arlance is real and bradley james made it WORSE actually
because what do you mean:
âin some legends⊠lancelot was in love with arthur, and because he couldnât have him, he turned his attentions to guinevere, because that was the only piece of arthur he could have.â
that is not a casual fun fact to drop in an interview. that is a weapon. that is a man reaching across adaptations and going âby the way, if you read this a certain way, it all lines up.â
because now you have to go back and rewatch everything with that in your head and suddenly lancelotâs devotion stops looking general and starts looking specific.
the way he attaches himself to camelot isnât just about ideals, itâs about arthur. the way he never oversteps, never demands, never asks for more than heâs givenâit reads less like humility and more like restraint.
gwen stops being just âthe woman he lovesâ and starts being the closest he can get.
which is actually insane when you think about it for more than two seconds because it reframes his entire emotional arc into something so much more devastating: not replacement. not second choice. proximity.
he loves gwen, yesâbut thereâs this undercurrent of she is part of arthurâs world, arthurâs future, arthurâs heart, and loving her is a way of staying connected to that.
and the show never says this. it never confirms it. it gives you just enough plausible deniability to ignore it if you want to but then bradley james just says that. and suddenly the subtext isnât just subtext anymore, itâs supported reading.
and it makes the restraint between arthur and lancelot feel even more unbearable
because if that reading is even slightly true, then lancelotâs whole thing isnât just âi will serve you, i will follow you, i will believe in youâ
itâs âi will take whatever version of closeness you allow me, even if itâs not the one i want
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