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Anything about Merlin

It's a nice show.

Just started it :)

Same her!

What ep you on?

5

3

I have finished the show it is great!

Mamie wrote: "It's a nice show."

It was until the ending. I quit watching around season 2 or 3 b/c one of my friends (NOT my RL friends) said that the ending was really bad (view spoiler)[ because Merlin died -_______- (hide spoiler)]

How do you put up a spoiler?

< spoiler > and < / spoiler >

without the spaces

As in the BBC The Adventures of Merlin, right?

Yeah.

Mordred and Gwaine are awesome!

Em...(view spoiler)[Merlin doesn't die Arthur does... (hide spoiler)]

I see you figured out the spoiler brackets

Yessssss(view spoiler)[ Mordred killed Arthur! (hide spoiler)]

Just to be clear (view spoiler)[I love this show (hide spoiler)]

I liked Mordred better than Arthur, show and legends.

Ehhh (view spoiler)[ Arthur is a brat like me (hide spoiler)] lol

I don't like Arthur from the legends

Yeah he gets all boring... Gwaine is always awesome though...!

That's not my problem with him. Gwaine rocks. I like Lancelot and Arthur in the show, but can't stand them in the legends. Did you know there's no chance of a real Lancelot whatsoever?

Yes I know about Lancelot...I agree about Everything else...

Mordred rules!

I'm not far in the series and viewed all the spoilers. I really need to stop doing that...
I got really excited when I found out that Anthony Head was the king (idk how to spell the king's name, so I'm not even gonna TRY) because he also played in one of my other favorite serieseses, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Uther Pendragon

I liked him better as Giles, but he really did a good job with Uther.

Thank you for the spelling.
Did you know he also played Chiron in Sea of Monsters?

You're welcome. I've done a good bit of research on the Arthurian legend and its history. Merlin did the incredible and made me actually like King Arthur.

I haven't seen that, so no. The first movie really got on my nerves, so I decided not to watch the second.

I thought it was weird they switched up Chiron actors (bravo for confusing everyone!). The movie sucked as a book-to-movie adaptation and as a movie in general. Some of the classic lines include:

"Gimme that fleece!" ~Luke
"Hey! Get off my roof!" ~Luke

and my all-time favorite:

Luke- Kronos! It's me, Luke. Your great-grandson!
Kronos- My favorite *picks up and eats*

Errrrr. . . .That does not sound at all like how I remember the books being. How could they possibly do the rest of the series with that last bit?

Anyway, where are you in Merlin?

The third episode. Arthur almost got eaten by Valiant's snake shield.

Okay. Cool! I thought that was the second episode. . . .What do you think of the characters so far?

It is the 2nd episode, I was saying that I started the 3rd. So far, I like pretty much everyone, though they all have their flaws. Arthur can get a bit cocky. Merlin tends to abuse his magical abilities. I don't really know Lady Morgana or Gwaine well enough to asses flaws. I have mixed feelings about Uther. On one hand, he's Anthony Head, and I really like Anthony Head. On the other, his character is dwelling too much on the past.

Okay, cool! I love most of the characters. It is great that they do have flaws like they do. Both Colin Morgan and Katie McGrath are Irish, but one of them had to learn an English accent so two leads wouldn't have an Irish accent.

Cool! I agree, flaws are awesome. If everyone was flawless, that would make for a fairly boring TV show.

I'd just despise every one of the characters. . . .I hate the characters that don't have flaws.

Although, some flaws can get a bit cliche. For example, the classic "protagonist-loves-their-friends-and-family-too-much". Admittedly, several great characters have this flaw, but it doesn't make it any less annoying or cliche.

Yes. . . .Very common flaw. What great characters would you say have this flaw?

Harry Potter
Percy Jackson
William Herondale
Clary Fray
And several more that I'm too tired to think of

Okay. I'm surprised I've at least heard of all of them.

I was trying to pick fairly popular ones to prove a point. There's also Tris Prior.

Okay. I am usually more familiar with some of the more obscure ones.

There was a series where the villain had a little bit of that flaw.

That sounds interesting. What was it called?

Grisha Trilogy. Third book ruined it though.

I hate books like that :/

Me too

I need to start watching this again, I kinda let it go...

I haven't watched any in ages, but I finished the series and have a Merlin t-shirt.

R we talkin about the wizard