whenever I try to think Uther as a cruel Father, my mind would go to that scene where he carries him, crying. Fuck! The root of the whole problem is that he had a heart! Imagine him as a cruel man, vindictive but he wasn't heartless, if that had been, purge wouldn't have happened. He'd have moved and taken another wife, come to think of it, he didn't take another wife, nobody would have begrudge him, he was the king afterall, and one prince isn't enough to secure the bloodline and the throne. So yeah, Uther did love Arthur and Morgana, Morgana's betrayal was so deep he went mad man! Truly astounding. That a man who committed genocide was a human and had a heart and he loved his children. Truly, too much complexity
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colin morgan receiving stage directions for episode 1
james hawes: you've got this moment of serving with gwen
colin morgan: hmmm
james hawes: and it's really important that you just have that moment of "morgana… oh my gosh she's gorgeous"
colin morgan: yeah it's grand. It's just the complete (giggles) obliviousness of merlin just in
james hawes: with gwen
colin morgan: yeah
-Merlin S1 DVD Extras : Behind the Magic
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I think it would be insanely funny if after Arthur’s death everyone returns back in time to the place they were the day Merlin arrived in Camelot. But like, everyone thinks they are the only ones who has returned. We see it all from Merlin’s pov, who’s traumatised and wondering why the fuck Arthur is so much sweeter to him this time around and keeps saying ‘thank you’. He wonders why Lancelot shows up earlier, why all of a sudden Gwaine is there three years too early, saying he got hurt in a tavern bawl and needs a physician. He wonders why Leon keeps pretending like he didn’t just accidentally see Merlin do magic. Why Gwen keeps giving him these knowing looks. And why Morgana doesn’t seem as afraid as she used to when she was figuring out that she had magic. Everyone is trying their best to change history for the better, thinking they are alone with this duty... and then one day when uther is dead and they are sitting around the round table, merlin steps forward and is like: ‘I need to confess that I have magic, but also that I have returned from the future.’ And everyone just whips around and is like ‘YOU TOO??!’ And then they realise that they’ve all returned and wasted their time thinking they were alone.
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Merlin to Gwen: will you do me the honor of being my sister in law?
Morgana, whispering to Arthur: is he trying to marry Elyan?
Arthur, whispering to Morgana: he better fucking not
Gwen to Merlin, completely in tune: yes! I can't wait for us to be family!!
Arthur, now frantically whispering to Morgana: do you have any idea what's going on? who's getting married? What's happening????
Morgana, whispering back just as frazzled: I have no fucking clue- oh shit they're walking towards us- act natural
Merlin, to Arthur: :)
Gwen, to Morgana: :)
Arthur and Morgana making quick panicked side eyes to each other: 👁👄👁
Morgana, trying to be casual confident girlboss: congrats! Who's getting married? Haha
Gwen and Merlin, glancing to each other with barely there smirks: well we are I suppose! Let's go!
*takes the arms of their best friends/crushes*
Gwen, seductively to Morgana: so I'm thinking at our wedding we should go with reds and purples, God you look amazing in purple
Morgana: *bluescreens*
Merlin, nonchalantly hanging onto Arthur's side like Arthur isn't already about to have a heart attack, getting really close to his face: so if I'm technically the Druid King, our wedding- yours and mine of course- will have to be a mix of cultures. I'm sure everyone will understand.
Arthur: ou- our? Um our? Ou- *bluescreens*
Gwen and Merlin: *high five* efficiency!
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Cat Merlin: *purring*
Gwen & Morgana: *cuddling and petting Merlin the cat*
King Arthur: Merlin, you can't get out of the council meeting by being a cat!
Cat Merlin: *meowing aka backtalking, calling his king a big prat*
King Arthur: *somehow knows what merlin is saying* I am not! You little menace!
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If you love s3 morgana you'll love sofia wilmot in renegade nell
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Arthur: You couldn’t keep a secret if your life depended on it!
Merlin: you’d be surprised!
All of us:
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What? Is? Going? On?
My heart is pumping, racing, hammering, stuttering, palpitating, murmuring- can’t deal with it- kill me-
do something else- move, post something, follow someone-
i’ll cry i swear i’ll do it
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