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Description Ahh, the BBC's "Merlin", my guilty pleasure!

I had started watching last year but then given up after 6 episodes because they had left me red-faced and dizzy... from face-palming and eye-rolling about the really bad (silly, repetitive, predictable and full of plotholes) stories >_<;

Then DW went on hiatus for the summer and I had nothing nice and British to watch, so I decided to give it another chance... and somehow, it really grew on me. Mostly because the characters (and actors!) are so damn adorable!

Anyway, meme comments:

1) Arthur and Merlin make it all worthwhile XD

2) The most adorkable person ever and an arrogant prat with a heart of gold, how could you not love them?

3) ...though I don't hate him because how could I, he's Giles Anthony Head.

4) Just kidding! XDD The story was terribly silly, but I found it deeply hilarious that Uther only got to sleep with his lovely new wife when she had been exposed (to everyone else) as a troll

5) I think I might have liked Arthur/Merlin if all the ho yay fanservice wasn't so blatantly obvious while not leading anywhere, because the Beeb wouldn't dare anger its conservative viewers. But they know that "Slash sells" so they put it in just to keep the fangirls watching. That's hypocrisy and I resent that. ò_ó

6) Finally, no giant rats or pink pixies, but a human foe who was dangerous and creepy, and the plot was serious and sinister and had some fantastic character moments. Also, Lord Vetinari Lord Tywin Charles Dance!! <333

EDIT: By now, my favourite episode is "The Wicked Day" because it was just so good!!

7) Nimueh was quite annoying too, and Mordred is so creepy .__.

8) I'm one of those girls who loved horses and mucking out stables when they were little. =3

9) Another thing I find deeply hilarious - all the random scenes featuring shirtless Bradley James. I'm not complaining at all, I enjoy shirtless Bradley James like the next girl - it's just so really obvious they're catering to the fangirls XDD

Looking foward to series 4 in October
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Comments: 101

Ta-moe In reply to ??? [2011-09-22 09:21:19 +0000 UTC]

haha, ja ^^
ach es gibt viele spoilers schon ^^° >.<

(japp - prinzipiell schon :3 - geplant war es zumind. und vllt. auch ein Movie ^^)

ganz genau das ^-^


JAAAA - nicht mehr lange XD
*genießt noch DW, danach geht's dann los XD*

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DragonprotectorRyuu [2011-09-11 13:40:39 +0000 UTC]

This is hallarious XD

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akabeko In reply to DragonprotectorRyuu [2011-09-12 20:58:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you~ <3

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DragonprotectorRyuu In reply to akabeko [2011-09-13 08:31:21 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome

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MorisatoMegumi [2011-09-05 21:48:55 +0000 UTC]

ich weiß wann und wo das entstanden ist XD

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akabeko In reply to MorisatoMegumi [2011-09-06 08:23:08 +0000 UTC]

Hihi~

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MorisatoMegumi In reply to MorisatoMegumi [2011-09-05 21:50:03 +0000 UTC]

*zeichnung aus berg von stoffetzen hervorzieh*

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Aoirono-no-tatsu In reply to ??? [2011-09-05 21:48:09 +0000 UTC]

I love Uther. Probably only because he's played by Anthony Head, but I do

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akabeko In reply to Aoirono-no-tatsu [2011-09-06 08:26:31 +0000 UTC]

Me too, I can't hate Uther because of whom he's played by - Anthony Head is just fantastic

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Aoirono-no-tatsu In reply to akabeko [2011-09-06 11:28:59 +0000 UTC]

Have you seen Repo! The Genetic Opera? Uther and Nathan have lot in common

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metym [2011-09-04 15:26:36 +0000 UTC]

LMAO!! that's so cool

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Renegades0fFunk [2011-09-03 07:03:22 +0000 UTC]

LOL I love your drawings !!! <3

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akabeko In reply to Renegades0fFunk [2011-09-03 19:34:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!!

