What was your opinion on Morgana’s thought process during 2x12? I think she chose not to confess to Arthur & Merlin about her meeting with Morgause because she believed it wouldn’t have changed anything - she didn’t have any knowledge of Merlin’s magic then, how could a servant & a mortal prince defeat a group of immortal knights? Plus she would’ve had to admit that she met with Morgause to eradicate Uther, which would’ve angered Arthur in an already stressful situation.
This is Fires of Idirsholas, right? First I'm gonna put here the parts where Morgana is okay?
MORGANA
I wear it all the time. I can't remember when I last had a bad dream.
MORGAUSE
But you do not seem happy. Why is that?
MORGANA
I would be if I didn't have to pretend.
MORGAUSE
Pretend?
MORGANA
That I'm Uther's loving ward when I hate him.
MORGAUSE
Have you ever imagined a new world, Morgana? One where Uther was no more?
MORGANA
Sometimes.
MORGAUSE
And is that what you'd like?
MORGANA
I once had the chance to be his assassin.
MORGAUSE
And what stopped you?
MORGANA
I don't know. I believe he cared for me. But not anymore. He cares for no one.
MORGAUSE
So, you want Uther destroyed and his reign to end?
MORGANA
More than anything. But it doesn't matter what I want. The future's not of my making.
MORGAUSE
You are wrong, Morgana. You underestimate your importance. The decisions you make now will change the shape of everything that is to come.
MORGANA
What do you mean?
MORGAUSE
Whose side are you on, Morgana? Are you with Uther? Or are you with me? Are you prepared to help me bring about his downfall?
MORGANA
I am.
MORGAUSE
I can't tell me how much it means to hear you say that.
[Morgause's eyes glow and Morgana passes out in Morgause's arms. Morgause lays her on the ground and begins to draw a circle around Morgana with a stick.]
MORGAUSE
Acene slæp swilce ... Acene slæp swilce ... Acene slæp swilce ...
[Morgana begins to glow.]
.....
MERLIN
Don't worry, I won't say anything.
MORGANA
About what?
MERLIN
The illness.
MORGANA
That has nothing to do with me.
MERLIN
No, of course not, but you have magic.
MORGANA
You haven't told anyone that!
MERLIN
No, and I won't tell Arthur, but...there must be something keeping you safe, and I think that must be it.
MORGANA
Right.
ARTHUR
Who could have done this? You're the only one who's not been affected, Morgana. There must be a reason.
[MORGANA LOOKS AT MERLIN FOR HELP]
MORGANA
I don't know.
ARTHUR
That's all you keep saying! You must know something!
MORGANA
No, they just fell asleep one by one!
MERLIN
It's obvious. When she started feeling sick, Gaius gave her a potion, right?
[MORGANA LOOKS CONFUSED]
ARTHUR
When was she sick? She never said that.
MERLIN
She was one of the last to be affected. Somehow the potion must have helped.
ARTHUR
What about everyone else? [MERLIN STRUGGLES TO ANSWER AS MORGANA LOOKS ON IN DESPERATION AND ARTHUR WAITS FOR A RESPONSE]
MERLIN
By then Gaius was too ill. He didn't have a chance to treat anyone else.
......
[INT. KING’S PALACE, ARTHUR’S CHAMBERS – DAY]
[Merlin enters.]
MORGANA
I was worried about you.
MERLIN
They're here! They're in the castle!
MORGANA
Where's Arthur?
MERLIN
Gone to find somewhere safe to move to.
MORGANA
Thank you for not saying anything to him.
MERLIN
It's all right.
MORGANA
You're a good friend.
.........
ARTHUR
We have to move my father before Morgause gets here.
MORGANA
Morgause!
ARTHUR
Come on! Let's go!
MERLIN
You're not surprised?
MORGANA
No, I am.
..........
MERLIN
It doesn't matter. We can't get it now anyway, we're trapped.
ARTHUR
There has to be something we can do!
MERLIN (whisper)
Why didn't that knight kill you?
MORGANA
How do I know? Because I'm a woman?
MERLIN
Yeah, maybe.
...............
[Arthur draws his sword and jumps out into the corridor. Merlin re-bars the door.]
MORGANA
He's not going to survive out there.
MERLIN
I know.
MORGANA
We've got to do something.
MERLIN
I know.
What was your opinion on Morgana’s thought process during 2x12
"why didn't she just tell merlin and arthur that she met with morgause"
"Plus she would’ve had to admit that she met with Morgause to eradicate Uther, which would’ve angered Arthur in an already stressful situation."
this is why this episode is so hard to analyse from a Morgana POV. There's a lot of evidence (based on body language/acting/circumstance) which suggest that
she had no idea at first
she had growing suspicion that she was the source
morgause had something to do with it
she didnt mind that morgause was coming anyway
she understood that whatever was happening was going to be uther's downfall
"why didn't she just tell merlin and arthur that she met with morgause / "Plus she would’ve had to admit that she met with Morgause to eradicate Uther, which would’ve angered Arthur in an already stressful situation."
