Merlin - S04E03
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so. apparently i am one of the few who didn't think this episode was OMG, BEST EP EVER! WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE SEASON ONE!! as it seems most of the rest of fandom is. i guess i'm just missing something.
anyhow. while it was a very good episode and it ended on a hopeful note, it still made me SO angry! WHY are they going to SUCH an extent to make arthur hate magic so? why?? what is the point of that? everybody seems to suddenly be okay with the lack of reveal. i am not. it just frustrates me and makes me unhappy. poor merlin :(
and FINALLY! uther is fucking dead thank god. while it makes me sad that arthur is losing his father, and i do love ash, i am so fucking glad that uther is finally GONE. it's about time. he was such a bastard and i don't feel bad for feeling this way.
while some of the moments with dragoon were lovely, he still made me mostly cringe. i just don't care for this way of telling the story. and (again) in the end it was all for naught. which brings me to...
why the FUCK didn't gauis show that necklace to arthur? what kind of bullshit was that? he could have proven that dragoon was a GOOD sorceror and that he WAS healing uther and that (again) it was morgana being evil. what the fuck you stupid ass old man??? that made NO sense at all. fucking lame.
we saw very little of gwen (thank god) but she continues being cruel and heartless. every ep so far this season she's proven herself to be careless and unthoughtful and cruel with her words. ep 1 with lancelot (couldn't ask your brother or friend?), ep 2 with arthur (lancelot didn't die for camelot, he did it for ME), and ep 3 with arthur. he was trying to THANK her for caring for his father (which, yes, it utter bullshit. where the hell are his previous servants? why/how is gwen suddenly taking care of him?) while he's hurting and sad and watching him die, and instead of just saying "you're welcome" or something, she has to tell him that she's only doing it for him. wow, way to be callous about the man you've just been thanked for "helping". bet that makes arthur feel real good.
most of the merlin and arthur scenes were absolutely lovely, and for that i am thankful because that is why i watch this show. but many were just painful due to either 1. dragoon 2. lying/truth about magic. altho, the scene at the end when merlin is waiting outside the hall by the staircase was just utterly gorgeous! their closeness and friendship was beautiful to see. they really are best friends!
also, arthur says that both his parents died because of magic. since when did he find out that his mother died of magic? maybe i'm remembering incorrectly, but i thought he believed she died giving birth to him? and the whole thing with morgause in "sins of the father" was explained away by her being a lying evil sorceress. again, am i missing something?
so tired and bored of morgana. dear god i hope she's still not hanging around continuing to be the evil baddie next season. altho, by then i may have finally decided to stop watching.
so yeah. i get WAY too invested in tv shows.
EDIT:
a post i appreciated re: this episode... http://dreamdustmama.livejournal.com/170103.html
so. apparently i am one of the few who didn't think this episode was OMG, BEST EP EVER! WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE SEASON ONE!! as it seems most of the rest of fandom is. i guess i'm just missing something.
anyhow. while it was a very good episode and it ended on a hopeful note, it still made me SO angry! WHY are they going to SUCH an extent to make arthur hate magic so? why?? what is the point of that? everybody seems to suddenly be okay with the lack of reveal. i am not. it just frustrates me and makes me unhappy. poor merlin :(
and FINALLY! uther is fucking dead thank god. while it makes me sad that arthur is losing his father, and i do love ash, i am so fucking glad that uther is finally GONE. it's about time. he was such a bastard and i don't feel bad for feeling this way.
while some of the moments with dragoon were lovely, he still made me mostly cringe. i just don't care for this way of telling the story. and (again) in the end it was all for naught. which brings me to...
why the FUCK didn't gauis show that necklace to arthur? what kind of bullshit was that? he could have proven that dragoon was a GOOD sorceror and that he WAS healing uther and that (again) it was morgana being evil. what the fuck you stupid ass old man??? that made NO sense at all. fucking lame.
we saw very little of gwen (thank god) but she continues being cruel and heartless. every ep so far this season she's proven herself to be careless and unthoughtful and cruel with her words. ep 1 with lancelot (couldn't ask your brother or friend?), ep 2 with arthur (lancelot didn't die for camelot, he did it for ME), and ep 3 with arthur. he was trying to THANK her for caring for his father (which, yes, it utter bullshit. where the hell are his previous servants? why/how is gwen suddenly taking care of him?) while he's hurting and sad and watching him die, and instead of just saying "you're welcome" or something, she has to tell him that she's only doing it for him. wow, way to be callous about the man you've just been thanked for "helping". bet that makes arthur feel real good.
most of the merlin and arthur scenes were absolutely lovely, and for that i am thankful because that is why i watch this show. but many were just painful due to either 1. dragoon 2. lying/truth about magic. altho, the scene at the end when merlin is waiting outside the hall by the staircase was just utterly gorgeous! their closeness and friendship was beautiful to see. they really are best friends!
also, arthur says that both his parents died because of magic. since when did he find out that his mother died of magic? maybe i'm remembering incorrectly, but i thought he believed she died giving birth to him? and the whole thing with morgause in "sins of the father" was explained away by her being a lying evil sorceress. again, am i missing something?
so tired and bored of morgana. dear god i hope she's still not hanging around continuing to be the evil baddie next season. altho, by then i may have finally decided to stop watching.
so yeah. i get WAY too invested in tv shows.
EDIT:
a post i appreciated re: this episode... http://dreamdustmama.livejournal.com/170103.html