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The Diamond of the Day // The Green Knight
on any other tv show the scene where gwaine not-so-subtly admits to merlin that he protects him because he's in love with him would be thee scene everyone points at like omg look a real canon bisexual person in my queerbait show! but because bbc merlin did so much gay shit that was both barely subtext but also never actually text to THIS day everyone (me included) still gets kinda confused about the one (1) explicitly gay scene that got past the 2012 censors like "wait wait what. gwaine saved merlin the exact same way he saved a woman he wanted to sleep with (and did) and then just in case that wasn't clear he went ahead and used context-specific phrasing to spell out to merlin that this is why he's so devoted to him too? because he wants him in the same way? there's no other interpretation? he just does it and acknowledges it and that's that? and we can't pin it on some other factor like a prophecy or duty or a magical metaphor? the entire scene exists to spell out that gwaine has romantic and sexual feelings for merlin? are we sure???" meanwhile gwaine has just been sitting there being canonically bisexual and in canonical love with merlin for over a decade wondering if people are ever gonna retain this information
i get it okay morgana pegs i get it she pegs i understand she doesn't even have penis envy she's just straight up PACKING and she PEGS I GET IT ALRIGHT I GET THE PICTURE
We're good friends. And it's good to be, you know, good friends. // You're the only friend I've got.
MORGANA PENDRAGON 4.21 "The Sword in the Stone pt.1"
please, elaborate on merlin bbc propaganda and stuff
okay basically:
bbc merlin is a show taking place during a genocide
camelot for 20 years has been genociding and ethnically cleansing everyone who can use magic, including magical creatures. They were all either exiled, fled, live in refugee camps or in hiding, and a great many were executed and slaughtered. Generally speaking, life is inhospitable in camelot for magic users.
“So, you have another chance to sing for your supper…”
4x02 // 5x13
gwaine as a character was like..... the funniest thing the writers ever did. because the thing about gwaine was that he wanted arthur genuinely dead at least 50% of the time. secondly it KILLS me that the writers realized they'd created an anti-monarchy void by killing merlin's first rebel best friend so they gave him a second (gwaine). also for an entire two seasons gwaine came back for an adventure and then invoked his own banishment because he could just tell the vibes from camelot were wack. and of course the most important, most hysterical thing about gwaine is that he is, and i mean this with sincerity, merlin's soulmate but both merlin and the writers refuse to acknowledge it
kinda gay of morgana to have prophetic dreams about gwen and subsequently become obsessed with her
morgana: ladies is it gay to dream about another girl every single night? and become enraged at the prospect of her marrying a man? and go out of your way to ruin that? and lock her in a tower with you alone? asking for a friend<3
MERLIN (2008 - 2012) Morgana Pendragon ▶ Season 5, Episode 02: “Arthur’s Bane - Part Two”
what is it abt bbc merlin that makes it. linger
ppl keep talking about unfulfilled potential but that's not it for me. it's something else.
#because it didn’t end. not really#the prophecy wasn’t fulfilled. there was no golden age.#arthur hasn’t returned and they’ve never truly stood side by side as honest equals.#the knights died without saying goodbye. everyone left without saying goodbye. everyone changed without saying goodbye.#there’s so many gaps and plot holes and inexplicable writing decisions but None of them compare to the massive fucking void of that finale.#merlin is at the lake. merlin is still at the lake.#merlin is Still At The Lake and the writers had the gall to look us in the eye and say ‘That is all. Go home.’#there are tragic stories and then there are unfinished stories and this one is unfinished#with tragedy there is a finality to it even if the story ‘continues’ without an audience. but this fucking show didnt finish#and no matter how many fan-made fix-it’s no matter how many headcanons no matter how much art and creativity we do#it will not change that the show is unfinished. the book never closed the curtain never dropped we are waiting at the lake
tags by @surreal-static
i am never going to fucking recover from these tags. fucking hell
yuck!
Merlin 2x02 The Once and Future Queen
gwen + flower details