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Take Me to Church - Merlin
Just realised how perfect Hozier's Take Me to Church fits Merlin:
"A fresh poison each week" - it's meant metaphorically, but we all know how literal that is in the context of Merlin. There's not a single week that goes by without some magical threat or someone trying to poison/otherwise assassinate Arthur
"We were born sick, you heard them say it" - Merlin was born with magic, he's magic incarnate; Arthur on the other hand only got conceived through magic, so they were both "born sick" from Uther's of view
"If I'm a pagan of the good times" - Merlin basically is a God of the Old Religion, a pagan belief that symbolises the "good time" in which magic was free
"My lover's the sunlight" - Arthur is, as is well established in the fandom, extremely sun-coded, not only visualy with his golden hair. He is the crown prince, later king, everybody looks up to him while noone dares to come too close (despite Merlin). He burns with an incredible brightness for his people, for Camelot, but in the end, he burns out, just as every sun will do eventually. Merlin, on the other hand, is the night or moon to Arthur's sun. He keeps in Arthur's shadow, never seeking attention or retribution for all that he has done. He has to work in the dark in order to ensure that Arthur and by extend Camelot can be safe. He hates it (remember his rant in S3E11 "I hate it, to be the most powerful person I know and to have to act like a shadow, to be special and to have to play the fool"), but he willingly and glady sacrifices his own light so that Arthur's can burn brighter.
"To keep the goddess on my side" - I don't remember if this is canon or just something that most of the fanfics I've read agreed on, but the Triple Goddess is presumably responsible for the whole prophecy regarding Emrys and the Once and Future King, and Merlin needs to keep her on his side, in order to fulfill his destiny.
"She demands a sacrifice" - this could either be the Cailleach in S4E1-2 The Darkest Hour who demands a life as sacrifice to close the veil between the world of the living and the dead; or it is about Arthur, who needs to die in order to be able to rise again in Albion's greatest time of need.
The Bridge is: "No masters or kings when the ritual begins / There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin / In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene / Only then, I am human, only then, I am clean". - that part is less concret, but it still reminds me of Arthur's death scene - only Arthur and Merlin are left to witness it, there are no knights, no Gwen, no Camelot, no titles or rank, nothing but the two of them and their love for each other, the bond they share. And I think that in many instances Arthur was the one who kept Merlin in touch with his humanity. Yes, he was also the reason why Merlin crossed boundary after boundary, making him hate himself more and more and making him believe himself to be a monster, but I don't think he's ever felt as human (and as powerless) as the moment he felt Arthur die in his arms.
And then there's the chorus: "I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies" - Merlin worships Arthur, there's nothing he wouldn't do for that man, no matter how much he insults him or how hypocritical his actions might be. Arthur can break any promise, tell any lie (not that he does that very often), Merlin will still be there. And in the end, like Odysseus' dog Argus, he waited and waited on the shores of Avalon for the day that Arthur might finally come back to him.
"I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife" - I mean, that's literally what happens. Merlin tells Arthur about his powers, and you can't tell me that he wouldn't have allowed him (after he'd have forced him to get healed and ensured that Arthur would live) to put any punishment upon him, even death, that he wouldn't have preferred to die by Arthur's knife than to have to live without him.
"Offer me that deathless death, oh, good God, let me give you my life" - how often does Merlin offer his own life for Arthur's? From the very episode on, he throws himself between his prince and everything and everyone trying to harm him, from knives over curses, to drinking poison and Dorochas. And there were so many instances where he should have died but didn't, suffering (or surviving) a deathless death.
The song just perfectly depicts Merlin's (unhealthy) devotion to his king, and how that feeds on his soul.
#merlin#bbc merlin#merthur#hozier#take me to church#I made myself sad#Their story is a masterwork of greek tragedy and I love and hate BBC for doing this to all of us#This rant went on for far too long but I needed to get this off my chest
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what do you miss most about Rumple?
I don't think there is one thing specifically. You have to remember, the Rumple that I knew ... he kept it hidden so far inside of himself ...
I think I just miss his genuine self. The Rumple who made sure to have the kettle on before I woke up, the one who would get so focused on small tasks that I would have to drag him away just to get him to eat, the one who thought that giving a library was something small. I just miss him.
