So I was serious about that updating thing/Merlin - Colin Morgan

I haven't forgotten about ya'll! (Ya'll being like the three people who read this blog or maybe just the two who actually care about what I have to say, lol.) I told you I was really trying to do something different this year and actually, you know, blog.

First things first. TWO MILLION POINTS to Aryelle who actually cared/knew me well enough to try to figure out that ridiculously AWESOME poem I made up (on the fly, might I add) in the last post's comment section. She almost got it right too.

So without further ado, I introduce the topic of COLIN MORGAN aka my new favorite celebrity crush and one of the reasons ComicCon is going to be like, the highlight of my life this year.


But first I must admit to you guys just HOW MUCH of a nerd I really am by explaining to you just HOW MUCH I freaking l-o-v-e anything about Athurian Legends/the Middle Ages. So much so that people used to ask me what that random poster I had up in my room was all about. You know the one with the guy in full armor (I'm talking CHAIN MAIL, baby) on horseback holding a jousting stick, a sword and a mace while trying to simultaneously help a lady onto the back of his horse? Yeah, THAT one.

Seriously, if it weren't for the TRUTH of that period (you know that being a black person sucked at that time and I would have never had the chance to be a lady of nobility, let alone QUEEN), I probably would have already tried to build a freaking boat/time machine to hightail it back to Albion and claim my rightful role as Guinevere. For reals.

But alas, I am not the least bit scientifically inclined and I do read enough non-fiction about the time period to realize that I live in LALALALA land.

And so I watch Merlin. A British television show (it airs on BBC One, snitches!) about the once and future king and his trusty sidekick/wizard Merlin.


I get chills just thinking about it. (Yeah, I know I'm lame. Deal with it.) Unfortunately, it airs in Britain like a whole season earlier than it does here. And you know I can NOT wait that long. So I watch it online. ILLEGALLY. Muhahaha! But then I get all sad that I have to wait a whole YEAR for that ish to come out again. So I end up watching it AGAIN. I do wait a couple of months in between though. (Translation: I wait as long as I can before the tremors and seizures get to be too much.)

(I must at this point give a shout out to/blame my dependency on my friend Katharine who got me hooked on it when she stayed with me for a couple of days after spending a year in Spain. That first night I think we watched like 4 episodes. Ridiculousness. OMG. And her Facebook profile pic is with the TARDIS for cornflakes sake! Thisiswhywe'renerds. )

Anyway, this brings me to the currentloveofmylife, Colin Morgan, on whose shoulders this entire series rests upon since he plays the title character. Bradley James is the blond haired guy in the photo next to him who plays Prince Arthur. (And as much as I like guys who are talldarkhairedandskinny, Bradley James is quite attractive too.)


But, back to CM. Did you know this dude is IRISH? Not like, his family is from Ireland but they live in the UK Irish, but like IRISH from IRELAND, like his family still lives there and they have neighbors and go to the grocery store and go ice-skating in IRELAND Irish. He learned a Welsh accent for this role. (His real accent is way sexier.)

And unless you don't know me at all, you know that I could (if it were possible) literally have Ireland's babies. The first time I ever tried out for a high school play was for "Playboy of the Western World" (no, it's not a dirty play) and I got to put my GANGSTER Irish accent to use. ONLY black girl in the whole play, but I was SICK as Sara Tansey, leader of the meddling group of girls. Me and Ireland's babies would be be-yoo-tiful and you know it.

So I'll leave you with a clip from the show (Season 1) and you guys can tell me that you love it or remind me how much of a nerd I am.
kthanxbai



Don't worry, Arthur doesn't stay that obnoxious :)
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Oh and aren't I a big DUNCE for failing to mention TWO OTHER REASONS why I love this show?

1) Anthony Head (aka Giles from Buffy) is King Uther, Prince Arthur's father (duh)

2) GUINEVERE is BLACK (or Hispanic or both), snitches! It's like watching all my dreams come true. LOVE IT!


I can not freaking WAIT until ComicCon! Maybe they'll bring some of the knights as well... they're kinda HOTT too.

(You know you wanna Google image search "BBC Merlin Lancelot." Just do it. LOL.)

Actually don't. Because unfortunately this is NOT the first picture you see.



Ok, that really was it. This post is now done.