ever did, it would be for Gaius and absolutely not to help Gwen rule, I don't think he gives a shit about her (see ep 9 and how he wouldn't have minded in the least if she died) and since he wasn't in the coronation scene it's pretty much confirmed he never came back.
LOL now I have this picture in my head of Merlin waking in circles around the lake for a thousand years...and then the one day he goes shopping for clothes, Arthur comes out of the lake drenched and confused and Merlin finds him wandering about examining the pavement or something!
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OMFG!! I am PMSL, that would make a great fanfic!
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It's a consolation for me that even Queen Mary Sue couldn't have Emrys at her side.
Gwaine bites the dust, but not Perceval. I was expecting them both to die when they stupidly took off after Morgana.
To be fair, theirs was a good plan, it's just that the 'immune against mortal swords' bit was new... maybe. :(((
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Are they seriously saying Morgana has been immortal all this time? As was Morgause? Was the blade Morgana used to kill Morgause also forged in a dragon's breath?
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Though it's still possible that magic itself could also kill high-priestesses and Morgana was no immortal. Nimueh died by lightning after all.
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If you were to list every single inconsistency against their own established canon, you'd be here till next Christmas.
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And yes Morgana was tedious. But I'm more angry at how Gwen has more screen time than her series-wise, when it should be Morgana who's supposed to have more relevance overall. They didn't dare to exclude Gwen for even one episode but Morgana was missing for how many? Though now that I've read darlulu's posts, I guess I can get behind the idea that they were trying to slowly deconstruct Arwen for the warhorse's final triumph (not that the warhorse needed it).
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Im glad Merlin didnt go back too somehow. Im not sure why. Though...Gaius... :(
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