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Ohhh it's my favorite song....
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[5/8] relationships (of all kinds); Gwen + Merlin
#GWEN PLUS MERLIN the way theyre the best thing to ever happen in the world like imagine u have two ppl and theyre like the#most iconic ppl who ever walked on this earth and they just went ahead and met each other ????? is that even legal#gwens crush in the beginning was so cute i CANNOT deal….. kind of the infatuation u get with new ppl ur befriending and are still s#surprising u with how special they are every minute. and like. also the infatuation u get with ppl who respect u from day 1 without even#questioning it#i feel like the overwhelming friendliness and nonthreateningness (is that even a word) that radiated from merlin during his first m#meetings with gwen makes it almost impossible to not at least Think u have a crush on him#just. gwen and merlin drank respecting each other juice from the very beginning and never once stopped and ???? it makes me emotional#their power !!!!!!! wot can i say 😌#merwendship (tags via @gwemrys )
You say that I and other ppl who don't stan Gwen do so just because we don't see her personality, and then you just write and reblog posts complaining that the writers "didn't allow" her to be an actual personality. Like ?? People don't cry about any other character on the show that the writers didn't "let" them to be a character. Cause they have personalities and drives and spirit, even Uther or like Cornelius Sigan. Gwen is a WIFE, nothing more, and Arthur chose to be with Merlin in the most important and pivotal moments of his life, not with a pretty but blank bed-warmer.
So first of all Gwen did have a personality and I have never once said she didn’t (would love to know where you’re even getting that lol bc most of my posts are about how she did have a personality even with the bbc limiting her screen time). Calling her a blank bed warmer is neglecting the majority of her scenes. She is a good and just human who strives to always be kind. Wanting the writers to include her more isn’t because she didn’t have a personality, it’s because she did and they chose to put her under a spell in season 5 instead of letting her being the character she is.
You missing her character beats is actually a you problem that probably needs to be looked into. You’re taking it so very personally that I think Gwen is the best character of the show, and honestly you're just continuing to tell on yourself by not seeing a woman as a fully realized character.
Wtf do you mean Gwen is a bed warmer? How did you miss her personality? She shows up for people in almost every episode she’s in and genuinely affects change in most of the scenes she’s in. Her ‘drive’ is to love completely and truly, and she achieves that in more than just Arthur, for an entire country worth of people. Her ‘spirit’ is always trying to do what’s right for as many people as she can.
I’m assuming you like Merthur bc of this comment and that might make an ass out of me but nothing you said here is at all original. It’s all takes I’ve seen a hundred times before by people who like Merthur. It’s fine for you to like Merthur, but I do think we should confront the side of fandom that continues to make Gwen into a background character when we see over and over again just how influential she is on characters and the plot, especially Arthur.
Really, the stagnant character in the show is actually Arthur specifically in his relationship with Merlin. He treats Merlin the same in season 5 as he does in season 1 and never tries to view his father’s genocide as bad. He changes for everyone else in the show other than Merlin and I give Gwen most of the credit for the pieces she was able to get him to check his privilege on.
If you can’t see the love Gwen and Arthur have for each other (I don’t understand how you can’t but whatever) than whatever but to insult the woman of color for a personality she has and is used as a contrast for other characters actions more often than not (Agravaine, Uther, Morgana, Elyan, Lancelot, Merlin, and Arthur) is somehow more sexist than what the bbc did.
Do I want a story where Gwen is allowed to have faults more than just the lacking confidence and slight awkwardness she shows up until season 4? Absolutely. Do I think people like you would crucify her for it? Yep! Am I glad the bbc didn’t do that? Kinda yeah since you people are choosing to make it such a problem.
She is a fully realized character despite your best attempts to make her into something she’s not. And really that says more about you than it does me.
P.S I cry all the time over what the bbc did to Gwaine and Elyan and honestly most of the knights too. I wonder why you don’t see a problem with that?
Fascinating how fans would prefer that Arthur be portrayed as a despicably virulent misogynist who “uses” his wife as a “bed warmer” (thank fuck I have a strong stomach) just to devalue Gwen for capturing the heart of a man and thus “outperforming” a white man (Merlin). Trying to beat out the competition with the lowest of blows, because Gwen is “just like all the other girls,” right? And Merlin is “not like other girls.” So how could Arthur value Gwen over Merlin!?!?!
