YES CRAZY PREQUEL. And all the nudge-wink going on with Arthur/Merlin, that went on with Uther/Gaius, tooootally. Gaius is like, "I'm just the physician," and everyone is like, "YEAH WHATEVER." Geoffrey says, "Know the human body well, do you?" "Well, I must. As a physician." "Don't give me that, I've seen the pictures in that anatomy book of yours." AND, lots of ribbing about Gaius helping Uther to sleep on the king's more troubled nights! "Offer him succor, do you?" "GEOFF!"
POSSIBLY GEOFFREY IS JUST JEALOUS.
Yanno, all those nights staying up late in the library, being distracted by the careful manner with which Geoffrey turns a page, all graceful fingers and an analytical eye. And Gaius's total concentration when he mixes potions. Geoffrey has his books and Gaius has his lab, so it's humanities vs. science headbutting sometimes, but they both understand the value of precision and they respect this in each other.
But Gaius being less cautious then, yes! Precise in science, but a bit more brazen with being a shadowy conspirator. Maybe that's why he sees a lot of himself in Merlin. He wonders if Merlin will make the same choices he has made. He hopes Merlin won't, for everyone's sake.
Haha! The fandom/MerlinArthur ship seems to still be in the honeymoon phase. I wonder if and when it will embrace romantic claustrophobia?
\o/ Moooooooooooooore everything! The name-dropping of actual beats? More of the CIA sabotaging communist regimes? GAIUS. Ya, what is Gaius in your story? Where has he been!
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"Well, I must. As a physician."
"Don't give me that, I've seen the pictures in that anatomy book of yours."
AND, lots of ribbing about Gaius helping Uther to sleep on the king's more troubled nights!
"Offer him succor, do you?"
"GEOFF!"
POSSIBLY GEOFFREY IS JUST JEALOUS.
Yanno, all those nights staying up late in the library, being distracted by the careful manner with which Geoffrey turns a page, all graceful fingers and an analytical eye. And Gaius's total concentration when he mixes potions. Geoffrey has his books and Gaius has his lab, so it's humanities vs. science headbutting sometimes, but they both understand the value of precision and they respect this in each other.
But Gaius being less cautious then, yes! Precise in science, but a bit more brazen with being a shadowy conspirator. Maybe that's why he sees a lot of himself in Merlin. He wonders if Merlin will make the same choices he has made. He hopes Merlin won't, for everyone's sake.
Haha! The fandom/MerlinArthur ship seems to still be in the honeymoon phase. I wonder if and when it will embrace romantic claustrophobia?
\o/ Moooooooooooooore everything! The name-dropping of actual beats? More of the CIA sabotaging communist regimes? GAIUS. Ya, what is Gaius in your story? Where has he been!