Merlin "Lancelot & Guinevere" Commentary
I'm watching Merlin right now, and feel like doing some commentary, because this episode is making me spammy, and my twitter friends would not agree with all the posting.
Hopefully this will bring LOL to you all. <3
Ok let me start off by saying I love the FUCK out of this show. I love all the pairings, but by far, I ship Arthur/Morgana like burning things that burn a lot and are really hot.
I'm not too happy with the way s2 is coming along, because it seems like they've retconned both Arthur and Morgana, and that makes me sad. Arthur/Gwen had a few shippy moments in s1 (namely the "GueniVERE" that Arthur likes to use. e), but they've established this OMGEPICLOVE in about 2 episodes this season, and it reminds me too much of Smallville. Arthur/Gwen is cute, and I TOTALLY LOVED the kissing scene in 2x02 (holy jawporn WHAT), but please give me more Arthur/Morgana angst & arguing & Morgana playing him like a fiddle & Arthur showing off for her, etc etc, because holy hell, it makes me a happy fangirl.
I DIGRESS!
This episode.
- Squee Arthur helping Morgana on her horse. Any servant could've done that, but Arthur does it. e. I will selectively ignore the staring contest Arthur/Gwen have going on for the sake of some Ar/Mo UST.
- Kidnapper guy is hot in a grungy sort of way. This is never good, i.e Stockholm Syndrome.
- FUCKYEAHHHH badass Morgana! I love the shit out of the Sword Twirly Thing (technical term!) that Arthur does, and excuse me while I file away this fic bunny of Arthur teaching her how to do that.
- Ok let's think about this for a minute. I get that Arthur epically loves Gwen. I also get that Arthur has lived with Morgana most of his life. Morgana comes raging out of the woods, half naked, cut to pieces, scared shitless, and the first thing he asks is "Where's Guinevere?!" Ok at least give the girl an "OMG ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" or, for this fangirl's sake, a hug or something. That's cold, Arthur.
- Morgana loses her shit over Uther basically saying "Eh, fuck the servant girl." Morgana's like "NO! THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND, GODDAMMIT." I love this show for the slash/femslash so much right now.
- I also love Morgana losing her shit at Arthur. "MORGANA! Perhaps if you would stop shouting at me for one minute, you would notice that I am packing." LOLSQUEE. He looks so amused. And cute. And oh Bradley James I love you SFM. His little over-the-shoulder "I'm such a badass" head tilt is wonderful.
- I love Merlin & Gaius's relationship. Merlin's all "Fuck you old man, you can't tell me what to do!" and Gaius is all "I wasn't going to, now come give daddy a hug." XD They're so cute they make my teeth hurt.
- Can I also say Colin is looking QUITE delicious this season? Yes.
- Camelot's knights are so unfortunately stupid. OMG A BARREL. LET'S STAB THE BARREL. OK THE BARREL IS MOVING. LET'S NOT RUN AWAY, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SMART. I swear. XD
- I LOVE YOU, BRADLEY JAMES.
- "There's just no pleasing you sometimes." I think I read a fic that started like that once. I MEAN--
- HELLOOOOO LANCELOT. You are too pretty when you are dirty. Loving the haircut for additional jawporn, but missing the curls. Your new 'stache, however, is rather unfortunate. If Morgana & Gwen can find blowdryers and anti-frizz, surely you can find a Schick razor somewhere.
- HOLY GIANT PIGRATMOLE THING. KILL IT WITH FIRE.
- LMAO Merlin sleeping on the horse. I love this show. It brings the lawls.
- Gwen/Lancelot is so epic. I adored them in Mists of Avalon. The whole Gwen/Lancelot/Arthur ot3 was just WONDERFUL. & CANON. Always good.
- I think Arthur just likes to see Merlin wet. He could have shaken him awake or something. I SEE YOUR KINK, ARTHUR.
- Ok the entrance to the *bum bum buuuuum* Tunnels of Andor looks like it needs a KILLER RABBIT a la Monty Python. BIG NASTY POINTY TEETH!!! Also, three entrances is never a good way to start off a "shortcut".
- omggggggg the slash squee. Merlin looks so scared. "They're like GIANT...baby rats." squee. SQUEE. & they're PIGRATMOLEs, Arthur. We've gone over this.
- "Hey Merlin! Let's smear ourselves with fruit!" I think I read a fic like that once as well...
- I could make so many Warcraft jokes about this cave scene right now.
- I think that PIGRATMOLE just made out with Merlin. XD
- *megaphone* IIIIIIIIIIIII SHIP IIIIIIIIIIIIT! Oh Gwen/Lancelot. You are so cute. I love the finger love they've got going on. <333
- Oh I LOVE you show. I highly approved of shirtless Arthur in episode 1, and now we get somewhat wet Arthur. YESSSSS. I'm easy to please. It's obvious that I watch for the plot.