I agree.
THEN WHY DID SHE DO WHAT SHE DID?
For me I think she was desperate enough to see what would happens. Beyond her fear of the knights and her fear of seeing everybody falling around her, she had trust that Merlin and Morgause would find a way to fix things.
She may have believed, that as long as Morgause, Merlin and Arthur were with her even as Uther and Camelot falls to sickness and ruin for the sake of the "new world" that Morgause promised, everything would be alright
So she's gonna withhold information on morgause and she would always ask about merlin's health and safety.
It was just a powerful sleeping sickness (i apologize to everyone who kept explaining this to me before). Maybe Morgana just wanted to see what was going to happen.
Was it selfish? self-absorbed? yes. Done out of revenge? also yes. Done out of love for sister, self and friend? also yes.
Evil? depends on who you ask.
All in all these are merely speculation. We do not have true Morgana POV. I cannot judge her fairly if I'm just going by headcanon and guesses. We have no real idea what was going on in her mind. I may be wrong about this too. but we are already 11 years too late lol. There is no correct answer to this.
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i think there is a distinction between cathy being alone and feeling lonely and that people tend to get that wrong about her. for a very long time, following the passing of her husband, people assume's she's lonely, but while it's true in some parts of her grief she doesn't for a moment consider herself alone. she's got kate, who is always on her hip or in her arms. she's not lonely. she's got a child to raise and a farm to take care of. it's a quiet sort of life that she enjoys -- she likes solitude and she doesn't mind some of the alone time that comes with kate being in school or at sleepovers or even at a sleepaway camp. there's loneliness in between it, but she's not a lonely person by any means.
it's after when kate goes to new york, when her property no longer has a bunch of 20 somethings running around and yelling and working that the loneliness truly sets in for her. by then, most have already grown to know cathy that way -- the more independent and single personality, but she lingers around the community spaces and markets a little more. she's thrilled to spot an old friend of kate's out and about. she's lonely, she misses her kid, she misses the vibrancy that the farm held in the last couple of years. when javi stops by, ("i almost didn't recognize him" liar) it truly does bring her a little bit of warmth that he remembers her, the place, that he's doing alright. kate showing up, with tyler right behind, people to sit around a table with? she's wide eyes and high spirits. tyler's staying for dinner. tyler's spending the night. you know the barn is always yours to use for whatever projects. we have spare rooms. yes the spark is back in kate, but there's also some more connection for cathy, there's someone to listen and sit with her.
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they are unhinged your honor, chapter 218
xie wei: am i that much of a villain to you?
jiang xuening: you are peak villain
xie wei: (quiet ouch)
jiang xuening: if i sleep with you for 2 years, will you get me out of your system, then i can leave?
xie wei: you just want to escape, you coward. Yeah just deserting like what you did with zhang zhe.
jiang xuening: stfu. i dont want to be involved with you. being with you put me in unknown danger.
xie wei: what if you just try?
jiang xuening: only fools run into danger
xie wei: (drags her to an iron forge)
xie wei: look you are not a broken unfixable porcelain you idiot. you and me both are iron! we have to be destroyed, melted and smited in order to be strong. we are the same. accept yourself. im the only one who understands and loves you as you are. cant u see?
jiang xuening: im not like you!
xie wei: that's why a coward like you can't be with zhang zhe! either he sees through you are as stupid as you!
jiang xuening: stfu
xie wei: hurts doesnt it?
jiang xuening: let me go!
xie wei: escape all you want even if you go to the ends of the earth!
jiang xuening: you just want to drag me down in your madness!
xie wei: what's wrong with being buried with you?!
jiang xuening: holysht you're crazy
xie wei: pls
jiang xuening: if you wont let me go then what if you just kill me?
xie wei: ....
xie wei: (gives her the dagger)
xie wei: come, kill me
jiang xuening: you fckng piece of...(stabs him)
xie wei: (tries to reach out to her but fails)
jiang xuening: (walks away, blood on her hands, and hangs out with her girlfriends.)
lu xian, jianshu and daoquin: (panicking)
lu xian: who tf did this?!?! find them!
xie wei:(bleeding to death) find ning'er
lu xian: holysht
jiang xuening: (sipping tea)
daoquin: miss, please
jiang xuening: is your master still alive lol
daoquin: yes T.T
xie wei: (weak coz lack of blood) where's ning'er? did she leave?
daoquin: uh no she's sipping tea with her besties T.T
xie wei: so she didn't leave then... fck yeahhhh (passes out)
lu xian: bruh.
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