The Sleeper's Den

"This, indeed, happened. They came back with an immense fleet and more men than could ever be counted. They invaded certain parts of Albany and busied themselves in burning the cities there and the citizens inside them."
- Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of Britain (ca. 1136)



Late again. AUGH! This time it is because I was without Internet for all of yesterday afternoon -_-. So instead of posting, I was forced to console myself by watching my first ever episode of the BBC's Merlin. It was fun! It's possible that I simply stumbled into a good episode, "The Sins of the Fathers"... It had Morgause and Ygraine in it and happened to deal with murky bits of Arthur's family history. True, that family history is not the story I am familiar with, but though the writers carefully avoided themes like rape and incest, they used other means to make clear that Uther is ruthless in the pursuit of his desires. Not bad at all. I rather enjoyed Rupert Giles's Anthony Head's Uther and liked Arthur and Merlin as well. And Morgause (Emilia Fox, yay!) - hah! She was great, in a sword-wielding (!) sorceress-like way *g*. In short: I'll be wanting more of this :-).

Oh, and I can totally see why this show is popular with slashy shippers :P.

Alas (?), less slashy goodness in the continuation of The Darkest Hour. Concrit is welcome!

What went before
Uther Pendragon, High King of Britain, has slain his rival, married the woman he desired, had a child by her, and has got rid of his creepy, magical stepdaughter. Just when he thinks he can sit back and enjoy the fruit of all his efforts, stuff happens.

The Darkest Hour 1-3, The Darkest Hour 4-6, The Darkest Hour 7-9, The Darkest Hour 10-12, The Darkest Hour 13-15, The Darkest Hour 16-18, The Darkest Hour 19-21, The Darkest Hour 22-24, The Darkest Hour 25-27, The Darkest Hour 28-31, The Darkest Hour 32-35, The Darkest Hour 36-40, The Darkest Hour 41-44, The Darkest Hour 45-47, The Darkest Hour 48-50, The Darkest Hour 51-53, The Darkest Hour 54-57, The Darkest Hour 58-60, The Darkest Hour 61-64, The Darkest Hour 65-66, The Darkest Hour 67-69, The Darkest Hour 70-73, The Darkest Hour 74-75, The Darkest Hour 76-81, The Darkest Hour 82-84, The Darkest Hour 85-87

( In which Uther's troubles are not over yet )