[Fandom] Merlin

Secrets & Magic [1]: Merlin Time

....and the rest of the S&M episode.

It feels weird... and kind of special... to fangirl over an actor who is not Asian in this blog. I think Colin Morgan is only the 3rd western crush I pimp here. The 1st being Lee Williams, and the 2nd is the ever evolving Colin Firth (Oscar!!!FTW).

I did catch Merlin when it was first aired in Malaysia...what, a year ago? But at that time, I was all... meh, what's this story about? And why is the title character so thin and bony?? Obviously I had no clue of what and who I was talking about coz a few weeks ago, upon watching this one episode of which I no longer remember what it's all about, suddenly a lightbulb went off in my brain and I went... this show is so gay! LOL. Yeah, I'm a slow learner... ^^;;

The show is full of layers and ...mmmm, layers *cough* ...and what with Merlin / Arthur forever looking at Arthur / Merlin like he's the most delectable dish the guy's ever come across while Arthur / Merlin is always looking back at the other dude (I'm not choosy really, whoever's staring hungrily at whoever is good enuff for me) with this pseudo what, what expression... I'm in BL haven... and for once, it's not coming from a japanese / korean / taiwan / hindi source. Loving it.

(note: They do this off-set too. Don't believe me? Watch that roadtrip video, or the S&M video, or their interview videos... or any videos that have CM and BJ together. Or if you're impatient... just watch this~)

After watching a few incomplete episodes (I promise I'll download the whole seasons later, mkay) I concluded that the Brits do BL waaaaaay better than the Americans can ever hope to do. Is it because of their stronger European connection? I was ready to generalize about the whole western cinema not having a clue about subtlety when it comes to boyxboy content before this drama came along.

I mean, seriously... look at Heroes and weep over the loss of having so many hot-looking guys running around and not giving each other suggestive stares even once! At least not that I'm aware of, and sometimes I can be rather dim about these things. But only sometimes! Anyway, I don't watch Supernatural (have a fear of horror) or Prison Break (don't like convict/war/violent stories much), so can't comment about those. But look at Smallville and imagine how much better it would be for us if Clark and Lex have a more super-charged, electrifying bond.. eh? Clark just keeps on chasing after Lex, and Lex can't get enough of doing bad stuff that will keep Clark eternally chasing after him. And all those gorgeous super heroes and super villains and kryptonite-mutants who can come in and play havoc with their love life. Right, I want to cry now.

It's pretty hilarious how Hollywood gets to be morally upright in TV shows that it makes me roll my eyes every friggin' time like... come on people, we already know, ok?

I found these cast videos. Colin Morgan ish so cute!!! Freaks me out when I got to know that he's 25 years old, though. Why? Because I seem to have a harem of boys born in 1986 (hyung, Kame... and now CM). Furthermore, they're all in the lust/love-at-first-sight category so it's not as if I planned any of this. Am I psychic?? Or is the universe trying hard to tell me something????! (But what?)

ETA: I apologize to everyone who got eye burn after staring at so many bolded words. IDEK what happened. Blame it on the crappy modem connection, but I have to check out of this hotel now (hubby's getting antsy.. any minute now and he's gonna confiscate my laptop) so can't go on an edit spree. And once I'm home, it's a different universe so I doubt I'll ever get around to edit it then. But hey, just think of it as squee-ing with bold rather than CAPS... kthxbye~

Lee William's newest work: Casualty (2008)

Ha! I'm a net detective, well.. as far as the guys I like are concerned.. LOL

He's in a new drama!! His entrance is waaaaaaaaay at the back of the clip though, around 8:42. But he looks as ravishing as eva.

I wish he'd be in more movies.. or at least in one very popular, big budget movie.. so it'd be easier for me to find him on youtube, or anywhere on the net for that matter.

And why is he not playing a lead role more often?? I'm peeved.

Anyway, why can't he have a stage name like "Colin Firth" (although Colin Firth is a real name hehe) so I don't have to wade through so many other Lee Williams to find his clips? Meh.

Lee Williams in music videos

There's supposed to be another one: "Electric Barbarella - Duran Duran" ..but I couldn't find the MV, just stumbled on a lot of its live performances.

Ok, I'm in love....

..yeah, that's his voice there (according to the comments on the youtube post).

I can't believe I'm making this list...

...seeing that there're not many of his stuff lying around on the net. But hey, I've loved Colin Firth since 1997 and it took me more than 10 years to be able to see his stuff on youtube. Lee Williams's stuff has only been compiling pretty merrily quite recently, so maybe the technology is gonna catch up faster with my obsession this time around. And also because I need to put the stray clips together so I know where to look whenever I get the urge to ogle at his pretty face and excellent acting.

1. Macbeth on the estate, No Night Is Too Long, The Wolves of Kromer (link)

2. Showreel (link)

3. In His Life: John Lennon Story (1/9)

4. *~~[.♥.]..The Forsyte Saga: To Let ..[.♥.]~~* Sub Español Episodio 13 Parte 1

5. Billy Elliot - part 1/14 (he's supposed to be Tutor no. 4 but since there're quite a few Billy Elliot links in youtube, I'm not sure if he's in this or not coz I haven't watched it yet)

6. **{C}anone {I}nverso: making love parte 1/11**

7. Me Without You - Part 1

8. 'Stalking Pete Doherty' Documentary Part 1 (as narrator)

9. Urban Gothic (he only appears in Episode 1)

10. Hotel Babylon (whatever clips there are uploaded on the net with Lee in them):

• Entrée
• Episode with John Barrowman - part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6
• Catch 22, Eerie Enough, "I Love Bacon", "Are You An Angel?", Salted Nuts,

Lee Williams - Showreel

Who is Lee Williams?

Why don't we know more of him? And why is this movie not known to the general public? I certainly had never heard of it, and I usually manage to catch a whiff of something this interesting if there were ever a fuss made over it. I swear, sometimes the media spends too much time discussing to death mediocre stuff to the detriment of the good ones that come along once in a blue moon.

It's a shame he lost the part of Tom Riddle to.. oh, I dunno who. If he had been the one to play Tom, I'd never have forgotten his name. I'd have been scouring the net searching for more info on him right after the credit roll. Arrgh, I'm so unhappy. Sometimes, casting directors can be such a pain. He'd be perfect as Dorian Gray too, no offense to Ben Barnes but the kid can't really carry the 'tortured' look as well as Lee Williams can. But, maybe it works out for the best. Who knows...

As the info says, and I wholly agree, the movie is an "Excellent and very rare gay-themed Canadian mystery/thriller. Made for Canadian television in 2002. Not available on DVD or video, and never shown in America. Hardly ever shown in Canada either. This movie really needs to be seen more and put out on DVD!"



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And guess what? By chance (and some determination), I found another movie of his uploaded. Seems that he's got quite a following for his old stuff to be dug up and pasted in youtube this way. I hope he'd get the chance to do more mainstream movies and hence the recognition that, in my opinion, he deserves. The embedding is disabled so I can only give out the link (you can follow the rest of the parts on your own, can't you?). It was his first movie and he looks like a very pretty girl with very small tits (I'm talking about this clip). I was mesmerized for the entire duration of his performance.

The Wolves of Kromer (part 1)

And oh my, I've been surveying youtube. He has a smattering of uploaded clips all over it. Not all whole movies like both the above though, sadly. But know what? Somebody uploaded his VERY FIRST DRAMA! Frellin' ell. Whoever that person is, I'd be indebted to her for the rest of my life... if I were into pledging what little that remains of my life to a stranger. Nevertheless, I love you people! *kisses*

Macbeth on the estate (part 1)