Are we imagining it, or is something going on between Arthur and Merlin? asks David Knox.

“Arthur drank a lot. Usually, Merlin would drag him back to his room while Arthur giggled and blushed and groped him. Tonight though, Arthur had allowed his manservant to drink alongside him, and by the end of the night Arthur giggled and blushed and groped as always, but Merlin didn’t resist.” – Merlin fansite.

With the pretty boy looks of Colin Morgan as Merlin, and the steely resolve of his blonde, youthful master Arthur (Bradley James), is it any wonder there are now countless blogs and ’slash fiction’ sites creating their own gay shrine to the hit series? Merlin has it all – not the least of which is the ‘magic’ secret he can never share with his best friend.

But Morgan, 23, merely laughs at the suggestion his young wizard has the hots for the Prince of Camelot.

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I have added new images of filming Merlin series 2 credit to this site.

Bradley told us that you’re a shy person? Is that true?
Yes, usually it’s a bit difficult for me to speak when I have to speak with many people. This intimidates me a little.

How’s your relationship with Bradley?
When you start working on a series for eight months, you know you’ll have to work with different people. Fortunately, we get along perfectly. In the series, Merlin and Arthur meet for the first time and must learn to accept each other and work side by side. With Bradley it worked as soon as we met.

It seems that every actor in the series is a bit like his character…
Yes, the casting directors have done an excellent job. I can’t see anyone else embody these roles, each actor brings a bit of his own personality to his role.

What elements of your personality do you bring to Merlin?
I’d say his enthusiasm as well as his energy and perhaps he’s also a little shy… Particularly when he gets in contact with girls, Merlin laughs rarely with girls. At least you [as an actor] try to give 100% to your role - as much as possible

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I really hate how they’re getting all these new Merlin images when we (UK) should of had them ages ago. Theres more in the gallery.

Good news, my host is going to keep hosting me. Thank you so much.

No, I’m not talking about some sort of epic Gandalf-Saruman-esque showdown (as awesome as it would be to watch Merlin fight himself). I’m talking about the epic fight for supremacy that’s currently going on in my imagination between Colin Morgan — the actor portraying the wizard in the new Merlin miniseries, airing tonight at 8 p.m. on NBC — and Sam Neil, the actor who expertly stepped into Merlin’s magical shoes more than a decade ago.

Sure, 1998’s Merlin already has the advantage, being that it’s my favorite miniseries of all time, and I have yet to see tonight’s Merlin. But my colleague Adam Markovitz has made a strong case for Morgan in his B+ review of the miniseries, which began last Sunday: “There’s enough sword-clanging action — not to mention homoerotic tension — to keep viewers happily entertained for a spell.”

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I’m sorry to have to say this but I have to close the site, I’m crying my eyes out writing this but my host will be deleting all of my sites, I can’t afford to go to another host and this breaks my heart, Fansites are my life, I have nothing else after this, my life was worthless til I had fansites.

The forum will remain open.

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Merlin, which features newcomer Colin Morgan in the title role, came second in its slot with 5.3 million viewers for a double bill behind Fox’s repeats of cartoons Family Guy and American Dad.

The drama was due to air between 8pm and 10pm, but started 10 minutes late because of an overun from the US Open golf tournament.

ABC also aired an imported series, German-made drama Impact, about a meteor attack, which pulled in 4.8 million between 9pm and 11pm.

However, US trade title Variety was not impressed with the ratings for either Merlin or Impact, describing them as “scrawny”.

Having just premiered on NBC, the series Merlin has its fair share of intriguing characters.  It has quite a premise, and it’s already set the expectations of many fans of the fantasy genre.  While it’s caused quite a stir among audiences, the stars of the show also admit to sharing the same thrilling sentiments.

On a conference call held before the series’ premiere, actor Colin Morgan who plays the title character of the show revealed what it was like to work on Merlin.  The series focuses on the younger version of the legendary wizard, as he tries to develop his talents in the field of magic.  Joining him is the arrogant prince Arthur (Bradley James), along with different versions of Guinevere and Morgana.

“You see [Arthur] actually has a good heart and his intentions are in the right place,” Morgan said.  “Also we see Morgana and how she develops, and Gwen, her relationship as we’ve never seen her before.  We normally see Gwen as the future queen, whereas [now] we see her as a maiden next door.  Everyone’s character, we’ve all got something new to show.”

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