This is the interview to our first FOTM here in arwen spot, Issie thanks for your time and thanks for doing this spot so activate and fun
1. Tell us something about yourself ( 가장 좋아하는 movie, book, actor, hobbies, jajaja wherever 당신 want to tell us)
Hi, everyone! I’m Issie which is short for Isabella but I’ve gone as Issie for as long as I can possibly remember. I’m currently a freshman in high school and I’m starting to think about what I want to do with my life. I think I’m going into psychology 또는 something along those lines, but who knows. My 가장 좋아하는 책 are all of Jane Austen’s works especially Emma and Pride & Prejudice. I’m also a huge Harry Potter buff. Currently my 가장 좋아하는 actor is Colin Firth and my 가장 좋아하는 actress is Natalie Portman. I 사랑 TV and my 가장 좋아하는 show is 스킨스 (the British version… so I watch it online.) Merlin is currently tied with 스몰빌 as my 초 가장 좋아하는 show. I’m really into shipping couples, which is probably how I came to loving Arwen so much.
2. How do 당신 feel about being the chosen the first 팬 of the 월 in arwen spot Issie?
When I first saw your prop for that, Jenny, I was so ecstatic. I mean not only is this AG’s first FOTM, but it’s the first time I’ve ever won an FOTM. And I literally jumped for joy when I saw that I had won. And I don’t think I was expecting it either.
3. What episode/scene made 당신 start shipping Arthur/Gwen?
Um… I think it was in Season 1, episode 3 when Arthur has Gwen arrested. The look that passed between them was really sad, but it was genuine. See, I read a book before I started watching Merlin and that was my basic knowledge about the legend. Yes, I knew about the LGA 사랑 triangle, but it was very basic. It’s not like I knew how horrible Guinevere was in some legends 또는 how annoying Lancelot was 또는 how it added to the downfall of Camelot. It was all new to me and it was funny because in “The Mark of Nimueh” I didn’t even think they’d end up together. I thought it’d just be a friendship, but there was something about them. And when Arthur stood up for her, my 심장 was pounding. I had never really expected to feel this way, especially because they didn’t even seem like a possibility to me. But then I went in depth in research after watching that episode about the legend because I was curious. And I got all my facts and everything. Even though I disliked what I was reading, I knew that “Merlin” was its own spin on the Arthurian legend and that AG might stand a chance after all.
4. Where do they fall on your couples list?
Six 또는 seven, depending on the list. On my 가장 좋아하는 couples list they’re seven and on my 가장 좋아하는 TV couples list they’re six.
5. What do 당신 like about Arthur and Gwen as individual characters and what 당신 don’t like about them as individual characters?
Well, all around, I 사랑 Arthur. I 사랑 who he is and what he stands for and how he’s grown. He was such a prat during season 1, bullying people and just 연기 like how you’d imagine a stuck-up “modern-day rich kid” would. He fit the category for most pathetic prince. And then, who cried during his speech at the round 표, 테이블 during the season 3 finale? I did. And this is the same guy who was such an idiot during the Season 1 premier. The character development in him was phenomenal. Season 1 Arthur would have never knighted anyone, let alone men without an ounce of royal blood in him. It’s true that Season 1 Arthur proved to have a very kind heart, but he would never done anything that radical. But Season 3 Arthur did it. The Once and Future King in him was finally shining through. I 사랑 Gwen too, but then her character development obviously wasn’t as big. But I loved watching her coming out of her shy shell and seeing the good in a man she once disliked. And I liked her stronger side and I loved when she was fighting in “The Moment of Truth” (S1, Ep. 10) I loved watching her become stronger and 더 많이 steadfast in her beliefs as well as her relationship with Arthur. I mean, all in all, they’re both great characters.
6. Does Arthur/Gwen remind of any other couple on fiction 또는 even reality?
Not really. Maybe Romeo/Juliet- but then they were doomed from the beginning. I feel like Arthur/Gwen can be so sad at times, but they have so much hope and light in them. 당신 can feel that when 당신 watch them. They’re not doomed in this take on the legend for sure. They’re very big, historic, and epic so it’s hard for me to compare them to anyone else.
