#merlin 1x04

[pippin-katz]

Merlin Was Truly Willing To Die For Arthur From The Start

Okay, I know we talk about The Poisoned Chalice all the time, and how gay it is, but I don’t think any of us truly acknowledges how fucking insane Merlin is. Please consider this.

Merlin drinks the poison not knowing:

what kind of poison it is

how lethal it is

how fast acting it is

if it has a cure

if the cure is something Gaius can make

if the cure is something Gaius can make fast enough to save him

What the hell was Merlin's plan?

He would have died. It's arguable that he does die, but his immortality brought him back.

Gaius couldn't make the cure the key ingredient was in a dangerous location and difficult to get to

the poison was magically enhanced it was enhanced by Nimueh to act faster than normal, effectively cutting their timetable in half

Arthur could've been prevented from going after his fight with Uther, he only decides to go possibly hours later, after talking to Morgana

Arthur would've died without Merlin's aid, he would have died in that cave and the cure never would've made it back

it was already too late Arthur gets the flower back, but he gets arrested and locked up, the flower gets crushed, and only gets to Merlin after Guinevere sneaks in and Arthur hides it in the food

the cure required magic Gaius had to use magic to activate the cure, so if he couldn't have gotten Guinevere out of the room, he couldn't have used it, and there was a strong possibility that he wouldn't have had the strength to do it because of the lack of practice

Merlin possibly died anyway he's immortal, and his breathing and heartbeat stop for a significant amount of time before he wakes up; I've written about it being possible that he's able to die and come back to life

So if Merlin was mortal, he would have died, and there was no way for him to know that they would be able to cure him prior to drinking the poison.

He had known Arthur for maybe a month if we're being generous. They were still on rough, getting-to-know-each-other terms. Merlin was still adamantly opposed to the whole "destiny" thing. Despite all of that, he willingly drank that poison without any hesitation.

That is fucking insane.

#merlin #merlin bbc #bbc merlin #merlin 1x04 #the poisoned chalice #merlin thoughts #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #merthur #medieval husbands #two sides of the same coin #the once and future fandom

[syfysource]

Merlin 1.04 The Poisoned Chalice

#merlin #merlinedit #arthur pendragon #tvedit #merlingifs #arthurpendragonns #alielook #usermeve #userdorksinlove #tuserlyn #ughmerlin #tusercarol #tuserkit #tuserabbie #userbbelcher #merlin s1 #merlin 1x04 #merlin ch #ours #by jess

[merlinemrys]

it always gets to me how powerful merlin is because if nimueh, one of the last high priestesses of the old religion, has to say a spell aloud to just unlock a door while merlin in the first five minutes just stops TIME for funsies then it's honestly a miracle that the whole of camelot doesn't just blow up if merlin sneezes too hard

#shows #bbc merlin #merlin s1 #merlin 1x04 #merlin #nimueh #bamf merlin #text #tais toi lys #lys lb: merlin #*

[pendragonsdestiny]

even if i hadn’t watched this show before (14 years ago but that’s not the point)

the way they tried to convince me that on episode 4 of season 1 of a show called merlin, the character called merlin was gonna die? WILD

#like who is here actually scared he was gonna die? #u kno #but arthur baby u did a great job on ur lil mission to save the love of ur life #even if he did have to help u from his deathbed #merlin 1x04 #merlin #arthur pendragon

[kyuyua]

Me, wanting to rewatch some of Merlin before it’s gone forever and I have to resort to illegal websites: what’s the gayest episode

The Poisoned Chalice:

#bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merthur #merlin 1x04 #merlin the poisoned chalice #merlin incorrect quotes #merthur incorrect quotes #technically #there are prob other episodes but this is the only one I can remember #merlin and arthur’s loyalty to each other even this early 👌👌 #LAST DAY ON NETFLIX #NOOOOOOO #you don’t understand how much this killed me inside

[deancaslover]

I love how Morgana always convinces Arthur to go against Luther's direct orders.

#merlin bbc #merlin 1x04 #merthur #morgana

[avalonsilver]

This is a follow-up to my previous poll -- selecting the fandom/show for the pinned post I hope to put up at the top of my Tumblr. BBC's Merlin won! Hence the choices in this poll being all related to that show.

The pinned post will be a reblogged post by an awesome content creator that I've reblogged in the past. I want to highlight one of those posts by sticking it up on the top of my Tumblr.

