#bbc morgwen

[im-out-of-it]

okay but how could you not love Merlin? gay vibes, dragons, magic, swords, fighting, mythical creatures, main character who doesn’t mind killing for his love, they’re basically together ships, like what’s not to like? this show has everything that I love and I’ll adore it forever

[b-h-art]

Rewatching merlin is such a fever dream because by S5 you've kinda forgotten how the OG 4 used to be. Like man you start S5 with merthur staring at each others eyes like nothing else exists and ends with everyone killing everyone and Merlin and Gwen just being alive without really living. So when you come back to S1 and. It's such a punch in the gut???? Wdym Arthur and Morgana were flirting so much wdym Merlin and Morgana were also kinda will they won't they what do you MEAN Gwen and Morgana were such a sapphic couple - now to think of it the way Morgana has tension with every single character in the show but ended up alone. Kinda like Merlin too. Anyways, the existence of any other option than Merthur and Morgwen so blatantly shown literally kicked me in the guts. Like. How badly they were torn apart. Also Arthur X Morgana. Good fucking lord. Its really hard rewatching BBC merlin. But also baby merthur and MY MORGWEN COME BACK MORGWEN PLEASE MOMMY MISSES YOU PLEASE (I dream about the sword fight scene among them every night. I wish it was at least 10mins long. We deserved a 10mins long sword fight among Morgwen at least)

[thylocalbard]

Has anyone else ever wondered about Gwen and Arthur's canonical relationship?

First of all, from Gwen's POV: Throughout the show, she sees Arthur courting many women. Some of these are political, and she knows it. That's not what I'm focussed on. What I am focussed on are the ones where he was bewitched or something, and she didn't know it. Like, my girl saw this guy apparently falling head over heels for probably dozens of other women, and went "I'll be different though. I'm the one he'll stay for."

Then, Arthur: Not only did Gwen fall in love with all of Camelot in the first two seasons, he saw her share romantic moments with Lance multiple times, including when she cheated on him (granted she was bewitched, but he didn't know that). And then went "Yeah, but like, I'm different. Okay, yeah she cheated on me, but it's true love."

I'm sorry, what???? As a watcher you forget how absolutely insane this relationship is because you know the details, but holy shit.

Also, I could bring up their not-completely-platonic relationships with Morgana and Merlin respectively (not to mention Merlin being on every single bloody date they shared!) but that's just a given at this point.

Edit: check the reblogs before interacting with this. I've since change my ideas on this and what I put here was shallow, incorrect, and pretty much bullshit all round. The reblogs have an explanation.

[bee-birb]

the girls and the gays

[ontheinsideimapoet]

I forgot how gay bbc merlin actually is

[acciohanbrough]

okay but merlin isn’t the only one with a negative character growth , so is morgana and they both were affected by people who used them for their own personal gain while promising them safety , giving them empty promises for their own personal gain , my babies deserved better than the way they were treated

[educatingmerlin]

Hi! I went through your blog beforehand to see if someone had already asked this, so apologies if I missed a previous post you made on this subject. I like a lot of different multi-ships in the Merlin fandom, like Arwen, merthur, poly merarwen, etc. I also like Gwen/morgana. I was wondering what your general thoughts about Gwen/Morgana are? I like them, especially in the first few seasons. I did some thinking of my own about the potential fandom pitfalls there (mammy stereotypes, subservient character of color stereotypes etc, strong/aggressive black woman stereotypes - all pretty parallel to bad fan characterizations of arwen) and I think I’m well prepared to avoid them in my fanworks. Is there anything else you might think of to pay attention to? (Also: this isn’t abt fandom anti blackness, but what sort of tropes, plot devices, or settings would you like to see more often/ look forward to in fanworks, for Gwen/morgana or any ship involving Gwen? Bc I always like to hear what other ppl like!)

Hello Anon,

Thank you for your question.

I understand this question wasn't specifically about fandom racism or antiBlackness however, I feel it is important to point out how racism is tied into everything! Especially when it comes to interracial ships/couples.

It is important to always think about how racism, antiBlackness and bias comes into play when you are creating content and engaging in fandom.

The POC in the ship is generally looked over and ignored. They are hardly given a place in the ship despite the fact they are one half of the couple. Example: the white character is spoken about a lot more regarding their ship, more content is created about them rather than the POC.

In relation to this question and Morgwen, ensure to uplift Gwen!

Let Gwen be on the receiving end of the love and affection. In canon, she is always the one giving, not receiving. So in headcanons make it so Gwen is receiving love.

With Morgwen it is important to be careful about how you portray them if your headcanon is set in the later seasons. What Morgana did to Gwen is tied to antiBlack writing (kidnapping/torturing her etc).

In general, make sure Gwen, or any other character of color has a positive role in whatever you make. Headcanons can be fun and light hearted and can create a positive impact on the characters of color.

[lancelotdeservedbetter]

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