Quick Reaction: Merlin 5x04

[hells_half_acre]

I kind of want to talk about Merlin on here, but I don't - because I feel like all you guys just care about Supernatural and you kindly put up with my Sherlock posts and asking you to put up with Merlin too would be TOO MUCH.

But then I realized that this is my LJ, and I can do what I want!

So, MERLIN! (behind a cut, because of spoilers for 5x04)



I went in wanting more Merthur and now I find myself wanting Merlin and Mithian to fall in love and live happily ever after. What is wrong with me? I usually hate het-ships! The gayest show I know has given me a het-ship. Black is white, up is down...

I loved all kicked puppy expressions on the knights faces when Merlin was brought in bleeding and unconscious. It was LITERALLY like someone had kicked their puppy...because they had. Merlin is so beloved.

Also, we got a bit of Merlin/Gwaine action - with Gwaine being all nervous and worried about poor hurt Merlin. I'm a huge fan of the Merlin/Gwaine friendship, because Gwaine loves Merlin so FIERCELY and QUIETLY. He's like a coiled snake of love...lol

But really...I want Mithian and Merlin to fall in love. I mean, Mithian was all like "Merlin I am trying to tell you things with my eyes!" and Merlin was all like "Everyone! Mithian is trying to tell me things with her eyes! And I don't know what those things are, but I'm very concerned!" Basically, I'm saying that there was a lot of eye-sex going on.

Though, that being said, at the very beginning of the episode, when Leon was all fussing over Mithian - I was like, "hmm, Leon/Mithian...I guess that could be a thing!" So, maybe I was just in the het-ship type of mood...but seriously...once Merlin/Mithian hit the screen, I was like "Leon who?"

I'm happy to see that Percival is being used a lot too. I like him...though they are constantly putting him into situations where I think he's going to get killed and it makes me nervous.

Who thinks that Morgana saw Merlin cast that spell at the very end that slammed her into the wall? It's getting harder and harder for Merlin to hide his magic...it's only a matter of time now. They're definitely building up to it, because we have Arthur relying on Merlin as an adviser AND we actually had Arthur telling Gwen that Merlin deserves credit for it. Which means that they're moving Merlin into a position where Arthur won't reject him once he finds out about the magic.

I'm really hoping that this season (if it is indeed the last, like it's supposed to be) doesn't end with Arthur's death. I want it to end on a high note (unlike the legends) where it seems like destiny has been thwarted and everyone can just be happy in the Camelot of my brain forever. They aren't likely to do that though.



Anyway, do any of you watch Merlin? If so, what were your thoughts? 

(I'm not going to do this every week. I just felt like actually talking about Merlin today - and I didn't want to do it on tumblr, because I suck at using tumblr.)

Comments

[nerthus.livejournal.com]

I think "Fringe" is like a secret gem and very underrated; if you liked X Files at all, then Fringe won't be too tough a stretch for you. Sad that it's wrapping up already but so grateful the network at least gave them a half season more to tie up all the loose ends. Grimm is okay, not my fave but I do enjoy it. I only see bits and pieces of 'Leverage,' I tried but for some reason I just can't get into it. Same with "White Collar", all my flist LOVES it but I haven't seen a single episode; and "Person of Interest" is another flist fave that I've yet to watch. It's like you say, there's just too much out there now, and I DO have tv but geez; between the shows I do watch on tv and then all the Netflix Watch Instantly things I have queued up (loving the Granada Sherlock Holmes series on Netflix, watch a lot of animes and foreign films and older tv series on Netflix), I can't keep up with all of it. I read fanfics, too, plus my Nook and my Kindle for pc and about 600 actual paper books in my house, and I have two jobs and take care of my handicapped adult daughter, so I feel guilty for even watching the excessive amount of shows I already watch! I guess they're my way of unwinding and trying to shut out the stresses of my rl, ha.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Exactly! It's so hard to watch everything AND work for a living. I don't even have children, but I DO have a sleeping problem (in that I sleep too much), so that eats away a lot of my time...although it's time well spent!

Someone told me to watch White Collar because I like threesome relationships and triads...and I downloaded the pilot episode a year ago but I still haven't watched it! It's like I'm already disinterested without giving it a chance :P

I actually...um...didn't really like the x-files. Though, to clarify, I really don't like things that have to do with aliens. I'm so picky. I've seen a couple of episodes of Fringe and I like some aspects of it, but not others...I don't know, I guess at the moment I just want to watch fun shows and not super serious ones. But hey, I may change my mind one of these days and give Fringe or Grimm a go.

I also have a ton of actual BOOKS that I should be reading, but instead I spend my nights reading fanfic. On top of that, I've been trying to write my own book to varying degrees of success...and yeah, time just escapes me at the end of the day.

[nerthus.livejournal.com]

Ha, you're like my daughter; she's 23 now and has always hated aliens! I was an X File maniac the first 4 seasons of that show, and my daughter was only 4 or 5 when it first came on and was scared to death just of the opening music and credits, ha. She's always hated movies or shows with aliens; somehow she ended up watching "Signs" with me on cable, and when that alien suddenly walked across the alley in that home video those kids took at a birthday party, my daughter jumped so hard and made this low, visceral sound and buried her face in my neck while digging a trench in my arm with her nails, ha. I TOLD her it was about aliens, but she wanted to see if she'd conquered any of her phobia by then. Nope, not conquered! She had nightmares about aliens for a week after that, poor girl.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Oh man! Your poor daughter. My phobia isn't QUITE that bad, but mind you, I stay the hell away from alien films, so what do I know. :P