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Natsu87 [2011-09-02 22:23:18 +0000 UTC]

Er schaut ohne Shirt aber auch echt lecker aus... XD
Da muss ich doch glatt auch mal wieder weiterschauen - hab aber total vergessen, wie weit ich schon war...

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akabeko In reply to Natsu87 [2011-09-03 19:42:12 +0000 UTC]

Ja gell, der Bradley hat durchaus was zum Herzeigen
Und lol, bei der Qulaität der Plots ist es glaub ich relativ wurscht, wo du einsteigst, die einzig wirklich relevanten Sachen passieren eh nur in den ersten und letzten Folgen der Serie

Dankeschön für's Feedback!! <3

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wolfienur [2011-09-02 18:42:49 +0000 UTC]

Best meme EVARR.

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akabeko In reply to wolfienur [2011-09-02 18:58:02 +0000 UTC]

D'aww, thank you very much

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wolfienur In reply to akabeko [2011-09-03 11:03:25 +0000 UTC]

You are most welcome. =]

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Letta463 In reply to ??? [2011-09-02 18:19:03 +0000 UTC]

Aww I love your style so much! Lol '...and you're next' love that ^^
D'AWWWWWW superfriends 4 evar! I love little Merlin and bastet-form Freya! It's too adorable for words
Mind if I use them for my icon? I will credit you of course and link back to your profile and the meme.

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akabeko In reply to Letta463 [2011-09-02 19:34:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, I've never been asked for permission to use my art for an icon before...! O///O I feel extremely honoured and of course you may use them - I'm glad you like it so much~

And thank you for the nice comment, too!

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Letta463 In reply to akabeko [2011-09-02 21:03:51 +0000 UTC]

N'awww,thank you soo much!
And you're welcome! ^^

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Doma-nissan In reply to ??? [2011-09-02 18:10:44 +0000 UTC]

Widzę, że następny serial Ech, kiedy to ja oglądałam telewizor... =____= Za dużo czytam książek i rysuję @_____@" ... Ech, to co, polecasz? >3

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akabeko In reply to Doma-nissan [2011-09-02 19:01:48 +0000 UTC]

Ja wcale nie ogladam telewizji jako takiej (nawet nie posiadam telewizora bo nie chce placic podatku za program który mnie i tak nie interesuje) - ogladam w internecie a jesli mi sie cos podoba, to kupuje potem na DVD

Aha, NIDGY nie mozna za duzo czytac i rysowac, to niemozliwe!! Ja bym tez rysowala wiecej ale nie mam natchnienia do niczego bardziej skomplikowaneko niz meme

Tego serialu nie moge szczerze polecic, bo tresci odcinków sa naprawde glupie i przewidywalne - ja oglam tylko bo lubie postacie

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Doma-nissan In reply to akabeko [2011-09-02 20:17:02 +0000 UTC]

Spoczko, a hetalia nie jest głupia i lekko przewidywalna? XD Ale postacie to ma fajne ^3^ Nie szkodzi... idę rysować arta zaległego >___>

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Aakami [2011-09-02 00:13:14 +0000 UTC]

actually I've heard Head's character is very awesomely bastard-ish and I can't wait to meet him if I ever move my ass and start watching Merlin xD Really, I can't believe I haven't yet...

Haha, shirtless Arthur sounds as much reasonable as shirtless Harkness (or Harkness on the roofs) - who cares why? Important thing: it IS. xD

As always, I cannot not to enjoy your cute pics

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akabeko In reply to Aakami [2011-09-02 19:06:33 +0000 UTC]

HARKNESS ON ROOFS IS GLORIOUS!!!! O___O

I'm really curious whether you'll like this series - the plots are really bad but the characters are adorable (kind of like early Buffy, I guess. Which is why I'm still hoping the plots of Merlin might get at least a teensy bit better )

