Actually, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be...

[awanderingbard]

Just finally watched the series finale of Merlin. Hoo boy. Where did all the water in my body go?

To my feels, that's where.

Bloody hell.

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[joonscribble.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of whoever teaches the course at British Drama School on how to do ridiculous things with one's face.

Me as well. They really should try and do a similar course for non-Brit actors.

I am glad we got virtually a full episode for him to come to accept it, and react as one would, rather than cramming it in at the end.

My biggest fear about this finale was that Arthur would find out about 10 minutes before dying. I'm glad they were able to get in about 40.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

My biggest fear about this finale was that Arthur would find out about 10 minutes before dying. I'm glad they were able to get in about 40.

Yeah, me too. Have Arthur actually come to grips with it is so much better than sort of going 'well, I am going to die in thirty seconds, so hey, might as well forgive you'. I really liked Merlin getting to show him his magic, too, and Arthur realizing how much Merlin has been doing over the years.

[joonscribble.livejournal.com]

I really liked Merlin getting to show him his magic, too, and Arthur realizing how much Merlin has been doing over the years.

Some of my favorite moments were Merlin finally getting to do magic in front of Arthur. It so made me feel like they lost some great opportunities by not doing the magic reveal sooner.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Some of my favorite moments were Merlin finally getting to do magic in front of Arthur. It so made me feel like they lost some great opportunities by not doing the magic reveal sooner.

Yeah, me too. But I do think, in some ways, they'd be stuck in terms of peril. If Merlin can do magic and Arthur knows he can do magic, whatever problems comes up, he'd just have Merlin deal with it. I suppose you could write situations where magic isn't applicable, but that would get old, fast. A few episodes would have been nice, though.

I actually felt Arthur was a bit cheated in the final episode because of Merlin dealing with everything. I understand Merlin needing to be the one to kill Morgana, but it would have been nice if Arthur managed to somehow turn the tide of battle on his own.