#everything i know about love bbc

[kreacher1x1]

Everything I Know About Love: episode 1

[anderwater]

EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE (BBC, 2022) dir. China Moo-Young & Julia Ford

[holly-mckenzie]

1.04 / 1.08  EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE

[seance]

THE MUSKETEERS 10TH ANNIVERSARY REWATCH / fave episodes [5/?] ↳ SEASON 2, EPISODE 5 / the return

[fleshdyke]

the ghosts trying and failing to understand modern culture will forever and always be like my favourite thing ever. thomas trying to be outraged on alison’s behalf for the vegan breakfast but he has no idea what she’s talking about. pat in disbelief that a mobile music player that can play more than 5 songs exists. robin and mary and thomas fully making fun of mike and alison bc they don’t believe the moon landing happened. whatever julian says about the laptop in the second episode. my favourite bits in the show for real

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

BBC Merlin is a tragedy in that Merlin's choices that were all to save Arthur's life led to Arthur's death, but that doesn't mean it was all for nothing!! The events across their 10 years together led to a new world order which eventually brought about everything they had worked towards!! PLUS THEIR RELATIONSHIP BROUGHT JOY AND MEANING TO BOTH OF THEIR LIVES!! That means something!! GUYS!! listen guys that MEANS SOMETHING!!

[kateis-cakeis]

Do you ever think how Series 5 is defined by Merlin seeing that vision of Camlann, of Mordred stabbing Arthur, of Arthur falling?

Much like how Morgana changes when the Cailleach tells her about Emrys, paired with her own vision of Camlann, Merlin changes when he is given a similar vision, similar knowledge.

Merlin is darker already after the 3 year time skip, but the entire series you see him slip into this version of himself that is hardly recognisable, even when you compare him to his characterisation in S4.

But it's that vision, the actions he takes with Mordred, how he behaves with Uther's spirit, with the Disir, with brainwashed!Gwen, with Gaius when he tries to prod at what Merlin has become, even with how he acts around Finna...

It's something that knocks me down every time I watch a bit of Series 5, any scene with Merlin feels like I'm watching a man at his very limit. Like he's so close to straight up murder I think.

Much like how Arthur says in S5Ep1, betraying their beliefs is what would destroy everything they've strived for.

And if you look at Ep5, Ep11, yeah, yeah that's exactly what happens with Merlin. He's so darkened by his destiny, so determined to do almost anything to protect and save Arthur, that he betrays himself.

And that ties into how Merlin is the light to Morgana's darkness. Where Merlin changes because of love and his will to do good overall, Morgana changes because of hatred and her will to do everything to succeed, even hunt her own - which includes her search for Emrys.

It's just !!!!! because I love how Merlin acts in Series 5. It's the little things too, like the way he puts on his jacket when sneaking out to meet with Finna, the way he's so smug when he says Mordred has beguiled them all, the way he stares at brainwashed!Gwen when she's about to accuse him, the way he snarls at Uther's spirit.

I love him, I love him so much, I could talk about Series 5 Merlin all day, he's just perfect!

[grandtyphoonpoetry]

I love when people entirely ignore the plot in favor of literally whatever is going on in their funky little brain when recreating a piece of classic literature. Like what do you mean they didn't actually die because you said so. I mean clearly you're doing God's work because I didn't want them to die either but I didn't know we did that irl. What do you mean they escaped prison and they're a famous surgeon now, what do you MEAN she's a virgin who can't drive.

[queerbting]

rewatching nuwho and i'm rlly.... why is human nature / family of blood just racist hit after racist hit after racist hit against martha . followed by a heavy dose of classist (+ misogynistic!!!!) behavior directed against her afterwards where the humans of 1913 england treat her like a weird alien from another world (the doctor in human form included!!!).

also, why do they have the doctor a) be actively bigoted and b) fall in love with a racist nurse who specifically speaks down to martha (someone who the doctor cares for). they create this "unassuming" white woman character and then have her be awful to martha but we're supposed to believe that she is kind and sympathetic worthy of being the human doctor's love interest, more than martha being treated as a human being. (and then that we should cry over her lost love/future in the end)

like why. genuinely why. what is the point .

also objectively what function does the nurse serve that martha jones could not have. she's even a medical student like !!!!!! going undercover as a nurse would not be that far off!! and plus, i'm not even a tenmartha shipper but it would fit more for the emotional arc of martha's character to get what she wanted all season in human nature / family of blood (the doctor falling in love with her!!! wish fulfillment !!!!!! ) only to realize the cruelty of what this would be like in reality if she were never to open the watch (despite her finally having what she "wants"), and finally understanding and having to give john smith up. it could've been a really tragic, but human moment (like a lot of other things in dw!).

then 10 and martha's relationship could actually be on some sort of equal footing. bc martha had a taste of what it would be liked to be loved by him (or someone similar to him, at least), and chose in the end to let it go. it would give her emotional closure, etc. and would show her choosing the /actual/ doctor (not human) and the friendship she has with him, rather than a lifetime with a human that she fell in love with who happens to look like him.

could've been a really cool moment of both character development and then bonding between the doctor and martha afterwards in their newfound partnership, so half of martha's character is no longer swallowed up by her pining for him.

but no. instead they go and hide in racistville and martha is a servant who experiences racism/misogyny/classism and microaggressions from white people + aliens over two episodes for nearly no reason .

[cocoafelix]

“i think that you are looking for an extraordinary kind of love, but i don’t think, for what it’s worth, that you want to be loved in an extraordinary way. i think what you want is to be loved plainly and quietly, without spectacle or anxiety.”

[kreacher1x1]

[gretagerwigsbarbiedoll]

The fact that BBC Merlin is trending once again after the Twitter account posted something after a decade is just insane to me.

[holly-mckenzie]

Amara and Rege in Other Half (1.04) EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE 

[sweetshire]

So, @silv-paru sent Sherlock Holmes for the character opinion bingo. thanks a bunch for this (and for your patience. my god, i’m answering this a week late. typical me behaviour). you’re a darling :D

Did you know, i used to tell these stories to my friends? they delighted in them AND i got a chance to sort of ramble on and on abt him and watson. it was a win-win, really. ah, those were the days! now i haven’t reblogged much of him this month at all. i miss him. I MISS HIM.

Onto the bingo: well. he’s The quintessence of gender™ to me. and i relate to him so so much. fav character of all time fr. i want to carry him in my pocket at all times & study him. like. do i want to BE him OR am i IN LOVE with him, ykwim? pssh who knows? certainly not me. uh-huh ‘a beast unleashed’ -does this refer to me or him? you choose. oh re: canon, i’m ignoring the part where holmes dies (or y’know, is dead for 3 years). that’s too angsty.

[doverstar]

an absolute wave of homesickness for Doctor Who (2005) series 1-2 just about knocks me over at the quietest moments of my little life

[deuteragonist1]

This has been gnawing at my brain since I first heard it

because

And the way Arthur says it is so honest, so serious, so earnest. He's exhausted but he makes sure to look at Merlin's right in the eye. Like this comes from the bottom of his soul and he absolutely, desperately needs Merlin to understand (and considering he most likely knew he was going to die at this point, well). Look at Merlin's face. There's such solemnity and vulnerability in this scene. It hurts to watch.