A Tourist In The Waking World

This blog is all about Katie McGrath. She is the reason I joined tumblr, she is the reason this blog exists. I'm a total McGranivore.

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One of my fave Merlin scenes simply because Katie looks exceptionally beautiful here.

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Wikipedia: By zapping a piece of aluminum with the world's most powerful x-ray laser, physicists have heated matter to 3.6 million degrees Fahrenheit (2 million degrees Celsius)—making it briefly the hottest thing on Earth.

Me: okay but have you seen Katie McGrath

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Thoughts on Katie McGrath's character being with a woman..

So, Katie McGrath is dating a woman in…Dates. The fandom has gone crazy, my heart has stopped at least twice, and I’m overrun by feels. 

I made a comment a few days ago that if after all this waiting she was dating a man, I was going to be pissed. I take it back, Channel 4. I love you. 

It is, needless to say, huge. First of all, because it’s what we’ve all been waiting for - weather we’re gay, bi, confused thanks to Katie, or just girlcrushing big time - for anything from five years onwards, and now, all our fantasies have come true and she’s going to get shipped so much harder with any female Merlin cast member, this new woman, and any other woman we can possible imagine (you’re next, Dracula ladies!) and she most probably knows it. 

But, fan-girling, fantasising, and general lesbian heart attacks aside, it’s also a pretty big, pretty cool deal for her gay/bi fans (be they female or male, in my opinion). I think it says a lot about Katie. We all got the rather large feeling she was fine with gay people, or gay men at least, when she captained the Good Ship Brolin, but I know girls who are fine with gay men, as they pose no threat to them, but not with gay women. Katie, clearly, is not one of those people. She’s not threatened, and is comfortable enough with her own sexuality to play a lesbian, or a girl who just suddenly finds herself attracted to another girl, there’s no issue, it’s no big deal, it’s like Katie saying “Well, why wouldn’t I play it?” I’m not for a second saying it implies anything about her sexuality…I don’t care what it is, it’s none of my business… just to clear that up…but yeah, it’s a big deal to me. In this day and age, it shouldn’t be - it shouldn’t still be “well done straight person for playing the gay, you brave thing” or “My favourite actress/actor/idol isn’t afraid to play a gay character, which means they’re not homophobic…they support people like me! Now let me cry!” But society still has a way to go with acceptance in a lot of ways - people still don’t like seeing gay couples on TV, they complain if its before the watershed, so I at least find it mattering to me if someone plays a gay/bi/whatever character.

And hey, there’s nothing worse in the world of fangirling or fanboying (does that exist? I assume it does?) than finding out your favourite whatever is actually a total arse and has shattered your image of them, or is homophobic. 

Katie has just made a LOT of fans happy, and not just because she’s the hottest woman on television finally kissing a woman.. but because Katie McGrath is living up to that wonderful image we all have of Katie McGrath; that wonderful, friendly, fan-loving, genuine, adorable, LGBT supporting and all the other perfect colours of the Katie Rainbow we always hoped she was. 

Personally, it’s a pretty nice feeling. Thank you, Katie, you rock just that little bit more. 

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BADASS BITCHES

Just stumbled across this article and found it brought up some pretty interesting points about Morgana and Gwen..: “..Morgana doesn’t have to seduce anyone throughout the series. She uses her strength and intelligence to overpower them, and best them. She beats Arthur, Legendary King of the Britons in every single way. She outwits him regularly. Arthur is regularly lured into traps by Morgana, Morgana manages to plant spies in his kingdom, turn his wife against him and even dethrone him and she only ever loses because Merlin helps Arthur. Even then Merlin often works in secret against her. Merlin and Arthur vs Morgana is almost never a fair fight. Morgana is living in a little hut whilst Arthur and Merlin live in a massive kingdom and in comparison to Merlin who hides at the back and sneekily uses magic against her she confronts them head on. Morgana also bests Arthur in armed combat too, and she uses her magic to toss Arthur around like a little toy and make him literally cower with fear. She also manages to beat Merlin the greatest sorcerer of all time using both her wits and her skills in magic on a number of occasions. In “The Tears of Uther Pendragon” he thinks he has managed to follow her only for her to reveal that she has known the whole time and capture him. Had it not been for his friend a giant fire breathing Dragon Merlin would have met his end there and then. She also later captures and turns him into her slave at one point too!  She also outwits Uther regularly, very nearly assassinating him, playing him throughout all of season 3 and later she manages to break him. She also using her magic turns Lancelot into her puppet and ruins his legacy. And she does it all without having to use sex. Unlike Irene Adler who was only able to threaten Sherlock with her body and was outwitted by him, Morgana is a female villain who threatens and bests the male characters around her due to her intellect, strength and power alone. She gets the better of, hypnotizes, tortures, humiliates and even kills legendary male characters like Uther, Arthur and Merlin.”

“..Thus in actual fact Gwen was the most important person not Arthur. Arthur was only important not because he was a great king, but just because it was through him that Gwen became Queen. The person who actually made the important changes and undid the damage Uther inflicted upon the land was Gwen. Thus Merlin presents us with a version of Arthurian legends that makes Gwen Albion’s greatest ruler instead.” http://burrunjor.com/2015/04/08/cult-villains-3-morgana-pendragon/

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The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.

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RACHEL WEISZ IS TOO ATTRACTIVE, I JUST CAN’T!!

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Fuck I love her so much.

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Lady Morgana Appreciation Post - Season 1 Edition

“Sometimes you’ve got to do what you think is right and damn the consequences.”

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Jesus fuck. She’s so beautiful I actually don’t know what to do with myself when I see her face. HOLY GUACAMOLE!!

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DO YOU REMEMBER • Merlin & Morgana (Modern AU) 

when you think about it,  do you remember me? 

Well. It’s only been three years. Enjoy! x

Also guys, full disclosure: this video was initially blocked by Youtube worldwide because of the music, and while I have filed a dispute, I have no idea if it’ll stay up, and how long it’ll be up for… D: So enjoy it while you can!!! 

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Dripping coolly onto her sandaled feet, the untidy bunch of rosebay willow herb and irises brought her to a better state of mind. The vase she was looking for was on an American cherry-wood table by the French windows which were slightly ajar. Their southeast aspect had permitted parallelograms of morning sunlight to advance across the powder-blue carpet. Her breathing slowed and her desire for a cigarette deepened, but still she hesitated by the door, momentarily held by the perfection of the scene..

Atonement

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She whispered his name with the deliberation of a child trying out the distinct sounds. When he replied with her name, it sounded like a new word - the syllables remained the same, the meaning was different. Finally, he spoke the three words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can ever quite cheapen. She repeated them, with exactly the same slight emphasis on the second word, as though she were the one to say them first. He had no religious belief, but it was impossible not to think of an invisible presence or witness in the room, and that these words spoken aloud were like signatures on an unseen contract.

Ian McEwan, Atonement (via 90sviolence)

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Atonement. Beautiful moment.   

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Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume.