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MERLIN | 4x13 "The Sword in the Stone : Part Two"
#merlinedit#merlin#bbc merlin#merlin bbc#merthur#merthuredit#merlin x arthur#arthur#arthur pendragon#season 4#4x13#tvedit#perioddramaedit#*#riya
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MERLIN | 4x13 “The Sword in the Stone Part Two″
#merlinedit#merlin#bbc merlin#merlin bbc#merthur#merlin x arthur#merthuredit#bradley james#colin morgan#arthur pendragon#season 4#4x13#*merthurgifs#tvedit#perioddramaedit#*rumi
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"Sun comin' up on a dream come around" - hozier
#merlin#arthur pendragon#guinevere pendragon#bbc merlin#bbcm#merlin 4x13#the sword in the stone#merlinedit#hozier#sia's edits#mergwenthur#merwenthur
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BAMF EMRYS
#merlin#bbc merlin#merlin bbc#merlin emrys#merlinedit#he's FABULOUS in this episode#he looks like a true DRAGONLORD#the strongest sorcerer ever#and literally a puppetmaster#he ran the whole show for BOTH the Pendragon siblings#my gifs#merlin 4x13
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Strange Land - Clannad
#bbc merlin#merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#merlinedit#merlin edit#i've never coloured anything before can you tell 😅😂#viruscreates#clannad x merlin#i'm gonna do something with that tag i will!!#4x05 his fathers son#4x13 the sword in the stone (pt.2)#5x11 the drawing of the dark#please click for better quality#tumblr killed the quality#clannad band#merlin 4x05#merlin 5x11#merlin 4x13
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sometimes when i'm consuming media i like to make timelines of what's happening so that i can understand/keep track of it better
for several months now i've had a faded timeline of The Sword in the Stone Part 1 on my window right in front of where I sit every day and. well.
Day 2 - Elyan is tortured to the limit of human endurance. Arthur gets peasant clothes.
#god i love this show#brilliant episode as well#its just hard to belief they blended such a serious storyline and grave consequences for so many of the characters with simpleton!arthur#writers i love you what kind of crack were you on#bbc merlin#4x12#the reason i made this timeline in particular was so that i knew how long the guys in the dungeon had been starved for#but when i rewatched 4x13 i wasn't at home so i still don't have that answer#i'll get it to you soon (it'll go in my whump tallies which i shall release to the public when they're finished)
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the ending of merlin 4x13 will never fail to piss me off. because there’s nothing like watching a perfectly good queer ship get fucked over for the straight one again...
#did gwen ever even want to become queen?#i highly doubt it#she loved arthur but she didn't want to be queen#plus it's not gwen's destiny to unite the kingdoms of albion and bring back magic#that's merlin and arthur's shared destiny#gwen loved lancelot and they got fucked over GLORIOUSLY for arwen to happen#they could've just made merlin and arthur a couple and let gwen live in peace#but noooooo#heaven forbid we have a gay couple in a family show#fuck off with that#homophobia is garbage#merlin 4x13#bbc merlin#merthur#anti arwen
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Merlin: No, most of them escaped. And they’ll be here in the forest. I’m sure of that.
Arthur: If they are, they’ll have to find themselves a new king.
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Dazzling sunlight turns the unpaved red-dust streets of the lower town to fine bronze. From the head of the main road to its tail, children and elders alike hang halfway out of open doors by the frames and tug back window curtains with such frantic and eager force that they rip free of their hooks and tumble down upon their unsubdued owners. Laborers and craftspeople lay down their tools and abandon their fields, their workshops, their patrons’ homes to join the throngs in fixing their eyes on the path down from the mountain keep. Buzzing whispers flit back and forth among the gathered folk as bees might be observed going about their daily labors:
The new king is coming.
The wait seems a glad yet restless eternity. Not a single mind lingers on doubts of the ruler’s imminent descent to walk among the peasantry and offer greetings and accept much-earned laudation; they only hope the descent will be more imminent rather than less, on the scale of such things. With baited breath, they wait until finally, finally, the rhythmic pat of footsteps much like anyone else’s in volume and pitch yet distinct, unmistakable in some manner by which the townspeople swear they would know who approached even if the sound was not swallowed in its entirety by a pair of cheerfully redundant trumpets heralding the monarch’s arrival.
