#braldey james

[brolinskeep]

BBC’s Adventures of MERLIN 2008 - 2012 ❧10th anniversary rewatch☙

[theherosreturn]

Braldey: Alright then, lead the way.

(Irida and Arezu clearly were feeling like fish out of water…not due to the cold in Irida’s case, she didn’t even feel a thing despite not wearing cold-appropriate clothing. Course, what would be seen next would be either good or bad…depending on if the enemy machinations were showing signs of their presence yet or not)

*The heroes would be shown Atlas's many "achievements" from over the years...Given what the heroes have seen in the technological department before going to Atlas, this really wasn't all too impressive...Plus, Uzi could definitely tell that their security bots didn't have the greatest security and could potentially get hacked by people who knew a thing or two about hacking*

Goldie, after something massive caught her eye specifically: Wait...What the hell are those?? *She pointed at both the massive moth larvae that was in hibernation and the currently in-stasis dinosaur robots*

James Ironwood, after arriving at last to greet the heroes: We are currently still unsure of what these things are or where they came from but our greatest scientists are currently doing all they can in looking into these beings-!

Uzi: Those "Dinobots" are clearly cybertronian in nature and the moth larvae is definitely some type of Kaiju. (James: What?) I just saved "your greatest scientist" one helluva headache that'd waste more time than necessary...

Winter: How do "you" know what these things are?

Uzi: We met and fought quite a few before you guys were even introduced to the multiverse...We've handled way worse...The Moth is more of a guess that I can definitely tell is the right answer.

(Meanwhile with The Metal Legion)

*Without anyone noticing, the entire city was slowly and subtly being lowered down to a more vulnerable state thanks to this unnatural slime that was spilling and working its way through the entire city's systems*

???: [City Server hijack is now at 65% completion]

(Meanwhile with The Savage Scavengers)

Master Xero: Have the disguise kits been attached to the vehicles yet? (Phantom Eyes: We've just got confirmation that they indeed work on the vehicles!) Excellent~...Tell everyone to enact phase 2 of Operation: Liberation at midnight to hide ourselves more easily in the dark...

Phantom Eyes: Yes master!

[honestlyandrogynousnightmare]

Merlin: I can explain-

Arthur: can you?

Merlin: give me thirty seconds to think of a lie

[mrmorgan-mrjames]

Braldey James - Instagram

“Here’s me in an interview subtly giving tonight’s episode two thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻 #Damien Tonight at 9 on FOX UK”

Source => https://www.instagram.com/p/CK4Jf6pLSBQ/

[merlinreposts]

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[honestlyandrogynousnightmare]

Arthur: I'm going to take you out

Merlin: great it's a date

Arthur: I meant that as a threat

Merlin: see you at five!

[itllcometoyou]

WHERE DID PEOPLE FIND OUT THAT BRADLEY LIVES WITH EOIN OK WHAT CAN SOMEONE LINK SOMETHING IS IT ON YOUTUBE OR AN INTERVIEW WHATS GOING ON I NEED THE LOW DOWN GUYYYYSSS

[loveiswhatbindsus]

Merlin

I really enjoyed this episode of Merlin. It seemed to flow nicely. Some of them seem to be choppy, but this one had a nice rhythm. I think it was also written very well :) I love Dragoon :P one of my favourite characters, allows you to kind of see the real Merlin :) Angel's acting was very good too :) her ability to change her emotions quickly is amazing :) It also surprised me when Merlin used his dragon voice to heal Arthur. Begins to show how powerful dragons magic is and how linked Merlin is to them.

[tante-jacquelyn]

I thought we were friends

[gonealongtimeago-blog]

TAKE ME TO GLASGOW.

[honestlyandrogynousnightmare]

Arthur in Sins of the father...

Fyi, prepare for grammatical errors because beta reading just isnt my thing..by that i mean im lazy but yknow

I have to say, this is probably one of my favourite episodes ever. Not only is it actually well written, its focused on Arthur and how much he misses his mother and Bradley did an incredible job in this episode. 

I like how Arthur centric it is. Most episodes do end up revolving around Merlin (well no shit sherlock the show is called merlin) but having this episode focus on Arthurs struggles is a nice change and gives us a better view into his character as well as gives us a glimpse of what Arthur would be like without his fathers brainwashing.

