so, arthur is extremely proud. as far as his character traits go, this is a pretty fundamental one. humiliation is one of his biggest fears, and the angriest he gets is when he’s been made to look like a fool (whether it be because he trusted someone who betrayed him, or if it’s suggested that he do something he thinks would be seen as cowardly, etc.). he hates the feeling of being embarrassed. probably the first instance we see of him being genuinely angry is in valiant (s1e2) when the witness dies before the whole snake shield thing can be confirmed and he’s accused of being scared to fight valiant so he yells at merlin for humiliating him, blahblahblah.
ten fucking minutes later though, LITERALLY the next episode, when merlin is in danger from the mortæus poison, uther has arthur imprisoned and instead of being concerned about the optics of being in a cell, arthur fucking pendragon not only begs for merlin’s life, he offers himself up to be put in the stocks for “a week, a month even, i don’t care.” he literally SAYS “i’m begging you.” pleading like that is already so against his nature, but volunteering himself for the most public possible humiliation to save a man he’s known for what, a week? i’m sick. he loved him that much already.
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