Merlin 2x05 (Beauty and the Beast, Pt 1 AKA Now I ain’t sayin’ she’s a golddigger, but she ain’t messin’ with no broke, broke, broke) Episode Reaction/Picspam
*The episode opens in a cave on a dark and gloomy night with a gravelly-voiced Egor-looking motherfucker stirring some potion and chanting in a way that is not at all silly or clichéd
Displayed: fine acting
*He brings the potion to a-gasp! melodrama!-warty troll woman who turns into a (double gasp!) beautiful woman who I’m calling Reboot Sophia. Reboot Sophia is looking for a sugar daddy, and she’s going after big papa Pendragon
(Before)
(After)
Plastic surgery in the middle ages fucking rocked
*Gauis has decided that dressing like Father Christmas is the shit. Merlin wants to know why Gauis made him dress to match. Merlin also wants to know why Gauis sometimes, when he thinks Merlin’s sleeping, pets at Merlin’s hair and calls him his pretty little babydoll whilst breathing heavily, but that conversation is best left for another time.
*Colin Morgan, look at your wee little faaaace <333
Arthur: And that’s how blokes have sex.
Merlin: …
Merlin: You stick it where?
Merlin: It just doesn’t seem like it would be very comfortable.
*This face is totally trustworthy
*FACE
*Well-played, madam-I do say, well-played
*Blurry!background!Morgana looks fantastic
*Colin is in fine form this episode
*The writers have been mentioning how overworked Merlin is the last few episodes; I wonder where they’re going to go with that, or if they’re going to go anywhere with it at all
*Merlin is besotted with Reboot Sophia. He’s such a sweet little DORK, OMFG ^___^ (“Well, if you need anything, just ask. My Master’s chambers are only upstairs. #giddy smile#”)
*This speaks for itself
The actress playing Reboot Sophia is so polished and composed; it’s weird to see her acting like a troll
*STOP THE TAPE! Everybody pay homage to Morgana’s magnificent, glamorous breasts. DO IT
*Bradley James’s face continues to delight and astound me
*<333
*If this was a regular golddigger, I would respect her gameface when conning papa bear, but I just can’t respect someone who eats mold and maggots
*I know this show is often ridiculous and cheesy, and that’s a part of its charm, but this episode is taking it a bit too far with the troll’s campy villainy, and not in a good way. =o/
*I love Reboot Sophia’s hair
*This bitch has got skillz. Yes. Skills with a z
*This picture does everything right. Hotass Arthur in his hotass black jacket! Merlin’s suspicious eyes! Twinklyboo the horse!
*OH, BOYS. <333 Also, Arthur absently petting Twinklyboo the horse while talking to Merlin sort of slayed me with its cuteness ^___^
*Uther hasn’t gotten any for two decades? I suddenly see why he’s so cranky all the time
*A mystery is afoot! Junior Detective Merlin is on the case
*Special cereal-box decoder ring, activate!
*I have no particular reason to include this other than the extreme amounts of loveliness
*I FORGIVE THE EPISODE ITS PREVIOUS LAMENESS BECAUSE OF THIS SCENE
MERLIN, YOU IDIOT. DON’T USE MAGIC WHEN ARTHUR IS SLEEPING A FEW FEET AWAY!
Arthur wants Merlin to understand that the only person Merlin can spy on naked is Arthur
NC-17 WARNING
For some reason, when I see the above two pictures I think “Boy’s Boarding School AU” where Arthur is the popular footballer and Merlin is the nerdy scholarship kid that tutors Arthur in Computer Science and who Arthur sometimes takes back to his room and fucks: Merlin on all fours with Arthur’s hand clamped around Merlin’s mouth so no one will hear, squeaky mattress groaning and Arthur’s teeth dug into the creamy-pale skin of Merlin’s shoulder.
On this particular night, Merlin went to go visit Arthur in Arthur’s dorm room, and Arthur said, “What are you, crazy? Get in here before the others see,” and hauled him inside, looking around to make sure no one was loitering around the halls and had seen them, and Merlin meant to come there to break things off (because he doesn’t like being a secret), but before he can do that he ends up on his back with Arthur grunting and shuddering on top of him, Merlin’s legs squeezing at Arthur’s hips and Arthur jacking at Merlin’s prick in one lube-slippery hand, fucking him without a condom on because they’re stupid teenage boys and reckless (they forgot to buy more, but they were too desperate to stop by then, so they didn't), and now Arthur’s come is wet and strange in Merlin’s ass, dribbling onto Arthur’s cotton sheets, and Arthur is licking at Merlin’s balls and then, curiously, at the puffy pink rim of Merlin’s asshole, tasting lube and his own spunk, and Merlin is so surprised by it that he doesn’t even realize at first that he’s coming, balls pulled up tight as his dick twitches and spurts white ropes of come against his flat little belly.
