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dingogrrl

merlin - arthur's bane part one

Oct 07, 2012 15:57

Holy crap, I haven't logged in since last year! That is a very long time indeed. But Merlin is back and therefore, so am I. Will endeavour to post an excuse or two in the future but for now, recap time.

( spoilers for s05e01 )

merlin, merlin: episode recap

Comments 10

geoffrey_f October 7 2012, 06:45:37 UTC

Yay! I wasn't sure if you would be coming back this year, but I'm very glad to see that you are. Your recaps are my favourite, and they've often kept me going through being angry with this show, so I should let you know and thank you. And say you're hilarious, because you really are. I'm not really a Merthur shipper, but while I'm reading these recaps I kind of morph into one; that's what you're capable of, you know!

dingogrrl October 7 2012, 13:02:20 UTC

Aw, thank you, it's good to be back! These recaps are actually also my way of working through any problems with the show and help me see that no matter what, there's always something to love. If I didn't go over everything that happened in each ep, I'd probably just internally focus on the negative and be in a very bad place by now. Heh. It probably also helps the find the lighter side of things, too!

And I'm glad even people without my shipper focus get something out of them! Though I don't think I have much to do with your morph - that's all Merlin and Arthur's fault. :D

nefreed October 7 2012, 09:24:05 UTC

You are back!! Yay!

I enjoy reading your recaps more than the actual show so this is great!! Hope everything is ok and glad you are back!

dingogrrl October 7 2012, 13:07:52 UTC

Yay! It's good to have you back reading as well!

Everything is completely fine and I think I just needed a break from LJ, more than anything. Twitter filled most of my fannish needs during that time, but these recaps are a LITTLE over 140 characters so I was always going to return for Merlin. :D

anonymous October 14 2012, 21:26:27 UTC

Yaaaaay you're back and you brought Teen Wolf references! ALL IS WELL.

dingogrrl October 20 2012, 20:46:33 UTC

Teen Wolf is everything and everything is Teen Wolf. Except when it's Merlin. BUT EVEN THEN.

jkrm310 October 14 2012, 22:15:02 UTC

I had to check to see if you were back... and you are!! I agree with the person above that I like your recaps better than I like the show these days. And don't you just love "Teen Wolf"? It's so much better of a show than I expected it to be.

As far as Merlin goes, well they kinda lost me right at the start when the writers decided that if you have a bunch of armed men walking around in the forest, and you encounter some wolves, the smart thing would be to scatter and run like rabbits. Because, obviously, if you banded together, had each others backs, and used your swords, you would be able to kill the wolves and then Gwaine couldn't be captured. I expect there to be a major amount of silliness in the show that I have to overlook, but outright breaks from reality kinda mess with my zen...

dingogrrl October 20 2012, 20:58:10 UTC

Yay, glad to have you back as well! I've been slightly disheartened with the show this season so far, but they just gave us Uther's ep and I think every bit of the love has returned at last.

Heh. I was so embarassed when Teen Wolf started. I think my twitter went from 'don't tell anyone, but I'm watching' to 'oh god, why can't I stop?' to 'you guys, I think this might be a thing' to 'I LOVE STILES AND DEREK OKAY' to 'THIS SHOW IS AWESOME' over the course of season 1. And then season 2 happened and everyone was watching and the guilty part of the pleasure was removed from the equation completely. And I may have a few half-finished recapping attempts lurking around the hard drive from that first year, even.Ha! I didn't even think that, yes, wolves can be killed quite easily when you're a bunch of heavily armed and armoured men. I think, given the show I had been obsessed with outside of Merlin, I just assumed they were superpowered werewolves and then when they weren't, I was kind of stuck on Morgana adopting puppies instead. Being ( ... )

the_crazy_freak October 14 2012, 23:21:52 UTC

OMG YES, YOU ARE BACK!! :D You don't know how excited this makes me!

I was just checking my email, when I saw a notification that said "dingogrrl updated their journal" and I was like "huh? who's that?" and then I clicked on the link and literally went ADSHADJAFS IT'S HER!!!! Not even kidding.

Another flawless recap and I love the fact that you used Teen Wolf vids in it, bless you! (btw, I didn't know you watched Teen Wolf)

I haven't watched the second episode yet (will probably do so tomorrow, when I have more time), but now I can't wait to do it, so I can read your post after I've seen it. x3

dingogrrl October 20 2012, 21:02:31 UTC

Yaaaaaay! I couldn't stay away when there is new Merlin on the table!

Heh, my new obsession is showing through a bit, however. Teen Wolf was a bit of a secret pleasure for a while but now it seems to be all socially acceptable and stuff so I am out of that particular closet at last.

Great to have you back as well! Hope you find time to watch this week's ep too, because it is a lot of fun.