still a silly place
omg a post? about things that might actually interest other people?
I'll do a SPN reaction later because I missed a few parts and I need to rewatch (and because I want to rewatch it, which hasn't happened for like the last 4/5 episodes) but first I'm going to talk about a show that I think no one else but me is watching, but oh well because
oh my godddd camelot. Let's just get this out of the way--I realize this is not--this is not a perfect show. There are things about it that it drive me up a wall, included but not limited to the entire Arthur-Guinevere storyline (though I liked G. tonight), JFiennes amazing scenery-chewing that usally works but sometimes is entirely lulzworthy, the occasional burst of cringe-worthy dialouge, and the fact that Arthur seems to mistakenly believe he's in an early 00s teen drama instead of trying to lead a country.
But then there are things that hit my television kinks so hard that I cannot help but love this show. Example: origins. I love things that play with established origins. Like for example, the fact that basically the entire Arthurian legend is created because Merlin is a giant control freak who has a his plan and who can't admit that he fucks up.
I mean, he is like the world's worst backseat driver. Every time Arthur goes off-book, Merlin's there stomping that invisible brake that anyone who has ever taught a teenager how to drive has used and shouting at Arthur to turn left.
Okay, that's a bad metaphor and going back to origins, I love that even though magic exists in this world, even though there are sorcerers and shapeshifting and all that jazz, all the magical legends are actually Merlin just making stuff up.
Ex. 1: He stuck a sword in a waterfall and then spread rumors that it's the ~~~SWORD OF MARS~~~ all so like a billion years later this floppy haired prince can come and push it in and take out the legendary sword and all the townspeople can flip their shit, even though Merlin probably bought the sword at Ye Olde Dollar Store and basically told Arthur how to get the sword out.
Ex. 2: He fucks up getting Arthur a new sword and in the process gets a girl and her father killed, and instead of being like "oh shit my bad" he's like "how can I make this so it makes Arthur seem even more special so everything stays in line and oh HEY GUYS, THE BLADESMITH WAS TOTES DEAD WHEN I GOT THERE AND THIS LADY IN A LAKE GAVE ME THIS SWORD AND IT WAS VERY MAGICAL AND IMPRESSIVE. I DEF DID NOT PRY IT FROM THE HANDS OF A DYING TEENAGER AFTER SHE GOT TRAPPED IN THE LAKE CAUSE I GOT FREAKY WITH THE ICEMAKING, WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT? HEY LET'S CALL IT EXCALIBUR WHICH WAS TOTALLY NOT HER NAME BTW. ISN'T ALL THIS SO MAGICAL AND IMPRESSIVE, ARTHUR'S GOING TO BE THE MOST AWESOME KING EVER WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT. EXCUSE ME, I'M GOING TO GO ANGST NOW FOR AWHILE."
You know, only in a much smoother and more mysterious way.
So there's that. And then there's Morgan. This could easily be the Morgan and Friends show, because Morgan and her cadre of awesome ladies is by far the best part of the show. She is comptent, clever, scheming, more than up to tangling with Arthur and Merlin, powerful, and surrounds her self with a squad of equally cool women (Vivian!) and while sometimes that's a little on the nose (her "we need more women!" or whatever that clunker of a line was tonight), I can't deny that the Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves theme that she has going on is completely working for me.
And she's flawed, which is great, and tonight when she "died" and then her utter arrogance when she was reborn, how even though she almost lost control of her magic, she is ready to go again. But I also like that she was genuinely frightened when she started bleeding at table, that she is playing with magic she doesn't totally understand and it scares hers when she isn't pretending it doesn't. Love it. If you need a reason to watch the show, just watch it for Morgan, tbh. IMO, Guinevere and Ygraine are quite flat in comparison, disappointingly, but I liked G.'s trick with the animal blood last week, and her standing up to Arthur this week. So we'll see, still six more episodes to go.
I also ship Merlin/Morgan hard, especially in last week's episode. She wanted to marry him as a child and then she drugged him and tied him to the bed. Totally a healthy relationship, am I right? Of course I also ship Merlin/Arthur ( let's repeat "he's my king" another 122904 times, Merlin), Arthur/Kay, inevitablytragic!Leontes/Guinevere, Kay/Leontes/Gawaine/all those roughousing knights, and about a million other combinations.
Unfortunately, for a show with so many possible pairings and just enough plot holes and ~magic~ to keep fic writers happy, the fandom is basically dead. sadface.
It's been a while since I incoherently rambled about a tv show, hasn't it? Long story short, you should give Camelot a chance if you like twisty origins, control freaks, and interesting female characters, and if you don't mind a little gratitous sex with your Arthurian legends.*
*I need to point out though that I have like next to zero knowledge about this stuff and the last Camelot-y thing I saw was Sword and the Stone, so uh, there might be things in the show that could bother people familiar w/ these stories that just passed right over my head /cya
also The Fast and The Furious came on after Camelot, so my viewing schedule was
SPN-->CMLT-->TFFT, which, besides each having elements that hit my guilty pleasure buttons, uh, let's just say, me and my slash goggles had a good time tonight. Fast Five soon!
