#he was originally going to be a completely unsympathetic villain who selfishly loved king arthur but like. his character 180d in my head | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

tales-of-chivalry · 4 months ago

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I wanna post so bad about like. My Mordred because I saw a post that's like "reblog this and tell me about your mordred interpretation" but like mine feels so Out There since he was made before I really got into Arthuriana and it feels like there are barely any writings that share my view of Mordred but. He's also so important to me and I don't want to change him....

#erik deranged wall scrawlings #like. his entire deal is that he admires all the knights even hte bad ones and views them to be inherently better than them #and that he loves king arthur so so so much and wants to be a good son a good knight and more #theres also his crush on king arthur #he was originally going to be a completely unsympathetic villain who selfishly loved king arthur but like. his character 180d in my head #and he somehow became the only person who ever saw through king arthurs perfect facade to see the burdens kingship and betrayal had been to #him #hes the apostle of lust because lust is more than just sex and pleasure in TOCverse #but its also wanting to bare yourself to others/having others bare themselves to you #his crush is very innocent and very puppy lovey at first #and he just wants to be trusted and cherished by the king #once he meets lady guin #who is #not really supporting arthur as a lover and as a queen #her character is still a wip but like theres really mentally ill stuff going on between her and arthur and her and lancelot #but thats for another time #Mordred's feelings get a little more twisted and possessive #like #arthur is pure perfection to him and if she cant see that #she doesnt deserve to be eith him #mordred also is so fascinating because hes so blinded by love #even if arthur were to start comitting many human rights violations mordred would still find him to be the perfect king #he just loves arthur so much like. both blindly and knowingly #he knows king arthur isnt perfect vut like. even in that imperfection he is still perfect to him #even in his weakness he is still the stronges to him #mordreds world revolves around king arthur #ok rhats enough rambling. this isnt even like 1/4 of his character #i ahvent even talked about his puppy love for all the knights and his self hatred nearly enough but like no ones reading allat 😔#he really hates himself and thinks he has no right to refuse anything #poor baby

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