#bbc Merlin 1x10

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MERLIN | 1x10 & 2x13 "The Moment of Truth" & "The Last Dragonlord"

[kissme-withyour-cherrylipstick]

Hunith and Merlin, 1x10, The Moment of Truth

I can't just stick to one style can I? This shot was begging to be painted like this though. 12 hours.

[where-our-stories-start]

Endless Merthur scenes (12/∞)

[merthurdaily]

MERLIN | 1x10 “The Moment of Truth″

[mr-merlin]

“Thank you. I know you didn't have to come.”

[fact-dogsarehappiness]

Maybe the reason why I'm so feral for them is because of "you'll be coming back" and "I came to respect him for what he stands for, what he does" and "I trust Arthur with my life" and "he likes you" and "if he doesn't accept me for who I really am, then he's not the friend I hoped he was" and "you belong at Arthur's side, I've seen how much he needs you, how much you need him, you're like two sides of the same coin" all in the same episode back in season fucking one

[arcanespillo]

“The moment of truth”

Merlin S1E10

[lesbicosmos]

thinking abt the fact that whenever anyone tries to tell merlin that he's just arthur's servant and he has no reason to care about him as much as he does, he's so quick to be like "no actually he's my friend" but then whenever it's the other way around and someone tries to tell him arthur cares about him too, he's all "no im just his servant"

these two are from the SAME episode

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:((

[for-merlin]

[merlinemrys]

merlin being a good man who becomes great and arthur being a great man who becomes good....

[pippin-katz]

Camelot or Merlin?

I've been thinking a lot about The Moment of Truth (1x10) lately, and this scene popped into my head:

Obviously, this is right before the battle, but I want to point something out here. Arthur says, "It's been an honor." as though he suspects they might not survive the fight, and wants to say a proper, respectful goodbye as a warrior would.

Now here's the thing: Arthur, Guinevere, and Morgana are not from Ealdor, and they are only to help Merlin. Logically speaking, it would make sense for them to leave if the battle was unwinnable.

But Arthur is not the type to run from a fight when innocents' lives are on the line. Even before the battle when training the villagers, he thinks that it can't be won, but he doesn't back out. He doesn't leave; he stays and fights with the villagers because he's Arthur, and he does not hold his own life above others. He's the opposite of the king that let Will's dad die. Will went ranting to Merlin about royalty even says, "Well, let's wait until the fighting begins and see who he sends in to die first. I guarantee you, it won't be him."

But it is him; Arthur always goes in first. It doesn't matter what part of a plan or battle he's apart of, he will always go in first and put those fighting with them above his own safety. The Curse of Cornelius Sigan (2x01) is a good example of how selfless he is. When he's cut off from his knights during the fighting, he orders them to retreat and save themselves, knowing full well that he was going to die (if Merlin hadn't been able to save him).

In the case of Ealdor's battle, he hoped they would win and he would fight, but he wasn't expecting it to work (it wouldn't have if Merlin hadn't stepped in with his magic). But he's not going to retreat, he's Arthur; he fully intends to fight until he's struck down.

This is where it gets interesting to me.

Arthur is the Crown Prince of Camelot, heir to the throne, and the commander of the Knights of Camelot. He is entirely dedicated to protecting and bettering the kingdom in any way that he can. He puts his people over everything, including his life. Arthur probably expected that when he would die, he would die in battle protecting Camelot (which he pretty much did in the end).

But he's not in Camelot. He's in a tiny village that's not even in his kingdom. Uther didn't know he was there, but if he had, he would've undoubtedly been absolutely furious, because the logical thing for Arthur to do was leave. He's the Crown Prince, the sole heir to the throne; his life is tied to the future of Camelot. There is no "rational" explanation for him to be there, and putting himself in danger.

But Arthur is completely willing to fight and die defending Ealdor. He's okay with laying down his life for these villagers that aren't even his people. Arthur (intentionally written so or not) puts the fate of Ealdor before the future of Camelot. He puts a little farming village before his entire kingdom, and why?

Because it's Merlin's home. That is how much he cares about him (regardless of interpretation their relationship).

He wasn't supposed to be there. It was possibly illegal for him to be there. Uther mentions their treaty with Cenred is gone, and that an armed force entering his kingdom for any reason would be seen as an act of war; Arthur doesn't go with any knights, but being the prince would likely be enough for Cenred to declare it as a crime.

So Arthur risks his own life, the future of Camelot should he die, and even the present state of Camelot should Cenred have found out he was there.

All for Merlin.

Of course he cares for the innocents in the village, but the only reason he actually traveled to the village in the first place was purely because of Merlin. In any other circumstance, he likely would've said the same thing about wanting to help, but not actually go.

He goes because Merlin goes. It's Merlin's home, and Merlin's leaving, and potentially isn't going to come back if he has to take care of his mother, or if he gets himself killed by the bandits.

Arthur would rather go, knowing all the risks, and die fighting to help him than stay in Camelot, even though his duty is expected to be to Camelot first. And he truly loves Camelot. It is no doubt that the kingdom matters a lot to him. Yet, Merlin's village seems to matter more, or rather Merlin himself seems to matter more.

God I hate and love them so much.

How did they write such a beautiful relationship, likely without meaning to? Obviously, much of their relationship is intentional written that way, but I'm almost positive that some things, like this, happened purely by accident because they didn't think through the all of the implications of their actions.

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Katie: But the chemistry between you, that's undeniable. It's something that just can't be written. I mean, look at this. Katie: Oh, It's so beautiful. Look at this moment. There's such a moment between the two of you. Arthur: Merlin... Katie: "I love you." Colin: Come on, you're just fuelling stuff here for websites to [...] Katie: (laughs) Ok, I'll stop.

MERLIN | 1x10 "The Moment of Truth"

[steve-needs-a-hug]

guess what I saw someone watching on their living room tv while I was walking home? none other than Merlin!! it was the episode where they go to Merlin's hometown :^)

[where-our-stories-start]

Endless Merthur scenes (1/∞)

[deancaslover]

I really like episode 10 of season one. Arthur met Merlin's mom (who can see he has a giant crush on her son after ten seconds basically) and he got jealous of Merlin's friend lol

[magic-in-avalon]

Colin Morgan's eyelashes... Arthur's glance- Merlin's glance- I CAN'T

MERLIN | 1.10 The Moment of Truth