Waiting (im)patiently/Thoughts on 2x08

[varlyns_gambit]

I'm waiting for Merlin 2x08 to load and it's rather boring. Even having my new-and-first Imogen Heap album on repeat is not helping. Okay, maybe it is a little. (Side note: I stumbled onto a fanmix for Arthur that had an Imogen Heap song that I'd been sort of relating to him and M/A. I felt awesome by association.)
So I've decided to catalogue

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[ctkelly]

My qualms with the episode:

shouldn't Morgana have recognised the bracelet as the symbol of her father's household?

For your first point, I was under the impressions that Ygraine thought Uther knew and was putting Camelot before her. Even though Uther said he would've rather had Ygraine over Arthur in 1.09. Remember the lady died moments after childbirth. She must've thought that Uther had sacrificed her in the name of having an heir. So basically, I'm thinking that Ygraine died with all that bitterness. Whereas, over the years since her death, perhaps Uther has built up her image in his mind as so much more than what she really is.

Anyway, now I've got this horrible sense of Ygraine never having loved Uther quite as much as Uther loved her.
So maybe I should read the entire post before attempting to respond to it.

So yeah, you seriously are Uther's bitch. Let me be your voice of reason. =P

Go read thisissirius' reaction post. And coda. All I know is ARTHURMERLINARTHUR

And you thought yours was tl;dr...

[varlyns_gambit]

Yes, Morgana not knowing her own house's symbol was weird. I don't know, maybe Uther brainwashed her? Maybe she just forgot and can only picture dragons now, seeing as she's surrounded by them contantly. Details, continuity- I dismiss them. Just make me a writer now, BBC, I'm obviously qualified.

Remember the lady died moments after childbirth. She must've thought that Uther had sacrificed her in the name of having an heir.Just picking at this point, like, would she have had time to do anything other than have some relief from labour pains and perhaps one moment of holding Arthur? Working out Uther's huge sacrifice and betrayal might've been beyond her just then. Which then leads me to think that Ygraine's been wandering around, not at rest, fixated on the moment of her death and the perception of Uther's betrayal. Which then makes me realise I AM ANALYSING THIS SHOW WAY TOO MUCH

[varlyns_gambit]

Fuck it, I ficced it. Something. IDEK

[ctkelly]

I am only commenting on the fic.

That was an amazing journey through snapshots of Ygraine's relationship with Uther. But those last two lines, really made you feel for her and broke my heart just a little.

[ctkelly]

Another thing. Now I'm just being a bitch.

Remember that it was King Henry the whatever who made the rules bend for him and let him take another wife while the first one was still alive. So let him legally divorce the first one in the eyes of the law and God. He's well after Uther's time.

Once Uther married Ygraine, he had to have an heir with her and no other. Some bastard child with a mistress or otherwise would either disgrace the mistress or the Pendragon... dynasty.

I'm being as historically accurate as the show, hah. Please don't judge me on my lack of knowledge, since I can't figure out how much I've gleamed from fanfic and how much I've actually "learned" from somewhere.

[varlyns_gambit]

I'm replying to this first 'cause it's shorter. :P

[tertius96]

I was under the impression that Uther knew a life would be taken, but was willing to pay the price--provided the life taken was HIS OWN

[varlyns_gambit]

First up: hi there! Nice of you to drop by and share what you were thinking. :) Especially since this post was basically me being overly emotional and super protective of Uther