7. Have 당신 ever shipped a rival couple (Arthur/Morgana, Lancelot/Gwen…)?
Nope. Like I said above, I read one series aimed at younger children when I was about 10 before I came to watch Merlin. It didn’t even trace the LGA 사랑 triangle, though that’s sort of general knowledge so I knew about that. But Morgain Le Fey was Arthur’s evil half-sister who was trying to bring down Camelot. So I already knew that when I watched the first episode so it was impossible for me to even want to ship Arthur/Morgana. I might’ve shipped them for the first episode had I not known that and then stopped in the 초 one when they were walking down between everybody and then start fighting and go complain about the other to their servant. I was like…yeah…very brother/sisterly…and no way is that ever going to be love.
And I could never ship Lance/Gwen though I 사랑 both in this series. I just hated both of them in the legend so much that I just can’t even come to liking them a tad bit.
8. If 당신 could change one scene which would it be?
Hmmm… one scene? I don’t know…all their scenes are perfect for them. But if I had to change one, it would probably be the scene in “The Once and Future Queen” when Gwen tells Arthur that she doesn’t have to prove anything for anyone, least of all her. I feel like it was a little too early for her to say that, considering they had just had their first kiss. She could have hinted that, but not be so blunt.
9. Your 가장 좋아하는 moment for their love?
Definitely the scene in the 왕좌, 왕위 room during “Queen of Hearts.” It was just so epic…everything proved how much they loved each other. A part that really pronounced their 사랑 was when Uther asks Gwen why Arthur would ever fall in 사랑 with someone like her and she responds that a person like him would never understand. Also when Arthur is restrained 의해 the guards and tells Uther he will give up his rights for the 왕좌, 왕위 to leave with her and that they’d never return. I mean if that isn’t what you’d call epic and beautiful than I don’t know what is. Also the kiss, of course. My 가장 좋아하는 scene for them is that 키스 and 당신 could see the hunger, the tension, the sadness all piled into that kiss. Oh god, it was just breathtaking.
10. This 또는 that...
Arthur/Gwen: Arthur
Season 2/3: Season 3!
Lancelot/Merlin: Merlin (He’s my 가장 좋아하는 character)
Sweet dreams/Queen of hearts: Queen of Hearts!
I never loved another/ I cannot be your queen: I never loved another was EPIC!
11. 가장 좋아하는 scene:
Angsty: Ooh… probably the “Then I’m happy being insane” Scene in “Changeling”
Cute: It’s tied between Arthur’s donkey ears scene in “Goblin’s Gold” and the “So I’m still a single man…” scene in “Changeling”
Funny: That scene in “Le Morte D’Arthur” when Arthur is questioning Gwen about what she said… “Something about the man I am inside…”
Romantic: The 왕좌, 왕위 room 키스 in QOH
Underrated: The hug in “The Last Dragonlord”
12. 가장 좋아하는
Kiss: The 왕좌, 왕위 room 키스 in QOH!
Quote: My 가장 좋아하는 quote is this one, though technically it’s two. Gwen: “This isn't just about us. 당신 must stay for the sake of your people. 당신 will be a great king. And then 당신 can change these ridiculous customs.”
Arthur: “I promise 당신 that when I am King, things will be different. We can be together.”
Episode: Queen of Hearts
Season: 3
13. Which songs fits them best in your opinion?
Um… maybe Taylor Swift’s 사랑 story? And then not really. I have no idea.
14. Dream endgame?
Gwen’s coronation like in Morgana’s vision. I was so excited when watching that scene and that would be amazing.
15. What do 당신 predict will happen between them in season 4?
More screen time, for one. They’ve become the 초 most important story-line after the whole Merlin-Arthur destiny with Morgana trying to skew it. Which is really exciting and means that they’re 사랑 for each other is only become stronger. So I expect a really complex story-line filled with amazing moments for them. Season 4 is going to be great for AG!
16. Who do 당신 think deserves FOTM next?
I don’t know… everyone? LOL! But Jenny, Naima, Rose, and S are all big contributors to this spot. So maybe one of them? Oh, I don’t know. Everyone here is just so awesome!
17. Any last words? ( jajajajajaj I think it is funny but dont worry nothing it is gonna happen to 당신 jajajajaajaj)
Keep the magic! And count down the days until the return of our 가장 좋아하는 wizard, Merlin and our EPIC, AMAZING, AND BEAUTIFUL couple! Thank 당신 all for voting for me! I 사랑 당신 all!