This vision greets the citizens of Camelot as it sweeps through the town:
A pair of simple, well-cut trousers tucked into freshly polished though obviously well-loved boots. A long white linen tunic whose hemline rustles in the spring breeze on the one side, the other pinned down by a radiant golden sword belted at the hip. Overtop, a cloak of deep scarlet - the finest article in the ensemble, aside from the sword - embroidered with swirling starbursts and swooping dragons done in shimmery gold thread. Finally, a familiar freckled face and flyaway dark curls topped with a crown of minute ivory flowers rather than the standard one of metal; a heartstring-yanking smile that, just a few short weeks ago, many feared they would never see again.
She is ours, now, irrevocably. She cannot be sent away.
Long live King Guinevere, the People’s King!
#bbc merlin#guinevere#fanfic#4x13#au#love screwing with traditionally gendered titles#anyway wouldn’t it have been cool if this happened#just kidding#unless…
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‘I’m good with a sword that’s all’
Always found this exchange utterly heartbreaking, Arthur’s just discovered his uncle who he completely trusted has betrayed him, he’s lost his kingdom, his social standing and more critically, he’s lost faith in himself, which is an easy thing to do if you’re Uther’s son and been conditioned to think of yourself as never quite good enough.
Yet to hear him say this to Merlin, you just want to give him a big hug. Well I do. 🤗
This is why I loved Arthur despite his many faults and frailties, he had this inherent vulnerability and honesty, deep down he never thought he was quite good enough and worthy enough to fulfil his great responsibilities.
Thank God Merlin was there to provide him with the support he needed at key moments and show Arthur how much he was loved and respected by his people.
MERLIN 4.13 ⋄ The Sword in the Stone
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Adam raised a Cain
BBC Merlin, The Beginning of the End (1x08) /// Cut by Catherine Lacey /// BBC Merlin, To Kill the King (1x12) /// Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente /// BBC Merlin, The Crystal Cave (3x05) /// Someday I'll Love by Ocean Vuong /// BBC Merlin, The Witch's Quickening (2x11) /// Cassandra, Florence and the Machine /// BBC Merlin, The Coming of Arthur: Part 1 (3x12) /// The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde /// BBC Merlin, The Coming of Arthur: Part 2 (3x13) /// Adam Raised a Cain, Bruce Springsteen /// BBC Merlin, The Sword in the Stone: Part 2 (4x13)
#she got Daddy Issues#ok but Uther as Adam. like he actually committed original sin by eating the forbidden fruit. but he blames it on Eve for 'tempting' him#one man's refusal to accept responsibility for his actions leading to the systemic oppression of women and sorcerers as 'punishment'#I went to catholic school#morgana pendragon#morgwen#< not morgwen but all the morgwen girlies are also insane about morgana's family trauma#morgan le fay#katie mcgrath#morgana and arthur pendragon#bbc merlin#merlin#merlin meta#bbc merlin meta#merlin web weave
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MERLIN PARALLELS 4x05 | 4x13
#merlinedit#merlin#bbc merlin#merlin bbc#arthur x morgana#arthur#morgana#morgana pendragon#annis#season 4#4x05#4x13#tvedit#perioddramaedit#merlinparallels#*#jagoda
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Swordswoman Showdown Round 1 Part 3
Elizabeth Swann (Pirates of the Caribbean) vs Morgana (BBC Merlin)
(Better here in a "preferred character" sense, not "who would win in a fight")
Propaganda below cut
Elizabeth
LITERALLY MADE THE PIRATE KING SHE WAS THAT GOOD. all the other characters had some kind of teaching that gave them their skills, Elizabeth fights her way into it and shows she’s earnt it by being absolutely terrifying with a sword. Literally gets married mid sword fight which is all you really need to know.
