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

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

I don't watch, but I do know the characters (and the legend) and faces used to portray them -- and I love reading about the plots.

[nerthus.livejournal.com]

I love Merlin! Admittedly it's cheesy as hell and does NOT stick to canon legend, but I'm quite fond of the BBC version and of the chemistry between the actors playing Merlin and Arthur. The knights are great, all brawn and heart and kinda goofy at the same time, and I love the dragon. I haven't seen tonight's ep as I don't get BBC America on my stupid cable and have to look up a vid of the episode online later; but I'm looking forward to watching it before the weekend is out. I'm getting a bit impatient for Merlin's magic to somehow be revealed to Arthur and to see the fallout from that; it's becoming tedious to me, how Arthur can remain so willfully oblivious when there have been numerous times that I've yelled at my tv: "HOW DID YOU MISS THAT, ARE YOU BLIND?!!!" Ha.

I also love Sherlock and Supernatural, so any time you mention ANY of those shows, I'm loving it, ha! (If you happened to like "Fringe" and "Grimm" as well, then I'd be in fandom heaven here!)

[ashkiryn.livejournal.com]

I would love to comment on Merlin with you...but unfortunately I'm behind, and haven't seen anything of season 5 yet....so, hopefully soonish? Once I watch the million other shows that I want to watch? XD

But, uh, yeah, Merlin's awesome. If you did rewatches on the other seasons, I definitely wouldn't say no to them!

[ashkiryn.livejournal.com]

Fuck, I just glanced at the first line...and MITHIAN'S BACK???????

OMG, YES YES YES YES I LOVED HER SO FUCKING MUCH, AND SHE'S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK????????

Damn. Spoiling myself for the rest of this now. And fuck, am I a horrible person for wanting an Arthur/Gwen/Merlin/Mithian foursome, sex be damned? I just....I wanted the storyline they'd introduced with Mithian to go so much farther than it did, and I loved everything about her interactions with everyone in that one episode she'd appeared in, and....and....WIN. MITHIAN WINS EVERYTHING EVER.

[ashkiryn.livejournal.com]

And WOO GWAINE/MERLIN GOODNESS, I LOVE IT DEARLY.

But MITHIAN MITHIAN MITHIAN......!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd better rein in my other comments, but basically I ship everyone with everyone. Arthur/Merlin/Gwen/Mithian/Gwaine/Lancelot/Percival/Elyan/leon/good!Morgana....JUST LET THIS BE A LAND OF SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS AND LOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Ahem. I tend to take the 'moresomes are the solution to everything' perhaps just a bit too far. ;P

[et-tu-lj.livejournal.com]

I'm not caught up, but I've gotten far enough to see how awesome Gwaine is. <3 <3 <3 Their friendship is even more awesome to me than the main one, because it's so unexpected and honest. I love that they started out Gwaine's storyline through being Merlin's friend rather than Arthur's. I just watched the episode with the Fisher King, and OMG their quiet little campfire scene just floored me. Plus, the relief and the hug when they're reunited after Merlin was cut off from them in the middle of the castle/battle/stuff.

I need to get to the rest of the knights. >.>