Merlin 403

[katikat]

I have this feeling that what happened in this episode will come back and bite Merlin in the butt hard :(

I think - and this is just my speculation - that Arthur will find out about Merlin's magic soon-ish and that he will ban Merlin from Camelot. He wouldn't let him burn on the stake, for that he considers him too good a friend, but I think will feel so betrayed that he will ban Merlin. Merlin will, of course, stay close and try to protect Arthur anyway but there will be some bromance break up and dark angst, IMO.

I literally had tears in my eyes when Arthur told Merlin that he would forever hate magic because it was an evil thing. Oh, Merlin... And when Arthur opened the door and found Merlin sitting there, on the floor in the hall... ;_;

But the scenes with Arthur and old!Merlin were hilarious. It looked like the actors had a blast!

Comments

[clayr]

Inclined to agree about Arthur finding out soon - because this episode seemed to have a theme of contrasting Arthur's thoughts about magic and his thoughts about Merlin.

Were you thinking his reaction would be along the lines of "Just get out, I don't want to hear it, just get out"?

[katikat]

I think he'll, like, officially ban him, with pomp and everything, proclaiming that magic is forbidden but for everything Merlin has done for him, he'll settle for banishing him. And there will be lotsa angst and both Merlin and Arthur will despair before... something happens. But that's all IMHO :P Or it could be something small, as you said, just Arthur telling Merlin to get out and never come back...

[clayr]

I'm just imagining this very dramatic scene with Bradley James hamming up a never return speech :)

Were you thinking of something like a public trial with banishment being the result there? Just trying to clarify.

[katikat]

Hm, more like Arthur standing up - or sitting down :P - in front of the whole court, knights and all, and telling everybody that Merlin was a sorcerer and that he was banished. Maybe it would create a rift among the knights too? With those like Gwaine taking Merlin's side and those like Leon standing firmly behind Arthur? We will see...