Fanfic / Lost in Camelot

Morgana, Bo and Merlin; artwork created by Marcus S Lazarus

Lost in Camelot by RLD Flame-point Callie-co is a crossover between Lost Girl and Merlin (starting mid-season Two for Lost Girl and early season Two for Merlin). Starting as Bo finds herself drunk and depressed over Dyson and Lauren having moved on to other partners, she is confronted by a mysterious old man while staggering home, the man sobering her up and teleporting her away saying that he is sending her ‘home’, just as Kenzi follows Bo and gets caught up in the spell. The two find themselves in a forest, and are eventually ‘rescued’ by Arthur and Merlin, forcing the two women to present themselves as displaced noblewomen who were abducted by a sorcerer. As they adjust to life in Camelot, Bo forms a particularly close friendship with Morgana, while Merlin learns of her true nature and makes arrangements to help her cope with her need to feed on chi. As time goes on, these relationships develop into a complex romantic attraction between all three, while secrets of Bo’s past lead her and Kenzi to make a new life in Camelot.

The author has confirmed that this will be a three-part series; Lost in Camelot, The Lost Kingdom, and Fae New World. Lost in Camelot was completed mid-June 2023 and Lost Kingdom began at the end of the month.

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Lost in Camelot (the first fic) contains examples of:

