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Octavia and Lydia made the best pair. I just really don't like noisy, and dumb characters like Morgan.
I disliked Lydia at first because I thought she was bat nuts, but after her story was explained, I kind of sympathized with her situation. I also extremely hate it when people go easy on me, especially if it is a serious competition. There needs to be a doujin with those two as main characters. Heck, if they don't make one soon, I might as well make (a very very short) one myself.
I'll miss not having any more chances for more crazy Lydia speeches but the yuri vibes now associated with her memory will ease the pain of her passing.
Octavia's behavior did get on my nerves and hurt her standings in my mind though. Pride is an understandable explanation but I don't consider it an excuse for such recklessness. It would have been nice to hear the conversation between her and the soldiers the first time, especially if they threatened something if she told anyone about encountering them. Without something like that to latch onto my natural pessimism makes me see her behavior as callous disregard for anyone else's say in their own safety because she was so confident in how speshul she was that she believed she could handle it all alone. Seeing it like that I can't help but remember Arthur getting handed a hearty slice of humble pie for a similar attitude not too long ago.
Quite a good episode, although Morgan's jump to conclusion was a bit hasty, but at least she still trusts Octavia "till the end".
Quite an irrelevant episode. Although it did build Riannon's (foolish) character. I guess she did buy her easy escape with her stew and saving that one wounded man, but otherwise it was a dodgy show. Like how she got caught in the first place. It's supposed to be her own forest already, the Imperials being the strangers, so why did she get caught so easily? She must possess zero forest and ranger lore, after all. A damn city girl. A fairy? Give me a fucking break.
Once again I'm getting tired of Arthur. Arawn is a real saint of infinite patience.
The next ep is potentially better, based on the preview.
Well, not such a bad episode of talking between Riannon and Gaius, but I really liked how she just totally skipped over Arthur, making him a sad man once again. :p
I look forward to the next episode, too. It has been a long time since we've seen Arthur do something good other than the "light victory" over Octavia (can't find another word for it).
I didn't really mind all the Riannon development. IIt reinforced that Gaius isn't that much of a bad guy, but more a "rival" type of enemy without all the hate.
By far the most interesting development comes with the return of Taliesin. He's screaming "I'm a historian" like Arawn. Either that, or he's naturally shrewd with both words and swords. If there was a word to describe them from the preview it would be flamboyant.
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About Gaius wandering in, that's a huge insult to the Gael tribe. You'd think after the episode with Lydia's troops spying around they'd dispatch patrols or something.
Edit: And was there even a need for bandages??
Ye why did she send that guy for bangades 'n stuff, wasnt even a tiny scratch left after the healing, maybe the bandages was for wrapping around his torso for support incase hes still sore or some such -.-
It was probably in case she failed to heal the wound completely.
Meh, decent ep.
I know it was meant to be all noble and all, but to me, Arthur's "victory" over the Minstrel felt cheap. It's funny how the same could be said about the Minstrel's trick with the wound, but to me, that felt more cunning and smart. I think it's got to do with how "pure" Arthur was acting. He's almost like a child, and it feels bad to take the victory from them when they (foolishly) act like that.
The Minstrel, on the other hand, told you he's good to go, so it would be the Gael's fault for underestimating him.
He's too dense to notice the Minstrel's the next-in-line, aka Chief.
I'm starting to get tired of not seeing Arawn fight. He could have massacred that guy easily.
I would understand if he wanted to keep himself safe since he is the leader, but betting his own life on the duel contradicts this.
I would also understand if he was betting on Arthur's naivety to win over the hearts of the onlookers, but Arawn's surprise when he realized Arthur dislocated his own arm contradicts this.
I would also understand if Arawn wanted Arthur to grow as a warrior so he let him fight, but Arthur's naivety (a negative trait for a warrior) was only reinforced with what happened, so unless Arawn horribly failed in his prediction, this is also unlikely.
What logical reason would there be for Arawn to not fight in such cases? It only makes sense to send the best warrior to fight the duel, and Arawn is hands down that person/demon lord.
I'd guess Arawn expected Arthur to settle it in a manner resulting in neither getting killed. Maybe he simply was surprised by the method. He might have thought Arthur would beat the dude yet let him live without humiliation. He told Arthur to kill the bard, but that could have been just building pressure to help Arthur come up with an opposite solution. In the end they were seeking allies, not vassals, like was demonstrated by how Arawn so quickly turned around and left.
What exactly is Gaius waiting for? That all the rebellious tribes gather together and he can slay them all in one fell swoop?
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Ogre fight was sweet, kinda short tho ;P
Looks like things are heating up for Gaius, and i get the feeling Arawn and this Myrrdin fellow was more than just BFF's ^_^
Seems like Octavia still lacks power in her swings when it really counts. Not surprising for one of her build though. The ogre fight was indeed pretty cool, but I'm not sure what to think about Octavia getting splattered all over her face withwarm body fluidsblood.Adding realism to the fight was a nice touch, but at the cost of tainting Octavia
Now that we've moved on from expanding Arawn's female harem to something bigger, I find it much more enjoyable to see how Arawn and Rhiannon are really the only "real" couple. Rightly so too, since Arawn got the title "Chief of Gaels" from her.
I guess after everybody's "ZOMG, it's Arawn-sama" frenzy, she's the only one that cares.
I know what I think about the whole blood splatter situation, it was hot. While I certainly find Octavia's typical icy demeanor and fighting style awesome seeing her get kind of 'ragey' and brutal had an appeal all its own. The blood splatter was like icing on the cake and then her sort of shocked reaction helped to transition her back into her normal mode.
As to the plot that is apparently emerging Myrddin AKA Merlin is usually a pretty interesting character and hopefully that trend will continue in ToT. I would hope we'll learn more about the relationship between Arawn and the other apparently magical beings on that mural.
The animation was better than usual in this episode, and it was well-made, especially the battles that proceeded after entering the tomb. Poor Gaius gets ridiculed about Arawn being a "normal human", though he certainly could have acted earlier.