I'll do a SPN reaction later because I missed a few parts and I need to rewatch (and because I want to rewatch it, which hasn't happened for like the last 4/5 episodes) but first I'm going to talk about a show that I think no one else but me is watching, but oh well because
oh my godddd camelot. Let's just get this out of the way--I realize this is not--this is not a perfect show. There are things about it that it drive me up a wall, included but not limited to the entire Arthur-Guinevere storyline (though I liked G. tonight), JFiennes amazing scenery-chewing that usally works but sometimes is entirely lulzworthy, the occasional burst of cringe-worthy dialouge, and the fact that Arthur seems to mistakenly believe he's in an early 00s teen drama instead of trying to lead a country.
But then there are things that hit my television kinks so hard that I cannot help but love this show. Example: origins. I love things that play with established origins. Like for example, the fact that basically the entire Arthurian legend is created because Merlin is a giant control freak who has a his plan and who can't admit that he fucks up.
I mean, he is like the world's worst backseat driver. Every time Arthur goes off-book, Merlin's there stomping that invisible brake that anyone who has ever taught a teenager how to drive has used and shouting at Arthur to turn left.
Okay, that's a bad metaphor and going back to origins, I love that even though magic exists in this world, even though there are sorcerers and shapeshifting and all that jazz, all the magical legends are actually Merlin just making stuff up.
Ex. 1: He stuck a sword in a waterfall and then spread rumors that it's the ~~~SWORD OF MARS~~~ all so like a billion years later this floppy haired prince can come and push it in and take out the legendary sword and all the townspeople can flip their shit, even though Merlin probably bought the sword at Ye Olde Dollar Store and basically told Arthur how to get the sword out.
Ex. 2: He fucks up getting Arthur a new sword and in the process gets a girl and her father killed, and instead of being like "oh shit my bad" he's like "how can I make this so it makes Arthur seem even more special so everything stays in line and oh HEY GUYS, THE BLADESMITH WAS TOTES DEAD WHEN I GOT THERE AND THIS LADY IN A LAKE GAVE ME THIS SWORD AND IT WAS VERY MAGICAL AND IMPRESSIVE. I DEF DID NOT PRY IT FROM THE HANDS OF A DYING TEENAGER AFTER SHE GOT TRAPPED IN THE LAKE CAUSE I GOT FREAKY WITH THE ICEMAKING, WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT? HEY LET'S CALL IT EXCALIBUR WHICH WAS TOTALLY NOT HER NAME BTW. ISN'T ALL THIS SO MAGICAL AND IMPRESSIVE, ARTHUR'S GOING TO BE THE MOST AWESOME KING EVER WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT. EXCUSE ME, I'M GOING TO GO ANGST NOW FOR AWHILE."
You know, only in a much smoother and more mysterious way.
So there's that. And then there's Morgan. This could easily be the Morgan and Friends show, because Morgan and her cadre of awesome ladies is by far the best part of the show. She is comptent, clever, scheming, more than up to tangling with Arthur and Merlin, powerful, and surrounds her self with a squad of equally cool women (Vivian!) and while sometimes that's a little on the nose (her "we need more women!" or whatever that clunker of a line was tonight), I can't deny that the Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves theme that she has going on is completely working for me.
And she's flawed, which is great, and tonight when she "died" and then her utter arrogance when she was reborn, how even though she almost lost control of her magic, she is ready to go again. But I also like that she was genuinely frightened when she started bleeding at table, that she is playing with magic she doesn't totally understand and it scares hers when she isn't pretending it doesn't. Love it. If you need a reason to watch the show, just watch it for Morgan, tbh. IMO, Guinevere and Ygraine are quite flat in comparison, disappointingly, but I liked G.'s trick with the animal blood last week, and her standing up to Arthur this week. So we'll see, still six more episodes to go.
I also ship Merlin/Morgan hard, especially in last week's episode. She wanted to marry him as a child and then she drugged him and tied him to the bed. Totally a healthy relationship, am I right? Of course I also ship Merlin/Arthur ( let's repeat "he's my king" another 122904 times, Merlin), Arthur/Kay, inevitablytragic!Leontes/Guinevere, Kay/Leontes/Gawaine/all those roughousing knights, and about a million other combinations.
Unfortunately, for a show with so many possible pairings and just enough plot holes and ~magic~ to keep fic writers happy, the fandom is basically dead. sadface.
It's been a while since I incoherently rambled about a tv show, hasn't it? Long story short, you should give Camelot a chance if you like twisty origins, control freaks, and interesting female characters, and if you don't mind a little gratitous sex with your Arthurian legends.*
*I need to point out though that I have like next to zero knowledge about this stuff and the last Camelot-y thing I saw was Sword and the Stone, so uh, there might be things in the show that could bother people familiar w/ these stories that just passed right over my head /cya
also The Fast and The Furious came on after Camelot, so my viewing schedule was
SPN-->CMLT-->TFFT, which, besides each having elements that hit my guilty pleasure buttons, uh, let's just say, me and my slash goggles had a good time tonight. Fast Five soon!