I'll be honest, even after the woman came up and yelled at Merlin about the magic, I was still going "poor Merlin". He looked so heartbroken. *wibble* Colin really is a magnificent actor.
Eh, with Arthur's facial expressions and whatnot, I really have no freakin' clue. As it's a kids' show, I think the writers are going to lean towards Arthur not having known, as these kinds of clues are likely too subtle for the actual target audience, but until then, they're giving us fangirls leeway to play with. ^_^
I prefer all the characters having flaws and stuff, actually. Something I hope my fics reflect. ^_^ As for Lancelot - I always just laugh when we get a legitimate Mary Sue/Gary Stu in a canon for anything. And the best part is the writers, themselves, can't be called on for bad writing - apart from the affair with Guinevere, in the legends, Lancelot really is the perfect knight! ^_^
Yeah, like I said, I'm iffy on passive Morgana. I can see why she'd be totally terrified, but just Morgana in general, I think she would stand up a little more. If nothing else, when telling Aredian about the nightmares, I would hope she would've at least said that her nightmares had stayed the same since Gaius started treating her, instead of admitting they'd gotten worse - and that she would be less obvious about her relief when she realized the questioning was about Gaius, not her (though I suppose that was for the kiddies, and as much as we'd like to think she'd be all righteous and stand up for Gaius outright, she cared about herself, first and foremost, like anybody else).
I guess the writers left the backstory deliberately vague, though between Aredian's witchfinding occupation and Uther having forgiven Gaius for the magic, ew can get part of the back story - that Aredian wanted Gaius taken out, but couldn't thanks to Uther - and the rest is left deliberately vague, either so we can make our own theories, or for a later date/episode.
I didn't say it! *unjinxes*
And yeah, I think that ending scene between Gaius and Uther was my favorite. Someone finally tells Uther off, and we see that Gaius isn't completely forgiving - he forgave Merlin for the magic, but not Uther for condemning him like that. It really kind of makes you pity Uther (which anyone who's read Quality of Mercy will know I'm all for :D). Really, the Uther-lover in me's been very, very happy these last few episodes. ^_^
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Eh, with Arthur's facial expressions and whatnot, I really have no freakin' clue. As it's a kids' show, I think the writers are going to lean towards Arthur not having known, as these kinds of clues are likely too subtle for the actual target audience, but until then, they're giving us fangirls leeway to play with. ^_^
I prefer all the characters having flaws and stuff, actually. Something I hope my fics reflect. ^_^ As for Lancelot - I always just laugh when we get a legitimate Mary Sue/Gary Stu in a canon for anything. And the best part is the writers, themselves, can't be called on for bad writing - apart from the affair with Guinevere, in the legends, Lancelot really is the perfect knight! ^_^
Yeah, like I said, I'm iffy on passive Morgana. I can see why she'd be totally terrified, but just Morgana in general, I think she would stand up a little more. If nothing else, when telling Aredian about the nightmares, I would hope she would've at least said that her nightmares had stayed the same since Gaius started treating her, instead of admitting they'd gotten worse - and that she would be less obvious about her relief when she realized the questioning was about Gaius, not her (though I suppose that was for the kiddies, and as much as we'd like to think she'd be all righteous and stand up for Gaius outright, she cared about herself, first and foremost, like anybody else).
I guess the writers left the backstory deliberately vague, though between Aredian's witchfinding occupation and Uther having forgiven Gaius for the magic, ew can get part of the back story - that Aredian wanted Gaius taken out, but couldn't thanks to Uther - and the rest is left deliberately vague, either so we can make our own theories, or for a later date/episode.
I didn't say it! *unjinxes*
And yeah, I think that ending scene between Gaius and Uther was my favorite. Someone finally tells Uther off, and we see that Gaius isn't completely forgiving - he forgave Merlin for the magic, but not Uther for condemning him like that. It really kind of makes you pity Uther (which anyone who's read Quality of Mercy will know I'm all for :D). Really, the Uther-lover in me's been very, very happy these last few episodes. ^_^