thirty2flavors | i don't think a show has ever used the word "destiny" so often

I think by episode five it is safe to say that I am not dazzled. That's alright, I didn't really expect to be -- I will probably keep wathing anyway because otherwise I don't know what

christycorr and

sweetcherrytree are talking about and clearly my ability to jump in and start hijacking conversations is highly important. Some thoughts in no particular order:

-The themesong/opening narration/photoshop montage at the begining IS SO HILARIOUS. I just about died during the first episode, and then when it was like "and JOHN HURT as the voice of the dragon" I did die.

-I'm totally apathetic towards ships, as usual. I know everyone ships Arthur/Merlin like burning but I don't care beyond the lulz. I do find the Gwen/Arthur flirtation really awkward, and the Gwen/Lancelot stuff that just happened was also really awkward. I don't particularly dislike Gwen, but her flirting is always so painful. I was definitely getting a pretty strong Lancelot/Merlin vibe, and I just realized Lancelot reminds me of Caspian which is why I was so amused by him. Huh.

-Morgana irritates me. Luckily she does jack all so I don't have to dael with her much, but every time she comes in and bats her eyelashes and failflirts with Arthur I am just like stfuuuuu. Actress is pretty, though, I'm jealous of her hair.

-lol Eve Myles

-lol Lady Christina

-Merlin's brief moment of teenage OMG U DONT CARE ABOUT ME angst in this episode was really bizarre and misplaced. Gaius tries to stop Merlin from getting his ass kicked at every turn and Merlin constantly ignores him. I think it is decidedly unfair to suddenly claim that Gaius does not care.

-Speaking of, Merlin's plans are consistently Scooby Doo worthy. "Let's just pretend you're the son of this dude! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?"

-That episode where Arthur rock-climbs with the help of Merlin's friendly glowy ball thing was hysterical.

-Every single thing Uther does is hysterical. I don't know if this is left-over lulz from when I watched Buffy as a kid, because Giles is literally like the only thing I remember from that show, or if it's just because he's ridiculous. I love that every episode includes some variant of "I THINK IT'S MAGIC, UTHER" "NO SHUT YOUR FACE". ~~Maybe it's lupus.~~

-I like Arthur. I'd hit it.

-Oh, is the "magic" language Old English, or does it just sound an awful lot like Old English?

-I don't know virtually anything about fashion of the time period and from what I undesrstand it's not like this show gives a shit about fashion of the time period, so are Morgana's dresses legit? They look like something I could go buy at the store right now. Her bare shoulders feel very scandalous. But like I said, my knowledge of this stuff is zilch.

-The special effects are hilarious, and I watch Doctor Who. Also, every time Merlin's eyes glow I am SO AMUSED.

In conclusion, my response is a resounding "meh". Given that I have more than a week until my next exam, though, it's something to do. At least until someone uploads the missing episodes of Flight of the Conchords season 2.

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HEEE YES. I saw that icon and I was like "MUST HAVE"... 'cos it was silly.

Yes. Colin Morgan was Jethro... and no worries, I think Jethro's hotter too. It's the emo thing... it works for him. Bradley James... is made of LOLz. He's got the weirdest sense of humour... and it's hilarious!

Richard Wilson = Gaius. So no, I don't think he's cute or anything, but he's just been in a lot of Brit tv that I've watched and I liked him a lot in Duck Patrol (w/ baby!Tennant) b/c he was funny.

Yah, she's just not dazzling. x_x I should probably check her out in... Bionic Woman or wahtever it was... Nimueh and Lady Christina weren't exactly eye popping roles though.

Yah... I'm pretty sure the writers focus more on the boys... cos of all the Arthur/Merlin love.

I've seen some pretty good Merlin/HP ones. And some pretty good Merlin ones in general. I don't know if I'll make room for it in my icon roster though.

It does work for him. And isn't his hair a little less... ridiculous? I'm not sure but I feel like it was. I haven't seen anything with them out of character, no interviews or anything, so this is based entirely on what I've seen of their characters.

Oh I figured that was probably him. I've probably seen him in other things without realizing. I have no idea what Duck Patrol is but it has a snazzy title.

OMG lol I really doubt Bionic Woman was any good. It makes me laugh when people talk about how she's so ~acclaimed~ in America because.. uh... no.