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• Action Fashionista: Morgana, as in canon, but Kenzi swiftly adopts this once she confirms that she and Bo will have to stay in Camelot, and Bo is comfortable showing off her assets as well.
• Action Girl: Bo, but Morgana has shown some skill in this area in her original show, and does her best in Merlin's absence during the troll takeover.
• Aesop Collateral Damage: Kilgharrah eventually reveals that the death of the other dragons and his own imprisonment were basically this, as part of a curse performed by the Blood King to punish Kilgharrah for attempting to assist the underfae in a past rebellion.
• Agony of the Feet: When Gwen tells Arthur that she walked in on Bo and Morgana in bed together, he drops a mace on his foot in shock.
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Inverted; despite Bo and Morgana’s canon attraction to dangerous men, they both develop feelings for Merlin due to his genuinely good nature
• All Women Are Prudes: Played with; Bo and Kenzi are fairly casual about their sex appeal, but standards of the time prompt Morgana in particular to be more reticent. Over the course of the story, Morgana and Gwen are shocked to see Bo wearing her 'underwear' (which from Bo's perspective covers more than her usual clothes), Freya is highly uncomfortable at the idea of wearing some of Kenzi’s clothing, and Morgana is slightly awkward when she goes along with Bo's plan to dress seductively for Merlin's birthday.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: Despite living in a kingdom that has dealt with magic for decades, Morgana initially doesn't believe Bo when Bo reveals that she's a succubus simply because they are described as having blue eyes while Bo's eyes are brown, until Bo shows Morgana her Occult Blue Eyes.
• Armor-Piercing Question:
  • After Morgana learns about Merlin's magic and the reason he didn't tell her the truth earlier, he is unable to answer when she asks what he'd do if he was put in a position where he believed she would be a danger to his "destiny" with Arthur again.
  • When Morgause meets with Morgana again, she asks what Morgana would do to protect Bo from Uther's plans, prompting Morgana to affirm that she'd do "anything" without thinking about what that might be.
• Because Destiny Says So: The Great Dragon's argument about Merlin's destiny is the main reason for tension between Bo, Merlin and Morgana, as Bo encourages the others to Screw Destiny and feel free to do what they want but Merlin cannot shake the idea that he is destined to fight Morgana to protect Arthur even after they become lovers.
• Big Damn Heroes: In Chapter 35, Arthur is put out to have his potential moment subverted when he discovers that Bo has already escaped Hengist (with the apparent aid of Dyson and Lancelot).
• The Big Damn Kiss: Chapter 35 concludes with Morgana affirming that she loves Bo just as she loves Merlin, the three sharing a kiss in the moonlight away from their rescue party.
• Birds of a Feather:
  • Bo, Merlin and Morgana are three magical beings in a kingdom that officially hates magic.
  • When Lancelot arrives, Kenzi expresses gratitude to have another human aware of her fae associates, as she never really 'clicked' with Lauren as they had nothing in common beyond being human.
• Bonding over Missing Parents: As in canon, Arthur and Merlin have a bonding moment when they talk about how Arthur never knew his mother or Merlin his father, Merlin having shared a similar moment with Bo where the two acknowledge that neither of them know their fathers (although in Bo's case she's glad of that ignorance given that her father was almost certainly her mother's rapist). When Gwen learns more about the circumstances of Arthur's encounter with Morgause and how it involved the death of his mother, she reflects that another thing they've always shared is the gaping hole left in their lives by the absence of their own mothers.
• Breaking the Fellowship: The first fic ends with Merlin, Morgana and Dyson leaving Camelot to take Bo to the Blood King to save her life, leaving Arthur, Gwen, Lancelot and Kenzi in Camelot.
• Broken Masquerade: Bo exposes her true nature to Arthur when she has to temporarily enthrall him to stop him attacking Uther.
• Bureaucratically Arranged Marriage: In his role as the ruler of Camelot, Uther informs Morgana that he intends to have Bo marry Sir Leon, on the grounds that he can no longer tolerate Bo's relationship with Morgana and this marriage is the best way to guarantee that Bo lives a good life in Camelot since he cannot send her home.
• Canon Welding: In so many ways, including Kilgharrah being aware of the Fae and the troll that impersonated Lady Katrina being an Under-Fae (prompting her to focus on getting Bo out of the kingdom as Fae rules mean that Bo's claim to Camelot would take precedent over the troll's).
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: Bo and Merlin, obviously; even when given a chance to run away to Merlin’s village, they return to face the threat of the troll and the challenges of life in Camelot in general. Morgana later reflects that this is such a part of them that they would both attempt to save Uther from the threat of the Knights of Medhir even when letting him die would solve their problems and it would just be a case of not saving him rather than killing him.
• Closest Thing We Got: At the end of the first fic, Merlin, Morgana and Dyson all leave Camelot to bring Bo to the Blood King to save her life, which means that Camelot’s defence against magical enemies is “just” Arthur, Gwen, Lancelot, Kenzi and Gaius, four Badass Normal heroes and The Mentor.
• Collateral Damage: It appears that Morgana turning to villainy would basically have been this from Kilgharrah's perspective, as he just wanted to reduce Uther to the catatonic state he was in at the start of Season Four in canon and the devastation of Morgana's betrayal was the only way to achieve that.
• Commonality Connection: When Kenzi discusses her past with Lancelot, she is ashamed to admit to some of her past acts, such as theft, but Lancelot assures her that he understands that committing such acts to survive doesn't mean she's not a good person given what he has done to survive himself.
• Conflicting Loyalty: Kilgharrah worries that Bo’s relationship with Merlin will cause a conflict between Merlin's destined duty to Camelot and his feelings for the succubus. In the end, the actual "conflict" is between Merlin's loyalty to Kilgharrah and his relationships with Bo and Morgana, Merlin ultimately choosing the women after realising how much the dragon has lied to him.
• Cooldown Hug: Bo essentially uses this when she temporarily 'whammies' Arthur to lure him away from his initial plan to confront Uther about the truth of Ygraine's death, taking him to a private room so that she and Merlin can talk with Arthur about his revelations before he does something he'll regret.
• Costume Porn: A variety of these, with the author taking inspiration from sources such as Oz the Great and Powerful in designing dresses for Kenzi and others.
• Cruel to Be Kind: After Lancelot returns to Camelot, Arthur deliberately acts as though he was leading Gwen on to encourage her to pursue a relationship with Lancelot as he believes she'd be happier with someone who can actually have a proper relationship with her, regardless of Arthur's own feelings for her.
• Deadpan Snarker: Bo, Kenzi and Morgana (although downplayed in Morgana's case compared to the other two).