#anon#answered#s3e11 extended#rumple#belle#ooc: hi yes this episode is just all of the belle angst that was slowly building up#ooc: all of the fluffy au weeks were just giving you a false sense of security lol
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Tangled the Series score pieces posted to Kevin Kliesch’s website, in chronological order:
S1E9 Under Raps - The Day of Hearts
S1E9 Under Raps - Hot Air Balloon Fight
S1E12 Big Brothers of Corona - Angry and Red in Bed
S1E15 The Way of the Willow - Uumlaut Rescue
S1E16 Queen For a Day Part 1 - A Princess’s Doubts
S1E16 Queen For a Day Part 1 - Zhan Tiri’s Theme/Lord Demanitus’s Theme
S1E17 Queen For a Day Part 2 - The Demanitus Device
S1E19 Not In the Mood - Mixing the Potion
S1E20 The Quest For Varian - Tower Destruction and Escape (extended version)
S1E21 The Alchemist Returns - The Automaton
S1E22 The Secret of the Sundrop Part 1 - Automaton Battle
S1E23 The Secret of the Sundrop Part 2 - Rocks Point the Way/Lanterns Light the Path
S2E1 Beyond the Corona Walls Part 1 - Rapunzel and Cassandra Fight Adira
S2E3 The Return of Quaid - Sheriff Quaid Cleans Up the City
S2E3 The Return of Quaid - Showdown in Vardaros
S2E7 Vigor the Visionary - Vigor and Madam Canardist
S2E7 Vigor the Visionary - Angry Meets Her Parents
S2E15 Rapunzel and the Great Tree Part 1 - Stagecoach Chase
S2E16 Rapunzel and the Great Tree Part 2 - Fleeing the Great Tree/Onward to the Dark Kingdom
S2E17 The Brothers Hook - Hook-Foot’s Dance-Off
S2E24 Destinies Collide Part 2 - The Moonstone Chamber
S3E1 Rapunzel’s Return Part 1 - Flying Over Corona
S3E3 Return of the King - Log Flume Chase
S3E5 The Lost Treasure of Herz Der Sonne - The Horatory Automated Teambuilder
S3E7 Beginnings - Waltz, Interrupted
S3E8 The King and Queen of Hearts - Romantic Gondola Ride
S3E11 Pascal’s Dragon - Dragon Takes Flight
S3E13 Cassandra’s Revenge Part 1 - Building the Stronghold
S3E14 Cassandra’s Revenge Part 2 - Rapunzel and Cassandra Battle in the Fortress
S3E15 Race to the Spire - The Snuggly Duckling Band
S3E16 A Tale of Two Sisters - Underground Bat Attack
S3E21 Plus Est En Vous Part 3 - Defeating Zhan Tiri and Reviving Cassandra
S3E21 Plus Est En Vous Part 3 - Cassandra and Rapunzel Say Goodbye
S3E21 Plus Est En Vous Part 3 - Happily Ever After
#Tangled#Tangled the Series#TTS#Score#Kevin Kliesch#Links#Under Raps#Big Brothers of Corona#The Way of the Willow#Queen For a Day#Not In the Mood#The Quest For Varian#The Alchemist Returns#The Secret of the Sundrop#Beyond the Corona Walls#The Return of Quaid#Vigor the Visionary#Rapunzel and the Great Tree#The Brothers Hook#Destinies Collide#Rapunzel's Return#Return of the King#The Lost Treasure of Herz Der Sonne#Beginnings#The King and Queen of Hearts#Pascal's Dragon#Cassandra's Revenge#Race to the Spire#A Tale of Two Sisters#Plus Est En Vous
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S3E11: The Hunted
Aram of Godsfall and The Dungeon Rats fame joins the Pats to discuss The Hunted, an episode that attempted to confront serious issues of PTSD and veterans' rights with extended scenes of awkward grappling.
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have you found any books useful to bring Rumple back to you?
It's not something simple like that, I'm afraid.
There are many things that magic can do ... but bring back the dead? Even dark magic has yet to stretch that far. That's not even taking into account the price of using such a magic even if it did exist.
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As if I could go long without seeing you two. I'll bring along some sweets and some art supplies for Grace, if I can find some decent ones.
I'm sorry about what happened Ms. Belle. I think I have some old books in my cottage if you want to borrow them. We can read them together over some tea.
Thank you, Grace.
I think I'd like that. What do you say to you pick one out, we'll start on it the next time I visit?
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"I won't fight you on that."
She watched him get settled and didn't hesitate to settle beside him and lean into his arms. "I just don't understand why."
Your place or my place? I think... I feel like we both need each other right now.
Yours. I'm not sure if I could handle going back to any place of mine right now. It doesn't feel right ... besides, I'm sure you have the bigger tea selection. And definitely something much stronger
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