That's a little sad. Not that sad because I don't care much for Morgana or Gwen, but ...still. A show needs female characters.

I don't dabble enough in the Merlin comms to find good Merlin icons. And I still have room for more icons. I feel like I've OD-ed on Who icons. Doesn't mean I'm gonna stop though. Bwaha.

Yeah... his real life hair is like Jethro's hair I think. He gels it so it looks good. Merlin!hair makes him look dorky... for some reason, it makes me think of a mushroom cut.

HAHAH... Duck Patrol is not snazzy... it's about a bunch of River Thames police (I think?) who travel upand down the river saving... ducks... and like being bad at policing but good at the whole community love thing. Tennant plays a major dork who is in love with the only female at the station they work at. Wilson plays Tennant's boss-type person.

ROFL IKR?! Her show got CANCELLED... like... no. I don't think a lot of people even know who Michelle Ryan is over here...

Yah. Seems like a lot of females get shunted on telly... it's changing and what not but... it's such a touchy subject too. x_x The Dollhouse fandom went nuts for no apparent reason that I can see b/c of how females were portrayed? IDK.

hazelsparkle makes some of my favourite Doctor Who icons so she's on my flist, and she makes Merlin ones too. Including one of Morgana that says AMIST I BOVVERED and it's awesome. Except I don't like Morgana, and I don't have room for more icons.

Merlin Hair does make him look dorky.

HAHA WOW sounds like a hit. Is it a series or just a ...show .. or...?

Every time RTD talks about how famous she is across the pond I laugh. I asked my friend if she'd ever heard of her, for an unbiased opinion, and my frien dwas like "who?"

Oh really? I don't know anything about Dollhouse fandoms o I haven't witnessed that. I do know a fandom isn't legit unless there's been a good dael of THIS SHOW IS SEXIST!!! wank.

I'm not obsessed with Merlin enough to have more than five icons on my roster dedicated to that show. I don't use them often as it is. O-o

ROFL @ YOUR ICON. Everything Tate touches will be linked to Lauren FOREVERZ.

I don't think it was a hit... LOL. Just a show... one of those Brit ones that last for like 6 or 7 episodes. I'm pretty sure it was a show aimed at like... older people. Plus it was made 10 years ago or something. More than. I think like... 1994? I can't remember.

Well, clearly RTD has never seen Bionic Woman before, NOR has he talked to people on this continent. ROFL. It was pretty hyped up at Comic Con 2007 though, I must admit.

I think a fandom isn't legit unless there's a good deal of wank, period! Wank makes me laugh. BWAHHAA.

BIONIC WOMAN IS SO BAD, LIKE OFF THE SCALE STRAIGHT INTO HELL BAD. Still I watch it because for some reason I love Michelle Ryan (and with this I have lost any streetcred I might have had left).

LOLOL!!!

What makes you ♥ Michelle Ryan? I AM WILLING TO BE SWAYED.

_thirty2flavors is very good at making me love people. Like Ten2 (not that I didn't like him in the first place, but she made me LOVE him).

I was mostly swayed by the pretty *.* I have no real reason to love her because she's really not that good, hah. I thought she was okay in Jekyll but it was soo creepy I stopped watching after two episodes. Then she was also in Mansfield Park with Billie Piper and I love it but obviously I liked the Piper more in that...

OMG YAY TEN2 love. I loved him from the start but I always get excited when others do too :D :D :D

OH RLYZ? I totally don't remember her in Mansfield Park. What does THAT say about her acting. x_x

TEEEEEEEEN 22222~ And I find all the Ten2 fics out there to be... fairly better than like Ten/Rose fics. I guess I'm a fan of fics that build on what we're given, rather than fix its... *_*

LOL well she does runaway with someone who is not her husband and is generally FAIL.

UGH fix-its are (with some exceptions) usually not very well written or 'plausible* IDK, I prefer canon and characters written in what I consider 'IC', lol.

I think what's so appealing with Ten2 is that we have the canon of Ten and we know pretty well what he's like as a character and Ten2's personality is based on that, since they're essentially the same. Beyond that we can speculate quite freely about how Ten2 would be like in Pete's World, how that little bit of Donna and being part-Human makes him different from Ten but still similar. You can write him pretty far out there but it might still be canon or at least in character.

Uh... I don't really know where I was going with this comment tbh.

i don't think a show has ever used the word "destiny" so often

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