Merlin Meme Day 12: Crickets

Day 12: Favourite Gaius moment

I really cannot think of one.

I mean, I've been giving this some thought for a while now - you can tell because I'm about two weeks behind on this freaking meme - and I honestly can't think of a single moment where Gaius really made me feel something.

I re-watched Le Morte D'Arthur, actually, thinking, surely there was something in there that I would have liked from Gaius, like, I don't know, the fact that he sacrifices himself for Merlin. But even that was boring. Half the confrontation between him and Nimueh is him staring at her with the Eyebrow of Doom. And, I mean, this is probably because I'm predisposed to disliking Gaius, but the fact that he hesitates so much when Nimueh asks him if he's really prepared to die for his cause? I understand a bit of hesitation, sure, but she asks him three times. It's like a minute's worth of Gaius staring uncertainly at her. Like, you've already come to the Isle of the Blessed and everything, dude. Don't you think it's a little late to be having second thoughts? Don't you think you're committed by now?

If I absolutely had to pick one, it's probably somewhere in A Remedy to Cure All Ills. That was an interesting re-watch. (Although it does occur to me that I perhaps liked it less because of Gaius but more because it was refreshing to see an episode where the choice is Merlin or Uther and Merlin's completely unaware of it, rather than Merlin making the choice of [insert magic user here] or Uther). Or maybe somewhere in Love in the Time of Dragons, which I've found enjoyable every time I watched it. But, yet again, nothing particularly comes to mind.

I'm sorry. I can't think of a particularly meaty moment for Gaius (those are the ones I like). I think that probably has to do with the fact that he lacks substance as a character in general.

Sorry. I've got nothing for Day 12.

I'm going to use my Get Out of Jail Free card here. And how fitting that it's on the Gaius day, since that seems to be his specialty.