Merlin (TV miniseries): Difference between revisions

* [[Badass Normal]]: Arthur, Uther, Vortigern, Lancelot, Nimue, {{spoiler|Frik after he loses his powers.}} Special mention also goes to Ambrosia, who declares that if Mab harms Merlin in any way, “Magic or no magic, I'll have her guts for my bootlaces.” Arthur in particular goes up against Mordred, a bonafide [[Super Soldier]], and still manages to handily defeat him, only getting killed in the process because he hesitates to land the final strike.

* [[Bastard Bastard]]: Mordred, so very much.

* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: The Lady of the Lake accepts her impending doom, because, “It's fate.”

** She comments that her watery nature helps her accept it - she's cool with the idea of ebb and flow (and, presumably, drying up altogether).

* [[Excalibur in the Stone]]: Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone are portrayed as the same weapon, though both the myth of it being given by a Lady of the Lake and Arthur pulling it from the stone are true. Merlin was given the sword by the Lady of the Lake first, and later plunged it into the Rock of Ages to keep it from Uther, where Arthur eventually drew it from.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Lord Lot.

* [[Fatal Flaw]]: For Vortigern, it's his [[Pride]]. For Uther, it's [[Lust]].

* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: Vortigern takes this approach both to the Christian [[God]] and magic, despite the abundant evidence of the supernatural, and an actual pagan god, staring him in the face.

* [[Magical Gesture]]: Used by intermediate wizards, called hand wizards.

* [[Magical Incantation]]: Used by weak wizards.

* [[Magic Land]]: The Land of Magic.

* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: Mab. The novelizations aptly mentioned that she was the inspiration for the banshee.