What's the point of a revolution without general copulation?

Canon Merlin takes place over a thousand years before Sigmund Freud was born. Therefore, it is unlikely that the characters would describe a person who is unusually detail-oriented as "anal."

Love,
Me.

(I also shudder a bit when characters describe time down to the precise minute, but this one was particularly jarring.)

I really enjoyed this gorgeous, emotional vid of the series.

I can't tell whether I missed something in the plot, or whether this is just unexplained, but -

( Minor spoiler through about 5x04 or so )

Because I have very strong and very specific feelings on the subject of breakfast, I woke up at 5:15 this morning so that I could shower and get to the Starbucks - which is like a 10 minute walk from the hotel - by the time it opened at 6:00 am, with my Supernatural travel mug in tow.

I am now back in my room, with coffee and blueberry scone, and plenty of time to decompress before things begin again.

Wow. That was a great (exhausting) day.

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And also with Jake Abel. That boom! you hear is fandom exploding.

Just as H50 seems to be intentionally shedding everything that made me want to watch it in the first place, Merlin seems to be rediscovering everything that made me want to watch.

( Teaser for the next episode under the cut )

Just finished "Three Journeys."

Unfortunately, so far this show is incredibly slow-moving - there's about five minutes of plot in every forty-something minute episode. What keeps me going are the truly engrossing performances, particularly by Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green (who is magnificent - I wish they had an actual plot for her). I'm also enjoying Clive Standen as Gawain and Chipo Chung as Vivian, although Vivian reminds me painfully of Fringe's Astrid, in that she's a woman of color who has amazing onscreen chemistry and yet they can't figure out what to do with her except have her serve the white lady.

It's a pity that the supporting cast so obviously, embarrassingly outshines Jamie Campbell Bower's King Arthur. He's the most boring, lifeless person in the cast.