How Merlin season 3 makes me feel

[the_huffster]

 Because I need to express the rage I have about Merlin...



I'm re-watching the third season of Merlin (cos I couldn't wait last year and watched it online) since I DVR-ed the last four episodes of season 3 on SyFy, and I was reminded why I had been putting off watching the end of season 3.



Before I start, some background info on my love for Merlin:

As everyone knows (well, everyone who watches/heard of the show), Anthony Head is in Merlin.





He plays adorable, rude, dickish, King  Rupert Giles  Uther Pendragon.

Katie McGrath plays adorable, badass, recently turned evil Morgana.

In the first two season of Merlin, it seemed like Morgana and Uther were gonna get together (or were together secretly off screen). Their scenes had underlying sexual tension.



Plus, they're cute together.

So, naturally, I started shipping them. And how could I not with the scenes they had?

And then in season 2, Morgana started slowly turning evil. And my heart broke cos she's my favorite character- well, her and Uther.

Morgana goes missing for a year, and comes back in season 3. A heart felt reunion is felt between my ship.



But she was evil. And was plotting to take down Uther.



No big deal, cos that just made them even more complex and interesting as a couple.

Then the unthinkable happened. The writers had a change of heart and decided to stick with the legend and make Morgana Uther's daughter.



I died and wanted to break down in a corner when I heard that line.

And how could I not when the writers had trained us fans to see them as a ship? It's like they [the writers] decided to screw the fans over and take away an aspect we had come to love. And that aspect is Uther and Morgana being all flirty/sexual with each other.

I'm pretty sure the writers are in their rooms laughing at the fans.



So I ignore the fact that Uther and Morgana are related, that way I can still ship them. But when someone brings up the relation of those two, I get mad and....-fill in adjectives-

I refuse them being father and daughter.







If I ever see the writers, I will tell them exactly what I think of them for doing this after 2 seasons of sexual-ness between Uther and Morgana.

I will continue to ship them.



And there is nothing anyone can do to change that.



So take that, Merlin writers!



You will not win and break my shippy-spirit! I will always yell at the screen for those two to jump each other's bones.



And they [the writers] don't like, I don't care!

Comments

[yessikg.livejournal.com]

I understand your love for Uther and Morgana, I ship them too.

I know the legend pretty well and the first thing I said when I saw those two on screen together was "they're not father and daughter?" I can't say that it bothers me that they made them father and daughter because...

I have embraced incest (at least in fandoms :P), I'm into Largocest(RTGO), Wincest(Supernatural), and Uther/Morgana (they need an incesty name now).

Yes, I know I need a doctor :O:P

[the-huffster.livejournal.com]

Oh...I ship Largocest and Wincest too. The only reason Uther/Morgana kinda bug me is cos me and my dad watch Merlin together (and it seems every time we watch something together, there is always some sort of incest going on)

And I grew up learning about the legend, I just thought that the Merlin writers were gonna take the other route (and less popular route) of Morgana being Igraine's daughter instead of Uther's

But, then that would have made me happy. Like I said though, I'm still shipping Uther/Morgana...I'm just gonna forget about them being father/daughter unless it gets brought up

[yessikg.livejournal.com]

That's the great thing about being a fan, you can live in denial :P

[the-huffster.livejournal.com]

Exactly! It's why I love being a fan lol