Despite the fact that last episode Merlin was convinced that Arthur had no redeeming qualities, the two seem to have grown quite close quite quickly. I suppose Merlin is just the kind of guy who likes people if given half the chance, and how could Arthur really dislike someone who had saved his life. The trust that had already developed between the two, that Arthur believed that Sir Valiant (Will Mellor) had an enchanted shield on Merlin's say so, is a testament to the destiny that unites them already.
I also love Arthur and Morgana (Katie McGrath)'s relationship...again, ignoring that they are supposed to be half-siblings. I don't really feel a strong romantic vibe, more one of affection and respect, when they aren't busy disliking each other just for show. That Morgana helped save Arthur's life, too, was also brilliant, particularly as she has yet to step out of what would have been possible and likely at that time for a lady to do.
Finally, when Arthur redeemed himself in front of his father, when Valiant's shield came alive and proved his words, Arthur and Merlin's friendship was redoubled in strength as the slight Arthur had felt when Merlin failed to provide the proof he needed was healed.
Excellent show, lot of fun, some well choreographed fights. I continue to enjoy, and hope you do the same.
Arthur and Morgana aren't half-siblings; they aren't related at all. Morgana's father was Gorlois and they haven't referred to her mother by name, but it *wasn't* Arthur's mother Igraine.
ReplyDeleteMorgana was taken in as a teen by Uther because her father was his bestfriend.
Have you ever read Sense and Sensibility or watched the movie? How they say the colonel was once in love with his family's ward? Morgana is Uther's ward; not a relative.
Well, yes, in this case, it appears as though Morgana and Arthur are not related. But in the realm of the Arthurian Legends, taking in the works of Geoffrey of Monmouth and Thomas Mallory and such, Morgana and Arthur are in fact half-siblings. It does not seem as though the intention is to make them relations, but in many of the related fiction they are.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if a man wasn't too closely related to a relative, it was acceptable for him to marry her in the 1800s, the time period of Sense and Sensibility. I don't know if you've read Mansfield Park, but in that Fanny marries her first cousin Edmund. But being someone's ward does not necessarily mean they are a relative. That is very true.