- Ok I am loving the hell out of Woobie!Arthur, but "I care about her more than anyone!" Really? :/ It's been like 2 episodes, people. Give us a bit more before you throw things like that out! But let's get back to cute Woobie!Arthur, and all imagine he's talking about us. There. That's better.
- AAAAAAAAH BRADLEY AND COLIN. STOP IT WITH THE SUBTEXT AND EYESEX AND JUST...OK NEVER STOP. NEVER EVER. <333333
- :( Gwen! I want to give her a hug. Also, let us all notice how she is clutching Morgana's cloak for dear life. e
- Haha no shit, Lancelot? SMART MOVE. I am really impressed with that sleeping potion/string/ball bearing thing!
- Ok so Gwen can run now? Didn't she sprain/break her ankle? It's been like a day or two...she must have tripped on a plothole. *bahdumTSH*
- "I would die for you 100 times over." AND THE DOUBLE FACE CLUTCH AND KISS?! THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. D'aww! I love that they're writing Gwen to be so pulled by both Arthur and Lancelot. She should do it right in this adaptation and just go OT3, because she didn't in MistsShe goes around wanking, thinking Arthur/Lancelot was immoral (AND CANON!) It's totally not immoral. Unless immoral now means awesome and I missed the memo.
- OK THEY'RE BAD ABOUT KILLING EPIC ARTHURIAN CHARACTERS BEFORE THEIR TIME, SO I SWEAR IF THEY KILL LANCELOT IN THIS EPISODE I WILL CUT A BITCH. THIS SOUNDS LIKE EPIC HEROIC DEATH MUSIC.
- Ok I know they wont kill him with the PIGRATMOLE. Arthur is totally gonna save him. Again, *megaphone* IIIII SHIP IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!
- \Lancelot is like "Goddammit Gwen! What part of 'Run!' don't you understand?! You're british! How have you not seen Doctor Who before?!"
- Three cheers for Arthur's FALCON PUNCH!!!
- AAH! IT'S SO CUTE. They keep tilting their heads back toward eachother & are holding hands and just...I can't watch this. It's too fucking cute.
- I'm anxious to see Arthur come barging in and get all jealous of Lancelot & Gwen for moving in on his girl guy.
- FUCK YES ARTHUR! He is such a badass. He needs to marry me RTFN. He's like "Sup guys? Sup PIGRATMOLE?" OH! And he tosses Lancelot a sword. "HAI BB. HELP ME KILL THIS PIGRATMOLE AND I'LL GIVE YOU A HUG."
- Ok, these two enormously hot, enormously badass men are fighting over Gwen, who is a servant. FUCK YEAH EQUALITY, but...really? I'm getting such a strong Lana vibe from her in this new season. :/
- ARTHUR: We need to get out of here. WHERE'S MY OTHER BOYFRIEND?! MERLIN!!!
- LOLKARMA. How do you like that PIGRATMOLE pet now, bitch?!
- Oh, I feel so evil. Gwen's all "OH LANCELOT! *holds hand*" and Merlin is all "Oh she's holding Lancelot's hand...I wonder what my boyfriend Arthur thinks..." and Arthur is all "MY GIRLFRIEND IS HOLDING MY BOYFRIEND'S HAND AND MY OTHER BOYFRIEND IS CONCERNED. WHAT SHOULD I DO?" Go find Morgana, obviously.
- JFC THIS CAST IS SO HOT. SOOOO HOT. I love them all, I love the interaction, I love all the shippy bullshit, I LOVE EVERYTHING. Oh show. *hugs*
- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Lancelot, why do you have to be so fucking honorable all the time!? Also, I could barely drag myself away from Colin's bone structure to understand WTH was going on in this scene. I WATCH FOR THE PLOT.
- Okay, I know it's not Arthur's fault, it's the retcon, but I LOVE that he's so broken up that Gwen loves Lancelot. I don't agree with him dropping all the UST with Morgana in like 3 episodes, so EAT IT. I'll stop being hateful now.
- MORGANA LOOKS AMAZING GDNAKVLFDAHKFLAFD. I have such a girlcrush on Katie McGrath. She rocks the pale skin. Power to the pale skin!
- OMG I LOVE THIS SCENE. I LOVE ARTHUR AND GWEN AND MORGANA AND...Arthur's really enjoying all that girl love back there.....SOMEONE FIC THIS IMMEDIATELY.
- HOW can Gwen look at those enormous sad blue eyes and not melt to death? CHRIST. D: SOMEONE GET THE MAN A PUPPY!
- I LOVE YOU WRITERS FOR CATERING TO THE FANS. "Well, look on the bright side. You've still got me." eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. That key is going to break from overuse soon.
WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN.
THIS EPISODE IS A 10.
CAPSLOCK.
Hopefully this will bring LOL to you all. <3
Ok let me start off by saying I love the FUCK out of this show. I love all the pairings, but by far, I ship Arthur/Morgana like burning things that burn a lot and are really hot.
I'm not too happy with the way s2 is coming along, because it seems like they've retconned both Arthur and Morgana, and that makes me sad. Arthur/Gwen had a few shippy moments in s1 (namely the "GueniVERE" that Arthur likes to use. e), but they've established this OMGEPICLOVE in about 2 episodes this season, and it reminds me too much of Smallville. Arthur/Gwen is cute, and I TOTALLY LOVED the kissing scene in 2x02 (holy jawporn WHAT), but please give me more Arthur/Morgana angst & arguing & Morgana playing him like a fiddle & Arthur showing off for her, etc etc, because holy hell, it makes me a happy fangirl.
I DIGRESS!
This episode.
- Squee Arthur helping Morgana on her horse. Any servant could've done that, but Arthur does it. e. I will selectively ignore the staring contest Arthur/Gwen have going on for the sake of some Ar/Mo UST.
- Kidnapper guy is hot in a grungy sort of way. This is never good, i.e Stockholm Syndrome.
- FUCKYEAHHHH badass Morgana! I love the shit out of the Sword Twirly Thing (technical term!) that Arthur does, and excuse me while I file away this fic bunny of Arthur teaching her how to do that.
- Ok let's think about this for a minute. I get that Arthur epically loves Gwen. I also get that Arthur has lived with Morgana most of his life. Morgana comes raging out of the woods, half naked, cut to pieces, scared shitless, and the first thing he asks is "Where's Guinevere?!" Ok at least give the girl an "OMG ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" or, for this fangirl's sake, a hug or something. That's cold, Arthur.
- Morgana loses her shit over Uther basically saying "Eh, fuck the servant girl." Morgana's like "NO! THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND, GODDAMMIT." I love this show for the slash/femslash so much right now.
- I also love Morgana losing her shit at Arthur. "MORGANA! Perhaps if you would stop shouting at me for one minute, you would notice that I am packing." LOLSQUEE. He looks so amused. And cute. And oh Bradley James I love you SFM. His little over-the-shoulder "I'm such a badass" head tilt is wonderful.
- I love Merlin & Gaius's relationship. Merlin's all "Fuck you old man, you can't tell me what to do!" and Gaius is all "I wasn't going to, now come give daddy a hug." XD They're so cute they make my teeth hurt.
- Can I also say Colin is looking QUITE delicious this season? Yes.
- Camelot's knights are so unfortunately stupid. OMG A BARREL. LET'S STAB THE BARREL. OK THE BARREL IS MOVING. LET'S NOT RUN AWAY, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SMART. I swear. XD
- I LOVE YOU, BRADLEY JAMES.
- "There's just no pleasing you sometimes." I think I read a fic that started like that once. I MEAN--
- HELLOOOOO LANCELOT. You are too pretty when you are dirty. Loving the haircut for additional jawporn, but missing the curls. Your new 'stache, however, is rather unfortunate. If Morgana & Gwen can find blowdryers and anti-frizz, surely you can find a Schick razor somewhere.
- HOLY GIANT PIGRATMOLE THING. KILL IT WITH FIRE.
- LMAO Merlin sleeping on the horse. I love this show. It brings the lawls.
- Gwen/Lancelot is so epic. I adored them in Mists of Avalon. The whole Gwen/Lancelot/Arthur ot3 was just WONDERFUL. & CANON. Always good.
- I think Arthur just likes to see Merlin wet. He could have shaken him awake or something. I SEE YOUR KINK, ARTHUR.
- Ok the entrance to the *bum bum buuuuum* Tunnels of Andor looks like it needs a KILLER RABBIT a la Monty Python. BIG NASTY POINTY TEETH!!! Also, three entrances is never a good way to start off a "shortcut".
- omggggggg the slash squee. Merlin looks so scared. "They're like GIANT...baby rats." squee. SQUEE. & they're PIGRATMOLEs, Arthur. We've gone over this.
- "Hey Merlin! Let's smear ourselves with fruit!" I think I read a fic like that once as well...
- I could make so many Warcraft jokes about this cave scene right now.
- I think that PIGRATMOLE just made out with Merlin. XD
- *megaphone* IIIIIIIIIIIII SHIP IIIIIIIIIIIIT! Oh Gwen/Lancelot. You are so cute. I love the finger love they've got going on. <333
- Oh I LOVE you show. I highly approved of shirtless Arthur in episode 1, and now we get somewhat wet Arthur. YESSSSS. I'm easy to please. It's obvious that I watch for the plot.
