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themadpokerIt's been awhile since I've done one of these. :)
- Oh man, I can’t even describe my feelings when I saw Morgana stumble out of the woods. I mean I knew it would happen? I saw it in the trailer? BUT OH MY GOD MY GIRL I MISSED YOU.
- ONLY TO BE ECLIPSED BY MY FEELINGS UPON ESPYING GWEN’S FACE OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD. –CLUTCHES AT SCREEN-
- HER HAIR. HER CONCERNED FACE. AGAIN HER HAIR. NINE MONTHS WAS FAR TOO LONG A WAIT. ♥♥♥
- Oh no! I mean Morgana’s plotting obviously but do you know how much I wanted a proper no holds barred confrontation between her and Merlin? HE TRIED TO POISON HER.
- Haha, gratuitous shirtless Arthur came early this year. xD Sorry bb. I watched Oh My Lady, compared to Sung Min Woo this is nothing. You’re going to have spend a significantly larger amount of time sans top to match the sheer hilarity and gratuity of Oh My Lady’s fanservice.Also umm work out a little more, I’m sorry! –hides-
- :/ Morgana’s wearing white again. I do not like this, I saw what the White Dress of Passivity did to her last season.
- Oh Merlin, you are so SUBTLE with your looks of evil. xD Ehh, I don’t mind, it wouldn’t be our show if they didn’t make their points with all the subtlety of a hammer.
- So uhh, still super practical with your choices of clothing Morgana? xD I’m kind of amazed her horse didn’t trip over that cloak, he must be really well trained.
- Okay I’m having fun, really I am, but where’s Gwen? D= It’s been nine months show. NINE MONTHS. I need to see a little more than a two second reaction shot while Morgana rests.
- Oh there you are! Now for some lines. Or if that’s too much to ask, at least more than a one second glimpse as the camera sweeps behind Morgana and Uther’s hug.
- ...0_o!!! So uhh I’m guessing there isn’t going to be a redemption plot for Morgana huh? You don’t get forgiven for killing non-magical people on this show.
- =( I could have done with a more substantive scene between Gwen and Morgana there. I fear all my apprehensions on whether the show would actually bother to show us their relationship’s deterioration were well founded.
- “You’re a woman of great courage Morgause but I do not think with my sword”. I...what...mind overloading with all jokes I could be making. –explodes-
- I. What. Seriously? If they start to lose faith in him? The man committed genocide! I don’t think there are all that many with faith in him to start with! Afraid sure but faith?
- She didn’t even look under the bed when retrieving the mandrake? Didn’t hear a thing when Merlin hid? I think I forgot how much this show relies on the Law of Convenient Coincidences.
- So Morgause did tell her they’re sisters! I wonder how Morgana took that bit of news? You’re ficcing that now, right fandom?
- I take it back, she did notice! \o/ That was a pleasant change, it's about time someone caught lurker Merlin.
- Oh my gosh, is Morgause going to find out Merlin's magic? That could be a really interesting plot turn for the show! -crosses fingers- Come one, come on, yes there's something he's not telling you, think it over I know you can do it!
Okay so now I'm done. Let's try for some post-ep feelings now.
+ So primarily this episode leaves me wanting some fic. Briefly: i. the fic that details Morgana and Gwen's relationship breakdown starting with season 2 and giving us some missing scenes from 3.01, ii. the fic covering Morgana and Morgause's Year of Evil, particularly Morgana's feelings on finding out she has a surprise!sister, iii. fill in the gaps fic on Uther's quest to find Morgana. There were a lot of dead bodies there at the beginning, who's been killing them? Does Morgause have that many men? Are people using Uther's quest as a prime opportunity for some Camelot revenge? Someone explain it because I'm sure the show won't, and iv. Gwen during the year gap. What's she been doing? Was my post 2.13 theory about her working under Gaius correct? It seems like it could be possible, she answered to him when they brought Morgana in. And if so, how does she feel about going back to being Morgana's maidservant again?
