Merlin 2.01 The Curse of Cornelius Sigan
◊ Camelot! Oh, BBC CGI. ♥ I think I had a game with the same 'through nonspecific castle corridors' graphic in 1996.
◊ SHIRTLESS ARTHUR YELLING FOR MERLIN ALKSJDFHLKAHFDKS THEY GOT TO THE POINT OF THE SHOW FASTER THAN EVER (also, is Merlin now sleeping in the next room or something?)
ARTHUR'S BED HAIR YOU GUYS, SOMEONE HOLD MEEEEEE
◊ I'm loving this Indiana Jones adventure.
◊ Did Colin Morgan somehow get EVEN PRETTIER?
◊ A lot of re-establishing stuff just in case people with goldfish memory are watching: remember Merlin can move things with his MIND! Remember Uther thinks Merlin is an idiot! Remember Arthur thinks Merlin is a klutz! Remember Merlin and Arthur have wicked chemistry! It feels like coming home. ♥
◊ AHAHAHAHA shirtless Arthur and the voiceover going "he keeps them in his private chambers--and there's only one person allowed in there: his servant". What a difference the lack of a garment can make to the subtext of a scene!
◊ WHAT ARTHUR IS USING MERLIN AS A STEPLADDER NOW THIS IS BETTER/WORSE THAN THE RAT STEW INCIDENT *___*
◊ The would-be thief's ass-kissing! And the way Arthur falls for it! And Merlin's faaaaace! OMG THIS IS A BIT PERFECT.
◊ I JUST REALIZED THAT CEDRIC IS TOTALLY RAGETTI. FANDOM COLLISION IS AWESOME.
◊ Colin Morgan totally HAS gotten even more ridiculously attractive. Still funny-looking, still would hit that like the fist of an angry god.
◊ Oooh, the hunting scene is so pastel-colored and pretty!
◊ By this point, I'd really like to see the girls.
◊ Aaaannd then we get nightmares and hugging! I am A-OK with this.
◊ Pet peeve: HORSES DON'T WORK LIKE THAT, AUGH.
◊ "If you weren't such a clotpole!" AHAHAHA YEAH
Seriously, it's a little like Arthur's got some sort of brain damage and doesn't remember half of last season, if he's this willing to just drop Merlin for the next shiny thing. It's not entirely out of character for Arthur--he's definitely one of those people you can trust to give you their extra kidney but fail on the loyalty front in the small stuff. But still! I'm going with this, because this shit is HILARIOUS and I LOVE IT, but it still doesn't quite add up.
◊ WHATTTT GAIUS IS CLEANING UP THE DUNG ON MERLIN'S FACE AND MERLIN IS EMO-ING ALL OVER THE PLACE ABOUT HOW HE JUST WANTS ARTHUR TO LOVE HIM TRUST HIM AND SEE HIM FOR WHO HE REALLY IS WHAT WHAT WHAT SERIOUSLY DID I DL SOME ALTERNATIVE SLASHERS' CUT OR SOMETHING? ♥__♥
"EVERYTHING I DO IS FOR HIM AND HE JUST THINKS I'M AN IDIOT."
I THINK I READ THIS TRAGIC ROMANCE ONCE.
◊ I just can't take Cedric as a serious threat when the entire episode is pretty much straight-up comedy, as is the character, but mostly because IT'S RAGETTI :D :D
◊ Merlin and not!Cedric's faily fighting! Arthur's face! BRB LOLLERSKATING.
◊ I don't know, Uther. Why are you being extra stupid? Just by insisting Camelot won't fall you're not going to make it happen.
Sigan's mode of attack, too, feels like a throwback to mid-S1. It's a bit lacking in epicness.
◊ Please, please, please tell me Arthur isn't going to start thinking of Gwen Like That because she landed on him in a fancier dress than she usually wears? She's been brave and kickass before! In ways that are more interesting than tackling a guy and apologizing breathlessly! Which isn't to say she shouldn't've done it, just that... PLEASE don't build a romance on THAT.
I do, really, love his "you always surprise me". The show has to do something crazy persuasive to get me to buy any romantic or sexual feelings between this Arthur and this Guinevere, but I love their interactions and would watch entire episodes of Arthur starting to get her and value her as a person and a friend, you know? They have these moments that are great if you ignore where they're supposed to lead eventually.
◊ Okay, scratch that about comedy ep. Arthur's noble streak, HI ILU.
◊ OHHHH THEY'RE MAKING ARTHUR'S DISMISSAL A PLOT POINT. A+.
◊ Sigan's disco raven feather coat! LAWL.
◊ Protip: if you have an incredibly powerful evil-defeating spell in your arsenal, FIRE AWAY. Don't wait to be possessed by said evil, it's way harder to talk then.
◊ I have no damn idea what happened there. Merlin... was possessed? And then he wasn't? For a fantastically fucked-up second I even thought Sigan shoved MERLIN'S soul into the Heart of the Ocean blue stone. Apparently not so much.
◊ DEAR GOD, UTHER, HOW ARE YOU SO UNFATHOMABLY STUPID. I totally liked him! Despite these opinions! They're often balanced with his awesome, and there's those times you see how much he needs to protect his kingdom and do the right thing. But he's just so damnably stubborn, I don't know what to do with him anymore. He ain't gonna change. MY HEART. NOW IT BROKE FROM UTHER.
◊ Aw man, Arthur's non-apology is infuriating but cute but infuriating. I DON'T KNOW, OKAY, HE'S PRINCE ARTHUR AND HE CAN DO THAT. ♥ HIS FACE. IT DOESN'T EXACTLY MEAN THAT HE'S ADMITTING THAT IN THIS OCCASION MERLIN WAS RIGHT. EXCEPT HOW IT TOTALLY DOES.
◊ COMING UP: WITCHFINDER! LANCELOT! JOUSTING! THESE ARE TOTALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I GOT FROM THAT.
◊ In conclusion: wow, and here I was worrying this season might not be as gay as the first one. AHAHAHAHAHAHA NO. Get Gwen and Morgana more screentime and something actually interesting to do and this'll be a rockin' season! ♥
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