Merlin

[blamebrampton]

Oh, look ... at least I didn't download it.

I've spent the weekend recovering and working on an enjoyable but intense beta, so I thought I deserved an hour off, and it was starting on free-to-air TV here, so I succumbed.

All of you Merlin people were completely right, it is absolutely pre-slashed. Was it written by one of Russell T Davies' ex-boyfriends?

On the whole, amusing and diverting and extremely slash friendly, but I will have to turn off my critical brain if I plan to watch any more. Pretty lads aside, it was a case of 'wrong clothes, wrong saddle, wrong architecture, wrong fruit, wrong …'

I should have just focussed on that Bradley fellow. Though he is a wee bairn, is it all right given that I have the same birthday as Germaine Greer?

Comments

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

Yes! Turn off everything critical, it's a hotbed of anachronisms. But so what? It's fun and pretty, the boys are lovely, and underneath all the bad dialogue, lack of historical authenticity, and iffy acting on some actresses parts, there's a truly moving relationship between Arthur and Merlin and some really interesting playing around with the Arthurian legend.

And the fanfic is hot.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

EW! Thanks for that mental image. Yes, I am not looking to it for Great Drama, but pretty boys are always good ;-)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the dreadful Robin Hood? Dreadful! And yet, hot boys and amusing bits. I see nothing wrong with professionally produced fanfic, goodness knows I read enough of it ;-)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I cannot resist the lure of the Bradley, he's ludicrously pretty. I went out with a boy who was that pretty once and I had to break it off as I would just end up staring at him when he was talking.

Oh gods, you know you have just sent a fully-fledged crossover into my head, thanks for that :-P

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I am a bit of a mediaeval history geek, but it was so very wrong that I think it will annoy me far less than if it was mostly right with some errors.

And I can see why you consider it wholly slashy, my goodness!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I know that you have just said lots of v smart things, but all I heard was blah blah blah Bradley James's jaw ...

[tsosh.livejournal.com]

you know you have just sent a fully-fledged crossover into my head

YES! =D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I don't have tiiiiime! (Maybe I could keep it short ...)

[drgaellon]

I watched perhaps a third each of two different episodes of that... abortion of a Robin Hood. Pretty boys, but BAD acting and worse scripts. Merlin is at least entertaining.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

RH is hilarious if you look at it through the eyes of someone keen on costume history (or, indeed, weapons history ;-)

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

Ah ha ha! And Colin's lips. :D

See, I have absolutely no shame at all about being a dirty old lady.

[drgaellon]

Well, it's hardly as though the medieval version of the Arthur legend is exactly historically accurate itself. Thomas Malory was probably the first fanfic writer...

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

You lead a v. interesting life =D <3

X-over whee! Have you read this genfic where Draco's the reincarnation of Merlin? (written pre-BBC Merlin)
IMO Merlin/Arthur is more Remus/Sirius than H/D, really. And Slash Dragon = Dumblie.

[drgaellon]

Personally, I'm a cooking-and-brewing geek, so very few of these shows tickle my historicity fancy. I do wish The Tudors would show the kitchens at Hampton Court!

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

When I first saw the old merlinxarthur banner, I went..."Big-eared skinny Merlin with an outstretched hand, and inbred-looking blond Arthur holding a sword. Huh.")

But the boys grew on me, oh how they grew on me *_*

Wait until you see Lancelot in ep. 5! =DDD

(Huh, I have a ton of merlin icons but no Lancelot icon. Must. Rectify.)

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

That icon is so ridiculously "I'm in the beginning of my journey" Disney. *loves*

[symetric.livejournal.com]

Oh god yes, his lips! And the hair and his WRISTS! *swoon* Why yes, I am a lady ridiculously in lust. Who wants to know?

[adores-draco.livejournal.com]

Wrong fruit? What did they have? Canned pineapples? (I haven't watched tv for over a year.)

So you were born 1939? Who cares! ;)

I fancy our eighteen year old temp who looks like Draco. It's actually shameful...

[adores-draco.livejournal.com]

What do you mean you don't watch Doctor Who for the scientific accuracy? ;)

I loved Christopher Eccleston. It's a pity he was replaced.

[sorrelchestnut.livejournal.com]

Man, I love that show. I don't really have enough knowledge of the time period for some of the stuff to really bother me... and my suspension of disbelief has been honed to a fine point from years of practice at sometimes incredibly silly shows.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Different year! Different year! Though not as different a year as would make it acceptable, he's a few years younger than my most toyboyish toyboy ;-)

And they had tomatoes, Asian melons, modern apples and, though this isn't a fruit, wrong-coloured carrots.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yes, I am treating it as a happy slashy show that has nothing to do with Britain and little to do with Arthurian legends. But lots to do with pretty blonds.

[sorrelchestnut.livejournal.com]

And scrawny adorable brunettes with huge ears. And ANTHONY STEWART HEAD.

[faynia.livejournal.com]

*Gives you a brain OFF switch and dangles pretty, shiny, giggly Bradley in your face*

Excellent. The dark side still has cookies you know. Cookies and historical inaccuracies and damn shiny AU fics. xD

[tsosh.livejournal.com]

I loved him too. Took me 2 seasons to get used to David, but now I love them both.

:( And now he's gone too...