I agree with everything you say here! And I'm still incredibly delighted about this episode. :)
"Either Arthur trusts Merlin so fully that it would never occur to him -- or he's just so used to Merlin being incredibly weird that this just didn't stand out enough to be noticeable."
I'd say it's 50/50 - a little bit of both. He does trust Merlin, and he's used to (and probably gets a secret thrill or two out of) Merlin behaving extremely weird all the time. "Merlin" from Arthur's POV is a long list of oddities, weirdness and strange inexplicable occurences and all of it revolving round his manservant...
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Date: 2011-10-23 03:49 pm (UTC)"Either Arthur trusts Merlin so fully that it would never occur to him -- or he's just so used to Merlin being incredibly weird that this just didn't stand out enough to be noticeable."
I'd say it's 50/50 - a little bit of both. He does trust Merlin, and he's used to (and probably gets a secret thrill or two out of) Merlin behaving extremely weird all the time. "Merlin" from Arthur's POV is a long list of oddities, weirdness and strange inexplicable occurences and all of it revolving round his manservant...