In Merlin just finding the fun in all the destruction and devastation, he has set things in motion in a positive way. That mock crowning was vividly drawn and I really like this description of reality laid over memory: He saw it all twice, overlaid on top of each other, two Merlins, two crowns, two Arthurs. But the situation was the same. The second crown - the crown in the ghostly afterimage - was simpler, though, no jewels, just plain gold.
Then the second image was gone and it was just Merlin in his filthy t-shirt, his jeans with the rip across the knee and an amused smile on his face.
“I crown thee,” he said, lowering his voice in a way he clearly thought sounded official, but in reality sounded like a cross between Christian Bale’s Batman and a bear with a sore throat, “King Arthur. May your reign be long and prosperous… and may you stop being such a ginormous prat.” With that he set the crown down on Arthur’s head and Arthur felt just how heavy the crown was. That last line is telling.
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Then the second image was gone and it was just Merlin in his filthy t-shirt, his jeans with the rip across the knee and an amused smile on his face.
“I crown thee,” he said, lowering his voice in a way he clearly thought sounded official, but in reality sounded like a cross between Christian Bale’s Batman and a bear with a sore throat, “King Arthur. May your reign be long and prosperous… and may you stop being such a ginormous prat.” With that he set the crown down on Arthur’s head and Arthur felt just how heavy the crown was. That last line is telling.
This story is wildly entertaining.
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