• Deal with the Devil: Ultimately after Bo is set to die after taking the sleeping curse into herself, Morgana is forced to agree to release Kilgharrah in return for his help getting Bo to the Blood King as the only person with the power to cure her.
• Defends Against Their Own Kind: Loosely applies when Dyson (in his wolf-shape) has to defend Mordred against a group of knights, since at this point Dyson is a knight himself.
• Deliberately Distressed Damsel: Just as Gwen did in canon, Bo lets herself be captured to save Morgana.
• Demoted to Extra: Played with for Arthur; he's still involved in the major plots against Camelot, but due to Bo's presence, he doesn't get the chance to deal with the troll-Katrina, Aredian or Hengist himself as Bo defeats them first (although she lets Dyson and Lancelot take the credit for Hengist).
• Dirty Old Man: Comes up when Bo tries to deflect Aredian's suspicions and question a local shop-owner for information about recent events, as she uses her powers to convince them to go along with her appeals, but this only occurs either when she is alone with Aredian or when in the presence of Merlin, who knows about her succubus nature.
• Disproportionate Retribution: The deaths of the dragons apparently amounts to this; the Blood King cursed Kilgharrah for his role in a failed underfae uprising by decreeing that he would see the rest of his kind die and be imprisoned by their murderer.
• Double Knockout: While they don't directly knock each other out, Arthur and Dyson's public duel ends with both of them having inflicted a slight wound on each other; as the duel was intended to be until first blood and neither party can be sure who wounded the other first, Uther declares the duel a draw.
• Drunk with Power: Notably when Bo and Merlin have actual sex for the first time, as Bo’s ‘dark side’ takes over; also happens when she drains all of Hengist's forces to escape, requiring Dyson and Lancelot to knock her out.
• Dwindling Party: After investigating the castle at Idirsholas with several knights, many of the expeditionary force are killed and Lancelot has to take an injured Leon to a village for medical treatment, leaving only Merlin, Arthur, Bo, Dyson and a magic-less Morgana to defend the sleeping Camelot from the Knights' imminent invasion.
• Eating the Eye Candy: Kenzi immediately refers to Lancelot as "tall, dark and handsome" when he appears in Camelot.
• Entertainingly Wrong:
  • Morgana can barely hold in her laughter when she realizes that Uther honestly believes that Arthur and Merlin are sleeping together.
  Uther: You've seen the way they banter, tease and flirt all over the castle. They hardly make any effort to hide their affection at all!
  • While it's less amusing and more of a tragic misunderstanding, it's still funny to see Arthur and Gwen assume that Bo's manipulating Merlin and Morgana into separate arrangements rather than the three sharing one relationship.
  • When told there's another Fae around, Arthur naturally assumes it's Kenzi, mostly for how she dresses.
  • When Morgana gets a message from Morgause, she, Gwen and Kenzi assume from the context that Morgause intends to proposition her, the three Camelot natives all unaware of Morgause's real connection to Morgana.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Played with; Morgause assures Morgana that she will not kill Arthur in acknowledgement of Morgana revealing that Arthur is important to her, although only Morgause knows why she would make such a promise to Morgana.
• Even the Girls Want Her: Only demonstrated with Morgana so far, with Morgana coming to the tentative realisation that she is interested in Bo as a possible romantic partner once the possibility is presented to her, having previously mused that Bo would have made the perfect suitor if she had been born a man.
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • On the other hand, Merlin is privately concerned that Lancelot may not be as understanding about Merlin having a relationship with two women at once as he is about Merlin's magic. However, when Dyson reveals their relationship, Lancelot assures Merlin that nothing will change their friendship.
  • Even Morgause has her limits; while she is open enough about sexual matters that she has had relations with other women as well as men, she avoids watching through her crystal when she realises that her sister is likely about to have sex.
• Evil Matriarch: Discussed when Bo learns that Uther is contemplating making plans to have Bo married to Sir Leon, as this would leave Bo forced to live at Leon's family estate with his elderly aunt, Lady Ermengard, who has been in charge of the estate ever since the death of her husband. Lady Ermengard is described by Morgana as being so overbearing that she likely drove her husband to an early grave simply by being so frustrating and controlling, and she would therefore be unlikely to cede her authority as lady of the castle to Bo.
• Exact Eavesdropping: Morgana decides to confess her feelings to Merlin and arrives at his room just in time to witness a romantic moment between him and Bo where he explicitly refers to Bo as the only person he'll ever love, leaving Morgana devastated (before Bo reveals that she saw Morgana and suggests an alternative...)
  • Later on, Morgana finds Bo and Merlin in a corridor just as the two are talking about how Arthur reacted to the news that Merlin has magic when even Morgana didn't know that yet.
• Exact Words: Bo starts using this to avoid explicitly lying to anyone she wants to consider a friend in Camelot regarding her past, such as telling Gaius that Lauren was the equivalent of a court physician in her homeland or telling Morgana that her homeland had so many different customs that it's like a completely different world (planning to gradually drop hints about her true history as their relationship develops).
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Basically applies when Dyson explains his past history to Uther; Uther has heard of the Faelad Laigach, but assumes that the title and the stories that they fight like a pack of wolves are just names rather than an accurate description.
• Fake Relationship: After Lancelot feels guilty over his role in making things awkward between Arthur and Gwen, Kenzi suggests that he encourage them to get back together by pretending that he's in a relationship with her so that Arthur and Gwen don't feel guilty about being happy while Lancelot is miserable.
• Fantastic Racism: Uther's attitude towards magic, as always.
• Faux Death: Taken even further when dealing with the troll, as Merlin just drugs Arthur so that Bo can drain him; Gaius notes that it would be just as dangerous for Bo to drain Arthur as it would be if they were using any potion capable of creating the illusion of death, and Merlin has faith that Bo will be able to bring Arthur back now that she's well-fed.
• Fish out of Water: More for Kenzi than Bo at first, as Bo finds herself surprisingly fond of Camelot despite the displacement; later explained with the revelation that Bo is actually from Camelot, as she was sent into the future when her mother sent her to safety.
• Fix Fic: Not explicitly identified as such, but Kilgharrah mentions that sending a being of Bo's power into the future created a rift in the world- Word of God confirming that this rift is the reason for such later developments as Morgana's Face–Heel Turn- while her return to this time will allow that rift to heal, creating hope for a new history.
• Friends with Benefits: Things between Bo and Merlin initially started this way, but develop into a genuinely emotional relationship.

