#after 1x11

[frankiebirds]

oh i know garcia bragged about this for weeks.

[reikurusu]

[braceletofteeth]

I saw you holding the gun. I was afraid that it might accidentally go off. I was afraid that you would get injured.

[booasaur]

The Nevers (2021) - 1x11

[sga-mcshep-4ever]

"It seems Major Sheppard wants you to live. Let's get back to work."

[okmcintyre]

Clarke + Bellamy in the last 5 episodes.

[kingandqueenofgoodtime]

Eliot & Margo + touching each other in the aftermath of the probablity spell

[leslieseveride]

now would be the perfect time to squeeze the juice out of tim bradford like a lemon and make him cry by putting lucy in the hospital while he's still trying to cope with one of his former colleagues committing suicide in front of him, all so i can watch him finally crumble like a house of cards.

[arcanespillo]

“The labyrinth of Gedref”

Merlin S1E11

[adhd-merlin]

I've read the Will post you reblogged, it's all very sweet, but: Merlin himself has said that the years before he came in Camelot were the loneliest years of his life. His mother, Will, the entire village of people not hostile to magic were less dear to him that his destiny service to Camelot. So, no: relationship with Will is secondary to him, there ficwriters are right writing them in such manner. This passage about loneliness was probably created by the writers to emphasize Arthur & Merlin's unusual kind of friendship, like they only have each other, but in fact it devaluated Will for Merlin and the knights for Arthur.

Hi anon! Cool glasses.

Yeah, I haven't analysed that post that deeply, I just thought there were some interesting points in there (as someone who's never given much thought to Will). And for the record, sometimes I might agree with 90% of a meta post and go "eh, I don't know" about the rest — I might still reblog it, because it's still food for thought, and I'm okay with not agreeing 100% with everyone all of the time. (Unless I think they are blatantly wrong about the remaining 10%). People can interpret things differently and that's alright. That's what makes things interesting!

That said.

Merlin himself has said that the years before he came in Camelot were the loneliest years of his life.

This passage about loneliness was probably created by the writers to emphasize Arthur & Merlin's unusual kind of friendship (...) but in fact it devaluated Will for Merlin

Merlin was always lonely. He might have been less lonely in Camelot than he was in Ealdor, just by virtue of being around more people and feeling like he was working towards a bigger purpose, but he was lonely. He is so lonely it's heartbreaking.

It's... lonely. To be more powerful than any man you know, and have to live like a shadow. To be special, and have to pretend you're a fool.

It's a loneliness born out of having to hide his true nature and, at the same time, being unable to befriend those he could be open with about his magic, people like him — Morgana and Mordred, of course, but occasionally also the Baddie of the Week — because fate and prophecies have set them on opposing sides. It's tragic.*

(Colin Morgan himself briefly touches upon Merlin's loneliness in his commentary to Ep 5x02, when he says "there's a sense of loneliness in all the magical characters, I think. [...] All united in the loneliness.")

So, personally, I don't think Merlin talking about his loneliness says anything negative or even especially significant about the quality of his friendship with Will. Merlin was (and remains) lonely because of his nature and of his circumstances. It's not really anything to do with Will.

His mother, Will, the entire village of people not hostile to magic were less dear to him that his destiny service to Camelot

Just because magic isn't banned in Cenred's kingdom, it doesn't mean that the people there are less hostile to magic. If people in Ealdor were tolerant towards magic, Merlin wouldn't have had to hide it the whole time he was there. He might not have been burnt at the stake for it, but it's very much implied he would've been (at the very least) viewed with mistrust or even ostracised by the other villagers.

And I don't believe S1 Merlin considered his mother less important than his destiny. He tries to bargain his life for hers in 1x13. (Even in 2x09 he is ready to give up his destiny to run away with Freya. Also almost killed Arthur, btw. And yes, in my book that is pretty much a murder attempt).

