Amy (
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Merlin 2x07
I have some squee, but also am quite hacked off.
The Good:
Gwen was amazing! Oh my goodness, I am so glad she got to be part of Merlin's investigation and actually be the one to come up with some parts of the solution and her speech to Arthur was wonderful and I am so glad that her role in the story was non-romantic. Also, SHE MENTIONED TOM AND PARTLY BLAMED ARTHUR FOR IT, which maybe is not the kind of thing I should be capslocky happy about BUT I AM.
♥ ♥ ♥
The Bad:
I can't believe Morgana was so criminally underused AGAIN. What the hell. Will she ever, ever get to do anything other than looked scared ever again? WHY did we not get a single scene with her and Gwen aside from that snippet at the beginning - oh look, they're gazing soulfully out of a window again, how daring; WHY did we not get a single scene of her interrogation; WHY do the writers seemingly not care about her character really at all week to week? *rends hair*
Also, potentially unpopular opinion time, I do not really have the vocabulary to express how much I HATE the staggering amounts of extra screentime Uther and Gaius are getting this season. Partly because I don't actually like either character that much owing to their incredibly questionable actions - in different ways - that the show handwaves all the time, and partly because, yes, show, what we really need is more focus on the white guys.
*sigh* I miss Morgana being kickass/her POV being given any weight at all and I miss Gwen and Morgana getting to have scenes together/be in the same episodes. Stop being fail, show! :(
The Good:
Gwen was amazing! Oh my goodness, I am so glad she got to be part of Merlin's investigation and actually be the one to come up with some parts of the solution and her speech to Arthur was wonderful and I am so glad that her role in the story was non-romantic. Also, SHE MENTIONED TOM AND PARTLY BLAMED ARTHUR FOR IT, which maybe is not the kind of thing I should be capslocky happy about BUT I AM.
♥ ♥ ♥
The Bad:
I can't believe Morgana was so criminally underused AGAIN. What the hell. Will she ever, ever get to do anything other than looked scared ever again? WHY did we not get a single scene with her and Gwen aside from that snippet at the beginning - oh look, they're gazing soulfully out of a window again, how daring; WHY did we not get a single scene of her interrogation; WHY do the writers seemingly not care about her character really at all week to week? *rends hair*
Also, potentially unpopular opinion time, I do not really have the vocabulary to express how much I HATE the staggering amounts of extra screentime Uther and Gaius are getting this season. Partly because I don't actually like either character that much owing to their incredibly questionable actions - in different ways - that the show handwaves all the time, and partly because, yes, show, what we really need is more focus on the white guys.
*sigh* I miss Morgana being kickass/her POV being given any weight at all and I miss Gwen and Morgana getting to have scenes together/be in the same episodes. Stop being fail, show! :(

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Morgana made me so worried this episode, she was shaking like a leaf, I hated it.
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OH MORGANA. I am right now writing her some Gwen!hugs.
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EEE YAY!
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!!!
*ahem* me likey
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On the one hand Gwen is EPIC, and I'm looking forward to reading the inevitable Gwen & Merlin fight crime AUs.
*looks expectantly at fandom*
On the other, if I were Morgana it's at about this point that I'd be considering going evil just for something to do.
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And, yeah, that. Is that the writers' secret plan? Because that would almost work, heh.
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That is a wonderful idea. Someone write it, please. Before my typing fingers get too itchy.
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GWEN. PWNS. ALL.
Morgana's treatment is INEXCUSABLE. I remember thinking, for the second interrogation, "really? you're really not going to show it on camera?"
Uther and Gaius' screen time, at the expense of Morgana's, wouldn't be such an issue if the show didn't so often handwave the things they do just because they love their kids/charges. Gaius is consistently presented as right when he is wrong, wrong, wrong, 80% of the time. Maybe if the show spent more time dealing with their issues and less time trying to convince us that they're Not That Bad Really, it would be better.
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And yeah, exactly - it both justifies their screentime/position as sympathetic characters AND makes it okay when people who dislike them die - which was more of a thing last season, but still. I can still be bitter about Nimueh!
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I really like your point about the way Gaius & Uther focus reinforces the hierarchies that are so prominent in the show, though I'm less upset about their screen time (which would have had me throwing fits last season) because I'm starting to think that they're inching toward undermining both characters, and outright rejecting Uther in a way they haven't previously.
I'm impressed that you remember Morgana being kickass/having a POV. That was...when exactly? 1.11?
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I wish I shared your optimism! I would really like to see that.
And heh, to be fair, we did see just a smidgen in the opening of 2x04. ... which is pretty pathetic, truth to be told.
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But Gwen was fantastic! I like her solving problems with Merlin and the show not leaving it to Gaius to have all the answers. And the way she got Arthur to act was fantastic. Now, if she and Morgana could just get more screentime together, everything would be great!
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GWEN > ALL, basically. It did make me hopeful that maybe Morgana's going to get something to do soon, though.
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You're brilliant! Why didn't the writers think of this?
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I just want to close my eyes when Morgana has to be scared and hysterical again, which was every scene she had in this episode.
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But, what the hell, how can Morgana have such an important part of the plot and barely any screen time and why are they making her such a passive character. Raaarrrgggghhhh.
This could have been such a kickass episode, if they'd allowed Morgana to do something and showed us more of both Morgana and Merlin's interrogations and let Morgana and Gwen interract for fucks sake and maybe had shown Arthur actually thinking that Merlin was in danger and... dammit. Grrr...
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(And I was excited about Gwen mentioning Tom too!)