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zahrawithaz

Merlin 2x10 The Herald of a New Age

Dec 28, 2011 22:59

Happy fourth day of Christmas to those of you who celebrate. The fourth day of this holiday, otherwise known as Childermas or the Feast of the Holy Innocents, is the unluckiest day in the Christian calendar, because it commemorates the massacre of infants in the Gospel of Matthew. By extension, it became a day to mourn the deaths of children in any ( Read more... )

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selenak December 29 2011, 10:14:53 UTC

And Gwen haunts the entire episode, as much as the druid boy does.

True. I found this episode incredibly atmospheric. (Stupid tag scene aside.)

the wrong was not simply failing to protect the women and children while slaughtering their menfolk, but raiding the camp at all.And that's why it is so important that the pledge at the end isn't something about forbidding his men to *insert criminal misdemeanour suitable for ears of pre 9 pm audience* but to restore the druids' status to protected citizens instead of persecuted outlaws. I.e. changing the law, not dealing just with an effect of it ( ... )

loriale January 1 2012, 01:52:01 UTC

It is a very clever review, particularly on Arthur's transformation and independance and on the focus. Agravaine's loss of importance was annoying, because Nathaniel Parker is very skilled.

Thank you for mentionning Marie de France. I would really like to read her work now.

I really look forward to read your next review. You will probably be as insightful as ever, and 4x11 is very special, because of Gwen, of a new character, and of the princess Mithian.

Have a Happy new year !