bedridden today due to agonies hence why im yapping about bbc merlin again but god balinor was such a wasted potential. they had to kill him bc otherwise there would have been one (1) sane adult present. picturing whenever merlin would be like “gaius said that uther is good for the economy actually and so i must protect him from being assassinated by this grieving mother” balinor, eye twitching, “son he sentenced me to death which left your mother destitute and would burn you on the pyre next morning if he knew i found the time to father you while running for my life. and that old traitorous geezer said WHAT again”
@sexy-sapphic-sorcerer
so true i think if he lived more than 5 minutes after meeting merlin balinor would 100% have an existential crisis not even about having a son but about what absolute horseshit that son is very confidently preaching
already in the show genuinely cant imagine the psychic damage balinor must take when he finds out that hes a deadbeat dad to a son whos like “hello my persecuted refugee father i serve the oppressive royal crown with #PRIDE” who very confidently and seriously tells him that hes just as bad as uther for not wanting to protect the very kingdom that eradicated all dragons, tried to burn him alive and forced him to live in a cave alone
like. sure ok merlin. if my child told me this i’d also maybe walk into the nearest bandit’s knife like what the fuck do you even say to that


















