A/N: Excuse any lack of coherent thought that may occur in the following chapter. I'm currently on a Percival high. Oh, Tom Hopper, you amazing bundle of acting, you! I take my hat off to you!
Alright. So once you finish reading this chapter, I suggest you review and then go right off to prepare your weapons for the Ship War which is about to occur. If you're a Merthur shipper: sorry, you have no chance of winning this. Gwencelot shippers: You know you're gonna lose in the end, right? I mean, come on—he's wearing all black. That's not Lancelot! And Arwen shippers: Brothers (and sisters)! Come to arms! We've got a war to win, and we're being surrounded!
People who ship Gwaine with people, I think you're safe.
ALTERNATE EPISODE
Aggie gets hit in the head with a tree branch.
The first words out of Percival's mouth when he wakes up are, "Where's Lamia? Oh, gosh…." *pause as it hits him* "I… may need to go apologize to Merlin. Like now." Or something akin to it.
Other than that, no complaints and no changes. Mostly.
OVERALL THOUGHTS ON EPISODE
I didn't get this link on Megavideo. I would say that I got it off YouTube, but that would imply that someone manages to post it on YouTube without it getting taken off. So I definitely didn't get it off of YouTube.
John's the elder of the village? He's like, forty! I know people didn't live as long back then, but seriously.
You may try to tell me this episode was filler. (Everyone is ALWAYS complaining about filler, so I assume you will try to tell me that.) However, it was very pointed filler. Why is that? Well, this gave like half the knights a chance to get kissed. (Poor Gwaine, no one really wants to kiss you. Weird.) And after all the action Gwen and Arthur get, I'm sure they needed that.
Gwaine kind of needs to stop before his "call of nature" becomes a meme. I don't know if his coolness could survive more decay.
There were actually a few subtle funny moments in this serious. Check out Percival's face when Lamia screams the first time. It was hilarious. And Merlin's face when his face went into a rotting skeleton. *grossed out nervous giggle* And the fact that Merlin was eating an apple, like everyone is eating these days.
If I had to pick one of them to be afraid of, I'd be afraid of Merlin. Because one, everyone he likes tends to die. And two, he's the most dangerous. Don't give me that about Arthur being trained to kill since birth. Merlin blows up women on a weekly/monthly basis. He's HARSH.
Why is Percival the first to get mind controlled/have a crush on her? I have a few theories. He touched her first, which could be it. Or maybe he was just because he's the most vulnerable because he was the most worried about her. You know, like he was the really chivalrous one here. I don't know.
This episode was soaking in girl power. Heehee… I know it's mean that I love the monsters that only attack men, but I do. It's amusing to have the women like, "What the HECK is wrong with you?"
I like the way the monster woman rolls her head around all the time. It's cool… But strangely and alarmingly similar to Freya.
Note to Arthur: "She's just one girl!"? Really? Like Morgause was just one girl? One girl can cause plenty of damage if you give her a weapon and no conscience. Like that Bonanza episode when someone got murdered (stabbed) and the main character said, "I don't think any woman could have done it." I was like, why not? It's not hard. (Also, a woman did it.)
I officially hate those high priestesses. They made this girl, too? For serious?
Why is Leon meaner than the rest? I thought about it. I think because he's bossier than the rest by nature, because he's louder than Percival, less Merlin's friend than Gwaine, and more awake than Elyan.
(Gwaine nearly died collecting firewood. Jussayin.)
Anyone else realize how very bad that place they were in must smell? Think about it. With all those dead bodies. Why aren't they retching?
Leon likes his big NOOOOs, yeah?
I'd also like to say that Arthur was saved by Morgana in episode 2. Would he rather be dead? … Knowing Arthur, probably.
SLUG-O-METER
Leon. Oh, gosh, Leon. I realize he wasn't in his right mind, but he was so AGGRESSIVE. Elyan wasn't that bad. (Yeah, yeah, he was dying… Details.) Leon's SOOO bossy when you let him be! 2, Agravaine. He's in the episode for like 2 minutes and he still must try to sabotage everything. Why can't I jump in there and hit him? 3, Arthur. Because he couldn't come in five seconds later, after Gwen knew about the magic?
