Reaction to Merlin, the Poisoned Chalice

[drjenny88]

OMFG THIS EPISODE WAS AMAZING. Seriously, love it.

I really hoped to see Arthur rushing to Merlin's side after he collapsed and there were no disappointments there :)
And Arthur carrying Merlin to Gaius' chambers - woot!

Best line of the episode: "I can't stand by and watch him die!" - Arthur XD

Amazing moments:

Merlin calling for Arthur in his fevered

Comments

[kathkin]

So... am I the only person who ships Merlin/Gwen and Arthur/Merlin? D :

[drjenny88]

I doubt it :P

I am firmly in the Arthur/Merlin camp, though, so the Gwen kiss was not a happy event for me lol, although Merlin didn't appear to be paying much attention...

[kathkin]

Yeah, I'm also majorly shipping Arthur/Merlin, but Gwen and Merlin are so adorable, I just can't help it! Sides, I hate it when people don't like a ship just because it's not their OTP.

[drjenny88]

Lol all of these guys are so easy to ship together :) most of the pairings I can like if they show up in the programme tbh, it was just sooo not the moment :P

[acetamide]

When Gwen kissed Merlin I actually did a pretty good impression of the \o/ emoticon, and then immediately tried to pretend I hadn't (even though there was nobody else present) because I felt like a bad Merlin/Arthur shipper.

I AM SO GLAD that I wasn't the only one thinking pervy thoughts at the "Faster, go faster!" line.

Merlin groaning Arthur's name = EPIC LULZ

[drjenny88]

I doubt anyone could have missed that line o.O

Hehe I was squeeing IRL, confusing the hell out of my flatmates...

EPIC LULZ indeed :) LOVE IT

[acetamide]

When Arthur rushed to him and carried him to Gaius' rooms I was flailing inwardly, because my dad was in the room at that point and would have been all "...wtf?"

The terrible thing is, one of my RL friends discovered my Merlin/Arthur fic and said that she'd never watch it in the same way again and I just know that she'll rant at me about all that groaning soon!

[drjenny88]

Why is that terrible?? More converts is GOOD, even if they didn't intend to be converted :P

Haha your dad's reaction to that would have been HILARIOUS!

I am still in squee-land, so apologies for the lack of coherent replies :P

MEEEEEP!

[julesoh]

Everything that I hoped for happened! The rushing to his side, and carrying him, and just everything! Is it up on iPlayer yet? I need to go check because I'm practically incoherent with glee - and the end! The end! I love them!

Even Gaius slashes them :)

He totally does. And he has, impossibly, become even cooler in this ep!

[drjenny88]

I think it is, yes :) Will be watching it again after Casualty *is a loser*

Gaius became great in this episode. I wasn't sure about him before, but now he is officially WIN.

Best episode ever. No doubt. Everything I wanted to happen happened, and MORE.
The slash really does write itself.

[julesoh]

It's up! Am watching it now! *then I am also a loser*

It really does. I'm so satisfied right now, I really am! And of the four episodes so far, this is my favourite, definitely.

[drjenny88]

I've re-watched the others so many times already, so the amazingness of this ep means I will be watching is EVEN MORE hehe.

[xb3ythx]

I must admit I can’t NOT like Gwen,
Her and Merlin are cute together…

…besides there was more then enough Arthur/Merlin moments to make up for it =D

And Merlin dreaming of Arthur while saying extremely slashy lines, what does the BBC expect???

It has to be on purpose!

[drjenny88]

Oh, it SO is; they know what they're doing to us!

Lol I like Gwen, and I sort of like Gwen/Merlin in theory, but it wasn't the moment IMO.

Arthur/Merlin = my OTP and this episode was a slashy fangirl's dream.

[xb3ythx]

Yeah they’re mine also, I wasn’t actually going to watch Merlin but then I saw who they had cast and was like Hmmm maybe I should watch to see if I can make any slash out of it…

BUT obviously there is no need as the BBC seemed to have done it for me!

[xb3ythx]

Yeah I was pretty shocked because it is really a kid’s show, so to obviously get that in unintentional or not…

Oh well I’m not complaining!

[demon_faith]

Gaius doing magic was pure love.

I mean, do I even need to comment on how slashily awesome this episode? The whole of merlinxarthur couldn't have written it better!

[drjenny88]

True :)

It was pure loveage.