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• Get Out!: After Bo takes the sleeping curse into herself and Morgause confirms she can't remove the spell, Morgana informs Morgause that she should leave Camelot for good, affirming that she will choose her friends in Camelot over the sister who only showed up to use her as a pawn.
• Godwin's Law of Time Travel: Invoked after Dyson's past self arrives in Camelot, as Kenzi expresses concern that tampering with known history too much could result in a future where "your parents never met and your best friend is now Fae Hitler".
• Gone Horribly Right: Ultimately Bo is able to stop the sleeping curse that was using Morgana as its source... but only by drawing that curse into herself, which will almost certainly kill Bo.
• Good Angel, Bad Angel: Invoked when Morgana and Kilgharrah come face-to-face and Merlin realises they've each been essentially "competing" for his loyalty, although Merlin ultimately chooses Morgana when he realises that Kilgharrah is taking far too much pleasure in bringing up Morgana's shortcomings for him to be the "good" party in this situation.
• Good Is Not Soft: From Kenzi's perspective, Morgana demonstrates this when she reveals Uther's theory that Arthur and Merlin have a sexual relationship, and explains that she's not brought it up yet because she wants to wait for the most dramatic moment to do so.
• Groin Attack: Contemplated by Kenzi when she learns that the only way to break the spell the troll cast on Uther is to make him cry tears of true remorse.
• Healing Factor: As well as Bo's obvious ability to heal when feeding, Dyson has a degree of enhanced healing himself; after being stabbed in the throat, he is able to hold the wound closed until it heals on its own a few minutes later, although he admits that he could have bled out if the wound had been left open.
• Hermaphrodite: Played with when Kenzi wonders if the troll that married Uther in the guise of Lady Catrina is actually female itself (although it was referred to as 'Mistress' by Jonas even in private).
• Heroic Sacrifice:
  • While visiting the grave of Morgana's father, Bo deliberately stays behind to give Morgana a chance to escape from the forces of a warlord.
  • When the Knights of Medhir attack Camelot, once Morgana realises that she is the vessel for the current sleeping curse, she explicitly asks Bo and Merlin to kill her to stop it.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: Bo and Kenzi for the girls and Arthur and Merlin for the guys; Morgana thought that she was forming such a relationship with Bo before Bo introduced the idea of a romantic element to their relationship. When Bo is in Hengist's fortress posing as Morgana, it appears that Lancelot has formed a similar dynamic with the Dyson of this time, to the extent that Lancelot is aware that Dyson is fae.
• I Choose to Stay: Ultimately when choosing who will travel to the Blood King to get help for Bo, Arthur, Gwen and Kenzi decides to remain in Camelot despite their friendship with Merlin, Morgana and Bo; Gwen acknowledges that she wouldn’t have anything to contribute to the current efforts, Arthur is needed to work on adjusting Camelot’s approach to magic, and Kenzi reasons that Dyson would be the better choice to go with Bo given his experience of fae culture.
• I Have This Friend: Merlin attempts this when asking Arthur for advice about how he has feelings for Morgana while involved with Bo, but Arthur is naturally unable to give him much useful insight, simply suggesting (when Merlin claims that his 'friend' is just someone he met in a tavern) that Merlin stay out of the tavern in future.
• If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: A minor example; Kenzi ensures that Arthur will bring Merlin back from a hunting trip in time for Merlin's birthday (which Bo has plans for) by making threats that include itching powder in his trousers.
• Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: Even when Morgause learns that Bo is a succubus and Morgana has taken her and Merlin as lovers, Morgause never looks closely enough to realise that Merlin has magic himself, simply questioning what about the skinny servant won over the other two women.
• The Immune: When Morgause inflicts the sleeping curse on Camelot, Dyson and Bo in particular appear to be relatively immune to it, showing no signs of fatigue even after Arthur and Merlin are obviously affected by it; Dyson explicitly speculates that the curse only targets humans, although he also observes that it may simply take longer to affect fae rather than them being immune completely.
• In Spite of a Nail:
  • Although Kilgharrah states that Bo being sent back to Camelot will heal the rift in the world that would have been created otherwise and thus change what would have happened, so far most of the major threats from the series have happened as they did originally, save for them not occurring in the same order as in the original show (Aredian comes to Camelot after Freya's death rather than before, as an example).
  • Invoked when Merlin notes that he would have had feelings for Morgana whether or not Bo was present in Camelot; the only difference her presence made was that she gave her partners the courage to act on their feelings, Merlin openly confessing that he doubts he would have had the nerve to actually tell Morgana how he felt on his own given her social status.
  • Ultimately Morgause still uses Morgana as the host for the sleeping spell as the Knights of Medhir attack; the only difference is that Morgana realises what has happened in time to ask Merlin and Bo to kill her to break the curse.
• Insane Troll Logic: Kenzi is so determined to convince herself that she isn't falling for Lancelot that her counter-argument includes the idea that she's just doing this so she doesn't tear her hair out in frustration.
• Internal Reveal: After Bo and Kenzi told Gaius and Merlin about their status as time-travellers in Chapter 11, Bo finally tells Morgana the truth about her origin in Chapter 38, having waited for the right moment to bring it up.
  • On another note, Arthur learns the truth about Bo's nature and Merlin's magic in Chapter 42, closely followed by Morgana overhearing Merlin and Bo talking about Merlin's magic. As of Chapter 46, Arthur and Gwen are now aware of Bo, Merlin and Morgana's relationship and Morgana's magic, as well as Dyson's status as fae (although Arthur is told to allow Dyson to share what species he is on his own terms).
• Interrupted Intimacy: Gwen walks in on Bo and Morgana after their first sexual encounter.
• Jerkass Realization: Invoked when Arthur learns about how a friend of Dyson's was betrayed by his previous king when he was criticising Dyson's lack of honor in training, Arthur recognising that trying to go after Dyson and apologize wouldn't work as he can't offer anything more than platitudes.
• Knight in Shining Armor: Morgana basically insists on playing this role when she arranges to join the rescue party being sent to Hengist's fortress, and Lancelot is determined to act as one even if he isn't an official knight.
• The Lady's Favor: Morgause almost does this basically by accident when she gives Morgana her bracelet, as Bo points out that such an act could be interpreted as Morgause expressing interest in Morgana and quickly acts to take it off.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall:
  • When Bo first hears about Morgana's attempt to assassinate Uther ("To Kill the King"), she compares it to the idea that she's hearing about a TV show that she missed the first season of.
  • On a more mythological note, Uther declares his intention to arrange a marriage between Morgana and Prince Urien of Mercia, who was Morgan le Fay's husband in various translations of the original Arthurian myths.
• Living Emotional Crutch: When Merlin is preparing to leave Camelot for a time, he and Arthur acknowledge that they each need to learn how to cope without the other, particularly since Arthur needs to learn how to cope with potential threats without Merlin there to fight off enemy magic-users.
• Loophole Abuse:
  • Bo utilizes a version of this to encourage Dyson to stay in Camelot; while he isn't comfortable swearing allegiance to Uther directly, Dyson agrees to swear allegiance to Bo as Camelot's fae ruler, and then 'pretend' to swear allegiance to Uther on Bo's request.
  • Later Morgause uses this to get Morgana's consent to be the vessel for the sleeping curse; Morgana said that she would do "anything" to help Bo and Merlin without defining what that would be, which is enough for Morgause's current purpose.
• Love Triangle:
  • As in her own time, Bo unwittingly finds herself in one with Merlin and Morgana, having initially started a sexual relationship with Merlin to feed her need for chi and an emotional bond with Morgana to help her cope with her nightmares. However, even before Morgana was introduced to the idea that two women can be interested in each other in a romanic sense, she displayed a subtle awareness of her own more-than-friendly feelings for Bo, such as considering that she would have immediately attempted to court Bo if her friend had been a man. While Morgana takes time to fully accept the idea that she can have romantic feelings for another woman, after Bo was abducted saving Morgana from kidnappers, by the time they reunite Morgana has accepted her romantic and sexual desire for Bo as well as Merlin. Kenzi in particular helps them deal with their complex feelings by encouraging Bo to pursue a relationship with both parties, observing that she was only pressuring Bo to "pick a team" in the future because Dyson and Lauren would never have been able to "share" Bo as they weren't interested in each other in that sense.
  • When Lancelot returns to Camelot, although Gwen did have feelings for him when he first visited, she put them aside after he left as she thought she would never see him again and has developed deeper feelings for Arthur by this point, even if she doesn't want to hurt Lancelot.
• Meaningful Echo: Bo's first sexual encounters with Merlin and Morgana take place after Bo has been injured (shot with an arrow while fighting alongside Merlin and struck by broken glass while Morgana has an emotional breakdown). Once she explains that she needs to feed to heal, her partners each tell Bo that she's free to "Take whatever you need" to heal.
• Mistaken for Cheating: When Arthur and Gwen first learn about Bo and Morgana’s relationship, they assume that Bo is cheating on Merlin with Morgana as they’re unaware of the triad dynamics.
• Mistaken for Romance: 'Romance' might be extreme, but Uther reveals in Chapter 33 that he believes Arthur and Merlin have a sexual relationship.
• The Mistress: As the triad's relationship grows closer, Morgana notes that their current best chance of being publicly accepted in future is if Arthur promotes Merlin to a position as advisor after he becomes king, allowing Merlin the status to marry Bo or Morgana while the other becomes his mistress.
• Muggle Best Friend: Gwen and Kenzi to Morgana and Bo in particular, even if Gwen doesn't know about Morgana's powers until Chapter 46; Arthur maintains at least the appearance of acknowledging the social gap between him and Merlin, although Lancelot may fill this role for Merlin and Dyson.
• Murder Is the Best Solution: Explicitly rejected by Bo and Merlin as a method of dealing with Uther, no matter how much they dislike him.
• Mythology Gag: When Morgana learns that Bo first learnt Merlin’s secret after he tried to kill her, Morgana muses that she’s not sure she could have forgiven Merlin after such an act… and as canon shows, she couldn’t.

