#you know how i talk about ouat with the disaffected tone of like an academic who’s spent their life studying something and the initial
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i love the full circle perspective i’ve reached on bbc merlin. stage one of watching it was like omg i luvvvvv this…. (obviously stage zero was I Am Never Fucking Watching That It Looks Dumb As Shit. but we’re ignoring that for the sake of the post). and stage two was like ummm besties it’s getting kind of bad out here. and stage three was like The Horrors. and stage four was like uh actually this was the worst show in the whole world why did i watch that. and then now stage five is like Actually you hater bitch (speaking to stage four me) there is beauty to be found in the earnest intentions the show had so why don’t you try seeing the truth and beauty.
#once the horrors wear off you’re finally allowed to just love the show again in a much more normal way.#and then of course you’re allowed to gatekeep. which i do#you know how i talk about ouat with the disaffected tone of like an academic who’s spent their life studying something and the initial#passion has worn off and now they’re just regular weird about it.#i can do that with merlin now i think <3 which i look forward to#also you can assume i did a version of Horrors with ouat before you all knew me. i don’t want to talk about it#beth.txt#merlinposting
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