#Mithian

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 5.04 Another’s Sorrow

[starrieisdelusional]

this scene in the hunter’s heart 4x11 is probably the source of merlins ff trope where nobles tries to win arthur through merlin and it’s so crazy to me that it’s canon

i love how mithian goes straight to merlin and ask him to give her a chance, because merlin, a servant, is arthur’s closest person

she could have chosen one of the knights, she could have chose gaius, could have chose aggravaine, but she chose a servant, a member outside of the royal court

do i need to say how much outsiders can see that merthur is probaby in love??

[poisonedfate]

bbc merlin - 04x11 The Hunter's Heart

he's nothing if not honest with his opinions

[feelyoubehindmyeyes]

merlin and mithian had an (accidental?) chemistry that was truly potent. the way they recognised something in each other and respected the other for it.

mithian somehow felt merlin’s power and relied on him (especially in s5) without even realising it? she invested her trust in him, perhaps even over arthur?

and merlin grew to be unconsciously protective of her, sensing her fear and noticing her virtuous qualities.

i actually enjoyed arthur with mithian in s4 too, we saw a different side to him for a second there, but she developed this affinity with merlin that can’t be ignored. (lol maybe the point is i just love mithian?)

[merlinladies]

JANET MONTGOMERY as PRINCESS MITHIAN BBC Merlin 5x03 | Another's Sorrow

[justaz]

mithian and elena watching arthur and gwen interact as an engaged couple, right before their wedding: hmm

merlin sneaking up behind them and watching what theyre staring at: whatcha doin?

mithian and elena tug merlin in between them: look!

merlin: i’m looking. what am i looking at?

elena: the way he looks at her!

merlin: with love and adoration?

mithian: like a dear friend. you know, he looked at me like that when we were betrothed

elena: he looked at me like that when we were courting too!

merlin: yeah….because he liked the both of you?

mithian hums her agreement: yes. do you know why we broke it off?

elena: and why we didn’t work out?

merlin: uh because-

elena: because he looked at us like dear friends

mithian: and he looked at you like you were his whole world

[rosemarytales]

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[thefabledpheasant]

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MERLIN | 4x11 “The Hunter's Heart”

[multifandom-aroace]

Gwen's wardrobe in season five makes me sad. (I'm not the best at analysing but please bear with me)

Partly it is the fact that it just doesn't look like something she would wear. Like I get that she looks good. She doesn't look out of place in any way, but her clothes just don't suit her.

obviously she looks regal and beautifully. she looks like a queen, but she doesn't look like gwen.

I understand that what she wore before wasn't exactly what a queen should be wearing, but it feels like in costume design they went a bit too far in the opposite direction. all the colours are too dark, the details don't really fit with her personality. her costumes throughout the show are all relatively similar but once she becomes queen it feels like she changes completely. this probably reflects how her personality changes, which I also don't like. you would think that since she wasn't raised in nobility she would be fair and kind, not willing to kill a servant girl just because she overheard a conversation. it feels like they set it up from the beginning of the season for us to dislike her.

when I think of guinevere I think of costumes like these

these flower corsets are some of my favourite things she wears, and she could have worn something similar when she was queen.

I started thinking, in terms of the show, about why she might have changed her costume design so much and then I thought it might have something to do with respect. swen was a servant turned queen, and probably a lot of the people of camelot wouldn't have liked this much. you know, tradition and shit. so she probably drew inspiration from the other nobility she knew and decided to dress like that. for example, a lot of what she wears is similar to what Morgana wore.

like, obviously thay aren't exactly the same but it feels like there is definitely inspiration here.

this is probably because Morgana was respected (obviously before she because evil).

a lot of the female nobility/royalty clothing we see from camelot and the other kingdoms is Morgana, although we also see this from other visiting people, such as vivian, mithian and elena.

(best picture I could find of her full dress)

obviously elena is wearing a wedding dress here but she is literally marrying Arthur (who gwen married which is why she started wearing these clothes in the first place), and we can see that this colour and style is available to her class.

mithian and vivian are both wearing lighter, more delicate styles, and I get that these aren't anything I could see gwen wearing either but it's definitely closer than what she's actually wears. need I remind you that mithian was supposed to marry Arthur as well?

one thing I could find that is similar is literally gwen's coronation dress. while not exactly the same, it does seem very similar to somathing Morgana wore when she became queen

I feel like the purple and the gold colour scheme seem quite similar, as well as the sleeves and the general embroidered decorations.

I do also feel like this might be the most similar to gwen's original style that she goes in terms of her costumes as queen. it's a lighter colour and the gold decorations feels less heavy than when it is mixed with a darker fabric. this dress is more silky and delicate, rather than one of the first things she wears in season 5

the gold appears to be maybe a darker shade of gold especially when mixed with the maroon colour of the dress. this dress is clearly perfect for a queen, but it just doesn't feel like gwen. (not necessarily connected to Morgana jsut another point)

i guess what she was trying to do was remind the people of camelot that she was to be respected, and she knew how much people had loved Morgana. vivian and elena, on the other hand, were not. they were only in camelot for a short time but in that time they didn't really get people to like them. vivian was rude and elena was a bit 'weird' to them (not sure how else to describe their reactions to her). gwen didn't even meet mithian because she was in exile (another reason she needed people to respect her), so Morgana was the best person to take inspiration from.

the connection to morgana's outfits could also represent the connection between them later in the season and when gwen is under her control

overall, I think they did gwen dirty in the final season and she definitely deserved better.

[atdawn]

MERLIN | 5.04 Another’s Sorrow

[camelotsheart]

i love the way merlin knew something was wrong with mithian because he could see fear in her eyes when he caught one of her and grunhilda's interactions

merlin knew mithian by her courage, aka the courage to come to a foreign kingdom to marry a king she barely knew for the sake of her people. she's not one to hide feelings, unlike arthur, and merlin has a knack for seeing hidden emotions because he's spent years on the lookout for ill-intentioned people to protect camelot (... and he also interacts daily with arthur 'denial is a river in egypt' pendragon)

their interactions and quick understanding of the other's values and character is so 🤌

[poisonedfate]

bbc merlin - 04x11 The Hunter's Heart

merlin having a soft spot for people who can actually see through arthur and the performance he puts on? someone who, at least somewhat, sees arthur the way he himself does? well, colour me shocked

[abbyofthefirenation]

just watched anothers sorrow and even though they barely interacted mithian was yet another person merlin had potential with. colin morgan really had chemistry with everyone on that damn cast.

[merlinladies]

MERLINLADIES’ FAVOURITE COSTUMES MITHIAN’S black hood and white tunic in 5x04 “Another's Sorrow”