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• Nice to the Waiter: During their first dinner in Camelot, Bo realises that Arthur and Morgana are slightly different from the other nobles in their subtly warmer attitudes towards Gwen and Merlin respectively, Bo noting that Arthur and Gwen keep shooting longing glances at each other while Morgana gives Merlin a warm smile whenever she's sure nobody's looking at them while he looks at her with concern.
• No-Sell:
  • Bo can feed on Merlin, but when she tries to influence him on their first meeting he shows no reaction to her seduction.
  • When fighting the Knights of Medhir, Bo is unable to drain them as they have no life-force of their own.
• Noble Demon: Obviously Uther, considering the contrast between his ruthless nature in dealing with magic and his general compassion for his kingdom, but can also be argued that Bo is one, given the superficially demonic nature of her powers.
• Noodle Incident: A couple of years before he met Merlin, Arthur investigated reports of a succubus in a nearby village. While he determined at the time that it was just a husband who had been caught having an affair and blamed a succubus to cover it up, Arthur learnt some details about succubi at the time.
• Not Big Enough for the Two of Us: As the first Fae to take up residence in Camelot, Bo is technically the ruler of the kingdom from a Fae perspective, so the troll had to drive her out to ‘legitimize’ her takeover as far as Fae society is concerned; when Bo delivers the killing blow, she explicitly tells the troll that Camelot isn't big enough for both of them, so the troll should have stayed away.
• "Not So Different" Remark:
  • Discussed when Dyson observes that Camelot is the first purely human town he's ever seen and yet it doesn't strike him as that different from fae settlements, prompting Bo to observe that the two races aren't that different after all.
  • Occurs in a more specific context when Bo tells Arthur about her conflict with her mother after Arthur learns the truth about his birth, followed by Bo and Merlin revealing their relationship to Arthur (without mentioning Morgana's role). Not only can Arthur accept her advice regarding how he would feel after killing Uther thanks to Bo citing her own experience of killing a parent, but he also recognises the similarities between Bo and Merlin's relationship and his own feelings for Gwen, giving him further reasons to trust them both.
• The Nudifier: Invoked; during Bo and Morgana’s first sexual encounter, Morgana uses her magic to help deal with the laces and fastenings of their dresses more quickly, even if they still remove their undergarments on their own.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
  • When Bo and Merlin first have sex after she is struck with an arrow and sustains an almost fatal wound, Bo taps into her darker side, revelling in the feeling of power over Merlin, her subconscious acknowledging him as a ‘worthy’ mate.
  • When Morgana tells Gwen and Kenzi that Morgause is her sister, she swiftly realises they're not themselves as the other women are both too tired to properly respond to that revelation.
• Occult Detective: Merlin and Gaius at first, and Bo to a lesser extent after she comes to Camelot, but Kenzi, Morgana and Gwen take on this role during Lady Catrina’s takeover of Camelot when Bo and Merlin are absent.
• Older Than They Look: From Bo's perspective, she is briefly shocked to realise that Dyson is old enough for his younger self to be alive in the fifth century and the only difference between them beyond their obviously different clothing is how the Dyson of this time has a longer haircut.
• Outside-Context Problem: An interesting example of this occurs when Bo points out to Morgana that accepting Morgause's bracelet as a gift could be considered accepting a token of romantic intent, as Morgana is still so unused to the idea of women being romantically interested in each other that the implications of the act never occurred to her.
• Plucky Girl: Gwen and Kenzi in particular, considering their lack of powers.
• Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: As previously mentioned, Kenzi makes several references that nobody in Camelot apart from Bo can understand, such as bemoaning how Ludacris’s great-great-grandfather hasn’t even been born yet; on another occasion Arthur mistakes her threat to turn him into a meme as a form of magic.
• Pragmatic Villainy: From Morgana's perspective, Kilgharrah invoking this is the only reason she trusts him to take her, Bo and Merlin to the Blood King if they free him; the Blood King is too powerful for Kilgharrah to guarantee he could ever escape the curse that destroyed the other dragons, so his only hope of avoiding the King's future wrath is to do him some great service, such as helping to save the life of the King's granddaughter.
• Princess for a Day: As in canon, Hengist is misled to believe that he has captured Morgana, although in this case he has captured Bo rather than Gwen.
• Property of Love: Suggested when Bo is "staking her claim" after becoming jealous of Morgana's apparent 'interest' in Morgause, as Bo affirms that Morgana is hers and Morgana breathlessly agrees.
• Prophecy Twist: Brought up when Merlin confronts Kilgharrah about his claim that Morgana would spill Bo's blood if she learnt the truth about Morgana's magic; all that happened was a minor wound to Bo's neck that Morgana didn't cause on purpose. Kilgharrah "justifies" his deception on the grounds that the wound could have been fatal if it had been just a little higher, but this lie affirms to Merlin that the dragon just cared about ensuring Merlin's loyalty to him rather then showing any concern about Morgana herself.
• Punch a Wall: Gwen finds Arthur doing this shortly before he tells her about his discovery regarding his mother's death, Arthur admitting to himself that his recent hostility towards Bo was just an excuse not to think about his own issues with recent revelations and his anger at Uther.
• Puppet King: When she first meets a 'friendly' fae, Bo claims that she has taken 'official' control of Camelot but allows Uther to remain in charge so that he can deal with the administrative issues of ruling a kingdom.
• Put on a Bus:
  • Obviously Bo and Kenzi’s friends are all separated from them after the two are sent back in time, but Word of God has stated that some of the Knights of the Round Table in the show won’t appear in this version of events, and it has also been confirmed that the Garuda was never awakened in the future/present before Bo and Kenzi were sent into the past.
  • A lesser example occurs when Bo and Merlin briefly leave Camelot during the troll-Catrina's takeover, leaving Kenzi, Morgana and Gwen to take up Merlin and Bo's usual roles of defence of Camelot, but they soon return to the kingdom in time to kill the troll.
  • Another temporary example occurs during the Knights of Medhir's attack; after Leon suffers a leg injury in the first confrontation with the Knights, Lancelot takes him to a nearby village for medical treatment while the rest of the party return to Camelot.
• Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Bo and Morgana, obviously, while Merlin also serves as a male version of this.
• Refuge in Audacity: At one point Bo uses her abilities to 'seduce' Uther in open court just enough to convince him to accept Lancelot's return to Camelot rather than exile him.
• Restraining Bolt: When the Knights of Medhir invade Camelot, Morgana realises that they specifically won't harm her, allowing her to protect Bo at a crucial moment.
