User blog comment:Lady in Waiting/Is this the end of an era? Whether or not, please share what brought you to Merlin/@comment-4623180-20121119015055

Welcome to the Wiki!!! Great to have you!!! Good blog post!!!

Sorry, I'll stop shouting.

What brought me to Merlin was out of boredom, to be honest. At this point in time I had just got over other obsessions (other fantasy shows). Being in Australia, we were a year behind the UK at this stage. I kept seeing ads on Channel Ten for Merlin. They said it would be more successful than Lord of the Rings. I didn't buy this, though. The most memorable thing was Gaius. I saw him in the trailer and he looked like an amazing character! I also saw the Cockatrice. I thought 'oh cool, this must have lots of beasts in it'.

As I was sleeping over someone's house the night it broadcasted in Australia, I had it taped for me. The moment I got back home, I watched it (in the late morning I think?).

I watched the first episode on my 40" TV in my lounge room and loved it! The Mary Collins scene in particular rocked. I think her enchantment got all of us to fall in love with the show. I continued watching. I remember one of the first things I was looking forward to was seeing Uther fight with a sword. I saw he was a lefty (like I am) and I wanted to see how good he was! I'd also look forward to the dragon scenes a lot.. Excalibur was particularly awesome. Come Series 2, I was very excited for the dragon episode at the end. When it happened, I was a bit underwhelmed, though. And so I went through a stage when I wasn't that excited for Series 3. But when Series 3 aired I was blown away by the action! Then I rewatched Series 2 finale and thought "yeah, this was actually pretty good!" Balinor, the dragonlord plot, and so on. My favourite character during Series 3 was definitely Morgause. I rooted for her all along. Morgana sort of annoyed me.. I knew all along it was building up to her taking over.. and those damn smirks! I was so happy when I found out her character had grown up in Series 4. She became my new favourite, Morgause second.

So that's all I have to say for now, or my hands will hurt from typing! See you around!

01:50, November 19, 2012 (UTC)Dryuuu