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Day 6: BTS with magical Merlin #101smiles #uglydcuklings #DarkSwans @onceabcofficial pic.twitter.com/abR8bAPljy
— Jennifer Morrison (@jenmorrisonlive) September 16, 2015
NO! NO I SHALL NOT START SHIPPING #SWANWIZARD!!!
[adrotate group="5"]"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
Our Lancelot was raised near a lake, wasn’t he? I know Arthurian Lancelot was raised by the Lady Of The Lake (who wasn’t his actual mother?), but in-show, he mentioned growing up near a lake, yes? Did he specifically mention his mother though?
Nimue/Viviene is Lady Of The Lake in Arthurian legend, yes?
She and Merlin were a thing, yes?
If they want me to buy that regular dude Lancelot has two uber magical parents…nope. (Unless his mother gets cursed into being a non-ageing-magical-being after having given birth to him as a mortal woman, then I could buy into the idea…though I’d still find it odd if Merlin fathered a child that had no magical ability at all.)
Might be worth mentioning that in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s work “The Mists of Avalon” the title “Lady of the Lake” was passed down from Viviene to Morgan la Fey. While Bradley’s work is a feminist/revisionist look at Arthurian mythology (and stunning, everyone go read it) it is a VERY popular book/series and I wouldn’t be shocked if they used parts of it along with T.H. White’s “The Once and Future King”
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Basically what I’m saying is this: the show loves its parallels.
I see it going down like this;
Once Upon a Time, long long ago, in a kingdom far far away, Darkness lay heavy on the land. The Sorcerer tried, in vain, to stop the spread of Darkness but found he could not stem the tide. The only thing that would stop the Darkness was True Love. A True Love born out of sacrifice and courage and many tears and so it was with a heavy heart that The Sorcerer fashioned a dagger using dark and dangerous magics. He built an underground pit, enforcing it with runes and spells that would house the Darkness and prevent the world from falling to forever night. Taking is one true love, the lady Nimue, chosen not only because he loved her more than anyone in the world, but also because she possessed magics in her own right, being the Lady of the Lake, the Sorcerer placed her on top of the pit. “What are you doing?” she asked, “there must be another way!” But the Sorcerer knew better; he knew this was the only way to stop the Darkness. And so, taking the dagger, he called the Darkness and tethered it to his lady love. The transformation was complete, Nimue was now the first Dark One. The pit opened below her feet and Nimue fell into the pit, locked up forever more as the Dark One.
(Arthur note: there is one legend that says Nimue sealed Merlin in a tomb, so it’s a nice reversal, which this show loves to do).
But the pit did not stay closed forever, for people are a curious lot and will touch things that do not belong to them. Several years after the Sorcerer had tethered the Darkness to Nimue and cast her into the pit (cough God and Satan cough) two humans who did not know the story of the Darkness came upon the Pit and were filled with wonder and awe. The Darkness called to them, wanting to be released. It promised weather and joy and love and everything humans desire in this world (cough The Ring cough). One of the men, being filled with greed and lust in his heart for what the Darkness promised, killed his companion and the blood of the innocent opened the pit and Nimue rose again. The dagger also rose with Nimue and the Killer took advantage of the moment and slayed the Dark One, not knowing that now he would be the Dark One.
And so it came to pass that the Second Dark One was born.
The people of the world, fearing the Dark One, searched high and low for the Sorcerer but he has removed himself from their world, having grief in his heart over the death of his beloved. Instead, he had disguised himself and hid away from the world. The search for the Sorcerer ended in pain and heartache when Dark Ones fell only to rise again in new people. Soon eons passed and any hope of the Sorcerer passed into distant memory.
Until one day, the Darkness returned, tethered but not controlling a woman known only as the Savior. She was True Love incarnate and the Darkness had not yet darkened her heart beyond repair. If she and those she loved could stem the tide, the Darkness might be defeated forever. The Sorcerer heard all these glad tiding and kept a close eye on this new Dark One, this Emma Swan.
This…is their story.
*takes a bow*
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
RG, please proceed to pack your belongings and head on over to wherever the writers room is. That was amazing.
And now you have got my hopes up and standards high for the dark one backstory, and I know I shall be slightly disappointed with whatever Kisses and Horrorwitch pull out of their brains for it because I know it wont be as good.
"I could have the giant duck as my steed!" --Daniel Radcliffe
Keeper Of Tamara's Taser , Jafar's Staff, Kitsis’s Glasses , Ariel’s Tail, Dopey's Hat , Peter Pan’s Shadow, Outfit, & Pied Cloak,Red Queen's Castle, White Rabbit's Power To World Hop, Zelena's BroomStick, & ALL MAGIC@RumplesGirl, yeah, I’m going to need for your headcannon to come true or else I’m bound to flip some tables! That would make one of the best backstories in Merlin History!!!!!!!!!
The people of the world, fearing the Dark One, searched high and low for the Sorcerer but he has removed himself from their world, having grief in his heart over the death of his beloved. Instead, he had disguised himself and hid away from the world. The search for the Sorcerer ended in pain and heartache when Dark Ones fell only to rise again in new people. Soon eons passed and any hope of the Sorcerer passed into distant memory.
And this part especially would explain so much! In a way, Merlin would sorta be OUAT’s Version of Boo Radley from To Kill A Mockingbird!!!!
And now you have got my hopes up and standards high for the dark one backstory, and I know I shall be slightly disappointed with whatever Kisses and Horrorwitch pull out of their brains for it because I know it wont be as good.
I know right…RG has got us flying high, but Adam and Eddy will shoot us down like birds in Super Mario’s Duck Hunt.
And I wonder what’s Merlin’s relationship with his parents….did they praise him for his gift, or scorn him for his curse.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
That is one handsome man.
Yeah. It’s official. I’m shipping it. #SwanWizard #WizardSavior #MerEmma #Emmerlin"I could have the giant duck as my steed!" --Daniel Radcliffe
Keeper Of Tamara's Taser , Jafar's Staff, Kitsis’s Glasses , Ariel’s Tail, Dopey's Hat , Peter Pan’s Shadow, Outfit, & Pied Cloak,Red Queen's Castle, White Rabbit's Power To World Hop, Zelena's BroomStick, & ALL MAGIC
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