Just for the record, Arthurian Legend is not history. It is fiction. It is a story. It is legend. No matter how much I want it to be true. It is still fiction. It can't be historically accurate if it wasn't real. End of story.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Also...
Just for the record, Arthurian Legend is not history. It is fiction. It is a story. It is legend. No matter how much I want it to be true. It is still fiction. It can't be historically accurate if it wasn't real. End of story.
Just an Observation
I should be working on Ecology homework (I swear this class will be the death of me), but I found this on one of the Merlin Tumblrs I read when I was taking a break.
This is based on one of my favorite television shows, Merlin. Where Gwen is a servant instead of a princess and she is an anachronistic, boring character that I can't say I hate only because I don't give a piece of soggy bread what happens to her as long as she stays away from Arthur. She is not my favorite character. She is FAR from it. Honestly, she is probably my LEAST favorite character in the whole series. If it wasn't for Morgana, I probably would have stopped watching AGES ago. Oh, and Sir L'Oreal (Gwaine) and Percival. That, however is beyond the point.
The point is, no matter what she is in any story, Guinevere always betrays Arthur. I can't think of a single one where she doesn't. And it's usually with Lancelot (or Bedivere if it's before the story crossed to France). It doesn't matter if she's not a princess (I'm sure as heck glad she isn't). She loves Lancelot. That's amazingly obvious. (I admit, I do have a thing for Arthur/Morgana, but that is also irrelevant.) It doesn't matter if she loves Arthur before they marry - she consistently betrays him. (And she and Arthur have NO chemistry for another thing.)
That said, you cannot say that it is something she will never do. You cannot. (The writers will probably do so just because they do play the important parts to legend.) You cannot predict a show that you aren't one of the writers for. End of story.
This just annoys me. I personally don't like her because I don't see anything really interesting about her character (I find her incredibly bland. She has no real personality other than being sweet and a bit stubborn and as loyal as a puppy. She has no flaws. She gets all of the guys. (She and Merlin have a thing in early Series One, obviously then there's the whole Gwen/Lancelot thing in his episodes, there's Gwen/Arthur (ick) that we all knew was coming from the start, there's a tiny bit of Gwen/Gwaine (ewww)...you get the idea.) She's pretty much a Mary Sue.
And this is why I love Morgana. Anyway, I need to get back to my work. More soon. Ish. I'll get back to this eventually...
This is based on one of my favorite television shows, Merlin. Where Gwen is a servant instead of a princess and she is an anachronistic, boring character that I can't say I hate only because I don't give a piece of soggy bread what happens to her as long as she stays away from Arthur. She is not my favorite character. She is FAR from it. Honestly, she is probably my LEAST favorite character in the whole series. If it wasn't for Morgana, I probably would have stopped watching AGES ago. Oh, and Sir L'Oreal (Gwaine) and Percival. That, however is beyond the point.
The point is, no matter what she is in any story, Guinevere always betrays Arthur. I can't think of a single one where she doesn't. And it's usually with Lancelot (or Bedivere if it's before the story crossed to France). It doesn't matter if she's not a princess (I'm sure as heck glad she isn't). She loves Lancelot. That's amazingly obvious. (I admit, I do have a thing for Arthur/Morgana, but that is also irrelevant.) It doesn't matter if she loves Arthur before they marry - she consistently betrays him. (And she and Arthur have NO chemistry for another thing.)
That said, you cannot say that it is something she will never do. You cannot. (The writers will probably do so just because they do play the important parts to legend.) You cannot predict a show that you aren't one of the writers for. End of story.
This just annoys me. I personally don't like her because I don't see anything really interesting about her character (I find her incredibly bland. She has no real personality other than being sweet and a bit stubborn and as loyal as a puppy. She has no flaws. She gets all of the guys. (She and Merlin have a thing in early Series One, obviously then there's the whole Gwen/Lancelot thing in his episodes, there's Gwen/Arthur (ick) that we all knew was coming from the start, there's a tiny bit of Gwen/Gwaine (ewww)...you get the idea.) She's pretty much a Mary Sue.
And this is why I love Morgana. Anyway, I need to get back to my work. More soon. Ish. I'll get back to this eventually...
Friday, September 9, 2011
Books I Finished in August
Well, long time without a post...whoops. I admit, things have been insane here for a while. I'm back in school now and I have homework galore already (and it's only the end of the second week/first full week). I'm behind in everything but that, and I have a ton to do before Monday already...and I'm really tired, which is not a good combination...on the plus side, I read a bunch of books at the beginning of last month...
Excalibur
One Good Knight
The Wall
Chalice
Fortune's Fool
Warriors: Dark River
Warriors: Outcast
Excalibur
One Good Knight
The Wall
Chalice
Fortune's Fool
Warriors: Dark River
Warriors: Outcast
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