+ I...do not know how I feel about evil!Morgana? I was hoping for some shades of gray there but this was the premiere. 2.01 didn't show the characters at their best either, I can only hope they write her with a little more complexity as the season passes. Even just a hint that she's feeling anything more than 'must destroy Uther and take over Camelot, don't care who I gotta cut on the way' would be good. And maybe tone down the evil smirking a bit. Really Morgana, your secret will be out by next episode if you keep this up.
+ I loved the ghosts. Seriously, I want so much exploration of Uther's psyche via visions in the next episode. Ygraine in the well? The dripping child? Fantastically creepy and potential for so much character exploration. The way he reacted to the child tells us so much right there. Guilt? Shame? Nope. What are you doing here, I will kill you again if I have to. I guess I can almost understand why they're playing things up so black and white with evil!Morgana because otherwise how can you convince the viewers she's wrong? Uther should die, the man utterly loses his head when it comes to magic. I want Arthur to step up sooner rather than later.
+ Holy anachronisms Batman! I forgot how strange the dialogue on Merlin comes across at times. Sometimes it fits into Ye Olde Magical Kingdom setting but then suddenly it's like Camelot High. Idk, it just brought me out of the episode a couple of times. Someone should check the scripts for tone consistency.
+ It seems Merlin and lack of appreciation is going to be a thing this year? They mentioned it quite a few times. I don't know where they can take that though, they already had him almost leave last year. Or well, I do know where they can take it, they could have Arthur finally finding out but something tells me we won't get that until season five if ever. :l
+ Other developments it looks like they're pushing: Uther as Morgana's father? That's how I read the scene with Gaius anyways. I'm curious as to where that leaves Morgause though. Is she her half sister through Uther or through her mother? It looks like we can add cheating on to Uther's list of sins. Seriously, I don't understand why we're meant to root for this guy to live.
Okay, I'm done now! Going to check the flist for your reaction posts, I just wanted to get out my ~pure~ uninfluenced feelings first.
- Oh man, I can’t even describe my feelings when I saw Morgana stumble out of the woods. I mean I knew it would happen? I saw it in the trailer? BUT OH MY GOD MY GIRL I MISSED YOU.
- ONLY TO BE ECLIPSED BY MY FEELINGS UPON ESPYING GWEN’S FACE OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD. –CLUTCHES AT SCREEN-
- HER HAIR. HER CONCERNED FACE. AGAIN HER HAIR. NINE MONTHS WAS FAR TOO LONG A WAIT. ♥♥♥
- Oh no! I mean Morgana’s plotting obviously but do you know how much I wanted a proper no holds barred confrontation between her and Merlin? HE TRIED TO POISON HER.
- Haha, gratuitous shirtless Arthur came early this year. xD Sorry bb. I watched Oh My Lady, compared to Sung Min Woo this is nothing. You’re going to have spend a significantly larger amount of time sans top to match the sheer hilarity and gratuity of Oh My Lady’s fanservice.
- :/ Morgana’s wearing white again. I do not like this, I saw what the White Dress of Passivity did to her last season.
- Oh Merlin, you are so SUBTLE with your looks of evil. xD Ehh, I don’t mind, it wouldn’t be our show if they didn’t make their points with all the subtlety of a hammer.
- So uhh, still super practical with your choices of clothing Morgana? xD I’m kind of amazed her horse didn’t trip over that cloak, he must be really well trained.
- Okay I’m having fun, really I am, but where’s Gwen? D= It’s been nine months show. NINE MONTHS. I need to see a little more than a two second reaction shot while Morgana rests.
- Oh there you are! Now for some lines. Or if that’s too much to ask, at least more than a one second glimpse as the camera sweeps behind Morgana and Uther’s hug.
- ...0_o!!! So uhh I’m guessing there isn’t going to be a redemption plot for Morgana huh? You don’t get forgiven for killing non-magical people on this show.