• Retroactive Preparation: Played with, as Bo and Kenzi are sent back to Camelot by Merlin’s future self, but the author has confirmed that Future Merlin only did this because he realised that Bo wasn’t from that time; Kilgharrah notes that sending a creature of Bo’s power forward in time would have created a rift that damaged the world (implied by the author to be the reason Morgana fell so far in the later seasons), while her return has fixed that rift and created the chance of a new future.
• The Reveal: Kilgharrah’s revelation that Bo is actually native to the time of Camelot, rather than the twenty-first century.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons:
  • When Arthur realises that Bo has been using supernatural methods to protect Camelot, he initially assumes that she is a sorceress, but Bo soon clarifies that she's 'just' a succubus and Merlin is the real magic-user.
  • Later, when Arthur and Gwen learn of Bo's relationships with Merlin and Morgana, Bo initially assumes that their subsequent hostility towards her is because of the lesbian aspect, but the triad later realise that Arthur and Gwen actually assume that Bo's cheating on Merlin with Morgana.
  • After Bo, Merlin and Morgana explain their relationship and powers to Arthur and Gwen, when they explain that there's only one other magical individual in Camelot, Arthur assumes they're referring to Kenzi due to her threat to make him a "meme". Arthur was at least correct that Kenzi isn't normal, but Bo clarifies that the other fae is Dyson.
• Rules Lawyer: Various characters attempt this after Morgause challenges Arthur to a duel, but all are unable to find a way out of the duel if both parties are willing.
• Screw Destiny: Bo suggests that Merlin can abandon his supposed destiny to serve Arthur if he wishes, but she merely suggests the option rather than forcing Merlin into the choice. She, Merlin and Morgana put this into action when they separate Mordred from Alvarr and take him somewhere he can grow up in peace, eliminating the risk of his future destiny to kill Arthur.
• Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Discussed in a loose sense; after Morgause demands a favor from Arthur for sparing him in their duel, Kenzi and Lancelot help Arthur agree that he would still have the right to turn down her favour if it's something even more dishonorable than breaking his word, such as stealing from a starving family.
• Self-Made Man: Could be considered for Bo and Kenzi, as they go from being self-styled detectives squatting in an abandoned house to noblewomen of Camelot, but this is mainly achieved through Uther misinterpreting their origins and the two going along with the idea.
• Secret-Keeper: As of Chapter 47, Arthur, Gwen, Lancelot and Dyson are all aware (along with Gaius and Kenzi) of Bo, Merlin and Morgana's status as beings of magic living in Camelot as a triad relationship.
• Sherlock Scan: Arthur demonstrates his own version of this when he senses that something is following them, which Merlin soon determines is Dyson in wolf form; fortunately Merlin is able to convince Arthur it was nothing significant.
• Ship Tease: When Kenzi explains that she's "faking" a relationship with Lancelot to encourage him to stay in Camelot, Bo observes that this is a great deal of trouble to go to just for a friend.
• Ship Sinking: Lancelot and Gwen's reunion and new relationship only lasts a chapter or two before Lancelot realises the depth of Gwen's feelings for Arthur, and steps back so that they can be happy together.
• Shout-Out:
  • Kenzi initially refers to Morgana as ‘Camelot Barbie’
  • After witnessing the troll's true form, Kenzi describes Uther's new marriage as him ‘bumping uglies with the Creature from the Black Lagoon'.
  • When Bo contemplates if she should break up with Merlin so he can be with Morgana, Kenzi observes that this kind of approach is always stupid, citing how she nearly destroyed her TV when Angel dumped Buffy "for her own good".
  • When Lancelot arrives in Camelot, Kenzi tells him 'Welcome to Team Muggle'.
  • When Kenzi is discussing finding Lancelot a fake girlfriend, she notes that the girl in question needs to be hot so Arthur and Gwen don't think they hurt Lancelot so badly he's rebounding with 'Ugly Betty'.
  • When Bo first sees Morgana’s magic (as opposed to just knowing about her prophetic dreams) she compares Morgana to Carrie White, and briefly tries to explain the character to Merlin before focusing on the matter at hand.
  • After Morgana explains to Kenzi about Uther's attitude towards women being romantically involved with each other, Kenzi describes it as Uther only being willing to accept such a dynamic "so long as [they] stay so deep in the closet [they're] practically in Narnia"
  • When Merlin’s remaining allies are introduced to Kilgharrah, Merlin observes “It’s getting him to shut up that’s the problem” when others express shock that the dragon can talk.
• Show Some Leg: Explicitly comes up when Bo dresses herself and Morgana in identical outfits for a private celebration of Merlin's birthday, Bo reasoning that this way she and Morgana can talk Merlin into the idea of Morgana joining their relationship by keeping him too distracted to think about countering their proposal.
• Shut Up, Hannibal!: While Kilgharrah might be classified as a Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist at worst rather than an outright villain, seeing him openly criticizing Morgana's past to her face finally drives Merlin to tell the dragon to shut up about how Morgana is irredeemably evil when Kilgharrah is the one taking pleasure in pointing out another person's shortcomings.
• Shut Up, Kirk!: A hero-on-hero version occurs when Arthur initially orders Merlin to leave when he's angry to learn that Merlin's lied about his magic for years. As Merlin prepares to walk out, Bo instead forces the two to talk it over, pointing out to Arthur that he can't exactly be angry at Merlin for lying to him when he had good reason to believe Arthur would kill him if he knew the truth.
• Simple Solution Won't Work: When Arthur first learns about Bo's nature, he assumes that Merlin "feeds" Bo using a spell to take energy from other things rather than Bo feeding through sex. Merlin privately acknowledges that he did consider that initially after learning how Bo fed. However, Gaius confirmed that it wouldn't work as Bo can only feed on living things that also have the emotional capacity to reciprocate her affection, with plants lacking such urges and animals not evolved enough to experience them.
• Spotting the Thread: While investigating rumors of the Knights of Medhir in an abandoned castle, Bo finds a hairbrush with blonde hair in it, allowing them to tentatively confirm that a blonde-haired woman is involved.
• Stable Time Loop: Explicitly ignored; the author has confirmed that Future Merlin did not send Bo back in time to create a past that he himself had already experienced, and Kilgharrah speculates that the unknown sorcerer who sent Bo back in time just knew that she wasn’t where she was supposed to be rather than knowing where she’d end up.
• Sure, Let's Go with That: When Uther assumes that Bo and Kenzi's clothing was forced on them by the sorcerer who sent then to Camelot, the two decide to go with that assumption as what they've seen of Camelot makes it clear that the kingdom's more conservative dress code may not approve of the idea that Kenzi wears such a skimpy 'skirt' and Bo wears trousers by their own choice.
• Surprise Incest: In a loose sense; when Morgause comes to Camelot, Morgana's uncertain feelings about the woman prompt concern from Bo that Morgause is flirting with Morgana.

