Sometimes I think the biggest tragedy of Merlin ending when it did is the inability for us to see the final growth of both Arthur and Merlin.
I.e. There is the obvious growth of Arthur actually making changes personally and politically regarding the acceptance of magic
BUT
There was also an opportunity for Arthur to push Merlin towards stepping into a leadership role and fulfilling more of his potential, which would have been so fun.
Imagine…
Druid: And good day to you, my king. Thank you for the audience. I will return to you if we have anymore trouble!
Arthur: Of course. I’m glad I could be of assistance.
*silence as the druid leaves*
Arthur: wtf was that?
Merlin: ??? I thought he was nice-
Arthur: No, you. Did you not know anything about what he was talking about?
Merlin: ….no. Why would I?
Arthur: BECAUSE IT IS YOUR JOB?!
Merlin: Nah. Your job. my job is protecting you.
Arthur: Incorrect. Sit down. We are spending the next hour discussing trade policies bc apparently as my servant you paid zero attention to what I did on the daily.
Merlin: you do things?
Arthur: I’m going to make you read legal documents until you cry. You convinced me to legalize magic, now you get to deal with part of the workload.
Merlin: but-
Arthur: two sides of the same coin, bitch.
Well if the shoe fish
family heirloom
It's hilarious that the Skeleton Crew trailer depicts Jod/ Crimson Jack as some sort of wise mentor/ guardian figure when after the first 3 episodes is obvious he's the epitome of a man failure. Like in the span of 3 episodes he:
- starts multiple arguments with the literal 10 year olds he's traveling with and loses all of them
- beefs with the only other adult on the ship (a droid)
- tells said 10 year olds to shoot at New Republic cops in X-wings so they can escape the law
- is racist against droids
- almost crashes their only ship multiple times
- all of his 'friends' betray him and rat him out instantly like
He's such an absolute loser I love him so much
"No, because Robin-Man sounds stupid." BABY DICK GRAYSON IS A NATIONAL TREASURE.
One of the funniest aspects of early stephcass is that so much of their interaction and development happened when they were both in masks so you could have a scene where they were bearing their souls to each other or discovering that maybe they got on better than they had expected and then their faces are just.
Feast your eyes on the romance before you, the sheer amount of love in their gazes. Tis majestic.
Me watching any musical, movie or show:
I looked at it wrong and now I'm scared.
I know there are a lot of fanfics about Jason being caught by the Justice League and usually getting bailed out by the batfam, but imagine if it was Brucie Wayne bailing him out:
In the JL interrogation room:
Superman: Alright, Red Hood, who is your supplier helping you move drugs in Star City?
Red Hood, who was undercover investigating a drug ring and got caught in a JL bust and sesnses an opportunity to mess with Batman: Look, I know you guys aren't cops, but can I get at least get one phone call?
Justice league looking skeptical?
Red Hood: You can even monitor it.
Green Arrow: Fine one phone call, but it will be monitored.
Hands Hood a phone
Red Hood: Hey Dad, I got stopped by the Justice League. Could you come bail me out? Really, okay, see you soon. Okay, my Dad said that he would bail me, so could we go over to the teleporters?
Green Arrow: Okay, firstly, we aren't cops, you can't just post bail and get out. Secondly, how would this "Dad" get up here?
Red Hood: You'll see.
Minutes later, Brucie Wayne walks in with a trail of Heroes, trying to explain why he cannot be at the Watchtower.
Superman: Mr. Wayne what are you doing here and how did you get here?
Bruce laying the Brucie persona on thick: Well as one of the Justice League's biggest doners and tech suppliers I have access to the teleporters, as for why I'm here it's to bail out my son. Hi Jaylad!
Red Hood fully expecting Batman: What?
Green Arrow remembering his friend's grief over loosing Jason: Ummmm, Mr. Wayne this is the Red Hood. You know "Bag full of severed heads" Red Hood.
Brucie: Yes, I know he's had some issues with his big feelings, but he's still my sweet little boy.
Superman: And you think that he's your late son Jason Todd?
Brucie: Yes, Batman even confirmed it was him. It turns out that after he died, he was brought back by an organization that planned on using him as a weapon against Batman. But he left them and has been working to improve Crime Alley, I'm so proud of him.
Green Arrow: We caught him in Star City with Drug runners.
Brucie: I'm sure he has a good explanation, don’t you Jaylad?
Red Hood still reeling from Bruce showing up as Brucie and not Batman: I was undercover?
Brucie: See perfectly reasonable, now can I please have my baby boy back? Alfred will be so upset if he's not home for dinner.
Surprisingly, this works , the Justice League is to stunned by this revelation and later confirm this with Batman that yes, the notorious Red Hood is the son of Billionaire, philanthropist airhead Brucie Wayne. Jason, meanwhile, has suffered a huge blow to his cred in the Hero community because of the association with Brucie instead of the Batfam. The bat siblings do not let this go anytime soon.
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