Board Thread:Rewatching "Merlin" - Season Two/@comment-5102537-20130713192800/@comment-5772693-20130714031150

Is this supposed to just be a thing a few of you are doing or can I post a response? I totally get it if you guys would rather have this a private thing, I know some people do, so just tell me and I won't bother you guys again.

I thought the episode was alright, it was fun, a nice, light episode. I found it to be enjoyable to watch, but as soon as it ended I was struck by a multitude of issues that I had with it.

What bothered me most was leaving Vivian enchanted. I know that she was a brat and that Gwen and Arthur are the people we are supposed to care about, but I felt for Vivian and her plight a lot more than I enjoyed any of the Arwen stuff. I also didn't like how Vivian's situation was played for laughs, it was as if they were saying that she was spoiled so she deserved to be cursed for the rest of her life, and I didn't like that message. Maybe I'm making too big of a deal of it.

I completely agree with ReganX and the points you made.

For all the hate that Uther get's a lot of the time I feel that he accomplished a lot more than Arthur did. When he look back at his life there was a lot of victories in there. I'm not a big Uther fan, but I do think he is a fascinating character, probably the most well rounded character until series 5. What he did to magic users is unforgivable, but he really was a good, strong king. I always very conflicted feelings in regards to this guy, which is excellent. I think that shows what a great character he is, the fact that people feel so strongly about him love or hate.

I didn't care for the Arwen fluff. I felt bad for Gwen over the misunderstanding, but I was rolling my eyes when they got into the true loves kiss solution. ReganX, you put it best. Ship pushing. This was almost as bad as the Gwen and Morgana get kidnapped and Gwen runs into Lancelot episode.

Merlin's powers vary from episode to episode. It is completely inconsistent, as everything in Merlin generally is. I wasn't surprised that a minor magician could outdo Merlin despite the guys legendary powers. Which isn't to say that it didn't bother me, because it did.

Destiny and chicken is hilarious, as is most of the episode so I generally try to forget about everything I just typed and enjoy the episode.