I assume you're saying that because he initially refused to use magic to defend his village? But like I said, Ealdor was only slightly less hostile to sorcerers than Camelot, and Arthur was right there. It wasn't just a matter of what was more important to Merlin, it was a matter of his own survival too. S1 Arthur wasn't ready to hear about Merlin's magic. He literally lectures Merlin about magic being dangerous while he's watching his childhood friend burn on a funeral pyre (dick move, by the way). The man who died saving his life. So that didn't leave Merlin with much choice, despite what Will's rebuke implies.

In the end he does use magic, and he's almost discovered — he only gets away with it because Will takes the blame. So his reluctance in using magic to defend his village wasn't completely unfounded.

Was Will more important than Arthur to S1 Merlin, or even equally important? I suppose that's a matter of interpretation.

The author wrote:

I feel that Merlin’s relationship with Will is something that is important to him, and something that he has never considered to be secondary or less important than the relationships he built in Camelot.

IMO, Will was clearly a dear friend to Merlin, regardless of his comment about feeling lonely in Ealdor. And I don't know if Merlin's relationship with Will was as important to him as the relationships he built in Camelot (in which I include people other than Arthur, like Gaius and Gwen), but it clearly was important.

Will was literally the only person who knew about Merlin's magic, other than his mother, before he met Gaius. The only person he didn't have to hide his true nature from. That's got to count for something.

And as much as Merlin cared about Arthur, he never had that with him. It was, tragically, a very one-sided relationship, until almost the very end.

I think you might still argue that Merlin's relationship with Arthur was more important — if you were so inclined — because of the whole destiny thing and how it gave Merlin a sense of purpose. But based on the friendship alone? Very one-sided, like I said. And I don't think Merlin was significantly less lonely around Arthur.

Sorry, I've just rambled on.

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*I'm 100% sure I wrote a short meta post (well, random thoughts) about this because it's something I've thought about so much. And now I can't find it. Why do I even tag posts when I can't find anything half of the time!!

ETA: found it

[winnie-the-monster]

🥺🥺🥺🥺 I love this scene so much.

[17yearslatewithlattes]

Okay look. So yeah for sure they’ve been pointing and going ‘lol gayboy’ at Dean a good bit more this season, but this episode he’s been explicitly assumed to be gay by two people followed by the ‘you’re pretty butch’ comment from Sam. And Dean’s strong resistance to the statements could so easily read as homophobic posturing, and I assume it was meant to. But. Well. He doesn’t seem offended or angry. He’s trying to posture, but mostly? He looks nervous. Borderline scared.

And yeah his reactions aren’t Good, but they remind me of nothing so much as myself before I was out, when Mom caught me listening to the lesbian musical Fun Home and I rushed to assure her that it was a fine musical but I didn’t really connect with it to it hahaha!

Anyway I’m not trying to say that was the intention in the script or the acting; I’d be shocked if that were the case. I do think though, regarding what wound up on screen. That’s a gayboy right there <3

[trekkingthroughthestargate]

Spock saying he’s never melded with a human before Van Gelder makes me wonder… did he ever meld with Amanda?

As much as I adore the idea of baby Spock melding with her so that she knows he loves her even though he cannot say it, I honestly don’t think that he did. Because if he had done that, then he would have been secure in the knowledge that she knows his love for her because he communicated it through a meld, and it would not have broken down in tears in The Naked Time about never having told her he loves her.

But after his death and resurrection, after finally finding the balance between his human and Vulcan halves, after telling Sarek to “tell her I feel fine”, I like to think that the next time he saw her he melded with her. Finally, after so many years, he was able to tell her that he loved her, as through the meld she is able to experience the love he has for her.

[braceletofteeth]

Mork, if the memories make you suffer or make you cry, please forget about me.

[booasaur]

The Nevers (2021) - 1x07

[mikelogan]

SEX AND THE CITY 1x11 THE DROUGHT

After sleeping together for many weeks, Mr. Big and I had gotten comfortable enough to really sleep together.