The math of Merlin...
Nov. 13th, 2011 09:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
astri13Having completed my rewatch of Merlin, I find it now completely impossible to say how many kingdoms there are. And are they friends or foes of Camelot?
Also, could they please get names instead of simply being named after who rules them. I mean, it's all "Cenred's kingdom" - btw, who rules THAT now? Hunith? The town council of Ealdor? - "Carlyon's kingdom" etc. Meanwhile, Camelot is Camelot and everyone adresses it as such. I have never heard it be called "Uther's kingdom" or now "Arthur's kingdom".
In Season 1 we met King Bayard who was referenced in the Troll episode as a friend so I guess that's one kingdom accounted for.
In the jousting episode, there was a King Odin who put a prize on Arthur's head for killing his son. Btw, , didn't Merlin say Arthur was to receive an envoy from Odin and would have to listen to a speech? I wonder what that speech would have looked like, ten thousands words on how Odin wanted Arthur to die?
And just imagine, if Arthur had been late, the knights would have totally pulled their "are you threatening the life of our King? ARE YOU?" and killed the speech-maker dead. Then, what would have happened? Another ridiculously large CGI army would have laid siege to Camelot. Which doesn't have a ridiculously large CGI army, only maybe a couple dozens knights at any given time yet fortunately an unlimited supply of ever new ones.
In the episode with the love spell in Season 2, we had a meeting with "the five kingdoms". Which would suggest, phrased like that, it IS only five. But neither Cenred nor Carlyon/Annis were invited. What were they and their kingdoms then, chopped liver?
We met Olaf, with the now enchanted daughter. We met that other king who said he was attracted to Arthur!. In this Season we met King Carlyon (briefly) and his Queen Annis. Also, if I remember correctly Carlyon was the King under whom Gwaine's father served as a knight and who made Gwaine hate all nobles? Guess that solves the mystery on who volunteered to chop this bloke's head off, huh?
Guess the "five kingdoms" are actually fifteen or so. I still wish they would get names. At least before Arthur reunites the whole lot of them and becomes King of all Britains. I assume show more or less will keep that part of the legend?
Also, where are the tournament episodes? I kinda miss them. Maybe they were an Uther thing and Arthur secretely hated them? Can't say I blame him, in three out of four, someone tried to assassinate him.
Also, could they please get names instead of simply being named after who rules them. I mean, it's all "Cenred's kingdom" - btw, who rules THAT now? Hunith? The town council of Ealdor? - "Carlyon's kingdom" etc. Meanwhile, Camelot is Camelot and everyone adresses it as such. I have never heard it be called "Uther's kingdom" or now "Arthur's kingdom".
In Season 1 we met King Bayard who was referenced in the Troll episode as a friend so I guess that's one kingdom accounted for.
In the jousting episode, there was a King Odin who put a prize on Arthur's head for killing his son. Btw, , didn't Merlin say Arthur was to receive an envoy from Odin and would have to listen to a speech? I wonder what that speech would have looked like, ten thousands words on how Odin wanted Arthur to die?
And just imagine, if Arthur had been late, the knights would have totally pulled their "are you threatening the life of our King? ARE YOU?" and killed the speech-maker dead. Then, what would have happened? Another ridiculously large CGI army would have laid siege to Camelot. Which doesn't have a ridiculously large CGI army, only maybe a couple dozens knights at any given time yet fortunately an unlimited supply of ever new ones.
In the episode with the love spell in Season 2, we had a meeting with "the five kingdoms". Which would suggest, phrased like that, it IS only five. But neither Cenred nor Carlyon/Annis were invited. What were they and their kingdoms then, chopped liver?
We met Olaf, with the now enchanted daughter. We met that other king who said he was attracted to Arthur!. In this Season we met King Carlyon (briefly) and his Queen Annis. Also, if I remember correctly Carlyon was the King under whom Gwaine's father served as a knight and who made Gwaine hate all nobles? Guess that solves the mystery on who volunteered to chop this bloke's head off, huh?
Guess the "five kingdoms" are actually fifteen or so. I still wish they would get names. At least before Arthur reunites the whole lot of them and becomes King of all Britains. I assume show more or less will keep that part of the legend?
Also, where are the tournament episodes? I kinda miss them. Maybe they were an Uther thing and Arthur secretely hated them? Can't say I blame him, in three out of four, someone tried to assassinate him.
