fadagaski | Merlin 1x13 spoilery review

That episode. Wow. Just. Wow. The het was slightly pasted on, but then the Oral Sex Scene was pretty f-ing blatant.

Then beyond that we had a complete role reversal for Uther and Hunith, with Uther being all sadfaced (ASH rocked this ep) whilst Hunith was all "Yay my son wants to sacrifice himself for me ftw!".

Then we had Richard Wilson's inability to shed a tear even though Colin Morgan utterly pwned this entire ep.

Then we had shirtless Arthur, which, yum. Also, did anyone else catch the 'mom save'? ♥

And then we had Merlin and Morgana. I have thinkyness about them, but I've also got a light fever, so bear with me.

Morgana: is scared. She is so very scared, and it's really interesting that it's become so apparent. Fear is a very good motivator for evil actions (as evinced by Uther), and now that Nimueh's gone, I wonder how far the Beeb and Katie will push that.

Merlin: I honestly don't know whether I saw his darkness coming or not. I mean, okay, Colin pulled it off with such aplomb that it certainly felt natural, but I think I need to marathon the series to see if there are subtle (HA!) hints regarding his hidden nature. Being angry about Arthur and Hunith, fine, but the thing with the Dragon? And then blowing Nimueh to smithereens? Understandable and yet slightly out of left field at the same time.

Things wot I want now:

1) Dark!fic exploring above observations about Merlin and Morgana.

2) A darker S2 that doesn't gloss over same.

3) Any medium of fanwork depicting Merlin's struggle with his selective morality.