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~ Merlin 3x06 ~
S3 | E6 ~ The Changeling
I really liked Elena and I'm glad that she was written sympathetically. It was nice that she left Camelot with a bright future ahead of her, now free of the Sidhe curse on her. I hope to see her return. I liked that she beat Arthur at horse racing -- mostly because it makes me lol when a girl beats Arthur at something. ;)
Merlin is definitely taking more of an initiative in S3, or at least, in this episode. Like getting in there and making Elena drink the potion when she wasn't drinking it fast enough. And we had badass!Merlin with the Sidhe staff to attack the pixie/Sidhe fairy. Except I don't know if I could have suspended disbelief when he was brandishing that staff in a corridor within the castle that really anyone could have come down -- Merlin could have easily been caught. I thought it was a bit ridiculous that no one would see him with a clearly magical weapon attacking an old woman... *resigned sigh* That's the show for you...
And awww at the "don't leave me again" line from Arthur -- he doesn't want Merlin to leave him. How cute. And Merlin's teasing about how he thought Arthur wanted a little alone time with Elena. LOL. Good one there.
The pillow fight in Arthur's chambers -- and Uther walking in on Arthur and Merlin...haha, awkward...I'm sorry that the pillow fight was cut short...it could have led to even more er...interesting things. *whistles*
I liked that Arthur asked Merlin to give him advice, and when Merlin did so, Arthur actually listened to what Merlin had to say and acted accordingly (calling off the wedding). I love that Arthur is continuing to show that he listens to Merlin's advice/words now and takes what he says to heart (i.e. the goblin episode where Merlin's accusation of Gaius being a goblin prompts Arthur to investigate further and not disregard Merlin's suspicions *hearts*).
The Arthur/Gwen scenes were all right... the teasing one at the end was cute. I have a distinct lack of enthusiasm for them though... though I do feel bad for Gwen when she looks all teary-eyed. Poor Gwen. :(
And Morgana reminds us that she's on Team Evil (like we needed the reminder) and she weeds information out of Gwen to get confirmation that she and Arthur like each other... and then Morgana proceeds to emphasize that 200 years of history can't be changed, that Gwen should stop getting her hopes up. This is why the S1 Merlin DVD set (yes, I still haven't bought it yet...or S2 even *hides*) is the only Merlin DVD set I'll consider buying. At least all of the OT4 (Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, Morgana) are all reasonably likable in the first series.
~ Next Episode:
We meet Gwen's estranged brother, Elyan, and Morgana's information gathering on Arthur/Gwen results in trouble for both Arthur and Gwen. But yay -- Cendred returns! I kind of want him to win (unlikely, but still...) because he's kinda awesome. *nods*
And it looks like there is a tiny Merlin and Gwen scene based on the preview...it looks sweet. :) I always appreciate Merlin/Gwen friendship scenes where they show they care for each other. :) Considering those scenes have been lacking since S1, I take any moment I can get.
I really liked Elena and I'm glad that she was written sympathetically. It was nice that she left Camelot with a bright future ahead of her, now free of the Sidhe curse on her. I hope to see her return. I liked that she beat Arthur at horse racing -- mostly because it makes me lol when a girl beats Arthur at something. ;)
Merlin is definitely taking more of an initiative in S3, or at least, in this episode. Like getting in there and making Elena drink the potion when she wasn't drinking it fast enough. And we had badass!Merlin with the Sidhe staff to attack the pixie/Sidhe fairy. Except I don't know if I could have suspended disbelief when he was brandishing that staff in a corridor within the castle that really anyone could have come down -- Merlin could have easily been caught. I thought it was a bit ridiculous that no one would see him with a clearly magical weapon attacking an old woman... *resigned sigh* That's the show for you...
And awww at the "don't leave me again" line from Arthur -- he doesn't want Merlin to leave him. How cute. And Merlin's teasing about how he thought Arthur wanted a little alone time with Elena. LOL. Good one there.
The pillow fight in Arthur's chambers -- and Uther walking in on Arthur and Merlin...haha, awkward...I'm sorry that the pillow fight was cut short...it could have led to even more er...interesting things. *whistles*
I liked that Arthur asked Merlin to give him advice, and when Merlin did so, Arthur actually listened to what Merlin had to say and acted accordingly (calling off the wedding). I love that Arthur is continuing to show that he listens to Merlin's advice/words now and takes what he says to heart (i.e. the goblin episode where Merlin's accusation of Gaius being a goblin prompts Arthur to investigate further and not disregard Merlin's suspicions *hearts*).
The Arthur/Gwen scenes were all right... the teasing one at the end was cute. I have a distinct lack of enthusiasm for them though... though I do feel bad for Gwen when she looks all teary-eyed. Poor Gwen. :(
And Morgana reminds us that she's on Team Evil (like we needed the reminder) and she weeds information out of Gwen to get confirmation that she and Arthur like each other... and then Morgana proceeds to emphasize that 200 years of history can't be changed, that Gwen should stop getting her hopes up. This is why the S1 Merlin DVD set (yes, I still haven't bought it yet...or S2 even *hides*) is the only Merlin DVD set I'll consider buying. At least all of the OT4 (Merlin, Arthur, Gwen, Morgana) are all reasonably likable in the first series.
~ Next Episode:
We meet Gwen's estranged brother, Elyan, and Morgana's information gathering on Arthur/Gwen results in trouble for both Arthur and Gwen. But yay -- Cendred returns! I kind of want him to win (unlikely, but still...) because he's kinda awesome. *nods*
And it looks like there is a tiny Merlin and Gwen scene based on the preview...it looks sweet. :) I always appreciate Merlin/Gwen friendship scenes where they show they care for each other. :) Considering those scenes have been lacking since S1, I take any moment I can get.
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Awesome review, as always :D
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All the Merlin/Arthur stuff was so good this ep.
Sidenote: Yay Loreena McKennitt--I love her so much.
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Merlin being in charge was great but yes he was rather obvious carrying a magical staff about. Oh Merlin.
Arthur never wants Merlin to leave him ;-)
I would have liked to see more of that pillow fight.
It was great to see Arthur listening to Merlin. That was a really nice scene. I hope they keep that interaction up.
I too have little to no enthusiasm abotu A/G. The end scene was their best in the episode.
I wish I knew what Morgana's motivations were. I'm just not feeling it. Next week looks even worse.
Cendred is awesome.
I do enjoy the Merlin/Gwen friendship.
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