"Never confuse efficiency with a liver complaint." -- G. Banks

[whynot]

ZOMG MERLIN SERIES 2 PRESS RELEASE

Mackenzie Crook guest-stars as the guy who's gonna make Merlin all jealous and possessive when he moves in on Arthur! Hahaha. Oh show, you are like the t.A.T.u. of fantasy television. Wave your hands in the aaaaaiiiiir for Adrian Lester a.k.a. MICKEY MOTHERFUCKING BRICKS. homg. yessss. I dunno about this Sarah Parish lady, but sources elsewhere says her character's gonna trick Uther into marrying her, so it's basically episode 1.6 except maybe Arthur will be less useless. Here's to hoping! My guess is that jealous!Morgana will rear her head all over again.

Dear TV Santa, I want oodles of SIR SANTIAGO and ARTHUR/GWEN pls, kthx! And Morgana's past, and Morgana&Merlin magical duo, and LANCELOT/GWEN and Arthur being all like, "HEY, what are your intentions towards my foster sister's maidservant?" all suspicious and protective, except that role should probably fall to Morgana, and Lancelot has to promise to have Gwen home by ten.

Apparently 'Merlin' Series 1 is gonna be replacing the 'Kings' time-slot on NBC. Haaaaaahahahahahahahahaha.


I rewatched Mary Poppins and am of the opinion that Susan and Mary Poppins should hang out. (animus_wyrmis, this is your fault.) Maybe Susan is her trainee, or personal assistant, or maybe Mary Poppins just shows up on Susan's doorstep post-TLB because Mary Poppins just shows up wherever she's needed. She measures Susan with her tape measure and Susan measures 'alternately frivolous and stodgy'. "Hmm," frowns Mary Poppins. She compliments Susan on her posture though.

The carpet bag doesn't freak Susan out as much as Susan thinks it could have. She does resist looking inside of it, just in case she sees branches and a wintry landscape, but anyway it's impolite to poke around someone else's things. She leaves it alone, asks no questions. Maybe this time Mary Poppins doesn't sing and take people into pictures drawn on the sidewalk (or disappear into wardrobes), but that's fine, 'cos Susan and Mary just drink tea and talk of sensible things, and sometimes of big things and sometimes of small things, sad things and curious things, and Susan says to Mary oh that is a darling scarf and Mary says thank you. They talk about the fashions of the day for they both like to be well-dressed, and like to take care of their looks.

Mary tricks Susan into self-reconciliation.

'Cos you know who else goes into wonderful magical worlds and dances around with wonderful magical animals, then acts like it never happened? Mary Poppins, that's who. Susan Pevensie and Mary Poppins, otbff of getting over it.

Susan asks Mary if Bert is her, you know, her beau, and Mary says oh don't be silly. But Susan's not stupid.

"Just hold on tightly and don't look down, you'll be just fine," Mary Poppins says, holding her own parasol above her head. Susan grips the handle of her parasol and doesn't tell Mary Poppins she used to ride on the backs of Gryphons. It's poor manners to one-up someone like that.

Then the wind begins the blow.


As much as I love the chimbley-sweep dance scene, all I could think about this time was how they were all probably gonna get the black lung. Speaking of unintentionally horrific things in kids' stories, there's this one Donald Duck comic that ends with several barrels of MERCURY exploding all over the Mexican countryside and all that the characters had to say was "lol it wasnt silver after all!" D-:!

Song of the day: 'So Blue' by Sino Sikat? Filipino R&B and soul.

Comments

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

YAAAAY MERLIN! *squees madly and runs in circles*

ALSO. Susan and Mary Poppins, OMG! I loved how Susan is so polite all the time and stuff. And while I have to admit I have never watched Mary Poppins, I've read a kid's version of it a while ago so at least I know the basics. Or maybe I read the original? I dunno.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Yeek, MERLIN! Haha, not entirely sure WHO Sarah Parish is either, but I was at Pierrefonds last Thursday and she was there (according to another tourist) filming with Anthony Head (Colin was there for a bit too, but all he did was stand 'round and then he left). Whatever scene they were filming starts with her saying to Uther, "What a charming idea."

Also, I like this whole Susan and Mary Poppins thing.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

Susan grips the handle of her parasol and doesn't tell Mary Poppins she used to ride on the backs of Gryphons. It's poor manners to one-up someone like that.

