Merlin Thoughts

I finally finished S4 of Merlin last night - in what was a nail-biting 2 part finale. 

I've spoken before about how the downfall of Merlin is that it doesn't have any emotional follow-through, and that still holds true...but my god, it really outdoes itself in emotional set-up...and sometimes that's enough for me, since that way I can write my own emotional-follow-through in my head and have it be exactly how I want it.

The other thing I like about Merlin is that they don't hit you over the head with anvils, and character motivations and decisions (at least for Arthur and Merlin) are very subtly done. It's kind of refreshing.

Now, I don't know if the Merlin fandom is as overly literal as the Supernatural fandom is...so, I'm not sure if there are hordes of 15 year-old girls out there writing big long rants about how character decisions/actions don't make sense, when in actual fact they make perfect sense. *cough*castielfans*cough*...but personally, at least when it comes to Merlin and Arthur, they're actions make perfect sense to me...even when they are horribly stupid.

Of course, that's not true for other characters...and evil characters tend to just become 2 dimensional evil characters, even if they were 3 dimensional characters before they became evil. Uther, of course, is the exception to this rule, as he's one of the best morally gray characters that I've ever seen. (Also, Anthony Head is awesome).

Apropos of nothing, whenever Bradley James (Arthur) cries, I want to wrap him in blankets and bring him kittens.

( Specific thoughts on the Finale )

I'm very interested to see what happens in S5...does anyone know when it starts?

And now, the gay summary:

( Here )