What this episode highlights more than anything is how much Arthur wants to meet his mother. All his life he has been told to obey his father and not trust sorcerers and then the moment a sorceress mentions that she knew his mother Arthur goes against both of those things just to meet her. It doesnt matter what lengths he has to go to, he still does everything he can for that one conversation and i think that shows just how much he wants that maternal figure in his life, even if its for a few seconds. In all honesty, i would say he’s pretty desperate by this point. His father never mentions his mother or anything about her so so he cant even paint a picture of her in his brain which just makes him want to meet her more. In those moments when hes going after Morgause, we kind of see a different side of him, because for once in his life he has a chance to learn something about his mother. And you just cant blame him for being so desperate at this point. We dont see much of this, but Arthur grew up without that love every other child experiences, not even from his own father. Someone in his position cant spare time for feelings, and that key ideology that his father drilled into his head remained there from childhood onwards. Having this one chance to know something about the person his mother was, isnt something he could let himself miss.

Another thing he is bound to be feeling is guilt. The first instance is being the cause of his mothers death. Before he found out about the magic thing, it wouldve been so easy to jump to the conclusion that his birth caused is mothers death as she died in childbirth (or as he was told). But after he was told that he was born of magic, i think that while part of him blamed his father for not reading the fine print on the contract (i dont know who came up with that joke, it for sure wasnt me), he still blamed himself because the creation of his life is what took his mothers life away. Not only that, but at the end of the episode when Merlin told him that the illusion was fake, its clear enough that he feels guilty for almost killing his damn father, trusting a sorceress in the first place and also disobeying  his father. 

And back onto the whole thing about Arthur being desperate, he trusted a random woman (and i repeat, a sorceress) about knowing his mother. Not only that but he fully believed the illusion. Idk this just makes me so sad because he had that little spark of hope, not only about meeting his mother but also believing that not all sorcerers are evil. He didnt question these things, he went straight into them, which to me just again shows how desperate and hopeful he was at that point. 

Obviously all of that was completely crushed when he attempted to murder his father and then merlin told him that it was all a lie butttt lets backtrack a little. 

What i love about this episode more than anything is that is shows us that Arthur isnt completely brainwashed (using that word again because synonyms requre effort) by his father, he doesnt hang on every word that is told to him by Uther and all it takes to convince him that his father is wrong is one illusion.Him fighting with Uther and, even for that short period of time, believing that magic isnt evil, gives us an insight into the person he is. Hes not a bad person. He may be naive and ignorant because of the way he was brought up but  if he was educated properly as a child then he wouldnt agree with his father so much. The question everyone always asks is what would happen if merlin hadnt stepped in? i think its fair to say that Arthur wouldnt hate magic so much and maybe the whole golden age of albion would actually happen, but arthur would be miserable. i think thats the main thing that pushed merlin to lie again, because by that point in the series its obvious that he doesnt fight for magic, he fights for arthur. Like yeah arthur saying that magic is evil at the end of the episode does clerly crush merlin but i dont think he would be able to live with Arthur being so miserable and guilt ridden over killing his father. Either way, this is about arthur and not merlin (though ill probably write a paragraph on that sooner or later) so let me pose you the final question (that i will also answer because im here to spread my unwanted opinions).

Is this entire episode pointless for arthurs character development  or not. 

when i first asked myself this question, the obvious answer was yes, because arthur went full circle. from hating sorcery to still hating it in the end. But what i later considered is that even if he went full circle, there was a journey he had to endure. If anything, he hates sorcery even more now simply because he first hand witnessed a sorceress “lie” to him for her own gain and to try to destroy the kingdom. All those things his father taught him about sorcery are essentially happening, and the fact that he was lied to about a sensitive subject like his mother, would just make the situation worse for him.

The thing about arthur and sorcery, is that he is never actually able to find his own stance on it. People manipulate him back and forth, whether thats Uther, agravane, morgana, morgause, random magical enemies of camelot who think starting war and conflict will make arthur hate sorcery less, everyone manipulates him and drags him into different directions. He never makes that opinion himself. Idrk, this isnt even relevant but im on a roll of pointing out sad things so whoohooo

So what is my point? If this hadn't happened, maybe Arthur would have an easier time making his own judgement and stance on magic, but of course its bbc merlin and we cant have happy endings.

Welp hope you enjoyed this rollercoaster of emotions, have a lovely evening ..or day?

Either way. As always. I blame uther

[honestlyandrogynousnightmare]

Attempted at capturing his beauty on paper...

Not even hating it ngl