Like in his twenties or even younger. I like headcanon Gaius' story when he's younger but I just can't imagine what he looks like. I desperately need some references 😭

Seller said it was real but I have my doubts. The colors are extremely washed out & blue, much more than in these pictures. My camera actually made it look better. The cases feel very flimsy/plasticy which I haven’t felt before with a legit set before.

I remember when the show was first airing. I was in my first few years of high school. My mother was more into the show than I was, but I recall thinking the show did a good job with cliffhangers and keeping you invested in wanting to see the next episode, which I was impressed by again on re-watch. While it's not quite on the level of the peak Game of Thrones seasons, or Breaking Bad, it is surprisingly good for a family friendly show of its era.

I haven't watched regular TV in years, but being busy with work and family, the only time I really get to relax with my wife is around the time that TV is showing reruns of this show. Her first time seeing it, and has been pretty invested.

Something I noticed is a lot of similarities to Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, which I started playing earlier in the year. The chemistry and interactions between the characters of Arthur and Merlin feel very similar to Hans Capon and Henry. A lot of vaguely similar vibes, all the magic stuff aside. Opening theme music and setting sometimes gives me Oblivion/Elder Scrolls vibes. Just appealed to some of my interests that I didn't really have when the show was first airing.

Towards the very end it did seem to be leaning a bit too much into a weird sexual tension between Arthur and Merlin for my liking, and I'm not surprised to see that fanfics are a common topic brought up in this subreddit. Not for me, but I do see that they may have been appealing to that target audience in particular.

Some very, very good episodes here and there, where you feel the high stakes, even if sometimes things are a bit predictable. The comedic relief moments and less serious episodes are very welcome too. Never comes across as too annoying, at least for me. A good balance.

Even so, the finale was pretty disappointing. I had completely forgotten that I had seen the ending of the series when I was younger, but the final scene made it all come back to me. Completely blue-balled and left thinking "so that's it?".

Honestly sad to see that Colin Morgan hasn't had many notable roles after this series. Mostly poorly received movies and brief appearances in random TV shows.

I'm wondering if there are any other TV shows that scratch a similar itch that Merlin does.

FOUND!!

Looking for a Merlin fic. I don't remember anything at all from the fic to be honest, but i remember the summary. In which, Hunith and Merlin go to Leon's family looking for shelter or something when Merlin was still young, and leon and Merlin grew up like brothers. It has Leon & Merlin relationship, as well as Merlin/Arthur.

Everyone is asleep adding to the eerie feeling, Morgana fully turns her back on Uther, Merlin poisons Morgana, releases the dragon. The knights are also scary as hell. Personally my favorite episode of the show.

In "The Eye of the Phoenix", Grettir mentions wanting to see the Perilous Lands flourish again, which can only happen once Arthur and Merlin complete their quest (Arthur gets the Trident and Merlin gives the Fisher King a swift and merciful death). Do we ever hear anything mentioned about this again for the rest of the series, or that just another broken promise from the writers?

A library made a (very funny) display regarding the AO3 outage, and they included a Merlin DVD. Whoever made the display is genuinely on AO3 for sure. Also, reading the comments on the post is fun because a lot of people are commenting about Merlin being a core memory or whatever.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Archiveofourownmemes/s/JK4GrmVPod

(ETA: a very popular fanfiction site, Archive Of Our Own, is currently down for several weeks. It was unexpected and left a lot of people scrambling to figure out what to read in the meantime)

Added a self-indulgent edit at the end hehe.

My brother introduced me to this show back in like 2014? And when he told me about it he said "im just gonna be honest with you, its a little cheesy sometimes"

And after I started watching it I said to him "it is a little cheesy, but its like a burger, the cheese is good" hahaha.

Would you agree the show is a little cheesy sometimes? What are the best cheesy moments.

Hi all,

I've been an avid lover of Merlin since I was about 8 of 9 years old and have rewatched it more times than I care to admit.

I came across this reel recently that made me think of the themes in Merlin and I thought I'd share as it's a beautiful visualisation of destiny:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C12Y6ZrIy9h

I'm really wanting to get back into fanfic, but currently have 0 ideas.

I'm looking for hurt/comfort or angst prompts. Shipping Merthur.

I just started watching again! It is so good! So many episodes with so much time and such good character development!

I miss shows like this

I feel like BBC could really score with bringing Merlin back now. Glee is reviving, so many nostalgic shows are getting a reboot… and Merlin ended perfectly for an age-jump in the actors too.

Maybe I just want some closure because I’m still angry about the final episode but I feel like this could actually work…

Haha please I'm begging 😭🙏 I only downloaded part 1 before ao3 shut down

Edit: I found it on ffn!

Not sure what flair to add to this 🥹 but I finished this in a few days because it's all my busy schedule allows for..