new vid - "Red" - Merlin - Arthur/Merlin
Red
Fandom: Merlin (BBC)
Song/Artist: Red by Elbow
Duration: 3:37 minutes
Summary: "You burn too bright." Arthur character, Arthur/Merlin.
Spoilers: series 1.
Password: merlin
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Thank you very much to betas bradcpu and wistful_fever, and everyone who weighed in on the "to post or to hold" conversation. :)
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Come as you are sweetheart, come as you are
You know you've got nothing to prove
I'll put you to bed, you can let it all go
You've been playing too rough lately
You burn too bright
You live too fast
This can't go on too long
You're a tragedy starting to happen
Just as you are perfect, just as you are
I'll give you the time you deserve
Don't make those promises, don't tell me again
That dust is gonna settle your nerves
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I like to vid stories whose endings we already know. The "tragedy starting to happen" concept in particular echoes the shivers I got when I saw the episode title "The Beginning of the End". King Arthur is a hero story, but it's also one with a sad ending, and I tend to dwell on endings and have a hard time enjoying the heroic journey if I know it's all going to end badly. When I think about him mortally wounded and taken to Avalon, I can't imagine him recovering and frolicking around ever after; I think of him sinking slowly into the water. How lucky, then, that the show actually gave us that shot.
So we've all considered how not!faithful the show is to the Arthurian legend and then moved on to enjoy the crack. But one thing I do like about this show is how it continues to try to tie it back to the legend. Never mind the liberties taken - at the end of the day we still got Guinevere and Lancelot and Mordred and Excalibur all coming into this story at some point or another. And since I like my legends in context, that was the route I took with this vid.
Except for the slash, of course. One's gotta have the Ball of Burning Gay Love and the happy ending of the Daring Gay Lake Rescue. Hurrah!