HUG-O-METER
I hate to look like I'm just siding with the protagonist and say Merlin, but Merlin. Did you see his face when Gwaine was mean to him? *Saaaad*
MORAL OF THE EPISODE
Be female. If you can't manage that, you're pretty much in trouble. So just have chainmail with the sleeves ripped off instead.
MEMOS
ONE ~ I really have to complain about all the cleavage. Seriously. Why? Don't you know less is more? It's getting obnoxious.
Way to be BAMF. You were pretty awesome this whole episode, actually—first caring, then using your brain, then protective of your brother and finally of Merlin. And you did it all without trying to be macho. And then you reverted right back to the feminine caring person of Camelot. No complaints whatsoever. Way to live up to your place in the G-Force. I'm sure Geoffrey just saving Camelot offstage. He's probably ruling while Arthur leaves the place with no management yet again.
Except… You were so close to seeing Merlin use magic! SO CLOSE! I actually thought BBC would give me a break for once. I know, I'm stupid.
Sincerely, Kitty O
TWO ~ *repressing giggles* Your face on "he can't find his own backside!" might be one of my favorites I've seen you make. You were pretty great this episode, with moments like you saying: "Sure, I can save everyone with nothing but willpower and a neckerchief and cool glowing eyes, but diagnose something? That's like… malpractice!"
You in Doctor!mode was pretty cool, but really, you know your healing magic completely stinks, right? So there wasn't even any point in trying that. I've only ever seen that work on the knights when Borden poisoned them.
You brought the apple back! Good. I like the apple. I know that's weird, but I find the way you all eat apples during tense scenes pretty funny.
Kitty O
THREE ~ "His name… is Merlin." Well. Not your line, but it still managed to make the entire series a little better.
I really think what you are best at is saving people's lives. You don't start fights. You just jump in halfway through them and save your friends. Percival in the first episode, and now Gwaine. It's actually really awesome. Don't worry—even if you are a bit underappreciated, I like you a lot. (Right after Percy!)
Be careful how you talk to your sister, even when your enchanted. When she goes into BAMF mode, you need to be scared.
Of course you're the first one to get kissed. I think it runs in your family.
Kitty O
FOUR ~ I'm going to sit here and bask in the fact that you managed to take out like five bandits without using your sword. You are just ridiculously awesome. You knocked down a bandit with another bandit. You took another down with a blow to the stomach. And you were still uninjured and the first to reach the hurt woman.
Okay, I realize you're fictional, but WHY can't we get married?
But seriously, when Merlin used magic in the fight scene right after you turned around and looked at him… You saw that, right? You were looking at him. And Gwen was right behind him. So you both saw that. Right? RIGHT?
I know I said I wouldn't swoon, but when you told her "You're safe now," I may have. Maybe. But you won't ever know if I did for sure. *eyebrow twitch*
I suppose I should have been angry at you when you pushed Merlin into a wall and threatened him. But you were being controlled. And besides, all I could think was "They're so handsome… That's such good lighting… I really like the way they did that how it reflected their eyes… Wait, are we threatening each other now? Hm. He's standing awful close to Merlin. My gosh, I hope slashers don't pick up on that…"
Kitty O
PREDICTION FOR NEXT EPISODE
"Do you think he means to hurt Arthur?" Yes. Yes I do. He's wearing all black. He's obviously evil.
I think Lancelot might be brought back by the power of the water people. Why? He's Lancelot du Lac. And because I noticed that in the end of 4.02, when his cloak is burning… Those aren't flames rippling over his sword. That's the blue stuff that healed Merlin. Yes, I noticed that all by myself. No one else pointed it out… I promise.
I also think this will end with an Arwen marriage. I'm sorry people, but this is Arthurian legend. Bit of a spoiler… ARTHUR AND GWEN HAVE TO GET MARRIED. I'm not even sure why the rest of you try, if it won't happen. *Desperately tries to hide all signs of her Mergana-shipping.* What? Don't look at me.
But, most importantly… SHHHHHIIIIIIP WAAAAAAAR! I'll take you with one hand behind my back! I'll take you both together!
ARE YOU READY TO RRRRUUUUUUMBLE?
