#1.07 the gates of avalon

[thesorcerersshadow]

WELL,

[twistedshipper]

MERLIN 1.07 The Gates of Avalon

[Morgana wakes from another nightmare.]

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 1.07 The Gates of Avalon

[gvaine]

1.07 — The Gates of Avalon

[dindjarism]

I was nearly killed. For a moment, I felt what it would be like to die a mortal death. He saved me. Someone so weak, so feeble, saved me! I can't bear to be like this for a moment longer.

HOLLIDAY GRAINGER as SOPHIA BBC MERLIN | 1.07 The Gates of Avalon

[saurix5]

1.07 Arthur's Red Eyes Symbolism

Good morning, class. I am here to talk about the glowing red eye effect from the episode The Gates of Avalon. Low-budget effects or hidden symbolism?

Magic in the show is associated with the color gold. Whenever someone casts magic, their eyes glow gold. Yet here, it's red. You could say that it's because Sophia is a Sidhe, so things are different in Avalon. However, she and her father got cast out of Avalon and put into mortal bodies, so they have to play by our rules.

Why show Arthur's eyes turn red when she casts her enchantment? Of course, it's to show him being under her spell. But they could have just shown her eyes change colors and have Arthur's demeanor change before following Sophia out. Clearly, it's to symbolize something.

What does red usually get associated with? Evil. What does it also get associated with in the show? Camelot. More specifically, the Pendragons. But we're supposed to root for Camelot. Arthur isn't evil. To us. To magical people, probably so. After all, he raided two Druid camps (we know the context, but the victims don't, or don't care). He also likely helped capture some sorcerers, which led to innocent and guilty dying alike.

Maybe some don't see Arthur bad as an individual. But he is a Pendragon, and the Pendragons are enemies to the Old Religion. Uther started it, and Arthur continued the persecution (less uptight about it, but ppl still had to hide their magic). Sure, Arthur seemed opened to changing his views multiple times. But he kept reverted back to Uther's views after a tragic event or because Merlin said magic has no place in Camelot.

Therefore, Arthur's eyes turn red because in the eyes of the Old Religion, he is evil. This may be considered foreshadowing how the ban on magic will remain for the rest of the show. Anyways. This has been my Ted Talk. Thank you for coming.

[musicoftheheart]

okay so somrthing that has confused me every time i watch 'the gates of avalon' (ep 1.07) is that sophia and her father have this plan to sacrifice arthur to become immortal again, right? and theyve clearly had this plan a while — at least from the start of the episode

but its only after almost 25 minutes into the episode that aulfric actually learns from the sidhe that they need the soul of a prince for sophia to return to avalon. so like, why were they so sure of their plan before this point? how did they know they needed arthur in order to regain immortality?

[prophetiaemerlini]

[georgevilliers]

the landscapes of merlin - 1.07 the gates of avalon

[eddiediaaz]

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[legendarydreamer4ever]

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[thesorcerersshadow]

i know he’s a under a spell so i’m willing to cut him a lot of slack in this instance but also, the way arthur tells merlin he’d “be a friend for life” if he lied to uther for him and then later, when merlin is trying to help and says he’s his friend and arthur denies it and says hems just his servant… :(

[twistedshipper]

MERLIN 1.07 The Gates of Avalon

[Morgana stirs restlessly in her sleep. She sees the same vision of Arthur drowning with Sophia standing over him. Morgana wakes.]

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 1.07 The Gates of Avalon

[doctorcziken]

1.07 | The Gates of Avalon

[eschercaine]

Arthur being worried for Morgana’s well-being, even asking for a random stranger for help.

And Morgana being worried for Arthur, even threatening Sophia Taken-style.

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