Merlin - Another's Sorrow
Nov. 3rd, 2012 06:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daibhidcJust realised I never wrote this up last week.
Very continuity heavy. Princess Mithian from "Hunter's Heart" returns, with news that her father's been kidnapped by King Odin from "The Once And Future Queen" and "The Wicked Day". But it turns out Odin is working with Morgana, who's accompanying Mithian in disguise.
There was a moment early on when it looked like we were getting a stupid "jealous Gwen" plot. Luckily, she's more sensible than that, and was rightly worried about Arthur getting obsessed with revenge. And Arthur overcomes the cycle of revenge and persuades Odin to do likewise, in a major step towards bringing peace to the kingdoms. A very good episode, and it's interesting to see Morgan rise in power. (And she must have noticed Merlin has magic this time?)
Mythwatch: Odin continues to be be named after the king of the Norse gods. The idea of a damsel apparently asking Arthur's knights for help, but actually being under duress to lure them into a trap certainly sounds like it should have a legendary precedent, but the closest I can think of is "For To Achieve Your Adventure", Theodore Goodridge Roberts's version of Gareth and Lynette.
Very continuity heavy. Princess Mithian from "Hunter's Heart" returns, with news that her father's been kidnapped by King Odin from "The Once And Future Queen" and "The Wicked Day". But it turns out Odin is working with Morgana, who's accompanying Mithian in disguise.
There was a moment early on when it looked like we were getting a stupid "jealous Gwen" plot. Luckily, she's more sensible than that, and was rightly worried about Arthur getting obsessed with revenge. And Arthur overcomes the cycle of revenge and persuades Odin to do likewise, in a major step towards bringing peace to the kingdoms. A very good episode, and it's interesting to see Morgan rise in power. (And she must have noticed Merlin has magic this time?)
Mythwatch: Odin continues to be be named after the king of the Norse gods. The idea of a damsel apparently asking Arthur's knights for help, but actually being under duress to lure them into a trap certainly sounds like it should have a legendary precedent, but the closest I can think of is "For To Achieve Your Adventure", Theodore Goodridge Roberts's version of Gareth and Lynette.
