trackdownthatsnitch:camelotsheart:vickytokio:fictionalinfinity:thegreymoon:dameragnelle:#ugh #can’t
trackdownthatsnitch:camelotsheart:vickytokio:fictionalinfinity:thegreymoon:dameragnelle:#ugh #can’t be seen buying my lil servant a drink in public #ten years later… #fondly smiles at merlin kicking his ass at gambling #in public #for everyone to see no lessrequested by saralynfosterThe last happy scene They came so far, they had so much, then they had to lose it all. OKAY BUT YOU KNOW WHAT??? I WANNA SEE ALL OF THE SHENANIGANS. WHEN DID THEY FIRST GO TO THE TAVERN TOGETHER? WHEN DID THEY FIRST PLAY DICE?? BEFORE OR AFTER THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE?? HOW OFTEN DID THEY GO???? WHAT OTHER STUFF DID THEY GET UP TO IN THEIR FREE TIME?? I NEED ANSWERSI think what hurts me more on the happiness of this scene is not just that I know terrible things are coming but that this is the first we see of these. They make it look like something that is common enough, yet we’ve never had a chance to watch it. I WANT IT!@shut-up-merlin @forever-rewatching-merlin @trackdownthatsnitchYou know what this makes me remember, though? @forever-rewatching-merlin once pointed out Arthur’s jewellery during his fight with Lancelot way back in season 1, and how this ostentatiousness dies down the further along we get in the show, until the only other jewellery to his crown that we see him in is his mother’s ring. During that first season - especially in those earliest episodes - Arthur was presented as brash, and this is reflected in his outward appearance. Look at the way he scoffs in the set on the left; it’s arrogant, as though the mere idea of him “being seen” treating a servant as an equal is laughable. He is, in that scene, in full regalia, and though it makes sense in the context, it only emphasises how important appearances - how he is “seen” - is to him. Some of his pretentious attitude could come from his own insecurity and the need to prove himself - as a worthy King, as a worthy son and as a worthy Knight - but he also does also see himself as higher than others. Yes, he cares about his people and will lay down his life for them, but he still believes in a hierarchy and still believes he’s at the top of it. Gladly, he’ll ride into hell in order to save Merlin’s life… But at the end of the day? In that scene, he only briefly looks at Merlin, as though he’s looking around as he laughs in case someone is there, watching him interact with a servant as though they’re on the same level. When the adrenaline fades and lives are no longer on the line, he cares too much about what others think of him. In the right set, look at how differently he presents himself; the way he looks so comfortable standing across from Merlin, joking with him and losing against him too. He doesn’t look around to see who’s eyes are on him, only looks between the table and his ridiculous friend in fond resignation. He’s in a Tavern in peasant’s clothes - loose shirt, rolled up sleeves, simple colours - not because he’s going incognito and needs to blend in, but because he’s happy to be seen as equal to the rest of the patrons. He’s happy “being seen” bantering with servants and commoners. I mean - he doesn’t even defend himself. He gained a sense of humility over the course of the show. And Ygraine’s ring as the only jewellery he wears… it’s sentiment rather than flamboyance. As a keepsake, it connects him to his mother. As a ring, it’s something that matches him to his wife. And - though it technically isn’t canon, this is still something I love - as something of his mother’s, something that is a symbol of familial ties, it connects him to his best friend, to whom he gifted the sigil. In summary, Arthur feels less of a need to prove that he’s better than all those around him further on in the show, and this is both shown in body language/how he reacts to the public eye, and in the way that he dresses. -- source link