Tuesday, February 5, 2013

How To Get Nothing Done: The MERLIN Edition

So. This post is about a week late, but I have reasons. They involve feelings. Lots of them.

Anyway. I returned from my vacation trip to Vegas on January 8th. Not only did I suffer a bit of an injury in Vegas, I made the mistake of mixing my jet lag with fast food on the way home (don't do this, folks!). I was so sick and messed up that I settled for doing nothing. Then I remembered a show I'd heard about a week before my trip. I'd found out about a MASSIVE spoiler for its series finale and was all, "Oh. Well, that was... intense." For a minute, I thought Twitter and Tumblr were going to break from all the VENTING. There was me discovering the show for the first time and all these fans going ballistic over an ending five years in the making!

So I decided to give the show a shot once I returned from Vegas. 

Which show?



BBC's MERLIN


This is pretty much what went through my mind: "Arthurian legend told from Merlin's perspective as a young warlock who's destined to protect an arrogant Prince Arthur against his will? Cool!"

Then I did some digging and discovered this:


 

GILES IS KING UTHER. HE IS KING UTHER AND HE IS GILES AT THE SAME TIME. I AM SOLD BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY.

Naturally, I watched the first episode on Netflix. I told myself to try just one episode. After that, I could either stick with it or abandon it forever.

I finished all five seasons in 2 weeks.

I am still in the mourning period. It's going to take a while to accept the fact that the show is over and that I was stupid enough to not know about it before. *shakes fist* I have been avoiding this post because I'm afraid my feelings will overpower me and I will cry ugly, ugly tears. But alas, gush I must. Merlin is a wonderful gem of a show, folks. Forbidden magic, destiny vs free will, complicated family issues, dragons, romance, bromance (oh, the bromance...)--some of my fave things ever all put together in one story. 

Also:





I like me some Sir Percival.

So yeah. Merlin. Watch it. Feel the feelings. Thank me later. :)


10 comments:

  1. We just finished season 4 and still have the episodes for season 5 to get through. I feel like it kind of lost its way in end of season 3-into 4. They were trying to cram so many characters and storylines that it ended up feeling scattered. But, still better than a lot of the stuff that's been renewed forever! *coughtwoandahalfmenwhyisitstillon

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    1. LOL, I do think they brought in a ton of new storylines that season. But I have to admit, Seasons 4 and 5 are my faves! The tone and character arcs = totally my style. Also, as I previously stated, SIR PERCIVAL.

      That is all. <3

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  2. WAIT. The fifth season is on Netflix????

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    1. Not yet! But the SyFy channel has been running Season 5 every Friday. I watched them online, though (impatient much?).

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  3. Wow, what a recommendation! I now have to check this out. Hmm, wonder if I can get the hubz to watch with me.

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  4. I freaking LOVE Merlin! LOVE LOVE LOVE. And I did the same thing with watching all the seasons at once on Netflix. :)

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    1. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! We can be MERLIN fangirl sisters now! :D

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  5. Okay, I've heard such good things about that series. I'm going to have to check it out.

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    1. Do it do it do it do it do it. Peer pressure + MERLIN = yes, please.

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