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that were nano as of last night. Sex scene #2 today, and Sam's going home from Cornwall (hopefully). Poking the rest of the plot. There's the letters, and I'm going 'err... should there be another Home Counties visit before the second Cornwall visit with the reveal that Ed is a nob?' I want enough emotional attachment to be plausible.

Surprisingly, today is really nice compared to yesterday's storms. (nothing like knowing that looking out the window wondering what's going to go past it this time)

Dr Who today! SQUEE!

Strictly yesterday was deemed 'when injury hits' - Phil's knee was acting up in training, Jade popped her knee at the end of the dress rehearsal, and Leila sprained her ankle - tried to go on, but had to stop halfway due to the pain. Problem now was whether she got through on sympathy from audience. Jade I have no problem with since she has been good. The rest of them are now split between 'fucking hell you can dance' (Ricky and Ali) and 'so *cute*! Please bounce more!' (Natalie and Chris, though natalie's starting to get really good points from judges) Ricky#2's days are numbered and he can see it. Poor lad.

Merlin
Fucking hell. Not only did we have emilia Fox as a very awesome Morgause (and you could see Morgana going 'I can has swords nao? There's nothign in the code to stop me...') who is very morally hazy due to clearly wanting to do down Uther but other motivations being unclear. Loved, loved, loved that this was closest to the old arthurian quest epics with a lot of stuff on honour and putting stuff on trust.

Oh, Arthur. striking out on his own, just desperate to know about his mother, finding out, and then the face off with uther... fuck.

The Uther-Arthur fight was damn good choreography as well as both of them going off on one - Uther not doing anything but defending whilst trying to verbally defend himself against arthur.

Boys talking about their parents. Horse. ♥ merlin having to lie just to keep the peace and seeing arthur actually revert to an uther-like position on magic... OUCH.

Tony Head in that last scene. Oh fuck. Uther, must you be that fucking frightening when just using a low voice?

Now I desperately want to know if that really was Igraine and how much of it was Morgause's manipulations. Previously, from what Nimueh and Uther had said, I'd got the impression that Uther went to Nimueh and Gaius to get kiddy, but in denial about the possibility of life for a life, with igraine's consent. Only now they're saying that he never consulted or asked, just went ahead with it... Fuck. fuck. Fuck. (which admittedly isn't that much different if Arthur had been conceived normally and Igraine died in childbirth, but this is... fuck.)

Gaius is supremely morally dodgy, but we knew this already.