Morgana
She looks really awesome with a sword
Okay yes later on she turns more to the evil magic offensive but early seasons Morgana??? Canonically better than Literal King Arthur till she was stopped from regularly practicing, swinging her sword and killing people with ease and bantering all the while; The corridor scene. 4x13 34:37 to 34:57. When she’s walking down the hall in her black dress and full witch look and taking out the knights with just such Ease and Casualness and then it ends with her turning and the tapestry behind her lines up to give her the black Angel wings??? Omg. Changed my life. Never wanted to be someone more and never will again. Just. Go watch the scene guys omg.
Switched to magic in later seasons, but she was initially a Sword Lady
#elizabeth swann#pirates of the caribbean#morgana#bbc merlin#swordswoman showdown#poll#round 1#official
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He deserves to be proud. He deserves to shout it from the rooftops. Yet both time he says it, he says it strongly sure, but he is breaking emotionally. He speaks these words to Arthur's family, to the men Arthur loves but who choose to hurt him, and who he is forced to hurt in return. And before they die, as they gaze upon him and see him for who he truly is (while he hides away from Arthur, the only man he ever wants to be seen by), they point out the thing that hurts him most.
You lied to him.
All the while he faces his biggest fear, his fear of discovery, in the face of the very people it was most dangerous to be discovered by. Agravaine, the traitor, deep in Arthur's counsel. Uther, the tyrant, chief among the enemies and persecutors of sorcerers.
Merlin never had a choice. He deserved to be proud, and the times he got to proclaim his identity were the times it killed him the most.
“How you’ve managed to deceive him.”
4.13 | 5.03
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Yeah tbh, everything with Season 5 is ://///// Everyone and everything is so off and all they care about is arriving at Camlann and none of it feels authentic or earned to me. Like never mind the fact that this show was supposed to be a prequel to the legendary King Arthur days, everyone has these moments of acting so OOC just to push this weird unearned plot line. I have issues with Season 4 but I prefer to think the show ended with 4x13 and just ignore everything with Season 5 lol.
And about Gwen - nah it’s still a shit show I’ve been around since 2008 and this fandom has never talked about or treated her properly. They never will apparently but at least Angel doesn’t have to cop the vitriol directly to her face anymore.
yeah it really was just a push to DOTD and on one hand that finale has been the plan since s1 and i actually like DOTD because of past set-ups from previous seasons
however, all of it comes at a cost of some solid character building in s5
s4 ends with the sword in the stone legend and a (sort of) repeat “take back the castle” from s3’s finale that cements Arthur as King Arthur. so, i totally get your thoughts of “yeah, bbc merlin ends here for me” because it completes the build up to King Arthur and leaves the rest of his reign up to our interpretation
but then s5 comes around and where we are supposed to see how the Once and Future King’s reign’s been going, it sort of shows us that “yeah, sure, Arthur’s made some changes and allies but also not much has changed from s4 and magic is still presented as the evil antagonist and now we are one a faster countdown bc Camlann soooooooooo”
idk man :/ like i want to like s5 bc DOTD was so good (bc of how much had been built up all 5 seasons) but also i have so many “what if” scenarios that are for changing a lot of s5’s plot lmao
like the ending was inevitable and they could have still reached it without making those narrative choices for s5. in my humble opinion of course
#the whole Mordred plot is so interesting and could have been handled better#like i am not the first one to say it but come ON bbc :(((#Mordred is such a key character in arthuriana and yet he feels like a ‘oh yeah this guy needs to be our catalyst right’#like you made him such a sweet guy then made his reason for betraying Arthur feel rushed :/#him holding the memory of both Morgana AND Arthur as good people and have him struggle with it could have been so much more compelling!!!!!#but it’s fine#it’s whatever#that is what we have fix-its for#bbc merlin#asks#bbc merlin s5#also god is this fandom so bad when it comes to gwen#disappointed to hear the discourse is still bad in our year 2024 but also not surprised :/#also how some ppl defend her but only the bash other characters :/ you are part of the problem too#we didn’t deserve Angel she plays Gwen so well and i loved every scene of her but man :(#late apology but i am so sorry Angel 🙇♀️ yeah you don’t have to put up with us now and never had to since 2012#hope you’re doing well <3
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#his eyes are my weakness <3
#merlin#bbc merlin#merlin bbc#colin morgan#merlinedits#merlinedit#merlin emrys#my edit#merlin 4x13#BLUE EYES
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