1. Tell us something about yourself ( 가장 좋아하는 movie, book, actor, hobbies, jajaja wherever 당신 want to tell us)
Hi, everyone! I’m Issie which is short for Isabella but I’ve gone as Issie for as long as I can possibly remember. I’m currently a freshman in high school and I’m starting to think about what I want to do with my life. I think I’m going into psychology 또는 something along those lines, but who knows. My 가장 좋아하는 책 are all of Jane Austen’s works especially Emma and Pride & Prejudice. I’m also a huge Harry Potter buff. Currently my 가장 좋아하는 actor is Colin Firth and my 가장 좋아하는 actress is Natalie Portman. I 사랑 TV and my 가장 좋아하는 show is 스킨스 (the British version… so I watch it online.) Merlin is currently tied with 스몰빌 as my 초 가장 좋아하는 show. I’m really into shipping couples, which is probably how I came to loving Arwen so much.
2. How do 당신 feel about being the chosen the first 팬 of the 월 in arwen spot Issie?
When I first saw your prop for that, Jenny, I was so ecstatic. I mean not only is this AG’s first FOTM, but it’s the first time I’ve ever won an FOTM. And I literally jumped for joy when I saw that I had won. And I don’t think I was expecting it either.
3. What episode/scene made 당신 start shipping Arthur/Gwen?
Um… I think it was in Season 1, episode 3 when Arthur has Gwen arrested. The look that passed between them was really sad, but it was genuine. See, I read a book before I started watching Merlin and that was my basic knowledge about the legend. Yes, I knew about the LGA 사랑 triangle, but it was very basic. It’s not like I knew how horrible Guinevere was in some legends 또는 how annoying Lancelot was 또는 how it added to the downfall of Camelot. It was all new to me and it was funny because in “The Mark of Nimueh” I didn’t even think they’d end up together. I thought it’d just be a friendship, but there was something about them. And when Arthur stood up for her, my 심장 was pounding. I had never really expected to feel this way, especially because they didn’t even seem like a possibility to me. But then I went in depth in research after watching that episode about the legend because I was curious. And I got all my facts and everything. Even though I disliked what I was reading, I knew that “Merlin” was its own spin on the Arthurian legend and that AG might stand a chance after all.
4. Where do they fall on your couples list?
Six 또는 seven, depending on the list. On my 가장 좋아하는 couples list they’re seven and on my 가장 좋아하는 TV couples list they’re six.
5. What do 당신 like about Arthur and Gwen as individual characters and what 당신 don’t like about them as individual characters?
Well, all around, I 사랑 Arthur. I 사랑 who he is and what he stands for and how he’s grown. He was such a prat during season 1, bullying people and just 연기 like how you’d imagine a stuck-up “modern-day rich kid” would. He fit the category for most pathetic prince. And then, who cried during his speech at the round 표, 테이블 during the season 3 finale? I did. And this is the same guy who was such an idiot during the Season 1 premier. The character development in him was phenomenal. Season 1 Arthur would have never knighted anyone, let alone men without an ounce of royal blood in him. It’s true that Season 1 Arthur proved to have a very kind heart, but he would never done anything that radical. But Season 3 Arthur did it. The Once and Future King in him was finally shining through. I 사랑 Gwen too, but then her character development obviously wasn’t as big. But I loved watching her coming out of her shy shell and seeing the good in a man she once disliked. And I liked her stronger side and I loved when she was fighting in “The Moment of Truth” (S1, Ep. 10) I loved watching her become stronger and 더 많이 steadfast in her beliefs as well as her relationship with Arthur. I mean, all in all, they’re both great characters.
6. Does Arthur/Gwen remind of any other couple on fiction 또는 even reality?
Not really. Maybe Romeo/Juliet- but then they were doomed from the beginning. I feel like Arthur/Gwen can be so sad at times, but they have so much hope and light in them. 당신 can feel that when 당신 watch them. They’re not doomed in this take on the legend for sure. They’re very big, historic, and epic so it’s hard for me to compare them to anyone else.
