Merlin 3.02

[corilannam]

Camelot under siege! Knights in a real battle! Leon kicking ass! SO AWESOME.

So now we know for sure that Arthur's ring was his mother's - love it when fanon becomes canon. And it's always satisfying to see Uther sniveling.

I'm glad the Slash Dragon and Merlin seem to be on good terms again. And how awesome was Merlin's face right before he said he had no intention of walking? COLIN'S FACE, OMG.

Really, really want Morgana and Morgause to figure out what exactly they're dealing with in Merlin. So, so much.

Ah, Gwen. Useless as usual. Can't even help Merlin find Gaius. Surprisingly, I almost liked the A/G scenes this week, though. Poor Arthur has so few people to support him emotionally.

Okay, so it's really the Arthur/Merlin I want to talk about. I was all flaily at how badly Arthur wanted Merlin at his side ALL THE TIME and how cranky he gets whenever Merlin's not where he's supposed to be (next to Arthur).

How adorable was it that Merlin's chief concern preparing for a siege, with everything else going on, was to make sure that Arthur would remain well fed? Merlin's not dealing with a cranky prince on top of everything else, oh no!

I don't even know what to say about the Big Emotional Scenes, except that I really enjoy how Merlin has taken to telling Arthur the bald truth about protecting him and about his destiny, even though it doesn't seem to make any sense without the context that Arthur doesn't have. And Arthur accepts it and seems to feel the truth of it even if he doesn't know why. It keeps an honesty and an intimacy in their relationship that gives me hope for when Arthur eventually finds out about the magic.

Or maybe it's just the brain damage from all the concussions. Who can say?

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[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when Uther had the vision of Ygraine this time, they had a nice little close-up of her hand with the ring on it. Not too long after, they gave us a nice look at Arthur's hand with the same ring. I was kind of expecting it to come up again, but that was probably expecting too much. *g*

Poor Merlin. No one believes him on anything. "I was dying! I do understand!"