merlin's back.

So apparently Merlin is back. And shit got REAL, oh man. ( very mildly spoilery )

Things I would like to see on Merlin this series that I probably won't:
1. Gwen needs an actual plotline. Preferably that does not revolve around her being Arthur's comfort. Hi, writers, here is Gwen, she is awesome. WHY DO YOU NOT USE HER. Kthxbai.
2. SOMEONE FINDS OUT ABOUT MERLIN'S MAGIC FOR FUCK'S SAKE. Like Morgana! That conversation badly needs to happen. And I'm basically assuming that Arthur has figured it out and is actively pretending to ignore it now, because that's pretty much the only thing that even makes sense anymore.
3. Uther dies. No, seriously. It's time and past. This show needs to stop pussyfooting around Arthur's destiny and force him to live up to it, and for that to happen, Uther needs to be taken out of play. And I can think of like twelve different narratively engaging ways for it to happen off the top of my head, surely the writers could figure something out.
4. ...but first Arthur needs to officially find out about Merlin's magic, for fuck's sake.

At least I'm back to being engaged in this fandom, which is yay! I've even put some work into the Merlin-centric vid I started and abandoned about four months ago. Which is fun. Though this was also my last day off for the next...five weeks? Six? Not sure. But yeah. So probably I won't actually finish anything anytime soon. (Oh god, I go into tech next weekend. Kill me now.)

It's kind of sad how realizing that I'm not going to have another day off for over a month doesn't even faze me anymore. The three and a half months without a day off earlier this year, that was rough. Six weeks? Psh.