Slow Burn

[railise]

Author: railise
Title: Slow Burn
Rating: PG
Pairing/s: none
Character/s: Morgana, Merlin; mentions of Uther, Arthur, Gwen, Gaius, and others
Summary: Some poisons act quickly. Others are more insidious. Set nearly at the end of 2x12.
Warnings: none
Word Count: 559
Prompt: poison
Author's Notes: Angst, how I’ve missed thee… :P

Comments

[gilli_ann]

Oh my. This was excellent. Such a good portrayal of the many disappointments and betrayals Morgana experienced, and the events of what is likely my favourite episode.

[railise]

I already kind of said this on your post, but I really do feel like everyone failed her. And I never understood why Merlin didn't tell her what was going on in this episode-- giving her some agency in how they handled the situation might not have changed everything, but could have had at least a somewhat different outcome. (Or not, after the year with Morgause...)

[archaeologist_d]

Oh, I loved this. The slow realisation that Merlin had poisoned her and that he wasn't the friend she thought he was. Great job.

[railise]

Thanks! We saw how hard it was for Merlin to decide to poison Morgana and then follow through with it, but I don't think there was enough screen time given to how deeply that betrayal had to hit her. He and Gaius really do bear responsibility toward the direction she went, imo.