At this point, how could you possibly make this about the value of Gwen’s character when you’ve just characterized Arthur as a horrific abuser of women? Why is Arthur’s opinion supposed to matter to me anymore? Why is Arthur using Gwen only resolved by Arthur using Merlin, as if Arthur is only capable of using people, or even entitled to it?
If you see Arthur as a man who merely uses and abuses women, then no wonder you interpret Arthur’s relationship to Merlin as romantic. You don’t have a problem with abuse, and you deify the hypothetical of an abusive husband.
"Gwen is a WIFE, nothing more, and Arthur chose to be with Merlin in the most important and pivotal moments of his life, not with a pretty but blank bed-warmer." is such a vile, disingenuously misogynistic framing of gwen. you can't even call this criticism of how they wrote her, or how their writing of her changed throughout the seasons. arthur "chose" to spend all his "important moments" with merlin because merlin is the protagonist. arthur is there for the narrative because it's merlin's story, first and foremost. not arthur's.
This person watched BBCM through Merthur gifsets. Sorry you missed out that Gwen is cute and funny and goofy. That you missed out how she stands up for herself against people that far exceed her status. That she's the one Merlin turns to for help. She's the one who helped fake Lancelot's identity. She's the one willing to push Arthur to see sense. She's the one who could feign loyalty to Morgana while breaking Leon out. She's the one who cared for Morgana when she was terrified. She's the one who endured a horrible loss of her father and then had to keep going back to work. She and Morgana both joined to fight off violence in Merlin's home village and then later stayed with Hunith to help her out around the place. That she played the risky game of sentencing Sefa to death specifically to draw out the real culprit. She was there nursing soldiers at the battle of Camlann.
Arthur chose to be with Merlin for the most important moments? No the fuck he didn't. Merlin's JOB was to be around for them. Arthur turns to Gwen for comfort and advice plenty of times. Arthur goes against the structures of society for her. Arthur breaks some of the most major laws of Camelot FOR HER.
The fact that Merlin is present during major story beats is because, i'm not sure if anyone's noticed, the show is About Merlin. he does in fact have to be present for the major plot events. due to the Narrative.
good grief
“The Curse of Cornelius Sigan” MERLIN — 2.01
MERLIN 1.13 — 2.08
*voice of someone craving even the tiniest sliver of control* i could make a spreadsheet,
fellatio sounds like a supporting shakespeare character rather than oral sex on a penis to be honest
Morgana Pendragon ⭐
morgana is difficult to write or read in fic because she was written so poorly in show. by which i mean in show she is largely ignored and under-explored and there are many points in early show when she indeed would have developed differently. but she also wouldn't necessarily have been perfect and fixed everything and been the savior of all magic peoples... there are many different directions and it's ironically so much harder to stay in character when there wasnt much of a characterization
and it's very obvious when people are still not interested in her and has just made her a perfect problem-solver and also paired her with gwen, conveniently shunting them both off to somewhere where everything is fine and boring, whilst merthur takes center stage...and if you say you don't like that clearly you just hate lesbians
Genuinely despise the headcanon that Merlin fully prioritized Arthur above the freedom of magic peoples. Put the shipping goggles down for a second. He has faith in Arthur and the prophecies because he believes Arthur is the kind of man who will eventually free magic.
Even if there are short-term delays, he believes that they will be free in the long-term and expresses this daily. The second that Merlin does have a crisis of faith in Arthur’s position on magic (1x10, 2x08, 4x03), he focuses his efforts on protecting magical creatures and peoples (1x11, 2x09, 4x04). Even in 5x05 with the Disir, he is not actually expressing a desire for magic to stay banned, nor is he placing Arthur above magic. He and Kilgharrah legitimately believe that if Mordred is given the opportunity to kill Arthur, that magic will never truly be freed in the long-term. To Merlin and Kilgharrah, this short-term delay is necessary to ensure a long-term future for their people.