There are four choices in this poll. These are my favorite aspects of BBC's Merlin. It was tempting to do more, but I wanted to limit it so it wouldn't be too overwhelming.

Thank you for voting! 💙

#bbc merlin #bbcmerlin #Mordred series 5 #merthur #merlin x lancelot #mercelot #Merlin 1x04 #the poisoned chalice #episode appreciation #tumblr poll #my next pinned post

[genderfunky-lesbian]

bradley james and the poisoned chalice sharing the same birthday is the greatest thing on earth

#yayy #bbc merlin #merlin 1x04 #the poisoned chalice #bradley james #happy birthday to both of them #merlin emrys

[thenerdyalien]

So I was getting lost in a Merlin Wiki rabbit hole, as one does, and I stumbled across the page for spells. And turns out the writers actually put a lot more thought into it than I initially thought (they're not actually just shouting random words in Old English). But what shocked me the most was learning what Merlin was actually saying to Arthur while he was unconcious in the Poisoned Calice episode. I always thought he was trying to enchant some sort of protection spell to keep Arthur safe while he couldn't be there for him. But turns out he was actually declaring poetry, POETRY to Arthur the whole time!

That's right, Merlin was declaring actual POETRY to Arthur on his deathbed!! I kept seeing the wiki mention verses from a book called Beowulf and I got curious so after a quick Google search, I found out that it's actually one of the most famous epic poems in Old English and I just lost it!! I never thought this episode could get any gayer...

#no i'm not normal about them #i just can't with these two #i didn't lie when i said i was deep in merthur brainrot #ill never get over this show #merthur #merlin #arthur x merlin #bbc merlin #bbc arthur #poetry #beowulf #fic research #what i do for fic purposes #merlin fic #1x04

[merlin-gifs]

Live Gaius Reaction

MERLIN | 1x04 "The Poisoned Chalice"

#merlin #merlinedit #merlin bbc #bbc merlin #season 1 #1x04 #nimueh #gaius #merlin x gaius #tvedit #perioddramaedit #* #jd

[mistressvera]

#merlin bbc #merlinedit #morgana pendragon #morgana le fay #merlin #morganapendragonedit #katie mcgrath #merlin season 1 #1x04 #katiemcgrathedit

[dont-let-me-eat-pears]

arthur really out here defying his father and risking his life to save merlin 4 episodes into the show

#bbc merlin #merlin #arthur #merlin x arthur #merthur #the poisoned chalice #1x04 #merlin rewatch #text: merlin #my text #did i start rewatching again from ep 1? #maybe

[adhd-merlin]

He's just a boy.

#GOD. #same episode. this is 100% on purpose #feeling same kind of way about this #ep 1x04 #merlin #parallels and themes

[merlinemrys]

obsessed with uther saying that arthur's "just a boy" despite arthur almost being of age. but like the weight behind those words is incredible. for how much uther is a horrible king and a horrible father, he will always be arthur's father and arthur will always be uther's son. uther constantly tells arthur that he will take the throne one day and he raised arthur like a soldier first, to put his body on the line for his kingdom, but despite it all uther still shelters him because he will not lose arthur to anything or anyone else

#shows #bbc merlin #merlin s1 #merlin 1x04 #pendragons #uther #arthur #text #tais toi lys #lys lb: merlin #if u cannot tell i have been watching succession <3 #* #arthur & uther

[xviruserrorx]

MerlinRewatch2023 -> "The Poisoned Chalice" Metamorphoses ~ Masterlist [Prev <- • -> Next]

#merlinwatch2023 #bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #merlin emrys #bbcm nimueh #merthur #bbc merlin edit #merthur edit #viruscreates #ovid's metamorphoses #also 'juno' would be the greek 'hera' and then 'jove' or 'jupiter' would be the greek 'zeus' #the two myths being referenced are Ganymedes & Zeus and then Hyacinthus & Apollo #whose who when it comes to this parallel? i'll let you decide 😁 #bbc merlin 1x04 #i really like this one i'm proud of it 😁 #yes the second image is a bix pixely that scene is literally a milisecond long it was so hard to catch but it turned out good! #please click for better quality

[deancaslover]

Luther is such an asshole, he's right there with John Winchester.

#merlin bbc #merlin #arthur pendragon #luther #merlin 1x04