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Its pride month
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it's so hardcover –> we're so paperback
this post is making me pronounce hardcover in a way i never considered
One thing that has always bothered me about Merlin is how much moral credit Arthur receives simply for feeling bad.
The show presents the persecution of magic as one of the greatest injustices in Albion's history. People are executed, entire communities are driven into hiding, druids are hunted, and religious practices are criminalized. The Great Purge is not portrayed as a series of isolated incidents but as a systematic campaign of violence carried out by the state over decades.
Yet when it comes to Arthur, the narrative seems remarkably willing to forgive.
Arthur inherits the kingdom that committed these crimes. He benefits from the system that was built through them. For most of the series, the persecution continues under his authority. The laws remain. The structures remain. The fear remains. Magical people are still forced to conceal who they are.
And yet the audience is constantly reminded that Arthur is different. Arthur is kinder. Arthur is more understanding. Arthur feels remorse.
But remorse is not justice.
If your family was killed, if your community was destroyed, if your religion was outlawed, what exactly does Arthur's remorse do for you? What does it change? The show often seems to treat his sympathy as though it is a form of restitution in itself, as though recognizing an injustice somehow compensates for the people who suffered from it.
The audience is repeatedly invited to focus on Arthur's internal struggle. We are asked to admire his compassion. We are asked to appreciate that he is more tolerant than his father. We are asked to see him as morally exceptional because he occasionally questions the system he was raised within.
But from the perspective of the people being persecuted, that distinction must seem almost meaningless.
A magical family fleeing execution is not made safer because the prince privately disagrees with the policy. A druid community does not recover because Arthur feels conflicted. The dead do not return because the future king has developed a more nuanced perspective.
The material reality of persecution remains exactly the same.
What makes this even stranger is that Arthur receives enormous moral credit for things he supposedly will do in the future. The audience knows the prophecy. We are told that one day he will restore magic to the land. One day he will create a better Albion. One day things will be different.
One day.
The problem is that "one day" never helps the people suffering in the present.
And the show relies on this future promise constantly.
Arthur is forgiven because one day he will be better. The kingdom is forgiven because one day it will be better. The dynasty is forgiven because one day it will be better.
The narrative continually asks the audience to evaluate Camelot not according to what it is, but according to what it might become.
But that future never arrives.
What actually exists on screen is a kingdom built upon decades of persecution and a ruler who, despite his personal doubts, largely preserves that system.
The magical communities are expected to place their faith in the future goodwill of the very dynasty that persecuted them. They are expected to trust that the heir of the kingdom responsible for their suffering will eventually make things right. The burden is placed on them to wait patiently for acceptance to be granted from above.
And that is what I find so frustrating about the show's politics. It recognizes oppression. It condemns oppression. It repeatedly shows the devastating effects of oppression. Yet when it comes time to imagine a solution, it cannot seem to think beyond the idea of a good king.
The victims do not receive justice. The people responsible are rarely held accountable. The structures that enabled the persecution are never seriously questioned.
Instead, the story focuses on the conscience of the ruler.
The audience is encouraged to celebrate Arthur because he understands that persecution was wrong. But understanding is the bare minimum. Feeling guilty is the bare minimum. The fact that the series treats these things as extraordinary moral achievements is what makes the whole narrative feel so strange.
By the end, the show seems less interested in the people whose lives were destroyed than in proving that the king has become enlightened. The suffering of magical communities becomes part of Arthur's character development.
And that's the contradiction at the heart of Merlin: it knows persecution is evil, but it seems far more invested in redeeming the people connected to that persecution than in imagining what justice for its victims would actually look like.
for no reason whatsoever here’s a reminder that if you consider yourself a leftist/punk/abolitionist/anarchist/radical in any sort of way and get called into jury duty, you are to become the most square person on earth during the jury questionnaire!!!
don’t be that guy who says fuck the police in the jury questionnaire! that just gets you sent home! if you want to generate change, interact with the case and use your jury vote for good! ESPECIALLY if it’s a high profile case!
Remember, when you're on the jury, a good "that cop's story didn't add up" will sway a lot more Chads and Karens than "fuck the police."
Had jury duty, can confirm!
An innocent man is home with his family instead of spending his kids' whole childhoods in jail for "resisting arrest" when none of the cops could agree on why he was being arrested in the first place. (But it definitely had nothing to do with him being a Black man in a nice car, honest! 🙄)
And it still took like two hours of delibration after we'd heard all the evidence because one lady was so gung ho about believing everything the cops said, even when not a single goddamn one could agree with their own testimony, let alone their colleagues'.
Pointing out all the inconsistencies and admitted misconduct and letting people slowly come to their own conclusions as the trial played out was fucking hard, I won't lie. I can be patient, but it doesn't come naturally to me.
But. Yelling about how this was obviously a bs case would have shut everyone down and made them stop listening. Asking questions and letting people discuss how the cops tried to make xyz sound suspicious but it was totally normal, or about how if things played out the way the cops said then logically events should have proceeded in a totally different direction, and positing different theories that actually lined up with the evidence presented?
That got people thinking, and everyone realized that for a variety of reasons we all had reasonable doubts that the defendent had committed any of the crimes of which he was accused.
Being able to raise reasonable doubt among a jury of one's peers saves lives. If you get the chance, take it.
"Jury Room / The Holdout" (1959) by Norman Rockwell. One of my favorites of his. Particularly the gendered dynamic he depicts here.
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”time heals all wounds” WRONG. it merely allows for infection.. it is Too late for me
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Stash!!!!!
I found these in my stash (looking for something else ofc) and immediately wanted to do a Luminous Nine Patch.
Now, now listen.
I know I seem to be making a few of these.
But they turn out gorgeous! How could I not make them?? They’re so easy and fun to do.
She is on fire!
Look at this thing! I love her! She’s gorgeous!
She’s bold and dramatic and demands attention!
I think this one is one of the best Luminous Nine Patch quilts I’ve done.
I’ll use orange thread to quilt it and put black cuddle on the back, along with black binding. I think that’ll finish her off nicely 💖💖
I was correct. The black cuddle and binding are just fab with this.
I did actually find a more golden yellow thread called Dessert Sunset that I used instead of orange to quilt with, and I love it.
Man. It looks so good in the sunlight.
Ooooooooooooh! So pretty.
More experimental animation. All done on paper, oil pastel and alcohol marker.
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After 9 months of work, my Oseberg tapestry sweater is complete!
This was my first sweater knitted in the round, first stranded colourwork project, and my first time steeking. It was definitely my most challenging project so far, and a lot of learning and research was involved. I used a colourwork chart created by the very talented Molly Gifford, which is available for free on Ravelry
For reference, this is one of the fragments uncovered from the gravesite:
Some scholars think that the Oseberg tapestry includes the earliest known artistic depiction of Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn. So I added them to the sleeves as a little Easter egg.