T-Z

• Take Up My Sword: Metaphorically; when Merlin, Morgana and Dyson depart Camelot to take Bo to the Blood King for help, Lancelot is assigned Merlin’s role as Arthur’s servant to justify him remaining in Camelot, while Gwen will continue serving as Kenzi’s maid in Morgana’s absence.
• Teacher/Student Romance: Suggested with Merlin and Morgana; they start to acknowledge their romantic feelings for each other after Merlin decides to teach Morgana how to use magic, even if he keeps it secret that he has magic himself.
• Tears of Remorse: Kenzi contemplates various means of making Uther do this to break the troll's spell;

  Kenzi: Great, then I can just introduce my boot to his balls; he'll definitely cry over that.
  Kilgharrah: While that idea is not without merit, I fear it would not work for this purpose; Uther must feel remorse for his own actions, not for yours.
  Kenzi: How about if I explained how stuff he did made me do it?

• That Came Out Wrong: Arthur basically invokes this when he learns of Uther's assumption that he is sleeping with Merlin and protests that he'd have better taste than that if he was interested in other men, prompting Morgana to ask if Arthur is questioning her taste in partners given her own relationship with Merlin.
• Their First Time: While the triad were already in an active relationship, Bo's first times with Merlin and Morgana are both the result of her needing to feed; Bo was shot with an arrow while she and Merlin were travelling away from Camelot and were attacked by bandits, and Morgana volunteered to help after Bo suffered a minor wound during Morgana's latest magical outbreak.
• Theory Tunnel Vision: Invoked when Arthur asks how Bo, Merlin and Morgana intend to keep their relationship secret from Uther; Morgana explains that given Uther's assumption that she and Bo are just indulging a youthful interest while Merlin is involved with Arthur, she doubts he'll consider the truth for a while at least.
• Token Human: While Kenzi is generally comfortable with her status as this among Bo's friends, she swiftly bonds with Lancelot as another example of a human caught up in the craziness of fae civilisation.
• Undying Loyalty: Ultimately Dyson’s declaration of loyalty to Bo is part of the reason he agrees to join her, Merlin and Morgana as they travel to confront the Blood King.
• The Unfettered: Even without being involved in the Fae directly, Bo still draws the concern of the Great Dragon due to her lack of a side (mainly because she may impact his own plans for Merlin).
• Unlimited Wardrobe: Used for all the female characters, particularly as Kenzi starts to experiment with new designs once she accepts that she isn’t going back to the twenty-first century.
• Uptown Girl: The romance is currently just hinted at for Arthur and Gwen, but played more directly with Bo, Morgana and Merlin, as the two women are nobles in Camelot’s court while Merlin is just a servant.
• Wall Pin of Love: After Morgana apologises to Bo for not realising that her response to Morgause's actions could be interpreted as reciprocating Morgause's apparent romantic interest, Bo pins Morgana's arms to the wall with both hands so that she can give Morgana a fierce kiss to affirm Morgana's declaration that Bo is the only woman she will ever love.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: This may be the best description of Kilgharrah's view of Bo's relationship with Merlin and Morgana, as he reflects at one point that his primary concern is his visions of Morgana's dark future, which he is certain will come to pass, and how the other two will react to such a change.
• Wham Episode: Chapter 42; Arthur learns the truth about his birth, Bo's true nature, and Merlin's magic, followed by Morgana overhearing Bo and Merlin talk about Merlin's magic in turn.
• Wham Line: The moment when Kilgharrah reveals that Bo originally came from this time and place, rather than being born in the future.
• What You Are in the Dark: From Morgana's perspective, Arthur has shown a surprising degree of maturity and selflessness when he 'breaks up' with Gwen to let her be with Lancelot (unaware that Gwen's feelings for him were greater than what she felt for Lancelot in the past).
• Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Arthur at least tries to find an honorable way out of the proposed duel with Morgause as he doesn't want to have to do this to a woman he doesn't know.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are:
  • Bo and Merlin each basically use this to convince Arthur that killing Uther because of his role in Ygraine's death isn't worth the guilt he'd feel afterwards, asking Arthur to be better than how Uther let himself be consumed by his vendetta.
  • As Merlin prepares to leave Camelot to help Bo, he and Arthur assure each other that they have faith Camelot will be safe while Merlin is absent, as Merlin has helped Arthur become a more compassionate and understanding future king.
• You Can't Fight Fate: Bo encourages Merlin to subvert this, arguing that just because he’s been told it’s his destiny to serve Arthur doesn’t mean he has to do so.
• You Can't Go Home Again: Technically, anyway; after Bo and Kenzi arrive in Camelot, one of their primary goals is to find a way back to the twenty-first century, but after Merlin confirms that he can’t send them back himself, they learn from Kilgharrah that actually Camelot is home for Bo at least; Aife made a deal with the Norn that sent Bo into the future when she ‘abandoned’ her daughter, and Bo coming to Camelot was just her being sent ‘home’ by Merlin’s future self.
• Zerg Rush: Attempted against Dyson by Alvarr's forces; he manages to hold off at least ten of Alvarr's men on his own before Alvarr stabs him in the throat, forcing Dyson to feign death until he can heal.

The Lost Kingdom contains examples of:

