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"no you can't control the computer because uh that would be user unfriendly" <- shit they expect us to believe

"The user doesn't know what they are doing, but luckily we are smart and can make all the decisions for them" <- voice of an operating system that kills its own firewall for no reason and doesn't tell anyone for months until you ask it where the firewall is

eerna

I get why he chose her. I just wish she had chosen me.

can they stop being iconic for like one second

achesspiece

in chess the queens can kill each other which is toxic yuri and the kings can never get within a square of each other which is doomed yaoi

pissmoon

Catholic church doesnt even allow divorce if domestic violence is involved and vatican city wouldnt exist nowadays without the help of Benito fucking Mussolini and yet theres always some motherfucker being like i hope the next pope is pro gay marriage. I hope I get a house from Santa Claus this year. I hope a horse is going to buy me cheese in the grocery store

k62256

my first offering to the merlin fandom, good god i'm so obsessed. look at what i've done to my boy.

glubby

Wait i can learn from my mistakes? Ohhhhh ok i was just using them to torment myself

anchoussan

Картинка не новая, но люблю ее🤲

not-rome

alive2mila6

@observaureium (about what we talked about lmao)

So,, I guess Lancelot just stops thinking sometimes

gwenscharm

merlin & lancelot

(quotes, i feel like suit ships, characters) feel free to request and send me a quote, you’d like me to use with a ship or character from (merlin).

raveninthedusk

Merlin characters/ships as text posts! pt 1

#peak comedy

alive2mila6

Lancelot is down bad <33333

gabstriessomethingnew

So I rewatched some of Merlin last night (specifically 01x13) and the way they frame Gaius's position on magic throughout the show is very interesting (and indicative of a much bigger problem of the show)

That wish for Merlin to rarely use his gifts is truly the epitome of Gaius’s character. He is the voice telling Merlin no at every single turn. And the way this is framed as if it was a blessing, something entirely needed, and not something that should be challenged and changed in the future is so cruel to me. Like, I know it's talked about quite a bit in the fandom, but it's spoken as if a good thing that Merlin has got so much better at hiding and not as if it's a temporary thing that should, and will, be altered one day. A certainty that should be praised and not a depressing reality being forced on these two. It's always a compliment when they speak about the fact that they used so little magic, and not as if it's part of their culture they are being forced to give up on the whims of a cruel king.

And then we see Lancelot (back on my foil bs I guess) who not only sees Merlin's magic but actively encourages it. Asking him to use it and always smiling when he does. Kindness and beauty in place of the harshness Merlin is always expecting. And the narrative punishes him for it. Kills off the only person who doesn't scold Merlin for using magic because he knows about it. Not even to mention the slight hesitance Lancelot has to the mention of destiny. Dying for a purpose he doesn't fully understand since Merlin was about to sacrifice himself, all while wishing for Merlin to care for himself, to show off, to enjoy a part of himself forced in darkness but deserving to be set in the sun. Murdering the last bit of whimsy left in Merlin's life surrounding his magic and never replacing it with another character knowing (I'm looking at you, Gwaine, I wanted you to know sooooooooooo bad). Just so horrible of them.

So like, the show is actively taking the stance that it's fine to have these gifts, fine to be born in a different way, fine to be different, but don't try to flaunt it, don't enjoy it ever because it doesn't deserve to be seen or shown. And god, is that an awful stance for them to have taken.