#richard wilson

[cabbageheadss]

Merlin: Arthur's in love Gaius: 🤨

[alannacouture]

BTS of Merlin 🪄

[zegalba]

Richard Wilson: Turning the Place Over (2007)

[pandalikeelf]

season 2, episode 2: the once and future queen 

[artchael]

"The sorcerer will be purged of his magic by means of fire!"

DAY 10: TUMBRIL @merlinktober <- day 9 / day 11 ->

[sakuraswordly]

[lux-vitae]

Illustration by Frank C. Papé for Falcon the Hunter, from The Russian Story Book by Richard Wilson (1916)

[spitefulcheddarcheese]

<3

happy (sad) 10 years to this masterpiece of a show merlin and the cast have managed to bring me so much joy and mean so so much to me

what i wouldn’t do for another season

[dragoncall]

Gaius continuously telling Arthur that Merlin was down the tavern when he was actually off doing magical shit

[merlincersei]

Merlin BBC UK TV Show - Opinion Piece Part 19 - Gauis’ Longevity

While watching the TV show, I was surprised to notice the extra-ordinary long life span of Gauis.

Despite being the oldest recurring character in the series, he outlives Uther, Lancelot, Gwaine, Morgana and even ARTHUR!!!!!

Like For Real?

The more I think about it the answer lies in the Season 1 Episode 13 - Le Morte D'Arthur .

A quick Synopisis

In this episode, Arthur is mortally wounded by the questing beast. Merlin goes to Nimueh to bargain his life for Arthur’s. While Arthur recovers it is Merlin’s mother Hunith whose life now hangs in the balance. Merlin decides to exchange his life for Hunith’s but Gauis reaches Nimueh before Merlin and bargains his life instead

When Merlin meets Nimueh, he sees Gauis lying unconscious presumably dead.

Merlin angrily shouts, saying he bargained his life for Arthur’s, not Hunith, Gaius or anyone else. Nimueh says the Old Religion does not care who lives or dies, only the natural balance of life and death is restored i.e Life pays with Life

They engage in a magical battle; Nimueh injures Merlin who tells Nimueh: “You should not have killed my friend!” She is then struck by lightning summoned by Merlin, and dies.

Gaius awakens because Nimueh’s death has compensated for his own.

Nimueh was a priestess of the old Religion. It was she who impregnated Ygraine ( Arthur’s Mother) using magic which lead to her death and the beginning of Uther’s persecution against magic users. However despite being older than Merlin she appears to be the same age as him. This proves that her aging process is very slow and/or she has a very long life span.

Since Nimueh’s death revived Gauis, he ends up inheriting her lifespan and/or slow aging process.

This could explain how Gauis seemed to recover quite well despite being brutally tortured in the Witchfinder episode. A man of his age could not have survived or not recovered as well from such an ordeal.

I think the Merlin creators were inspired by this plot from Harry Potter.

[rococo-art-history]

Dinas Bran from Llangollen painted by Richard Wilson (1714 - 1782)

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

art history playlist moodboard – thisby vibes

The Fisherman’s House – Claude Monet // Dover – Richard Wilson // Tarbert Castle, Scotland – Hans Gude // Étretat – George Inness // Neptune’s Horses – Walter Crane // Low Tide at Varengeville – Claude Monet // Rocky Coast Scene at Howth – William Orpen // Castle Urquhart, Loch Ness – Hugh William Williams // The Cliffs of Villiers – Gustave Noel 

[deadpanwalking]

Actor and producer Orson Welles and his associate Richard Wilson were among the first patrons at The 21 Club in New York City, which could mean nothing. They are working on a play, “Around the World”, with Cole Porter tunes. Feb. 12, 1946.

[teatimewithgiles]

Mondays with Anthony Head 61/?

Tony with his Merlin costars

[samwinjester]

Uther/Gaius - Super Psycho Love

Made for @merlinrarepairfest 2024.   ​

My inspiration...No further comment.

update: here's the fanfiction to go along with it.

[agent-holbrook]

I've never really appreciated the Merlin cast before so here's to Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Angel Coulby, Katie McGrath, Anthony Head, Richard Wilson, Eoin Macken and all the rest