#1998 merlin

[fozmeadows]

I just finished the Tithenai Chronicles — looooved them!! You’re truly such a fabulous writer, and I felt incredibly seen by Velasin and his story. Those books rly touch the core of what it’s like to be queer and to keep going and to find happiness despite the trauma (with added fantasy fun!!). It felt like coming home as a queer reader

that being said I do have an incredibly important question:

did bbc merlin affect you at a critical age?

this survey is for science thank you for your time

Aaaah, thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed them :D As for your incredibly important question: while I never got into BBC Merlin, as a certified Mythology Nerd, I was affected by a different Merlin property at a formative age - the 1998 Merlin TV miniseries, which is (IMO) woefully underappreciated. It's camp and silly in parts, incredibly affecting in others, and doubtless hasn't aged perfectly (it's been a while since I've seen it), but to this day, it remains my favourite Arthurian adaptation, as out of everything I've seen, it keeps closest to (a version of) the canon while interrogating it through an arguably feminist lens. Also, in terms of the casting, it's up there with the original 1994 Interview With A Vampire for having Literally Goddamned Everyone in a single production, like:

Just look at this! An insanely stacked cast, and as I look this up now on IMDB, I'm learning that Sebastien Roche (aka Balthazar on Supernatural) was also there, which all by itself is making me want to watch it again, just to see what he looked like in his larval stage. Which is the other answer to this question re: Significant Fandom Properties Of The 2000s-2010s: I didn't get into BBC Merlin, but I was deeply invested in SPN and Teen Wolf for a while there. Make of that what you will!

[medievalandfantasymelee]

I wasn't expecting to do this poll so soon, but as all of our Merlins were unhorsed in the Qualifying Round, it's time to determine by popular vote...

[quasi-normalcy]

Thinking about this 1998 TV movie called "Merlin" with Sam Neill in the title role and monsters created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. It was a retelling of Arthurian legend, but with Merlin fighting all the while against the Fairy Queen Maab, who bitterly resents the spread of Christianity into the British Isles; but anyways, what I remember about it is that the big, climactic final battle against Maab is a sort of anticlimax, because Merlin just gets everyone to stop believing in the Fae and...that's it. There's not even a fight after that. They all just walk out of the room while Maab screams at them, but it doesn't even matter anymore because she's just become completely irrelevant; not even worth fighting.

And of course, nerds at the time were making fun of this ending (and maybe it wasn't particularly well-written; I don't remember, I was 10 when I saw it). But I actually think that it's kind of brilliant. Because that's sort of how political power actually works; it seems completely invincible right up until enough people stop believing in it, and then suddenly...it's gone.

Anyways, that sticks with me.

[dabingusbongus]

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[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

[prettysweetprettysweet]

Merlin (1998 Miniseries)

Costume Design for Queen Mab (Miranda Richardson)

Costume Designer: Ann Hollowood

[castlebunny]

fantasy princess core ˗ˏˋ✩ˎˊ˗

[rosalie-starfall]

Queen Mab

Merlin - 1998

[cybersexuality]

Frik “Isn’t that rather unworthy of us?” - Mordred “Unworthy? What does that mean, mother?” - Morgan “Oh, I’ve forgotten. What does it mean?” - Queen Mab “Yes, it is unworthy. But I don’t like to be told, Frik.”

[perioddramapolls]

Period dramas dresses tournament: Blue dresses Round 1- Group D: Morgan Le Fay, Merlin (gifset) vs Lygia, Quo vadis? (pics set)

Propaganda for Morgan's dress (written by a submitter):

She is magically given Roman-cut clothes in blue silk in order to become a fashionable (we are in the late 5th/ early 6th century after all) pretty lady in order to seduce her brother Arthur and become mother to his heir and nemesis, Mordred.

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

QUALIFYING ROUND: 78th Tilt

Gandalf Mithrandir, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

VS.

Merlin, Merlin (1998)

Propaganda

Gandalf Mithrandir, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Portrayed by: Ian McKellen

“Ian McKellen has always been hot and as Gandalf is no exception”

Merlin, Merlin (1998)

Portrayed by: Sam Neill

“Handsome wizard plagued by Queen Mab, a goddess(?) who wishes to return mankind to the old ways...in the dumbest way possible. Create Merlin then proceed to piss him off, what could go wrong? Back to Merlin himself: Saved his true love multiple times using magic, pretty eyes, pretty hair, and wisdom beyond his years.”

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Additional Propaganda

For Gandalf:

For Merlin:

"1) Have you seen young Sam Neill? Have you?

2) Those EYES.

3) Looks like he might know many secrets."

[weepingwonderlandharmony]

𝖄𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖌 𝕸𝖊𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕹𝖎𝖒𝖚𝖊 (𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖)

[dabingusbongus]

ME AND MY BOI RAZ FUCKING UP THE KITCHEN!!!!

do not look at the monster.

Raz is staring disapprovingly...

[claer]

Isabella Rossellini as Nimue in MERLIN (1998)

[queer-ragnelle]

Join us in the Arthurian Theater Discord Server for Wizard Week!

Tune in Saturday, 17/02/2024, 17:00 GMT for an open watch party screening of "Merlin" 1998. All ages welcome.