heisasstraightashishair:jelazakazone:#i must remind you#this is merlin’s answer when mordred a
heisasstraightashishair:jelazakazone:#i must remind you#this is merlin’s answer when mordred asks him#what right have you… to question /me/?#because mordred may be a lot of things#but he is also a fucking KNIGHT OF CAMELOT#and merlin may be emrys#but he’s still a servant#and this whole scene#NAY#ALL THEIR SCENES IN THIS EPISODE#merlin quietly displaying power over mordred#mordred’s done-ness aggressively showing its pretty face#THE FUCKING POWER DYNAMICS BETWEEN THIS TWO#it’s what i live and breathe#merdred#merlin#mordred#in all their shifting power dynamics#there’s also a strange sort of intimacy#because in a way#they each know the other better than anyone else#mordred is practically the only person that merlin can truly be himself around#i mean gaius knows him well but he’s a father figure and someone whose opinion of him matters#he’s the sort of person that merlin doesn’t want thinking less of him#he doesn’t want gaius to see the darker parts of him#the paranoia and the bitterness and the touch of arrogance that comes with true power and years of wielding it#he doesn’t need to hide any of that from mordred because he doesn’t need to play nice or make friends#and merlin is the only one in camelot who knows mordred#arthur knows his druidism but merlin knows his magic and the weight of secrets and duplicity#for all their lies they are more honest with each other than either of them is with anyone else#it’s fascinatingvia (x)I hate how Merlin handled the Mordred situation, I hate what the screen writers did to them. But I LOVE their dynamics. It’s fucking incredible to watch! -- source link
#bbc merlin#sir mordred