Is the logic Merlin applies flawed, considering the fact that we already saw a wrongfully executed Druid boy return as a vengeful spirit and attempt to kill Arthur? Yes! No matter what choice Merlin supports in 5x05, he cannot actually change anything about the future. Does this mean he thinks Arthur alone is more important than the greater good? No! He believes that Arthur is the way to the greater good, and it is his job to protect Arthur as he creates (in Merlin’s words) a fair and just land.
Do I personally think that Merlin was correct about Arthur? No, I think that ultimately the prophecies were fulfilled by Gwen, though of course it was her relationship to Arthur that put her in such a position to make this change. Is it logical to expect Merlin to know this before it happens when the prophecies point to Arthur being the one to return magic and instate a Golden Age? No, even the audience didn’t predict this plot twist (and even still denies that Gwen freed magic at all, despite the obvious implication in her discovery and quick acceptance of Merlin’s magic).
Just because an opinion is popular or treated as a default, unquestionable fact does not make it correct! Do you really trust the people who romanticize the continuation of a genocide to determine character motives? When the approach itself is flawed or incomplete, so too is the outcome, like using the wrong formula for a math(s) problem. If Merlin was actually prioritizing Arthur above the greater good, rather than the truth that he is conflating Arthur with the greater good, that would be utterly horrific, not romantic! You simply do not need to listen to people who possess no moral backbone when it comes to the topic of whether the genocide matters enough. It does. But some fans do prioritize Arthur above the greater good, and it is very easy to misconstrue Merlin’s (or anyone’s) actions due to their own projected biases.
Case in point, watch the show through your own gaze, not the gaze of strangers online who think that ignoring a genocide for the very man committing it is the peak of romance.
Jean-Paul Sartre, from No Exit and Three Other Plays; “The Flies"
Text ID: ELECTRA: Everybody here is sick with fear. Everyone except me. And I— / ORESTES: Yes? And you? ELECTRA: [...] I'm sick with—hatred.
This one haunts me
And I too take deep enjoyment in criticising BBC Merlin’s pro-monarchist views and how every character plays role within this, However can I say I do find it just a bit silly it’s used in a ‘and this is why x character is the one true leftist in this show’ sort of way, like I’m sorry but they’re all living in a pseudo-medieval feudalist society and that’s the perspective they’re operating from, there is some wiggle room because again the show’s contemporary nature means it’s influenced by modern world politics and attitudes to some extent, but like ultimately those characters don’t ever think ‘monarchy is a corrupt system we should dismantle’ because their material reality doesn’t allow for that notion. And like that is okay I think this isn’t incompatible with criticising them, it’s just silly when people talk like we’re supposed to be expecting these characters to be partake in Marxist book club and community organisation
#why did merlin as a peasant living in a pseudo-medieval society where magic and destiny were tangible forces believe when he was told kings #had a sort of epic and divine power. why did morgana seek to usurp uther and arthur and not instead invent democracy #why do tumblr users think arguing online is praxis #actually arthur is technically the most class conscious it’s just that merlin doesn’t let him dismantle his attitudes #because becoming a socialist would’ve ruined the prophecy #gwaine is a communist #aithusa learned dialectical materialism when she was imprisoned #let’s all kill ourselves #guinevere is the first woke monarch but actually this one is true (via @mordredcain)
And I too take deep enjoyment in criticising BBC Merlin’s pro-monarchist views and how every character plays role within this, However can I say I do find it just a bit silly it’s used in a ‘and this is why x character is the one true leftist in this show’ sort of way, like I’m sorry but they’re all living in a pseudo-medieval feudalist society and that’s the perspective they’re operating from, there is some wiggle room because again the show’s contemporary nature means it’s influenced by modern world politics and attitudes to some extent, but like ultimately those characters don’t ever think ‘monarchy is a corrupt system we should dismantle’ because their material reality doesn’t allow for that notion. And like that is okay I think this isn’t incompatible with criticising them, it’s just silly when people talk like we’re supposed to be expecting these characters to be partake in Marxist book club and community organisation
This killed me in every life but also I am reminded of this like salt to a fresh wound
@morgwenmicrofic | prompt: "just this time" | pairing: morgana & gwen
inspired by this tiktok :) i made the list thinking of all the ways morgana and gwen could have been connected while morgana was in camelot, before she became, well, evil. and safe to say i cried :)
