Merlin - Aithusa
Oct. 31st, 2011 10:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daibhidcYes, I know. I haven't seen this week's yet, but I thought I'd do a quick comment on last week's.
We're introduced to Julius Borden, an old aquaintance of Gaius, played by James Callis (aka Gaius Baltar and the title character of Merlin and the Book of Beasts. So that's not confusing). He's searching for the clues to find the last dragon egg. And Merlin, as the last dragonlord, first tries to help him, and then, when he realises Borden isn't a nice guy, has to stop him.
Merlin's main task in helping Borden is getting Arthur's keys. Now, I always knew the series was written with one eye on the slash writers, but I never thought they would actually broadcast a scene in which Merlin magics Arthur's trousers to fall down and then lunges at him. But they did.
Gaius then explains to Arthur what Borden stole, once again demonstrating that, when it's convenient to the plot, Gaius's purpose is to provide magical exposition which everyone takes as gospel because he knows about this sort of thing. Except last week, when it was convenient to the plot for Gaius to remain schtum for no readily apparent reason.
So Arthur and his knights set off, with Merlin in tow, and head for the lost tomb the dragon egg was left in. This turns out to be "lost" because it's hidden behind a waterfall, despite the fact it has rolling hillsides surrounding it from all other angles. Presumably, approaching it from those directions would be cheating.
Merlin somehow misses Borden catapulting some sort of poison into the stew, where it lands with a distinct splash. This conveniently means no-one except Borden is around when Merlin announces that he's the last dragonlord, blasts Borden with magic and picks up the egg. Which, of course, sets off a boobytrap that destroys the tower.
Merlin later hatches the egg by naming the dragon, which seems a lot simpler than we found naming our new kitten (at the moment we think his name is Magick. Mum added the "k"). It's a white dragon, which is apparently a good omen, and instantly made me think of Anne MacCaffery.
Mythwatch: a white dragons may make me think of Pern's Ruth, but it should have made me think of the dragons of Dinas Emrys, which I previously speculated was the inspiration for the Great Dragon being imprisoned beneath Camelot. As in Merlin these dragons were a good omen for the kingdom, but for a very different reason; in this case the red dragon of Britain (ie Wales) killed the white dragon of the Saxons (ie England).
Ashkanar, the ancient king whose tomb holds the egg, is totally made up. It occurs to me that this would have been as good a place as any to stick Bran the Blessed, unless they've got other plans for him.
We're introduced to Julius Borden, an old aquaintance of Gaius, played by James Callis (aka Gaius Baltar and the title character of Merlin and the Book of Beasts. So that's not confusing). He's searching for the clues to find the last dragon egg. And Merlin, as the last dragonlord, first tries to help him, and then, when he realises Borden isn't a nice guy, has to stop him.
Merlin's main task in helping Borden is getting Arthur's keys. Now, I always knew the series was written with one eye on the slash writers, but I never thought they would actually broadcast a scene in which Merlin magics Arthur's trousers to fall down and then lunges at him. But they did.
Gaius then explains to Arthur what Borden stole, once again demonstrating that, when it's convenient to the plot, Gaius's purpose is to provide magical exposition which everyone takes as gospel because he knows about this sort of thing. Except last week, when it was convenient to the plot for Gaius to remain schtum for no readily apparent reason.
So Arthur and his knights set off, with Merlin in tow, and head for the lost tomb the dragon egg was left in. This turns out to be "lost" because it's hidden behind a waterfall, despite the fact it has rolling hillsides surrounding it from all other angles. Presumably, approaching it from those directions would be cheating.
Merlin somehow misses Borden catapulting some sort of poison into the stew, where it lands with a distinct splash. This conveniently means no-one except Borden is around when Merlin announces that he's the last dragonlord, blasts Borden with magic and picks up the egg. Which, of course, sets off a boobytrap that destroys the tower.
Merlin later hatches the egg by naming the dragon, which seems a lot simpler than we found naming our new kitten (at the moment we think his name is Magick. Mum added the "k"). It's a white dragon, which is apparently a good omen, and instantly made me think of Anne MacCaffery.
Mythwatch: a white dragons may make me think of Pern's Ruth, but it should have made me think of the dragons of Dinas Emrys, which I previously speculated was the inspiration for the Great Dragon being imprisoned beneath Camelot. As in Merlin these dragons were a good omen for the kingdom, but for a very different reason; in this case the red dragon of Britain (ie Wales) killed the white dragon of the Saxons (ie England).
Ashkanar, the ancient king whose tomb holds the egg, is totally made up. It occurs to me that this would have been as good a place as any to stick Bran the Blessed, unless they've got other plans for him.
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Date: 2011-10-31 09:44 pm (UTC)