7. Have 당신 ever shipped a rival couple (Arthur/Morgana, Lancelot/Gwen…)?
Nope. Like I said above, I read one series aimed at younger children when I was about 10 before I came to watch Merlin. It didn’t even trace the LGA 사랑 triangle, though that’s sort of general knowledge so I knew about that. But Morgain Le Fey was Arthur’s evil half-sister who was trying to bring down Camelot. So I already knew that when I watched the first episode so it was impossible for me to even want to ship Arthur/Morgana. I might’ve shipped them for the first episode had I not known that and then stopped in the 초 one when they were walking down between everybody and then start fighting and go complain about the other to their servant. I was like…yeah…very brother/sisterly…and no way is that ever going to be love.
And I could never ship Lance/Gwen though I 사랑 both in this series. I just hated both of them in the legend so much that I just can’t even come to liking them a tad bit.
8. If 당신 could change one scene which would it be?
Hmmm… one scene? I don’t know…all their scenes are perfect for them. But if I had to change one, it would probably be the scene in “The Once and Future Queen” when Gwen tells Arthur that she doesn’t have to prove anything for anyone, least of all her. I feel like it was a little too early for her to say that, considering they had just had their first kiss. She could have hinted that, but not be so blunt.
9. Your 가장 좋아하는 moment for their love?
Definitely the scene in the 왕좌, 왕위 room during “Queen of Hearts.” It was just so epic…everything proved how much they loved each other. A part that really pronounced their 사랑 was when Uther asks Gwen why Arthur would ever fall in 사랑 with someone like her and she responds that a person like him would never understand. Also when Arthur is restrained 의해 the guards and tells Uther he will give up his rights for the 왕좌, 왕위 to leave with her and that they’d never return. I mean if that isn’t what you’d call epic and beautiful than I don’t know what is. Also the kiss, of course. My 가장 좋아하는 scene for them is that 키스 and 당신 could see the hunger, the tension, the sadness all piled into that kiss. Oh god, it was just breathtaking.
10. This 또는 that...
Arthur/Gwen: Arthur
Season 2/3: Season 3!
Lancelot/Merlin: Merlin (He’s my 가장 좋아하는 character)
Sweet dreams/Queen of hearts: Queen of Hearts!
I never loved another/ I cannot be your queen: I never loved another was EPIC!
11. 가장 좋아하는 scene:
Angsty: Ooh… probably the “Then I’m happy being insane” Scene in “Changeling”
Cute: It’s tied between Arthur’s donkey ears scene in “Goblin’s Gold” and the “So I’m still a single man…” scene in “Changeling”
Funny: That scene in “Le Morte D’Arthur” when Arthur is questioning Gwen about what she said… “Something about the man I am inside…”
Romantic: The 왕좌, 왕위 room 키스 in QOH
Underrated: The hug in “The Last Dragonlord”
12. 가장 좋아하는
Kiss: The 왕좌, 왕위 room 키스 in QOH!
Quote: My 가장 좋아하는 quote is this one, though technically it’s two. Gwen: “This isn't just about us. 당신 must stay for the sake of your people. 당신 will be a great king. And then 당신 can change these ridiculous customs.”
Arthur: “I promise 당신 that when I am King, things will be different. We can be together.”
Episode: Queen of Hearts
Season: 3
13. Which songs fits them best in your opinion?
Um… maybe Taylor Swift’s 사랑 story? And then not really. I have no idea.
14. Dream endgame?
Gwen’s coronation like in Morgana’s vision. I was so excited when watching that scene and that would be amazing.
15. What do 당신 predict will happen between them in season 4?
More screen time, for one. They’ve become the 초 most important story-line after the whole Merlin-Arthur destiny with Morgana trying to skew it. Which is really exciting and means that they’re 사랑 for each other is only become stronger. So I expect a really complex story-line filled with amazing moments for them. Season 4 is going to be great for AG!
16. Who do 당신 think deserves FOTM next?
I don’t know… everyone? LOL! But Jenny, Naima, Rose, and S are all big contributors to this spot. So maybe one of them? Oh, I don’t know. Everyone here is just so awesome!
17. Any last words? ( jajajajajaj I think it is funny but dont worry nothing it is gonna happen to 당신 jajajajaajaj)
Keep the magic! And count down the days until the return of our 가장 좋아하는 wizard, Merlin and our EPIC, AMAZING, AND BEAUTIFUL couple! Thank 당신 all for voting for me! I 사랑 당신 all!