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like-sands-of-time · 10 months

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It's pretty insane that saying that arwen could have been done so much better is met with such disdain. And the way I'm seen as an Arthur stan or Gwen hater by saying that. I'm literally saying the both of them deserved better..?

Gwen (and Arthur let's be completely real here) was a victim of a show that was chronically inconsistent in their characterizations of people. She suffered (as Arthur did) from a story line that I'm sorry is just really bad. And you can still love Gwen and Arthur from legend. But I can still say this interpretation falls short in showing the growth of their relationship in a way that feels real and not just .. necessary.

#bbc merlin #once again. no this is not because i ship merthur #i think there are moments i really like of Arthur and Gwen interacting and i think merlins interactions w both of them are sweet #but it feels so forced #youre telling me yall didnt feel the difference between s1 and 2 and on?#you didnt notice how they went from polite but distant to 😍 from nowhere #if they had just shown us some sort of hate to friends to lovers but it was rushed #in the span of one episode she goes from detesting him to kissing him and liking it and then later being lovesick #and for arthur he goes from learning modesty in s1 to becoming a complete prat again (for the Jokes you understand)#to completely lovesick with her and angsty because he doesnt want to have a secret relationship and his father wont accept her #that rationale is fine if it didnt just come out of fuckin nowhere #that's all im saying #its so rushed #and for what?? they could have spent time and energy having that build up with merlin watching it happen #and instead the writers decide to just tell us instead idk #but apparently that means i hate gwen and woc and whatever other bullshit

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