- Ok I am loving the hell out of Woobie!Arthur, but "I care about her more than anyone!" Really? :/ It's been like 2 episodes, people. Give us a bit more before you throw things like that out! But let's get back to cute Woobie!Arthur, and all imagine he's talking about us. There. That's better.
- AAAAAAAAH BRADLEY AND COLIN. STOP IT WITH THE SUBTEXT AND EYESEX AND JUST...OK NEVER STOP. NEVER EVER. <333333
- :( Gwen! I want to give her a hug. Also, let us all notice how she is clutching Morgana's cloak for dear life. e
- Haha no shit, Lancelot? SMART MOVE. I am really impressed with that sleeping potion/string/ball bearing thing!
- Ok so Gwen can run now? Didn't she sprain/break her ankle? It's been like a day or two...she must have tripped on a plothole. *bahdumTSH*
- "I would die for you 100 times over." AND THE DOUBLE FACE CLUTCH AND KISS?! THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. D'aww! I love that they're writing Gwen to be so pulled by both Arthur and Lancelot. She should do it right in this adaptation and just go OT3, because she didn't in MistsShe goes around wanking, thinking Arthur/Lancelot was immoral (AND CANON!) It's totally not immoral. Unless immoral now means awesome and I missed the memo.
- OK THEY'RE BAD ABOUT KILLING EPIC ARTHURIAN CHARACTERS BEFORE THEIR TIME, SO I SWEAR IF THEY KILL LANCELOT IN THIS EPISODE I WILL CUT A BITCH. THIS SOUNDS LIKE EPIC HEROIC DEATH MUSIC.
- Ok I know they wont kill him with the PIGRATMOLE. Arthur is totally gonna save him. Again, *megaphone* IIIII SHIP IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!
- \Lancelot is like "Goddammit Gwen! What part of 'Run!' don't you understand?! You're british! How have you not seen Doctor Who before?!"
- Three cheers for Arthur's FALCON PUNCH!!!
- AAH! IT'S SO CUTE. They keep tilting their heads back toward eachother & are holding hands and just...I can't watch this. It's too fucking cute.
- I'm anxious to see Arthur come barging in and get all jealous of Lancelot & Gwen for moving in on his girl guy.
- FUCK YES ARTHUR! He is such a badass. He needs to marry me RTFN. He's like "Sup guys? Sup PIGRATMOLE?" OH! And he tosses Lancelot a sword. "HAI BB. HELP ME KILL THIS PIGRATMOLE AND I'LL GIVE YOU A HUG."
- Ok, these two enormously hot, enormously badass men are fighting over Gwen, who is a servant. FUCK YEAH EQUALITY, but...really? I'm getting such a strong Lana vibe from her in this new season. :/
- ARTHUR: We need to get out of here. WHERE'S MY OTHER BOYFRIEND?! MERLIN!!!
- LOLKARMA. How do you like that PIGRATMOLE pet now, bitch?!
- Oh, I feel so evil. Gwen's all "OH LANCELOT! *holds hand*" and Merlin is all "Oh she's holding Lancelot's hand...I wonder what my boyfriend Arthur thinks..." and Arthur is all "MY GIRLFRIEND IS HOLDING MY BOYFRIEND'S HAND AND MY OTHER BOYFRIEND IS CONCERNED. WHAT SHOULD I DO?" Go find Morgana, obviously.
- JFC THIS CAST IS SO HOT. SOOOO HOT. I love them all, I love the interaction, I love all the shippy bullshit, I LOVE EVERYTHING. Oh show. *hugs*
- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Lancelot, why do you have to be so fucking honorable all the time!? Also, I could barely drag myself away from Colin's bone structure to understand WTH was going on in this scene. I WATCH FOR THE PLOT.
- Okay, I know it's not Arthur's fault, it's the retcon, but I LOVE that he's so broken up that Gwen loves Lancelot. I don't agree with him dropping all the UST with Morgana in like 3 episodes, so EAT IT. I'll stop being hateful now.
- MORGANA LOOKS AMAZING GDNAKVLFDAHKFLAFD. I have such a girlcrush on Katie McGrath. She rocks the pale skin. Power to the pale skin!
- OMG I LOVE THIS SCENE. I LOVE ARTHUR AND GWEN AND MORGANA AND...Arthur's really enjoying all that girl love back there.....SOMEONE FIC THIS IMMEDIATELY.
- HOW can Gwen look at those enormous sad blue eyes and not melt to death? CHRIST. D: SOMEONE GET THE MAN A PUPPY!
- I LOVE YOU WRITERS FOR CATERING TO THE FANS. "Well, look on the bright side. You've still got me." eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. That key is going to break from overuse soon.
WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN.
THIS EPISODE IS A 10.
CAPSLOCK.