MamzelleHermy : Thank you so much! :D Oh, and that was the 2nd part to 'Ink Upon Parchment' so that's basically Ygraine's letter. ^^
Josh4eva3:It actually makes a lot of sense...because he was, clearly, not acting very sanely. And I am so happy to know it caused so much emotion...thank you. :')
CaptainOzone: Their relationship is just so heartbreakingly beautiful, isn't it Oz?
I seriously love you! Now my love-hate relationship with the episode is one of love and slight disapproval. Your explanation is completely plausible and it just brought me peace. :D Holy cow! I know right? Colin's 'I was born with it!' was one of the best performances I've seen from him. Just...completely chilled me to the bone!
ShiverMeFunzies: Lol, I know right? Although seeing Gwaine leave Merlin behind was very disappointing...Uther's OOC'nes irked me the most.
April29Roses:Aww, thanks my friend! Once again, you guys rock my socks. All I needed to lay down my unwavering faith at the writer's feet again is contained in this review. And maybe, just maybe, since the main focus of the episode was, clearly, to unbind Arthur from his father's actions they took it a little too far so that he finally let go. :D Seeing it like that...I made peace with the episode. Yay!
Sheila Wolfe: That would be amazing. Imagine if everybody knew but Arthur? It would not surprise me at all. ;) And the letter is, actually, what Ygraine wrote on the last chapter. ^^
Title: Turning Pages.
Summary: A ficlet miscellany inspired by random music/desserts/quotes/movies or thoughts. No slash.
Inspiration: Introspective view into 2x12. 'The Fires of Idirsholas.' And I was not kidding when I added desserts on the description, by the way. :D Chocolate boosts my creativity. ^^
A/N: I've always thought the poisoning scene was one of the most powerful and foreboding scenes in all of the series. At least within my head. For reasons that will be kindly explained in this little ficlet ;)
If It Comes to A Choice…
"You're going out there? I'll come with you."
It is almost a plea. Almost.
But Arthur; stupid, brave, noble Arthur just shakes his head. "No. No, you stay. You protect my father."
It is wrong because he won't survive out there. Not without his secret warlock to silently defeat enemies from the sidelines. Not without Merlin by his side.
"You won't reach the cart alone. It's suicide."
But Arthur never listens to him, does he? He's gone before Merlin can argue or find another solution, he's gone with one last glance back and a quick, curt nod that speaks of his foretold courage…
His hands tremble as he strokes a finger across the bottle of hemlock's smooth surface. Then he looks at Morgana…
And Merlin shakes his head imperceptibly, finding it even harder to pry his eyes open.
He couldn't do that to a friend.
As the decision settled on his mind and a new found spark begins to ignite his desire to save the other side of the coin Morgana's voice cuts, sharp and quick and lethal, through the silence.
"He's not going to survive out there!"
All of his resolve plummets to the ground in the space of a heartbeat. Morgana's genuinely scared voice seems to cut right through him and reverberate in his chest, past his self-loathing and pity, past his barely standing resolution and buries itself, as if her words were a dagger, deep into his heart.
Because there it is again, the sharp stab on his soul that reminds him brutally of the truth. This is not about Uther or Camelot.
It is about Arthur.
Arthur.
Suddenly his head is clear and sharp and, in a moment, he understands that there was never really a choice. There is Arthur, fighting for his life on the other side of a wooden door, and he can't reach him, can't defend him. And then there is Morgana, who'd chosen to become a pawn in a game too dangerous for her to understand.
His fingers reach out for the bottle without trembling and touch it once more, and the venom suddenly becomes an unlikely savior and stops being the source of his pity and hate. With one last glance towards the closed doors- the ones that Arthur would open again- he closes his eyes.
He manages to choke out through his constricted throat. "I know."
And just like that the decision is made.
The die is cast.
What really struck me about the episode was that not all of Camelot was in danger. Not even Uther. ( at the time.) The knights of Medhir just swooped in and completely disregarded all the people asleep on the floor. They were just looking for Uther ( with obvious intentions of murdering him) and Arthur, being the prince and loyal son he was, decided to go fight them on their own. I'm pretty sure that Merlin was still deliberating whether to look for another solution or not ( and I see him leaving Morgana to the knight as a moment of weakness) up until the point when it became a decision between Arthur and Morgana. And that, my friends, was not a decision at all.