- =( I could have done with a more substantive scene between Gwen and Morgana there. I fear all my apprehensions on whether the show would actually bother to show us their relationship’s deterioration were well founded.
- “You’re a woman of great courage Morgause but I do not think with my sword”. I...what...mind overloading with all jokes I could be making. –explodes-
- I. What. Seriously? If they start to lose faith in him? The man committed genocide! I don’t think there are all that many with faith in him to start with! Afraid sure but faith?
- She didn’t even look under the bed when retrieving the mandrake? Didn’t hear a thing when Merlin hid? I think I forgot how much this show relies on the Law of Convenient Coincidences.
- So Morgause did tell her they’re sisters! I wonder how Morgana took that bit of news? You’re ficcing that now, right fandom?
- I take it back, she did notice! \o/ That was a pleasant change, it's about time someone caught lurker Merlin.
- Oh my gosh, is Morgause going to find out Merlin's magic? That could be a really interesting plot turn for the show! -crosses fingers- Come one, come on, yes there's something he's not telling you, think it over I know you can do it!
Okay so now I'm done. Let's try for some post-ep feelings now.
+ So primarily this episode leaves me wanting some fic. Briefly: i. the fic that details Morgana and Gwen's relationship breakdown starting with season 2 and giving us some missing scenes from 3.01, ii. the fic covering Morgana and Morgause's Year of Evil, particularly Morgana's feelings on finding out she has a surprise!sister, iii. fill in the gaps fic on Uther's quest to find Morgana. There were a lot of dead bodies there at the beginning, who's been killing them? Does Morgause have that many men? Are people using Uther's quest as a prime opportunity for some Camelot revenge? Someone explain it because I'm sure the show won't, and iv. Gwen during the year gap. What's she been doing? Was my post 2.13 theory about her working under Gaius correct? It seems like it could be possible, she answered to him when they brought Morgana in. And if so, how does she feel about going back to being Morgana's maidservant again?
+ I...do not know how I feel about evil!Morgana? I was hoping for some shades of gray there but this was the premiere. 2.01 didn't show the characters at their best either, I can only hope they write her with a little more complexity as the season passes. Even just a hint that she's feeling anything more than 'must destroy Uther and take over Camelot, don't care who I gotta cut on the way' would be good. And maybe tone down the evil smirking a bit. Really Morgana, your secret will be out by next episode if you keep this up.
+ I loved the ghosts. Seriously, I want so much exploration of Uther's psyche via visions in the next episode. Ygraine in the well? The dripping child? Fantastically creepy and potential for so much character exploration. The way he reacted to the child tells us so much right there. Guilt? Shame? Nope. What are you doing here, I will kill you again if I have to. I guess I can almost understand why they're playing things up so black and white with evil!Morgana because otherwise how can you convince the viewers she's wrong? Uther should die, the man utterly loses his head when it comes to magic. I want Arthur to step up sooner rather than later.
+ Holy anachronisms Batman! I forgot how strange the dialogue on Merlin comes across at times. Sometimes it fits into Ye Olde Magical Kingdom setting but then suddenly it's like Camelot High. Idk, it just brought me out of the episode a couple of times. Someone should check the scripts for tone consistency.
+ It seems Merlin and lack of appreciation is going to be a thing this year? They mentioned it quite a few times. I don't know where they can take that though, they already had him almost leave last year. Or well, I do know where they can take it, they could have Arthur finally finding out but something tells me we won't get that until season five if ever. :l
+ Other developments it looks like they're pushing: Uther as Morgana's father? That's how I read the scene with Gaius anyways. I'm curious as to where that leaves Morgause though. Is she her half sister through Uther or through her mother? It looks like we can add cheating on to Uther's list of sins. Seriously, I don't understand why we're meant to root for this guy to live.
Okay, I'm done now! Going to check the flist for your reaction posts, I just wanted to get out my ~pure~ uninfluenced feelings first.
