"I hate the world today"

Spent a pleasant chunk of the weekend with princess_s wherein we duly watched the Merlin finale and proceeded to spend alarming amounts of time talking disturbingly large quantities of meta about the whole series. At what point exactly did Merlin become a show that required meta? In any case, I miss it already *sniffle*

One thing I can't forgive the show for is making me really care that ultimately the story of Merlin and Arthur is a bit of a tragic one. I can't remember exactly what happens to Merlin but he does vanish one way or another, and Camelot ends, and Arthur of course is very famous for tragically dying in his prime (after feeling generally betrayed and let down by Lancelot and Gwenivere). The characters have always been legendary/heroes/etc for me since childhood, but... but... well, the final ending has a new sting now.

To that end! Have some vid recs.

Red by obsessive24: basically what I just said above. Arthur, Gwen, Merlin, Lancelot - all tragedies about happen.
The Choice by nel_ani: nice little instrumental to go with The Beginning of the End and Merlin's final decision.
And moving away from angst with a vengeance...
The Bitch Prince by wistful_fever. Yep it's THAT song we all sang along to back at school. And god but it does actually suit Arthur to a T. He may be a royal prat and a half at time, but he wouldn't have it any different and neither would Merlin. Aww.