Episode 04: Character Study: Merlin

Published: Nov. 19, 2017, 2 p.m.

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\\nIn today\'s episode, momo and MissSnowFox take a closer look at the show\'s main protagonist, Merlin, and how his character developed over the seasons. The legendary Merlin is introduced as well, and of course we also take a look at fanworks.
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\\nNews:
\\nWrite every day on Merlin_Writers on LJ for all fic projects
\\nWrite every day on Reelmagic on LJ for ReelMerlin projects
\\nWrite every day on Beneathdacastle on LJ for ftf Merlin projects
\\nBottom Arthur Fest on tumblr, Nov 13-20
\\nMerlin Advent Calendar
\\nCamelot Drabble 6th Annual Holiday Exchange Fest
\\nCOiNELOT Reincarnated ticket announcement
\\nMerlin Telephone Art Game
\\nResources
\\nMerlin Wiki
\\nAO3 meta entry re: birthdates/ages of characters
\\nBehind the Name: Merlin
\\nRox\' YouTube channel
\\nStatistics
\\nAO3 stats on 1 Oct, 2017:
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\\n \\t* 29,493 works with the character tag \\u201cMerlin\\u201d
\\n \\t* 16,400 works with Merlin in a pairing (barring any overlap)
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\\nTop 5 pairings:
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\\n \\t* 12,624 Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 902 Merlin/Morgana
\\n \\t* 800 Gwaine/Merlin
\\n \\t* 352 Freya/Merlin
\\n \\t* 255 Merlin/Mordred
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\\nFurther combinations*
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\\n \\t* 168 Gwen/Merlin
\\n \\t* 156 Gwaine/Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 151 Lancelot/Merlin
\\n \\t* 132 Gwen/Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 131 Merlin/Percival
\\n \\t* 113 Merlin/Uther
\\n \\t* 110 Merlin/Will
\\n \\t* 62 Gwen/Merlin/Morgana/Arthur
\\n \\t* 58 Knights/Merlin
\\n \\t* 53 Merlin/Mordred/Arthur
\\n \\t* 51 Merlin/Mithian
\\n \\t* 50 Leon/Merlin
\\n \\t* 34 Elyan/Merlin
\\n \\t* 28 Merlin/Morgana/Arthur
\\n \\t* 27 Lancelot/Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 16 Cenred/Merlin
\\n \\t* 16 Freya/Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 15 Knights/Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 15 Merlin/Nimueh
\\n \\t* 13 Gaius/Merlin
\\n \\t* 12 Gwaine/Lancelot/Merlin
\\n \\t* 10 Gwaine/Merlin/Percival
\\n \\t* 7 Gwen/Merlin/Morgana
\\n \\t* 6 Kilgharrah/Merlin
\\n \\t* 5 Leon/Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 5 Elena/Merlin
\\n \\t* 5 Merlin/Morgause
\\n \\t* 4 Gwen/Lancelot/Merlin/Morgana/Arthur
\\n \\t* 2 Elyan/Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 2 Merlin/Vivian
\\n \\t* 2 Freya/Merlin/Morgana
\\n \\t* 1 Merlin/Morgana/Uther
\\n \\t* 1 Gwaine/Merlin/Morgana
\\n \\t* 1 Merlin/Morgana/Nimueh
\\n \\t* 1 Merlin/Morgana/Knights/Arthur/Gwen
\\n \\t* 1 Gaius/Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 1 Gaius/Gwaine/Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 1 Elena/Merlin/Arthur
\\n \\t* 1 Merlin/Nimueh/Uther
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\\n*Disclaimer: Momo didn\'t check all the combinations of Merlin with ev...'