Started season 5 for the first time. Gonna need alcohol to get through the rest of it.
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personally i dont think this screencap is acknowledged enough.
firstly, its adorable. look at arthur holding merlin's legs out of the way. its so typical for him to instinctually throw out an arm of Protection for his beloved manservant.
secondly, its fucking hilarious. whats this goofy position they've desperately rolled into so they dont get trampled by a rampaging beast. merlin is basically upside down and believe it or not gwaine is also back there somewhere
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GOD it’s literally like. mordred was a CHILD he was EIGHT YEARS OLD and merlin wanted him to DIE because he was prophesied to kill arthur!!!!! imagine if someone wanted you to literally die at eight years of age for no real reason at all. wouldn’t you BECOME evil & kill the king a little because of that.
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As many things in this show, Aithusa was another wasted character. Great introduction, super promising, and as always, Kilgharrah giving some lines to make us all excited for it. And then they randomly gave her to Morgana, didn't even bother showing how or why, just "oh yeah btw they were captured together". And then neither Merlin nor Kilgharrah really cares about her fate, she gets send away in battle and that's literally the final scene.
You wanted a pay off? Nah, they turned her into a plot device because Morgana needed a dragon and Excalibur v2.
Just remember that Aithusa didn't want to leave Merlin
She knew that Merlin was her Dragonlord. She recognized him.
w h y
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As it is now Mordredmas, I am having thoughts about how absolutely terrifying Merlin had to be sometimes. Even if you take the magic out of the equation, he is still deeply unnerving because this is a man who
Hates you, specifically, to the point of multiple murder attempts
Has gone through 10 odd years of moral decomposition
Has easy and ready access to a variety of poisons and the ability to make more
Is really fucking strong (seriously, he has been doing physically demanding work for years, where do you think Those Shoulders came from?)
More or less has been given carte blanche to do whatever the fuck he wants with zero questions asked, by the literal king
That is a goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation. No wonder the kid tipped.
Like the cloak scene in 5x02? On the outside, a servant is performing an act of subservience towards you. On the inside, an assassin is putting his hands right next to your throat. You now live in the same castle as this man. He knows this castle better than you. There will be no running.
Magic is the least of Mordred's worries when Merlin has a dense pillow and a lot of upper body strength.
He knows this castle better than you. There will be no running.
"MORDRED I'M IN YOUR WALLS"
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