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rionaleonhart) wrote2009-04-16 04:37 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2009-04-16 04:37 pm
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Dean's Application To Be A Knight Would Not Be Accepted.
HERE IS AN AMAZING MERLIN/ARTHUR FANVID FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT. (Not by me, obviously. I wish I could have come up with this.)
Has anyone written a Supernatural/Merlin crossover comparing the two pairs who are ridiculously willing to sacrifice their lives for each other? Arthur and Merlin do, in some ways, feel like a no less secretive but far more healthy Sam and Dean. I would be very interested in seeing how they would react to each other when Sam and Dean, er, inexplicably turn up at Camelot. Perhaps they are investigating sinister stone angels and get sent back in time. Uther would probably try to have Sam burnt at the stake.
A few specific thoughts on Merlin (spoilers up to 'The Labyrinth of Gedref'):
On 'The Gates of Avalon': Prince Arthur, when being dragged out of a lake, looks terrifyingly like David Tennant. Seriously, take a look at these screencaps. Merlin goes diving for the future king and emerges with the Doctor. It is more than a little disturbing.
On 'The Labyrinth of Gedref': that was the most homoerotic rat-eating scene I have ever watched. Not that it has much competition, but I was impressed.
On Merlin in general: I am slightly disturbed by Merlin's utter lack of remorse when killing people. I mean, yes, all right, he only kills people to defend himself or others, but I still find it somewhat alarming. He is such a lovely boy most of the time! He wants to help everyone! And then, er, the people he helps poison him or grow up to kill his boyfriend.
ANYWAY.
Actually, that is a rather odd recurring theme in Merlin. When Merlin helps people, it creates problems; when he kills people, it solves them. There's certainly nothing wrong with not having a conventional moral message, but it did confuse me a bit. This is largely, I suspect, because I do tend to expect a certain morality from a family show, and so I subconsciously file aspects into the 'this must be the moral message' box as I watch and then become bewildered when I rummage through the box later and come out with 'DON'T HELP PEOPLE; KILL THEM'.
Of course, besides musing on television morality, I have been considering the far more pressing question of what Hogwarts Houses the characters of Merlin would be sorted into. Arthur and Merlin are both pure Gryffindor. Gwen is a Hufflepuff. Morgana I'm not sure about; perhaps she would be a Ravenclaw? Gaius would be a Ravenclaw, I think, although![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
reipan suggests Hufflepuff, and Uther, were he actually willing to go to the castle and put on the Sorting Hat, would be a Slytherin. (I very much enjoy the idea of Uther receiving an acceptance letter from Hogwarts. He would be furious.)
IMPORTANT QUESTION: does anyone know much about attitudes to homosexuality in the Dark Ages? Were Merlin and Arthur to be discovered to be in a sexual relationship, would there be shock, and if so would it be based more on the fact that they are both male or on the fact that Merlin is so far Arthur's social inferior?
(...yes, I may possibly be considering fanfiction. Possibly.)
Has anyone written a Supernatural/Merlin crossover comparing the two pairs who are ridiculously willing to sacrifice their lives for each other? Arthur and Merlin do, in some ways, feel like a no less secretive but far more healthy Sam and Dean. I would be very interested in seeing how they would react to each other when Sam and Dean, er, inexplicably turn up at Camelot. Perhaps they are investigating sinister stone angels and get sent back in time. Uther would probably try to have Sam burnt at the stake.
A few specific thoughts on Merlin (spoilers up to 'The Labyrinth of Gedref'):
On 'The Gates of Avalon': Prince Arthur, when being dragged out of a lake, looks terrifyingly like David Tennant. Seriously, take a look at these screencaps. Merlin goes diving for the future king and emerges with the Doctor. It is more than a little disturbing.
On 'The Labyrinth of Gedref': that was the most homoerotic rat-eating scene I have ever watched. Not that it has much competition, but I was impressed.
On Merlin in general: I am slightly disturbed by Merlin's utter lack of remorse when killing people. I mean, yes, all right, he only kills people to defend himself or others, but I still find it somewhat alarming. He is such a lovely boy most of the time! He wants to help everyone! And then, er, the people he helps poison him or grow up to kill his boyfriend.
ANYWAY.
Actually, that is a rather odd recurring theme in Merlin. When Merlin helps people, it creates problems; when he kills people, it solves them. There's certainly nothing wrong with not having a conventional moral message, but it did confuse me a bit. This is largely, I suspect, because I do tend to expect a certain morality from a family show, and so I subconsciously file aspects into the 'this must be the moral message' box as I watch and then become bewildered when I rummage through the box later and come out with 'DON'T HELP PEOPLE; KILL THEM'.
Of course, besides musing on television morality, I have been considering the far more pressing question of what Hogwarts Houses the characters of Merlin would be sorted into. Arthur and Merlin are both pure Gryffindor. Gwen is a Hufflepuff. Morgana I'm not sure about; perhaps she would be a Ravenclaw? Gaius would be a Ravenclaw, I think, although
reipan suggests Hufflepuff, and Uther, were he actually willing to go to the castle and put on the Sorting Hat, would be a Slytherin. (I very much enjoy the idea of Uther receiving an acceptance letter from Hogwarts. He would be furious.)IMPORTANT QUESTION: does anyone know much about attitudes to homosexuality in the Dark Ages? Were Merlin and Arthur to be discovered to be in a sexual relationship, would there be shock, and if so would it be based more on the fact that they are both male or on the fact that Merlin is so far Arthur's social inferior?
(...yes, I may possibly be considering fanfiction. Possibly.)
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;D
I am slightly disturbed by Merlin's utter lack of remorse when killing people - yeah... and he doesn't even remembering killing them! It comes a bit too naturally for him. Fail, writers, fail.
YAY! RIONA FANFICTION! Squee!
Here, have another fanvid, made by none other than
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Thank you for the video link! (Wow, that cover! I didn't know that song could be good.)
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Haha! That song is ... well, Nix, DB and I are covering it and we hope our (much altered and added-to) version is good - an improvement at least! I'm hoping we record it at some point to share with the interwebz. Whether the interwebz likes it or not! ;)
Oh BTW, we keep talking about starting up a ukulele band, but none of us actually play ukulele (so far, it's more about the dance moves and matching/constrasting costumes/colour-schemes/ukuleles). Is it a hard instrument to learn? I play cello so instruments with the strings not going up and down confuse me. I might have to play it that way just to get my head around it (don't even start on wind instruments!)
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Aah, the Lanikai LJ-21 soprano. Hmmm. I was thinking of going for a purple one. Or red. Or green. These are our band colours - or at least, they will be! Any comment on the standard of those purple models?!
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Hmmm. I think coloured ukuleles tend to be of lower quality than non-painted ones. I started out with a blue Mahalo soprano; it cost very little, and it was enough to get me interested in ukuleles, but it was quite difficult to strum, didn't have great sound quality and went out of tune on a regular basis. The Lanikai is far nicer to play.
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So perhaps I should get a better instrument and then PAINT IT. Y/N????!?!?!?!?
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That little instrument is going to confuse me a lot I fear. But I imagine many fannish songs being composed on it. That thought alone is enough to keep me going. Is there any chance of you doing a voice post so we can hear you play?