Canon Meme

[donutsweeper]

Stolen from awanderingbard

Name a character and I will tell you:
1) The most interesting canon fact about them
2) Something from my personal canon about them

Any canon I've written in or watched or read is up for grabs

Comments

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Ummm...Merlin of Merlin?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Merlin!

1) He cares SO deeply. The way he cried when Athusia hatched, how he stood up to Arthur and Aggravine when Gaius was accused, how he invited himself on Arthur's quest, his scenes with Freya, etc etc etc.

2) Merlin is younger than most think, but he's so used to responsibility they don't notice. Since it was just Hunith and him there were so many things that needed to be done that he just started doing them, doing anything that was needed and he never stopped. He does the work of two people (Arthur's servant and Gaius' assistant) every day and no one notices. At some point it will all come crashing down on him though.

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with 2. I would love to know more of what his childhood was like. It couldn't have been easy and we don't really know much about it. I love his relationship with Hunith so much. I wouldn't mind seeing a flashback or two.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Oh, that would be WONDERFUL. There's so much potential there, it's a shame they haven't had it play out more. But, I was SO happy when Merlin took Arthur (and Tristan and Isolde) to Ealdor at the end of S4. I love love love seeing scenes between Hunith and Merlin

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

Me too! And that Gwen took refuge there after being exiled from Camelot. It's so rare when characters have good relationships with their parents on a show. I wish they would exploit it more.