Anthony Head's character isn't awesomely badass, I'd say he's mainly a bastard with a few interesting character traits (e.g. he executes children but loves his son and ward so much he's give his life for them). Unfortunately, his really interesting depths are explored waaay too little

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Aakami In reply to akabeko [2011-09-04 12:56:45 +0000 UTC]

Harkness on roofs is random xD

Lately I don't watch any tv series :c I am more into anime, which I review (damn it, I promised you to sent the review of 20th Century boys! I'll try to do it today!), and I jumped on my favourite 19th century-ish romance novels which I am reading like crazy - I discovered some quite cheap series of english classics, in english, so it's really great, as usually books in foreign language are much more expensieve than the polish ones, uh.

Yeah, I'v heard it's the best part about him: he's a bastard, but he does loves his son Can't wait to watch series with him

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akabeko In reply to Aakami [2011-09-05 12:23:51 +0000 UTC]

Believe me, if I had good books I'd be reading them too, but I haven't been able to find anything really good lately - so I'm waiting for the next Fforde or Pratchett novel to come out XD

True, foreign language books are really expensive in Poland (still cheaper than in Austria though, which is why I always come back with several ) - can't you lend them from the public library or something...? ó_ò

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Aakami In reply to akabeko [2011-09-05 16:19:48 +0000 UTC]

I think there is British Council librabry, but it's not very easy for me to get to it. But as I said, I just discovered this marvelous collection of 19th century books I wanted to read, and absolutely love, because I am geek of this period, and they cost only 11złoty and can be pretty thick too. Today I purchased "Frankenstein" and "The tale of two cities" because I wanted to read something by Dickens, and the only thing I know about him is the horrible Christmas Carol I am so sick of xD So it seems all my savings are going on these books, because they just include every title I WANT c:

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GarrulousGibberish In reply to ??? [2011-09-01 22:41:07 +0000 UTC]

I really couldn't agree with you more, in most cases. A few I might, but the horrible plots bit but fun characters totally hits home. Enjoyable meme.

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akabeko In reply to GarrulousGibberish [2011-09-02 19:16:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!!
Well, there's always hope the plots might still get better in the next series... and if they don't, it'll still be fine as long as the characters stay lovable

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LovesToRead09 [2011-09-01 19:43:04 +0000 UTC]

Nimueh's coming back in S4.... I find that funny because in the legend her and Merlin 'get it together' if you know what I mean...

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akabeko In reply to LovesToRead09 [2011-09-02 19:31:15 +0000 UTC]

Oh, my knowledge of the Arthurian Legend is very limited, I'm ashamed to say (I've only ever seen the Disney movie and "The First Knight" with Sean Connery and Richard Gere) so I bet I don't get all the references on 'Merlin'...

Hmmm, and now I'm in two minds about Nimueh coming back (how is that even possible, didn't Merlin kill her at the end of the first series in order to save Gaius? (or was it his mother? Can't remember... anyway, she died in this a-life-for-a-life trade, so how can she come back?? O__O)

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Bluesheepy In reply to ??? [2011-09-01 17:29:04 +0000 UTC]

awesome
uther and his troll wife - they went soo well together!

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Petey-Winter [2011-09-01 05:45:21 +0000 UTC]

What a wonderful morning, presenting me a new beko artwork.
I admit that I gave up watching the series at some point. I didn't find it interesting enough to forgive them what they've done to the myths. ;__;

Your drawings are sooooo cute! I can't even tell you how much I love your drawing style. And I find it so admirable that you always manage to draw the characters so adorable, yet very in character and recognizable.
I agree on the plots in question 7, by the way. -_-
Your outfit in question 8 reminds me a little of Justin, could that be? ;D
The last picture was so hilarious! I laughed so much.

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akabeko In reply to Petey-Winter [2011-09-01 09:21:15 +0000 UTC]

Awww, thank you for the wonderful comment, it really cheered me up a lot (I'm totally stressed out because of Aninite preparations, which are utter chaos again - it's a miracle how the team manages to stage the con every year)

Yup, as said in the comments, I had given up watching it because of the awful plots at first, too. But if you try to overlook them and concentrate on the lovable characters (and the quirky British humour, and the hilarious fanservice) it's good, harmless fun.

Yup, of course it's Justin's outfit. I'm hopeless with designing clothes so I stick to what I know ^_^;

And the last picture is just the honest truth. The times they have male characters (most often Arthur, but also Gwaine and I think Lancelot; only Merlin was spared so far) run around with their shirts of for no reason at all, it's just hilarious

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Xinjay [2011-09-01 02:06:48 +0000 UTC]

Asdahsldkajslkjflaksjldasd YOUR DRAWINGS ARE SO CUTE. OH MY GOD. LET ME LOVE YOU. ♥ ♥ ♥

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akabeko In reply to Xinjay [2011-09-01 08:56:57 +0000 UTC]

D'awww, thank you very much~

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Hanaki-chan In reply to ??? [2011-08-31 19:59:03 +0000 UTC]

so series 4 will be on once DW (which is back! yay!) is over. the fact that i'm British and don't about that is kind of amusing.

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akabeko In reply to Hanaki-chan [2011-09-01 09:05:17 +0000 UTC]

Yes, definitely yay for the Doctor being back (though "Let's kill Hitler" was really confusing @_@)

And of course the Beeb wouldn't want all it's most popular series to air at the same time and heaven forbid steal watchers from each other (I suppose that's also why Sherlock won't be airing until spring)

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Hanaki-chan In reply to akabeko [2011-09-01 16:15:20 +0000 UTC]

i suppose part of the reason Merlin is going to on after DW is because they all know which vieweres will watch. and of course Let's Kill Hitler was confusing Moffat wrote it (on account River Song is his character and no one else is allowed to write stuff for her)

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akabeko In reply to Hanaki-chan [2011-09-01 16:39:47 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I think that's horribly childish of the Moff =_= And as much as I used to love River (and the Doctor/River ship) I really don't like the way Moffat has been writing her lately, she's becoming too much of a Mary Sue (I also resent that how her whole life has been determined by and revolves around the Doctor)
And you're right, the viewers of DW and Merlin probably overlap for the most part XD

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Hanaki-chan In reply to akabeko [2011-09-02 16:24:29 +0000 UTC]

Well in fairness she was brainwashed to kill The Doctor as a child and that episode was her transition from Melody to River....
besides we all know how where and when she dies. Also about that episode: after Melody had shot the Tardis the ride resembled flying with 10. correlation ne? and now we have seen the Doctor's alternative to acting like a 9 year old and I know which one I prefer.

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Jie-n In reply to ??? [2011-08-31 19:23:19 +0000 UTC]

The last panel almost made me wet myself!
Good job!

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akabeko In reply to Jie-n [2011-09-01 09:05:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you XDDD

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HulluMel In reply to ??? [2011-08-31 19:19:27 +0000 UTC]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO LIKES MERLIN!

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akabeko In reply to HulluMel [2011-09-01 09:06:15 +0000 UTC]

Not at all, it's really popular - especially among girls, for obvious reasons XD

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HulluMel In reply to akabeko [2011-09-01 10:33:16 +0000 UTC]

Wow It's not really popular amongst us guys though. But really. Gotta love Arthur and Merlin Best bromance ever.

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akabeko In reply to HulluMel [2011-09-01 16:44:05 +0000 UTC]

By "among us guys", do you mean Finns? In Austria where I live, hardly anyone knows it as it was never on Austrian TV, and on German TV it was moved from a popular channel to an unpopular one due to very bad viewing rates XD

And I agree about the "best bromance ever". Second only to Sherlock and John, maybe

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MCMXC2 In reply to ??? [2011-08-31 18:18:50 +0000 UTC]

LOL, good!

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