END NC-17
Orgasm face!
I’m really having trouble concentrating on the episode right now. I’ve decided that I want to watch a new show, one called “The Bradley James Happy Naked Funtime Hour.” Bradley and his nakedness will help transform our world into a better place. Bradley James’s cock is the FUTURE, and the future’s looking good
*Merlin’s time as a Girl Scout was well-spent. This is how he earned his Mystery-Solver badge!
*Aw, look at Merlin’s little emo sleeves! Also, Merlin is really cute when he’s crushing up herbs, IDEK
Don’t even tell me you don’t want to touch that little bit of skin between Merlin’s neckerchief and his tunic collar, because I’d know it was a lie
*I WANT THAT HAIRSTYLE SO BAD. I DON’T EVEN CARE HOW MANY TANGLES IT WOULD CAUSE
*Gauis wants Merlin to use magic in front of Uther??? Wow. That is such a bad, bad, terrible idea. Way to let Merlin take all the risks, Gauis
Even his PROFILE is pretty!
*Just because I like it:
*NO, NO, NOT IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE FUCKING COURT, MERLIN, WTF
*This episode needs more Arthur (and Morgana, and Gwen)
*Arthur is putting on his own clothes! NO, THAT’S MERLIN’S JOB, ARTHUR, DON’T DENY YOUR SERVANT HIS SMALL JOYS. Also, oooh, I’m loving that wrist brace
YEAH, YOU PUT THAT SWORD IN, ARTHUR
*Colinface <333
*Okay, listen up, Bradley James! You need to stop being so sweet and hilarious and good-looking all the time, my crush on you is ridiculous enough already. No more gorgeousness from you, sir!
Oh, goddamn it #lusts#
*Arthur called Merlin a true friend! AWWWW <333
*However, Arthur has picked an awful time to start being so mature about things and wanting his dad to be happy with a new wife. DOES NO ONE SEE THE EVIL, GLOWING, MIND-CONTROLING NECKLACE?
*Oh, fuck, Merlin is trapped in a room and running out of air? HELLO MY WORST NIGHTMARE. I’m extremely claustrophobic, I get nervous even when I’m in an elevator too long (and I won’t even go on those unless they have an emergency phone built-in and I have a cell phone with me). OMG, I hope h/c is written about Merlin being trapped in there
*Come on, Merlin! You have the power over life and fucking death! You pulled a fucking lightning bolt out of the sky and fried Nimueh extra-crispy style! You can knock down some fucking rocks
*Thank you, Morgana, your bosoms have made an admirable effort to comfort me. But it is Merlin who really needs the support here
*Fuck yeah, Merlin, busting through walls like the Hulk! …Okay, maybe not the Hulk. Maybe more like the Kool-Aid pitcher
*Best dramatic running sequence ever, if only because it gave us this image:
*…I think I wrote a fic like this once. Okay, I’m lying. Several fics
*Yes, good job using magic to whip Egor’s ass, BB, but maybe you should have used it BEFORE getting into a physical fight and saved about two minutes of getting your ass kicked around the castle
*Wow, they actually went through with the marriage! Way to work against my expectations, show, I thought Merlin was going to stop it just in the nick of time, and he didn’t
*I need to get something off my chest about Gauis. If you like Gauis, please skip this bullet point. WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM, GAUIS??? I didn’t really mind him in the first season, but I’ve had increasing problems with his character this season. First he was all, like, “Oh no, we can’t tell Morgana about her powers, we have to ~*~protect~*~ her by letting her confusion fester and erode away her mental and emotional stability and set her on her path to Mordred,” and now he’s all, like, “Oh, Merlin, please save my douchey BFF Papa Pendragon by doing all that illegal magical shit he would kill you for, I’ll just wait here uselessly and tap my foot and look at the door and be all displeased and disappointed that getting trapped in a motherfucking avalanched-in room all night and catfighting Egor-AKA-Wormtail made you too late to stop the wedding and reveal your magic and Reboot Sophia’s troll form in front of all the court.”
Promo spoilers are okay. If you’re spoiler-free, please be careful of the comments.