OKAY just as i was saying that series 5 hasn’t been gay enough i am TWO (2) MINUTES INTO EP10 AND GWEN, ARTHUR AND MERLIN ARE OUT FOR A PICNIC AND MERLIN MOCKS ARTHUR’S CHEESY LINE ABOUT GWEN WITH A HORSE NOISE YOU KNOW THE ONE AND ARTHUR COMES AT HIM ‘are you mocking your king??’ and Merlin’s like ‘no, no don’t worry i wasn’t’ AND ARTHUR IS NOW UP CLOSE TO HIM AND SAYS ‘there’s a special punishment reserved for such.. impudence’ HMMMMMMMMM UH HUH I BET THERE IS, SIRE
and there was a seductive pause before the word impudence and he says it in such this dark, predatory tone he’s gonna tear Merlin apart later UMMMMM please stop flirting in front of Gwen who am i kidding ot3 all the way lmao
and they have a full blown staring match and you can hear the gears turning in Merlin’s head and then Arthur laughs and plays it off as a joke LMAOOOOO KING just say you’re gonna punish him tonight and leave