I would hate that, but I also don't think it's going to happen. I have two reasons for this. One, the Lancelot of Merlin is a man of honor. He understands the value of things like loyalty and filial devotion to your king. Medieval-legend Lancelot, on the other hand, places his adulterous love for Guinevere over his loyalty to Arthur, leading to disastrous consequences.
Second, the show makes it very clear Arthur is Gwen's first choice, and that Lancelot is sort of a fallback for her, i.e. a position to consider if it becomes 100% clear Arthur will not be around for her. Since I don't think Arthur shows any signs of being anything but 100% committed to Gwen, I don't think she has anything to worry about.
(I want to add that while Arthur from the show is a paragon of virtue, medieval Arthur was not, and he may have deserved what was coming to him, viz. his wife's infidelity. In fact, there is a school of thought that the Lancelot/Guinevere plot was introduced to the Arthurian legend, specifically to elevate Arthur to a more pure and idealized version of man, the sort of king who is beyond the trivialities of the temporal world, like love and marriage. Guinevere is removed from the picture by having her fall to a depth Arthur will never stoop to, basically).
I love your second point. I agree wholeheartedly with its logic.
See, I love Arthur in every version of the legend I've ever read or watched. The oldest one I've read is Le Morte d'Arthur, which already has the Lancelot/Guinevere romance attached to it, and thus already insures my hatred for them both. But Arthur is always to me the exemplar of what a king should be. And I never really see him as above earthly love--he loves Guinevere, I believe, in every version I've read. He loves Lancelot, too, which is what makes the betrayal even worse, and what makes his loyalties so impossibly divided when he has all his knights and advisers coming to him demanding action be taken. I think I'm especially partial to him because of White's Once and Future King (also the inspiration for Camelot), where he does everything he possibly can to spare them both, even though it tears his kingdom apart.
Basically, I am an unapologetic King Arthur fangirl in any variation of the myth.
I would hate that, but I also don't think it's going to happen. I have two reasons for this. One, the Lancelot of Merlin is a man of honor. He understands the value of things like loyalty and filial devotion to your king. Medieval-legend Lancelot, on the other hand, places his adulterous love for Guinevere over his loyalty to Arthur, leading to disastrous consequences.
Second, the show makes it very clear Arthur is Gwen's first choice, and that Lancelot is sort of a fallback for her, i.e. a position to consider if it becomes 100% clear Arthur will not be around for her. Since I don't think Arthur shows any signs of being anything but 100% committed to Gwen, I don't think she has anything to worry about.
(I want to add that while Arthur from the show is a paragon of virtue, medieval Arthur was not, and he may have deserved what was coming to him, viz. his wife's infidelity. In fact, there is a school of thought that the Lancelot/Guinevere plot was introduced to the Arthurian legend, specifically to elevate Arthur to a more pure and idealized version of man, the sort of king who is beyond the trivialities of the temporal world, like love and marriage. Guinevere is removed from the picture by having her fall to a depth Arthur will never stoop to, basically).
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See, I love Arthur in every version of the legend I've ever read or watched. The oldest one I've read is Le Morte d'Arthur, which already has the Lancelot/Guinevere romance attached to it, and thus already insures my hatred for them both. But Arthur is always to me the exemplar of what a king should be. And I never really see him as above earthly love--he loves Guinevere, I believe, in every version I've read. He loves Lancelot, too, which is what makes the betrayal even worse, and what makes his loyalties so impossibly divided when he has all his knights and advisers coming to him demanding action be taken. I think I'm especially partial to him because of White's Once and Future King (also the inspiration for Camelot), where he does everything he possibly can to spare them both, even though it tears his kingdom apart.
Basically, I am an unapologetic King Arthur fangirl in any variation of the myth.
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