For those wondering, another pitcher of cranberry juice has been made and I'm downing the thing as I type this. Sick of it, sick of it, sick of it...
I'm going to be talking about Merlin again because they just released the synopsis of Episode 13 and I've gotten all excited.
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OK, so Gwen didn't leave. Arthur and her kissed and made up at the end of the episode.
Episode 11: Morgana and Mordred unite under another sorcerer to fulfill a prophecy to steal a big crystal that apparently has weaponlike powers to kill Uther with.
Episode 12: Morgause lights up the Fires of Idirsholas and Arthur and Merlin come home to find the entire castle under an enchantment...save Morgana.
And for your viewing pleasure, here's the synopsis of Episode 13!
The Great Dragon is finally free and, full of rage, attacks Camelot with pitiless intensity. The castle is crumbling and Arthur's men cannot hold out much longer. Only a Dragonlord can kill a dragon and Uther wiped them all out years ago – or did he? Gaius admits one such man could still be alive and in hiding.
The last Dragonlord is the key to Merlin's own past as well as the future of Camelot, but will Arthur and Merlin find Balinor in time to save the kingdom and can they persuade him to return to Camelot to save his enemy, Uther?
I suspect that Balinor is Merlin's dad/knows how he got made and can tell him where to look. That would be not that far of a stretch. Merlin mentioned he knew nothing about his father in 8.
How does the Dragon get loose? Does he die? Will we ever see him again after this season? How mad is Uther going to be at whoever let the damn thing out (MERLIN!) and how angry is he going to be at the magical people when it all comes down? I would NOT want to be a magical person in Camelot when the pieces get picked up round there. Uther is going to want a full investigation and if Merlin was the one who let the bugger out, I'd probably kill him MYSELF.
This proves to me that the whole Morgana-Uther break IS going to happen in 11 and 12. No mention of Morgana here and Gwen is still in town. How very very interesting...Maybe Morgana lets him loose, eh?
I suspect that those massive shoots of fire we were seeing in the trailer that I couldn't explain are the dragon roasting people as they try to flee. Gwen gets trapped in the middle of all of it and Arthur starts screaming her FULL name in PUBLIC, in what sounded to me like abject terror that she was gonna get a little too toasty for his liking.
So the dragon had his own motives all along. LIKE I'm surprised at that. He manipulates Merlin to do what he wants and then when he gets free he smashes up the place.
But it does mean that the stupid Dragon isn't going to be around for advice next year. I assume he'll be big dead dragon meat at either the end of this episode or the beginning of Series 3. Well, Merlin was only going to see him half the time anyway. It's damn time the kid learned how to manage his own problems.
So we know the general plots of every episode there is thus far. Let's hope there's a Series 3 to enjoy!
Ta,
Bec
PS: Here I go again.
There are three ways that the whole creation of Arthur thing could have gone. Here they are:
We are completely certain of Uther's knowledge of the fact that someone was going to die. He just didn't know who. Gaius WARNED him at the time of Arthur's conception that to make the deal with Nimueh was going to cost him someONE.
But whether Igraine knew she might be the one or whether she had no earthly idea is the fact we aren't sure of. If Igraine knew, then she was very noble in giving her life for Uther's child. If not, then Uther is a lying, cheating bastard and someone should give him a spanking.
The Old Religion is fickle, but I assume there's reasoning in whoever's making the decision. Merlin made a deal and sacrificed his own life for Arthur's, but he's too important to the Grand Scheme and it bounced over him and tried to take his mother instead. If she had died, Merlin would have made a deeply personal sacrifice. Then Merlin is willing to toss himself off the cliff for his mother, but Gaius goes first and tries to do it in his place, but Merlin gets there behind him and blows up Nimueh, sparing Gaius, Hunith, Merlin, and Arthur. Someone dies. The balance is restored.
In this case, the Old Religion may have seen Uther as the only one who could hold Camelot together for 20 years while Arthur grew up. It also may have seen that the natural order was in chaos and that Uther would get it back to normal by killing lots of innocent pawns along the way. It saw him as important somehow, but Uther made a personal sacrifice, so the most important person to him at the time was Igraine.
So here are the scenarios:
1. Uther and Igraine both know the consequences and both of them are aware that a life will be lost in the creation of Arthur. Igraine is possibly the one who goes to Nimueh and finalizes the baby deal, knowing full well in her heart that the child born will result in her death. Uther is pleased but plans on giving his own life in her place but never gets the chance. This is the least likely of the three-a younger, nicer Uther would never have sacrificed his young wife like this or let her do it. He would have consulted with Gaius behind her back just to keep her around, I suspect.
2. Uther does know and doesn't tell Igraine, betraying her and going behind her back to have an heir. This I can see, although Igraine must have suspected something was going on with him. How does a woman who can't have a child suddenly have one? Get lucky? She couldn't have been that big of an idiot. His desperation might have translated and become her own. She might have only desired to see him happy, regardless of the cost to herself. The desperation might have pushed him a lot too far and he might not have wanted to worry her. Maybe he believed that he would be taken (see 3 below) and that there was no need to worry her when he was so willing to go for an heir. Maybe he thought they'd escape the Old Religion's rules.
OR THIS!
3. Possibly Uther assumes (incorrectly, of course) that his own life will be forfeit, but the Old Religion does it again, skips neatly over him, and takes Igraine out instead. Maybe he makes the mistake Merlin made at the end of Series 1-just because you sacrifice a life for someone ELSE's, it doesn't mean it's going to take YOU out, even though you assume YOUR life will be forfeit. I can see a scene where Uther bursts into the room just as Igraine's life slips away. He rounds on Nimueh and lets her have it, mad in his grief over losing his wife. He banishes Nimueh and begins the Great Purge.
SO there ya go. I bet I'm wrong again, but it helps to write this all out.
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