Spoilers for Lost in Camelot will be unmarked

The Lost Kingdom

• Armor-Piercing Response: When Arthur notes that Sir Oswald always struck him as an easy-going fellow, Lancelot suggests that either he’s changed a lot in the four years since Arthur last saw him or Arthur only saw the side Oswald showed his equals rather than his servants.
• Bar Brawl: As in canon, Gwaine is introduced helping the main characters out during a fight in a tavern.
• Blood Magic: Naturally the kingdom of the Blood King is protected by this; the first defence is a magical barrier that can only be penetrated by royal, magical blood. Later on, Trick observes that he can also analyse blood samples to determine a person's heritage, allowing him to confirm that Morgana is basically transforming into a fae due to her mother's repressed fae heritage, as well as reveal Merlin's nature as Emrys.
• Bodyguarding a Badass: Trick has referred to Dyson as Bo's "swordsman", basically proclaiming him to be her champion/bodyguard, and has asked Merlin and Morgana to help keep his granddaughter safe as well, even though Bo is more than capable of holding her own.
• Commonality Connection: Kenzi and Gwaine bond over their difficult pasts, such as both losing their fathers.
• Curse Escape Clause: Trick essentially speculates that this is how Morgana is manifesting fae heritage despite Trick having taken the power of her mother Vivienne; looking over the spell he used on Vivienne, he essentially took away Vivienne's powers and natural advantages as a fae, but he only made her like a human rather than actually turning her into a human.
• Dances and Balls: Part of the celebration for Bo's return to the Blood King's kingdom includes an elaborate ball, attended by nobles and servants. While Bo is slightly put out that she's unable to have a dance with her chosen partners (since Merlin and Morgana are "officially" classed as servants as they're still basically human), the other two enjoy the opportunity to be out in public with each other, even if Morgana needs to give Merlin time to get confident in his steps.
• Deliberate Values Dissonance: As well as the more obvious differences between human and fae culture, such as same-sex marriage not being a problem and the lower status of humans, Bo takes a moment to remind herself that it would be a big deal in most kingdoms at this time for a woman to be allowed to attend meetings deciding the future of the kingdom. This prompts Bo to apologise to Morgana if she seems ungrateful for complaining about being given a chance that Morgana would have welcomed if she had been given such an opportunity in Camelot, but each assures the other that they understand their contrasting perspectives on the issue.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: Watching Bo being introduced to the court reminds Merlin of his first sighting of Morgana during his first days in Camelot, although he only has to look at Morgana standing beside him to remind himself that there are differences.
• Dude, She's Like in a Coma: Defied; once Merlin and Morgana have established that Bo cannot take chi in her current comatose state, Merlin restricts himself to trying to feed Bo the conventional way until they can get her to the Blood King.
• Due to the Dead: Gwaine discovers the bodies of the real Oswald and Ethan when he smells their corpses while leaving Camelot and detours to give the bodies some kind of burial, or at least move them elsewhere until he can get help to do a proper job.
• Foil: Kenzi and Gwaine are essentially flipped versions of each other, as Gwaine is a nobleman living as a commoner and Kenzi is a commoner who has been essentially mistaken for a lady.
• Generation Xerox: One reason Trick wants to introduce Bo to the people quickly is to ensure that nobody thinks she's like Aife, a crazy princess the King is keeping locked up for the safety of others.
• Glad-to-Be-Alive Sex: Naturally Bo, Merlin and Morgana engage in this once the three are reunited after the curse has been broken.
• I Choose to Stay:
  • While Kenzi is tempted by the offer to go wandering with Gwaine, she decides to remain in Camelot in anticipation that Bo will return to the kingdom at some point.
  • Once Bo is cured, she and Morgana swiftly convince Merlin to stay in the fae kingdom at least for a while, as they still have to deal with Uther's attempt to arrange marriages for them back in Camelot.
• I Gave My Word: Trick requests a sample of Morgana's blood to better determine how she has innate magic when her mother was stripped of her fae powers before giving birth to Morgana, promising in advance that he will not use the blood for any nefarious purpose, Morgana in turn trusting him as a king and Bo's grandfather.
• In Spite of a Nail: As in the previous storyline, certain canon events still take place despite the changes caused by Bo and Kenzi's presence; as an example, Gwaine still meets the main cast in a Bar Brawl, but this time he is helping Lancelot, Kenzi and Gwen rather than Arthur and Merlin.
• Innocently Insensitive: During a training session with a fae, Morgana is disturbed when the fae so casually talks about the differences in human and fae life spans, but acknowledges that he's just saying this because it's what he's observed rather than because he's being deliberately cruel.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Word of God confirms that Morgana having fae heritage is a reference to the original myths, where the earliest writings on Arthurian legend identify Morgan le Fay as some type of fairy before she was established as Arthur's sister.
• Limited Wardrobe: It's mentioned that the travellers' clothes are becoming worn and dirty as they have limited means of cleaning on the search for the Blood King's palace.
• Love Triangle: Kenzi ends up in a more standard version of this when Gwaine and Lancelot each develop a tentative interest in her, which is complicated as Lancelot feels he should step back since he thinks Kenzi isn't interested in him at all.
• Marry for Love: Bo is relieved to learn that she isn't expected to marry anyone for a couple of centuries, musing that this gives her, Merlin and Morgana time to come up with some way to be together that nobody in the court can object to.
• Mysterious Parent: Invoked when Morgana learns that her mother Vivienne was fae, but she was stripped of her powers when she fell in love with Gorlois.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Lancelot's attempt to do a good deed unintentionally releases the goblin on Camelot.
• No Man of Woman Born: Morgana assumes that an equivalent of this applies to how she was able to open a barrier spell that could only be accessed by a magical being of royal blood, speculating that her status as Uther's ward and Gorlois's loyal service to Uther means that she essentially qualifies as royal even though she believes at this point she's not actually a princess.
• Noodle Incident: The Blood King mentions that Aife once seduced the heirs of three rival families in the same fortnight and nearly inspired an old blood feud into a new wave of hostilities.
• Precrime Arrest: Invoked in spirit when Bo expresses discomfort at the notion of spending time with the young Evony given her future as the Morrigan, until Merlin and Morgana compare it to how she encouraged them to give Mordred a chance despite his supposed destiny to kill Arthur.
• Riches to Rags: Particularly applies to Morgana, as she's abandoned the comforts of Camelot to go travelling through the wild in the hopes of saving Bo's life. This gets taken even further when the group arrive in the Blood King’s kingdom and Morgana is warned that as a human she would have very little status in fae territory, to the extent that Dyson warns her he’s been to fae residences where human accommodation would make dog kennels look luxurious.
• Role Swap AU: In this version of events, Kenzi rather than Gaius becomes the unwilling "host" to a goblin.
• Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: While the triad don't intend to actually run away from Bo's discovery that she is the princess and heir to the Blood King's throne, Merlin observes that he can understand Bo being overwhelmed by the idea of becoming a princess after basically being a commoner all her life. Recalling his own shock when Kilgharrah first told Merlin of his destiny, Merlin reflects that if the dragon had told Merlin that he was destined to be king rather than just being destined to protect the future king, he would have probably fled Camelot that very night to escape such responsibility.
• Shout-Out:
  • Kenzi observes that the melee sounds like it will be “more brutal than the opening bloodbath of The Hunger Games”.
  • When Trick mentions that Bo will be introduced to "eligible" fae, she begs him to assure her that this "isn't going to be some kind of Cinderella setup".
• Shut Up, Hannibal!: Basically the purpose of Bo confronting Evony; recalling the future Morrigan's attitude, Bo points out to the still-young fae that if she keeps treating other people as though they're beneath her, eventually Evony will be surrounded by people who are only there because they fear her or because they want something from her, while in Bo's experience the lower classes and humans can be just as brave and noble as the wealthy or powerful fae in the right circumstances.
• Simple Solution Won't Work: Witnessing the Blood King make various elaborate preparations to cure Bo of the curse, Dyson asks why so much work is involved when the Blood King could just write the curse out of existence. This trope is invoked when the Blood King explains that while he could do that, since the curse has become entangled with Bo's life force, removing it that way would be the equivalent of cutting someone's hair by ripping it out at the roots (messy and extremely painful even if it would achieve the desired result), and he naturally wants to find a less painful way to save his granddaughter's life.
• Sure, Let's Go with That: Dyson ultimately agrees with Morgana's speculation as to why she was able to penetrate the barrier around the Blood King's kingdom even though she doesn't think she's actual royalty at this point.
• Take a Third Option: Trick is surprised to learn of Bo's unaligned status, and reflects that he maybe should have made the rules of trial by combat more specific to avoid such a twist, even if he reflects that Bo's choice might make her more appealing as a ruler to the Dark Fae in particular.
• Too Much Information: While the Blood King has no problem with the notion of Bo having taken Merlin and Morgana as lovers, Bo isn't as interested in hearing details about her mother's sex life before Aife went crazy.
• Training from Hell: A loose version of this features when Merlin, Morgana and Bo agree to a training session with various fae, with Morgana in particular struggling to adapt to using her magic in combat.
• Underestimating Badassery: Brought up when Bo volunteers to join a training session with some of the guards, as these fae obviously weren't expecting a succubus to have much interest in combat.
• Undying Loyalty:
  • Morgana reflects that Gorlois had this to Uther, to the extent that he could have made a claim to be king of Camelot himself due to his instrumental role in the campaign of conquest if he hadn't been such a loyal friend that he stepped aside to let Uther have the throne.
  • Dyson’s loyalty to Bo is great enough to impress the Blood King, to the extent that the Blood King assures Dyson he’ll cure Bo even if she isn’t his granddaughter on the grounds that she must be a remarkable person to have inspired such devotion.

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