on my quest to watch every adaptation i possibly can of king arthur i stumbled on this and UHHH IT WAS SO GOOD AND WHOLESOME??? obviously it is more of a kid friendly retelling of the story, but the way they incorporated all the legends, even some stuff from T.H White, and they even gave us young chaotic Merlin !!!??? i'd definitely recommend watching it, such a cozy movie it is on disney+
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I just watched in these movies in this order and based on these movies I’d like suggestions on what to watch next:
The Kid Who Would be King
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
The Princess Bride
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this movie was like what if the wizard merlin was some weird little freak who’s always wearing a led zeppelin t shirt and doing sick ass hand based magic. just clapping and snapping and waving his arms around and then he sneezes and turns into an owl. slay you weird guy!
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I just put on the kid who would become king while doing a project for work and now I wanna dig up my old Merlin fic 😅
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I believe in Rhianna Dorris playing a character whose name starts with "ka" in a work directed by Joe Cornish supremacy
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What is it with wizards and Sixth Formers
Like seriously, as far as media representation of Sixth Formers goes, nothing is as accurate as these two (Merlin from The Kid Who Would Be King - essentially a David Walliams movie with more swords and turning into owls, Douxie from Tales of Arcadia). They have so much post-GCSE energy and I have no idea how to feel about it.
It’s the “I’m the most unhinged person you’ve ever met but so dead inside and mid-giving up that it either balances out or propels me at 500 miles an hour into the nearest obstacle.” And the I-was-not-prepared-to-be-an-adult-but-now-I’m-in-a-room-full-of-secondary-school-children.
Like damn Mr. Pratchett you really were onto something with that “Sometimes you can only reflect reality with allegory.” shit.
(For reference, a little more information about this particular version of Merlin, because I know this movie probably didn’t reach many people but this version of him is absolute gold:
He ages backwards, do not think about it. Don’t think about it. Don’t think about the implications of that. Will he end up as a foetohgodIthoughtaboutitfortoolong.
He does not try at all to disguise himself or who he is. He is physically sixteen but walks into a class full of Year 8s and doesn’t bother with excuses, just gets chatting to the main characters. His fake name is Mervin or Marlin or something. And I mean, his philosophy is completely correct. Why bother trying? What fucking school senior staff member/Year 8 child is going to be like “You know….. I think he might be the wizard Merlin.”? Nobody’s gonna suddenly draw the conclusion he’s a magic man who’s older than the English language. And I love it.
He’s not even really trying that hard to stop the world ending (which by the way, it will if the main cast don’t stop it). He’s just like “Lol the world’s ending, you want McDonald’s?”
He turns into an owl when he sneezes.)
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45th Painting of Dear, United Kingdom
This month, I finally made the fourty-fifth painting of Dear, United Kingdom. This is Alexander "Alex" Elliot from The Kid Who Would Be King.
Alexander "Alex" Elliot from The Kid Who Would Be King - 2nd December 2023
In his casual outfit, he wore a deep teal sweater with mint blue shirt in it, jean pants and blue and grey shoes.
He also wears a Dungate Academy school uniform that had consisted of ruby red V-neck sweater, Academy logo on the left side, pale blue shirt, deep blue, golden yellow and ruby red striped necktie, dark grey socks and black shoes. Even though he didn't also wear a ruby red V-neck sweater, with golden yellow accent and the Dungate Academy logo on the left side.
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Should i write a fic about this lovely lady right here?
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Movie scenes where characters finally get to take a nap after going through hell is a weirdly specific trope but I like it a lot
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