#the consort!merlin vibes of this scene.....

[gvaine]

5.07 ⋄ A Lesson in Vengeance

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(The Adventures of) Merlin S2, E3: The Nightmare Begins

Oh, that's not ominous at all!

Morgana? Yup, Morgana

Y'know if I caused things to spontaneously combust without control I'd freak out too

Uther why are you useless? Even when you're right, you're wrong

Aw, look at Arthur standing up for Guin's testimony. It's such a little scene

...Gaius you little bitch. TELL HER SHE HAS MAGIC! LOOK AT HER! SHE'S PANICKING!

You tell him, Merlin!

... Merlin, you little bitch

Okay, better. Going for info on the Druids so they can help Morgana...

Aaaand Destiny Dragon is useless as usual. What a surprise

XD Arthur teasing Merlin about giving Morgana flowers distracted me from the authoritarianism

...Damn it. That's a lot of people guilty of "consorting with magic users". Considering last season had three people executed for giving a stranger an inn room pretty sure 3/4 of them bumped into that suspicious looking figure in the marketplace

Oh, well one of them knows what Merlin is looking for

Yes! Tell her, Merlin!

Ugh, fine. Take half measures then. What could possibly go wrong!?

And Uther is throwing up a storm when he finds Morgana missing in the morning. Typical

And here we have a little bit of magic as allegory. Where being able to talk to and learn about magic from Gaius helped Merlin accept it as a part of his identity

And Uther is threatening to kill dozens of innocent people unless Morgana's "kidnappers" give her back... Must be Tuesday

Giant scorpions! GIANT SCORPIONS!

Mordred's back!

Oh no. Merlin's trail is leading the soldiers right to the Druids... This is why Mordred turns evil later, isn't it?

"Looked after her as if she were your own" idk I think Arthur's cell was nicer when you threw them in the dungeon

Dang man, that guy just roasted Uther

"I don't feel so alone here." Well okay then. 😭

... So, do the soldiers running villagers down with dogs give Evil Empire vibes to anyone else or is it just me?

Where's the GIANT SCORPIONS when you need them?

Fog spell. Simple but effective

Nooooo! They found her!

Damn, Mordred went all out on those soldiers! Ominous music!

Arthur stop being an idiot. They were villagers with children

Morgana doesn't look happy to be hugged by Uther

Tell her, Merlin! UGH! TELL HER!

Lol, Arthur talking about Merlin's "crush" on Morgana when he's really talking about his crush on Guinevere

Don't apologize! None of this would have happened if the old people had just given Morgana the support she needed!

... No seriously. If Merlin had told Morgana the truth from the beginning he and Gaius could have helped her without traumatizing Mordred. This entire episode was one big F for F*cking talk to each other! Oh my God!