You bring out some very good points. The whole free will versus destiny thing. What I liked is that Merlin is becoming more ruthless and morally ambiguous, so he's not the kid we saw in S1. I really liked 5.05 as frustrating as it was, because for once, the plot twist was actually clever. It gave me a punch to the gut!
I agree, I think the ~old religion~ is outdated, they're... they're like crazy fundies, you know the type. What needs to be brought back to the kingdom is a new thinking, where magic isn't used to hold something over the heads of non-magical folk, but also where it isn't hated and feared. A joining of non and magic folk, with peace. I guess it's what uniting Albion is all about.
I don't think Gwen gave in in 5.06, it's obvious that after Morgana failed to get her to her side after a couple of days of psychological torture, she put an enchantment over her. It's obvious from latter episode summaries that "strong magic" is needed to lift the spell from her. So what Morgana did was to weaken her psychologically (with torturing her so that her mind instinctively saw Morgana as "good" with her moments of "kindness") and then finish her off with the enchantment.
Totally agreed with how those things would have been FAR more effective fears of Gwen. Some people on tumblr said similar things!
Queen Mab and her ridiculous rhymes! I loved her :D
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Date: 2012-11-13 03:58 pm (UTC)I agree, I think the ~old religion~ is outdated, they're... they're like crazy fundies, you know the type. What needs to be brought back to the kingdom is a new thinking, where magic isn't used to hold something over the heads of non-magical folk, but also where it isn't hated and feared. A joining of non and magic folk, with peace. I guess it's what uniting Albion is all about.
I don't think Gwen gave in in 5.06, it's obvious that after Morgana failed to get her to her side after a couple of days of psychological torture, she put an enchantment over her. It's obvious from latter episode summaries that "strong magic" is needed to lift the spell from her. So what Morgana did was to weaken her psychologically (with torturing her so that her mind instinctively saw Morgana as "good" with her moments of "kindness") and then finish her off with the enchantment.
Totally agreed with how those things would have been FAR more effective fears of Gwen. Some people on tumblr said similar things!
Queen Mab and her ridiculous rhymes! I loved her :D