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Episode 04: Character Study: Merlin

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In 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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Resources

Merlin Wiki

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Behind the Name: Merlin
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Statistics

AO3 stats on 1 Oct, 2017:

  • 29,493 works with the character tag “Merlin”
  • 16,400 works with Merlin in a pairing (barring any overlap)

    • Top 5 pairings:

    • 12,624 Merlin/Arthur
    • 902 Merlin/Morgana
    • 800 Gwaine/Merlin
    • 352 Freya/Merlin
    • 255 Merlin/Mordred

      • Further combinations*

      • 168 Gwen/Merlin
      • 156 Gwaine/Merlin/Arthur
      • 151 Lancelot/Merlin
      • 132 Gwen/Merlin/Arthur
      • 131 Merlin/Percival
      • 113 Merlin/Uther
      • 110 Merlin/Will
      • 62 Gwen/Merlin/Morgana/Arthur
      • 58 Knights/Merlin
      • 53 Merlin/Mordred/Arthur
      • 51 Merlin/Mithian
      • 50 Leon/Merlin
      • 34 Elyan/Merlin
      • 28 Merlin/Morgana/Arthur
      • 27 Lancelot/Merlin/Arthur
      • 16 Cenred/Merlin
      • 16 Freya/Merlin/Arthur
      • 15 Knights/Merlin/Arthur
      • 15 Merlin/Nimueh
      • 13 Gaius/Merlin
      • 12 Gwaine/Lancelot/Merlin
      • 10 Gwaine/Merlin/Percival
      • 7 Gwen/Merlin/Morgana
      • 6 Kilgharrah/Merlin
      • 5 Leon/Merlin/Arthur
      • 5 Elena/Merlin
      • 5 Merlin/Morgause
      • 4 Gwen/Lancelot/Merlin/Morgana/Arthur
      • 2 Elyan/Merlin/Arthur
      • 2 Merlin/Vivian
      • 2 Freya/Merlin/Morgana
      • 1 Merlin/Morgana/Uther
      • 1 Gwaine/Merlin/Morgana
      • 1 Merlin/Morgana/Nimueh
      • 1 Merlin/Morgana/Knights/Arthur/Gwen
      • 1 Gaius/Merlin/Arthur
      • 1 Gaius/Gwaine/Merlin/Arthur
      • 1 Elena/Merlin/Arthur
      • 1 Merlin/Nimueh/Uther

        • *Disclaimer: Momo didn’t check all the combinations of Merlin with every single minor character.

        Recs/mentioned fanworks

        Drastically Redefining Protocol by rageprufrock

        im breaking i cant do this on my own Video by Specialisyou
        human Video by pobalex
        Get it right Video by samellon
        The King of Mars by Ivalee, With Fanart by Brolinskeep aka rou
        And like the cycle of the year, we begin again by katherynfromphilly

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