OMG

AMAZING

[marycontraire.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, Susan totally becomes the next Mary Poppins after TLB, this is an excellent idea!

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Apparently Gwen and Morgana are going to be getting ~even closer~ this time round? I APPROVE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.

"alternately frivolous and stodgy" yessssss

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

Arthur would just be like "New rule! Knights of Camelot are no longer allowed to talk to girls without me as a chaperon, LANCELOT." He would think about being jealous of Merlin because Gwen is so obviously into him, but then he wouldn't bother because it's Merlin. He also wouldn't think to be jealous of Morgana, which is silly because Morgana/Gwen is totally happening.

OMG YES WRITE IT!

They go to tea with Mary's cousin, or at least that's what Mary Poppins said; Susan doesn't ask questions about other people's relations. "This is Miss Pevensie," Mary Poppins says primly.

"Susan Pevensie, of course!" says Mary Poppin's cousin. "Wardrobes and horns!"

Susan feels her face go tight, and Mary Poppins says, warningly, "George!"

"Begging your pardon," he says, and they have their tea outside, on a checkered picnic blanket. They talk of small things and Susan is left to wonder if there is something written on her face that says she's been touched by magic. She wonders if it's something only Mary Poppins's family can read, or if she could learn to see it too.

"Of course," he says in an undertone as she straightens her hat, "she doesn't need wardrobes."

Dude, I am fascinated by the Bert/Mary romance. It's so cute! And I can't figure out, like, if he's sort of magical too, or if he's just normal. How long have they been together? Who can tell! (I suppose it's possible he's someone else too. In the books the Banks family has this, like, jack-of-all-trades servant guy who does nothing at all but sleep all day and polish things wrong, and you find out later that he's actually the Dirty Rascal and he and Mary have known each other since, I guess, he was hanging out with the King of the Castle.)

[deepad]

ZOMG, this is perfect. You should read the Mary Poppins books because they are way more matter of fact and dark about their magic. You should write this fic. ::nods firmly::

[fireflower314.livejournal.com]

Dear TV Santa, I want oodles of SIR SANTIAGO and ARTHUR/GWEN pls, kthx! And Morgana's past, and Morgana&Merlin magical duo, and LANCELOT/GWEN and Arthur being all like, "HEY, what are your intentions towards my foster sister's maidservant?" all suspicious and protective, except that role should probably fall to Morgana, and Lancelot has to promise to have Gwen home by ten.
YES THIS!!! Also lots and lots of Merlin and Gwen being the cutest best friends in the world and Arthur and Merlin squabbling and pining for each other.

Apparently 'Merlin' Series 1 is gonna be replacing the 'Kings' time-slot on NBC. Haaaaaahahahahahahahahaha.
It is the hour of kings! *laughs* I'm going to miss Kings though. That was a cool show.

And dude I cannot even wait for the episodes we've been hearing about. Someone tries to replace Merlin! (Pffft, guest star dude, you think Arthur's going to risk his life to get YOU a flower from a cave? HAHAHA). Someone marries Uther! (Oh man, if we do get jealous!Morgana out of that episode I will be filled with glee). I mostly just want anything and everything season two is willing to give us! I miss that show a lotttt.

[puckling.livejournal.com]

Mackenzie Crook guest-stars as the guy who's gonna make Merlin all jealous and possessive when he moves in on Arthur! Hahaha.

I totally lol'ed. He's like this seasons Will! If they make any references to false eyes, I might just die. Of amusement or horror over the tastelessness, I am unclear, but still.

Susan! Mary Poppins! Why did I never see that they were bff before? Clearly.

[zempasuchil.livejournal.com]

OMG MERLIN YAY. I am so excited for the Merlin/Arthur jealousy. and OF COURSE for SANTIAGO CABRERA oh lordy.

That is possibly the crossover least likely to occur to me, ever. dude. It is kind of weirdly appropriate!

Happy Donald Duck's birthday! :D

also I want to say that I saw that you recced me, and girl youuu make my heart burst with joy. that is all. <33333334

[westingturtle.livejournal.com]

Susan grips the handle of her parasol and doesn't tell Mary Poppins she used to ride on the backs of Gryphons. It's poor manners to one-up someone like that.. Umm, YES

Susan would be a marvelous assisstant for Mary Poppins, fixing other people's families because she never got to fix her own. And Mary can take some time off and do things Susan politely pretends to have no awareness of, and then they fix their hair and put on their smiles and go back to being fairy godmothers.